Separation anxiety

Tomorrow is officially the last day of my maternity leave. Not sure how 9 months went by so fast- they sure didn't when I was pregnant. Anyhow, I'm dreading this.

Everything I've read tells me that at 8 months, separation anxiety kicks in with the little ones. So far, that hasn't been the case. We left her with my parents on Saturday and she was fine. She was also okay on Friday when I went to school to try to move my classroom. For some reason, this year I'll be on the second floor, which involves packing up and moving everything. I got about 25% moved. The teacher in the room I'm moving into hasn't moved her stuff yet, so there's really no place for my stuff anyhow. I had thought about going in today & tomorrow, then decided to spend the last few days at home with E.

I'm confident that she is going to be well taken care of while I am away. She probably will have a lot of fun and won't even miss me. I've got a rotten attitude about the whole thing & was already kinda pissy with the new teacher that's moving into my room. Oops. I'm sure I'll get over it, but for now, life sucks.

The Triumvirate

Margaritas, Cornfest, Survivor!

Can't wait!

I confuse....

Man I hate writing titles. Always with the trying to be witty; always failing. Today's title brought to you courtesy of Lil Juan. Lil Juan was in my class 3 years ago. We were teaching a new Reading program called Reading Mastery that involved a lot of snapping, clicking and basically kid training. At the end of my (so I thought) stellar clicking phonics lesson, all Juan could say was, "I confuse." Apparently he didn't understand that we were doing a reading lesson. And so it goes, into the teacher lexicon in our school for years to come. Whenever you're not feelin' sure about somethin', or someone's clicking or snapping in your face, just utter, "I confuse."

Oh, back to the subject of my confusion. I'm sure all of you have encountered this situation. You are going about your daily business and happen upon a person and ask youself," Self, is this a man or a woman?" It happens. Maybe you've seen a woman and thought, "Hmm, I bet that's a man." No biggie.

Well there's a person that lives in my hood. Across the street and down a ways. I have seen this person numerous times. I have spoken with this person numerous times. This person has a child that is not much older than my bean. We've shared stories, laughed, told anecdotes, as parents are wont to do. And still I have no idea if this is a man or a woman. Long hair & clothing would suggest a woman, but many things do not.

Frankly, I could care less. I think people should be whatever gender they feel they should be, no matter how they were born. I just feel that I want to know. I have to know. It would just make our interactions a lot more comfortable, if I didn't have to worry about using any gender specific pronouns and such.

Maybe I'm just being stupid. Figures.

Blah

I have nothing to write about.

Too much on my mind, too much to do, yet all I seem to do is to bid on Gymboree outfits on Ebay. With my 9 month maternity leave coming to a screeching halt, the panic is now setting in. Trying to think of things I can do to make money from home. Taking online surveys has netted me a cool $4 so far, so I guess that's not going to work out.

This year will be my 10th year teaching. Scary to think that the kids in my first class here at my school are now Juniors in high school. And the kids from my first year teaching are now 27 years old. Where does the time go? It may be time to ditch my fancy teacher's manuals & start my online business. Anyone need a custom diaper cake?? Huhh? Huh?? No? Crap! Didn't think so. It's just hard for me to imagine having the mental/emotional energy to give to my students now that I have my own at home.

Unless we move back to DeKalb & I can work in Paw Paw again. That's a great school.

Too much to think about now, will continue morbid thoughts later.

At long last

It's here, it's finally here! The crowning glory of my collection of B-list celebrity autograph pics!!! Bwaaaa hhaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaa! Now I can dominate the universe!!!!!

We've been collecting these photos for a while now. The deal is, it has to be a B-list celeb (TV show stars from the 80's are the cream of the crop). If it's addressed to someone with a strange name, even better.

Oh, and it can't cost more than $5, that's the deal (including shipping).

Well I finally got the Conrad Bain of my dreams. This bad boy is getting an extra special frame. And , and, and, it's addressed To Claude. Magnifico!

My next quest is to find Arvid from "Head of the Class".

It's how old?

So yeah, I'm a few days late on this, & of course a dollar short to boot. Forgive me, I've been all twitterpated with the newest arrival from Mr. Stork. (no, not me, Eve! You think I'm dat crazy?) So I've been a'emailin', a'phonin', just generally communicating with my peeps to spread the good news.

It was reported in various media outlets that Mtv celebrated its 25 year anniversary on August 1st. I really hate when they report these types of anniversaries because it makes my gut wrench up because I remember. Yes, not only was I alive then, but I remember when this happened. Makes one feel old.

I shake it off & tell myself that this just means I'm wise and full of knowledge. Yes, that's better.

They were doing a little retrospective of Mtv through the ages. Showed some videos from back in the day. Twenty-five videos that represent the changing eras of videos. Yes, there were some good ole dusties, when artists had the integrity to really represent themselves through the art of the video. A random armadillo walking along minding his own bees-wax, a fairy-type lady with a metallic $2 wig in a test tube, a sheik in sunglasses going into a Burger King- these are things I want to see in my videos. There were no sweaty abs, no champagne being poured on women's buttocks. Just people in funny haircuts & random desert animals wandering on by...

Number of Duran Duran videos that made the retrospective: 0
Number of Green Day videos that made the retrospective: 2

Note to Green Day: When I told my mom that my nephew wanted a Green Day cd for Christmas, she replied, "Oh! I like them!" I'm just thinking if Joyce, & the 5th grade crowd can agree on your music, you may be moseying down the wrong path. Just my 2 cents.

I can't remember who else made the cut, but I believe there was a Snoop Dog & Notorious B.I.G. video. Oh, well of course, isn't B.I.G. supposedly the best rapper of all time? Well, he must be, if he's able to release albums from beyond the grave...OOOOOOOO, spoooooooky.

Anyhow, I was unaware that Mtv still played videos. I thought it was all "Sweet 16", "Date my Mom" & other such crap. Too much to say about all that jazz, better leave it alone for now.

Hugs & smooches,
L