Optimism?

I have enough optimism yet to believe things will swiftly return to normal with the return of the father. In retrospect, here's a brief overview of the last few weeks:

Exploding water heaters, exploding soup in school microwave, lack of lunch money, collapsing ceilings, leaking toilets, awful teachers, leaking bathtubs, screaming fights, hot weather, cold classrooms, boring as hell new Spanish class, dog having bad reaction to vaccinations, breakdowns, wicked first day of school, coyote sightings, plastering, dog discovering joys of trash, two day hangovers, dog puking in car, fungus, dead birds, sick friends, losing all over in Racquetball, dog puking in house, misunderstandings, dog needing tooth operation, missed Debate meetings, missed Beta Chi Pi meetings, failed Chemistry Quiz, confused German assignment, failed Spanish speaking test, carpool complications, lost pocky, bleh bleh bleh.

Even then, there was also; Fun government classes, Layla and Billie at lunch, hope for Creative Writing and Book Club, amusing myself with Arabic Food and Freshmen, A few nice days, Christy passing Latin.