Privacy Please!

I was driving home the other night, heading north bound on I294, just past Irving Park Road and right before merging on to the Kennedy. The driver in the car to my right made a jerky movement that caught my eye. He did it again…what on earth was he doing?!?!

The man was reaching up his nose and PLUCKING NOSE HAIRS WITH HIS FINGERS!!

EW!!!

There are just so many things wrong with this!! First of all, I understand personal grooming (men, do pay attention to long nose hairs and trim them…women do notice—don’t make me name names!!). But number one please use tweezers or maybe even a personal trimmer (men like gadgets right?—It’s an excuse to go to the Sharper Image for pete’s sake!!). And two, please do the grooming in the privacy of your own bathroom, not while driving 70 miles an hour on an eight lane expressway!

I just don’t get it. Why, why, why would one feel the need to do this? Not only is it icky, but dangerous--the jerking movements, distracting other drivers or even him grabbing one that makes his eyes tear.

Forget banning cell phone usage while driving. I think the personal grooming while driving is much worse!!

Pluming Malfuctions

Today was interesting. The kids were there normal post-testing self. This isn’t a story about the kids, rather about an equipment malfunction.



During my 6th grade class I was at the sink washing something out when it happened. My sink exploded. I have a goose necked sink. You know, the kind that has a spout that looks like an upside down J. I was using the sink when I noticed the spout leaking at the base. Just as I touched it, the spout fell off and water sprayed everywhere!
It was a good thing I did it and shut it off rather than a kid breaking it and possibly running away from the water, making a worse mess. It was crazy!! It was as if my sink exploded!!

The kids thought it was funny that when I called the office I asked for either a wrench or Glen. (Glen is the engineer). My sink is now in good working order, but there was a fair amount of water left over from the deluge.

Maybe I should have the kids start building an ark.

Day 3...

Still proctoring...

But I have an excellent vocabulary!!

Your Vocabulary Score: A

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!You must be quite an erudite person.

How's" Your Vocabulary?

Pi Day

Happy Pi Day!!

Reguardless if you decide to calculate it or eat it--hope it's a good one!!

(For those of you who aren't sure what I mean, Pi is the mathmatical number 3.14 that never ends... Today is March 14th, AKA--Pi Day!-- Yeah, I'm a dork, whatelse is new?)

Day 2 of the ISAT

I've been proctoring the ISAT test. Today, I brought the laptop for entertainment while the kids were testing.

Here's what I've been doing most of the morning--(Hey, yesterday I was productive...I created some poster examples for my classroom! For the record, I'm not in my own classroom, so there's less opportunities for me to get work done. I'm allowed to have a little fun!!)

Your Personality is the Rarest (INFJ)

Your personality type is introspective, principled, self critical, and sensitive. Only about 2% of all people have your personality - including 3% of all women and around 1% of all men. You are Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

And now you know!!

2572

There’s a letter that periodically comes. Every time I see the envelope, I get excited—could this be my year?? It’s the one letter that I look forward to coming more than I did my college acceptance letters and is better than a new magazine in the mail:

My new rank number for Chicago Bears Season Tickets.

Unfortunately, it’s not my year, but I am moving up…I’m number 2572.

Sigh—Most girls are waiting for Prince Charming—I’m waiting for my Bears season tickets.

Do the Hustle!

Oh, yeah…

The time has arrived. Months of training have come to fruition.




That’s right, I made the Hancock my bitch! 94 floors in just seconds over a half hour!! I’m proud that I’ve finished…and anonymous and that certain other person who said I’d never make it…Fuck you—I did it!

Here's the start...

...and the finish!

Thanks to Peter for the pics!

I even got a medal! I’ve never gotten real hardware before!

All the fundraising went to the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago, and to top it off, (per our deal) Jack has kicked the habit and quit smoking! (Congrats, Jack—I’m so proud!) It was a win/win situation!

And next year…I’ll be sure to make it in under a half hour :)