Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad . . . Morning

I hate mornings when you get out of bed and from that moment on things just aren't going right for you.

This morning was one of them.

From the point that I got out of bed, I stubbed my toe on the bed frame. Then I poured milk over me at breakfast. I stepped on Jimmy's tail when reaching for my shoe. I left my lunch sitting on the counter when I left for work. I hit every red light on the way to work. I left my sunglasses sitting on the table at home and it was bright outside. My key broke in the lock at work and they had to bring someone from the district out to issue me a new one and remove the broken part. And the kicker of the morning: I was verbally accosted by a parent for asking her son to try his best at PE.

And all this happened before 10:45 this morning.

That last bit is what I'm so upset at at the moment. I know I shouldn't be and I should just let it slide off my back, and I've been trying, but I can't let go of it.

Here's the story:
The second class of the day is a 4th grade. There is this one student, we'll call him Cub, who didn't show that anything was wrong during warm-ups or the walk out onto the field. After I explained the game and split the class into teams, he told me he wasn't going to play and I asked him why. He said his knee hurt (later he told me he had a displaced bone which I still don't believe). I asked him to play to the best of his ability. And that is what he did. I didn't force him to play. I didn't say "You're playing or else" I just told him what I tell any of the other students. He didn't hand me a doctor's note or a parent's note or anything. I can't take the word of students because if I did, half the time I wouldn't have a class to teach.

About 10 minutes later, Mama Bear came storming onto the field while I was teaching a class and started yelling at me about Cub. That I "made" him play and that I should "trust her son because he doesn't lie" and that "I'm going to sue you because of what you did. We're going to the doctor's and if there is permanent damage, you'll be liable for it". That is a verbal accost. She's the one that can get in trouble for it. I did apologize if she thought I did anything wrong, but I don't think I did anything wrong. After this happened, I went to the secretary to let her know about it and I learned that this mother had bullied another teacher because her son didn't come in first. Apparently the family is very competitive.

I'm just upset about it because I know the power that parent's have in districts when they think that their "Cubs" are not being treated the way they think they should be. I am worried about losing my job because if I lose this job then I am in trouble for next year. I'm not sure if I even want this job for next year, but at least it pays the bills.

I'm trying to turn this morning around by having fun with the students and taking them outside because they want to go outside and playing with them. I'm trying to turn this around by writing about it and getting it out of my system. I'm trying to turn this around by talking with other people and getting my side of the story written and heard. I'm just hoping that my story will be heard and not just drowned out by a Mama Bear who is out on revenge.