Punchline of the Day

The school where I work has a small 7th grade class of 6 very energetic boys. They can be a lot of fun, but they can drive me crazy.

During study hall a few days ago, one of the boys mentioned that someone was kicked off of an airplane because he was too fat. Another student asked, quite seriously, "Did they at least give him a parachute?"

Out of the mouths of preteens, right?

Snow Day!!

I started Christmas break with all kinds of lofty ambitions to get my grading finished early and to work ahead for the semester.

Ummm...yeah, right.

So, naturally (as some could attest to), I was up until midnight scrambling to get things together for the first day of 2nd semester. Even though it had been snowing all day, there was no news on whether school would be cancelled. How frustrating.

But after stumbling out of bed well before sunrise, the good news came: NO SCHOOL! It's funny how a snow day is as exciting for the teachers as it is for the students.

Now my schoolwork is [sufficiently] complete, dishes are done, house is in decent shape, and it's barely 8 o'clock.

It's going to be a good day.