Today was back to school day for my youngest daughter, 2 years left of school, just two years, and my home work days are over, my covering book days are a thing of the past, I can remember when she was born, joking that i would be doing homework until I was 52 and here we are two years away, how the time does fly.
After 6 weeks of holiday, today is by far one of the best days of the year, it was a "free" day, it did not cost me a cent ................. no dvd's, no pizza, no movies, no shopping, no munching, no complaining, no fetching, no carrying, no anything at all .................. today was definitely a really good day................
Mind you compared to yesterday, anything would have been a good day, why was yesterday a bad day ..................
yesterday was REGISTRATION DAY at the school .................................
I left work early because registration was only until 6pm, I arrived there in really good spirits at 3.55pm ........ I should have realised there was a problem when i could not find any parking, and I had to get the "bakkie" to hold its breath while I "squeezed" in between two cars ........ and then from there it just went from bad to worse..... .............. when we walked into the waiting room, we were barked at by a very irate, irritated, Pincher looking female, who demanded that we write our names in the book, and take a PINK number............. and sit down ....................
and wait for her to come and fetch the form ...............
All around the room were signs that said " Silence at all times" ........ you have got to be kidding me ........... I think the principle has some kind of power play going on here, did she actually think that she could keep the parents quiet?
Why is it whenever you have to go to the school, your personality changes from a confidant woman of the world to someone, who just follows the instructions they are given, I am convinced that if she barked the order that you were to give her your watch, your cellphone, and full use of your credit card for the rest of the year, you would......
I think it is the door marked "Principles office" , which I might add has a red, yellow and green light attached to the door, I can under stand red, the principle is busy ........ I can understand green, she is free for the next victim, but what is the yellow for, enter at your own risk, principle in a bad mood ......... principle has pms........ principle is hungry and will eat anything.......
Just sitting next to the door of the principles office, brought back memories of the "odd" occasion that I had the privilege of visiting the principles office.
Pincher lady collected the white form that we had to sign, and took back the pink number that we had to take when we came in ............... she had a fixation on getting her pink numbers back, perhaps they reuse them next year, or perhaps she has some kind of control phobia.
I was number 157 NUMBER 157, NUMBER 157 , not 156 or 158 .......... no i was number ................ you will be amazed at how many people forgot what their number was, and kept jumping up to have a look at the book with the number allocations in, they were like jumping beans, like children with ants in there pants .......... I realised it was the fear that the principle would catch them out, at having a short term memory problem .
The office could probably comfortably seat about 10 people, well number 138 had just been called when i arrived, which meant there were 19 numbers in front of mine, 19 mothers a handful of fathers, 19 learners not to mention the younger siblings, were cramped into this area , no water, no air, no space ................
Well 180 minutes later it was my turn, and it took me a grand total of 7 minutes to conclude the registration all I needed was a tiny piece of paper to say i had paid, so that my daughter could get her books and get into the class the next morning ....................
How I did not self combust is still a mystery, how I did not take those pink numbers, and inflict some serious injuries is a mystery, but then life is full of mystery ...............
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