Tuesday.

• Wake up at 5AM and realize how warm and cozy bed is.... especially when not sharing it with anyone under the age of eight.
• 6:30 AM - Phone rings... "please, Ms. Fletcher, we love it so much when you come to our school, grace us with your lofty presence and subsitute teach today..." (ok, ok, maybe it didn't happent EXACTLY like that... but you get the idea...)
• 6:35 AM - Begrudgingly roll out of bed and walk upstairs, half blind and desperate for coffee.
• 6:40 AM - Shower.
• 6:50 AM - Wake up girls, twenty minutes later than usual... this causing the anal retentive Sarah Beth to insist she was right about wanting to set the alarm clock last night... she just KNEW I would MAKE US late!! Realize she is a complete drama queen, and move on.
• 7:10 AM - Serve Eggo waffles for breakfast.
• 7:30 AM - Kiss girls goodbye... they catch a ride with "pa" to school on the mornings I work.
• 7:31 AM - Listen to quiet sound in house.
• 7:32 AM - Cut on radios and TV because quiet sound bothers me.
• 8:00AM - Arrive at middle school
• 8:30 AM - Receive warning from other teacher about seventh period class.
• 8:50 AM - First period.... why can't middle schoolers come to class with what they need for the day? Why?
• 9:50 AM - Second period... I wonder how many kids will ask me how tall I am today.... go ahead and write height on the board under my name.
• 11:06 AM - Take 25 middle schoolers down the hall to lunch. Attention moms of middle schoolers - I am so glad I don't have to take these children anywhere but down the hall.
• 11:31 AM - Prepare to leave lunchroom after digesting meal that contains all calories needed by me for entire DAY. Oops.
• 12:00 PM - Free periods arrive! Catch up with high school friends who are now teachers.
• 1:00 PM - Hallway monitor. Once again, Attention mothers.... I am so glad these aren't MY kids.... :-)
• 1:10 PM - Praised by fellow teacher for having very "positive attitude" (ahem - please see 1:00 PM activity)
• 3:00 PM - Dreaded seventh period arrives. After several thoughts regarding making their lives miserable, realize they are funny kids. How tall am I? READ THE BOARD!
• WHY CAN'T MIDDLE SCHOOLERS COME TO CLASS WITH PEN AND PAPER?
• 3:55 PM - Tell sweet little cherubs goodbye for the day. Promise to retun.
• 4:15 PM - Pray that I'll make it to SB's school while all the while IGRNORING the "empty" gas sign...
• 4:20 PM - Pick up SB
• 4:25 PM - Praying begins again. Dear God, at least to the gas station... if you don't mind, that is....
• 4:35 PM - Bring SB home and listen to her read for thirty minutes.
• 5:00 PM - Fall asleep.
• 5:45 PM - Wake up, realize must pick up Jordin from dance....
• 5:55 PM - put gas in car (note: thanks for answered prayers)
• 6:05 PM - pick up Jordin from dance.... retrieve child from costume closet.
• 6:25 PM - Drop Jordin off at Mimi's house
• 6:50 PM - Arrive at Bible study
• 9:00 PM - Arrive home ... hear message that tomorrow is Fairy Tale Day at J's school.
• 10:20 PM - finish blog so we can sleep... and find Fairy Tale costume.