Student Fun for the Day

• Pink slip given to a child at 8:20am because of coloring yellow in his desk (because he hates writing, mind you)
• Another student putting hand sanitizer in his hair because "someone said it will keep my head from getting cold. I just wanted to test it out." Yep. Thanks. Who can make that up?

What am I up to?

• Dinner with the husband tonight...yay for Mexican!
• Lesson planning and grading papers at school...ick
• Baby shower with my wonderful friend and fellow-blogger, Yeah, Except for NOT
• Hanging out with me, myself, and I on Saturday night...woo!

So, all in all, nothing too horrible. I am freezing cold...ick. I am ready for some dinner!

"Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery." Bill Watterson

Dear Weatherman,

I used to work with you once upon time before teacherdom. I know that you have no control over the weather, but I was really banking on you this ONE time. My 3rd graders are about to go NUTS because they have not had a snow day. With the promise of snow coming, they were really banking on today being a snow day. But alas, we are going to school today. Don't get me wrong, I am totally okay with going. Who wants to go to school on make-up days. But weatherman, I needed this snow day to keep my sanity. Today might be the longest day ever. I will send you my therapist bill when that time comes in my life because of this day.

Wishing I were snowed-in,

Mrs. S.

So...if you are a teacher you know that kids go CrAzY for a snow day. That is what I have been dealing with all winter. We have yet to have one snow day (yay! if you are a teacher you understand why that is great) and they are not in a good mood about it. This moring they are going to, first, be jumping around about the snow that did fall to the ground; second, grumbling because we are in school. But on the bright side, it is our 100th day! Tomorrow is PJ day...so I am WAY more excited about that. Oh, the joys of being a teacher.

Truman went to obedience class last night and got a little one-on-one with the instructor afterwards, according to Mr. S. Looks like it might have helped. Between that and the new collar/leash combo we were told we should get, things are much better. I take him to class Thursday, so we will see how well I can handle the beast. Or as I call him, the yellow bus.

Oh, Happy Chinese New Year! It is the Year of the Ox!

Holy Cow...what a long couple of days

**Edit**

I want to add in that I know that the auto industry needs money. I promise I do. I just got frustrated. I know people that work there. I just want to say that they need to balance some things out in the world. I am so sorry if I offended anyone. I was highly upset at the time.

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Let me get my irritation out of the way first...Do you know what bothers me? Teachers being cut from schools and hearing that schools are cutting millions of dollars from their budgets. Then hearing that auto companies are getting billions to bailout. Now, would those people have a job if they didn't have a teacher? What about all the shit you give teachers for not reaching the unreachable No Child Left Behind Act? How can we do that when you make it to where there are teacher cuts putting over 25 students in some classrooms? I can't give enough attention to all those students. I'm just sayin'. I am sure there will be more, but I had to get that out today.

Thanks for all the lovely comments over the past couple days...that felt awesome to see 7! Wee! I needed that this week, that's for sure.

I took the dog to obedience class by myself last night. If you need a laugh, you should probably go on the nights I am there without the husband. That might be the best time to see some funny stuff. For example, we started out with the helpful Halti (which the instructor hates, but it is the only thing I can control him with) and Truman decided he was done working 5 minutes in because he hates the thing. I took it off and he about ripped my arm off and he would do NOTHING. I was exhausted when I got home. After he jerked me around the room, wouldn't sit, tried to make friends with everyone and everydog....it was just...the longest night ever.

Bombshell at work yesterday: One we knew about, our Superintendent is retiring. The one we didn't know, our principal is leaving after this year to stay at home with her baby. She just isn't happy being without her little one. Sad days for us, but yay for her!

Wind chills below zero make me unhappy of a morning. I don't want to get up, get ready, or head out the door. I have decided after spending the weekend with my friend that has automatic start for her car, that I need it as well. It might be the best invention ever. Ever. You can be almost anywhere, hit a button, and your car starts. If you remember to turn your defrost or heat on, your car is warm when you go to get in...amazing. I need it.

Truman went to obedience school last night. They have lessons on Mondays and then you can go back 2 other nights a week to have some reinforcement. Guess who needs those reinforcement classes? Yep. Truman just had some major ADD during class. Too much going on for him to pay much attention to us. I think Mr. S. was going to lose it at one point. It was pretty cold in the building and he was breaking a sweat. As nicely as possible he was trying to do all the right things...say "sit" as sweetly as he could, pet him, praise him...but no, nothing. He did SOME things okay...just not exactly what he needed to do. I had to remind him he is only 8 months old and it might take a bit. Oh this should get interesting.