performance

Despite being a big, mean, placebo despot, I received hugs from students today and was entreated to "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year". Early was the call to work today, which terminated an opportunity to see and hear Charlie perform in his first winter concert. In lieu of that, I was in a school for performance practice. Sadly, the school system cancelled all afternoon school programs due to inclement weather, which improved 20 minutes after its posting. The administration chose to make the "practice" the finalized performance, disallowing the parents to see the fruits of the their children's labor and study. I was disappointed.