*tsk, new beGINNingsssth!

today the new principal finally came to introduce himself.

the regional superintendent, who introduced him to the entire staff, made me do a little bit of a giggly-shudder when she said how much "passion he had for young children."

of course she meant passion for the EDUCATION of young children; most brains would have filled in the gap but mine did not; blame it on that i'm a product of my generation (for the same reason i refuse to abbreviate "cumulative folders" to "cum folders" because that just makes me feel diiirty. i always write it "CUME folders.")

as he spoke with his soft sing-songing voice, he told us how he had tried to adopt a child from russia, but when russia said no more, he adopted a boy from the US. i noticed there was no wedding ring on his hand; not that i would be interested but he looks young for a principal (early 40s) and having recently (?maybe not) adopted a child, it looks unlikely that he's in the middle of a divorce. besides, his bio named him a "single father."

are you thinking what i'm thinking? not that there's anything wrong with that; that would make us a very diverse school, indeed.