1.11.2011

Breathe...


Just as my kiddos finished doing the announcements, I heard our principal (never something to laugh at or talk through) say, "Teachers and staff, a decision has been made..." And that began the day...an early dismissal day.

While my kiddos hooped and hollered as they stared outside for the invisible snowflakes coming down in front of the hospital, I couldn't trip, fall, or fly fast enough to my transportation list.

I really enjoyed my 10 minute conversation in the custodial closet during our lunch as I got high off cleaning supplies (is this a run-on sentence?) with a plant manager as she went through her shift lists to try to find 2 parents that I wasn't even sure if their names were correct. This was not sarcastic. In the midst of a chaotic day, I cherished that someone else, a stranger never-the-less, took interest in a schoolteacher trying to make sure a child got home safely.

You can only imagine that once the bus pulled out, so did Blizzard and I. I had the highest of intentions to be productive with school work at home. As soon as I set my teacher bag down, I declared I wouldn't open that thing again.

Early dismissals are rare. I would savor it.

Comfy clothes. Hot, light apple juice. Oprah. 2 dogs. And, twas' the night before a phantom snow storm.

2011 Word B-R-E-A-T-H-E was in full effect.
See the 5 books to the right of me? Truly they are there...
Moral of the Story: Me- A decision has been made I will relax, read, and breathe.

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