I went out to start my car this morning and it was dead as a doornail. The battery was kaput.

So let’s start the day with just a little bit of stress.

Now I actually had a couple of options, or at least I thought I did. The most logical was to borrow my brother’s car, in that he is in France for the next three weeks and this leaves two cars at their house. So I called my sister in law. Her car was in the shop, so there was no car to borrow.

Figures, any other day wouldn’t be a problem.

Next option was to call my mother and borrow her car. I hated to do this because this was leaving her stuck in the house for the day. But that was the only thing I could think of to do. So my brother came and picked me up, drove me to my mother’s and then I took her car.

I was only an hour late for work.

I do have Triple A, but there didn’t seem any point in having them come to jump start the car and then getting to school and having it die again. I figured it was the logical thing to wait until I got home, so once it was running I could just hop over to Sears and get a battery installed.

That ended up being the plan, and it eventually worked out.

I had to hang at the mall for two hours while they fixed the car, so I brought my progress reports and parked myself in the food court so I could write them. I hate writing these things, they take forever and the pile never seems to get smaller. I got ten of them done.

I can also add disappointment to this day.

Michael is due in Boston to give his seminar tomorrow, but he can’t be bothered to find time to get together. He’s decided to come in late tonight and leave early tomorrow evening.

I am very hurt that he can’t be bothered with me. It’s probably irrational, but it’s hurtful none the less.

I really wanted him to come to rehearsal, but that was strictly a fantasy. I never thought I'd get him to chorus, but figured it was worth the effort.

I did think that we'd manage to find time for at least a drink, even if I had to go into Boston. I didn't expect him to come to me, but I did hope he'd clear some time.

I'm bummed over this, especially when the conference actually lasts for three days.

I am quite depressed about Michael, but I think that he's just the icing on the cake or the straw that broke the camels....pick your own cliche.

School was very stressful today.

We started trying to get the schedules done for next year at school this morning. This is a frustrating process, as we are trying to find enough staff to cover all the rooms where the special ed kids have been placed. We spend all sorts of time trying to make it as painless as possible for all involved, but it never seems to work that way.

The Pink of Perfection has moved from princess mode right up to Empress. With a capital E! She is on a power trip that is becoming tiresome. Afterall, she DOES have that administrative type job at the other elementary school next year and YOU KNOW that makes her so much more important and her time so much more valuable than the rest of us peons.

It's starting to rain. I'd better close the windows and leave for rehearsal, cheerful pup that I am.

I tell you, the Father's Day ads are really getting to me!