Whining
I will try to make this quick.
1. There is a Harvard building across the street that has been under construction for the last YEAR. Just when you think they are done, they start up again. And they always block off a ton of spaces on our street. gAH!
2. There is no more blue cheese dressing for my faux chicken nuggets. wah.
3. The people upstairs are either having some sort of pogo stick race or are bowling up there. It is driving me nuts!! Shaddup!!!
4. I was at work until 7 tonight and have to be at work until 8:30 tomorrow night. Just thinking about it makes me want to crawl into bed.
5. All the damn Harvard students are back and are taking our parking spaces. They have even blocked off 3 or so across the street for 24 hours, for moving trucks. Are people really going to be moving in 24 hours a day?! grrrr.
6. When I got home from work, I realized that my fly was down.
End whining.
So, I had 2 one hour presentations today. I did the first one to the faculty at lunch and I think it went well- thanks everyone for sending me good vibes! The other one was this afternoon and it was really well attended but the students just sat there and looked at me the whole time. Sigh. What can you do?!
September 8th, 2004 at 9:06 pm
You crack me up! Glad to hear that the presentation went well, even if you got some blank stares.
I can relate with the dressing. There’s this one particular kind I like, and was out of, and the store I went to didn’t have it! I felt petty complaining, but I see that you would understand my grief.
That fly incident — jeesh– that’s TOTALLY something that would happen to me! (In fact, when I was in maternity pants, it was kind of a relief because I didn’t have to button, zip or buckle anything for months! I might be the only woman in America who liked wearing maternity jeans.)
Hope you get a good night’s rest!
September 8th, 2004 at 9:40 pm
That’s what teaching is like. They stare at you ALL THE TIME. You can’t do anything. Sometimes I tap dance across the room to see if they’re listening.
People being noisy upstairs is the worst because there’s nothing you can do about it..hit the ceiling with a broom handle, maybe?
I’m so paranoid about my fly…One time I walked into a classroom with my entire skirt tucked into my pantyhose. My bottom hanging out for the world to see. It was mortifying.
Hope your day gets better tomorrow!!!
September 9th, 2004 at 9:16 am
Okay, I started thinking about this when I was driving around Georgetown and GW last week: College students. Moving TRUCKS. Aren’t their rooms like 10×10? Why on earth do they need big moving/cargo vehicles? Don’t they KNOW that in college you’re supposed to fit everything you own in the back of a compact car?
sheesh. kids today.
September 9th, 2004 at 9:57 am
Cathy is so right. It’s not enough to be a teacher these days. You have to entertain a generation whose attention span has been shortened to 8 seconds by television. Damn–now I’m whining, too, and I don’t even teach any more.
September 9th, 2004 at 10:11 am
Fly down = blank staring from an audience.
At least they seem like they could be related.
September 9th, 2004 at 10:32 am
I have this one pair of pants that I ALWAYS forget to zip, because they have a zipper, a button and a drawstring. And I can’t remember three things. Luckily my husband catches is most of the time.
When I was teaching back in Mississippi my students stared at me too, but thats probably because I was dancing around to a song called “Guacamole!” (I taught music K-6th grade, I don’t know if I ever told you that)
Anyway, hope today is better better better!
I didn’t know you were at Harvard until today either! DER!
September 9th, 2004 at 11:40 am
Yay for doing well on the presentations, and I can relate to all your gripes. For the loud upstairs neighbors, maybe let them feast on your fave tunes way high one day. =} The fly, man I have one pair of pants I always forget to zip (similar to Bellabelly!) because of too much going on around the waistband area. The other day, I went to work with my sweater on backwards.
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Hope your day is good today!!
September 9th, 2004 at 1:15 pm
Umm, I’m not feeling sorry for you on the Blue Cheese. You guys have the HOOK UP for sauces…c’mon, now! Just kidding.
I totally feel ya on the parking spaces…damn students. Forget that they are like why I have a job and everything…why must they park so recklessly?
Hope you are having a good day today.