there's always a but

I hurt his heart.

I'm sorry.

Here's the but... when you realize your heart aches for someone else it's not fair. Not for him, me or the person I'm aching for.

Off track. again.

time out

I'm a huge, I mean HUGE fan of recess. Kids need to run and play. Get rid of that energy, especially when they've been in a classroom all day being forced to learn.
How dare us make them sit still, not talk, pay attention AND learn!!
The science is there, they need recess.

But today... a first grader yelled at me.
FIRST GRADE!!
He's still a baby. Six years old.

The result: I took 5 minutes of his recess away.

That'll fix 'im.

mental health break

...due to unforeseen circumstances.

I moved. again.
School is, well school.
I'm subbing two days this week.
AND rather than moan, groan and complain about things that don't need complaining about I'm taking some time off, because in reality I don't have anything to complain about.

I just need time.

easter

is April 4th which means...

Cadbury Creme Eggs.

SCORE!!

What is your Easter poison? What makes your heart flutter?

Happy Valentine's Day

3 roses. red. my favorite number.
daisies. white. my favorite flower.
red carnations. simple and incredibly sweet.
hoops and yoyo card. just awesome in every way!
swedish fish. my favorite candy.
a small box of chocolates. what girl doesn't love chocolates?

After the past 2 years I told myself I wouldn't fall in love. I couldn't. It hurt and it would hurt again. I wasn't going to experience anything like that.
ever. again.

Hang on because I just broke my own rule.

why we love children!!

A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat, but it was dead.
"How do you know the cat was dead?" she asked him. "Because I pissed in its ear and it didn't move." answered the child innocently.
"You did WHAT?!!" the teacher exclaimed in surprised.
"You know," explained the boy, "I leaned over and went 'Pssst!' and it didn't move."

ear worm

I was called yesterday to sub and it was a MUCH better day. I am so thankful for that because last time it was horrible.
Last time I was the Language Arts 'teacher' for 6, 7, and 8th graders! 8th graders were just miserable and disrespectful.

My favorite line from the day:
student: Are you married?
me: No
student: I can see why

Agggh!!

Back to the positive... yesterday I was called to sub for the music teacher at Boy Child's school!
Awesome. (make note: Boy Child's music day is today)

I get the call about 40 minutes before I have to be there. Talk about lighting a fire under my ass!
It was full speed ahead! Pack lunches, iron my clothes, finish my hair (flat iron died in the process)... chaos.
Get us out the door and off to school we go.
Once we get there I realize I have left my glasses at home and my tea. *sigh*
Boy Child and I go separate ways and there I am... all alone in my classroom staring at the lesson plan.

Now if you have never subbed before that lesson plan is intimidating as hell! You're going in there blind (in my case, literally- Ha!) then you have to interpret those plans to the best of your ability to keep those students engaged (and interested) for the entire time period you have them while keeping them UNDER CONTROL!

There in black in white was a plan that had 4 third grade classes, 1 first grade class and 5 kindergarten classes staring at me!

Long story short, I still have "Are You Sleeping" and "Brother John" stuck in my head, my throat is screaming, and I learned that I will not be teaching music after I finish college.
Why?
Because I CANNOT sing. At all.

Overall, it really was an awesome day!

we learn

10% of what we read

20% of what we hear

30% of what we see

50% of what we see and hear

70% of what we discuss with others

90% of what we experience

95% of what we TEACH to someone

(Ted Glasser)

after the phone rang

Whose bright idea was it for me to sub anyways?

(don't answer that)

Next topic.