Everyone has their "thing". I have come to realize that my "thing" is that I just can't walk away from chaos. In fact, I run towards it. Maybe that's why I somehow handle life working full time with four kids, one of whom creates his own chaos on an almost daily basis.
This morning I was reminded of my inability to walk away from chaos as I was driving down Fishinger Road in Upper Arlington. I was happily drinking my iced coffee when I noticed a big golden retriever walking back and forth in the middle of the four lane road. I said out loud to no one, "Great, I have to save this dog." So, I stopped my car. Opened my door and attempted to lure this big guy inside. In the meantime, I realized that I had caused 4 lanes of traffic to stop, but NO ONE WAS HELPING ME. Finally, a nice man also got out of his car and was able to grab the dog's collar. We began looking around hoping to find the dog's owner when we realized that there was ANOTHER DOG who was also wandering around on the road behind us. At this point, I was laughing to myself thinking, how is it possible that there are four lanes of traffic stopped on a busy road and only two people are trying to save these dogs. Finally, the dogs' owner pulled up on a side street near Fishinger Road and the dogs happily ran to him and hopped in his car. All of the traffic began moving again and everyone went about their day. As I began driving to school again while picking the dog hair off my coffee cup, I couldn't help but laugh thinking about how many times I have saved dogs. For some reason, I just can't walk away from the chaos of a lost dog. As I pulled in to school and saw the three Hilliard Turkeys hanging out in the grass on the side of the road, I laughed out loud again and asked myself the question that Anna Deri used to ask me every morning, "What are we going to do for fun today?" I hope it's comforting to know you have a principal who is addicted to chaos and runs towards it instead of away from it. Have a great day and know that I have your back!
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