Oh Seska, I'm sorry. I meant to say best wishes and hang in there. So exciting (and stressful)!
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Pix - May 12, 2011 6:03:56 am PDT #21251 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 12, 2011 6:04:57 am PDT #21252 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
No worries at all, Pix! We cross-posted/edited, but I wanted to wish you better. Thanks for the good wishes!
Ginger - May 12, 2011 6:31:52 am PDT #21253 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Having umbrellas is the surest way to fend off rain.
I believe the appropriate speech is: "The girl is too awesome for words. Let's eat cake."
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 12, 2011 6:49:50 am PDT #21254 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
That's really rather good.
Barb - May 12, 2011 6:52:32 am PDT #21255 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Certainly addresses all the important points.
Deep breaths, Seska-- it'll all be good.
And Pix, all the ~ma in the world to you. Feel better and hopefully, today won't be too terrible.
WindSparrow - May 12, 2011 7:56:31 am PDT #21256 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I believe the appropriate speech is: "The girl is too awesome for words. Let's eat cake."
Precisely what I was going to advise.
Fred Pete - May 12, 2011 8:01:10 am PDT #21257 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
All Pix~ma.
Atropa - May 12, 2011 9:00:40 am PDT #21258 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Best wishes to Seska and The Girl!
Pix, I hope things ease up for you and you feel better. You know what we need to do? We need to run away to the spa for the day, and then ... maybe join the circus.
Beverly - May 12, 2011 9:39:02 am PDT #21259 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
All Happy Wishes to Seska and The Girl!
Relief and rescue~ma to Pix.
Pix - May 12, 2011 12:05:48 pm PDT #21260 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Pix, I hope things ease up for you and you feel better. You know what we need to do? We need to run away to the spa for the day, and then ... maybe join the circus.
I think this is an excellent plan.
So the meeting went okay. Turns out that apparently some people in my department feel like I'm trying to usurp the current department chair, which stems from the fact that the current department chair has been pushing responsibilities onto me because she's really ready to not have the job anymore. Apparently also at least one of the MS teachers feels like I think MS is less important than upper school (which, for the record, is not remotely how I feel). The US and MS directors were both really supportive of me and said that they know I've been in an awkward situation given that the current chair has been pushing things off on me, and they also said that they know that I don't feel that way about MS at all--it's about perception. They were really just giving me information so I could do some PR. I'm just...disappointed. And bummed. Because I thought I had really positive relationships with everyone in my department and had hoped that they would feel comfortable with me.
Anyway, it's probably only 1 or 2 people and I will feel better tomorrow, but it's sad to feel like the politics have already started.