Ack. The entire faculty just got a cryptic email from random colleague to "Come out to say 'hi'" at a local restuarant to Current Head of School (CHoS), who has not actually been at school since the announcement that she wasn't being asked on to the final round of interviews.

On the one hand? I so don't want to deal with the stress. Plus, ND is leaving for Orlando tonight, and it would have been nice to have time for dinner with him.

On the other hand, I have a feeling that I will gain a lot of political knowledge about WTF is going on, not to mention show some level of support to CHoS, who is a great person.

I'm going. Not sure how I feel about it, but I'm going.

Knowledge is power, ignorance is...dangerous.

Go power, choose power, my coastal teacher-sister.

A quick scan of the nearby shops reveals no potential carry-on/slash around town bag that I can schlep around New York Friday that will (a) hold all my conference gear, a change of shirt, undies, makeup and tooth brush for ON at Trudy's and (b) not look stupid AND cost over $50.

I'm carrying my beat-up briefcase. Warning, geekteacher alert. I am too stressed to care.

carry-on/slash around town bag

ooh luggage porn

I wish! The closest I imagine I'll get to luggage porn this weekend it getting frustrated with someone and shoving my bag up their ass.

Can I get wear PJ's around NY all weekend? Please? Between bag and jacket, I'm seriously thinking about calling off my all-nighter with Trudy and just catching dinner and heading back to the hotel. It means I will leave my hotel room at 7 a.m. on Friday and not be able to return to my hotel room till about 11 p.m. Sat. night, and this is kinda making me nuts.

I'm going. Not sure how I feel about it, but I'm going

This should be interesting Kristin! The CHoS has nothing to gain from towing the party line. So - hmmm. Can't wait to hear. can't imagine what that would be like over here.

Fudgesticks

Checked my work e-mail to find out that all the work I did today is now toast and instead of being on schedule, I'm now at least a day behind. Corporate had entered 1 person's hourly rate as $336.54 instead of $33.66, and the project manager didn't catch the error. So, now I need to fix this so we don't overbill our client by a good $58k.

At least I get paid OT and I can do it from home.

Suddenly wants to work for SuziQs corporate office. Hourly.

Somebody who works for one of our clients once billed one of their clients for working 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, every week for a year. (Of course, he was only working 8 hours a day.) When their client finally figured it out, he just said, "I'm worth it."

I didn't know Erin was coming to NYC! Is there an NYCistas mailing list? Can we make one?

I assume its for the NCTE conference?

I'm sorry, Connie. It sounds like your cat had a good life and was able to leave it gently.

I had some trouble with the social thing in Year 7 (new school too), but on the whole I reckon I would've gone nuts staying in the lower class.

My mother talked me into kindergarten a little early, back when public schools have more discretion than they do now. Her rationale: "You were already reading. You would have driven me crazy." I then went off to college after my junior year of high school. I was woefully behind socially, but considering that that senior year would have been another year in a terrible South Georgia high school that was probably built on a hellmouth, I don't think I could have gotten more socialized or better prepared in that year.

I hope it turns out to be a good trip, Erin.