the official notice of my leaving came out at work today. i gathered all the kids together on the Big Blue Rug, and we had The Talk.
"does anyone know what college is?"
"yeah, it's school! steve from blue's clues went to college! then his brother joe came!" (thank you steve burns, for making an episode about going to college. your CD is phenomenal, and your replacement joe is far inferior.)
"ok guys well, i'm going to be going to college. so i'm not going to be your teacher here anymore."
mostly blank stares. "are you going to teach at college?"
"no honey, i'm going to learn at college. someone else is going to teach me."
"but when are you coming back? what about laurel? what about carol?" a couple kids going "YES!"
"laurel and carol will still be here to take care of you, and there will be a new teacher, too."
most of them seemed ok with it; i don't think they really know what "leaving" means. some of them won't really get it until i stop coming to work. i'm going to miss them like crazy, though. they're the best part of the job; if all i had to do was hang around with them all day long, it'd be a lot more fun. but the paperwork and the meetings and the constant monitoring of everything...i'm just somebody who likes to play with kids.
in other news, i'm going straight to hell. for unfounded flattery toward the band of a boy i think is cute but would not date. see, it's an oi band. they've been together, in one way or another, since 1992, when i was 15 and totally clueless to the existence of punk music in general. here's the the thing: apparently, they're really bad. cringe-worthy lyrics. but what do i say? "i was thinking about going to the court tavern on the 17th as part of my celebration of unemployment. i heard this really cool band was playing that night." and the worst of it is, i don't know if i really do have a little crush on him, or if i just want him to have one on me. oh, and did i mention that i kind of dig his lead singer? yep, straight to hell. express train. long as i'm in the smoking car, i'll be enjoying the ride.
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