monday gloom

i have had a hard time since giving the puppy away. it's weird, i only had her one night but i just felt like she was mine for real and like she fit in perfectly to our little home. it has really cast a shadow over me. 

i had trouble getting up this morning too, so i got coffee from starbucks (not something i've done much recently) and thought, this will be a good day.

that's pretty much where the good day ends. 

my kids at school decided to give absolutely no effort to their projects that were due today despite the two in-class workdays and extension i gave them last week - half of them didn't complete the assignment, and at least 20 of them didn't even bother to turn anything in. paige had the same kinds of problems with her classes, and we even held a "come to jesus" meeting during 7th period for the whole 6th grade to try and, i don't know, encourage them to do well or something... i don't think it worked. i'm so discouraged with teaching, sometimes i wonder if it wouldn't be better if i just quit for good. stupid teaching fellows loan.

and my wrist keeps hurting from when i punched chicken's beer can the other night.

and i forgot my shoes for the gym, so instead of doing cardio and yoga, i just did pilates and left.

and andrew worked until late... again.

and i tried making tofu stir-fry but it was crazy salty so i didn't eat much of it.

and now it's time to go to bed but i don't know if i'm ready to face tomorrow.