Good friends are irreplaceable. They are the only slightly audible, roaring crowd that is forever present in our spirit when times get rough. They will be the first to tell you when your pants do not fit right and your joke just isn’t funny. But more importantly they are there to encircle [...]
Entries from January 2007
January 30, 2007
What Dogs Do….
After watching Penny for some time I have come to the conclusion that there are there ways to chase a squirrel. 1) The Stalker. This one Penny has down to an art. I have actually seen her back herself under the shaggy pine tree in our back yard and wait quietly [...]
January 28, 2007
It’s Freezing…..
When did winter happen? I think it snuck in a little before I took the dogs for a walk Saturday morning. Good thing I noticed otherwise the dogs might have been a little under dressed for our walk. Penny is a small black terrier that could care less about her clothes. [...]
January 26, 2007
The Weekend…
It’s the weekend. You thought the work week was bad. It just helps you get cranked for the weekend. Not having kids myself, I only know about this because I got a glimpse into this crazy world by accident last fall. Due to an illness in the family we were left [...]
January 25, 2007
Do You Ever Feel Like This?!
How many looks a day do you get that absolutely have you convinced that you must certainly look exactly like this? If you teach in a building that has even one adolescent, I am sure you have felt this way before. Personally, I routinely make restroom visits to be sure I have not [...]
January 25, 2007
Herding Cats
So after yesterday this posting seems entirely appropriate. Being a teacher on a 2 hour delay snow day is much like herding cats. The disappointment I mentioned yesterday is more than apparent in the kids. This, in turn, leads to a day that seems to last forever. Though lunch comes quickly, the [...]
January 25, 2007
Another Almost Snow Day….
So it was another almost snow day. The kind that is so close you can taste it. The roads are slushy, snow is continuing to fall, districts that border your own are changing from delayed to closed and you wait for the phone to ring and then someone calls but it’s your Mom [...]
January 25, 2007
What?!?
Anybody in the teaching profession ever get a phone call from a parent that their child is doing HOURS of homework? The call quickly leads into a diatribe about the life of a middle schooler being way too busy for the likes of homework. What with the music lessons, dance, cheerleading, three different [...]
January 25, 2007
Almost a Snow Day…
So it’s a snow day. Well not really, a two hour delay day. The nice thing about teaching is that a little bad weather can get you the day off. I made this cartoon not from only a student’s viewpoint but also a teacher’s. There are days that we are praying [...]
