I don't know what the hell day of the month it is but I can tell you that today SUCKS!

This is not hormone related, or maybe it is, makes sense actually, getting all go-getter. Ya well...
A week or so ago my boyfriend decided he wants to move his office home. His office-office is I'd guess 3000 sq ft. Our entire house is about 1500 sq feet. Out current allotted office space is oh...I dunno...how big is a toaster? Fuck.
Anyways being the wonderful princess that I am, I got to work today because nothing says "smart and I-love-you-you-should-buy-me-diamonds" like hefting furniture alone in a 35degree heat wave. I won't bore you with the specifics of my home but I had to do some fairly serious reconfiguring to make this little idea make sense. I emptied a book shelf, emptied a closet, took down the coat rail and shelf that were in there and tried to get the book shelf into the closet. All while trying not to die via tripping over all the evicted shit that I had piled into the middle of the room. Shelf into a closet? you might ask, when space is at a premium you do what you have to. I measured the shelf to make sure it would fit, properly, with a measuring tape. I wasn't going to take any chances like I usually do and just measure by holding out my arms, loosely gauging the size and running over to the space to see if it would fit without letting my arms move apart or together. ANYWAYS...the motherfucker doesn't fit. I have tried getting it in from every conceivable angle, I'm not a friggin engineer but this shit shoulda fit. As I dragged the shelf around the room I wound up stepping on some glass, where it came from I don't know, I really don't, tried working through the pain but it got a tad unbearable. I hobbled to the bathroom to wash off my foot and dig out the glass, sat on the edge of the tub and as always upon turning on the TUB my boyfrined left the little thingy pulled up so the shower came on full force and I got fucking soaked. Dug the shit out, stepped out of the tub and slipped , slamming my already f'd up knee into the toilet (yesterday was also an asshole day and I smashed the crap outta my knee at the beach). I determinedly went back to work having deduced the only way to get the motherfucking shelf into the goddamn whore of a closet was to take it apart and reassemble it once all the piece were inside. Grabbed a screw driver and I shit you not it fucking broke! Broke in my hand like I'm the goddamn Hulk. Now I'm here, typing, debating with just burning the goddamn house down.
The phone rings, it's my boyfrined, he's "found an office! Isn't that great?!". He won't be moving his office home.
F MY F'ing LIFE TO HELL!!

ps- I also smell like sweaty shit and am probably growing sweat pimples.
pps- seriously...fuck my life.

PIC #7

Fan-friggin-tastic.
ho ho ho Merry Christmas, I hope your stocking is stuffed with tummy tucks and excess skin removal...ewwwwwwwwwwwww.................

Riiiiight......

Are we really supposed to believe this lil' spy plane is designed to prevent forest fires? 'Tis cool tho...

SAVE OUR POOLS!! An open letter to our MPs

March 31, 2008

Enough is Enough!!

I sit here typing out this letter with an empty pit in my stomach worrying it will never be read or fall on deaf ears and blind eyes.

Swimming? You are going to take swimming?

You’ve taken art, sports, and music. The children have been robbed of every aspect of curriculums of the past which promoted any type of social skills and self-esteem building behaviours. Mark my words this will come back to haunt you, a mentally ill and poorly adjusted child costs the system approximately $2.3 million, but I suppose in our downstream approach to everything we will deal with that when it is upon, which ps- is in less than a decade.

These cuts have been so tough for us all to bear; our children are suffering, and now you want to steal swimming from them too.

If we are so absent and small minded to of just embraced a total lack of understanding or compassion for the emotional gratification of swimming, the self esteem building ability, and the fact that some children with disabilities can engage in swim when their frail bodies render them unable to withstand any type of activity which is higher impact, fine, I’ve come to expect this type of ignorance from my government. It makes me sick but it is your way.

Perhaps you may want to look at the safety issues surrounding raising the next generations of Canadian children to be unable to swim. The 2^nd leading cause of accidental death among 0-5 yr olds is drowning, the most likely to drown group behind that is the 5-9 year olds. Fifty-eight children drown every year in Canada and 140+ are hospitalized for near drowning. “Almost drowning”, doesn’t happen like it does in the movies, you don’t sputter some water and wrap yourself in a big fluffy beach towel and the hurt goes away. Almost drowning can lead to permanent brain damage, lung damage, and lifelong psychological scars, such as post-traumatic symptoms for both the child and the family.

Drowning deaths have decreased over the past few decades, in part because children know how to swim and are educated IN THE SCHOOLS on water safety! Let’s see if we can get those numbers back up there shall we??? Does my government really not care to prevent children from dying?

Death by drowning is preventable! Self esteem building is essential! Physical activity, especially as childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions is a must!

Enough is enough! Get your hands off of our children’s pools! They are NOT yours to take!

I sincerely hope you are listening,

Carly Wahl

References:

Canadian Health Network: Public Health Agency of Canada. 2007. www.canadian-health-network.ca. Retrieved: March 31, 2008.

Mash, E.J. & Wolfe, D.A. (2007). Abnormal Child Psychology, 3^rd Ed. Toronto: Wadsworth/ Nelson.

Safe Kids Canada: Drowning Prevention. 2007. www.sickkids.ca. Retrieved: March 31, 2008.

Snyder, H.N. & Sickmund, M. (1999). The monetary value of saving a high-risk youth, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 14(1).

Hello All!!

Welcome to Little Greys Matter,

Here's the scoop,

I find myself ranting and raving about the atrocities within the Toronto District School Board on such a regular basis I figured I should give my grievances a home.

That being said I fancy myself a positive and proactive person so this lil' blog will also be home to a number of projects I've done within my own sons classroom which I feel have been beneficial to the kids growth and development.

I hope some of you may find the time to introduce them to your kids too!

Please be aware that I have a very full life much like most parents in this city and urge you to please try and carve out just a few moments to be in the school with your children to really get a feel for whats going on and to contribute your strengths and talents to their education and development.

Do send me you comments, any links you find interesting and all your wonderful thoughts and ideas as they pour through you.

Please enjoy your time here, get rilled, get inspired but most of all get active!
I look froward to hearing from you all!

Best,
Carly