Beware of What you Ask for ...

At the beginning of the year students are asked to bring certain supplies to school. Things like paper towels, facial tissue, notebook paper, pencils. It’s voluntary, the district doesn’t provide these things.

This is what I sent out to teachers to tap this resource:

Please send facial tissues to the Library. We are about 1 student short of an empty box.

What resulted was very similar to the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”. 3 separate teachers sent me massive quantities all pretty much at the same time as I was juggling with other projects. To prevent further facial tissue influx I quick fired off a thank you and enough message. My Librarian pointed out the error of my ways.

We have facial tissues that will keep us in blowing service for a very long time.
THANK YOU!

*head desk*

Drabble Cascade #40 - Advent : Seasons' Past

Title: Seasons' Past
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100
Prompt: Advent

It was that time of the year, of gifts for the Winter holidays. Money was tight and led to doing the unthinkable, resurrecting the long plastic recipe file that had sat gathering dust so thick you could pot a plant.

Carefully going through the recipe cards, she noted that over time some magazine clippings had gone translucent so that she’d have to angle the paper to read the ink. There were recipes from restaurants, from friends and saved from family long dead.

She’d changed. The recipes had changed from pioneer capability to financial survival. It was a time of mourning.