Good luck with that, Sara!

Ugh, -t, I hope you find the badge easily when you get home.

Ugh, David. I hope that doesn't turn into a total cluster.

I am waiting for my new staff member to be ready for lunch, which might not be until 12:30, but I am hungry now!

Well, I had my Skype interview. It looks like the job is grant-based, so I'm a bit less enthused about it. But every interview is another interview experience that can help improve the next one. And I wore my Agent Carter lipstick, which always makes me feel like a badass. Thanks for the ~ma! I release it to the next person who needs it.

Oh grrr David. Good luck.

Best hopes for a good resolution, David.

Laura, my xDiL has you beat--she just left her fifth husband (that's three since she left my son), plus her maiden name, plus at one time she went by her birth father's name. Serial monogamist--I womanfully refrain from telling her she doesn't have to *marry* them.

Amusing (to me, anyway): on a scenic drive yesterday we saw a flock of migratory ducks spread over a flooded field. "Oh look," H observed, "a field of ducks."

I nodded, and replied solemnly, "Autocorrect at work."

Ha! Now I want an opportunity to say "I had one duck and it's gone"

Ha!

David - it is ridiculous that he is back!

The maids are coming today. Kelly and a friend helped me declutter most of the house. The office didn't get any attention and CJ's room was up to him to clean up.

Normally when they come, they clean upstairs while Crowley and I hang out downstairs and then we swap. Today...not so much. I don't want to crawl up the stairs with him on a leash and me trying to drag my computer with me. So, we are going to keep our couch potato location.

David, do you have an old-style tape recorder with microphone attachment for interviews that you could send to school with Matilda? Coach her to very obviously turn it on and hold the mic out toward the evangelical recruiter whenever he starts talking to the kids.

Ugh, David. I had hoped that saga was over. Hope it is solved without major efforts.

It's officially a clusterfuck now.

The Principal and Vice Principal met with me. They made it clear that they didn't want Mr. Whiteside at the school but that the decision had been made at the district level.

After a long, forthright discussion of what could and could not be done, they referred me to the School District lawyer who had made the decision.

I just tried to call him and he specifically refused taking my call, referring me back to the Principal!

Muthafuckin' weasel stonewalling lawyer bullshit!

More infuriating it was conveyed to me that the district is basically bending to legal threats from the religious group's attorneys.

My way forward is through direct parent contact and action, the PTA, the School Board and possibly the ACLU depending on how grumpy I am about this shit.

But I don't appreciate getting the stonewall from the school's lawyer.

That is awful news, David.