Beauty

Sometimes you just have to stop and blog in real time. Because it's just that good. At least to me. At least to my heart right now.

I often pass by the person with the sign "will work for food" or "need a ride" or "please, help" etc. and I'm ashamed to admit I often pass them by (I know some of you out there reading will think it's good I pass them up, but I don't).

Today, as I was having what I thought was the worst day of my life (bad class, cheerleader suspended, an hour at the emissions test play just to fail, 2 hours at the DMV for nothing etc.) It felt like the worst day ever.

Then I was leaving the DMV and this beautiful young girl asked me if I knew the way to Nole's road. I didn't. I got in my car, and I saw her ask someone else. I decided to ask her if she wanted a ride. She jumped in, and off we went.

It's a good thing she got in to, because after we headed that way we realized it was like 7 miles away. Anyways, enough time to hear about how she had just been released from jail. All her charges were cleared, and she'd been in for 25 days. She's originally from the Bronx, and has been living in Nashville for 7 years. No family here. When she was arrested, her 3 kids were taken and put into foster care.

And earlier I'd cried about my day.

I dropped her off on the corner closest to the address, she was going to wait until her friend got off of work (he worked at the hospital on the corner) to head to his house.

I don't know her name, but she was beautiful.

I hope she gets her kids back.

I hope she deserves them, and does right by them from now on.

People really are people if you stop and get to know them.

Beautiful People!

I kept thinking "How did I get here?" In this car, in Nashville with this beautiful woman. My life almost perfect compared to what she's been going through.

Thanks Lord.

Stream of Consciousness

SO I have this girl... Let's call her Renee. She talks out ALL THE TIME. We made this deal that she could write down anything she wanted to say if she would just not talk out, and I would read it after class.



Here are some gems...

• Shut up JT


• JT Keep it up and Ima beat u up


• Go buy some paper & stop askin for some


• Your not funny


• JT your breath stinks


• Why y talking about people get some maths kills because you dumb


• You need to shutup when nobody talkin to you


• If you are hungry JT go eat a banana or I rather you just starve


• You cant sing either


• You ugly heffa


• Shuttup


• If i'm not talking to you shut up and you aint gonna punch nobody in the face cuz i'm gonna punch you in the face JT Ricky got beat up Anna & Dueno make a cute couple


• U smelled yo mama feet


• What will the sargent do if you step on his shoes


• Stuart you thank u so smart but u not smart but on a 9th grade smart u swear up and down u a mathmetichen but u not


• JT u just a hater U punk

This is how my babies think...

Notes

Please read the following note I took up in class today (Exactly as it is written on the paper)



Whussupp Chrisy



nun BrD. ion wnA take Dis Test.



Rite men etha anis duba hard ion lyk dnis class bunt anyways.



ryte! she IYLK miss. Norwood



lol! Bunt iuno dnis stuf im black black people dont know shyt & lol [up] & dna pup rally whus bron O.M.G.



yea. Dey boy Cheerleader wus gewd doe. -n0 yhu crazi



lol, bunt O.M.G. dna homecomin thang 4 dna freshman was dnat bull LITERALLY.



Yea who U go Forr? I went 4 denise!



macy duh



awl! she b b.shixxn 2 much. Ms. S....



I'm sure it would have continued but this is where I took the note...

THIS IS THE FUTURE!!! This is the next generation. I think they spelled maybe 10 words correctly. WHAT LANGUATE IS THAT?



This is what I deal with people

**Names changed to protect the guilty

Things that make me nauseated

1. knowing I probably ruined kanoxious's (remember him) life. *I hope this is an exaggeration, but it may not be. this responsibility is killing me.
2. 14 year old's making out IN PUBLIC, like I've never made out in PRIVATE...Okay, maybe I have in the privacy of my own home but NEVER in PUBLIC. This one makes me nauseated for 2 reasons 1 - because it's just gross 2 - because why should the irresponsible 9th graders be getting some love when I'm not?
3. When my TFA program director shows up at exactly the wrong time...again. I'm trying to be a good corps member and it keeps back firing.
4. The fact that I'm missing the season premier of HOUSE. Don't worry...I'm going to get a bottle of wine, and I'll enjoy the show online after it's over...so from 9-11.
5. Knowing I'm not going to get any sleep tonight (see #4)

Playing Teacher

So yesterday was maybe my favorite day ever (okay, not really, but it was a good day).

I got home @ 5:30
Made a pizza
Sat on the couch
Watched the local news
Watched wheel of fortune
Watched 2 hours of House (in preparation for the season premiere NEXT WEEK!)
Talked to Cass
Went to bed.

GLORIOUS.

Tonight, I'll be @ school till 7:30, and will be doing good to be home by 8.
Not to mention that I still haven't figured out when/what I'm going to eat.

Why? Because I have open house.

Which means all my sweet parents will come by to talk about their obnoxious precious babies.
I'm glad their coming but honestly I feel like a little kid playing "school" except that when I played school, I was never the teacher. I was always the bad kid.