Wednesday, April 17, 2024

If Only…

If I didn’t have classes to teach today, I would have loved to call in sick and go back to bed. However, not only do I have classes to teach, but I spent all afternoon yesterday pulling objects out of storage to use in the class. I got home and was totally exhausted. I woke this morning with my back hurting. Even if I didn’t have classes to teach, I probably wouldn’t call in sick. I work with people who’ll call in sick for the most minor things, including “mental health days,” which basically means the person just didn’t want to go to work that day. I have a better work ethic than that, not that it gets noticed. If I have responsibilities that can’t be postponed, even if it’s something someone else could handle, I take my job seriously. 

Anyway, “Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho; it’s off from work I go.”* I may not “ dig dig dig dig dig dig dig” the “whole day through” like the seven dwarfs in Snow White, but my job “is what I really like to do.”


*Before anyone points it out, I know the lyrics are actually, “Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho; it’s home from work we go.” 

3 comments:

uvdp said...

On the wall an erotic engraving after the painting "Le verrou" by Fragonard
- in english https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bolt_(Fragonard)
- in french with more comments https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Verrou_(Fragonard)
As is common, the engraving reproduces the painting upside down https://www.alamyimages.fr/photo-image-gravure-par-fragonard-le-verrou-49978646.html

Pour les linguistes , de nos jour
- un verrou est une serrure que l'on peut fermer à l'intérieur sans la clef en tournant un bouton , inconnu au XVIIIs
- sur le tableau : c'est un loquet ou targette

uvdp said...

On the wall https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Verrou_(Fragonard)

Anonymous said...

La versión en español es muy distinta LOL

Ángel