8/31/10

I can't carry a tune in a bucket- but you can bet I'll be singing for the next 180 days.


I'll be spending the next three evening recovering from what will SURELY be long, exciting, fun-filled, disausting days of school.


With any luck, things like this, this, this, this and THIS will happen. Oh. And we MIGHT just learn a thing or two.


If not, I might have to apply for a sabbatical. (Sabbatical: what a teacher does when she is absolutely at the VERY END OF A SHORT ROPE and needs a year of therapy.)



Now, let's all see if we remember the words to Wheels on the Bus - cause THAT'S what I'll be singing for the rest of the week.



32 comments:

  1. they go round and round, round and round, round and round...right? smiles.

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  2. I love the line, "The dads on the bus they read the paper, read the paper, read the paper...."

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  3. I look at this way, I don't have to deal with whiny child & teenager anymore, because now they'll be waylaid with homework.


    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

    P.S.

    Good luck in keep your sanity this week. Remember, jello shots are always a good thing to have.

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  4. Ahhhh.... and so it begins :)

    My own personal kindergartener and now gone 5 days without crying! Praise the Lord!

    I thought I might have to take a sabatical of my own if that kept up. LOL

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  5. Gosh... I'm a teacher... you'd think I would proofread what I wrote before publishing....

    What I meant to say was,
    My own personal kindergartener HAS now gone 5 days without crying! Praise the Lord!

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  6. Oh gosh... Now I realized I spelled Sabbatical wrong... I give up!

    I'm NOT looking back anymore... if there are more mistakes, turn a blind eye...seriously :)

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  7. OOO, I can almost taste the bile that used to find its way to my mouth right before school started. . . Here's to a great year!

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  8. I can't sing, either, but I can hum all kinds of stuff! It's what I do just before I need a "time-out!"

    Enjoy the next 180 days!!

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  9. I don't sing, so much as i yell on key (sort of).

    And a sabbatical, that's what I need...

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  10. Can non-teachers go on Sabbatical? If so, I'm going with you!

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  11. God it's good to be done with all that. At least til the grandpups come along!

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  12. Lord, I don't envy you and all the other teachers but I do admire you!

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  13. I do envy you ! Spending time with children who see the world through totally different lenses, can help an adult who has seen it all / done it all, (or at least feels that way) see things in a fresh way.
    And it would do wonders for my occasional wishes for another child.
    "a great remembery" ... my son had one of these.. I think he still does but he would deny that is the way he said it.
    muchas besos.. C ( who thinks spending the day with small children is a delight)

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  14. The other day I was incredible tired and actually said out loud, "I'm dissausted!" and meant it.

    Everybody around here just looked at me funny and thought, 'she's finally cracked'.

    I love the language of blogging and the culture we've created. Thanks for introducing me to such a wonderful word.

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  16. God bless you! I could never be a teacher. I don't like other people's kids that much.

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  17. I'm taking one of those sabbaticals to be a SAHM for a year... I just hope my son grows up to love my singing and not cover his ears in protest like all my kindergarteners did.

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  18. I'm not a teacher...but I could use a sabbatical from crazy! :)

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  19. I take my hat off to you and bow to your greatness....
    xo jj

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  20. I taught the little boy I nanny for Jingle Bells a few months ago when I couldn't think of any other song to sing. Now we sing it ALL THE TIME!

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  21. Here in CA, we're only singing for 176 days!
    Yippee! WE LOVE a $2000 pay cut!

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  22. Luckily your kids are too young to stay up and watch "American Idol" so they don't quite yet know who to tell you your last Wheels rendition was pitchy, dog.

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  23. Don't know how you and all my teacher friends do it year after year (ok maybe VODKA MOM is a bit of a hint?!) but I am so thankful you and all the great teachers out there DO show up.

    Dissausted - my new favorite word!

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  24. ...the teacher on the bus says pour me a drink...

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Come on people, make me laugh. I dare ya.