Some days I am quite certain I'm on the proverbial emotional roller coaster with my adolescent students. Earlier in the week I left you in my gloom. Today I have random joy to spread. (Yes, I know. Lately my blogging energies have been bubbling in a worn out brew of randomness, letters, and whining thoughts. Your point?)
1. I'm listening to Christmas music on Pandora while I enter my grades. Deal. I like it even if Thanksgiving isn't for another week. I might even put up my tree this weekend.
2. I'm grateful for the warm feel of copies fresh out of the machine. And their smell. Little else can match the delicious sensory overload that is warm Xerox.
3. I must have the teenagers ruthlessly fooled. A student told me today I'm one of "the rare teachers who actually likes kids!"
4. Christmas came early and delivered a beautiful LCD television to my classroom. Thank you, school district, for replacing the unworking dinosaur in here with technology I can't even afford for my own home (to go along with the view I could never afford in my real life).
5. I got a new phone cover. It is holiday bulb red. Isn't red a sublime sort of color?
6. A student wrote this yesterday and I laughed and laughed and laughed.
MYTH OF THE WAY CHAIRS CAME TO BE (by Forrest)
There once was a king who hated to stand and lay. He traveled far and wide to find a solution to his problem, but had no luck. He yelled to the gods "Do you have the answer!?!" The gods replied "We do but you must pass 2 tests. You must stand and hold the earth up for 1 day." So he did. "Now you must lay on a bed of snakes for 1 day." So he did. For his reward the gods gave him a throne of gold with silk cushins and platinum lace. As the king saw the throne he felt rejoyced and asked the gods, "What am I suposed to do?" "Sit," said the gods. And as the king sat in the chair he realized...he didn't like sitting either.
What would I ever do without my 9th graders? Greek Mythology is such a fun unit and this was his personal myth about the creation of something, anything (pretty free topic, I know--I had a bad week). Bless him.
7. I haven't had to scrape my windows once this year. Praise covered parking at the new place.
8. The Roommate and I are hosting a soup soiree tomorrow night with good people.
9. That means that in a few short hours my house will be entirely clean.
10. My grades are updated-ish. It is neither midterm nor end of term. I'm just on the ball.
11. Scarves and flower pins and head bands are my newest accessory obsession.
12. Not everyone gets a best friend for a roommate. I love you like a sister, Alice. Thanks for putting up with my mood-swinginess.
Now, I've an errand to run and a house to clean. Consider me on an upswing.
5 comments:
Bless you, dear reader, for indulging in my narcissistic ramblings. And leaving a comment too. You are a good soul.
Bless you, dear Rookie, for your ramblings.
That is the best comment surprise blessing ever!
I love red, too.
Jasper LOVES Greek mythology. He wants to be a mythologist when he grows up. Every time we go to a book store he heads right on over to all the mythology books. Maybe I should have him write his own myth too. :)
I love this post.
I also love scarves, headbands, Christmas music, putting up the tree early, the smell of a warm copy machine, soup with Alice and Rookie, a clean house, and the color Red. Yeah for bringing fun things to my attention.
Huzzah for soup parties and great roommates!! I'm glad you found a break from your funkiness! I'm blaming mine on cold weather.
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