Bluhaha! Life as we know it may be about to end or hell, may in deed, freeze over. The paradox responded to an e-mail. Just kidding. I was really glad to hear the sarcasm back in his short messages. He was the last one I thought would respond to the question about leaving an impression. But I had hoped that the e-mail would entice him to respond. Actually all the men I sent the question to responded and none of the women did. Interesting.

Went to an Al-Anon meeting last night. Needed ESH to prepare for the hurricane that is expected to hit the school today. I'm to chair a meeting this morning for a very high maintenance parent. Thankfully, I can say that I am not responsible for her attitude. The child is not in my class. But I pray that I do not say anything in the meeting to make matters worse.

I have RCIA class today for the first time. I'm kind of looking forward to that.

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This morning I stopped by the post office on the way to work and found a letter from my ex there. It seems that one of my former students is in the same prison that he is in. The poor kid is very slow and got on Joey's nerves, talking his ear off, reminiscing about the days back at KDS from the sound of it. Joey says he's done nothing but talk to him about me. The kid asked him for my address and I was so relieved to hear the protective side of my ex-husband kick into place. He remembered what some of those juvenille delinquents were like with me and refused to give him my address. Instead he took the letter that James wrote and sent it to me with his letter. I'm not writing James back. I don't do that sort of thing any more. I don't feel responsible for anyone else and my mothering instincts have shut down for now.

It's just odd to me that Joey would write just as I thought about writing to him. I don't think it means anything but when I sat down to write him back I excluded those things that I had wanted to talk to him about. Suddenly it just doesn't seem like such a good idea. Maybe it's the whole trust issue or maybe Linda is right. I'm just kind of reeling from his defense of me a few months ago when I told him what was going on. I'm really not sure if I will send a response to Joey just now. I may wait a while.

The meeting went well on my end. I didn't say much of anything. I was just there pretty much to take notes and be the case manager. It wound up being a conference call in the principal's office. I listened. I'm afraid to say that this woman is TNT. There is very much the potential of a law suit but she really doesn't have a leg to stand on. The county needs to stop catering to her. They're giving her more power.

My new wheel chair bound student will be at school tomorrow. I'm waiting for the nurse to complete her transformation from concerned medical expert to the wicked witch of the South. She has pretty much made it plain that she does not want my students in her nursing station and yet I listened as she lied about being the person who does the tube feedings. She wants everyone to feel so sorry for her. Damn! I'm the one doing all the work. Where does she get off? And what is there to feel sorry for? This is my job. It's what I do.

RCIA class was weird. I spent an hour just listening to history. I was given an assignment and told I was expected to ask questions. Boy, does he not know what he's getting into. I told the deacon that.