Yikes.

It's been a little longer than I thought...track season and end of the year shenanigan really HAVE consumed my life...

Today: A few tidbits from the 8th grade, and a cleaned up top 10 list.

student 1: want some Pringles?
student 2: I'm allergic to Pringles.
student 1: I'm allergic to milk.
Flava Flav: I'm allergic to black people. That's why I fart all the time.


Former Thumb Sucker: What's an antelope?
Me: An animal...sort of like a deer.
FTS: Oh, I thought it was a food...
Girl Who Wants to be my Best Friend: Nooooo...that's cantaloupe!

(geezlouise, if I had to spell cantaloupe for a spelling bee I would totally be out. Even if they had given me a couple of chances... thank goodness for little red underlines and Google! Speaking of which...little known fact: when I was in the spelling bee in elementary school, I misspelled "chimneys"...I over applied the "change y to i and add es" rule...not that you actually care or anything...:) )

Okay, and a top ten list for you, cleaned up for public display. The top 10 ways you know you work at our wonderful school:

10. your clothes smell like tater-tots

9. you find yourself putting ranch dressing and hot sauce on everything

8. you've ever had the urge to tell random teenagers you don't know to pull up their pants and tuck in their shirts

7. you've ever had the urge to put duct tape over FS's (or Mr. Gas Ex's) mouth....

6. you know that Flaming Hot Cheetos are the real "Breakfast of Champions."

5. you've ever asked someone next door a question just by calling through the wall.

4. you can spot bad weave in 10 seconds flat

3. The phrase "My life... I'm so swole" makes sense to you.

2. you know that the translation for "I'm lactose intolerant" means "buy air freshener for your classroom (and implement a classroom procedure for what to do when you have to fart)".

1. large groups of white high school students make you uncomfortable.