Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Many Funnies

Hey there blog readers! I'm sorry I've been on an extended hiatus. I know that every time I write I say something along the lines of, "oh my, my, my I can hardly believe it's been so long since I've written." But truthfully, I can believe it. What's a busy teacher lady to do in the face of planning chaos? Prioritize! Unfortunately, my prioritizing leaves blogging dangling down at the bottom of the list. Shoots.

That's okay, because here I am again with a mere 25 school days left! I've almost done it! The first year is so close to being over that I can almost taste the freedom... unfortunately the kids can too. Which means they are SQUIRRELY. And it's hard because I actually like them now and I don't actually want to punish them... but it does make for some darn good stories. For example:

Today, one of my students came in and said, "Miss Specht, I brought my water bottle again today except for I didn't bring water in it... It's hot chocolate. WELL it's not reeealllly hot chocolate, but it tastes just like it because of all the creamers. So it's like hot chocolate but it's decaf because it makes me not sleepy so I won't sleep in math class!" Uhm, what? That darn kid had actually brought coffee to school! What's a teacher to do? I let him drink it. Maybe not the best idea. Around 12:30 that kid CRASHED. Big time. So off the sped room he went, book in hand because I'm not sure he knows what decaf is and I was not about to handle a tantrum in my class. Kids.

Another student did just not seem like himself today. So I called him over and said "Hey buddy, I've noticed that you're not dancing on our brain break and you look kind of sad today. What's going on?" He instantly welled up with tears and said "Last night I had to go to my brother's Cub Scouts meeting and it didn't get over until 8:45, and we didn't get home until after, and then I couldn't fall asleep so I'm tired...*sniff, sniff, tear rub*" "You usually go to bed at 8:00, don't you?" "YES!" He was so sad and tired that I let him lay his head down on a pillow for a while. Poor thing. Although I wish I could get as much sleep as he does. As Cody said... "you need it!" Thanks honey.

Speaking of my honey, the countdown is ON until the wedding! It's less than 100 days away! Things are getting done and planned (scouts honor). One thing we checked off of our list this weekend was Engaged Encounter... brought to you by the good old teachings of catholicism! The weekend included a 14 hour (no, I'm not kidding) session on Saturday and a 5 hour session on Sunday. Yes, it was an outrageous amount of time to spend listening, reflecting, sitting on uncomfortable chairs, writing, and discussing. Fortunately there were 32 other couples suffering through the time with us. And while our time spent was long and somewhat tedious, I would do it all again because we got the chance to discuss some real serious things that I think all couples should discuss (which I guess was the point, huh?) Topics included family life, faith life, decision making, and all that other jazz. It may sound silly, but this retreat really made me think about the big picture of marriage. Like as a whole... which is kind of intimidating because it's my whole life. Whoa. Good thing I'm not going into this crazy ride alone :)

Now I'm sorry to disappoint, but I'm going to wrap this post up. Mostly because it's 9:35 and I'm legitimately making an effort to sleep more... so it's time! Good night blog world, until next time...

Peace, love, and sweet dreams,
Jayna