Ka

I have been reading the Dark Tower series lately – and the wheel of Ka certainly took a shitty turn for me today.

I had a lesson that went beautifully with my morning class – they had fun, were engaged, came away from the experience with a solid understanding of something they had only been able to pick at for the last 3 days. I did the exact same thing with my afternoon block, with the principal in attendance for an observation/evaluation and it bombed. They were loud, obnoxious, and completely off task…

I was so frustrated by the end of the day that I wasn’t sure whether to sit at my desk with my head in my hands, or to run screaming from the building.

Arriving home I took the dog out for a walk across my apartment complex. I picked up my mail, and in it was a nasty letter from the Condo Homeowners Association, saying that pets were not allowed on the landscaped (see also: GRASS!) and were only allowed on the pavement and in the little dirt patch at the front of the complex. The same dirt patch where I found 2 hypodermic needles, a herd of cigarette butts, and at least a half rack of broken beer bottles.

Feeling pissed off by this latest little twist, I decided to take her to the dog park. Watching her chase someone else’s tail for an hour or so always puts me in a good mood. Plus it tires her out and makes her less likely to wake me up at 3am for a pee break. The first thing I did was step in some dog’s nasty, runny, crap.  Not just on the bottom of my shoe, no.  On the suede top part of the toe of my WHITE shoes.  Now I have a poo stain on my shoe.

I started to get mad, and instead decided to clean it as best I could with the grass, chuckle a bit, and go get some good Chinese food.

Sigh.  Great times.