Right On the Heels of the Latin Fiesta…
…comes along another school function. I’ll give you three guesses – am I involved? Your choices for guesses are
A) OF COURSE you are. You are talented wonderful and love the kids. You would do
anything for them.
B) OF COURSE you are. You are an idiot.
C) OF COURSE you are. Your principal knows a sucker when he sees one.
Hang on – don’t tell me which one you chose. Bottom line is that they all boil down to the same thing – Yep. I’ll be there.
So here’s how my week is shaping up.
Tuesday: After school program
Wednesday: After school program and ticket seller/taker for volleyball & football
games. (then a haircut I hope).
Thursday: After school program and spring fashion show/dance/step
show/party thing.
Friday: Total and complete collapse.
Oh – and the DURING school hours? Well, they’ll be spent making cookies, mini sandwiches, cubanitos, deviled eggs, etc for the spring fashion show/dance/step show/party thing.
So…..does anybody besides me wonder how come I keep forgetting to pay my bills, get new car insurance, call the handy man to get that roof fixed or mow the lawn? The dog needs a bath. Oh hell – I probably do too!
But for right now…..I just got a pedicure. I have tangerine toenails. They’re not sexy. There’s nothing sexy about my feet. Not a thing. But the toenails ARE tangerine and I DID get go sit back and relax for an hour while somebody pampered my feet. OK. Technically I had to PAY to get pampered. Its not like anybody did it out of the kindness of their heart….. but I still got pampered. If I closed my eyes, I could almost hear the sounds of the waves hitting the shore and smell the hot sweaty cabana boys peddling their…..whiskey. Oh yeah. Say it with me – cabana boys with drops of sweat glistening off their muscles…. wearing a sarong sort of deal…….
Uh-OH! Almost had a break with reality there. Good thing the buzzer on the dryer BUZZED to let me know a load of laundry is done. And good thing the dishwasher started clumping and clanging. And its a really good thing that Cassidy decided I needed a bit old wet sloppy dog-breath kiss…. Without all that I might have slipped happily away into an amazing fantasy….and missed the spring fashion show/dance/step show/party thing.
Ummm I chose reason A {grin}
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All of the above? :: ducking ::
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D) Of COURSE you are . . . because you’re racking up valuable redemption points good for all the Cabana boys you want!
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I dont care for doggie kisses. Too wet! 🙂 Now kitty kisses are just right.
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Sounds rather exausting to me..
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I’d give anything to teach high schoolers how to cook! That is a job I totally would love. I’ll make a deal with you: I’ll take your job, and you come up here to the vast nothern Illinois wasteland and counsel obnoxious couples who can’t wait to verbally punch each other out in my office, drive me crazy by breathing, and will stay married in spite of how much they hate each other.
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A nice tropical paradise would sure go well.
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I just have two questions. What is a cubanito? Does anyone else work at your school? Hahaha. I’ll bet you’re a popular teacher because you get so involved in the life of the school. Oh, another question….Does the microwave generation like cooking? One of mine recently told me she didn’t know you could put a tv dinner in the oven!
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Screw the sarong, we want a thong! 😉 I hope you’re wearing some nice open toe shoes to show off those pretty painted nails you have there. Seriously woman, when do you get anything done outside school?! I bet you’re glad that summer break is approaching.
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ryn: I posted a blank copy of my color book page for you if you would like to print and try it..:) I’ll be back to read later. have fun
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RYN: LOL! You’re a twisted, twisted woman, but you seriously crack me up. 🙂
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RYN I don’t know how you can NOT have passes for the most wonderful place on this planet, especially when you are just one hour and 15 min away!!! We’ll be happy to meet you there for a dolewhip… :o)
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ryn: I KNOW I’m not still that cute, but thanks for the compliment!
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Tangerine is the toe color this year for Scorpio Freaks. Just thought I would let you (and the world) know. I think OPI puts it out too.
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*snort* ah, arlo just came to be worshipped, i think he’s on the same wavelength!
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Have a little faith in me…I totally trashed the NCLBA and the Bush administration. I even went as far as calling him a wanna be Hitler or Moussilini. I might post it when I get my grade back on it, I wanna only show if I do well! Hehehe.
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Of course it’s A, but I don’t know where you get your energy. I’m tired just thinking about your week.
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RYN: I don’t know about you, but I think “Anaphylactic Ferrets” would be a HELL of an interesting band name.
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You forgot the easy multiple choice answer of “all of the above.” Yep that is the one I choose and welcome to the f/u/cking ALL OF THE ABOVE teaching club.
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LOVE U
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Don’t you know that tangerine toenails will give you superpowers? And you’re gonna need ’em for that kinda week!
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Playing catch up here is a pure joy. LOL. Chicken blood and “do me” shoes? My Lord. I’ve been doing it all wrong. Thanks for these wonderful entries..
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ryn: I thought it was a squirrel. I really did!
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RYN: thanks! The sun’ll come up . . . blah, blah, blah–and don’t forget to pay your bills:-)
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RYN: Thanks for your notes and yes, I really needed the giggles from here. I’m getting well trained though. I see your name and start to grin.
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Ooooh, that fantasy was looking really gorgeous, shit, now I have to go do some laundry. I HATE laundry…:)
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tell me, how much power does the principal have over you as a teacher. Can they set guide lines, or just suggest guide lines, can they make you attend PTA or a home basketball game or just stare at you if you didn’t show up, the next time they see you? Are they your boss?
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I have a technial question. If a teacher is alone in her class room after school and gets abducted, what happens to her class? I know they assign another teacher but who does the assigning and how long does she have to be missing before they replace her?
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Pampering, paid for or freely given, is always good. With a smile…
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hey with tangerine toes what can be bad? you’re a busy lady.. makes me tired, take care..
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gee I wish I could have tangerine toes, I’m jealous now. 🙂
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I bet the orange nails look better than chicken blood! LMAO Hugz
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RYN The kid tested mentally at being 4 and thus didn’t know what he was going. He was in my class because of the lovely least restrictive envoriment thing put in his IEP. I have no idea why they wouldn’t do anything with him. He had been expelled by several other school districts, but the one I was working for at the time wouldn’t expell him..and meanwhile kindergardeners get expelled for kissing
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a classmate.
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laughing at art imp’s note. so if tangerine toenails do that, will lilac toenails let me sleep? *grin* not that i can stomach the smell of nailpolish most days, and especially not now.
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Ooh pedicures are a nice treat. Doesn’t matter if you had to pay for it. Although seems to me that that principle should have paid for it after all you’ve done for that school. And Harley is right tangerine toes are better than chicken blood toes. *with a dimpled grin*
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This made my bones ache just reading it. I think it also makes you what is called “a good teacher” or what the Indonesians call “pahlawan yang tak terkenal” (unrecognised heroine.)
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I hope you have had a bath after the chicken toe deal!! LOL *hugs ankle in a non getting down at your feet kind of a way*
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