My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Yesterday early morning I was out walking with my dog when I observed a truck with lights flashing all about the location. I considered, oh my gosh, somebody is truly ill and getting taken absent in an ambulance. I have been taken absent in ambulances once or 2 times, and I recall it remaining no enjoyment at all. As I approached, I noticed it was not an ambulance, but instead a flatbed truck, and as I obtained closer I saw they had been taking absent someone’s Lexus.
This, I believed, is actually bad. Somebody who could not pay for to do so went out and purchased a Lexus. Of course, this individual was concerned about appearances. I guess you seem properly-to-do if you have a Lexus, and I guess the moment you park it in your driveway, all your neighbors will say, “Hey glance. They have a Lexus.”
But then you overlook a couple payments, and they occur and haul your Lexus away. They have lights flashing just about everywhere, and all the neighbors see. They say, “Hey, did you see them hauling that Lexus away?” Then all the neighbors, who you’d worked so tricky to impress, come across out that you couldn’t find the money for a Lexus just after all. You shed the down payment, you possibly owe cash, and you have to borrow your sister’s 1990 Corolla just to get to work. The neighbors both gloat or politely pretend they failed to discover
I felt undesirable about that, but on the brighter facet it was Tuesday. This was very good, mainly because I would not have to pack anything at all to consume after first time period. We have this cafe at our university, and they promote breakfast burritos in the AM immediately after 7:45 Tuesday through Thursday. This is an offshoot of our culinary method. Our principal went out and acquired furniture that helps make it look like a cafe. This was rather impressive, as most college cafeterias are rather considerably indistinguishable from a normal jail mess.
So it was a excellent position to dangle out. You could sit in a booth with a buddy, and you have been really substantially socially distanced from most anyone else. At first I was not actually amazed with the culinary facet, mainly because all they had were being Pop-tarts, all types of other sugar-laden rubbish, and bagels, not exactly the form of empty energy I want just before I get started training.
Nonetheless, they received me in excess of with their espresso. I genuinely never hope coffee to be excellent anywhere. When I’m on the street, I buy hazelnut espresso. I will not truly like it, but it often tastes like hazelnut. For my funds, hazelnut is much better than crap. Anyway, the coffee at our university is truly pretty superior. That’s outstanding, for the reason that I distinctly remember obtaining the worst coffee on God’s inexperienced earth from our common cafeteria. Being determined for caffeine again then, I’d keep my nose, swallow it speedily, and hope for the ideal.
But at 8:50 yesterday, they experienced only bagels and Pop-tarts. That meant I had to wander out in the rain to the grease truck in close proximity to the school, exactly where they would truly set factors like eggs and cheese on a wrap, if you would only spend them cash. I trudged again to the cafe and bought espresso, but I am not gonna possibility coming in without having my possess foodstuff anymore. There’s sufficient worry in this job without having wanting to know what it is you essentially ate from the grease truck.
Towards the afternoon, I was rather concerned since I experienced to run to a dentist appointment. That in no way puts me in a excellent temper. But then, there was an announcement, All instructors really should check their e-mail for lacking report card grades. I did, and all my grades were lacking. This was odd, because I’d submitted them all on Sunday.
And it was doubly inconvenient mainly because we do not have a grading program. I was pressed for time, and instead than go from my saved Excel file, checking 150 periods again and forth, I seemed up my grades on Google classroom and recalculated. Right before I could complete, I had to operate to the dentist. My dentist is in Jackson Heights, so before I get a large needle inserted someplace in my mouth, I get to go up and down the streets and see a fire hydrant or driveway exactly where every single area should be.
This early morning I was supplying a exam, so I experienced pretty minimal prep to do. I was in a position to print out my Excel sheet, I checked most of my grades from it. They seemed alright. But then I identified that report cards had currently been printed, so I ran all-around like a rooster devoid of a head for no explanation in any respect.
Even so, I’d introduced my possess food stuff, so no Pop-tarts or grease vehicles for me.
And Warnock won in Ga.
I come to feel much better situations coming.