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more and more....
...I'm thinking of getting out of teaching. Don't get me wrong, I love it. I love the older kids, I love the topic.... I just can't afford the pay anymore (I'm bringing home less than I did 7 years ago in my 1st year of teaching), and I can't handle the stress that is idiot children.... -
Writer's Block: Just stop, already!
My biggest pet peeve is gum. The smell, the sound, the nastiness stuck on my shoes.
My second biggest pet peeve is students who ask a question, then don't pay attention to the answer. -
OUTRAGE!
hinj is distressed by all the folks OUTRAGED over A MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO!
OH NO!
Get the facts, folks.
(a) It's not ON ground zero, but near.
(b) Not all Muslims were party to the attacks on the twin towers.
(c) Nowhere is it reported this is a RADICAL Muslim mosque, merely a mosque where Muslims may worship.
(d) Many Muslims of the ( Read more... ) -
Hello, LJ! Long time no see!
I appear to have been seduced by facebook...but I'm not completely sold on it. It's great for little bits of fluff one wants to broadcast (whichone should probably keep to one's self), but I think this is a better medium for actual information storage.... -
ugh. Baby-Daddy drama.
My ex-husband is having wife drama because he married a no class crack whore. He wants to bring that drama to my house.
Um, no.
And he'd better keep my son out of it, too. -
Halloweens past
It was a blustery Halloween night some ten years back when I learned that I had been misled (pronounced missLED) for my entire life. Up until then, I thought I was merely misled (pronounced MYZuld). It was a painful revelation for me, because I am a wise, educated woman. How could it be ( Read more... ) -
I guess what it boils down to is..
...my charmingly brilliant child with 160 IQ is a god damned idiot ( Read more... ) -
I can't take this, I can't take this, I can't take this.
I am about as easy going and tolerant as they come ( Read more... ) -
court costs
Went to the courthouse and paid my son's court costs today. Original fee: $156. Because I paid after the day they were assigned, I had to pay $181. Eek. Add to that the state taxes I paid on Thursday ($400) and I feel like a hurting unit ( Read more... )