On the first day of school, I knew something was wrong with the AC because by the end of the day, it was very warm (like 80 degrees warm). For the next few days, the beginning of the day would be okay, but by the middle of kindergarten, I was melting. This went on for a week or so. When week two hit and temperatures outside were 100 degrees, the temperature in my room climbed up to 90+ degrees.
In the meantime…we began trying to login to computers. Well that turned out to be a challenge as soon as I realized that the student login list I received was a year old and many of the students weren't on it. A hot room and missing logins would have sufficed for mishaps the first weeks of school, but remember my subconscious was/is learning to be mentally flexible!
Once we got the kids logged in, I promptly discovered I had a few more broken computers than I thought. Not only were the computers broken, the apps were missing from the dock. (Can you hear me screaming yet?) Getting first graders logged in took long enough, but trying to show them where to go once they were on, was nearly impossible in 55 minutes (at least at this stage in the game - I assure you, they will be able to navigate better than me before too long).
A steamy room is never good for computers! My computers that were connected to Internet and working began to freeze up with the heat. The list of "broken" computers grew daily! BUT what could I do? My Wi-Fi was failing and wouldn't allow my laptop to connect to the Internet. REALLY?!?! What else could go wrong?
By the beginning of this week, my room was so hot ALL day, my principal moved me to another room. After borrowing my iPads back from the teacher I had loaned them to, I revamped my lessons and had computer lab class in the Castle (after school daycare room).
(Portable AC unit provided while they got a new unit! Very high tech and new age.)
Never fear…although this seems like an epic failure, a discouraging disaster even, I have to say that I'm in the process of learning to be "Yoga flexible" as a whole (or maybe just mentally not physically). I decided to just laugh about the whole situation and roll with it. We made class in the Castle work. The kids explored the iPads and had a blast! We still started our 5th and 3rd grade projects. Kinder and 1st grade practiced finding letters on a keyboard and learned more computer terminology.
Today, a crane came, removed the broken unit from the roof and installed a new one. After just a couple of hours, my room was nice and chilly. The counselor and I even made a humorous movie over the whole ordeal! I am so thankful for a principal who coordinated with the AC ppl, a janitor who checked on me regularly, a tech guy who spent a few days sweating just to fix all my computers, teachers who were flexible with where to bring their kids, students who just rolled with it, and a new AC unit!! In the scheme of life this little displacement was nothing and definitely not something to get upset about.
I encourage you take the small mishaps in your life and just roll with them. Know that you can make things work even if they don't go the way you expected. Find contentment no matter what the circumstances - Philippians 4:11 (This was the scripture in church on Wednesday night, how fitting?!)
*Oh and technology fails, even for those who LOVE it!*
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