we spent the last 30 minutes of the day listening to justin bieber, eating graham crackers with cream cheese frosting and playing with legos. the kids were super awesome that day--which is not normal for a friday (or so i hear). after everyone had left and i was closing everything down for the weekend i stepped back to my "desk", which is actually a small table hidden in a corner behind my dry erase easel, for the first time since school started that day. much to my surprise i found a pile of snakes. no, no, no not real ones. puzzle pieces with snakes on them, math manipulatives that were snakes, rubber snakes, paper snakes... anything and everything that was a snake in our classroom was now in a pile on my desk. funny, but annoying. i spent about 30 minutes on monday morning returning the snakes to their places. i decided not to address the "gift" as i didn't want to give any attention to it in hopes of it never happening again. clever little shi---i mean, kids. needless to say, i was impressed and deep down i'm sure i was delighted in some way.
after school i went to the post office to find a stack of birthday greetings, then drove on to vermillion. when i got to vermillion i went to my parents house. i spent a couple of hours chatting with them--okay, okay apparently iiiiiiiiiiiii did all of the chatting. i guess that when you live alone, in the middle of nowhere with only a blog and hours of planning 1st grade lessons to do, you have a lot to say when you hit civilization again :) at around 11:30 pm i gave in to the text messages that were coming from my friends and went downtown. i had a great time seeing everyone! saturday was spent sleeping, running errands and visiting people. i paid for my first oil change (EVER) and had a chance to talk with my parent's neighbor Pat. she is the equivalent of a grandma to Matt and i. though it was brief, it was a wonderful visit--i cherish any and all time spent with she and her husband.
saturday, late afternoon, one of my good friends came down from sioux falls and another was able to get work off that night so she could celebrate all of the birthday madness! we all gathered at carey's-- beers on the patio were followed by glowing party cups at leo's sportsbar. it was so nice to see so many old and new friends!
sunday was spent going to church with my parents, eating a roast beef dinner and taking a cat nap before heading west back to rosebud. i spent the majority of my drive reflecting on the events of 9/11 and my relationship with my grandmother jeannette (it would have been her birthday).
though some would think those thoughts somber, i don't. the events of september 11, 2011 impacted my life through my brother and a good friend from wall drug who is from NYC. though i am no patriot, i am happy to be from America and to come from a family that has so many members who have sacrificed their lives and livelihood for it. it is something i will never understand, but respect each of them for willing to do it.
tonight i went to mission to have my birthday dinner with my old roommates. alison and jamie made me a fantastic dinner and a birthday cake! i'm so thankful for their friendship!
this week has been going fine, it is homecoming week. i have had perfect attendance the past two days!!! monday was pajama day, i wore my bathrobe and an oversized michael jackson t-shirt and a sleep mask as a headband.
tuesday was jersey day, i don't have a jersey of any sort so i wore my michael cuddyer tshirt.
today was hat day, so i wore my good old cowGIRL (correction from a student when i said cowboy) hat that i bought in duluth at the electric fetus in 2005.
tomorrow is crazy hair and shades day... i am in a pickle. i told my kids i would come to school with lime green hair, and have some spray dye to do so. here's the issue: one of my best friends is getting married this saturday and i'm reading a bible verse at his wedding... do i risk it, or not?!?! how well i sleep tonight will answer that question tomorrow morning, i guess :)
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