I thought I had lesson plans ready through the end of this week. Turns out that I do, but only for one class, so now I have to write a lesson plan when what I want to do is take a nap. Oh cruel fate!
I missed one of the most historic moment of my life because of a differential equations quiz :mad:
Campus stuff going on tonight might help make up for it.
I was quitting in August anyway, time to go back to school. A bit of extra cash would be nice though, I’m not really that trusting of, or patient with the NHS.
I know the feeling.
I lost an 100 dollar bill. Damn. I need it.
Wait, those really exist? keanu whoa! /keanu
Kidding aside, that sucks. Here’s to hoping that a) you find it or b) a kind soul finds it and somehow returns it to you.
Dear Karma,
Hi, how are you? I am not fine. I have been a grandiose ninny-hammer, and gotten myself hyperscheduled to the n-th degree, such that for the past month I could not enjoy my one modest escape from the constant barrage of work-related things, the ‘gee-dubba-ewe-cee’. Four solid weeks of missing the in-depth discussions, the banter, the snarkiness, and the blatent gutter-fodder that I had come to rely on with nearly fanatical devotion.
I am not sure what I did to deserve this metaphysical retribution, but I honestly believe that a flat tire, a bird pooping on my shoulder, or perhaps even a set of keys locked in the car would have been sufficient backlash for whatever it was that I did to offend the balance of energy in the cosmos. For whatever reason, you have chosen to cut at my only respite in this stress-storm, and at a time when the most profound topics are being discussed – the final BSG episodes, the new presidential administration, and undoubtedly, what celebrity naughty-bits are currently being critiqued.
O, Karma, why hast thou punished me so?
I will not succumb to your waxes and wanes – rather, like the phoenix rising from the ashes, I will devote required slacker-time to my schedule, and emerge once again amidst the forums. I stick a fickle finger in the eye of Fate, and say, “Nay! I shall waste my work time as I so choose!”
That’s all for now. The weather is nice here, and the kids say hi.
Your friend,
Keir
p.s. – What the heck was up with the plane in the Hudson? Who’s supernatural idea was THAT? Those passengers couldn’t have ALL had “something coming to them”, to have to get out of the air bus into 40-degree waters…
Dear Keir,
The passengers were all good and righteous people. That’s why they lived.
Those birds were right bastards, however. They will come back as early worms.
Sincerely,
Karma
Obviously it was retribution for the bird pooping on Keir’s shoulder. Karma is one overcompensating bitch!
I just found out that my mom is sueing my dad for divorce.
My mom is 68 and my dad is 78, and they’ve been married for 46 years.
A big part of the problem is that my mom suffers from depression and it manifests as paranoia and alcoholism, so my father has been the target of several rather long rants about how he is part of a plan to “destroy” my mom. She had been sending letters to various people that he knows demanding that they confess their part in the plan, apologize, and stop recording her conversations.
It has not been a fun week.
Damn. That’s tough. Hang in there.
That really sucks. I hope things get better for ya, ATGreat. 
I found it
Now time to buy these
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Okay here’s how it goes for me today:
- Plan to deposit cheque to cover auto insurance after work (thinking auto insurance comes out on 26th)
- Forget that it comes out on the 23rd
- Insufficient funds - automatic payment fails
- auto insurance company will try again within 5 days, charging an $18 penalty for payment failure
- bank charges me 42.50 for automatic payment failure
- my net total in all this: I’ve just lost 60 bucks for thinking the wrong day.
Put that on top of the fact that the sick day I took last pay period was NOT covered even though they told me it would be, I’m down quite a bit lately.
Fuck. I’d lose it if there wasn’t new BSG tonight… 
Yikes! Sorry to hear that, AT.
My brother and sister and I think the divorce will eventually be a good thing for my father, but it’s going to be a few months before everything is finished.
Fortunately, my mother does come out of these manic phases for most of the week, but it’s always a tough time when she goes into one. Unfortunately she doesn’t think that she has a problem, and we can’t make her get help.
But hopefully it will be finished in a few months.
Damn, dude. That’s super rough. I wish I was still up that way, I’d give you a place to hang your head when it got too crazy.
My 'rents did the same, but they were weirdly cool (like, accountant cool) about the whole thing. Different flavor, I’m sure.
Still, hang on there. It’s your life you’re leading, in the end. Not theirs. Make the best of it.
I cannot even fathom, so all I can say is “hang in there,” which seems inappropriate and clichee. I think Pike is right on the ball on this. Remember to live YOUR life too.
Everyone, thanks for your support. There is a fellow teacher at work that has a crazy sister-in-law, and trading wacky family stories has been really helpful.
It’s definitely “take it a day at a time”, but I’m mostly worried about my dad and helping him through the situation.
AT, I’ll throw in with the my-parents-were-divorced-too group. It did work out better for everyone in the end, but there were some really rough points. We’ll keep you in our thots.