crap-tacular is the new "bad"

wow.  what a crap-tacular day it's been.  had the soul-crushing experience of visiting a school where passive aggressive posturing wins the day (and lest you think i am being overly dramatic, i defy any one of you to spend time there and leave unscathed).  forget about the kids, they're just in the room.  it's one of those places where you see it on your schedule and just wonder how you'll possibly make it through the experience with your optimism in tact.  now, there are a few bright spots in that building but not enough to redeem the overall situation.  i am telling you, after a few hours there even orphan annie would wonder if the sun was coming out tomorrow.  so there was that.  then came the two hour journey home through the squalls, around the closed bits of the highways, and avoidance of the trucks barrelling by at 130km per hour.  oh, i could really go on and on.  and indeed i have i suppose.
ended the day with a highschool visit for dd1 and so glad i did.  not only does her choice of school seem engaged with their community and committed to a camp-style sense of inclusion, there were some pretty cool electives to choose from.  it was really exciting to see her have a discussion with the enriched english teacher about novels and to hear her discuss getting a credit for a swim-gym course.  it seems like a perfect fit.  thank goodness.