I just made some. Put a bowl under your internet connection.

Yay!

Thanks for the ~ma, y'all. Today has been sucktastic all around. Turns out 20 people in my building were RIF'd today. And, I don't want to speak publicly about all this, but let me just say school politics truly suck and teachers are not really cared about at some levels. I understand financial issues, but our district has a financial surplus right now. And, well, it just sucks.

I'm sorry, sweetie. Just from hearing you talk about your class and your students, I can tell that you are dedicated teacher. I hate that our system does not prioritize education and teachers the way that they should.

libkitty best wishes for you in your situation. If they have given you formal notice you have to move in 5 weeks, there may be stuff you can do to delay. If it was just notice and not eviction if you fail to move after five weeks and eviction process will take time. That is a negotiating lever you might use to extract more time, because you can mutually agree on a move out date later than five weeks but sooner than they could get you out through and eviction process, plus they don't have to go through the eviction process. The way to put it is never to explicitly say you won't move. More on the lines of "Wow! I don't know how I'm going to get out of here in five weeks. I'll certainly do my best." And if they don't the bait or say something along the lines of "well you don't have a choice honey" you could say "well I will try. It is a shame you can't work with me on this, because if it ends up in the hands of lawyers we all come out worse than if we can come to a reasonable accomodation." Before you say anything, contact a local tenants rights group to find out exactly what your legal rights are. If your landlord stands firm then you have to decide if it is worth going to a lawyer.

ChiKat, I totally get all your frustration. I'm so sorry.

I kind of get it, Chikat. My mom works at a high school, too. Fuckers.

Chikat, I'm so sorry. Job~ma for you.

That's so shitty, Chikat. I hate them for you. I just can't imagine that this is any way to recruit people to a teaching career.

I'm very bummed that both of Matilda's pre-K teachers got pink slipped. One will probably be rehired, but the other will almost certainly get snapped up at another school, or probably district. It sucks because she's awesome. Completely dedicated and loving and thoughtful. Matilda wouldn't have them next year anyway as she's moving up to Kindergarten, but its a huge loss for the school. I feel like we really lucked out this year with Matilda. We had a real all-star staff.

Argh, I'm so sorry, Chikat.

This would be taught by Clovis the Devilbunny, right?

hahahaha. And Owen.

Wow. That would be a lot of fun, and only a smidge frightening.

Gah, Chikat. I am so sorry. That just sucks.