ROFL, Robyn! I so love your posts. I know you probably didn't meant it to be funny, but it just looks like something I'd think ... and only post on-line... and smile stupidly at the idiot administrator while imaging that they are... having Christmas tree needles in their, yea, stuck.
I sort of wind up taking the personal days for the religious holidays because the school doesn't get the concept, they always say, "But you're off on Christmas & Easter!". And I REALLY REALLY want to reply, "Fine. Give me the keys, and I'll come in on Christmas and Easter." But somehow, that probably would backfire.
I do volunteer for the REd Cross (I serve as dispatcher here on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day... and this year I said I'd do the whole week..through Thursday evening) on all the Christian holidays so my fellow volunteers can go to church and be with their families; and they do the same for me: they don't call me on the Jewish Holidays, and if our paid staff person schedules me, my fellow dispatches jump in to help because our paid staff doesn't understand the Jewish holiday concept.
Speaking of which, I think I've done all my shopping. I asked my TA what she wanted: I know she loves to shop, but I didn't know WHERE, and I got the feeling that the Nordstrom's gift certificate wasn't appreciated all that much this fall for her birthday. I guess she was annoyed that I asked, but what the heck.
I bought the WOW Blue (It hink?!) CD for my Hanukkah Harry from Amazon. Its a 2 CD set. I'll give him that, and if I find it on-sale, a 12-pack of diet coke. Though the CD was well over our $10 limit.
I went to the gym today and got to tell my friend there about the drunk: she was walking when I got there, so we walked together in the water instead of swimming laps... walked 3/4 of a mile, which is about what I can swim in an hour, so I know I moved! I really need to get back up on the weights, too, now that the KeyWest swim is over (I was doing more than a mile each day, mostly, so I didn't have time to do weights too).
As for other things, I REALLY need somebody to beat me over the head and ABSOLUTELY NOT ENCOURAGE THIS.. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASe, I'm BEGGING you!!!!
I received an email from the National Red Cross that they'd be offering $500 scholarships to students so they can attend the annual National Convention. And I am actually considering seeing if I can give the application to some students and if our Development office would assist with costs... or find a way for us to get either plane tickets or hotel costs. The convention is in San Francisco. I've been there before, I went out to do some work with a friend of mine's son. He's multiply disabled, so I went out to help set up some communication activities and learning games for him.
But... geez... I'm truly insane. The convention in 2006 is in DC. Much, much better location for us, to be honest. No planes, we can avoid the hotel if necessary, easier to get another staff to go if necessary.
But if I do that, I am STUCK at the current job for another year. My initial thought was to have the kids (there are just 2 girls... I can't take any boys, because I can't share a room with a male teen... that I'd let apply) apply this year, and then not get it (because I imagine they won't), as a practice run for next year. Both girls would still be in the school as juniors. Both are diploma track students, and one is pretty heavily involved in the Young Marines already, so she would be a perfect choice.
But I can't do that if I won't be there. I won't do that to the kids, its not fair.
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Okay... gotta go. Its 11:30, and although I'm not going to work tomorrow (I have yet another endocrinologists appointment, this time with the new doctor here in Baltimore; we'll see what happens!), I DO have to be at her office at 9 a.m.