We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!

Wash ,'Jaynestown'


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Amy - Sep 09, 2009 4:07:18 am PDT #7557 of 30001
Because books.

sarameg is a ninja, pass it on.


Lee - Sep 09, 2009 4:08:05 am PDT #7558 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Why am I not independently wealthy? [link]


Jesse - Sep 09, 2009 4:08:16 am PDT #7559 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good luck, mac!! I was walking by my local elementary school over the weekend, and they had a humdred signs up about which class is supposed to stand where and which door they are supposed to go in. There's also a "Drug Free School Zone" sign with graffiti on it: "Yeah right!"


Barb - Sep 09, 2009 4:09:09 am PDT #7560 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

It's amazing to me, the concept of actually sending kids back to school after Labor Day.

Except for my own kindergarten year, I've never experienced school starting post-Labor Day. Throughout my school years, it was the week before and until two years ago, the schools in this area had actually been starting the first week of August. Now they've shifted back to the last full week of August instead. Thank goodness.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2009 4:11:06 am PDT #7561 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Now I have to hide in my office until my boss talks to Big Boss about my leaving. Am scared!


Laura - Sep 09, 2009 4:13:32 am PDT #7562 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Good luck to all having their first day of school. We're in the 4th week. They started 8/18 this year. Stupid to start so early, but we seem powerless to change. Apparently the all important FCAT test is held on a fixed date so they want to get the kiddies started as early as possible to prepare. Grrr


Amy - Sep 09, 2009 4:13:47 am PDT #7563 of 30001
Because books.

Growing up in the Northeast, we *never* went back until after Labor Day. The first time the kids had to go back before, I was completely thrown.

::holds Jesse's hand::


amych - Sep 09, 2009 4:20:41 am PDT #7564 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I started on the day after labor day until graduate school, no matter what school I was in -- I was convinced as a kid that it was the Official First Day everywhere and for all time. And even though I've known better for a long time now, it still just feels wrong when it's any other day.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2009 4:21:21 am PDT #7565 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know which one makes more sense in my head, but does it really matter if the kids are in school through August or June?


sarameg - Sep 09, 2009 4:21:37 am PDT #7566 of 30001

Always started early-mid August. The one time we ran into June was weird.