SOME DAYS EVERYTHING GOES WRONG
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jenni_blogFriday was so awful in so many ways. It's taken until now to get over it and I'm not there completely, having awoken at 4:00 am and not able to fall asleep again. I feel a combination of awake/asleep. I'll be good for nothing when I get home from work tonight.
Let me try to expunge Friday from my system.
First, woke up feeling grumpy already. Work was okay in the morning, though.
At lunch had a hair appointment at 1:00 pm, so left early in order to go to the post office across the way to mail a parcel, then eat lunch and go to my hair appointment.
There was a HUGE, long line at the post office, so I left without mailing my package.
There was a BIG line at the Caribbean takeout place but I had to eat, so I stuck with it, got my jerk chicken combo, ate it quickly (*BURP*) and ran.
Was 15 minutes late for my hair appointment. "Oh, you made it," said Lila, my stylist. Was a bit worried about the outcome if I pissed her off.
The hair turned out great. Got my roots done as well as a trim, wash & blow dry. Unfortunately, Lila teased my hair and it was windy outside. Combination teased hair + windy = hair like a tumbleweed (very puffy).
Late going back to work but I figured I'd stay longer to make up the time.
Decided to hit Blockbuster on the way back to pick up my pre-ordered copy of the Harry Potter flick. Was in line for the cash register but as I was t first in the lineup I decided to wait until one of the two clerks on duty could serve me. A man behind me in line tapped me on the shoulder. "Excuse me, but are you actually BUYING anything?" he asked in a ticked-off voice. When I turned around I could see his face was the nasty sort...hate-filled, five o'clock shadow...not a good look.
"Yes," I replied. "I am here to pick up my PRE-ORDERED AND PAID FOR DVD".
"Oh," he said, clearly not having heard a word I said. "Can I go ahead of you?"
At which point he BUTTED ahead of me in line and went RIGHT UP to the now available clerk.
My jaw dropped. I said, "WHAT?" out loud. Nothing happened. Everyone carried on with what they were doing as if I didn't exist. So I left without my Harry Potter DVD for the weekend and went back to work. By now I was a half hour late, plus the 15 minutes that I left early.
Worked the rest of the afternoon without incident. Just before I was about to leave I spoke to my boss, who reminded me that there was a new employee starting Monday whom I would have to train. "Oh joy," I replied.
On the way to the bus I decided to stop in at the pizza place to pick up a takeout pizza for Sean. Just as I was crossing the parking lot in front of Little Caesar's, a woman screeched her car to a halt in front of me, jumped out, squeaked her remote doorlock closed on the run, her high heels clacking on the pavement, and charged ahead of me into the pizza place. She looked like the hyper, pain-in-the-ass type of person who would probably bitch at the pizza employees and take up ALL the time I had before my bus came. I decided to give up the idea of the pizza and just go wait for the bus. Sure enough, ten minutes later the bus arrived and the hyper woman STILL had not come out of Little Caesar's.
I tried to call Eddie from the bus to come pick me up from the library where I was going to get off, but my cell phone battery had died. :(
Had to go to the library and call him from the pay phone there, then wait 15 minutes until he arrived. :(
~~~
Sean has been depressed lately because he has nobody to play with in the yard at recess. His depression has rubbed off on me.
Background:
Sean is 8 years old with mild autism. (Asperger's Syndrome)
He was transferred to a new school for this year and is in a Special Ed class.
There are only 10 kids in his class and he is the one with the least difficulties, therefore he is allowed to play outside in the big yard, as opposed to staying in the small yard with the other special ed kids.
Problem is, he doesn't know anyone in the other classes. Bummer.
The kids all have an agenda, which is a notebook which parents and teachers can use to communicate with each other about what is going on with their children in and out of the classroom. I wrote a note to his teacher about the schoolyard situation and he responded by arranging for another boy to play with Sean on Thursday and Friday last week. Sean is very friendly and I hope the two boys will get along so that Sean will have a regular playmate.
Also, Sean went to a birthday party for one of his classmates, a boy named Ryan, last month. I still had the party invitation with Ryan's number on it, so I took a chance and called his mother on Sunday. I asked her if Ryan could come over to play with Sean for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon. I had met her and her husband at the party and they seemed like really nice people. Also, Ryan seemed nice and quiet, even though you could tell that he was a special needs kid.
He stayed for about 3 hours. It was a bit challenging, because neither boy has a good attention span and the two of them were all over the house, and not always together. But it was fun for Sean and Ryan's parents were absolutely delighted. They want to return the favour by having Sean over to their house in a couple of weeks.
Okay, so while life is not always perfect and ideal, we have to do the best we can, eh?
Have a nice day, everyone. :) I'll try to post later about my experiences training the new staff member yesterday and today. I'm exhausted already and it's only 6:30 am. :(
Let me try to expunge Friday from my system.
First, woke up feeling grumpy already. Work was okay in the morning, though.
At lunch had a hair appointment at 1:00 pm, so left early in order to go to the post office across the way to mail a parcel, then eat lunch and go to my hair appointment.
There was a HUGE, long line at the post office, so I left without mailing my package.
There was a BIG line at the Caribbean takeout place but I had to eat, so I stuck with it, got my jerk chicken combo, ate it quickly (*BURP*) and ran.
Was 15 minutes late for my hair appointment. "Oh, you made it," said Lila, my stylist. Was a bit worried about the outcome if I pissed her off.
The hair turned out great. Got my roots done as well as a trim, wash & blow dry. Unfortunately, Lila teased my hair and it was windy outside. Combination teased hair + windy = hair like a tumbleweed (very puffy).
Late going back to work but I figured I'd stay longer to make up the time.
