Another hot one!!!
Heat index was over 110 today... then finally the rain came. The road actually STEAMED for a bit... it looked like dry ice for awhile... it's bearable now.. but then comes the call from my dad...
"It's coming a flood here... you need to be careful of water standing in low places... are you leaving work soon?"
"No.. it rained for about an hour.. now it's not raining anymore... no water standing"
...so about an hour later.. he starts calling again... I let it go to voice mail... "it's still raining here... you need to get home so you don't get trapped down there" ...here we go... My dad.. is definitely OCD... or something.. once he gets an idea trapped in his thick skull he doesn't let it go.. and I'm not in the mood to hear it today... so I put his calls to automatically go to voice mail.... luckily he doesn't have my work number. BUT... he does call my spouse.. many times..
"Is Kevin home yet?" "What's he doing down there?" "It's not raining there???... it sure is here.. so bad you can't see the road"
....so I have 14 attempts to call me over the next 2 hours... and MANY times he's call my spouse at my house to see if I was here... when I finally arrive at home, it's less than 3 minutes before my phone rings... I just give it to my spouse.. since she's been answering his calls anyway... They have a 30 second phone conversation... and for some reason, he still can't believe we don't have a single puddle here.
I was in training most of the day... we got to learn how to break holds if we are grabbed by students... and the non-violent way to restrain students.... sometimes I wish I could restrain dad somewhere indefinitely.
Then we had such a fun afternoon.. Mental health training... I am certain I need mental health help of some sort, I'm just not sure what kind and how much. It would be so much simpler if I just ran away... from everything.. but I am not that type of person.. I have responsibilities... and I'll continue to live up to what I can do.. for now anyway. It just seems as though sometimes it gets harder and harder.. I think I'll be able to cope a bit better in a couple of weeks...
I hope that life slows down soon for one of my close friends... she needs it.. I've been thinking about her all day. It seems like there is a heavy burden on her... I just hope that I'm not causing some of the burden. I can't help but think I might be. I think that might lighten up too in a few days. ....I just hope she can keep somewhat calm until then. I hate to see her that overloaded.
I am already so excited to be getting away for a bit. I plan on packing this weekend. I'll just be wearing uniforms for the 3 days I work next week. I have made plans for my class so hopefully they'll be taken care of while I'm gone. It shouldn't be bad anyway... Thursday is a testing day.. Friday they will be on a centerwide field trip.. that just leaves Monday. ...as I've been saying a lot lately.. "It'll be ok."
"It's coming a flood here... you need to be careful of water standing in low places... are you leaving work soon?"
"No.. it rained for about an hour.. now it's not raining anymore... no water standing"
...so about an hour later.. he starts calling again... I let it go to voice mail... "it's still raining here... you need to get home so you don't get trapped down there" ...here we go... My dad.. is definitely OCD... or something.. once he gets an idea trapped in his thick skull he doesn't let it go.. and I'm not in the mood to hear it today... so I put his calls to automatically go to voice mail.... luckily he doesn't have my work number. BUT... he does call my spouse.. many times..
"Is Kevin home yet?" "What's he doing down there?" "It's not raining there???... it sure is here.. so bad you can't see the road"
....so I have 14 attempts to call me over the next 2 hours... and MANY times he's call my spouse at my house to see if I was here... when I finally arrive at home, it's less than 3 minutes before my phone rings... I just give it to my spouse.. since she's been answering his calls anyway... They have a 30 second phone conversation... and for some reason, he still can't believe we don't have a single puddle here.
I was in training most of the day... we got to learn how to break holds if we are grabbed by students... and the non-violent way to restrain students.... sometimes I wish I could restrain dad somewhere indefinitely.
Then we had such a fun afternoon.. Mental health training... I am certain I need mental health help of some sort, I'm just not sure what kind and how much. It would be so much simpler if I just ran away... from everything.. but I am not that type of person.. I have responsibilities... and I'll continue to live up to what I can do.. for now anyway. It just seems as though sometimes it gets harder and harder.. I think I'll be able to cope a bit better in a couple of weeks...
I hope that life slows down soon for one of my close friends... she needs it.. I've been thinking about her all day. It seems like there is a heavy burden on her... I just hope that I'm not causing some of the burden. I can't help but think I might be. I think that might lighten up too in a few days. ....I just hope she can keep somewhat calm until then. I hate to see her that overloaded.
I am already so excited to be getting away for a bit. I plan on packing this weekend. I'll just be wearing uniforms for the 3 days I work next week. I have made plans for my class so hopefully they'll be taken care of while I'm gone. It shouldn't be bad anyway... Thursday is a testing day.. Friday they will be on a centerwide field trip.. that just leaves Monday. ...as I've been saying a lot lately.. "It'll be ok."
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