Funniness at School

There were two funny things that happened today at school but I can only remember this one. We are talking about violence and I had them do a little activity with the statistics of rape, assault and murder. While talking about the rape statistics, I lectured the boys a little bit about how a girl's no really means no. I told them that even if you have kissed them before and they say no to kissing now, that meant no. I also told them that applies to sex as well. Then I also said that women can even be raped by their husbands, if their husband forces himself on his wife and she is not consenting. Unfortunately, I used too much of their own slang and said this: "Even if you have put a ring on her finger, it doesn't mean you get to tap that whenever you want." A little too Beyonce? Yes! One girl in class had just taken a sip of juice when I said this and she started to choke to death. I couldn't help but laughing. It was hilarious. Maybe you had to be there.

Not much else from today. I did play some "Goodminton" with two of my co-workers after work. They only beat me one game and I was playing alone and they were playing doubles. I am a fantastic badminton player.

One of my students had to have me as a partner in badminton yesterday and before we started playing he looked at me and said: "But are you good, Alice?" I responded by saying: "I guess you will see when we play." We were a pretty good team and only one other team beat us. After class my teammate came up to me and humbly said: "You really ARE good, Alice!" It was a nice compliment.

Got to go to the temple tonight. I love how it is such a peaceful place and that I can get out of the chaos of the world for an hour or so when I go to do a session. Great stuff!

Well, I am very glad it is Friday tomorrow. I am excited to sleep in on Saturday.

Cheers!

A Lesson on Caffeine!

One of my students is brilliant. He found 15 dollars in some parking lot and decided it would be a good idea to spend 13 of it in a coffee shop before heading to school this morning. Here is a conversation we had in class:

Student: So, how much caffeine do you think I have had today? I had that iced coffee with three shots of espresso in it and I had some of those chocolate covered coffee beans.
Me: How many coffee beans did you have?
Student: I had that whole bag and now there are only like ten left.
Me: I bet about five of those beans would make a whole pot of coffee. You probably had about twenty. So you had about four pots of coffee and a iced coffee with espresso shots worth of caffeine.
Student: Whoa, that is a lot of caffeine. Could that be bad for your body?
Me: Uh yeah, caffeine is a stimulant so it makes you heart beat a lot faster and will make you jumpy. Do you feel a little bit jumpy and anxious?
Student(as he is tapping his fingers on the desk and rapidly tapping his foot on the floor): Yeah. I can't sit still, can we go play basketball or something?
Me: Uh, no this isn't PE.

Yeah, the kid got in trouble later in the day. I am sure he was even more hopped up on caffeine. Silly kid.

Here is another two conversations that I had with another student this week(he is hilarious and not even in any of my classes):

Student: Hey Alice, maybe Victor wants to date you.
Me: Yeah, here is my policy on dating students. Um NO and if you have ever walked the halls of Independence as a student that is a for sure no!
Student: Well there goes all my chances!

That was yesterday when I had that conversation with said student. This was one we had today:
Me: Man, this is one awesome apple(I was finishing my lunch on the way to class).
Student: I bet that is a good one. Watch out it will go right to your hips, Alice.
Me: Yeah, probably not this apple, but that potato and sour cream...yeah, right to my hips!

Funny. Sometimes I LOVE my students. Now is one of those times!

Monday....need I say more?

I really want Thanksgiving Break to be here. But I know, just like the Kelly Clarkson Vegas weekend, it will come and go quickly and then I will have to have something else to look forward to. Is it usually hard for me to get through school this time of year? I know some of you know me better than I know myself and you see patterns in my life better than I do? What do you think?

Today was a good day. I gave a test in Health. It makes for an easy teaching day, but I always forget that when I give a test, I actually have to grade it later. SIGH. After school, we had a little baby shower for the wife of one of our teachers. There were some fabulous homemade Oreo cookies there. I had three, which I shouldn't have. I decided that I should only eat popcorn for dinner tonight because of that carb loading decision.

