An Attack of Random

First I'd just like to say: Dude, it's totally Monday.

Okay, now that that's out of the way, I'm struck by random observations this morning.

--Running late on a Monday is never good.

--When your four-year-old says he doesn't want to go to school, the next fourteen years are only going to get worse (in that respect).

--Said four-year-old plus backpack plus lunch box plus winter coat equals HEAVY. And yes, I carry him from the parking lot to the cafeteria where his class meets every morning.

--Doors without portholes or windows leading into hallways should not be allowed in schools. Either said four-year-old or I have been hit by wildly flinging and fast opening doors at least three times since August.

--Teachers, assistants and school employees should not wildly fling doors without portholes or windows leading into hallways open.

--"Rules of the road" should be observed in school hallways. No diving down to the inside corner for better position. Not NASCAR, I swear. Hugging square corners doesn't improve your time from the cafeteria to your classroom.

--Hall monitors should, you know, monitor the "rules of the road" and hugging square corners and third graders holed up outside the bathrooms.

--Giggling children are always up to no good.

--PTA members on bus duty should speak to everyone, or at least speak when spoken to. Nothing like having your "Good morning!" met with silence, only to hear So-and-So speak to the person behind you.

--Little old ladies who can barely see over the steering wheel and the interstate fast lane do not mix.