Humdrum Blues
By pgn
@pgntwo (22412)
Derry, Northern Ireland
September 30, 2018 3:07pm CST
Sunday draws to a close. September too. Where'd that year go?
Work beckons - humdrum stuff: ironed shirt, trousers on the hanger, coat and shoes clean and ready, smalls in the drawer...
Tomorrow at sparrow's droppings to awaken, some minutes before the alarm (if the night's rest has not been disturbed), stagger across the twilight of the bedroom to don dressing gown and suitable footwear before heading for the shower.
Brain is already working on what events lie in wait, lurking in the morning ahead, starting with the drive to work - those other road-users, heavens forfend they are in the same fugue state...
Navigate the car park (obey those road signs, would not want the Car Park Police to see you circumventing the rules!), slot into a spot not too far from the door. Into the office, coat off, chair adjusted, mumbled greetings to other arriving colleagues.
Now the work starts: A cuppa, who beat whom at the boxing or football. Obligatory office chit chat. Leave, now - work to be done; in a blur, it'll be Friday...
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8 responses
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
30 Sep 18
After reading your post, I'm quite worn our and need an extra day off.
My students will be taking annual exams tomorrow. We don't test at the end of the year and these aren't high stakes tests. If the parents would stop insisting on seeing the individual results, we wouldn't even report them. Our school uses the overall trends in the scores of the years to identify what we, as a staff, are doing well and what we might be overlooking or where we might need to improve our curriculum. We don't use the scores to judge the children individually. Unfortunately, the public schools have so programmed parents into believe standardized test scores are the be all and end all of how intelligent their children are that we are unable to dissuade them of this damaging idea.
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Sep 18
@xFiacre I usually drop into the pits of despair when the annual mortgage statement lands - the bank assures me it runs until retirement age, by which time the balance will be zero... I fail to believe them, but it does work out,,, Again, the lottery win would go to paying that millstone off too.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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2 Oct 18
Sounds like a "Day In The Life" of pgn 
Maybe a Beatles tune can awaken that funky mood....
Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
If not, at least it was a cool video 
Maybe a Beatles tune can awaken that funky mood....
Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
If not, at least it was a cool video 
Sgt. Peppers 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe boxset, Vinyl & merch available now: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/sgtpepperanniversary Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Cl...
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
4 Oct 18
@dgobucks226 I listened to it as I dressed this morning. Great track 
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So what puts you off a Monday?
@Poppylicious (11133)
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2 Oct 18
@pgntwo I only iron if I have to, maybe two or three times a year. Thankfully I married a man who doesn't have to wear a shirt and tie for work. Huzzah!
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