LIfe has been good for this old retired teacher--although I don't feel old and I've been subbing a lot, so sometimes I don't feel retired. Wait! Yes, I do. There's no bag of grading and planning coming home with me every day :) This week's celebrations were easy to find and you'll probably hear more about them in the weeks to come.
1. A former student and speech kid texted me the other day and invited me to a reception in which she will be receiving a Congressional Merit Award. I had no idea what this award was but told her I'd be honored. This is a student who has kept in touch with me throughout the school year. She filled me in on speech happenings, even thanking me at the end of the season for my part in her speech career. I haven't seen her to ask about this award, but if it's this, I'm incredibly honored that she asked me to attend.
2, Twice in the last couple of weeks I've been asked to sub in classrooms because the kids asked for me and teachers were more than willing to have me. It's nice. When I taught full time I often didn't ask for specific subs, just took the luck of the draw. Although, in my 28 years, there were a couple that I specifically asked that they NOT sub in my room. And it was because of the way the kids talked about them. They were generally unfair and tried to impose their own rules in a room where they really didn't know the kids. I'm glad that the kids know me well enough and still want me to sub in their room.
Tonight, we're all traveling about an hour from me (much longer for some) to surprise another friend. He owns his own exterminator company, so we had shirts made for the occasion (and yes. A couple of us will dress as bugs). We also have gray afro wigs to match his curly hair.
He doesn't know we're coming.
He doesn't know some others are coming.
He definitely doesn't know about the shirts and the wigs.
Should be fun!
Today's writing quote: "Make notes--I've lost more material than I've ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it's not still up there in one's brain. It's in outer space and it ain't ever coming back." Judith Guest
Fun celebrations! It's great to be requested as a sub. I loved it when one of my former colleagues turned me lose to do whatever I wanted. It was April, so of course, we did poetry. And the birthday party sounds delightful.
ReplyDeleteWow! Love when wonderful things happen to wonderful people! Mark
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. And I love this quote.
ReplyDeleteYou sound so happy, Deb, and that makes me smile, too, at all the good things you're celebrating, fun still at school but no more bag lady (I know what that means) & lots of fun with friends. Hope tonight is great!
ReplyDeleteI hope the surprise birthday celebration was a blast!
ReplyDeleteAs my kid would say Cool, Supercool
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