Miscellaneous Missives

Maybe this May blog challenge has been amazing.  Maybe I needed this "kick in the pants." Maybe I love using this video to explain the events of Freddie Grey and Baltimore before the students look at a variety of news photos to see how the news can give different messages. Maybe I have the best colleagues ever.  Today I watched a video of bad jokes (shared by a colleague) while the same colleague put a class sets of sheets (copied for me by another colleague) into plastic covers.  Yep, I sat watching jokes and eating copious amounts of chocolates while my colleagues did my work.  What price will I pay?  Instead of bringing glazed donut holes as I did today, tomorrow I will bring cinnamon sugar donut holes.  Win- Win.  Maybe I work with the best people (actually I really do).

Maybe I caught sight of this yarn bombing today.  I'm not really sure when it appeared, but I walk/bike this trail frequently (almost daily).  I'd like to think it appeared today. Maybe some of my students are bombing.  They no longer care and can no longer engage in intelligent conversations.  Today we talked about beauty and race in the media.  As one would expect, it's only four or five kids that are bombing, but they make me feel as though I am bombing.  The good news is that when I think rationally, I know that I am not the bomb. By the way, the weather is also bombing.  It spit on my as I continued on my short ride today.  I'm not a fan of cold and spit... just saying.

Maybe today's adventure to C's (my dad's girlfriend) family reunion was entertaining.  Her family really does seem to like and appreciate me.  I talked to most of her seven brothers and sisters at one point in the afternoon.  The weather, however, was quite finicky.  One minute we'd be outside enjoying the sun, and the next minute it would rain.  All is well, rain or shine, everyone seemed pleased that I made the trip as am I. Although I was asked to bring a joke, no one asked me for my joke.  As I was leaving I told the D that I had my joke, and then I proceeded to share the joke LH had commented.  The young granddaughter/child of someone thought it was funny although the adults groaned a bit.  I'm glad I was able to make someone happy!

Maybe I haven't graded the last two classes.  Perhaps I'm waiting until Monday.  It seems like a bad idea, but I also know I'm not going to do it tonight. Maybe I helped a friend weed at her mother's today.  Maybe I capture a bunch of these green wormy things.  J took one off me as we were eating dinner, and I found three more (one crawling on my cheek) as I drove home.  Perhaps the first thing I did upon arriving home was to take a shower.

Maybe C's (my dad's girlfriend) sister called me today and invited me to the family gathering on Monday.  Maybe neither C nor my dad have mentioned this at all.  Maybe I'm not going to make my regular Sunday am call to Dad and C.  Maybe I'm merely going to attend the gathering without letting them know.  After all, her sister knows, and she's the one that invited me. Maybe I'm supposed to come with a joke, but I don't know any jokes.  Can anyone help?  Siri certainly was of no help.

Maybe I told my principal that I wanted an ice cream sandwich during my first hour class. Maybe third hour she brought me a box of ice cream sandwiches. Maybe it absolutely made my day. Maybe it's 11:38, and I've had one of the best day's ever!!

Maybe I'm tired of making my iMovie while students work on their two day summative media literacy project. Maybe I'm looking at Facebook. Maybe I found this cool video. Maybe I decided to share it with my last hour class since I found it while looking at FB while they were working. Maybe I showed it and couldn't figure out why it wasn't easy to get them back on track. Maybe it's May. Maybe I've actually got this.