Fifths disease...

Hmm...
We don't have school tomorrow so I am excited as a mouse!

Today, as we are about packing up to go home...Mrs. Craziness, aka our secretary, brought in an URGENT notice to go home. She made it clear that it needed to go home TODAY. Must be something SUPER important...I couldn't quite get to the location of the papers at the time as I was explaining something or another to the munckins. I was thinking in my head what it could be about...here is what I came up with and my reasoning....

1) Lice breakout...SURPRISE! We have as much lice in the building as we have pencils...I know I know I shouldn't complain because the West Side of my school district has it ten times worse, which I can't even imagine!

2) Fundraising crapolla! Probably not that because we have had 50 other notices about that go home just this week.

3) Hmm...I don't really have a number three.

FINALLY, I am getting ready to release my kids off the carpet to get packed up. I realize that their folders are already packed and I will have to walk around and pack this new notice in their bags myself. I wasn't feeling that motivated...so as I walked closer to the paper, I decided that depending on what it was... I would scare the children into putting it in their folder themselves.

FIFTHS DISEASE!!!

There is two reported cases of this disease at our school. Apparently it is a red blotchiness and cold symptoms, BUT you aren't contagious anymore once the blotchiness arrives. BUT they have to send a note home because it is very harmful to pregnant women. I guess this would be the time to tell you...I am expecting!!!! RIIIGGGHHHTTTTT!!!!!!!!

Perhaps this wasn't the best judgement call I have ever made in teaching...but I think it did the trick. I quiet the kids and tell them about this disease going around our school and it is important for their parents to see this letter, blah blah blah. I think they all got the point and put it in their bags.

We are headed out the door...and BAM! Peanut Gallery aka Twinie says, "Sorry I can't help you with your little disease (he puts air quotes up around disease) Miss Conway," and walks out.

P.S. I don't know the kid in the picture...that was just the poor child that came up when I looked in photobucket...


Mrs. Gay,
Please watch out for Fifths Disease.




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No school Fridays make me happy!

Maracas and Mice...

For whatever reason...I have been collecting maracas. Darling T-Girl brought me the "Oregon Duck" one before I was going to the football game that I never made it to due to illness. BOO!

My girls make EVERYTHING Oregon colors. They are darling! Okay, maybe I threaten that if anything comes in the room orange and black they all flunk and go back to kindergarten...but that's neither here nor there.

The second and obviously smaller piece of work is from L-Bug. I think she saw the original instrument and needed to do her part of my musical collection. I have a rather large one you know!

Please note the large amount of tape. We have stock in scotch tape as well as masking tape.

Story of the Day:

I walk into Teacha's room about 11:00 this morning. That is her smoke break time between Kindergarten sessions. You know...she is the loon that took my job last year...all together now...BLESS HER HEART! Her momma, Netty, and her were eating their little Subway sandwiches. As I walk in, out of the corner of my eye I see something run under the table. Now, I don't run on a whole lot of sleep so sometimes my eyes do crazy little things. Not today ladies and gentlemen! I saw a freakin RODENT! I quick jumped on a chair and screamed..."MOUSE!"

Netty gets her garbage can and tries to catch it. Teacha gets on the phone and the secretary doesn't even believe her!!!! FINALLY the secretary comes down as well as the custodian, the principal, and the next door teacher. We had 7 people total screaming and trying to catch it. It was a lovely sight. We started rumors so by the end of the day

"There was a racoon in the Kindergarten room!"

I didn't want you to think I was fibbin...so I took a picture of the first place I saw it...he was too fast for me to get him!

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Maracas make me happy!

They don't call me MegPIE for nothin!

Hello!  My name is Miss MegPie and I like to eat.  I have an eating problem.  A HUGE eating problem.  Perhaps an addiction.  Eating makes me happy.  Eating makes me sad.  I am an eater.

In September of 2006 I joined a little something called Weight Watchers.  This is where you watch your weight...in case you didn't know.

I was approached by two co-workers who wanted to do an intervention with me regarding my eating problem...KIDDING!  

Take two:

I was approached by two friends/co-workers that were planning on heading to the nearest Weight Watchers meeting that day during our lunch hour and asked if I wanted to join.  Sure! Why not?  I have a problem.  I can admit it.  Don't think I am going back next week though!

We go...I am weary.  They sign up for some 10 pass deal.  This girl doesn't go for "deals" the first time of hearing about it.  I KNEW I wasn't coming back therefore I wasn't getting the pass. I decided to give it a whirl.  The next week, we went back at the same time and low and behold...Miss MegPie lost 8 lbs!!! I am not even joking you people!  It was pretty easy too!  So I kept with it.  I left my workplace and went to student teach at my current school.  Great news!  WW lady comes to the school!!! HOLY COW...literally!  All I could think of was the weight problem these teachers must have if the lady comes to them!  Yeah right...can we say a bunch of paranoid freakos!!!  But heck..if she's coming to me I am down!

By the end of my first year at WW I had lost 43 lbs.  HOLLA!!!

Travel to present time:

I am only down 35 lbs. but I am back at it.  It is a struggle and always will be.  I need to do it.  I have to do it.  For me and me only.  

I need to be the size 8 I was in high school.  There is no reason I can't be!!!!

This was a boring post...sorry!  My kids need to step it up.  No good material!  Come on kids!  Teacher needs some bloggin material duh?!?!?!?

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Being down .8 lbs. after the weekend I had makes me happy!

Hand sanitizer...what not to do with it...

