Thursday, April 06, 2006

How slowly the day slugs by...

I'm sitting in the computer lab of an elementary school, helping second and third graders log onto things like Disney Channel or Hotwheels.... it's really thrilling. Really. I am waiting for 4:30 and my release. Normally I am not impatient about getting out of work. Normally I'm surprised that it's 4:30 already. So why is this day going so slowly?

Why? Because I woke up this morning wondering why Mark had set the alarm on a Saturday morning. And then I thought, "no, it's not Saturday, it's Friday." But no, I was still wrong. With a horrid jolt of reality, I realized that it was Thursday. Yes. That's right. Only Thursday. Awful, evil Thursday. This realization was made worse by the thought that after Friday, I'm on Spring Break, and I don't have to work for ONE WHOLE WEEK. I almost cried.

That is why this day has dragged on, slowly, so slowly. I am the tortoise, spring break is the carrot. I can't seem to reach this goal, even though I can see it, even though it is soooooo close. It's cruel really. It's got to be 4:30 somewhere in the world. That has to count, right? Can I go now? Please? Please?

1 comment:

anne said...

I don't think tortoises eat carrots.

So close...only 15 more minutes. :)

A whole week of freedom. I am so jealous. I have no freedom. None. Blah.