A continuation of my initial observations on my Myspace blog:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=28049135&blogID=414124108
I just sent off an order for school uniforms. Spent $80 so far (and I still haven't gotten the complete ensemble-- still need jacket, socks, shoes...), whittled down from $120 by searching for other merchants and hunting for coupons (free shipping is not small beans!). And then just wait-- he'll sprout a couple inches and I'll have to do the shopping all over again next year :-P
We'll drop by his new school this week to turn in some paperwork and part with a check that includes not only tuition but the initial enrollment fee. Of $200.
Guess I'll have to wait a little longer till I get that washing machine :-)
Fortunately, our apartment complex has laundry rooms residents can use. UNfortunately, they're good old-fashioned coin-op (vs. the more convenient laundry debit card we used to use). And no, they don't take Canadian quarters. I tried :-)
On another note, remember how I used to rant about the food thieves?
The first offense: a mini rant.
I'm not the only victim! And my friends come up with some nasty solutions.
And finally: thievery isn't limited to fridges.
The thieves strike at work again. No, not food this time. A bit of background: our company provides us free fruit. They restock every week: apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries and grapes. I like cutting apples into slices, or cleaning off strawberries with a knife-- you know, cutting off the tops, and slicing away bruised parts. I've taken to keeping a paring knife in one of the kitchen drawers, amongst other utensils like company-owned knives, ice cream scoops, etc... I made sure to write my name on the handle-- clearly, and in permanent marker. All is hunky-dory for the next several months. And then. Last week. I opened up the drawer and it was GONE.
Now, I get that people sometimes borrow kitchen utensils and use them in other conference rooms (i.e. where food is served). And that's cool. But borrowing it implies returning it at some point, does it not? Especially when someone's name is clearly written on it, thus further cementing the notion of ownership. So I waited a week. Today I looked again. Still no dice. So this time I left a polite note asking for its return. I hope it works. Only time will tell if the knife reappears. We'll see...
Uniforms at that age?? I find that pretty silly and elitist. You're already paying tuition and, like you said, he's gonna keep growing... that's ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteThe knife incident would really irk me. At my workplace over the summer we had issues with missing forks. For some reason we always had 20+ knives and spoons (more than the number of employees) but only a handful of forks and the number continued to go down. So strange.
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ReplyDeleteI guess, since the school IS grade K-8, and very small at that, uniformity is a bit more imperative. And fortunately, many parents donate their kids' outgrown clothes to the school, for future kids to borrow.
LOL, I'm reminded of how our teaspoon supply used to mysteriously dwindle... at HOME. Later I realized Todd was accidentally throwing them away when he used a real spoon to eat something out of a throwaway container. Later on, same thing happened with forks.
As a result, our silverware collection is a true hodgepodge of styles and sizes!