Decided to hit Blockbuster on the way back to pick up my pre-ordered copy of the Harry Potter flick. Was in line for the cash register but as I was t first in the lineup I decided to wait until one of the two clerks on duty could serve me. A man behind me in line tapped me on the shoulder. "Excuse me, but are you actually BUYING anything?" he asked in a ticked-off voice. When I turned around I could see his face was the nasty sort...hate-filled, five o'clock shadow...not a good look.
"Yes," I replied. "I am here to pick up my PRE-ORDERED AND PAID FOR DVD".
"Oh," he said, clearly not having heard a word I said. "Can I go ahead of you?"
At which point he BUTTED ahead of me in line and went RIGHT UP to the now available clerk.
My jaw dropped. I said, "WHAT?" out loud. Nothing happened. Everyone carried on with what they were doing as if I didn't exist. So I left without my Harry Potter DVD for the weekend and went back to work. By now I was a half hour late, plus the 15 minutes that I left early.
Worked the rest of the afternoon without incident. Just before I was about to leave I spoke to my boss, who reminded me that there was a new employee starting Monday whom I would have to train. "Oh joy," I replied.
On the way to the bus I decided to stop in at the pizza place to pick up a takeout pizza for Sean. Just as I was crossing the parking lot in front of Little Caesar's, a woman screeched her car to a halt in front of me, jumped out, squeaked her remote doorlock closed on the run, her high heels clacking on the pavement, and charged ahead of me into the pizza place. She looked like the hyper, pain-in-the-ass type of person who would probably bitch at the pizza employees and take up ALL the time I had before my bus came. I decided to give up the idea of the pizza and just go wait for the bus. Sure enough, ten minutes later the bus arrived and the hyper woman STILL had not come out of Little Caesar's.
I tried to call Eddie from the bus to come pick me up from the library where I was going to get off, but my cell phone battery had died. :(
Had to go to the library and call him from the pay phone there, then wait 15 minutes until he arrived. :(
~~~
Sean has been depressed lately because he has nobody to play with in the yard at recess. His depression has rubbed off on me.
Background:
Sean is 8 years old with mild autism. (Asperger's Syndrome)
He was transferred to a new school for this year and is in a Special Ed class.
There are only 10 kids in his class and he is the one with the least difficulties, therefore he is allowed to play outside in the big yard, as opposed to staying in the small yard with the other special ed kids.
Problem is, he doesn't know anyone in the other classes. Bummer.
The kids all have an agenda, which is a notebook which parents and teachers can use to communicate with each other about what is going on with their children in and out of the classroom. I wrote a note to his teacher about the schoolyard situation and he responded by arranging for another boy to play with Sean on Thursday and Friday last week. Sean is very friendly and I hope the two boys will get along so that Sean will have a regular playmate.
Also, Sean went to a birthday party for one of his classmates, a boy named Ryan, last month. I still had the party invitation with Ryan's number on it, so I took a chance and called his mother on Sunday. I asked her if Ryan could come over to play with Sean for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon. I had met her and her husband at the party and they seemed like really nice people. Also, Ryan seemed nice and quiet, even though you could tell that he was a special needs kid.
He stayed for about 3 hours. It was a bit challenging, because neither boy has a good attention span and the two of them were all over the house, and not always together. But it was fun for Sean and Ryan's parents were absolutely delighted. They want to return the favour by having Sean over to their house in a couple of weeks.
Okay, so while life is not always perfect and ideal, we have to do the best we can, eh?
Have a nice day, everyone. :) I'll try to post later about my experiences training the new staff member yesterday and today. I'm exhausted already and it's only 6:30 am. :(
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Date: 2011-04-19 01:08 pm (UTC)Sometimes all is going wrong...
I hope your life will be in good system again *hugs*
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Date: 2011-04-22 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-04-22 05:16 pm (UTC)It was a surprise to me because in the past Sean had no trouble at all finding friends at school to play with. :/
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Date: 2011-04-19 05:26 pm (UTC)I'm sorry you had a shitter of a day and I hope that you'll start smiling again soon :)
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Date: 2011-04-22 05:17 pm (UTC)I guess we all have days like that every once in awhile. :(
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Date: 2011-04-20 12:24 am (UTC)Oh dear God, what a day for everything going wrong! :( *hug*
Glad the haircut went well, though :D
I had my hair cut the day before, on Thursday :p
I hope the other kid being able to play with Sean during break will make him feel better :) And it's great to hear he had a good time with Ryan ♥
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Date: 2011-04-22 05:19 pm (UTC)The haircut and colour turned out great! So not everything went wrong that day. :)
And Sean seems to be less depressed, so that's good. :)
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Date: 2011-04-20 12:50 am (UTC)But yay for Sean!
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Date: 2011-04-22 05:21 pm (UTC)It's hard when you watch these kids mature and realize there are going to be a whole bunch more problems in store for them. :(
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Date: 2011-04-23 02:25 pm (UTC)Yes, I have been living that for a few years now. Middle school has been really difficult. Though, this year, now that he finally has the correct placement, and with the ADHD meds, he is suddenly seeming like himself again. It's hard to explain but the "real Tom" is very sweet and funny and charming, and always has been, but that part of his personality has not been to the fore since he was 10. It's nice to have him back!
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Date: 2011-04-23 02:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-04-21 03:40 pm (UTC)I don't wanna be too cheeky but if you're in need of some porn to cheer you up, I wrote some here. *hugs*
I hope Sean will have some nice regular playmates at school soon! I be depressed as well if I had to play in a schoolyard with other kids and didn't know anyone, and I don't have autism! :( I'm sure he appreciates your effort at finding him new friends! :)
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Date: 2011-04-22 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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