Here it is again, that strange part of the day when I don't know what to do with myself for half an hour - dressed up too much to change litterboxes, heels too high to walk dogs, lunches packed and everyone else sent off, and already surfed to the ends of the internet. So I will throw in a quick update, if I can get my frozen fingers to move across the keyboard!
And so begins my first week with a boss in place. I feel anxious all over again, even though at least I have a little knowledge and understanding in my head now. And he won't be in until after lunch, so I will have the morning to go through whatever he may have left in his visit yesterday, when he picked up the materials he needed for his meeting today. So stay tuned for updates on this situation.
Yesterday was Mother's Day! I think my gift is invisible, but I am enjoying the fact that they thought of me anyway. We went to the Blue Claws game, and it was freezing cold and windy. The Blue Claws were pretty far back at one point, and didn't actually lead the game at all until they won it in the bottom of the 15th inning (we were long gone by then.) They tied it up at 10-10 in the bottom of the 9th.
One issue that has really irritated me lately, I discovered yesterday, is this issue of the reflective decals on the cars of teen drivers that are now mandated in NJ under Kyleigh's law. I was horrified at the suggestion and subsequent realization that these decals are also mandated for those driving with a learner's permit! Why? They can't drive without a parent in the car anyway! I was mildly annoyed at the requirement in the first place as it is true that you don't want your seventeen year old daughter driving around with a red flag saying "follow me down a deserted road and run me off the shoulder" prominently displayed. How would Kyleigh's parents have felt about that? We all want our teenaged drivers to be safe, of course we do.
But how about the kids who are posting all over Facebook that they were stopped by police and asked if they were drinking, to which they replied, 'no,' and were let go? Will these kids wear the badge of teenhood on their cars when they drive home drunk from their weekend revelry? Of course they won't. Yet my kid, the one who won't be drinking anyway, will have this on the car, and can be a potential target for creeps? This is the most ridiculous law.
Between Kyleigh's law, state cuts to education, and now the tax to the "rich" in New Jersey, this state is going to be turned into nothing but a bunch of gas stations and strip malls.
Anyway, all of that aside, the other issue now is summer work for Megan. She filled in just one application and has heard nothing. It's getting very annoying and I would like to encourage her to apply elsewhere but it has to be somewhere that's convenient for me on my way to work. If she doesn't get herself moving with it soon I'm going to have to insist she just apply at Acme or one of the local stores so she can ride her bike there. It doesn't necessarily have to be a lifeguard position, I guess!
And in other news, this has eaten up my morning time. I must hit the road and try to arrive on time and prepared for whatever the day holds in store. This will be a busy week as always, Brian's classes will be starting to wind down and prep for finals, although midterm progress reports were only due last Friday. Kevin will be heading off on a trip tomorrow for a couple of days, and Megan will have to get back to swimming regularly despite one more AP Exam on Wednesday. And so it goes.
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