Where the watermelons grow...

In first grade music class we have been singing the song "Down by the Bay" and the project then turns into the kids making their own verses, writing them down, and then drawing the accompanying pictures. While going over one class' work I found that when given the direction to find 2 nouns that rhyme and put a verb in between them, my student gave us the verse of "have you ever seen a tart make a big stinky fart?"

In other news, I caught the same 2 girls at the back of the bus doing the same thing as yesterday. They will never learn that I caught them once and will keep checking. Still funny.

trying not to laugh

So many times today I had to not laugh at my students for something they were doing. There was the first grader who was mad that someone narked on him that he licked the garbage can (twice), the one who was in the time out chair and fell out of the chair, and so many more.
The best was by far the girls at the back of a bus at pm bus calls. I am stationed outside this week right by where the buses load and unload. While the bus was loading, two little girls at the back of the bus were out of their seats and kept slamming themselves in the back bus window/door and sliding down like the splatted into the window.
I then had to look and then, point and say sit down and ruin their fun, mostly because this is not safe bus riding behavior. But, part of me was glad I told them before their bus driver caught them out of their seats and wrote them up. I had to turn around and laugh for a long time. So many more times that I dont remember either other than the laughing while turned away.

I do have a poster in my room on top of a white board. There are things that kids say that make me laugh written under it. It is my secret laugh stash. Maybe tomorrow I will share these.

What a difference...

I have a problem. Wide feet. These feet make finding certain types of shoes difficult to find. Well, I have found 2 new pairs! One is one of those funky minimus shoes from New balance for when I run on the dreadmill. The other are some Brooks stability shoes. I spent way more than I ever have but man oh man does that change how running feels.

In other aspects of life, we are moving in just over a week. SO much packing to be done.

covet

I am not  knitter. I have tried. I crochet, sew, and cook. But, lately I have been seriously coveting hand knit socks. So many adorable patterns. So, any knitters out there want to send me some? I promise a crocheted/sewn item/baked good in return. I make some killer chocolate chip cookies.

Quiet Evening

Here I sit on my couch with the dog. She is snoring. Typical.
As usual, it was a busy day full of teaching, running after school activities, and a good work out. Tonight I went to  BodyCombat. Kind of a cardio martial arts class. It always kicks my butt. I am starting to feel a little stronger then the last time I went and it is a promising sign to me not dying during the 5K.

I realize so many times as I type into this blog how much I have to leave out. It might be why I am such a sporadic blogger. It is mostly because so much of my job has to be kept confidential.

So here I sit, alone and quiet on the couch with the dog. The first time of my day not full of sounds. Well, the dog is snoring and my fingers type on the keys, but those are the only sounds.

Not much is stranger than a sleeping bulldog. Scratch that, not much is stranger than a bulldog. Some how cute though all of that weird smooshy face. Snoring and looking much like a large furry turd. Such an excellent cuddler. Possible due to the excess amounts of skin. Oh Charlotte.

So excited to be singing today. Rehearsal from 3-6 makes my heart happy.

3.7

Today  I went for 3.7 miles. I guess doing the 5K wont kill me if I can go that far.