A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit

A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit

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35of being cynical but actually I just think that I have aninnately suspicious nature and I have sometimessuspected that Debs engineers many of her morecalamitous situations for her own personal selfaggrandizement.Deborah naturally denies any suchaccusations and our disagreements have occasionallycaused significant rifts in the lute.At the end of last year when Mr Humphrieswas seeking a successor to Lady Victoria he lobbiedJojo and I to fulfill the role of Red-shirt. For differentreasons we both turned down the position and weboth expressed the opinion that despite Deborah’s fallfrom grace with Ms Lawton that we just assumed thatwould be forgotten and she would be the naturalcandidate. After all she is an unreasonably (andperhaps even unnaturally) gifted individual and it isactually her abundance of fatal flaws that make herso attractive and sometimes even endearing.However, The Grand Master explained that he fearedthat she would just be too high maintenance and Ihave to say that I agreed with him. Eventually LadyVix was persuaded to stay on for a second term eventhough she has officially finished her sentence.Despite the Grand Masters concerns Victorialobbied for Debs to firstly be promoted to Captain ofthe Red House and then subsequently as her Deputy.I am forced to admit that Debs has proved mewrong and has done a smashing job in both roles, soI am more than happy to endorse her when the timecomes. I just wish that she would stop babbling in myear about heart-rates and breathing patterns.

9Red-Card for GingerJojo is sitting at the kitchen counter sipping amug of coffee. She is still in the throes of gettingdressed, her blouse is unfastened at the neck and notyet tucked into the waistband of her skirt, a towelknotted into a turban over her still damp hair.“He’ll be out in a minute; he’s in his office onthe phone,” she informs us, “the coffee’s fresh, helpyourselves.”We mooch about the kitchen for a few minutesdrinking java and gabbing idly until the Grand Mastercomes out of his office.“Morning ladies,” he greets us amiably, “what’son the agenda today?”Victoria pulled a sheet of paper out of herblazer pocket and gave us a run-down on all the day’sscheduled activities. In contrast to the weekdayswhen we spend the vast majority of our time in thelecture rooms immersed in the rigors of educationalprograms the weekends at Woodys are far lessstructured.

9Red-Card for G<strong>in</strong>gerJojo is sitt<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>the</strong> kitchen counter sipp<strong>in</strong>g amug <strong>of</strong> c<strong>of</strong>fee. She is still <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> throes <strong>of</strong> gett<strong>in</strong>gdressed, her blouse is unfastened at <strong>the</strong> neck and notyet tucked <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> waistband <strong>of</strong> her skirt, a <strong>to</strong>welknotted <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> a turban over her still damp hair.“He’ll be out <strong>in</strong> a m<strong>in</strong>ute; he’s <strong>in</strong> his <strong>of</strong>fice on<strong>the</strong> phone,” she <strong>in</strong>forms us, “<strong>the</strong> c<strong>of</strong>fee’s fresh, helpyourselves.”We mooch about <strong>the</strong> kitchen for a few m<strong>in</strong>utesdr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g java and gabb<strong>in</strong>g idly until <strong>the</strong> Grand Mastercomes out <strong>of</strong> his <strong>of</strong>fice.“Morn<strong>in</strong>g ladies,” he greets us amiably, “what’son <strong>the</strong> agenda <strong>to</strong>day?”Vic<strong>to</strong>ria pulled a sheet <strong>of</strong> paper out <strong>of</strong> herblazer pocket and gave us a run-down on all <strong>the</strong> day’sscheduled activities. In contrast <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> weekdayswhen we spend <strong>the</strong> vast majority <strong>of</strong> our time <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>lecture rooms immersed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> rigors <strong>of</strong> educationalprograms <strong>the</strong> weekends at <strong>Woody</strong>s are far lessstructured.

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