Day 2: The Desk Job

Most teachers, at some point, have dreamed of a desk job.  We usually fantasize about it when we are writing sub plans, when we're tired, or when we just don't want to stick to a rigid bathroom schedule.  😂  I take it all back! I had to charge my computer twice today! I usually charge it just on the weekends.  And I'm starting to OD on video conferencing. I need to get over that because there's plenty of that in my future. 😉 Needless to say, I take it all back!

One plus on desk jobbing (do you think that can become a verb?), is that you can watch a little television too! Otherwise I would have been real sad eating my lunch without my colleagues. Today during lunch I watched Netflix's "Next in Fashion". It's a reality fashion show like Project Runway (but not nearly as good) with Alexa Chung as the host. The challenge in this episode was a lingerie challenge. Two of the contestants were Japanese and didn't understand the task because of the language barrier.  One of them said, "Alexa, what is the difference between lingerie and underwear?" The Amazon Alexa on my dad's desk fired up with quite a complete answer! LOL!

Today was more planning, plotting, and thinking. I got this sweet photo from one of my families today that made all the difference.

If you have kids learning at home right now, send your teachers pictures like this. 💜 It made me feel connected, and bolstered my confidence in the planning I'm doing. And nudged me to make another video!

Yesterday I had recorded right before Governor Brown's announcement, so I didn't address school closure. One week is no biggie; it's just like Winter Break! But I felt like today,  I couldn't ignore the elephant in the room.  

There's fine line between being honest with kids about something serious, and scaring them. They need to know that their emotions of fear or uncertainty are normal and expected, but they also need to be reassured, so you can't be a complete open book. To that point, today's video took several takes. My first attempt is below. It fell apart at about the 45 second mark. I'm including it because it's real, and raw, and I imagine some of you are feeling the same way. 

Don't worry -the final cut was totally together.  😘