Black Eye Blues...

September 14, 2010

Today began with my being berated by Yana at the beginning of my shift because Jailya used a food bowl to put paint in, did not clean up her mess and did not close the room down properly. Yana tried to tell me that it was my responsibility to make sure my co-worker was doing what she needed to be doing. First off, I was doing diapers while she was doing the freaking art project. Second, we are both NEW to the freaking center and, therefore, do not know all the rules. Especially when no one explicitly tells us the expectations. Third, it is not my responsibility to take care of my co-worker. She does her job. I do mine. It was a REALLY frustrating way to start my day!

Luckily, I got to go to the preschool room for an hour while Ashley did some lesson planning and, bless her heart, she purposely found other things she "had" to do, so that I could stay out of the toddler room a little longer and she also mentioned that she was going to talk to Jan and tell her that she needs a little more help in the preschool room, so I should be getting out a little more.

Took the kids outside for an hour this morning while Yana took her break and, upon her return, I got yelled at for letting the kids play in these planter's boxes that we don't use because we were searching for bugs. Sallie, our MFLAC lady, could tell I was upset because NO ONE TOLD ME THEY CAN"T PLAY IN THE PLANTER'S BOXES, so she gave me a hug and told me it's taken her three weeks to learn them and not to stress about it. 

Then gave Ashley her break and went into the preschool room to read the kids stories. Went back to the toddler room and served lunch and then FINALLY got to go on my break. Went to the coffee shop with Erin and pretty much e-mailed Darrick before I had to return. 

Worked with Jailyn for the remainder of the afternoon, which wasn't that bad except for the fact that Jacob got a black eye when he was fighting over the clipboard with another child (Johnny who he always fights with) when that child let go and it hit Jacob in the face. Luckily, Jacob's dad was not upset. Just inquired as to whether the "other child" was Johnny and said that they were always fighting. Whew. Although, had he been upset, I could've just blamed the center for putting two new staff members in the room for the afternoon all week... Grrr...

After work, there was a downpour, so Sallie, bless her heart, took Erin and I to the commissary to pick up some things we needed (toilet paper and such) and then Erin and I went down for internet where I got a nice surprise of talking to Darrick for a little bit even though I wasn't expecting it.

Came home and Erin and I had a waffle and eggs for dinner, watched two episodes of How I Met Your Mother, got ready for bed and ended up talking for another hour and am only now starting to write this blog, some postcards and a letter to the boy. :) Good night, all.

Things I learned today:

1. Apparently I am supposed to learn rules through osmosis.

2. Apparently I am responsible for my co-worker's actions.

3. Working with grubby, germ-infested two year olds by day and sitting in the cold at a picnic table for internet at night leads to a cold. Blgh.