The DN

1   Anybody lookin'?

2   I'm too old for this stuff.

3   Yesterday was arguably the worst day since I got up to the Chill.

4   I was a bit out of sorts because of the jury duty thing. I thought I might need to go in after lunch and needed a sub.

5   Generally I'm never absent so I don't really know how to go about being absent for multiple days.

6  I decided to be conservative and hand students' work back and have them organize their folders and make sure that all their work was labeled properly.

7   I had a nice scene from the BBC Romeo and Juliet for them to listen to later in the period.

8    I had listened to it at around 5 p.m. in my classroom the night before and it chilled me. It was Juliet's soliloquy right before she took the potion that made people think she was dead.

9   That and the discovery of her by the nurse should have worked perfectly on a minimum day. 

10  Unfortunately when I tried it yesterday it wasn't loud enough. I thought quickly and plugged in an amp and put a mic to it.

11  Mic didn't work. Amp worked fine. 

12  I figured I would scratch and claw my way through the morning and work to fix the stuff some other time. 

13  In one of my classes a girl had a lot of issues with her grade, so I didn't have the opportunity to get the scene to the class.

14  That was the period the new boss decided to come in and observe me.

15   I didn't even see her come in. 

16   I had to read about it around a half hour later when I was reamed for having what looked like no lesson plan whatsoever. 

17   ffdsaffffklsfsdafj.

18   Just didn't need it. It was a series of things going wrong with a nerve-wracking afternoon looming. 

19   And bad timing.

20   Happens.

21   I'll leave it at that.  

22   I wound up not having to go to the courthouse anyway.

23   fjkdafjkfjdfdf.

24   NVM.

25   Moving On, Part One: In other news...

26   I had to stop writing this idiocy last night because my mouse stopped scrolling.

27   How's THAT for news?

28   Anybody lookin'?

29   I had to stop in the middle of writing this and head for Target.

30   Since it was part of the same lonnnnnnng day, I got in line to buy ONE item.

31   The lady in front of me started arguing about the price of a stroller she was buying. She then pulled out around six thousand coupons.

32   Evidently Target has taken to coupons.

33   This lady probably is responsible for the death of at least three trees. 

34   I did something I never do, which was to switch lines.

35   I got behind some guy who had around six thousand items. I had ONE item.

36   I don't know about anyone else out there, but I have a tendency to let people ahead of me if I have a lot and they have a little. 

37   It doesn't always blow both ways. This guy had no idea I was in the same hemisphere.

38   I relaxed my shoulders. It would have been too easy to get visibly irritated. 

39   I decided to smile and be polite. 

40  It felt good.

41  I walked out to the parking lot and saw the lady with the stroller. She was a pretty nice lady. I smiled and moved out to my car.

42   Just between the thirty of us, I like me. I also think I'm a helluva teacher. AND a snappy dresser.

43   Just among the thirty of us. 

44   And I know my grammar.

45   For the most part. 

46   For the most part.

47   That's about it.

48   Wish me luck.

49   I'm goin' in. 

50   I STILL have to call the courthouse at noon. 

51   Yeesh.

52   Oh well. You have a GREAT day.

53   See you again. As always, thanks for listening.

54   I love you all.

55   Peace.

~H~

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