I really just want to stay home

HI Canellita, Canela or Canelita it's the same! I also teach and am a Spanish/English, English/Spanish Translator. It was a compliment not intended to offend! ~G~

I never said I was offended.

The Spanish word for cinnamon is canela. I teach part time at a charter school.

I guess I am just in need of a change of scenery.

No, it's not the job; I work with kids. I just wasn't in the mood to get out of my sweats and comfortable home and go out.

Kids can mess up anything in a nano second, lol! Just thinking about kids can make me tired! Those few hours a week I spend at the school can really wear me out!

I thought spring fever was supposed to make you, er, frisky? LOL

I always thought of it as the crazy behavior men exhibit at spring time when they get all flirty and crazy and just plain stupid.

Good question. I always thought it made you feel like you just want to goof off and not be responsible. That may qualify as frisky, I have not idea.

Do you think it could have something to do with the approach of Spring? All the students are antsy right now and I'm sure all the teachers are looking forward to their summer breaks. Maybe we are just stuck on that cycle from when we used to get a long break from responsibility and obligation.

Possibly...I am always like this though. Plus I'm not in school. But yeah, it is definitely true. Both of my parents are teachers and they say the hardest time to get srudents motivated is the weeks leading up to spring break, and then the weeks leading to the end of the year are bad too. Keep going you're almost there, and you'll be glad you're done and made it. Also, take some time for yourself, whether that's spending a day or afternoon outside soaking up the newness of spring or being at home doing something just for you. Do something for you!

I stayed home all day Friday and tried to tackle email from that other website :-) I had to opt out of the newbie group because it was just way too much. I knew I was going out Friday evening and had stuff Saturday so I was in no hurry to go anyplace. I came home for a bit to get my camera and check email and I'm about to head back out.

Sunny days are a lot more inviting than gray wintry ones.

I'll get more time at home than I want soon. After the 31st I won't teach again until April 17! It's part time so that means no pay.

That is so very true. I would love to just find a job first and then worry about it later. Have a great day.

Are you currently looking for a job?

What I wish is to work from home as needed, lol.

That is very fortunate. Over here, the Employment Act doesn't protect office worker earnings more than 2k per month. Most companies do not pay OT to staff earning more than 2k per month for overtime work. That 2k figure is really ridiculous, since more than half the working class here earns more than 2k. Sometimes I wonder what's use of Employment Act. And many bosses expect their staff to come earlier than them and work later than them. Even though legally the staff can leave the office at 6 pm sharp, the boss will make use of performance appraisal to "punish" the staff. So most people tend to stay a bit longer. In some industries, like the one I'm in, working overnight is quite common. Sometimes office staff also work overnight. The longest work day I ever had was from 7 am to 11 pm. The official working hour was 7:30 am to 4:30 am. But the company required all transport operators to reach the premises before 7 am. So we were forced to reach office at that ridiculous hour. I used to joke that even the Sun "works" shorter hours than us.

That is interesting. Most bosses will arrive before and leave after here unless they are completely confident they can trust their employees. The overtime doesn't have anything to do with salaries it is based on the maximum number of hours. I once had a part-time job where they would adjust the maximum amount of hours per week the part-time employees could work so anything above that (20+) would be considered overtime. It was the only good thing about that job.

The average work week here in the U.S. is 40 hours. After that the law requires you to be paid overtime though not all jobs do so. Most jobs are 8 hour days but some can be 12, 14, 16 or longer depending on the type of job. Business hours are generally between 8 am and 6 pm depending on the type of company but some days can begin at 7:30 (0r earlier) if a person works in a hospital or supermarket or coffeehouse or school. Some places stay open late and some are open 7 days.

I think the hardest part is changing from comfortable clothes to work clothes especially when I don't want anything grabbing me at the waist. Congratulations on your baby to be!

Maybe you can take a little time off from work after the baby.

I'm pregnant too so I know what you mean. I just don't know how I'm going to force myself to get up and go to work when my daughter gets here... I'm not sure I can do it!

Well, there are reasons to leave on my own terms in my own good time, but today wasn't one.

Isn't it funny how that works? Whenever I don't have to get up I can turn over at 6 am with no problem. Let me have somewhere to be and I am hitting the snooze button.

I have devoloped serious problems with alarm clocks. You know, school, college, work... sucks!

It does today! I've started a new scarf but I realized that I haven't made anything in months! I have been so focussed on teaching stuff and other things I haven't been turning out any of my own work.

It is great that you can have the felxibility to only work part-time so you can have more time with your kids.

I have had a relatively quiet day today. I spent much of it in fron to the computer responding to posts! I will be headed out soon and have a full schedule for the rest of the weekend.

I am really grateful for my paycheck. I have been in the same place for three years now, a record for me.

It's kind of hard to feel sorry for someone who could sleep the whole day if they wanted, lol!

At least we can be happy for the weekend or do you still have to work?