My dog died yesterday. I mention that again not to elicit further sympathy but to remind you that I have a pretty solid baseline for what constitutes a “shitty day” this week.
Today was such an epically bad day at work that I actually cannot describe it, not because I lack the words, but because I suspect that we’re going to make the fucking news, and I’d rather not make it so easy to figure out where I work when it happens. That bad. Bad enough that, going around the table at the emergency administrative team meeting that we had to call, we added up to well over a hundred years of experience in education and not one of us had even heard of what was going on happening in another school. And when we called downtown to inform central office, they also replied, more or less, “Uh, yeah, good fuckin’ luck with that; we have no idea what to do.”
I’m done, guys. Done. Enough of this week. And it’s so fucking cold outside that I couldn’t feel my face anymore when I came back into the building after shepherding the kids onto their buses. I am Of the North. I do not complain about cold. And it is so balls-cold outside that I could barely tolerate it.
There is talk that we are going to lose either or both of the next two days; all after-school activities were cancelled today, and more than one neighboring district literally went “Never mind, fuck it” and cancelled the school day and sent everyone home partway through. We, perhaps, should have followed their lead.
I will not be back tonight unless I have something legitimately good to share; feel free to talk among yourselves.
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geeee dude, well done for getting that lot out
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Big hugs
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When you are done writing sci fi perhaps you might put together a collection of your school stories? They are epic. And sorry about your dog; I know that grief.
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Coming this fall, actually.
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Very very happy about this. Your candid stories of school life are very powerful.
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Guess your day didn’t get better. So sorry about your dog, it is such a big loss. Hope tomorrow is a better day.
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I was a wreck when my first dog died. I can empathize. Eat ALL the cookies, man.
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Good grief. 😦
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Hell. Yeah, I would be in the same mood if that was my day/week.
I am sorry for your family’s loss.
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Feel free to play hooky from school for a couple days. You deserve it!
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Dang…I sincerely hope your week improves. At the very least the weekend is soon…? Meantime, definitely eat the cookies. Hang in there.
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Sorry to hear about your dog. My dog Jimmer, died just before Christmas. He was my running buddy. He taught me how to…..Jimmer! 😦 Okay….here’s one: A parent calls on Friday the 13th. This is the day we observed Valentines Day. I wanted to slap silly our Secretary for putting the call through! AHHHHHH! The parent felt compelled, or compulsed to call to interupt instruction, in order to ask if I would “remind” her daughter to sign the Valentine Card her child would be giving me. Ha! No friggin way! It was an OVERSIDED, candy studded poster heart designed especially for me. In thanking the child, I discovered Mom had panstakingingly made it. Yep. For a minute I thought it would make the news too! 🙂 I will be praying for your situation and for your loss. 🙂 ~~~&~~~
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I’m so sorry for your loss! By the sound of everything happening, it seems like maybe hibernating for a year might help!
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Oh gee, sorry.
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Sending you some love and warmth from Queensland Australia 🙂
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So sorry about the loss of your dog. Stay warm, keep fighting the evil overlord and pat yourself on the back for being such a damn good writer!
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