Tonight, I had big plans for getting caught up on some TV but when I tried to, I fell asleep on the couch. I have been doing that a lot lately. I cannot figure out why I am doing this! It is weird. Maybe it is the start of winter sleeping on the couch Alice.

Now, I really want to play some Band Hero(it is made by the same people who make Guitar Hero) but I also think I should grade some papers. Maybe those papers will have to wait until tomorrow. Life is so hard sometimes. I also could finish House seeing I fell asleep watching it earlier. These are my hard life decisions. I am kinda thankful my life is so uncomplicated.

Cheers.

Sunday...........That day before dreaded monday.

I missed Flashback Friday again...so we will have Super Sunday. I kinda wish I would be in this picture right now rather than facing the reality of Monday tomorrow. SIGH. LIfe is hard sometimes, isn't it? That picture is of me on the back of a boat near the Apostle Islands in Northern Wisconsin. I am way excited to visit home in a little over a month. I kinda like that place!

Today was good. A little more just sitting around home and relaxing. I wrote a lot in the novel today. I am a full day ahead. By the end of the week I would like to be five days ahead! That would be cool.

This week the kids in PE will be playing Badminton. One of the kids thinks it is cool to call it "Goodminton." I like that idea. Kinda goes along with my life theme of being positive.

We WILL have a good week!

Blogging Slacker

This is Caleb opening his mission call

Hi. It's me, Alice. Do you remember me? You may not because I have been the world's most sporadic blogger lately. Don't worry, you didn't miss much. This week hasn't been too exciting. I went to work, I wrote some of my novel, I slept and then woke up and did it all over again.

Friday was nice. Fridays are always nice. After work, we went out for burgers because it was payday(I was very excited for it to be payday....the funds are a little low with medical bills to pay! Don't feel sorry for me though. I am okay). We did not go to Red Robin this time. I know, shocking, right? We actually went to another one of my favorites, Burgers Supreme. Their burgers are yummy too. I also am a fan of their fries. Yum. We then went to my school's boys' basketball game. It was nice to just sit and watch basketball and not be in charge of anything. I like that! I am not coaching basketball this year due to the fact that we would have to come up with six hundred dollars to play and I would not get paid. I was okay with sitting out because of those things. Last night made me thankful for my decision. They lost the game but it was fun to go.

Thursday, I headed up to Salt Lake because my "little brother from another mother" got his mission call. In my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, men serve for two years as missionaries from the age of 19 to 21. They go to various places all over the world to share our beliefs. The leaders of our church assign each young man to a mission and send them a letter which tells them where they will go and when they will report to their mission. Caleb got his call in the mail on Thursday. About 30 of his friends and family got together to see him open the letter and read it to us. It was so cute he was so emotional as he read where he would serve, which is Fortaleza, Brazil. He will leave on March 17. It was fun to be apart of him opening his call and I am excited to write him letters and hear all about his adventures as a missionary.

Well, that pretty much catches you up on me. I would now like to write a Thankful list to celebrate the fact that this is the month of Thanksgiving. I actually keep a thankful list all year long but don't share it much. It will be fun to share it with you today!

I am thankful for:
1. A wonderful place to live.
2. Heat in my wonderful place to live. (It snowed today!)
3. Plane tickets to Wisconsin for The Christmas Holiday.
4. Great friends who love me.
5. A car that runs.
6. New clothes.
7. My faith that keeps me going because I know everything always works out in the end the way it is supposed to and we always grow through trials! It also keeps me grounded and safe. God truly is marvelous and loves each of us so very much!!
8. Bath and Body Works hand soap.
9. Guitar Hero and playing it with friends!
10. Fresca. Especially when it is on sale!! :)
11. Pandora. It helps me focus when I am writing my novel! Good music!

There is eleven things I am thankful for. There are lots more things but that is the list for today. Thanks for being cool and for reading my blog. I appreciate your support.