Just a little shout out to my lovely friend Charlotte!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Funnies
With only two more days left of school, I figure that I should give you guys another funny. This may be the last...oh, I just thought of another funny. So, it's a two-fer right now.
#1 We were reading a book about two little polar bear cubs that were found up in Alaska and taken to the San Diego Zoo to be raised. We were just at the beginning of the story and I stopped and asked why they thought the bears were all alone. My little Nathan raises his hand and responds 'Well, the fish couldn't get up on the ice to meet with them.' Yep, that is one reason they are alone. Good thinking!
#2 I have the absolute funniest little girl in my class. She would be one of those girls that would grow up to be one of us. Hilarious. So today she made me a card at the Writing Center. She brings it over and hands it to me with great love and a sparkle in her eye. I open it and it says 'I love you.' Within five minutes she was back at my desk and she picked up the card and said 'I'm going to give this to Natalie now.'
Well, it's good to know that she is so loving and has lots to go around. I'm just going to think that Natalie didn't warrant her own card, whereas I was special enough to receive it on the first hand out.
Some of them are just cuter!
This afternoon was spent selecting pictures to print out for my student's memory books that we are going to make tomorrow. I realized that after going through my pictures, that I had tons of pictures of some kids and not so many of other. Then when I had to narrow it down, I just couldn't help myself. Most of the kids will have 8-10 pictures to decorate and write about. Some however will have about 15!
If you've got it, you've got it! I have one poor kiddo that everytime the camera is out, he turns his head to me, but then does weird things with his eyes. I don't have one cute picture of him. It's a shame. Don't worry, I'm not going to lose any sleep over this.
If you've got it, you've got it! I have one poor kiddo that everytime the camera is out, he turns his head to me, but then does weird things with his eyes. I don't have one cute picture of him. It's a shame. Don't worry, I'm not going to lose any sleep over this.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
4+6=Mass Confusion
So today I returned to the spot of yesterdays meltdown. Cousins sandwich and ice cream shoppe. (I'm not spelling it that way to seem fancy, that is the way they spell it.)
I gave them another chance to pull some Rocky Road out of a hat and make me a happy woman. They failed me again, but I forged ahead and bought Mint Avalanche- quite satisfactory.
At said sandwich shoppe, they have little punch cards. Buy 10 sandwiches, get one free. We like these sandwiches and have redeemed many cards. Well, I looked in my wallet and found two punch cards. One had 6 punches and one had 4. So, happy day, right? Not so fast.
Minimum wage does not guarantee the smartest cookies in the batch. So I hand the girl my two cards. She looks confused and hands them back to me and says 'You have to fill them up.' What? Really? So, I inform her that together they have 10 punches. (i.e. give me my free sandwich.) She stills seems confused but closes the window and goes away to get my stuff. I guess she turned over the reigns to another smarty pants, who ran my debit card and handed me my card and two punch cards. Not my original ones, but a new one that had combined all 10 punches and a new on with a punch for my 'free' sandwich. I thought maybe it was good luck and he had given me my free sandwich AND a full punch card. Nope, he charged me for the sandwich and gave me somehow simplified punch cards.
I didn't have the heart to tell him that he and the other girl were morons. Next time I'll actually say the 'i.e. give me my free sandwich' bit.
Until then, don't try this sort of trickery in your neck of the woods.
I gave them another chance to pull some Rocky Road out of a hat and make me a happy woman. They failed me again, but I forged ahead and bought Mint Avalanche- quite satisfactory.
At said sandwich shoppe, they have little punch cards. Buy 10 sandwiches, get one free. We like these sandwiches and have redeemed many cards. Well, I looked in my wallet and found two punch cards. One had 6 punches and one had 4. So, happy day, right? Not so fast.
Minimum wage does not guarantee the smartest cookies in the batch. So I hand the girl my two cards. She looks confused and hands them back to me and says 'You have to fill them up.' What? Really? So, I inform her that together they have 10 punches. (i.e. give me my free sandwich.) She stills seems confused but closes the window and goes away to get my stuff. I guess she turned over the reigns to another smarty pants, who ran my debit card and handed me my card and two punch cards. Not my original ones, but a new one that had combined all 10 punches and a new on with a punch for my 'free' sandwich. I thought maybe it was good luck and he had given me my free sandwich AND a full punch card. Nope, he charged me for the sandwich and gave me somehow simplified punch cards.