Hand sanitizer is my friend. Hand sanitizer kills germs. Germs are my enemy. Many of you know, germs congregate like a freakin gospel choir in my immune system.

Hand sanitizer is only used in my room at certain times of the day. I AM certain that if there were no restrictions, we would have children hands crumbling from being so dry. They LOVE hand sanitizer and I don't know why!!!! 3 times a day it is used in my classroom... 1) before snack 2) before lunch 3) after lunch recess with the exception of a nasty sneeze or something, those are the ONLY times it is SUPPOSED to be used. I used "supposed" lightly.
Now, before you all get your panties in a bunch hear me out. I was weary of using so much hand sanitizer. Some say it causes a "stronger strain of the cold virus" to come back. (I think that person made that crapolla up!) Some say you can get drunk from drinking it so it isn't safe in the classroom, (well, sometimes I question this, but I hope that my kids aren't THAT dumb! we have a drinking fountain in the classroom for pete's sake!), BUT FOLKS LISTEN AND LISTEN CLOSELY...
I have had a doctor with FULL credentials (i hope) tell me that it is perfectly okay and she actually praised me for using it so often in my classroom and a med student who did the same. SO THERE!

Anyway...onto my story...Student 2 was my man today. Poor little dude. Comes walking up to me, I can almost recall a limp, but don't quote me on that one. I notice he has one eye closed...or trying to do that at least. I asked what was up. He looked like a stinkin pirate I could hardly keep my laughs in. He told me he had "hand sanitizer in his eyeballs." Hmm...interesting considering this WAS NOT one of the teacher recommended/demanded times to use the HS. I asked him to tell me what exactly happened. He states that he was moving the bottle and he dropped it and KAPOW!!!! it squirted in his eye. True story. I sent him to the nurse's office/secretary and she rinsed it for him. I was sure Stewie would come down with him and take all my sanitizer away, but he didn't. =) I can rest again. And yes, Student 1 is just fine. I am scared to look at my emails tonight though in fear of an email from Momma. What can I say? I live life dangerously!


P.S. For those of you that LOVE this item as much as me, try the pink kind...it's to DIE FOR!!!

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Pink Hand sanitizer makes me happy!

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People come into your life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime...When you know which one it is for a person, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a Godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you ned them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered, and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

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People that come into my life for a reason make me happy!

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People that come into my life for a season make me happy!

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People that come into my life for a lifetime make me happy!

They never cease to amaze me! My little turkeys have material for me everyday! I can't believe I didn't start this blog sooner. Again, usually in the mornings...
Every morning they write in their journals. I give them a prompt on the board. Today's prompt was..."At recess I like to ______________." They copy the prompt and finish the sentence. For some, this is like pulling teeth. For others, this is a great thing, they do it quickly, and nicely and are done. N-dogg (you can read more about him here) doesn't get a lot of work done. He is Mr. Social and tends to go to the bathroom a lot. I think he is just checking out his hair but that's neither here nor there. Today was a breakthrough!!!! PEOPLE, you need to understand that when a child does something for the first time... it is more like MIRACLE! I can almost here the gospel choir singing...HALLELUJAH!
It's the same version they will sing at my wedding...again, neither here nor there.
N-dogg walks up to show me his work. I always have the children read it to me as I can't always read their writing and offended is a word that works well in that situation. The conversation went something like this...

N-dogg: "Miss MegPie, I am done!"

ME: "WHAT?!?!?!?!? I mean, great! Can you read it to me?" (sometimes they can't)

N-dogg: "At recess I like to meditate."

ME: "Oh really N-dogg?"

N-dogg: "Yes, really!"

hmmm...

I too shall try meditation on the playground...he may be on to something!



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Meditation on the playground makes me happy!

P.S. We got an "urgent" email today stating they are canceling Mozerella Sticks for lunch tomorrow and substituting with Whole Wheat Corn Dog. PLEASE don't confuse this with Golden Corndogs!!! I will keep you posted!

Magic Coins...

In my class, my incentive for the children to be good citizens is magic coins. Magic coins are truly magic. You should see the work that gets done when those coins are being rolled around in my hands. Trash is cleaned up, work is done to the best ability, and manners are in full effect! It is glorious! All because of a metallic coin that I have named "magic"!

Why are these magic coins so exciting you ask? DUH!!!! 4 magic coins = 1 trip to the Treasure Box! Every Friday is Treasure Box day. This is one event that I will never master. It takes FOREVER for them to choose. It is the worst. It is a wooden chest full to the brim of CRAPOLLA! Half of the CRAPOLLA doesn't make it home...I find it on the floor often. There isn't any one popular item. I do make threats though...I will admit it! If the Treasure Box is talked about or someone asks me when it is time for Treasure Box...GONE! NO TREASURE BOX THAT DAY! I am mean I know I know!
BUT PEOPLE...please understand I can't take it when 25 kids ask me 4 times each when the dumb box is coming out! For those of you not mathematicians (you aren't in my class obviously) that is 100 times in one day!!! They have been told the rule over and over again. After we pack up on Fridays that is when THE BOX comes out. Simple!

Well...here is where the story begins. I was having dinner with a rather particularly funny friend of mine. I was telling him about a recent dating situation that went wrong somewhere. Hmm...now that I think about it...they ALL have gone wrong somewhere!

The conversation changed later to my classroom and went something like this:

GB: "You know...if you give magic coins to the guys you date...I am sure they would stick around! Think about it...tell them if they are good they get four coins and then a trip to the Treasure Box!"

Me: "THE ANSWER!!!!"

I should be married soon...I'm just sayin!


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Magic coin behavior makes me happy!