This weekend has been a much
needed slice of Heaven!
My husband invited me to meet him
in
Daytona for the weekend (with no
kids)
STOP RIGHT THERE!
STOP RIGHT THERE!
and had a
mani/pedi/facial/Swedish massage
waiting for me
SERIOUSLY?!
You're killing me here.
I was surrounded by cornfields
all weekend.
Both short people were with me
since my other half has
"Can't-sit-still-itis"
and worked 15 hours on Saturday
and 7 on Sunday!
waiting for me
SERIOUSLY?!
You're killing me here.
I was surrounded by cornfields
all weekend.
Both short people were with me
since my other half has
"Can't-sit-still-itis"
and worked 15 hours on Saturday
and 7 on Sunday!
PLUS
a ROOM WITH A VIEW
Jealous much? Uh, yes!
….ummm…King Common Sense Rocks!
Yes he does!
On behalf of all exhausted teachers
everywhere, we salute you!
Jealous much? Uh, yes!
….ummm…King Common Sense Rocks!
Yes he does!
On behalf of all exhausted teachers
everywhere, we salute you!
I think my husband KNEW that his
wife
was standing on the edge
was standing on the edge
and that he better act fast!
As I
was getting my Swedish massage,
the masseuse asked if there was another
area that
needed working on.
I told her that my
left arm
had been out of whack
had been out of whack
since the end of the school year.
When she started working on it,
I was lying
there moaning
(not from pleasure, but from pain)
when she said,
“This is from
an injury,
what did you do to yourself?”
what did you do to yourself?”
I had to think a minute,
when I remembered that I fell
right around
Spring Break last year
in my classroom
in my classroom
—on a Saturday.
It was a nasty fall,
and I hit the back
and I hit the back
of my left arm
on one of my tables.
on one of my tables.
I walked around for
the next 2 weeks
with a HUGE black mark
on the back of my arm.
on the back of my arm.
As I’m telling her about it,
she’s looking at
me like I’m nuts and says,
“What would you do if your child
came home with a big,
ugly black mark?
You would take them to the doctor
or even to the hospital,
right?”
Well, yeah….duh!
(King Common Sense would have my head if I didn't!)
I just figured that I was fine,
I mean it was
bad…
but it never occurred to me that
I had a real INJURY
I had a real INJURY
(after all, I could move
my arm…slowly
….but I could move it).
She
then said something
that made me really think.
She said that people
always take such good care of their cars,
but never very good care of themselves.
always take such good care of their cars,
but never very good care of themselves.
Cars only
last 5-10 years,
and then you get a new one.
Our bodies need to last us 80-90 years,
so we better take care of them.
As she was talking, I was thinking…
Yes...I remember giving myself this same
talk
about my teeth and my Coca-Cola habit this past summer.
BTW, I still haven’t had a Coke since my root
canal...YAY!
Show off! (SSSSSSllllllurp goes the Coke
in my glass......just saying.)
Show off! (SSSSSSllllllurp goes the Coke
in my glass......just saying.)
Whenever I even THINK about downing one,
I remember my dentist
working on my mouth.
I literally cringe,
and I
slowly back away
from the red can!
La-la-la-la-la,
I'm not listening!
from the red can!
La-la-la-la-la,
I'm not listening!
The other thing that my
“Oh So
Wise Masseuse”
said that made me laugh
was when she gave me an analogy
of
people on airplane flights.
Caregivers
know that they must put on
their own safety masks before putting on
anyone
else’s breathing masks.
This made me
giggle,
because many years ago
(right out of college)….
(right out of college)….
I was actually a flight
attendant.
I had no idea my Florida pen pal
was a flight attendant.
Maybe we've already met!
(Only if you flew Continental back in the 90's!
I was the little, bitty flight attendant
with masses of black curls.
"Thank you for flying Continental...
Bye-bye now, hope to see you soon!")
I had no idea my Florida pen pal
was a flight attendant.
Maybe we've already met!
(Only if you flew Continental back in the 90's!
I was the little, bitty flight attendant
with masses of black curls.
"Thank you for flying Continental...
Bye-bye now, hope to see you soon!")
So yes,
Mama Masseuse is RIGHT!
Mama Masseuse is RIGHT!
Caregivers DO
have to put on their own safety
masks
before they are able
to adequately take care of others!
Or else, we're all going to end up
dead on the floor
(or at least a little lightheaded,
and very bruised)!
However, our co-workers all know
how to use the defibrillator.
Just saying....
(Remove the bra...
there are wires in there!)
Or else, we're all going to end up
dead on the floor
(or at least a little lightheaded,
and very bruised)!
However, our co-workers all know
how to use the defibrillator.
Just saying....
(Remove the bra...
there are wires in there!)
Here's a little something
for all of us teachers
to think about as we go non-stop
doing a million things at once!
Thank goodness for my husband,
who made me slow down
and do something for myself this weekend!
So, as I’m sitting in our hotel room,
viewing Daytona’s night life
Must you remind us where you were
this weekend?
I mean really?!
…feeling like jello….
Must you remind us where you were
this weekend?
I mean really?!
…feeling like jello….
here’s a little recap of my week:
Out Of The
Mouths Of Babes:
“I picked my nose, and I need to
wash my hands.”
What does odd mean?
(In reference
to The Ugly Duckling)
“It means you’re a freak.”
Let’s think of nicer words to explain "odd"…
“It means you’re a real geek.”
Kindergarten “Klassics”:
As one student in a center paints
all over her hand and arm with water paints
another student decides that licking the playdough
is the best way to make it more
pliable…
it was just missing the spit factor.
I began congratulating two
students
for working so quietly in their center…
when on closer inspection
I noticed that they both
had
the alphabet letters stuck in their ears
(too large to fit in the ear hole,
but just the right size to squeeze
into the area of the ear right next to the
hole.)
*AttaGirl Funnies by Angela Furgal AKA Fairy Funtastic*
If you see this pinned somewhere else...know that you saw it here first!
If you see this pinned somewhere else...know that you saw it here first!
The saving grace
of my week:
“I love your class!”
“You are the most beautiful
teacher ever!”
After a grueling day at work,
here's to hoping that ALL teachers
have
their own little slice of Heaven
to go home to every day!
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