I hate group projects in school.
Me me me me me me me me me. Oh my goodness.
Dear Last Week:
You were a jerk. You cost me an hour of sleep, three hours of paid time off, a new car payment, and a call to an electrician on Monday which will cost more money and more paid time off. At least Next Week was kind enough to cancel my jury duty summons. I want to go back to my simple, boring life.
Sincerely,
MM1215
You canāt paint the problems away
Think about it, fella - if a couple dozen ālong black dressesā can bring down the patriarchy after 10,000 years, itās been rotting away for just about that long. You can only devalue half the population for so long before itās going to cost you. This time letās try recognizing that every human being counts, okay?
Can you be any more narcissistic or grandiose? And no, thatās not a challenge . 
Verizon you are making me really mad! I purchased 3 google phones on a Black Friday special, and you failed to give me the promo rate on 2 of the 3. I failed to notice for over a year (my husband pays that bill), but itās taken several phone calls, and a couple of hours already, to get only a partial solution. Iāve now been on the phone for 42 minutes, and supposedly Iām getting āescalated.ā Fingers crossed it works this time.
Nope, not buying āoh whoa is me, middle class, white man, itās just not fairā argument. Sometimes you arenāt competitive because, well, you just are not as competitive as you think you are and someone else wanted it more and was willing to work harder to get it!
Dear relative- do you ever leave the house? Do anything? You post incessantly on facebook but only with āsharesā of animals, jokes, politics, etc, or memories of something your kids did years ago. Please, get out. Enjoy the fresh air. Do something.
What the hell is happening to my campus? 5 counts of robberies in 10 days??
Am I the only one who wonders when my posts are marked helpful? Are they helpful or are they giving me hugs? I just donāt know! What does that say about me?
Dear Dad, I love you and I know you value your independence. I get it. You are needing more help these days and I am helping all I can. I am still working and have my own household to maintain. Iām not sure how much more I can do while keeping my sanity.
I get the desire for independence and the refusal to consider moving into a continuum of care senior living community. What YOU donāt seem to get is that your insistence on your āindependenceā is, in effect, a decision to burden me with your care.
Weāre not going to even get into your relationship with āthe Golden Child.ā And the fact that this sibling controls all the finances and is in complete denial of your deteriorating condition. This sibling is going to be useless as you need more care.
I just hope I can come out of this somewhat mentally intact. Iām not taking bets. Itās a long road ahead.
Quitting your job is not the logical reaction to getting your girlfriend pregnant. You, sir, are why people hesitate to invest invest in millenials!
You are such a piece of work.
I love vacation, but the first day back at home/work kind of sucks.
For all the NOLA and Mobile fansā¦āHAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!!ā :))
My 15 year old daughter was home with the flu all of last week. We asked guidance for her missing assignments; when my older daughter picked them up Friday, she received an Italian packet and one for Phys Ed. Both were completed when younger daughter returned to school Monday.
Last night at 9 pm, I sent her to bed sobbing and crying. Hereās whatās on tap for the remainder of this week-- at least the ones I know about:
Today: Period 1: Oral exam in Italian on vocab she learned last year, in middle school, that was reviewed last week.
Global Studies: DBQ due this morning, followed by a Chapter test.
Tomorrow: English test on a book they discussed last week.
Friday: Geometry Take Home test due,
Geometry in-class test
Science quiz.
She also owes a science quiz.
Long Island schools are closed next week for Presidentās week. As a teacher, I understand the desire to get all the loose ends tied up before the break.
But itās simply not reasonable to expect her to maintain her grades while making up a weekās illness in two days. Iāve told her that we will work together next week during the break to get her caught up.
If, in spite of last nightās email to her guidance counselor, Special Ed contact teacher and all her classroom teachers, sheās still told to take tests, she will. And weāll deal with the fallout when the grades are returned. Iāll be more than happy to produce the doctorās note and the remaining Tamiflu to verify that she wasnāt on a beach somewhere relaxing; she spent most of last week curled up into a ball on the couch, feeling miserable. Sheās still not 100%, and itās evident when you look at her face or listen to her coughing.
I have at least 5 Seniors who missed all of last week with the flu, and another who was out for several weeks with mono and returned last Wednesday. All know that they have all of next week to get the notes and to figure out when they want to come to extra help; they can make up the missing grades after all that.
Why is my Freshman daughter not being afforded the same basic courtesy Iām giving to my Seniors?
DD got in to her first choice program with workable stipend! Respecting her right to decide to whom and how to share the news, but I want to shout it from the rooftops. DH cried when she called to tell us. Happiest Valentineās Day ever.
Dear Coca Colaā¦thanks a lot for discontinuing my favorite drink. If it aināt broke, donāt fix it X(
There are only so many ways I can say, āIām sure no one associated with the elementary / middle / high school would ever tell a child a ridiculous untruth in order to manipulate them into making the tellerās life easier. Somehow my child has gotten it into their head that this ridiculous thing is true! Please confirm to me in writing that it is not, in fact, the case.ā
Also, it does not fill me with confidence that I have been trying for 18 months to get someone to make a āfully automated, no action is required on your partā process to actually occur. Or that you think my child is associated with a different school site and is in a different grade. Or that the way you fixed her online account access was to use a name that isnāt hers.
Iām sure none of these things will be issues in college, right? lalalalala fingers in ears I canāt hear anything to the contrary