Living it up when I'm going down

We're staring down our last deadline of the year for the newspaper.  The kids have 19 days of school left.  Things are starting to wrap themselves up, as they tend to do at this time of year.  Caps and gowns are coming soon, along with what will probably be loads of kids asking me to write in yearbooks so they can keep my words of wisdom for decades.

For extra fun on Friday, we lost power in about half of the building.  The bells did not ring, the intercom was down and the whole computer network was shot.  No phones; no attendance system.  I entered my information from my cellphone as I was heading out the door.

Back several years ago when I worked at Thomas Jefferson HS, I got stuck in the elevator for a full 25 minutes.  When the security officer, the head custodian and the assistant principal managed to pry the door open, several seniors were standing around in a semicircle to see me emerge from the carraige.  When I walked out, the gathered kids started a slow, sarcastic clap.  Priceless.

Yesterday, it seems, my friend Letisa was due.  She was only stuck for five minutes, but for extra fun, I heard a loud alarm going off.  It must have totally sucked to be in there with the noise.

I'm up late working on newspaper pages.  I have over half of the publication done, and I have every intention of getting my lesson plans wrapped up before I sleep.  This is a big weekend.  Tonight, I have an anniversary dinner with Cas.  We're heading to Fogo de Chao for a ridiculous amount of meat.  I was planning on heading to Richardson before that to hang out with Jeff for a moment.  He just got into town.  Sunday is Mother's Day, of course, and that will be still more time for togetherness.  Cas needs to meet my big brother.  If the rest of the family is any indication, Jeff will like Cas.  

But that's for later.  I want to wrap up the rest of my work, now.  If I get enough crap accomplished, I can do all of the things I have planned for the weekend.  Hooray, weekend!

And when Monday comes, I believe I will take the stairs.