waiting patiently

did you know that the first day of school can suck for teachers just as bad as it does for students? well the students aren't here yet.



Today I stood in a line. it was awesome.

this line was 200 teachers in front of me, and 200 teachers in back of me. and it moved veeeeerrrryy slooowwllyyy.

I put up with hours, and i mean HOURS (4.5) of complaining pissy , middle aged, veteran teachers griping about the disorganization, lack of staffing, "i can't believe it's worse than 2 yrs ago", line. At the very end of this line was the hope that one might register for a few teacher training seminars. More than a hope, really, because there was no reason to believe that one might not register once reaching the end of this 200 person, 4.5 hour long line. everyone else succeeded. why would i expect otherwise?






unfortunately,

out of over 600 successful registering teachers, I was one who's name had not yet been entered into the system and, therefore, because of some divine reason unbeknownst to me, i was S.O.L. i waited in line for nearly 5 hours. No registrado para mi. *$&#^!

i nearly became one of the griping middle aged women.

instead i came home and sipped some whiskey and water.


all in all, a good day.


shalom