What a day it was, today, on the heels of yesterday's car disaster fiasco.

I got a ride from Sue this morning, got to school, and realized I had brought two different shoes with me. Annoyed as all get out, I shared my agony with the guys that teach across the hall from me. Andy retorted, "Well, you can just run home," which got me all excited, until I realized that, duh, I had no car! When I looked at the shoes again, and realized they were two lefts as well as being different styles and colors, I just about cried. Andy loaned me his car, though, and, fixing a shoe issue can really help in one's overall perception of a day, which was a good thing, too, as the day didn't get any better. While I was running home for my shoe, Tim called to inform me that the car was pretty much a loss and not worth fixing.

So the rest of the day was filled with attempts at car shopping, and loan rate checking. All of this while trying to teach, and prep report cards, which are due on Friday. Needless to say, it was a long day, but one of my cuties did mention a bright side..."You know, Mrs. Howell, now you have some really funny stuff to write about in your Writer's Notebook!" How true. How true.