Because life goes on, even when Auntie's going spare...
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntbijouWell, first off, I just checked the school district's web page a little while ago and there's a letter up, stating that our school district AND county have no confirmed cases of swine flu... at this time.
Meaning I set a fox in the hen house when I made my lil' ol' phone call.
Good. They need shaking up, and to tighten up their sloppy practices. Trust me... they have some pretty damn sloppy practices. Need I remind anyone of the year of "once-a-month-strep?"
*grimaces*
On a lighter note, my daughter spotted one of our herd of spiny lizards sunning itself on a football (alas, the American kind,shocolate), and he/she stayed long enough for me to get a couple of pictures.
First, an into shot to show y'all the lovely patterned back...
And now a close up shot so you can see why they are called "spiny" lizards...
And this little fella isn't as big as some of the spinys we've found around here!
I am trying to distract myself, really. It's kinda... okay, it's not working, and I don't know how much sleep I'm going to get. I'm very... upset. Not so much about my kids possibly getting swine flu as their being exposed to it because of sloppiness, carelessness, and thoughtlessness on the part of a school district so focused on those damn TAKS tests that they put my kids (and I include all my kids in this, my biological kids, and the ones I've taken into my heart) at risk just so the numbers of kids taking the tests stay high, thus increasing the odds of good scores. And thus, more funding and recognition.
And yes, I'm worried about my kids getting the flu. Because of stupidity. Sheer, careless, asinine, and completely ham-handed stupidity.
I better get some answers tomorrow. Or I go public.
*throws down gauntlet*
Meaning I set a fox in the hen house when I made my lil' ol' phone call.
Good. They need shaking up, and to tighten up their sloppy practices. Trust me... they have some pretty damn sloppy practices. Need I remind anyone of the year of "once-a-month-strep?"
*grimaces*
On a lighter note, my daughter spotted one of our herd of spiny lizards sunning itself on a football (alas, the American kind,
shocolate), and he/she stayed long enough for me to get a couple of pictures.First, an into shot to show y'all the lovely patterned back...
And now a close up shot so you can see why they are called "spiny" lizards...
And this little fella isn't as big as some of the spinys we've found around here!
I am trying to distract myself, really. It's kinda... okay, it's not working, and I don't know how much sleep I'm going to get. I'm very... upset. Not so much about my kids possibly getting swine flu as their being exposed to it because of sloppiness, carelessness, and thoughtlessness on the part of a school district so focused on those damn TAKS tests that they put my kids (and I include all my kids in this, my biological kids, and the ones I've taken into my heart) at risk just so the numbers of kids taking the tests stay high, thus increasing the odds of good scores. And thus, more funding and recognition.
And yes, I'm worried about my kids getting the flu. Because of stupidity. Sheer, careless, asinine, and completely ham-handed stupidity.
I better get some answers tomorrow. Or I go public.
*throws down gauntlet*
