Art Gandy
9/24/2015 09:38:30 pm
Nice! These notes are gonna help me kick ass like you do! Thanks for sharing. I'm lost on the cookie thing. I heard you talking to Mangini about the chocolate chip cookie... But I was in my head, somewhere else... Like I am most of the time. Besides the time that I spend with my sons, its really hard for me to live in the now. I think nonstop.. And so deeply that I get lost easily. Next Thursday, I'm posting up in the front row with you because I think I'll be more focused on SabMan. I think we should encourage some of the more quiet students to sit up front with us. What do you think about that?
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Courtney
9/25/2015 08:02:25 am
Oh Art, I am sure you will not only understand, but see the humor in this story. My daughter started daycare last week. Of course by mid week she is sick. Moving into the weekend we are both running fevers and producing mucus. Monday at 3:48am I decided to call out of work and use some of the 125 hrs. I have accumulated. Obviously, I do not call out often. Still by Tuesday no better similar timeline in the call out. Being home sick with a child who is sick, while your husband works 14 hour days does not leave much room for you to be sick. I was on the mend by Wednesday and had e-mailed Mr. M that I was afraid of my I believe post not being complete. I pushed through it, went to work, and was relatively happy with my end product. We are all works in progress. Any hoo as I was leaving my house yesterday morning, I put my school bag down to take some day time medications. I know if I do not take care of myself I will end up in pneumonia as I have before many times. We are potty training Grace and she peed her pants. I got a new outfit on her, grabbed my work bag, lunch bag, her school bag and out the door I went. All before 7am!!! Dropped her off at daycare without any accidents which was an accomplishment. Made it all the way to Media grab my work bag, lunch bag, and OH NO!!! my school bag lays on the floor of my kitchen where I put it down to take my meds. I live 45 minutes away from my office and I need to clock in within the next 5 minutes. Ok I need to improvise. I grabbed a spare notebook I keep at work for jotting down things I need to remember, a highlighter, and 2 pens. I am running late for class. Remember I called out 2 days sick and no one does my job when I am not there. I not only feel horrible, but I am working 12 hour days trying to catch up. I wanted to bag class so bad, go home take meds, shower and sleep until the morning. As you can tell at this point I am an over achiever so into class I went feeling very unprepared. Then he asks for the notes we took during the video views at home. WTF!!! As you tell 3 pages of notes were taken. I just looked at him, jaw dropped, shaking my head. Once I was able to put words out of my mouth I asked if I e-mailed him a picture of my notes would I still get the credit. That is when he drew the cookie on the board. Confused I said "cookie" and he answered yes by shaking his head up and down. Your going give me a damn cookie??? Then he put on the board in writing...what is the point of taking notes if you don't bring them to class, you mad? Yes I was very mad. Being an overachiever I had already beat the hell out of myself all day for forgetting them, then for slick comments. My hood side was starting to show. But I stopped, forgave my self for a fuck up, and proceeded to be present in this class. I hope you found humor in this long drawn out story.
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Art Gandy
9/25/2015 11:01:14 am
Jesus! I have to commend you for pushing on and getting out the door by 7, despite being sick and forgetting your book bag. I'm glad you came to class. Sick kids are no fun either. My son Arthur is three and a half. We are doing the potty training thing. He's coming along good. slowly but surely. They say that boys take longer then girls when it comes to potty training. I guess we don't mind sitting in our own poo. lol. I dig the notes, you take so many notes which is awesome! Sometimes in class when i'm thinking to myself "should I be writing this?" I see you writing in my peripheral vision and think "yes, yes I should be" haha I don't know how you keep up with his words so well he talks so fast!
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