I know what you are thinking, but it's NOT ME! I had taken four jars of Gerber's Meat Sticks to the Turkey Run thing on Sunday, in case the grandchildren needed a snack. (For the uninitiated, the meat sticks are like little Vienna sausages--without the fat and other junk--packed tightly in little baby-food-sized glass jars with a metal lid that pops off when twisted.) The children ate two jars. The other two jars came home with me and were left in a plastic sack on the floor of the living room after I got home. This evening, I was picking up flotsam and jetsam around the house and found--to my absolute astonishment--two EMPTY meat stick jars. The rim of the lids were still on the jars, but the centers were punched out just as neatly as if someone had used a can opener. Even more fascinating was that the contents of the jars was gone. Since I live alone, and no one has been here but me and the dog...hmmm...could it be that Frodo the Wonder Dog had a tasty snack?? The fascinating thing is that I can barely get the meat sticks out of the jars with my fingers. It must have been an interesting sight to watch the dawg dig them out with her tongue! There should be shards of metal in her belly. Oh, well!
October, a particularly pretty month in Indiana, poses some problems for me. I have to plan for a sub for Thursday for a half-day meeting (that I only found out about today), and again on the 26th. Friday, we have a middle school "fun night" which requires my presence at school until 5:00. All day on Saturday will be spend with The Salvation Army for the Coats for Kids distribution at the state fairgrounds...a very big deal! Next week, we have one full day of students on Monday, then half days with kids on Tuesday and Wednesday, dismissed for parent conferences. (I will be expected to be at school until 8:00 PM on both half days.) Then I have Thursday and Friday off for Fall Break...but with all the activity that has gone on prior, I'm not prepared to do anything for fun. Damn!
The weather is supposed to go to crap tomorrow, sometime. Rain mixed with snow by Thursday...and I haven't turned the furnace on yet to know if it will actually work...
Grades for the first grading period are due Monday. I'm working like crazy to get caught up on paperwork but won't have much weekend time to calculate grades. Is it working? NO..... I would stay after school and work, but I get so sleepy by 2:30 that all I can think of is going home to the couch!
One particularly obnoxious young student is so in need of attention that he can't control himself. Today, I stopped the class to tell him that I loved him...and he couldn't handle it! I am making headway with everyone but him. He is my special project. Ask me in May how we did!
Tomorrow is another day. DUH!
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