Gosh Almighty

Our neighbor with the cool bird moved out suddenly and we helped her by scavenging and salvaging items from her apartment that she didn't know about and couldn't look through herself. We found a bunch of cool stuff that I couldn't believe she didn't want, so we packed it up and moved it into the laundry room and our apartment. Books, cameras, art supplies, etc. You could say hoarding, but also just a life full of collecting and hobbies. Not unlike our own apartment. We retrieved two small bookshelves and two nice chairs which we really could use, and Steve got an unopened Target shoe shelf organizer that I (sort of) enjoyed assembling last night.

When I was looking at the emails the other day I also saw one from Laurelhurst theater in Portland. I haven't been there for years. I must have signed up for their email list long ago...But I saw that they are showing one of my favorite 80's movies, 9-5, this week! And it is perfect timing to go and see it after my Dress for Success meeting! I hope it works out and Steve wants to go with me.

This kid at school really made me mad when he was blatantly disobedient and then when he said You're not the boss of me, nobody can tell me what to do...And I said You know the rules, they apply to everyone at school, and then he kept repeating "it's a free country", talking over me. Aarrggh!! I was really upset that he was being so illogical and stubborn because he isn't usually that way at all. I expressed my frustration to a colleague who shared that all the teachers who have worked with that particular student have had similar experiences with him and that made me feel a lot better just hearing that I wasn't alone in that. Funny how that can help so much emotionally. We are all human.