Date for Entry: (Thursday 27 February 2025)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Wednesday 25 June 2025)
[T2, W:08 – WD:38,
(Td:5)*].
Dear Diary,
This morning,
the challenge to wake up was not easy. I saw "Fine Tie" in casuals
today on Sixth Avenue. Looked like we were both 'early' today, lolz. I was
planning on what I was going to do with the children. It was not a day I wanted
to come to school after what happened yesterday, but I did anyway. To my shock,
in the staffroom, Jess came walking in. I knew she told me on Tuesday that she was
not coming because she had to judge a Carnival show at another school.
As soon as I
entered the office to get my tray, there were a whole lot of teachers coming in,
and Patty needed some help. It took up the time of the morning period before
recess. No one was in the office besides me and Patty. I held down the office
and did all the work and runs of it. It was very amazing to see that parents
would send their children to school and then ask to sign them out in the second
and third period of the morning.
I also got a
visit from Dr Blandin to do a sheet for teachers to suggest a theme and a guest
speaker for the school's Graduation Ceremony 2025. She wanted it on separate
pages, but I created it on one sheet, the same way it was always done. All of
the teachers' requisitions for copies were done and batched. Miss Ali came in
when the teachers were leaving for their classes. Mr Martin was also in a dean's
meeting with a student. He was looking for a chair and got one from Candice's
room. I asked him before he went off to it about his copies when he came out to
get something. They were done and batched for the meeting today.
Once recess
began, there was a nice visit from "Mr Harewood" to return something.
Before leaving, I told Miss Ali that I was going to breakfast and would be
staying for the meeting. She didn't look like she was feeling good. The pies
were taken to the staffroom. I heard Donna saying something when I sat down,
but didn't realise that she was speaking to me. She said, "Pies again,
sir?" And then she added, "You are de only teacher who does support
Richard." I recalled while eating, Miss Burnette turned around and said to
me, giggling, "So it's you who smellin' up de place nice so." The
others laughed out.
When I was done
and had dried my dish, Patty came into the staffroom. Soon she found me and
said that he was looking for the copies that I had made for Mr Martin. I told
her that I left it in the out file for copies. When she went to get it, I don't
think she heard me say from far that there were two batches. When they were
handed out, I didn't see the second handout for the meeting. I went quickly to
Mr Martin, and she said when I asked that the second one wasn't given to him.
I had enough
time to go and get the batch from the office and get it to him in the
staffroom. He and Miss Marris shared them out again. The meeting began, and Mr
Martin began to speak on the handouts that were distributed. During his
presentation, Miss Ali came to get an Exit form signed for a student to leave.
It made Indera come to my desk and ask me if I could go back to the office
since Miss Ali said that she had to leave early. I did not like the sound of
that. It meant that my notes would have to be cut short, and no one would be
continuing them. I packed up my things on my tray and went over to the office.
When I got there,
Miss Ali was walking into the office and asked if she had saved me from the
meeting, but it was far from that. Surprisingly, she came back and sat down,
liming with Shiva, who didn't want to be in the meeting. I decided to get the
new copies requested from teachers printed. At the very least, I go to learn
how to print single pages into back and front on the chute (upright, rightdown,
upright, rightdown). It came out good, and that was Dr Jogie's Add Maths
batched and labelled with his name for later. Shiva left, and she left at
lunchtime.
Indera was the first
to come back. I was alone again in the office when lunchtime came. "Choo
Choo" tried to remind me about what happened in the meeting, but I forgot
to write it down. I didn't see the Muslim boys coming to sign out the History
room keys today. After lunch, "Tia" came and did her copies during
the seventh period, but the machine kept on sticking. I felt like maybe the
machine didn't like her. There was another letter to be generated. Patty gave
me a sheet of paper with the student's name and Form level to create it. It did
not take long to do this time around. The letter was printed and left with a
white envelope for her to put in when finished signing.
I took the rest
of the evening trying to find the cabinet with the brown envelopes in the store
room, but it wasn't there. Mr Charles was liming by me earlier when I asked
about the filing cabinet and the folders. He said he packed everything up in a
box and labelled it "VP OFFICE". I was able to find that same box
long after school ended, and only folders were found. No sign of my work with
the teachers' leave forms in them.
When I got back
to the office door, it was still open for me to get my stuff. I saw Patty
leaving the building with her bags from the Science Block. I got to tell her
about the folders, and she said that tomorrow we could try and look for them.
She also said that if I wanted a ride with "GG", I had to hurry and
go because she was about to leave soon. There was a short wait. I was so tired on
the ride up the road. As soon as I was about to open the gallery gate, Daddy
came driving into the yard. He joked, saying that he timed me well.
That night, I
worked on the last month of May 2024 to transfer into Version 5 from the third.
It reminded me that this was the last month working with Dr Blandin. It also
highlighted to me that I will have to see what Mr Charles did with the forms
afterwards and how he took the late minutes. These were more frustrating things
to look out for. I hope that the folders will be found.
Tomorrow is Mr
Raymond's mother's funeral. I called Afisha earlier to let her know. We didn't
know if Jeanice would be able to do it. I will have to leave all of that for
tomorrow. The timesheet for me just has to be signed and stamped. I was too
tired to work on anything after beginning to design a cover for the leave
forms.
I found it nicer
to have a formal print that is slightly fancy and has spacing for the purposes/functions
I intend for them to have. This way, I wouldn't have to draw lines to fifty
folders and then handwrite in the names of all the teachers. It would just be
to write in the teacher's name, year, and department before the reinforcement
to paper punch the holes for a treasury tag.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(8:43 am – ?:?? pm)
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