Boredom and Other Random Thoughts

I'm bored sitting here waiting at the futile task also known as Parent-Teacher Conferences. I'm required to put in 6 hours. No parents ever come to see me. Let's face it, the kids I work with, their parents should have been voted "Most Likely to Forget They've Spawned Satan's Seed" in High High School! I'm not kidding.

On a more fun note, I went to see an actual play last week, one that had professional actors, in a theater, and had a script that didn't come from a 5th grade Reader's Theater book! OH JOY AND ELATION! The play was "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change", a musical exploring the high and lows of love and relationships. I laughed til I hurt. I love good comedy, and this must have qualified because there was some lady a couple of rows up from us who kept snorting like a pig. If you make it to St. Louis before November 10th, it's at the Westport Playhouse and is worth the price of a ticket. There was this song, "Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride" that had me howling. Let's just say, it expressed every thought I've ever had about every wedding that I've had to be in, well, maybe with the exception of one or two. If you've been in a relationship, married, divorced, or watched all of your friends get married and have kids, you'll find something to relate to in this musical.

I'm glad fall has finally descended upon us. I'm loving the cooler temps and the opportunity to wear sweaters and sweatshirts. Now if we could just get some more rain, life would be good. I've managed to make it into the home stretch for my first semester of classes for my library science degree. I've counted three more assignments and a final that have to be finished by November 30th. If I can make it till then, and I manage to get all of them done, I'll have a breather before classes roll around again in January. Regardless of whether we want it to or not, time marches on!

On a gross note, if you like to gross out your children or the children of your siblings, Target has some lovely candy to purchase. My personal favorites included the suckers that look like severed human fingers, the Box of Boogers, and the gummy frog you disect(sp?) to get to the candy on the inside. You've got to love Halloween!!