My Tummy Hurts
Interesting time the last couple of days! Thursday I went to another middle school to observe a project that they do and see if I will be able to implement it in my school as well. Loads of fun! The kids have a café once a month. They prepare a menu and take advance orders from faculty and staff. On café day they set up part of the room as a restaurant. They prep, cook, clean, serve, host, cashier, bus .really cool. The teachers all raved about how wonderful the café is. The menu this month had 3 selections: Mandarin Chicken Salad with an Eggroll, Fried Chicken, greens, macaroni and cheese and a biscuit or Pulled Pork sandwich with chips. Dessert choices were cheese cake, sweet potato pie or dirt cake. Drinks were soft drinks, water or iced tea. Those kids pulled it off like a charm. I am really excited I believe we can do this also with some careful modifications because my room is not nearly as large
While I was gone, I had a substitute. Every teacher that talked to her said she looked like she had been run over by a Mack truck and that she said my kids were AWFUL. Well, the goofy substitute left me a note but all she said was that the kids didnt all do their work, but she didnt want to tattle on them cause she is only a substitute. Well, wasnt THAT helpful!!
Then I managed to come down with a cold that is making me MISERABLE right about now. I am achy, congested, tired and my tummy hurts. Ick-o poo. Ick-o-Ick-o-pooooo!
My son, the darling Young Stud, dropped by today for a couple of hours. Hes in from NC for the weekend and managed to squeeze a couple hours with dear old mom in between the drunken melee with his uncle and the mega-drunken melee with his dad. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrwwwwwwlllllll. Nuff said.
Remember my dear friend? The reason I returned to Florida? I was going to work with her, but that didnt work out so well? Yeah her. Between this and that we havent spoken since the end of May. I called her mid-June and left a Happy Birthday message on her machine. No response no call on my birthday. I had just, regretfully, written her off. HOWEVER (and you knew thered be a however didnt you?) today a gift bag containing a package of Halloween pumpkin candy and a card materialized on my front porch. The candy is one we used to share a passion for. The card was as sappy and syrupy as it gets. Damn near a love story. I read it and an amazing thing happened. While it was nice to read all those lovely words they didnt touch me at all. She has no power over me at all any more. Will I call her? Sure, when Im over this damn cold. Will we rekindle our friendship? Maybe. But only COMPLETELY on my terms. If she cant meet my terms, then, regrettably, its all done and gone. Ill miss the friendship, but not her.
And now sugar plums and honey-dumplings it is time for this wimpy wolf to crawl into bed and whine for a bit.
well I hope that the wolf gets over her cold real soon, and you must be brave to attempt that cafe thing with your kids at school, they sound like a very tough bunch. 🙂
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mmm that sounds so good…it’s amazing what kids can do!
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Hope you feel better soon-it’s no fun havin’ a tummy ache & feeling yucky! That sub sounded like a real winner…LOL And,the cafe idea sounds great..let me know when to show for lunch..LOL I think we are all letting off steam in OD land LOL..unwanted OD entries, old feelings/friends work probs..sometimes we just need to vent!Makes us feel better. You be careful & definitely on your terms.
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Take care of yourself.
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My colds usually began with a sore throat. Figured it was a colony of bugs trying to break in. Looked for something to kill them & saw a bottle of Tussin, Longs generic for Robotussin. Sipped to cover middle & sides of throat. Sore throat gone in half hour & no cold came. This stopped 4 of the last 5 colds. The exception didn’t start with a sore throat. Treat sore throat early
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Aww! Poor wolfie! It’s yucky when you’re feeling sick. Hope you feel better really soon hun! What an amazing idea that cafe is. You should definitely try it for your class. *sending cyper chicken soup & warm hugs*
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Get well soon, hon. Hope you manage to pull off that cafe idea. Hugz
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Rich has had a cold for the past week and I have been taking eccinacea and vit C like it’s running out… I have a sore throat… The cafe idea sounds great, really does. i would love to come and join in that 🙂 Oh, and as for your friend; you’re a better person than me, letting her back in your life after what she did to you *hug*
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I hope you are resting easy, sweet lady. It’s amazing when we recognize manipulation for what it is…even innocent manipulation.
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*hugs and chicken noodle soup for the poor sick wolfie* Sorry bout your lil run of bad luck there— i hope it turns around in time for this cafe. The foreign language classes sometimes do a spanish/french cafe at lunch and the kids can come in and get spanish or french food, but it’s more like a fast food resteraunt. Pretty good stuff too. Last time I had a crepe and a licuado de fresca 🙂
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sounds a fun thing to do as a lesson
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..awww…poor pup….*fluffing your pillow*…fluids, fluids, fluids. I remember the friend thing…your attitude is much like mine would be – forgive maybe, but never forget! The cafeteria thing sounds like great fun for the kids. I hope you can pull it off. hugs…
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Ugh, there’s something going around here, too. Or maybe I should say “lurking around here,” since it never seems to go away. I’m so glad to read that after all that “friend” put you through (selfish, selfish, SELFISH little dear that she is), you’ve been able to come away with your self intact and your head up high. I don’t know if she deserves you, frankly.
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Well I hope you start to feel better soon. Happy belated Birthday to you and I’m dying to have you describe the b’day card yr dad gave you. As for me – I’m feeling a lot better, moving around reasonably easily now and tomorrow morning (My tuesday morning) I’m going down to the lab to see Max the lump. (kisses) 🙂
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and thank you for being nearly my only reader…. The mandarin chicken sald sounds sooooooo great…Alexias
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Hi !………
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want me to make the wolf’s chicken stew recipie for you? 🙂 it’s a cool children’s book and sounds like they could make it for your cafe! 🙂 *grin*
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oh yea, try ginger for your hurt tummy or some P fruit, i think CM said it was papaya. RIbbit. dont’ eat frog’s legs on a hurty tummy, they hop toooo much!
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Healing light to a dear friend of mine – YOU! LOVE~
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Poor sick wolfie. With ear scritches and hot soup…
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Maybe you should just go ahead and snot on Miss Thing. DOH! Did I say that?? ~;)
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How are feeling….tummy better? Warm thoughts & smiles…….
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Get better soon! — I love the cafe idea, but hope your tummy stops hurting first.
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Hope you get over your cold soon. I’ve had friends like that. They want to be friends when it’s convenient for them. I can think of one the reunion just didn’t work out because I saw her with different eyes and she just wasn’t someone I wanted to spend time with any more. I think sometimes we just outgrow our friends.
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here, i know you can use some more chicken noodle. hope you’re feeling better, SW~
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I MISS YOU ! HOPE YOU ARE FEELING BETTER…. SMILES……
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hey you! did you have to work today? where’s your scribbles? 🙂 *grin* So, sat nite turkey weekend or are you plugged up to your nostrils in slobber dogs and stuff? 🙂
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yeah, that sounds about right, she hurt you, so she has no right to expect everything to be right just cos she sent you a card. Good for you sunshine!
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get feelingb etter
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Well Happy late Halloween and early Thanksgiving………and umm umm hrmm what have I forgotten……..OH yeah easy Breezy classroom cooking idears I’ll email ya some……that are fun and easy to do talk to you laters and psst please done give me your cold this time Lael
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Seem to remember when the wolf got a sore tummy it was because the kind wood cutter had snipped it open and let the three little kids out and filled it up with stones… Hmmmm. OH NO! SUNSHINE WOLF DON’T GO SWIMMING!!!!!!!!!
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WHERE ARE YOU ? I MISS YOU!…. Hope you are doing okay and hurry back soon…Smiles…..
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