Friday

[copied from dland]

Thank god it's ... what? It's not? Are you sure?

Shit.

I have been convinced all day that it was Friday, starting with waking up and turning the alarm totally off, because I don't want it to ring on the weekends. Then I caught on, and it's been all downhill from there.

Okay, maybe not so downhill. For one, I went back to read the WW message boards -- not to revisit yesterday's debacle, just to read today's posts -- and I saw two more innocent questions asked and answered by WW Nazis ripping their writers apart. So it's not just me, there are just some bitches with power issues over there. All done now.

Oh, here's some good news for me I stumbled upon today.

The high point of my day was when a teacher from across the hall asked if she could send seven or eight kids in to read quietly -- uh, yeah -- and they trooped in, signing into the book, and I pointed out to them that we have this lounge furniture over by the window. You would think this was the best thing since sliced bread. There was actually one more kid than there was a seat for, but they just draped themselves over the chairs and sofa and each other and opened their books. (I forget what they were reading; a novel.) They were quiet and concentrating and wonderful. Three of them had earphones in, which I ignored because I don't see why they shouldn't do that if they want to; they were still reading. I wanted to take a picture, but I didn't want to distract them. But it was really neat.

The hearing aids were maybe 85% better today than they have been, but I still need to work on getting the volume at the right levels. But they were much better in lots of important ways; my own voice isn't nasal anymore and I didn't have to take them out when I ate lunch, among others.

Yesterday was like a perfect spring day, and today sucks, only to be outdone by what's coming tomorrow and Saturday. Cold, and the infamous "wintry mix." And of course, both of my kids are going away for the weekend, and traveling in it, and you know how good I am with that. If K can only get to the train tomorrow by about 1:00, all will be well with her; she's going to DC. R is supposed to go to Atlantic City for her birthday, which is a drive of a few hours, but she came home sick from work today a little early, and has important meetings at work tomorrow, so by Saturday, she may be content to lie on the couch with a few good DVDs. At least she has better sense than to drive to A.C. tomorrow night in a storm. And K really really needs this weekend away, so I hope she gets to go. (And if she doesn't, she certainly won't be pleasant at home all weekend.)

I'm very sleepy now, but since it's just a little after 5:00, I guess I can't go to sleep yet.


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