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got to work, stepped out of my car, and realized I hadn’t put on a belt.
It was weird. Felt odd. Like I hadn’t actually finished getting dressed.
Which I suppose was true.
The day was fine even though I was belt-less.
It bugged me all day though.
To the point where I almost ran out to buy a belt in the morning.
Staff noticed, but no kids, who usually point these things out.
I have a belt on now, before leaving for work this morning. So it is already a better start to the day than yesterday.
The thing about being a principal is that at no time do the words ever come out of my mouth “You know what… your work stories got mine beat.”
Lets take Wednesday as a prime example of this.
Wednesday morning I arrive at work at my normal amazing time, 6:45 am.
Between then and around 8 pm when I arrived home from work I got puked on, a student peed on the playground, I got to wear noise cancelling headphones when a student screamed in my office, we had a fun outbreak of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease at my school, and I had a board go twice the length it normally does.
I also had to cancel school for the next day through voicemail to parents without mentioning Hand Foot and Mouth Disease while sending home a letter about Hand Foot and Mouth Disease and dealing with the concerned phone calls in-between the phone call and the letter reaching parents.
I also had to cancel after school activities 30 minutes before the end of the day and attempt to make sure parents were aware of their children coming home when they expected them to stay after school.
But I got myself a bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs at the end of the day, so that helped.
PS – I really do love my job.
I like sitting with the kids in our school at lunch, they laugh and joke, play games, draw, whatever. It’s a great way to get to know all the kids and they feel so special when the principal is sitting with them playing around. It also helps keep them quieter than normal, which is good since our cafeteria echoes like crazy.
So I was sitting at lunch with a bunch of 2nd graders yesterdays and they were telling silly jokes that make no sense.
What do you call a person who jumps on a trampoline?
Squirrel
What do you call a guy jumping on the moon?
Spaceman
What do you call someone who runs fast?
Cheetah
Now I laughed at everyone of them. Mostly because it was neat to see these kids trying to make up jokes on their own and see where they would go with it. The next joke floored me:
What do you call a flying meatball?
(as he asked this he stabbed one of his meatballs from lunch with his spork and flew it threw the air)
A MEATY-ORE.
IT MADE SENSE!
Not only did it make sense but it sounded like an original joke. I was floored. I almost didn’t laugh at it because I was shocked at how much it made sense. It wasn’t his first joke, and none of his other jokes afterwards made any sense, but man…. that one good joke.
Color me impressed.
PS – Not my meatball drawing. I just snagged it from here: https://aworlddevoured.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/flying-meatball.jpg
I was a pirate principal at work today.
It’s August 22nd and I’ve been back to work 4 weeks this school year already.
Insane.
At least Zoidberg keeps me company.
Maybe its a sign that I like my job, but man I want I go back to work. Its been way to long for me. This stupid weather has been crazy. I haven’t worked since December 20th. That is almost 3 weeks ago. I was ready to go back after a week off.
Staying home isn’t the best for me either. I’m a notorious snacker and Christmas has left our apartment filled with candy and junk food. I eat healthier when I work. Although I have started P90X. I was forced to look for alternative exercise when I the pedal on my trainer stripped the crank, so I couldn’t ride. I did order another crank set, but it was shipped to work, and we haven’t been back yet. But I’ve started P90x and we will see how long I stick with it this time. Last time I think I did two weeks and it had legendary consequences for me that I only share with friends who know the most embarrassing stories about me.
All in all, I’m just waiting for the weather to return to normal, to get back to work, and to get on with life.
Here’s hoping it happens tomorrow.
