A Fart Story

Two weeks ago, I was watching cartoons with Ashley while sitting on the couch together when I smelled a nasty fart. I quickly moved away from Ashley and asked, "Li-Li, did you fart?" To which she replied by putting her hands over her nose and mouth and asking me, "Auntie Lauren, did you fart?" "No," I answered a bit confused. "Mommy, did you fart?" "No, I'm all the way over here," her mom replied. She was sitting about five feet away from us. "Li-Li, just because you didn't hear any sound doesn't mean you didn't fart," said her mom laughing.

Two days later as her mom and I were in the kitchen cooking, Ashley shouts to us from the same above mentioned couch, "Mommy! Did you fart?" The kitchen is at least 20 feet away from the couch mind you. We busted out laughing. She proved who the true farter was from two days before. Mommy was right.

Teaching first grade is very different from teaching third grade. They are such babies compared to my third graders. They drove me crazy with all their talking out of turn and tattle-taling. They also do everything very slow such as reading and writing. I felt so grateful for my third graders after subbing first grade this week. But I have to admit they are SO cute!!!

Jerry and Jesga are now proud parents of a baby boy, Tanner. She gave birth this past Wednesday morning at 6:30 A.M. We went to see them on Thursday. No matter how many times you see a newborn, it always seems like an amazing miracle. Although Tanner looked tiny, he seemed too big to have come out of Jesga's body. He was amazingly alert and even was able to hold up his head for a few seconds at a time. He also has a great set of lungs. Congratulations and Happy Birth!

Today I quit my job.

Well not exactly at this moment but I will be done with teaching at the end of June. See I worked today even though I'm on vacation because I had switched two days with another teacher when I got my wisdom teeth out so I had to make it up to her. When I got to work I realized that our preference sheets for next year was due by 8 A.M. tomorrow. I had been thinking that this would be my last year of teaching since the beginning of this school year so this was not a last minute decision but I did have a last minute moment of doubt. Did I really want to be jobless?

My first attempt at quitting during recess failed because the principal was not in her office so I had to wait until lunch time. I was really nervous but our talk went smoothly and quickly. In three minutes flat I had quit my job. I felt so relieved and excited afterwards that I think I did the right thing.

Happy one year anniversary honey!

e.e. cummings - i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)