Six months later.....

I have been too busy to blog about all my latest misadventures, but seeing as we are in the throes of a really horrific winter, and have been for four months, I am stuck inside with a little more time on my hands. So here are my latest musings!

Post latest blizzard - (Sunday, the 15th) I had friends over for dinner Monday night, who ended up staying overnight because the blizzard wasn't over. We thought it was, but alas... So we spent a lovely evening, and I said goodbye to them at bedtime, as they did not plan on being up early Tuesday morning, as I would be, since I was booked to supply teach. Now, Proclivity has been absolutely WONDERFUL all winter, not flashing lights at me, not being bawky, and just being so... reliable. I started bragging her up, and I shouldn't have. I went to start her up earlier than usual, and you guessed it.... a dead battery. So, I called the CAA. They would send someone soon. Thank goodness I got that membership three weeks ago! Then I called the district dispatcher to advise her of my problem, and suggest she maybe get another supply. I had to leave a message on her machine. Then I left a message on the answering machine, at the school where I was booked, advising them of my dilemna. The dispatcher called me back, saying better late than never; since she didn't have anyone who could replace me. So I called the school again, leaving a second message, that I would be there, but late. Then the CAA calls me to advise me the guy is on his way. All this time I have been going in and out of the cottage, making calls, watching for the CAA truck, and of course, Carole and Dave end up waking up and getting up.I have been up for two hours, and feel like I have run a marathon, and it isn't even 8 am! The CAA truck arrives, I say goodbye to my guests a second time, have my car boosted and am on my way an hour after I had originally called. I had barely left the driveway when I decided I should call the school a THIRD time, and tell them I was going to be late, but I would DEFINITELY be there. Do you know who answered the phone? The Janitor! Do you know what he told me? That that school was CLOSED because there was no heat!!!! Every single English and French school in the Chaleur area was open, except that one. I never heard the closure on the radio, and neither had the dispatcher, for crying out loud! To add insult to injury, I lost a day of work that I could have had with the other board, but couldn't accept because I was already booked. I can just hear some people saying - Oh, only you Joanne, only you!" Ah, such are the trials and tribulations of supply teachers! So back to the cottage I went. However, I got to say goodbye to Dave and Carole a third time!