I thought I wouldn't really write in a blog if I got one again so I've been holding out for a very long time, reading other people's posts and either wanting to respond and resisting the urge or posting anonymously to ones that I am particularly convicted to say something about (i.e. when they're hilarious or I need to defend myself - haha!). I had a Xanga a long time ago and it got me into a lot of trouble because there was just WAY too much information about me readily accessible to the masses so I stopped posting on it and have since kept my thoughts (mostly) to myself save from the occasional Facebook note and frequent Facebook status updates. I have felt quite a longing for a writing outlet for some time now and am quite sad that I NEVER write anymore about anything really. I have noticed this in my papers for graduate school. I have trouble spelling - SPELLING, of all things! And I have trouble formulating sentences and thinking of the correct words that I want to use. I would like to attribute this to being "rusty" but actually I think it might just be that I'm getting old. I am on the upward swing towards 30. BLEH! Anyway, my plan is to use this blog mostly so that I can comment on my friends' thoughts but hopefully it will also encourage me to use my brain more frequently and get back into the writing frame of mind. Who knows? Maybe I'll be like Hayley and inspire some heated debate about breastfeeding. Or maybe it will enable my faraway friends to keep up with my life. Or maybe I can vent about the pressures of being a special education teacher. And occasionally maybe I can share cute/funny stories.
My favorite story today actually started Friday. Miss Kentucky came to visit our school and talk to our kids about finding their gifts/talents, being themselves, and living their dreams. I thought she was a little self-centered but I guess you can be when you're going to be in the Miss America pageant. First of all she was able to mesmerize one of my little girls who is interested in very few things and gives very little eye contact. She literally did not take her eyes off of Miss Kentucky while she was singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". It was so cute. Then afterwards, while we were waiting to go down the hall to our classroom, one of my little boys who had apparently been keenly watching her with her crown said, "Mrs. Janyna, you're the queen and I'm the king and Mrs. Kim's the dragon and he's the knight." (The knight was actually a girl but we're working on pronouns.) This made the adults all laugh uproariously because apparently Mrs. Kim is so mean that she gets to be the dragon. (She's not really mean but she does like tough love.) I thought this was the last mention of us being the king and queen until this morning when the little boy came to school and presented me with a present:
He made us both crowns this weekend. So cute. Days like this make me love my job. :)
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