Since my week been awful...

... and my first week of teaching in the UK has been horrid, and have had nothing at all to laugh about, and am far too busy to give you all the details and would really like to be able to say something positive when I finally do give you all the details, and because Dar, Dan, and my Mom have all wanted me to say something rather than nothing, I thought I would instead share the only thing that has made me laugh this week.

So laugh, darn you.


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I know that it has been forever since I last posted... and every day I tell myself that I need to post for all of you today. And it doesn't happen - what with all the day to day life stuff.

Of which there is a lot lately... wanna hear, you say? OK! I'll spill...

When we last left our hero-ess...
she was ranting about the horrors of capital punishment and talking about her response to the death of Sadaam Hussein. She was gearing up for school, but had not started...

Well...

My old job called me out of the blue one day. This would be the old job that I tried very hard to get them to work around my schedule, even going so far as to ask them to split my position so that I could keep my job and still go to school. Needless to say, the answer was NO! So they call me... and here is the conversation:

Them: Um... hi Amy.... um... could you come in and meet with us?

Me: Huh?

Them: (wail) We can't keep a teacher in your classroom and we have gone through three and can you please just come in and meet with us?!

Me: (thinking) This should be fun... bet it is just going to be the same old same old...

Me: Well... ok.

Meeting went as follows: I walk in, sit down.

Them: (handing me a notepad and a pen) Write down the 4 things we need to do to get you to say yes. *YES!!! that WAS an exact quote!*

Me: huh?!

scribble scribble scribble

Moral of the story: I got three of the four. A significant raise... part time.... responsible for only 1 session of a two session split. The only thing I asked for and they could not give me was benefits.

So I am working again. Hard. About 25 hours a week. Trying to make up for not being there for a semester. And school. 16 hours. Calculus, 2 histories, geology, and an honours English class (Arthurian legend - yee haw! I love it!). I'm so busy that I gave up Yoga just to keep my head above water. Busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest, as my daddy would say.

But that's ok.... because I am NOT replaceable. That is the highlight of this. They /regretted/ letting me go. I am not replaceable. HaHa! I am awesome!

To Stephie and Paula... thanks for loving me... for checking up on me... and for pushing me to post. My kids rock. Jim and Erin got married... and neither of them is spilling on how to get at the wedding pics so I can post some of me and the kids on here. The world is a blissful place and I love learning. Plus I am adored and kept, and it feels tremendous.

Oh, and I have a spare cat... a large orange tabby that gives hugs and kisses (seriously) and is the sweetest boy I have ever met... and he really needs a home. Hijo has decided to name him Chanco... and can't understand why we can't keep him. My house is just too small. He needs to be neutered, and he has a very loud voice... but so so sweet. Someone take him before he worms his way into my heart and I cannot let him go.

Ok, enough babble....
I'm not promising more... but I'm going to try.

Oh! Speaking of no more babble... did you all notice The Dead One called me goddess? (check out my comments... it's there) I'm totally digging that... I should be referred to as such more often!