My word today: endurance.
My endurance will be tested these last weeks of this school year. My foot hasn’t healed and is still sore when I try to run. Plantar fasciitis sucks. I would be on the treadmill right now, but I’m afraid to run, knowing what will take place. It got really warm in a while back, and my bike seemed to work without making my foot hurt. Now, it’s 24 degrees with 6″ of snow on the ground. Ugh.
My mental endurance will be tested as well. This 8th grade class is a tough one. I had half of these kids as sixth graders, and it was a tough year, the most difficult one that I’ve had as an educator. They are a dynamic group of kids, many huge personalities, but they don’t get along, and feel it’s their right to voice opinions whenever and where ever we are. And they aren’t the most positive class, with many of their positive leaders being the quiet ones in the class. Either that, or leaders don’t want to speak up for fear of being targeted by the ultra negative ones.
I remember that feeling of being utterly worn down, like a smooth piece of wood and I’m beginning to feel it now. I had the outlet of running to get rid of gunk, but because of my foot, that’s outlet has been cut off. It’s cold so I can’t bike. But wow, I can eat. I’m a stress eater, and never good things, so I’ve got the My Fitness app up and running again so I can start tracking my food and my eating.
I may start getting up early and coming to school to lift weights. Or doing yoga at night would be a good thing too. The problem, motivation. My mojo has gotten up and left, and I’m not sure when or even if it’s coming back.
We need to keep a little bit back to finish the race strong, to make sure we can finish. Right now, I’m not sure where I can draw from because I’m pretty tapped out.
Here’s hoping that spring break is a good thing in our district! 🙂
March 14, 2017 at 11:40 am
I understand your pain. Hoping that your Spring Break helps.
March 14, 2017 at 11:43 am
Yeah, I’m just a bit whiney today, nothing to see here! 🙂
March 14, 2017 at 11:48 am
Hang in there. What other things bring you joy?
March 14, 2017 at 12:11 pm
I love this line, “that feeling of being utterly worn down, like a smooth piece of wood” because it describes precisely how I would feel towards the end of the school year and how I feel after an intense day of HPL (hard physical labor). I feel your ‘paralyzed from exercising’ pain because my husband and I have both suffered from not being able to exercise due to nursing an injury. There are only about 3 months of school left…and you can do ‘3’ of anything, right? ;P
March 14, 2017 at 12:34 pm
It’s like a breaking down a race, or a basketball game, or anything that you need to find a little endurance. And yes, we can do three of anything! 🙂 Thanks for the perspective!
March 14, 2017 at 12:24 pm
So many teachers feel that pain as the last 3 months hit, but to not have an outlet, that’s the worst… but maybe you can teach your kids some yoga, too, and bring some calm and mindfulness to your life AND classroom. Yoga is a great stress reliever… I’m not one bit good at it, but the breathing — it’s the BEST! Sending you good thoughts in the homestretch to break!
March 14, 2017 at 12:33 pm
I used to do a video by Rodney Yee with my wife, Yoga of Athletes. Good grief, that’s not what I expected it to be, but wow, what a great way to get stretch out and feel great! Breathing, yes, I agree it helps so much! 🙂
March 14, 2017 at 3:38 pm
Yoga will help the plantar fasciitis but I know the pain well. I have feet issues and piriformis issues. When you have that type of pain you are off and just feel miserable. So, everything will just be off and just breathe until you find some relief. Try something new and different so that you can do that when the pain flairs. Good luck! You will endure!
March 14, 2017 at 3:56 pm
Thank you! I’ve been avoiding yoga because I’m just afraid everything will aggravate the condition! Ugh! 🙂