I Stink

Literally. I smell. Just not bad.
You know how we joked about dousing ourselves in Lysol? I think I accidentally did. I bought the last two cans of scented Lysol last night at Target, but they were not my orange citrus cans. I sprayed the usual places this morning. And everywhere I went today I [...]

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Manic Monday? How about Fun Day?

MusicMan was absent today, and he had his sub do a karaoke duel. (Which would have been his lesson anyway, I’m sure.) It looked like SO much fun, so when I came back into the room, I told a kid I wanted to sing. He told the sub, and she said, Sure! It was all [...]

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NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month. Oh how I wish it were in, like, July. I signed up for it last year, but writing fiction is not as easy as churning out diatribes about what happens at school every week. And considering November is report card and conference month, teachers are just overloaded to the [...]

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L’Alowine

Not getting many Trick-or-Treaters. Could be the light rain, or the Phillies’ World Series Game that starts in an hour.
Random things overheard:
Dad: Get back here, Madeline! We’re not going that way. We’re going THIS WAY!
Madeline: (dressed as Alice in Wonderland, 10 or 11, apparently walking the wrong way) NAH-UH!
Dad’s friend: What a fucking bitch. [...]

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Can’t say no to FREE

There is a convenience store across the street from my school. It’s actually quicker to walk there than to get in the car and drive, so I’ve been going over to get a soda and sometimes a soft pretzel. I went today and was greeted by the thumping stereo of one of the local radio [...]

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Under 30 = Spoiled

From Lee – this says it all!
If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning….. Uphill…. barefoot… [...]

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Phillies Phever Relapse

The kids are gonna be nuts tomorrow! Heck, so are the teachers!!!

With all the disappointment Philly fans are used to, winning the World Series last year was magical. And now they’re back again this year? That is just unfathomable in the collective Philadelphia sports fan psyche. It was weird to watch, even when [...]

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It’s okay, I’m a teacher

I’m reading The Lightning Thief for school – or at least, it started out that way. Now I’m reading it because it’s really good. I’m almost done, and I can’t put it down.
So I had it with me at the allergist’s office today, and was reading as I waited my 20 minutes [...]

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Comic Relief

Some much-appreciated comedy for the end of the week.

Our reading story today described a Blizzard in NYC in 1888, and some people cross the river and get stuck on chunks of ice. As one floated away, a guy said, “I’ll cable from Europe!” I asked if they knew what that meant. They just [...]

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You’d think I would know better

After getting a TON of work done last night, including planning for two weeks, I realized it was because I came home and did the work – no TV, no computer. I was just “in the mood”. I had also realized this on Friday when I was in the mood to grade tests, but didn’t, [...]

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