Will this day never end?

[grayhawkfh]

So here I am, 1605 hrs EDT on Friday, waiting desperately for 1800 hrs EDT so I can go HOME.

But before I get started...the phone will ring. Excuse me.

Ok, that's done. Where was I...

Administrivia: I'd like to welcome a few more people from yesterday's round of Friending frenzys! Welcome to kagriswold, glittagwen, rinna_28, celisnebula, dydan, karlita, lafemmedesfemme, not_hothead_yet, pixelmonster, sexyscholar, & shay_writes. As I said yesterday, pull up a chair, pour yerself a glass of your favorite beverage, and take a load off! Hope I don't bore you!

Work: I realized today that I was coming up on my two year anniversary. Not that this will mean anything for me. Not even a hearty handshake. But that's ok by me, actually. I'd rather let the date go by in silence than with some bullshit that just further illustrates that the contracting company I work lives up to it's nickname of "Don't Really Care".

OTOH, the project I was working on yesterday seems to be working, although it needs a few tweaks. But hell, if it worked perfectly on the first try, no one would have been more surprised than me.
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Oh, look, it's almost time to go home. That work thing, I tell ya... ;-)

I am, however, grumpy at the moment. It seems that the school has graciously informed the parents that if our darling children wish to participate in musical instrument classes, we have until TUESDAY to get everything.

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT!

A quick check at the only place I trust enough to rent from (Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center), tells me that a year long rental for a used violin is ~$xxx plus tax. Yeah, not bad, considering that includes the security deposit, but the budget has not allowed for this. Had I had more than 3 days freaking notice, I might have been able to work it. Now, I have to go home and tell B. that she will probably not be able to do it this year.

A scathing letter has been sent off to the music teacher, with copies going to the principal, asst. principal, whoever screens the Superintendent's mail, and the superintendent of schools

(Bastards though they'd be sneaky and not list his address. Yeah, but you've listed his full freaking name, and since every address is in the form $first_$mi_$last@$schoolsystem.org, it really wasn't that hard for me to figure out his email. And since it hasn't bounced back to me yet, I think I scored.)

I got pissed at B's old school over the short-notice-bullshit. This one has been mercifully free of it until now. It needs to get back to being free of it, or there will be a lot more emails like the one I just posted.

::sigh::

Time to go. Have a good weekend, y'all.

Comments

[keithdb.livejournal.com]

Do you know what size violin she needs? We have one here that you could probably borrow, if it's the right size.

[aravine.livejournal.com]

Try finding a Cremona, especially used. Depending on the size, about $100-150 total should get you into a student violin. NOT by next Tuesday, but they hardly touch things at the start anyway.

I can give you a good company to order from, drop me an email if you want to give it a shot.

[nukekitty.livejournal.com]

I have a viola here if it would fit her and she would like to learn it instead. LMK