Sigh

The college I attend is 43 miles away. I have only one class this semester...It meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday for an hour each day. My college has a neat-o notification system--There is a phone number you can call that has a recording to let you know if classes are cancelled due to weather or instructor illness. Since my class meets at 1000, I need to leave by 0830 in order to get to the college, find a parking spot in the back 40 and make it to class on time. Because my instructor has been pretty sick for the last week and she told us on Monday that the only reason she didn't cancel class that day was because we were having a test, I called the
neat-o number this morning before I left. Considering she's supposed to be in her office from 9-10, I assumed that if class were cancelled (you see where this is going, right?)...I assumed she would have called in before 0830...And I also assumed that the neat-o recording is updated on a reasonably frequent basis. So I call...Nothing is cancelled today. I had left a few minutes early to get gas, so I was in the parking lot around 0905. An hour early, I relaxed in my car and read a book. I went in for class only to find out that it was cancelled. So I call the neat-o number...Nothing is cancelled. Hmm. I head to the office, and politely ask if there is a way for commuter students to find out if classes are cancelled before trekking their way to campus. And she hands me a card with the neat-o number on it. I explain that I've called it twice and nothing is cancelled. She smiles and tells me I must be mistaken. I smile back and ask her if she would mind giving it a try, perhaps I'd done something wrong. So she calls...And nothing is cancelled. She then informs me that I should go to class. I explain about the large note on the door cancelling all of this instructor's classes for the day, signed by the department secretary. She rings up the secretary...Whispers with her for a couple of moments, giggles, hangs up. She tells me class is cancelled. I thank her for her help and leave before she decides to teach the class herself. Sigh.