My week has gotten off to a good start. Praise the Lord! Especially after last week.
Today I filled in at the attendance desk at my kids’ high school. What a blast I had!
Basically, the job involves answering the phones, writing passes for students checking in and out of school, and greeting visitors.
A good portion of the morning was spent listening to parents’ messages…explaining why their children were out sick. I had to chuckle at one mother’s phone call.
While explaining that Johnny had a sore throat, she went on to detail how he had diarrhea.
Um, yeah, like I really wanted or needed to know that.
“Sick” works just fine in my book. Short and sweet.
I turned to the other gal who works the desk and shared the call. She’s heard it all, she assured me.
There were quite a few late arrivals…students who, when asked why they were late, honestly replied, “No reason. I’m just late.”
O-kay.
Gotta love the non-embellished response, eh?
Many of the students I saw recognized me from the classes I’ve subbed in. Most smiled as I greeted them comfortably.
I was called into another class to allow the sub to go to the bathroom. It was the Guitar class. Let me tell you, I really appreciated my current “station” when the sub told me she had caught two students kissing in class, and other couples were acting overly affectionate. Boy, was I glad I didn’t have that assignment! I hoofed it back to my desk in the front office when she returned.
All-in-all, I was totally in my element. There was something very energetic about working in the front office. Things were crazy! I hardly had time to pull out the sock I’ve been trying to finish, although I did manage to get in a couple of rounds before the day was over.
One other thing that fed my eager pace was when, after only my first hour there, the gal who schedules subs walked over to me, calendar in hand, and asked if I could work the rest of the week in the office.
Yippee!
I was delighted.
She rearranged the rest of the week for me, getting my two subbing jobs reassigned to someone else.
It’s always a good feeling to be appreciated and wanted.
They told me they were thrilled to have me.
The feeling was mutual.
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