any other principal would take the same position. keep things business as usual. i let the kids go before lunch and the switchboard'll light up like a christmas tree. oh christ. thank you, ms. fleming. call me when the shuttle lands. now is this heather the cheerleader? damn. i'd be willing to go half a day for a cheerleader. done. i hate mondays. shut up, paul. i've seen a lot of bullshit--angel dust, switchblades, sexually perverse photography exhibits involving tennis racquets, but this suicide thing. i guess it's all on pauline's wavelength. we're just going to write off today, and friday she can do her little little love-in or whatever. whatever.