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I opened my eyes

And looked up at the rain,

And it dripped in my head

And flowed into my brain

And all that I hear as I lie in my bed

Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

I step very softly,

I walk very slowly,

I can’t do a handstand—

I might overflow,

So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said—

I’m just not the same since there’s rain in my head.

BY: Shel Silverstein

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Yeah.  I am totally that person.  The “start something … see something shiny and new … and move on to the next thing” person.  I am currently in the middle of 3 books, 3 crochet projects, a professional portfolio, and cleaning my closet.  None of which are even close to being finished.  You would think with my certain level of perfectionism and OCD (or to those that know the joke: CDO) I would be able to finish them.  I think that I get these ideas in my head and get so excited about them I just want to start them.  Then I think, well I can do two or three things at once and finish them, right?  Wrong.  So here lies the remains of 3 started baby blankets, the half read books, my half filled portfolio, and I couldn’t even begin to describe the chaos that is my closet.  This afternoon I couldn’t pick which one I wanted to work on – so I chose none of them.  Maybe I will read before bed?

This morning started out pretty great.  Met my friend at work and we got some looks from the staff!  After a picture for the yearbook we decided to stay out in the hall after the bell rang.  We were some pretty tough hall monitors today.  I don’t think the kids took us seriously though.  I wonder why?

Today, on the other hand, was SO. BORING.  I had the genius idea to let the kids watch a movie today.  The not so genius idea was picking the same movie for both 7^th and 8^th grade.  I can now recite almost every line of the first 40 minutes of Dante’s Peak.  Insert gagging noises here.  The end of the year is dragging.  Half the students are at the elementary schools helping with field day.  The other half just skips.  This week is like babysitting, and I am most certainly not a babysitter.  I hate it when work is slow and boring, I would so much rather be so busy I can’t breathe, or don’t have time to pee.

There are no leads on any jobs.  Still crossing my fingers for one that I applied to a while back.  I am hoping that the good Lord has some crazy plan for me, and finds me some students that need me just as much as my students this year did.  And to tell you the truth, I need them too.  I love my job.  I love what I do.  I love kids.  I love it when kids learn.  The “aha!” moment in a kid’s face when they finally understand something, is one of the most indescribable and amazing things that I have ever witnessed.

Highlight of my day: buying deodorant and soap for my husband … who will finally be living with me for almost 3 weeks!  The sad part of this: I am expecting to show up on peopleofwalmart.com.  I most definitely went to buy him his toiletries in my awesome school getup.  I am that awesome.  So if you see me on there, please let me know so I can laugh with you.  Buying the toiletries just made it real for me: my husband will be home soon.  I keep saying it over and over to myself.  We don’t see each other very often, and the last time we saw each other was 2 months ago.    But he is coming home and I get him for a glorious 19 days! 

And oh what a glorious 19 days it will be <3