I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Strangely enough I have never "met" Marybe but have received cookies from her (it had to do with a bet) - she is truly one special person and I wish I had a tenth of her energy.

Barb, what kad2kar said.

be as gentle with yourself as you can be, 

Barbara ... sending you lots of love.  I know how hard it was to lose your dear friend.  Marybe was a sweet soul and she will be sorely missed.

Sending you a big hug and wishes for safe travel home.

Bren

Barbara, please take care of yourself.  I'm glad the passing was easy for her.

It was peaceful as she would want. I am glad.

I hate cancer. I hate that Marybe didn't get to take her trip to Europe. I pray for a cure.

Thank you Barbara for being there. I find it amazing that Marybe was working up until a couple of weeks ago. 

Mary 

Yes....whomever is from Maine....thank you for Deval Patrick.  I loved his speech.

Jackie

Just as I got ready to watch M. Obama's speech last night......a camera was panning the crowd and I saw our former town mayor ( a woman I might add )  sitting there ....good omen for me, but then I was already feeling after listening to the Patrick speech that up was the direction everything was going. 

Still wishing Marybe's family love and comfort and Barbara as well.

Jackie

It was a GREAT night.  Powerful speeches all around, but my hat is OFF to Michelle Obama.  What a fabulous speaker and what a fantastic lady she is.  I couldn't have been more proud to be an American and a Democrat last night.

All of the speeches I heard were powerful.  They put together an excellent team.  (The polls are looking rather good, as well

I thought last night's speeches were amazing as well!

Remember how I was wishing for a year with no unpleasant surprises? Went to school this morning, and the resource room that I work in has been moved from a full classroom to basically what is a large storage room for the rest of the school.  There's no room for my desk-the teacher, of course, gets a desk since she's in there all day, but I got nuthin...I had a small, teary meltdown. All in front of my brand new work partner. Nice-how professional. I promised her I wouldn't cry anymore. I'm surprised she wasn't crying. She had our classroom all set up in what she thought was going to be her room, and just found out yesterday afternoon that we were going to have to move into the storage room. 

Mary 

Last night was a slam dunk for Dems! 

Mary, it seems like special ed is always given the shaft in terms of space and resources. Can't remember how many times I've been shoved into a closet, or worse, where I was expected to test kids, keep confidential files and do my paperwork and reports.  

@Mary and CLC, you all make me glad I retired from education. I always got moved around at the last minute, too, being a reading teacher in the middle school meant small class sizes so if they needed my room I was always shafted .... After doing bulletin boards and classroom set up. Just hope you like the teacher you will be working with in such confined quarters. Bummer!! Hang in there, friends, sounds like it can't get much worse!!

Kudos to you ladies for going back at all!!  Mary, that really sucks to not even have a desk!!! 

I've been pouting about work every day, it seems like, to my husband lately, but I have both desk and window - on a clear day (like we've been having lately) I even have a view of the mountain .  Still all in all, work sucks and I want to retire. 

But, as you say, CLC, tomorrow is another day - tonight, though, I'm going to watch the convention and quietly cheer.    Maybe I'll have a margarita while cheering....