For the first time in four years, we are not contending with construction noise. This should be cause for joy, right?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Excuse me while I take a breath and laugh some more.
Guess what day it is? It's "Let's Mow the Lawn Right Outside All the School Windows" Day! Yup, for some reason the school department thinks that not only is it appropriate to mow during regular school hours, but it's also okay to mow in the middle of testing.
Even better than that are the hand dryers in the bathrooms. You know, the bathrooms that have NO DOORS and open wide to the hallway ten feet from my room. It's not creepy enough that we can hear everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) that happens in our "open-air" potties, but we have to listen to the airplane-like hand-dryer noise.
This week, though, we have a hero. One of the janitorial staff employees has found a way to circumvent the electrical system and the hand dryers have mysteriously been disconnected. Instead, a chair appears with a giant roll of paper towels. A recycle bin appears across from the chair.
We fantasize about raising enough ransom money to permanently disconnect the blowers. Either way, for the next few school days, this mystery man will be our savior, delivering us from the constant WAH-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH of the electric hand dryers and keeping the test-takers from jumping out windows onto the newly-mowed lawn.