I didn't have the heart to tell him that he and the other girl were morons. Next time I'll actually say the 'i.e. give me my free sandwich' bit.
Until then, don't try this sort of trickery in your neck of the woods.
Friday, June 6, 2008
The First Hormonal Meltdown
So, today (Friday- finally posted on Saturday) was a little bit draining. I have 3 1/2 days of school left (hooray) which means I am full of joy, but totally stressed out about moving out of my classroom and getting all the student paperwork done and in the right place. I am also getting that 'I'm so sad to see my babies leave' thing. This is slightly confusing considering the year I have had.
So, after work today, I sat down and worked on some more Girl's Camp stuff. I continue to feel overwhelmed about the amount the we are planning. It is more than a headache to make sure everyone is doing their part and trying to do my stuff. One of the areas of confusion has been the camp T-shirts. The Stake isn't doing them this year and we wanted to have them for our girls. Due to some stuff, we still don't have the t-shirts.
So I decided to skip out on date night and go try to find cheap t-shirts. I went to Steve & Barry's at the mall. No luck. I kept looking. In the process, I tried on a couple things for myself. THAT my friends was a mistake! I felt like a stuffed sausage. I immediately started to tear up.
The frustration of not finding the t-shirts was getting to be more than I could handle.
Then I tried to buy a birthday present for a party I have tomorrow night. I found something, but could only find one person at a register and she was talking to a lady for 8 hrs about watch repair. Then another lady was helping someone by answering a question and after she answered the question, she just walked away with me standing there, even though she had seen me circling the area for about 10 minutes.
This all apparently was too much for me. I got home and went upstairs and started sobbing. John came in to talk to me.
It went something like this:
Me: sob, sob, sob
John: What's wrong?
Me: sob, sob, why am I so chubby? sob sob
John: Um, you are pregnant (If anyone reading this doesn't already know, here's the announcement)
Me:sob, sob, and I couldn't find the t-shirts
And today when I went to get Rocky Road they were all out...sob, sob, sob, for the second time in a row
And I don't want to do camp stuff anymore, sob, sob,
And my clothes don't fit me anymore.
John: Don't you have a couple pair of pants you can wear?
Me: sob, They're dirty, sob, sob, sob, sob, sob
This went on for about 15 minutes. I knew I was being absolutely ridiculous, but I could help it. Finally, I just started laughing so hard because it was all a little dramatic.
I do have to say, John gets 5 gold stars for not laughing until I did.
Well, that was my eventful day. Hoping those don't come around too often. The headache was killer.
So, after work today, I sat down and worked on some more Girl's Camp stuff. I continue to feel overwhelmed about the amount the we are planning. It is more than a headache to make sure everyone is doing their part and trying to do my stuff. One of the areas of confusion has been the camp T-shirts. The Stake isn't doing them this year and we wanted to have them for our girls. Due to some stuff, we still don't have the t-shirts.
So I decided to skip out on date night and go try to find cheap t-shirts. I went to Steve & Barry's at the mall. No luck. I kept looking. In the process, I tried on a couple things for myself. THAT my friends was a mistake! I felt like a stuffed sausage. I immediately started to tear up.
The frustration of not finding the t-shirts was getting to be more than I could handle.
Then I tried to buy a birthday present for a party I have tomorrow night. I found something, but could only find one person at a register and she was talking to a lady for 8 hrs about watch repair. Then another lady was helping someone by answering a question and after she answered the question, she just walked away with me standing there, even though she had seen me circling the area for about 10 minutes.
This all apparently was too much for me. I got home and went upstairs and started sobbing. John came in to talk to me.
It went something like this:
Me: sob, sob, sob
John: What's wrong?
Me: sob, sob, why am I so chubby? sob sob
John: Um, you are pregnant (If anyone reading this doesn't already know, here's the announcement)
Me:sob, sob, and I couldn't find the t-shirts
And today when I went to get Rocky Road they were all out...sob, sob, sob, for the second time in a row
And I don't want to do camp stuff anymore, sob, sob,
And my clothes don't fit me anymore.
John: Don't you have a couple pair of pants you can wear?
Me: sob, They're dirty, sob, sob, sob, sob, sob
This went on for about 15 minutes. I knew I was being absolutely ridiculous, but I could help it. Finally, I just started laughing so hard because it was all a little dramatic.
I do have to say, John gets 5 gold stars for not laughing until I did.
Well, that was my eventful day. Hoping those don't come around too often. The headache was killer.
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