Tepid Tuesday

We're all moving a bit slowly today -- possibly in contemplating of how long the day will be. This evening, you see, we have a Concert at my daughter's school, and while attendance isn't mandatory, it might as well be. Don't get me wrong -- I do like those events, its just that they seem to drag on for a long, long time. And then right after that we're bringing the van over to a car dealership -- its getting inspected tomorrow, plus one of the side view mirrors is getting replaced (I managed to whack it backing out of the garage, much to my surprise). So it's going to be a long day.

My daughter told us that she needed an excuse note for her absence last week, when we kept her home at the recommendation of the doctor who called, surprised, to say that she had strep. This is bureaucracy at its finest -- we said she was staying home, we're writing the note. Where's the value in that? I suppose I ought to be careful about saying this -- they might say 'you're right; from now on, excusal notes can only come from medical people'. My job has a rule that if you're out more than 3 days, they want a note from a doctor. I told my wife that that's insane. If I ever get to the point of needing one, I won't do it. They can fire me (it'd make a dandy court case, I think, were I a litigious person).

Time to go.