WNBP: We Are Grateful For The Random

I think it's kind of a happy coincidence when the first day of school falls on the day of the Wednesday Night Bullet Post.  I'm all tired from being with the kiddies and trying to get them to where they need to be in something remotely resembling a timely fashion.  Adding to the energy-sucking quality of the day was the fact that it was quite sweltering in my new suite of classrooms.  I think that the random, mindlessness of a bullet post is just the thing tonight!  Let's take a look:

*Did I mention that it was hot today?  I'm on the third floor...

*It was so hot that I forgot that I have an air conditioner in my office.  I regret that lapse in memory.  Deeply.

*For all that, as opening days go this one really wasn't too bad.  The student numbers were lower than anticipated and they were too hot to misbehave all that badly.

*It was also an early dismissal day to let the buses figure out the schedules.  That helped...

*I practiced the morning routine several times last week.  I worked out all the bugs and did several dry runs just to make sure that I'd be ready to go this morning.

*I even set the alarm sound for "seagulls" since that one is the most obnoxious.  I'll get up just to make the screeching stop.

*It did not go well this morning.  I couldn't get out of my own way.  Neither could the cats.  I like to think they were trying to be "helpful."

*I was almost late.  I wasn't.  But I wasn't exactly as coiffed as I might have liked for my first impression in the new classroom.

*I seem to have developed an odd compulsion for string cheese over the last couple of months.  Has this ever happened to anyone else?  And why string cheese?  I've never desired my dairy in peel-able form before...

*I brought the sock with me today but did not knit upon it.  I was really busy and didn't dare to bring it with me to the staff meeting after school.  I'm new to this building and don't really know all the rules of conduct yet.

*The woman sitting directly across from me was knitting.  

*Duly noted.  Knitting in meetings=acceptable.  

*I was hot and tired at the end of the day and decided that I was going to skip today's workout.

*On the drive home, I decided that my pants were uncomfortably tight and that working out might be the best choice.  

*But I didn't want to work out...

*I tried to tell myself that I was really just puffy from the heat.  But that didn't make any sense whatsoever.  As much as I wanted it to.

*I did the workout.

*It was the right thing to do.  I just hated it, is all...

*They say that money can't buy happiness.  And I suppose there's some truth to that.  But, I might argue that one dollar (plus tax) is really rather close to the amount you can shell out for a little joy.

*For example, the Collapsible Cat Cave was one dollar (plus tax) and I seem to see quite a bit of happiness coming out of its nylon depths.

Of course, I could be wrong.  I often am...

But, I don't think so.  I think I might be very much right on this one.

SA