1 Ahhhhhh, Friday!
2 Ah, wilderness.
3 What a week, and even with a little rain!
4 There was this very peaceful Chinese music on in the background last night, and the thought of rain combined with the music left me in one of those pondering moods.
5 I had time to reflect on a year that has so far been a dream year. I”m really not used to it. I feel I haven’t yet awakened.
6 Fortunately I have that built-in reluctance to completely relax and enjoy the ride.
7 I may be going to Hell in a bucket.
8 But at least I’m enjoying the ride.
9 Moving on: Ya gotta love science, boy. The day before yesterday I was approached by a Science teacher who wanted to request use of this small sort of Greek amphitheatre they call the Quad for use of experiments involving sodium. water, and explosions. They also wanted to use it on one of our fire-drill days.
10 She asked it that area was being used next week during classes.
11 That’s akin to someone asking if YB’s quad would be used for anything during classes on a normal day, and we’re just going to do an experiment with a Weber and some gasoline during a code red.
12 In general, yes it’s being used, just for cutters and teacher aides on half-hour bathroom trips.
13 But they wanted to use the area for outside explosions each period.
14 I okayed the use of the area, but asked if a) they move the experiment to a day when we WEREN’T having a fire drill, and b) notify the principal of their intentions, that something having to do with blowing things up just might be a tad out of my realm. I just let people know if areas are available. She said she’d take it down to the office. We both smiled.
15 Hilarious.
16 Yesterday I got an e-mail from the Principal saying, “ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND????” I couldn’t imagine what must have been going through her mind:
17 The story, quite naturally, twisted and in her mind I had okayed the entire fire-drill day experiment, which even when I was talking with the teacher seemed an absurd request on a day where the school might be having a fire drill.
18 I just okayed using the steps because frankly, if a teacher wants to go anywhere outside during the school day, there isn’t a lot of conflicts. If an entire department wants to set up explosions on a fire-drill day, I say go talk to the Big Boss.
19 The entire request seemed preposterous to me, but I said, “Yeah, the area’s up for grabs.”
20 I guess that was taken as an okay to do these experiments.
21 So there you go. A day in the life. I thought it was all pretty funny, to be honest.
22 Anyway, if you hear bombs going off in the hills, it’s a controlled burn folks. These are trained professionals. Do not try this at home.
23 The Chinese music has stopped and there’s some happy song playing, almost Jamaican, as we come to the close of an amazing week.
24 Dawn is breaking everywhere, light a candle, curse the glare.
25 Draw the curtains I don’t care but…
26 It’s all right.
27 Have a wonderful weekend.
28 Eat at Joe’s.
29 Peace. See ya again.
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