Sorry, guys, I'm on sappy love movie number two of the day, and that's not counting Fanboys we saw earlier, too, which, by the way, was pretty good, if anyone was curious.

So, I have a question for you...

My daughter came home from school today all upset because... Well, at her school, the kids can buy these candy gram things to send to their friends. She got two from her friends and didn't really like the candy it came with, so she gave the candies to two of her classmates. Now, as I understand it, the teacher said they could talk the last few minutes of class while the girl passed out the candy grams so it's not like she was disrupting the class or impeding some other student's ability to be learning. Anyway, her teacher saw her giving the candies away and told her that if she doesn't have enough for the whole class, then she shouldn't be giving any out, so she is to bring candy for the whole class on Tuesday. So, she told her teacher that she didn't think her parents would do that, and that we probably can't afford it, and the teacher said that if she didn't bring it, she could have detention instead. So, Rich tells her that we'll buy her a bag of M&Ms or something just in case. And, of course, I'm like f**k THAT!

So now I'm entertaining a couple of options...

A) Send her with nothing but instructions, if the teacher tries to give you detention, you tell her that you are unable to accept it, and she needs to call your mom.

Write a letter to the principal explaining how much I don't appreciate one of his staff embarassing and disrespecting my daughter in front of her whole class and maybe even asking for a public apology.

C) Go out on Sunday and buy all the markdown Valentine's cards I can find and fill them all out and then drop them off on Tuesday morning to the principal's office with a letter saying how we spent all our time over the weekend filling these out, and we may not get to eat next week because of all the money I spent on the cards for the 1357 students in her school, and had to call in sick so we could finish all the cards in time, but it was all worth it so that no child would feel left out. Further, since this teacher thinks it to be such an important matter, I'm sure she'd love to volunteer to make sure each student receives his or her Valentine card in a timely manner. (My favorite option, so far)

So... what do you guys think? Also, if you have an alternate suggestion, I'd love to hear it. On a side note, this woman was my Spanish teacher in the same school 19/20 years ago, and this is not the first run-in we have had with her this year. I won the last one, and I plan to win this one as well, cause while I support not hurting anyone's feelings and making sure everyone is included, I'm NOT okay with anyone making my daughter feel bad for sharing or for the fact that, currently, we aren't rolling in the bucks cause the state of California is bankrupt.

So, what else? OH! Work has gotten BEYOND ridiculous. At this point, 9 people have been transferred out and replaced times two by people from the other store they closed in the city, including one of my best pals, Garren. His last day was last Sunday and I'm proud to say I made it to my car after saying goodbye to him before I started crying. Had to sit there for 10 minutes before I calmed down enough to try and drive home, and almost had to pull over twice... but I made it. He is one of the best people I know and I REALLY miss him So now my store is crawling with all these new, strange people like bugs, and you KNOW how I feel about bugs!

I'm not sure more than a few people care, but in case anyone besides Steve, Other Steve,Toby, and recently, Patrick care, I've been working on Underneath This Big Ol' Sky again. I have about six pages done now. I can't promise when it will be done, but hopefully soon.

Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Put your 'C' symbols on for Comicality and let's all celebrate together! COME AND GET ME LOVE!

Hugs,

Viv