Another Day, Another Career

After a pretty disheartening faculty meeting today, several of us agreed that it really would be a shame to end our decades-long teaching careers by being forced out before our time by a governor who just doesn't get it. I'm not talking about people who show up in the classroom and just coast along. Yes, there are such people, but there are in every profession, in every kind of work. I'm talking about people who are just good at what they do, and experienced. Ach. Don't want to talk about it anymore. Although I am considering what other things I might do next year if I end up having to retire this June, and still need to work.

In other news, I really was very busy at school today, and that after oversleeping. I was running late, so I just grabbed my hearing aids, my watch, etc., and threw them in my bag, and didn't even have a minute to put everything on until 9:30. So that was good.

Yesterday included a gathering at R's house of the various bridesmaids, along with the MOB (me) and the MOG (her), which was a lot of fun, and also a kind of interesting social ritual to watch. There are five bridesmaids, including Wonderful Niece, plus K as the maid of honor, and the MOG, who is the mother of only a single son, was a little overwhelmed by all the girls in the room at once, so it was kind of amusing to watch. I am not exactly a girly girl, but I do have a lot of years of experience with girls of all ages, not to mention growing up without brothers in the house, and I also had the advantage of knowing everybody there ahead of time. But the MOG is also lovely, and has invited us for Mother's Day, so we'll do that when it rolls around.

It's after 9:30 and I'm still sitting upright, so that's a real long day for me (although I did hit the snooze a bunch of times between 5:30 and 6:00 this morning.) Time to recline now, I think.