Good News Tonight
KATIE PASSED HER COMPS!!!
I knew she could (and probably would), but it was serious potential for yet one more fuck-up at her school. But she got notification today and it was already hanging on the refrigerator when I got home. YAY! (These are the final exams for her Master's Degree.)
In other news, life still generally sucks, but in odd ways. Even though there is stress at home, but not personal stress (I know that makes no sense), I am happy when I come home and miserable at work. Work isn't stressful, it's just awful. I said something today to one of the younger teachers about teaching, and she asked "Oh, were you a teacher before you were a librarian?" I'm a teacher now, babe. Screw you.
Enough of that, it's why I go to therapy (among other reasons.)
Actually, I'm not as bummed as I could be, even though my symptoms are acting up, but hey, whatever. I just went through the parts of my desk I didn't clean out the other day, once again looking for something I didn't find, but that's par for my course. I'm giving R my old camera, my first digital, a little heavy, but she can't actually be trusted with cameras, so it's a good one for her. She has lost cameras in very creative ways over the years. She left one in an airport someplace in Europe. She left another one on a mountaintop in New Mexico where they had camped the night before, and the next morning after they cleared out, it was struck by lightning, so no going back for the camera. She has a good camera in her cellphone but it getting a new phone, hence the transfer of the old camera. I was looking for all the compact flash cards, of which I have many. And now I'm looking for my last cellphone, which I also can't find, although I have a basket here in the family room that is like the museum of old cellphones. I think I have my first phone there; I got it in 1994 when my sister and i were going to take the kids to Florida by car. It's like a brick.
I sure hope I sleep tonight. This staying up late is for the birds.
WATCHING TWO AND A HALF MEN :: ENTRY #1940
READING: Slam by Nick Hornby
How dare that stupid teacher tell you that you are not a teacher. For G*d's sakes. People are stupid.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, K!!!! ~LA
ReplyDeleteYAY for K!! That is AWESOME! Tell her congratulations from me.
ReplyDeleteKurt's first cell phone he bought in 1995 or thereabouts. The one he had when we got together in 2000 was a BRICK. I can't even imagine how large the older ones must be!
Also, I am currently reading A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. It's pretty good, though I am still in the very beginning (still haven't finished Andersonville, but I need to read A Long Way Down for my book group). How do you like Slam?
Hi there. I've been reading you for a while and enjoying hearing from another fifty-something teacher. My stupidest loss of camera was leaving it on the roof of my frends car when I was chatting through the window. She drove off and all I could do was watch as the camera slid off the roof into the road and into many many pieces. Best wishes, Anna (annanotbob at diaryland, if it doesn't come up with the comment) xx
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