Irritations

There are quite a few things that irritate me. And it is mostly people and what they do or do not do.

Today is a snow day (yay) and our school has decided to implement a new system, in that most people are given the names of 2 families that they must call if there is ever a cancellation. It starts with the principal who calls two assistants, who call two teachers, who call two families, and it trickles on down the line.

I am not a morning person by any definition of the word, but I do get up by 6:30 every morning. And by get up, I mean sit up in bed and try to read my Bible for 15 minutes with only one eye open. And then I get up and do laundry until it's time to start waking the children. Everybody is up and eating breakfast by 7:20 and we try to start leaving the house for school by 8:10.

So this morning, at 6:30 am, there were no school cancellations reported on the radio. I modified my morning and did some extra reading and lounging, and by 7:00, all the schools were cancelled. Which I'm not sure of the purpose of calling all the families because it's always been the rule that if the public schools are cancelled, our school will be cancelled too, but it is what it is.
I got up and enjoyed my morning coffee in quiet while I e-mailed my girlfriend, and I received my phone call at 7:22 am. So I called the two families on my list. Except the first family didn't answer the phone and there was no answering machine picking up so that I could at least leave a message. I called every 15 minutes for the next hour, and I think I got the mom out of bed. At 8:30 in the morning.

People, if you know it's a snow day, and you know you're going to be getting a phone call about it, PLEASE don't go back to bed until you've at least received your phone call. It's irritating for the caller and makes them feel strapped to the phone.

That's all for today...stay tuned because I'm sure I will have more irritations to share with you.