who knew....again

First of all yesterday was my brother Joel's birthday so Happy 18th Bday Wolly!

I know that I have had this title for a post before but you will notice that I put "again" at the end because lets face you learn A LOT in an elementary school.


My friend Drew who we you should be fairly familiar with by now has decided he likes the word sexy now.

I was told by student that he was saying that word and that he had been saying it earlier today as well so I told him that probably wasn't school appropriate.

Well turns out he used this word at home...with his mother who he evidentally referred to as a big fat sexy woman.

When she heard this she asked Drew what he thought the word sexy meant....hot was his reply so she then asked what he meant by the word hot and he answered cool.

So long story short....the kindergarten definition of sexy is cool just so you know!


One last thing.....yestserday in Kindergarten one girls kissed another girl. The girl who was kissed (who is one of my favorite students) went up to the teacher and commented "she just kissed me and I am not very comfortable with that."

Enough said!

Elementary kids can make you feel bad...

So as some you know I work in the Kindergarten room at my school every afternoon. One of the students happens to be moving to a new school so all the kids were making a page to go in a book for her when she leaves, that include their favorite memories they had with her.

One of these students asked me if I would help draw a flower on her page, so of course I said sure. I asked her what type of flower she wanted and she said a rose. So I grab the red crayon and she grabs the green and draws the stem. I draw what I think is a pretty good rose (especially for using a crayon and also for a kindergartener!) Man was I wrong....SHE WAS NOT HAPPY!

She got really mad and told me that it didn't look like a rose! So of course I retaliate and say yes it does and she says no it doesn't and starts to get all pouty. I tell her one again that it does look like a rose and tell her that she should find a book with a rose in it and see how close it is. I was not happy either. She asked me again to help and informed her that I would let her work alone, because if she was going to ask for my help and then tell me it wasn't good, then she could work by herself and I walked away.

Surprisingly enough it actually hurt my feelings....a kindergartener hurt my feelings because she said something bad about my drawing. I wasn't even mad about another kindergartener who noticed my not always clear complexion, but man I was not having this!

Just this week.....

So here are a few conversations that I encountered at school this week......

My third grade class was interrupted by a bus evacuation so I had about five minutes with them so they wanted to ask me some questions about myself

Student: What is your real name?

Me: Jenahlee

Student: What is your boyfriend's name?

Me: Todd

Student: Has your dad ever been to jail?

Me: No

Student: Where were you born?

Me: Washington

Students: COOOOOOL!

Me:Washington, Iowa

Students: OOOOOHHHHHHHH......(clearly not the Washington they were thinking)

During my fifth grade class....who were not acting right so I told them that if they wanted to waste class time then they could spend time with me on the bench at recess.....

Boy: Well what if you can't find us?

Me: Oh I'll find you

Boy: Well what if you don't?

Me: Well I know where you eat lunch and I know what door you have to come out and the playground isn't that big....

Boy: What if we get hit by an invisibility ray?

Me:......................?

While I'm tying a Kindergarten boy's shoes at recess.......

Boy: Sniff Sniff....mmm you smell good

Me: Oh yeah what do I smell like?

Boy: sniff...oranges

Me: Oh well thanks

Boy: sniff...and maybe strawberries too

and finally Todd encountered my same fifth grade friend with the invisibility ray when he came to drop off my coffee

To set the scene this boy is hiding behind a plant in the lobby of the school when Todd walks in

Boy: Peaking out from the plant...Are you a spy?

Todd: Yep....and he keeps on walking

What's next.....

So I am sitting in the Cedar Rapids airport, which is probably one of the smallest airports there is. I'm sure everyone is frustrated with the security check procedure and I wonder what will come next.....nakedness?

I have a carry on bag and one other bag that I brought with me....I had to have three tubs just for myself. My computer has to be by itself, my shoes have to be on the belt, my suitcase goes through by itself, my bracelet has its own little bin (which I put it in after the metal detector went off for this tiny little bit of metal (what could I possibly hide in there?) and then my phone has to be out of my bag and my other bag has to go through in a bin.....and then I feel bad because I have to repack everything as people are waiting to get through. I shouldn't be concerned about waiting though because it takes all of 7 minutes or less to get through security here.

I was happy that I wasn't required to wear a mask in case someone was spreading H1N1 although I think they should have some concern about spreading foot fungus since everyone has to walk through without their shoes on....SICK!

Well there is my rant for now....I'm on my way to Memphis for a little Chi Omega alumnae adventure, which should be a good time!

I'm back....!

So sorry I've been away...I think every day that I need to write on this and oh do I have the material to do but teaching is a busy lifestyle I'm attempting to keep up with.

I'm currently the elementary librarian in Hills and I love my job! I work in the library in the morning and have the pleasure (most days) of working with Kindergarten in the afternoons.

I am still living at home with my parents, saving a little money on the whole rent thing and actually getting a paycheck now! I'm also taking two grad classes that keep me busy as well with web design and reading all kind of wonderfully great young adult books!

Life at home is as eventful as usual and I wonder every day how some people would react to our lifestyle for example.....

My poor younger brother has been outnumbered by women for a few years now and is adapting well as are the rest of us. My sister, Joel and myself all use the same upstairs bathroom and it becomes quite the communal and I emphasize communal place in the morning.

Normally I am the first one up unless I am way too tired and keep hitting the news....but on a normal day I get into the shower and am out of the bathroom when Joel is making his way out of his room (normally in skivies) to the bathroom. Johannah may be up shortly after this, but it depends on the morning. Once I figure out what I am wearing, it's back to the bathroom where Joel is still taking care of business (if you know what I mean) we don't have a lot "boundaries" when it comes to mornings in the bathroom because there is not enough time or space to have them.

By the time he is done Johannah is more than likely up and getting ready or going to the bathroom. We each take a mirror, swapping back and forth to use the sink that actually drains at a normal rate or use each other's stuff etc. Joel has started the shower and instead of asking us to leave he just hides under the curtain, gets undressed and hops in. Like I said he is adapting well. Once he gets out he used the "bathroom brush" as he calls it to comb out his hair. Watch out if this brush is gone because it is his favorite one (I'm guessing this comes from living with girls?)

Eventually we are all pretty much ready and headed out the door to work or school...I'm sure to some people this routine would seem a little strange but that's our life an so far its working out pretty well!

So close I can taste it

So I am one on campus session away from being completely done with my first summer of grad school classes and I am psyched! The summer has flown by and hasn't really felt like a summer so far so I am looking forward to three solid weeks of enjoying what I have left of it.

Next week I go on vacation with Todd's family to the Wisconsin Dells and it should be really fun. I think it will just be nice to be able to relax and doing absolutely nothing that involves cataloging, reading a textbook or anything related to school....except maybe some reading but it is all fiction reading so I tend to enjoy that anyways.

I haven't really had anything funny to write about lately but I've been super busy with my classes....although if I could record what some people say in those classes and put it on here you would probably die! It is ridiculous.

Potterwatch at the Burrow

So I'm currently taking part in a Harry Potter marathon at Todd's sister's apartment. We are calling it the Burrow and our marathon or movie watching is called Potterwatch. We are doing this in preparation of going to the newest installment in the HP movie series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

I can't even tell you how excited I am to go see this movie and how much it has been killing me not to be able to go until now (since it came out on Wednesday). I just finished re-reading the book and I'm excited to see how they put it in to movie form. As with all book to movie remakes I'm sure there will be a lot of changes but I still think it is going to be amazing. I think if you go into knowing that it will be different then it will be even better.