The toilet from hell, school registration, and my website is great!

Submitted by IntricateGirl on August 4, 2006 - 7:30am.

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Actually, those three things are only about a tenth of what's going on right now in my life. A couple of them are things I am dying to talk about, but I need to wait for a little while and see what happens(no, I'm not pregnant). As far as these hush hush things go, I will give you a story. Once upon a time, my mom, when she was just a little girl, went into the cupboard (back when there was such a thing) and she got some sugar. She LOVED sugar. So, because a little was good, a lot must be even better. She sat down and started to eat an entire package of sugar. She didn't get that far before she realized that there can be too much of a good thing. Glean from that whatever you can. ;)

First, my toilet is freaking me out. Weird statement, I know. But when you hear what's happening, you might be a little freaked out too. I swear to any god that is listening, my toilet does this horror film half scream/half moan noise everytime I flush it. The first time I was terrified. I ran to the window to make sure that nobody at the place next door that moves big equipment had an accident. It was that bad. It sounds as if you were screaming out a moan at the top of your lungs, and not a sexy moan, but one worthy of any good horror movie. It still unnerves me a little bit, even when I'm expecting it. Who knows what this portends for my plumbing...

Second, I've tried for two days now to register my son at school. They are even calling me and asking when I'm going to bring it by. The only problem is that when I get there, for two days now, they have the entire school shut down because they are waxing the floors. First of all, they mailed these suckers out a few days ago, right before I went out of town. So that wasn't even an option. Second, I don't get ANY information about his teacher until I register him and pay a "book fee". First grade and a book fee? For what? Moby Dick?!? I could be sympathetic if they would just say that they make the teachers buy all the supplies and it's to keep them from going broke. But don't call it a book fee in first grade and expect me to hand it over willingly. Third, I REGISTERED HIM LAST FALL!! Every fall, they register the kids, and then they do it all over again in the spring. So, being the magnificent bitch I am, I'm taking him the first day, and I can register him then. If they can't respect my time more than that, then they can plant a wet sloppy one on my hindquarters! I sound more upset than I am, but I just can't figure out why they are calling me and asking where the registration is, when they won't even open the office to take it. And mail it?? Ha! Remind me to tell you about my post office sometime.

And, as the title hints, my website is great. Ok, the actual truth is, I think it's better than great. I think it's bloody fantastic!! lol It really came together. I've got some small tweaking to some forms, and then I am going to get some advertising out there.

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August 4, 2006 - 3:55pm

Wohoo!

Brenna Fender Says:

Glad to hear that that website is going well, even if other things are a bit, well, weird...
:)

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August 5, 2006 - 4:28am

Lol! Things certainly are

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Lol! Things certainly are weird here. At least the school issue is solved. On a hunch, I went by the school. It was locked. AGAIN. But as I was getting in my car to leave, the principal started walking out of the building, loaded down with book bags. I got the registration to her, and she stopped holding my son's teacher's name hostage. lol She said that the wax didn't "take" the first day, so they had to do it again. The second day, they literally waxed her into her office, so she opened the window and took registration forms through the window. lol

But if you want to be like them, you'll have to emulate. -Ayria


August 5, 2006 - 4:30am

Heh, that's funny!

Brenna Fender Says:

Does your son go to a private school? I'm just curious, because you don't have to register like that here for public schools.

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August 5, 2006 - 4:39am

Nope. Public school. But,

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Nope. Public school. But, and this irks me to no end, they are linked up with the Catholic school, and they follow the same school breaks. Take a guess which one is making policy. I'll give you a hint. There isn't a Spring Break, but there are several days off after Easter.

In some ways, I can't believe they get away with half the stuff they do. On the other hand, they offer a lot of activities and their students graduate with a decent education. (And I'll have to wait and see whether my son shows any interest or not, but their football team has gone for 39 consecutive wins, and 11 Championships. Quite impressive, and if I can get him interested, maybe he can be a Rhodes scholar. I could live with no spring break for that!)

But if you want to be like them, you'll have to emulate. -Ayria


August 5, 2006 - 6:03pm

Our public schools are very different

Brenna Fender Says:

Sounds like it could be a good education though.

I don't want my son to play football - I want him to do some non-contact type of sport :)

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August 5, 2006 - 6:09pm

I understand the no-contact

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I understand the no-contact thing. And then my son discovered wrestling. I'm not particularly thrilled about it, but he loves it.

But if you want to be like them, you'll have to emulate. -Ayria


August 5, 2006 - 6:16pm

wrestling, bah!

Brenna Fender Says:

Do they get hurt a lot wrestling? I'm thinking maybe the injuries are more frequent but milder than what could happen in football or hockey, but I don't really have a clue.

My husband is a golf pro, so maybe my son will follow that route.

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August 5, 2006 - 7:17pm

Unfortunately, wrestling has

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Unfortunately, wrestling has more insidious injuries. There is "cauliflower ear" which is where the ears get injured (mostly cosmetic), and it resembles cauliflower. But worse, guys in wrestling have the most incidents of eating disorders in males. I hung out with a lot of wrestlers in high school, and I remember that they would walk around all day of the weigh-in, with a cup. They had the cup so that they could spit in it, because they were purposefully trying to lose EVERY bit of weight they could. Also, they never ate those days. I have heard of guys going as far as bulemia to lose weight. One of the guys I hung out with was a fantastic wrestler. He could pin just about anyone in under 15 seconds, which is phenomenally good. So the coaches weren't about to tell him to eat. See, if a guy weighs in at 163, but he can push his body just enough to make 150 by weigh-in, he gets put in a lighter class. The second that weigh-in is over, they will eat tons of food to get as close as they can to their normal weight, which means they are going against a smaller opponent.

So, even though the fans might see a nosebleed at most, it can be a lot more than that. I'm not going to keep him from participating, but I do know what to watch for, and from my days at the teen group home, I know a few tricks that foil any eating disorder problems. If it becomes an issue (which wouldn't be until he is out of elementary school) I will pull him in a heartbeat.

Golf sounds perfect, but I don't know that they offer it here. And sadly, despite growing up right next to a golf course, I never learned to play, so I wouldn't be much help to him. Not that I ever learned to wrestle either. lol

But if you want to be like them, you'll have to emulate. -Ayria


August 6, 2006 - 6:30pm

I forgot that about wrestling...

Brenna Fender Says:

That is bad news. I am somewhat amazed that they have wrestling for elementary school kids, by the way. I've not seen that here. I really don't like contact sports for such young kids, although at least they probably aren't breaking growth plates.

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