Mid-Week Musings

• I woke up this morning with the one-sided congestion and pulsing in my ear that means a migraine is coming.  I took the kids to school and took Imitrex.  The day has sort of been fucked.  I have not really left my bed.
• But I have gotten some things done.  Not all were slated for today, and not everything slated for today has been done.  A good trade-off I think.
• When asked how LG likes middle school I've been replying "she loves it!"  But apparently there is a new issue (an old issue?) with her math teacher that is leading to HIGH DRAMA. It's hard for me to gauge how much of this is real and how much is perception, but LG's using words like "yelled at" and "humiliated" to describe her experience.  I emailed the teacher. We'll see what she says.  Next step is emailing the principal, and a chat with the social worker.  I am having unpleasant flashbacks to third grade.
• A legit gifted program would be so helpful.
• I feel like there should be guidelines on how faculty deal with email.  Right now I'm spending about 30 minutes per day total on email.  I'm an administrator.  I get a fuckload of email.  With few exceptions, I still manage to have it processed within 24 hours.  I really don't get (a) why I have colleagues who are on email ALL THE TIME or (b) check email so rarely it's useless.  
•  LG comes home in 50 minutes.  Must prepare for the convo.