Imagination Impaired

Naturally, I keep thinking of all things Australian. But somehow my subconscious knows there is no way for me to imagine another continent/hemisphere, etc. I will be crossing the int'l dateline, the equator...whew. So in my dreams, I only speculate on what I know...plane travel. Last night I dreamed of a cramped window seat (wearing a suit, too) next to a guy who spilled his coffee/extra thick hot chocolate on my shoes at the beginning of the flight. Still a ways away, and I don't even know the travel arrangements yet.

On the other hand, my family departs Sunday March 8 for New York. Don't come robbing the place, though, I will still be here, and will be bored enough to tussle with you. My break doesn't begin until the following week, the 16th I think it is. If I were a drinking sort, and anywhere near a celebration of any type, I might revel in the fact I have St. Patrick's Day off. And the lesser known, but special to me, St. Joseph's Day, two days later.

Today, another stupid day on the part of kids. Had the teacher next door come by while his homeroom was in my class to ask if anybody had left a cell phone in their bags. There was some noise, as if a phone were chirping. Then when the class he had had (I love typing that) came to my room, the chirping followed. And followed them into the hall when we assembled for bathroom break. Hmmm.....Nobody 'fessed up, though, and the noise continued every 4 minutes for the next 50. One girl was so upset about losing her bathroom break, she begged to be allowed to leave. No can do. Then she had an "emergency" and claimed she was going to throw up, complete with crying. I gave her a plastic shoppping bag. Minutes later, her stomach hurt so badly that she needed to leave to see the nurse. Again, request denied. After that, tears evaporated and she made no further requests. At the end of the class she whispered to me that she had the phone, and she had put it somewhere that required a trip to the bathroom to get out (basically the front of her underwear). No word on her final punishment, but for doing all that during a TCAP type test, she deserves the max, especially in light of her crocodile tear drama.