Consider the Phone...

Karma is messing with me. I have proof.

My phone was stolen (I assume) this afternoon around the time school got out. I'm hoping some kid just picked it up accidentally and will return it later...but my naiveté doesn't really extend that far.

I feel as if I have lost my ability to communicate with the outside world. I think I'm suffering from phone withdrawal. I may begin convulsing soon. *sniff* My poor phone. I HAD JUST GOTTEN A NEW ONE!! And, AND!! My pictures of Binks and Toby were on it. I'm not happy.

Aside from that, it was a fairly good day. My concert choir got through a lot of Shenendoah without me playing their parts consistently. I'm having two of the guys from JazzCats sing with the guys in Concert Choir. It's amazing how much that helps. These guys are two of my best students, they're enthusiastic and willing to do just about anything.

We have teacher in-service tomorrow at Pickwick Inn. I've never been to Pickwick. Apparently it's about 20 minutes from here. Why we're having it there I don't know. There's also the final home game against Adamsville (the dreaded rival of the school) tomorrow. I have to stick around so the senior choir members can be recognized with their parents during halftime. Then I get to go home to Brentwood so I can play with the puppy. And figure out my phone situation. Sucky.

They introduced the senior choir members to the school during the sad excuse for a pep rally today. I don't know why they bother having pep rallys. Kids today have no pep in them. They have cynicism and mockery. The biggest reaction they get from them is when they have other students or teachers offer to humiliate themselves for their entertainment. All good fun. ...anyway. I had asked sent a student to ask the teacher in charge if they were going to introduce the seniors because I was going to give her a list of names. I was told no, they weren't. Which was a big fat lie because they introduced them anyway and managed to mangle at least three of their names. I don't know why they didn't just ask me to do it. I think it's because they have no consideration for choir AT ALL. Not that I'm bitter.

I had a puppy accost me at my house today. Cute and psycho. It wriggled around a lot and gnawed on me. It was kind of a cross between Lindy at her worst moments and Toby in all his puppy glory.

I think I'll make another quick trip up to the school to look around my room for my phone one more time. It won't accomplish much, but since my focus seems to be on that this evening, I might as well indulge in my obsessive behavior.