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We've nothing to lose but your wings and my frown
Posted by Cory , Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:00 AM
As virtues go, patience has never been one that I've possessed in abundance. By the nature of my job, my ability to stay calm in a situation has improved, to be sure, but in a very situation-specific way: I give kids with disabilities a lot of slack, whereas typical kids who are really just brats can push me over the edge with very little provocation.
Recently, I've encountered a lot of "hurry up and wait" roadblocks. Once I decided to move to PDX, it was "hurry up and wait to find a job". Once said job was secured, I had to "hurry up and wait for moving day to roll around". And now? Hurry up and wait for... something I can't quite put my finger on. That may actually be more frustrating than trying to be patient for whatever 'it' is.
Oh my gosh, I was doing an observation in a 6th grade class today when the teacher stepped out for a few minutes. I had to force myself to take deep breaths and not scream at and/or backhand the little brats. I definitely lost all hope for humanity for a little while.