Today was Bly’s birthday. As part of her present, I promised not to bite my friend Thomas no matter how obnoxious he was. And I didn’t. Not when he declared outside the restaurant Bly wanted that “this place isn’t worth a forty-five minute wait.” Not when he told Hope to “just go” to the restroom […]
I’m getting to appreciate Hope’s kindergarten teacher more every day. That wonderful woman emailed me every day. Hope’s teacher last year was pretty good. She never emailed, but she was careful to let my friend know what kind of day Hope had every day. This teacher has apparently been saving up problems for the conference.
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No computer at work, no brain at home. What do you want? It was an absolutely hideous day. I’ll say this–it is pretty damn pathetic when middle school parents can’t name one single teacher. Seven teachers their kids have in a day, and they can’t name one? Even if I read the names to them,
Okay, HOW do I change my font? Grr… and why the hell does it keep CHANGING SIZE!!! Time to bitch… Umm, what was I going to blog about anyway? Oh, right. Spent all night re-writing the last scene I did last night, because I wasn’t happy with it. And then, as I’m reading it over
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A friend IMed me just as I sat down at my computer tonight. Said beloved friend IMs me every night. Is there some part of “leave me alone” that isn’t getting through? When I gave her the address, I told her she needed to not abuse it. I only appear online to a couple people,
I do know how to do it. Been doing it three years. No, I’m not so arrogant as to say I know everything about it, and there’s no way anyone could give me tips on ways to make it easier here and there–but I do know my job. So don’t come in my office and
Why don’t I have all the no-shows dropped? Umm…because today is the tenth day, and we have to have ten full days of absence before we can do it? Besides, I don’t know who all of them are. See, since our little last-minute shuffling act meant that more than half the teachers didn’t have computer