Mid Week

This week, my teaching partner and I switched days due to an appointment she had on Friday. So, I'm off today and working Friday. It feels weird to be home today. I'm in the middle of cleaning bathrooms. Next on my list is laundry, vaccuuming, floors, van cleaning and hopefully I'll get to some cooking. Oh yeah, I also want to get myself and the dog out for a walk and she could really use a bath. I think I'll no longer call these my days "off"! Oh yeah, here is a list a friend sent me via email.....so funny and painfully true.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TEACHER? by Jeff Foxworthy

1. You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line.

2. You get a secret thrill out of laminating something.
It's a secret dream of mine to own a laminating machine!!!

3. You walk into a store and hear the words 'It's Ms/Mr. _________' and know you have been spotted.
...they always have the deer in the headlights look when they see you too!
4. You have 25 people that accidentally call you Mom/Dad at one time or another.
...once I was called Grandma!
5. You can eat a multi-course meal in under twenty-five minutes.

6. You've trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day: lunch and prep period.
....it's one of the only jobs I know where you have to pace yourself for the bathroom! It was rough when I was pregnant. I used to have a system with the teacher next door.

7. You start saving other people's trash, because most likely, you can use that toilet paper tube or plastic butter tub for something in the classroom.


8. You believe the teachers' lounge should be equipped with a margarita machine.
...no a Starbucks bar would be awesome though
9. You want to slap the next person who says 'Must be nice to work 9 to 3 and have summers off.'
...and slap them, I will
10. You believe chocolate is a food group.

11. You can tell if it's a full moon without ever looking outside.
....that is so true....they are just wilder on a full moon day

12. You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says 'Boy, the kids sure are mellow today.'

13. You feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior when you are out in public.
....my family hates it when I do that. It doesn't bother me to "talk" with kids on a public playground if they are not meeting expectations! LOL! I draw the line at about 10 years old though. After that, they may be carrying a weapon!

14. You believe in aerial spraying of Ritalin.


15. You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.

16. You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children.
....sad, but occasionally true. Actually, I buy it for my kids with the thought that I'll use if for school too.

17. You can't pass the school supply aisle without getting at least five items!
...I am so addicted
18. You ask your friends if the left hand turn he just made was a 'good choice or a bad choice.'

19. You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils.
....ahhhh, be still my heart
20. You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer and finally,
....yes, I was, and my kids loved the cucumber melon scent, but I had to put it up high after I heard about a child licking their hands after applying it and becoming quite ill!
21. You understand instantaneously why a child behaves a certain way after meeting his or her parents.
....soooooo true, in most cases!!!