1 53 am pst   [ why am I up so late? ]

7 44 pm pst   [ bye, bye home ]

The most important news I didn't share yesterday was that my mom sold her house, for several thousand above her asking price. She has to be out in May, so she has until then to buy a new home to move into. She is very happy and I am very happy for her.

Matthew's race results posted and he did very well. If he had raced in his class, instead of novice, he would have gotten first!

Today was a full day at work. The school doesn't want to pay overtime, so they schedule you for 8.5 hours and then require a mandatory 0.5 hour lunch. Last time, my supervisor didn't tell me this, so I worked 8.5 hours and then my boss came and just took 0.5 hours off my timesheet (without even telling me!!!). So I was feeling like I was owed a half hour (or really forty-five minutes, since you get time and a half for overtime) so I decided I was going to ask to leave a half hour early. Then I didn't get a chance to take my mandatory lunch, so I asked to leave a half hour early to get my lunch break. Then all the kids left early, so I would have gotten to leave early anyway.

And for reading all that dreck, I will tell you about my hilight of the day. I brought The Mask (1994), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) to work with me. The children voted for The Mask almost unanimously and it was really fun to watch them cackle with delight at the funny scenes. But I have skipped ahead. My co-worker brought out the tv and vcr. He plugged it in. I don't know if it just started playing or if he pressed play, but all of the sudden there was a full frontal shot of a naked boy and girl on the screen. All of the kids were sitting waiting to watch the movie, and in unison they said "Eeeeewwwww!" I quickly hit stop and eject, noting that it was a Tampax video on puberty. My co-worker was mortified, but the incident really made my day.

So I have a woman I work with, whom I refer to as my supervisor, and then her boss (who runs the program, but doesn't work with us on a daily basis) I refer to as my boss. So my boss said that she is leaving next year, but my supervisor wants to retain her current position, so I am welcome to apply for the [boss'] job. That would mean that I would become my supervisor's boss. That would be weird!

11 34 pm pst   [ gratin ]

I whipped up another purple potato and leek gratin for dinner.

Matthew warned me that he was in a bad mood. He's been playing video games and I've been letting my mind wander. We are both exhausted.