Still hot... now angry???

I was just made aware by a dear friend o' mine that I appear "angry" at times on this, my lovely lady blog. I apologize if one feels this is the case. I think it gets to a point in the school year where you become sick of the sameness. I tend to get sick of the subject matter I teach, and the conversation at times in the Teacher's Room. Although people claim to become teachers because "every day is different"- the sad fact of the matter is everyday is not different. It's different than it was yesterday but the same kids with their wacky problems are still here and the teachers are still bitching about the same thing (I'll be bitching about the heat in my room until my 55th bday when I retire to West Palm or Tahoe - Tahoe? No thanks, I don't like Mexican...) The problems are the same (ie- heat, dirty rooms, absent or tardy lunch aides, crazy ass parents, limit your effin copies, who in God's name keeps calling Rochester, NY on the teacher's room phone?) and the kids problems are the same. Same, same, same.
So, as my dear old friend pointed out, yes, I guess I am angry. I am a little angry that nothing gets done to change things. Perhaps I should go Norma Ray (no relation to that smoker-voiced Rachel) on their asses and start the mother of all protests. (I wish I was Chicano... then we'd at least get an HBO special made out of it.) And perhaps I was comfortably numb over the past 4 years and didn't notice that things aren't perfect. I guess I am angry that I missed something (other than you, Dan...haha.)
In other news, I was in VT this weekend for a little fam bonding with Rob and Joyce. Good times. I realized that I can't hang like I used to when I was the youngest in the house and the first to go to bed. I took a nasty spill on Saturday when I was pretending that I was Picabo Street and wound up busting up my hip something nasty. I am currently walking with a cane and I decided to wear my orthopedics today to get the full effect of what life will be like when I am 60 (Clearly kidding...) Anywho, line duty calls. Happy Monday!