Tonight was parent-teacher interview night. It was a good night overall. I was busy, but not so busy that I didn't have time to chat with some of the teachers around me.
I am a girl of routine. One of my coworkers knows this very well. She makes fun of me because whenever we walk to the subway together, I insist upon crossing the street to use the west entrance of the subway station, as opposed to directly using the east entrance. I do this because it allows me to be outside as long as possible, even though I have to wait for an extra set of traffic lights. I hate not following my routine.
Anyhow, at lunch today she suggested that we should go to a restaurant a couple blocks away for dinnner before interviews. I looked at her with a strained looked and said "Yeah, that would be nice, but I always go to the mall for dinner before interviews." She could tell that not going to the mall before interviews would be the equivalent of using the wrong subway station entrance, so she agreed to keep with my routine. Plus, I pointed out to her that we could look at shoes at the mall - an advantage that the other restaurant clearly didn't have.
After interviews, a few of us went out for drinks. I had a great time which made me realize how lucky I am to have made some great friends within my staff. We pledged that we must always do the post-interview drink thing, which makes me happy, since I love having a routine to follow. :)
ps Tomorrow is a PD day - no planning! It's so nice waking up without thinking "what am I going to do with those kids today?" every once and awhile.
4 comments:
I am such a creature of habit, but I try my best to break the habits. Some days I will walk a different way to school, I just try to change things up a bit, make them a bit more interesting. I fall into ruts very easily, and I want to keep myself on my toes. :)
I have certain habits like that as well. When I drive I tend to stretch it out a bit because I love driving.
routines are definitely nice to have - but so are those unexpected moments of spontaneity. that sounded stupid, unexpected spontaneity. anyhoo, glad you've been able to add to your routine in a positive way. and yes, being able to look at shoes so obviously trumps a sit down restaurant. any day of the week.
i can only imagine the easier breathing on the mornings or PDs. it's gotta be 180* different than what i feel on the days that i sub - waking up midpanic attack. hah. kidding.
kind of?
:)
hope you have a great weekend!
My friend Hannah and I (hmmmm, both teachers) spent a week writing down all the strange little routines we have...it made for a pretty impressive list!
Cxx
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