Quotable quotes.

(My class talking about North Korea)
student: Can't we just send them a cheeseburger or something?

Very random.

my favorite. when drizzle is spelled correctly.

"Is this a caramel light frappuccino?"
"It's only 2% milk; it won't kill you."
"Ummmmmm...."

I am afraid of confrontation. Loathe it. But I got the wrong drink at Starbucks this weekend, and I got kind of irritated...mostly because of the barista's reaction. First of all, one time in college I cried because my drink didn't taste very good (bitter or off or something) and was upset that I had wasted $4.

Anyways, I get it that they are supposed to only take three minutes per customer and that they have to wake up early when they have a morning shift (she apologized and said she was tired) and that sometimes training new people sucks (excuse #2, although it had the right marking on the cup)...but I do not think it is okay to ever say that to a customer. And isn't it their policy to remake a drink anyways? Maybe I just have high expectations because usually when I walk in my favorite location, the cashier asks if I'm having my usual and rings it up. Oh well. At least I don't feel obligated to drive out of my way to go to my old favorite location now. Has anyone else had odd customer service? Am I overreacting?

General shenanigans.

This little bug better be glad I love her. Today I found out that my little Sophie has tapeworms...joy. Kind of confused on how that happened. So more medicine for the sweet girl, which she loves because that means pill pockets (her favorite). I do love her so much, and I think we're definitely BFF now. She hardly ever leaves my side. Even if I'm in bed and I won't let her up with me, she gets under the bed right beneath me. Kind of funny. My favorite Sophie-ism is that any time we put on shoes, she trots over and lays down right on our feet. Like, please--take me with you!!

I mentioned earlier about how I have been lazy in the kitchen lately. To emphasize this point, Tyson called on his way home yesterday to see where I wanted to get dinner (since he just assumed I didn't have anything planned). Little did he know, I had already been to the grocery store (ugh: sidenote...I did not have a good shopping trip, and then a former student today said he saw me and I was "zooming through the store" with a serious face. Ha!) and was marinating shrimp for this delicious recipe: honey lime shrimp. Definitely a favorite. Thank you, Pinterest.

Menu Planning Monday/Tuesday
monday :: honey lime shrimp, brown rice + salad (yum as always. love this recipe!!)
tuesday :: pork tenderloin with raspberry chipotle sauce, quinoa + salad (yum--seared in a skillet + baked)
wednesday :: cheesy chicken and rice bake (out of chicken, used a little ground beef I had and it was pretty tasty)
thursday :: crispy buffalo chicken + salad (didn't make. we went out for mexican food. yuuum.)
friday :: leftovers!

Random favorite quote: "Why do Americans like macaroni and cheese so much?" --Norwegian student

Quotable Quotes

Student: "Can I go to the bathroom?"
Me: "Nope."
Student: "That...is preposterous."
Me: "Nice word choice...still no."

I really do love working with junior high kids. :o)

I was looking through the pictures on my phone earlier and totally cracked up at this...there really are not very many good photos of Tyson and I. It's mostly just ridiculousness like this.

Quotable Quotes

Me: "So what is the mood in this story? Is it happy? Is it sad? Tell me about it."
Student A: "Happy?"
Student B: "What are you talking about? The girl should be sitting on the couch with tissues and ice cream!"

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Me: "Good news for you! Your test has been pushed back to Thursday, so let's update our planners..."
Student: "Anorexic!" [laughter ensues]
Me: "Excuse me?"
Student: "Oh, it means awesome."

Overheard.

"So now we are going to brainstorm three ways that we can make our school No Place for Hate. Go ahead and write down your ideas in your composition book."
"Mrs. Hann, how do you spell tazer?"

When I'm not sure if I should laugh or roll my eyes...

source

"So we have our thesauri that you can use..."

"I think that's a type of dinosaur."

"...actually, it's the plural of thesaurus."

"Are you sure? It sounds more like a dinosaur."

Overheard.

So today was one of those whirlwind days. Which was kind of nice, because I got a migraine during my second block and felt absolutely horrible for most of the day. But it still went by quickly because so much was going on. We went to the library as a class for the first time, and when my academic class got back we had a little down time while papers got handed back. I overheard one of my girls saying that three of them had all gotten the same book. This initially irked me, because we have a book report due every month and I thought they were just going to work on it together to save time. But then she told another classmate that they were going to have a book club. And my heart melted just a tiny bit. They are also racing to see who can finish first, but it's still pretty cute. Apparently a boy in my class got it also (it's a Gossip Girl-esque type), so that should be interesting.

Also overheard in the library:
"I can't find any books on teen pregnancy!" --one of the guys in my class (seriously.)

I told him I could make sure he got teen pregnancy as his research topic when we do social issues next semester, but he seemed kind of horrified at that idea.

For the love of all that is random.

While I was in the middle of reading to my class...

Girl: "You had a pretty wedding dress."
Boy: "And your toenails are faaabulous."