Ok, so a little verbal vomit is about to happen (gross!) I handed back the grade 8 science test and gave little Pecky hers…her squeal caused everyone else in the class to jump and rush over. She got a C on her test!!! She jumped up and down and tears welled up in her eyes! …
Love Sick…Literally
Sometime during the night when most people are deep in sleep I woke up with pains in my stomach that could only mean one thing…a trip to the porcelain throne. Eegads, yet another Valentines Day that I wished I could skip! I thought one time of tummy torture was enough but 3 trips later I…
Warts
“Ms Colleen, what is it?” “It’s a wart,” I answer shyly and ashamedly as my students rubbed the hard spot on my arm…an odd place I must admit! I’ve tried everything I know of to get rid of it. I picked at it constantly, pulling the skin off till it bled, much to the disgust…
No Day at the Park…OK, Maybe it Was…
I didn’t want to get up on Saturday morning, let alone go downtown with a bunch of 6-10 graders from our school. Not that I don’t love the kids, I was just exhausted and lazy. I willed myself out of bed, made myself go running for an hour (which is usually enjoyable but was a…
Unremarkable to Remarkable
This week was full of forgettable things that turned unforgettable. A normal Monday afternoon of hanging out turned into Barrett and I trying on Thai clothes for the next days photo shoot where I got tucked and squeezed into Thai sized dresses that revealed more of me than necessary and left Barrett rolling in laughter. …