"Alright, this is how it works. You can say 'that sucks' in here, but you have to use your good 's' sound."
I am so the cool teacher.
In the 1986-1987 school year...
I was six, going on seven years old. I lived in Virginia Beach. I went to Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented once a week; I was in second grade. I attended Great Neck Baptist Church, where I accepted Christ and was baptized in 1987.
In the 2006-2007 school year...
I am twenty-six, going on twenty-seven years old. I work in Virginia Beach. I go to Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented everyday; I work with second graders. I'm trying to reserve Great Neck Baptist Church, where I will be getting married in 2007.
It's eerie, lemme tell ya.
"Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins."
- via Yuriy
The Way I See It #141
I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stumped by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi."* They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.
- Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors
*Or in my case, "So, what are you reading?"
5:45am: Wake up.
5:46am: Check district website.
5:47am-7:06am: Alternate between 3 local TV news stations and continue to refresh district website while getting ready.
7:06am: Depart home to arrive at school by 7:35.
7:06am-7:49am: Brave high winds, heavy rain, power outages, accidents, and flooding to fulfill contractual obligation.
7:49am: Arrive at school.
7:50am: Learn that a 2-hour delay was announced at 7:20am.
7:51am-9:10am: Work in my classroom while feeling like a chump.
9:10am: Hear announcement over the PA system that school has been cancelled.
9:10am-9:15am: Pack up my stuff while feeling like an even bigger chump.
9:15am: Depart school to arrive at home.
9:15am-10:04am: Brave high winds, heavy rain, power outages, accidents, and flooding a second time.
10:04am: Arrive at home.
10:05am: Go back to bed.