Call it what it is...

Happy 4th of July! It is nice to have a day off in the middle of the week...

The 8th grade girls and I were discussing hair and hair styles in class yesterday. I mentioned bangs and that my sister used to sport the straight hair/permed bangs combo (weren't the 80s a marvelous time?). They were a little confused until we realized that to them a perm means that you're getting your hair straightened, while to me it means that your hair is curly. Once I realized that, I was like, "Oh, okay, so she had a white girl perm in her bangs..." They about lost it, they were so shocked that I actually called it that.

Then Distracted Boy (if he could actually focus on a task and not wander around the room, I would be a happy person...) called me "Miss Binder" yesterday. I don't think he was intentionally being a smartass, I think he was just so distracted by the fact that he couldn't find his science binder that he picked the wrong word. I thought it was hilarous. And I really didn't have any pity on him for being unable to find his binder/homework...I know, I'm a mean teacher... :-p

The forecast says "light thunderstorms," whatever that means. Hopefully it doesn't mess with my plans for fireworks watching.