counting

if one can measure the quality of a day by how many times one has been made to smile, today can be counted as a pretty good day.

thir morning i got a message on my phone. it was someone asking if i might be interested in a long-term sub position or a bilingual third grade teacher position.

so i have an interview tomorrow. I figure i have nothing to lose.

and they must be really desperate for bilingual teachers at this school - they called me because i had sent an email to this school's district administrative offices asking if they had any positions for homebound tutors - in it i mentioned that my type-29 certificate was pending - which got forwarded to this elementary school which happens to be just down the road from my current school.

so feeling in-demand made me smile today.

i got to my french class about a half hour late this evening because of an appointment with mon psy. of course knowing that every spoiled dimwit with nothing better to do had already arrived and stolen a potential parking spot from me i was dismayed when i pulled into what i thought was an open parking spot only to find the ass of a N*ssan T*tan huge ass pickup truck occupying half of th spot. i figured my little jetta could fit but it couldn't. i had my windows open and there was a guy just getting out of his car right next to me. embarassed that my car did not, in fact, fit in the space, i tried to cover this up by making a joke, sort of. i said, "don't you hate assholes like this???" to which the guy replied, "that's why you shouldn't drink and drive!"

that got a good laugh - and a smile - out of me.