Posted by leeran on April 26, 2003, at 23:38:38
In reply to Re: sometimes the day's ok » Dreamerz, posted by wendy b. on April 26, 2003, at 21:37:03
Wendy,
I have another post in the hopper to you in response to your great post on Pax's thread, but it doesn't feel finished (it needs to be edited by about 90%).
I just wanted to say "this d*mn economy!" I'm sorry to hear about both of these situations. I've basically lost two jobs that were concurrent in the last year - one publication went out of business (economy) and the other one had to cut down on the outside sales staff (economy again).
The public school my son attends has a deficit of over a million dollars and is laying off office staff, teachers, a couple of guidance counselors, etc. They've asked for $600 per student to help make it through the first part of next year . . . (of course, you would think our unbelievably high property taxes out here, the same ones that make my heart palpatate, would be enough, but apparently not).
Reading your post and writing the above paragraph has momentarily produced a need in me to complain about something I heard on the news last week.
The woman being interviewed owns an educational company of some type that's just been awarded a government contract (U.S.) for rewriting the curriculum in the Iraqi school system . . .
Now, I understand that we upset the apple cart over there - but schools in our country suffer from overcrowding, security issues, and countless other problems that need attending to.
Okay, it's Saturday night and the soap box session is over.
It's good to hear that your day was filled with enjoyable moments, music and merriment (alliteration always).
And it's also good to hear that you have a game plan!!! Hey, speaking of rabble rousing . . . why don't you borrow that neighbor's truck (the one that revs the old motor repeatedly) and load up everyone and park outside the human resources office? Of course, that would be perceived as being vindictive . . . Can you tell that I initially had you filed in my memory bank as "Wendy with the hilarious way of telling the neighbor with the truck story"?
Here's to an even happier Sunday -
Lee
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