Today was the last department chair meeting of the year ~ my last one (see below). Normally our campus would host the meetings but it was decided that we would meet off campus at a Mexican restaurant located within a mile or two from the district office and very close for me. I had never been to this place and for some reason my internal radar went off and it is NEVER wrong.
Texas weather is rather fickle and today we were ‘blessed’ with 98° and humidity out the wahzoo. My classroom is usually comfortable but one of my cherubs put the thermostat on 50° so it was a tad cold but I could tolerate it. Well imagine my surprise upon leaving the building to be hit with a wall of heat, yikes, and did I mention that I was wearing black?? Thank the dear Lord for a/c that works in the vehicle.
I proceed to the aforementioned joint and remembered that parking was non-existent. Parked two blocks away, met up with a fellow colleague and headed to our destination. As we entered, I noticed that there were no other customers, just us in the reserved room. Considering it was 4:00 pm, I chalked it up to being early for the evening rush. We hadn’t been sitting long when we realized that there was not any air conditioning. Um, it is so much fun trying to be sociable when clothing is clinging and not in the manner you would like.
Service? Which level of Hell would you choose? Granted there was only one waitress but there was less than 20 of us. The appetizers ordered by the host arrived finally got to the table after a 20 minute wait; the food orders took almost as long. I wouldn’t have minded the wait BUT there were flies in the joint buzzing the table. Talk about killing one’s appetite! The final straw??? The waitress brought out our bills, 2 at a time, collected payment then brought out the next group. Guess who received her check last?
Having sat for two hours with my brain turned to mush, it was time to leave. As I stood up, I noticed that I had swollen feet ~ either I had too much salt or not enough water, possibly both. Made it to the car, cranked the a/c to maximum and headed toward the highway. Fate wasn’t done with me~ I had to sit 10 minutes for a train to pass so I could get to the highway. Lesson learned, heed the RADAR!!
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I met with Ms. FL earlier in the day to officially resign from the dept. chair position. No fanfare, no drama, just a thank you for my hard work, etc. It was quite the ego booster. I will hand the reins over to Ms. Perky! She has just finished her second year of teaching and will be taking on a leadership role. Kudos!!!!
It was bittersweet being at my last official meeting; I just hope that I won’t be forgotten by the district ~ ‘out of sight, out of mind’
ttfn,
~ba
Texas weather is rather fickle and today we were ‘blessed’ with 98° and humidity out the wahzoo. My classroom is usually comfortable but one of my cherubs put the thermostat on 50° so it was a tad cold but I could tolerate it. Well imagine my surprise upon leaving the building to be hit with a wall of heat, yikes, and did I mention that I was wearing black?? Thank the dear Lord for a/c that works in the vehicle.
I proceed to the aforementioned joint and remembered that parking was non-existent. Parked two blocks away, met up with a fellow colleague and headed to our destination. As we entered, I noticed that there were no other customers, just us in the reserved room. Considering it was 4:00 pm, I chalked it up to being early for the evening rush. We hadn’t been sitting long when we realized that there was not any air conditioning. Um, it is so much fun trying to be sociable when clothing is clinging and not in the manner you would like.
Service? Which level of Hell would you choose? Granted there was only one waitress but there was less than 20 of us. The appetizers ordered by the host arrived finally got to the table after a 20 minute wait; the food orders took almost as long. I wouldn’t have minded the wait BUT there were flies in the joint buzzing the table. Talk about killing one’s appetite! The final straw??? The waitress brought out our bills, 2 at a time, collected payment then brought out the next group. Guess who received her check last?
Having sat for two hours with my brain turned to mush, it was time to leave. As I stood up, I noticed that I had swollen feet ~ either I had too much salt or not enough water, possibly both. Made it to the car, cranked the a/c to maximum and headed toward the highway. Fate wasn’t done with me~ I had to sit 10 minutes for a train to pass so I could get to the highway. Lesson learned, heed the RADAR!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
I met with Ms. FL earlier in the day to officially resign from the dept. chair position. No fanfare, no drama, just a thank you for my hard work, etc. It was quite the ego booster. I will hand the reins over to Ms. Perky! She has just finished her second year of teaching and will be taking on a leadership role. Kudos!!!!
It was bittersweet being at my last official meeting; I just hope that I won’t be forgotten by the district ~ ‘out of sight, out of mind’
ttfn,
~ba
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