The Week That Better Be Leading To Something Good

On Monday, I had high expectations for this week. Apparently, I should have gone ahead and kept them pretty low. Whine alert...it's going to happen, but rest assure, I'll be over it in a bit and will have hope for another day tomorrow!

I signed a lease on a brand spankin' new car four weeks ago. Same car that I had, but the updated model. Can I get an Amen for new car smell? I've been loving it...and then, Monday afternoon happened. I'm driving home and had to to pickup my dry cleaning (side note: Does everyone know how much I love dry cleaning? Even more so, I love the drive through dry cleaners. Drop it off before school in the morning and pick it up after...all in my car...it's great. When I lived in Boston, my girlfriend, Aadina, knew that if I didn't answer my phone, most likely, I was in the dry cleaners. And the neighborhood one I went to in Boston...let me just tell you...that man could get a stain out of ANYTHING!). Anyhow, I'm pulling away from the dry cleaners and hear a "clunk-clunk-clunk" sound coming from my car. Shit. I have a flat. Are you freakin' kidding me?! Nope! I had a nice little piece of metal stuck in the wheel. Damn. Thankfully, the Rescue Rooter guys were very fast and I was on my way home, with a spare on the car (and still no licence plates, I might add...that is how new it is!). I had to get home to try out a test run with the webcam to see if this principal up in CO and I could make a video interview happen. Of course, it didn't work. So, we agreed to try again the following day. So, I decided to get the tire issue fixed and ran over to Firestone. Dropped the car off and walked down the street to this very cute little bistro place to have a bite to eat and more importantly, drink a glass of wine. It was lovely, I must admit...except for the part when the guy from Firestone called to say he couldn't patch the tire, so I'd have to buy a new one. I about cried, then ordered another glass of wine. I went back to Firestone to pick up the car and noticed black smudge marks all over my brand new light-colored car seats. Grrrrr! But, they fixed it. And I decided that the best part of the day was my short drive home because the sun looked so beautiful setting in the sky. I summed the day's events up with my need to see that...and apparently, I had to go through ALL of that, just to get to the setting sun.

I won't bore you with every nitty-gritty of the rest of the week, but let's just say, I'm STILL having technical problems with getting the video on my webcam to pop up during a video IM, even after being on the phone/ computer for 3 1/2 hours with a very nice guy from Geek Squad. That's a bit frustrating. I emailed her last night to tell her that we may have to explore other options and I didn't hear back from her today. Please cross your fingers for me. I had such hopes for this opportunity. I'm still hoping things fall into place. Maybe she's just waiting for my actual birthday? :)

Oh, and here's the kicker!! I got home today and went to check my mail and had a letter from the principal who I interviewed with a couple of weeks ago (in another district). She never called or emailed me back after our interview, even after I emailed to say thank you. No response, which I think it highly unprofessional whether you're interested in the candidate or not. So I was thrown to begin reading a letter from her that is congratulating me on becoming a member of her faculty and inviting me to join my new teammates as soon as I can get out to Colorado...yada, yada, yada. I'm completely confused until I reread who the letter itself has been addressed to...Ms. Rakell Adams of Mason, Ohio. Yep...it's true. Probably the most white trash mistake one can make. She sent her new faculty member a letter with the envelope addressed to the wrong person. Nice, huh? Of course, I was upset at first...it actually kind of felt like a boyfriend who broke up with me. But then I decided, why would I want to work for someone who is that irresponsible?! I guess it just validates my being grateful for this new opportunity that has come my way.

The girls are coming over tonight for pizza and TV watching to celebrate my birthday, which I'm SO excited about. I think tonight will mark the beginning of an upward climb!