Peace Out...

I'm going on a blogging hiatus. Not that I don't do that all the time. I'm just telling you this time. I'm not going to be at school...and since that pretty much is where all of my material comes from, I'm going to be empty. If something funny comes up at home I'll post. Don't hold your breath.

To end about my kids.

Last day of exams. Bell rings at 10:28. At 10:30 I go close my door and skip to the office. I was quite literally skipping.

One of my sweet, precious girls sees me in the hall and says "Ms. S____, why are you skipping, and why do you look so happy."

I said "because it's Christmas break...aren't you happy"

"Well YEAH, but I'm a student. You are a teacher. What are you going to do all break without us?"

Bless her heart.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!

Thing about school...

Things about school that make me shake my head/scream/laugh/cry etc.

1. - I have one student who refuses to work if I give him a calculator (number) affiliated with the wrong gang. I go to great lengths to ensure he only gets nuetral numbers. He's in ISS today. I took a test and a nuetral numbered calculator to him. He refused to use it because apparantly now he'll only use numbers directly affiliated with his gang.

2. - same kid is running a huge operation of selling stolen ipods, cameras, cell phones etc. If it weren't totally illegal, wrong and immoral, I'd jump on it. There selling some good stuff cheap. But it's hot. So I'm not buying. Anyways. I'm the one who busted them. Problem is, while we all know he nad this other guy are doing it, we can't prove it because their (insert terrible adjectives) parents are supporting their story. He tried AGAIN today to sell me stolen merchandise. Did I mention I'm the reason the cops are on their backs right now.

3. I had a dream last night that I had to take the SAT and that my test score was going to determine whether or not I had a job. Then I dreamed that I didn't score high enough, so they made me the pencil sharpener so I could keep working here.

4. Some kids NEVER get in trouble. Even after I turn them in 5 times before 9 o'clock in the morning.

5. My cheerleaders are little...ANGELS...Or the opposite. Whatever you want to call it. And that is the nicest way I can describe them. Yesterday they lied to me MULTIPLE times and kept lying even after I caught them in it. I let them have it. I was so mad. So...After that, They are walking upstairs with me to sit in my room...and they have the audacity to ask for candy. -

Similarly I had campus security come remove a child from my room. the next period he was back in asking for candy. WHAT IN THE WORLD!

Dropped the Bomb...

So, I bit the bullet, put my big girl panties on, and told my roomies I'm moving out in June when the lease runs out. I was really scared to do it, but I'm really glad I did. I didn't want to damage any relationships, because they are really sweet girls. I just really want to live alone. So...Next year - Single living here I come. I'm pumped! It'll be a first. And I think I'm going to like it.

HUGE thanks to Holli for her Mongolian encouragement. I knew she was on the other end of the computer waiting for me to report that I'd done it. See holli, you can be there for someone...even from half way around the world.

Stay tuned for some fun pictures, and a funny story, from my slumber party week with Cass...who by the way has not shown me her pictures from her wedding. I'm not bitter CASSIE!