20 Get Ups, Positive #14

Today was a FUNNY day.  Today is why I love teenagers.
#1. One of my students brought me a bag of gummy worms- because of the slug on my shoe from yesterday!  I'm still laughing about it.  I mean- how stinking funny is he?!!!  I love teasing.  His face when he handed me that bag . . . it was priceless.  I love it.

#2. I totally embarrassed a student today- not at his expense, so it's okay that it was hilarious to me. We were reading a story, and a character had a large package.  Every time I read that line- I laugh. I want to be mature.  I do, because the character is actually carrying a gift.  But I can't.  A large package?!!!  Anyway- when we read the line, I made eye contact with my co-teacher and . . . I laughed.  And the student next to me, said, "I really hope you're not laughing about what I think you're laughing about.  Are you laughing about . . . nope.  I don't want to know."  Then he turned away.  hehehehe

#3. I got my office to myself for about an hour today.  I share an office with several other women. Usually we're in and out all day, and kids are in and out, and . . . it's sort of a revolving door.  Which is fine; however, sometimes it's nice to be able to sit in the office, with the lights out, listen to music, and be alone.   I was productive, and actually completed a task I'd been putting off for a few days because I didn't really want to do it.  Getting that time alone today meant I came home, and didn't need time to chill out when I got home.  Usually, when I get home, I need about 15- 20 minutes alone to sort of decompress.  Not today.  Today I was good to go.

#4. A student shared 2 Harry Potter jokes with me: Are you a dementor?  Because you take my breath away!  Shoot. I can't remember the other one.  Doggone it.  It was funny too.

#5. I have some girl students this semester that I just love.  Generally I connect with my boy students a little better, but this semester I have several girls that are just super sweet and I love chatting with them.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Wedded Bliss . . . Ten Years Later

Image
Yep.  Doug and I have been married TEN years!!!!  Can you believe that?  Well- not quite ten years, yet.  On Thursday- April 7- it'll be TEN years!!!!  And I am pretty sure we still love each other. I know I still love Doug and quite honestly- how could he not love me?  I am never a pill and always a delight.  In honor of our almost anniversary- I am including a copy of the email I sent my mother raving about him, after our first date- with hardly no editing and only a few comments in parenthesis.  Enjoy: Mom!!!! (I loved exclamation points way back then, too)   I went out tonight with a guy from school.  He's a teacher.  (let me clarify that I was also a teacher).   He's not married (thank goodness) and he's SUPER nice.  He's an Agriculture Education teacher- think Future Farmer's of America (uhhh- ok?!!)  But, anyway, he sat with me at the football game the other night, and tonight after cheerleading practice (I was the cheerleading coach my first year te
Read more

A True Artiste

A True Artiste Alexa has been working to improve the artistic presentation of her temper tantrums the last several days.   She must be like her Aunt Kelly and won’t stop working until her art is exactly the way wants it and completely perfect.   And lucky for her, she feels like she has had many opportunities to perfect her craft: the door wouldn’t stay open, I opened the bag, her friend touched her, her teacher had to go to the restroom, etc.   A month ago, she liked to pitch herself backwards when she pitched her fits.   However, she discovered that that method is painful.   So then she altered, and would pitch herself forward, it took her a few tries to figure out, she has to make sure she can’t throw her head forward too, because then she crashes it on the floor and that too, hurts.   Here are some samples of what she’s currently trying out.   (I would turn my speakers down- as you don’t want to hear the accompanying sound effects.) I am thinking of helping her out and utilizing
Read more

Let Me Count the 13 Ways . . .

Today is mine and Doug's 13th anniversary. As we were sitting at dinner I was thinking, "Man is this night a LOT different than this night 13 years ago." Here are 13 ways my life is different than 13 years ago. 1. My muscle tone- particularly around the midsection. 2.  My hair which has more grey, but yet it is still so much better!  ("wisdom" and vanity cause me to spend ridiculous amounts of money on hair products- more than I spend on clothes) 3. I fed a small person ravioli's, while they wiggled and jostled next to me in the booth, and dropped forks with spaghetti sauce on my pants- tonight. 4.  I am relearning elementary school math.  I think I've got the hang of fractions now. 5. I know Disney Channel characters.  I am able to tell what show either of my children is watching- from another room, just by the voices of the characters 6. My friends are now made at my kids extra curricular events, not at work, not at the gym, not doing a hobby.
Read more