one of those days

it has been one of those days. monday is my late day, because i stay until 6 to cover the phones. (don't even get me started on why that is.) i don't normally take advantage of it, because i have stuff to do, but i tried to get out of bed and Carter (Sheri's cat), jumped on my chest and curled up and purred. normally, he only does this to Sheri. but she's out of town, and he is a whore, and any chest will do. so i decided to lie there and read for a bit and cuddle with the cat that doesn't usually cuddle with me.

of course, i ended up lying in bed far too long, so i had to rush to get here by 10. then i couldn't find anything to wear, and i had a debate with myself over walking to work vs. packing lunch and which is better for me- i went with packing my lunch. i know i should do both, and have been better about doing both in the last week or so, but i didn't have time for both today. did i mention i didn't have to be here until TEN? and somehow i was still sacrificing walking into work. which only takes about five or ten minutes longer than taking the subway, depending on how long i have to wait for a train.

then i got here and it's taken me an hour to read 40 emails. most of which i already read this weekend because i get email on my iPhone. i just got up to get things off the printer, and realized i already did that ten minutes ago. sigh. i think it's better when i just come in to work at my normal time, instead of being all scattered and weird.

get again, i think i get an award for most boring post ever!

new school year

it's that point in the new school year where i look around and go 'i have nothing to do'. this is because now i have a reasonable amount of work to do as opposed to an insane amount of work to do, which is my workload from april until september. this is the week after the first payroll closes, and before we level, which is a school district term for looking at how many kids actually showed up as compared to our projections, and we tweak the budgets a little and move around a couple dozen teachers. next week will be levelling, and the attendant wailing and crying and nashing of teeth. then that will be over in early october and then i settle into getting ready for next april.

my life is very predictable.

to tie this to what i see on my walks to work, and still make it about the new school year, there is a charter school right next to my subway stop. as i work for the public schools, i have a chip on my shoulder about charters. i think they drain our resources. but, this one has the best principal this year. every morning, she stands outside the door and starts yelling as she sees kids walking down from the subway stop. 'ms. carter, you're late! mr. thomas, it is past 8:30 already, hurry it up!'

it seems to be working, because every day there have been fewer kids getting off the 8:30 subway. today i noticed a kid walk past the door, looking gulitily inside, as he tucked his shirt in. evidently shirts must be tucked in and he was wearing his outside his baggy pants to look cool on the subway ride.

maybe one of these days i'll actually post some pictures on this blog. i have a fabulous iPhone now, and i love to take pictures of random things. i went from having a pay-as-you-go cell phone that usually just sat on the kitchen table to not being able to have my iPhone out of sight or i get twitchy.