Date for Entry: (Tuesday 04 July 2023)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Monday 07 August 2023)
[T3, W:12 – D:53, (Td:0)*].
Dear Diary,
I had a strange
driver today. I came alone and was very alone in the office. I was the only one
there. ‘Tia’ came into the office some minutes after very busy and she remained
in the conference room. I had breakfast in the kitchen where I met Miss
Mustapha and we spoke for a short time. She told me about counting my time off
from school during vacations. She said that I would need to know it for when my
two years of contract is finished.
When I got back to
the office, I saw Mrs Santana. She had to speak to me about the programme.
I also showed her the cake that I also
made for the function later that evening. Kiel got to see the cake that I made
on the way back to the kitchen. There was one for the office staff and one for
the function. A message was sent in the OJT chat for the others to know. I signed
the book late too.
I spent two hours
in the staffroom and felt tired. Heavy rain and dark sky like night. Went to
the spec room and worked on the same Form 3 mathematics that I was reading yesterday.
Still couldn’t get out the simultaneous equations. I had gotten so lost in working
out some of the questions that I forgot about the staff meeting.
Mrs Santana met
me in the specialist room and she said that everything was getting ready for
the function. She had the office staff print out a copy of the programme that I
made last night for the first preview before running all the rest through the
printer. I took a look at the copy with her and it was beautiful. She had the
rest printed off and left to go see about something. I folded the programmes
and headed off to the library.
My bookstand was
taken from home to school for the event. I had it set up in the office before
taking it over to the library. A tenor pan was taken from the music room.
Thankfully it was opened for me to enter. No one was there anymore. I gave Mrs
Santana the programs on her way to the library. ‘GG’ and I went to the art room
to get the T-shirts. Miss Gittens was having her nails done. A small issue with
the arrangement of the room was fixed quickly. The performers came and students
participating came too and the function began exactly at 1:30 pm.
The function
began with the National Anthem that I played. The student to do that couldn’t
so I filled in for them. ‘Mel’ played “My Tribute” on his violin. Some of the other
performances and items were quick. I was not nervous about the performance. I gave
Miss Gittens the ‘clapping pen’ that we used in evening rehearsals to keep the
pulse. Everyone began correctly and the audience enjoyed the dancing.
Sometime after
the function, I got the function cake from the kitchen fridge and then shared
it with the performers first. Miss Gittens got her piece first. Miss Harris
took half of Mrs Santana’s slice and Donna got the second half. They ended up
wanting more and that dish was finished. From the office dish, who was there
got. The teachers who wanted more got more and the last was given to Joshua.
I washed up Mommy’s
baking dishes in the kitchen when Mrs Santana came to eat her lunch. We had a
good laugh talking about today and some things that happened.
Link(s):
- Images from Retirement Function.
- Retirement Function– Mrs Joanne Rogers-Small (Programme,V2).
- “To The Ceiling” Performance. **
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(7:49
am – 4:13 pm)
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