Teacher you NEED one of these!!

Last week, at the end of the day I saw one of my students wasn’t done with her math so I went over and sat by her desk because she was needing a little extra attention. She starts telling me that her mom had a baby while we were off track and the baby can’t come home yet because she’s too little.

So I tried to ask her some questions but she didn’t understand or know the answers—especially in English. Then she starts saying “Teacher you are soo nice. Teacher your are the best teacher. Teacher you never yell at us. (Yeah Right) Teacher I love you I wish you were my mom.” I’ll admit it’s a little flattering. Then she asks me “Teacher why you have no daughter?” and I just smiled at her. Then her eyes got really big “Teacher I know…” and she was pinching her index finger and her thumb together and she said “Teacher my mom gets this thing and when you use it if it gets an X you get a baby but if it gets a zero…not baby! “ Then she looks at me so seriously and says “Teacher you NEED one of these!!”

I am positive she went home and asked her mom if she could buy me one of those sticks with the magic X so I can have a baby. I’ve been laughing for days.

Ms. Master's

So I've been working on getting my master's degree for the last 2 years. It has made life pretty busy and I'm definantly getting BURNED OUT. After sitting through 3 hour classes week after week, I keep asking my friends for a spare pencil to poke my eye out but no one has helped me out yet. It has only been barable because I do have good friends sitting through it with me. I've had three teachers that are sooo boring and I just want to hold up a sign that says "I don't care what you teach me--Oh, the world is flat after all. That's great--Now Give Me An A! so I can get a raise"

So in my class I sit on the computer and update my blog until--HOLY CRAP the teacher just called my name and I didn't know what to say!! I did give a pretty good answer though but it will take a few minutes for my heart to stop pounding. AHH!!

Condo

I just bought my first home in December. It was a big mess before it finally got signed right before Christmas. They put a step onto my patio and I had to get a lawyer to get the builder to make it accessible. So I am in the process of filing a fair housing complaint against Midvale City. Don't mess with my accessiblity or I'll take you down or at least write a really nasty letter. Speaking of letters...there were three cars parking in my handicapped spots when I first moved in. So I was trying to be nice and instead of having them ticketed I just put a lice note on their window asking them to please park somewhere else. But no they continued to park there so I blocked them in with my van. :) The girl had to come to my house and ask me to move...to make a long story short her response was--"that's YOUR spot" I was like yeah that's the only place I can park and be able to get my wheelchair into my house. Her response was "FINE" with attitude of course. Parking in a handicapped spot and complaining when someone in a wheelchair asks you to move...Poor girl is paving a path to Hell. Oh I'll post pictures.

First Grade for the 5th time...

Every once in awhile I get called Mom or Grandma but the name I get called most is Teacher Teacher Teacher!!! Teacher what do I do now?... Teacher my pencil is broken...Teacher he touched me...Teacher when is lunch...Teacher I need to go to the bathroom...Teacher I didn't get a turn...!! If I more kid sneezes in my face..... :)

I really do like my job mostly because I work with the best teachers ever and I get three weeks off every two months, oh yeah and the whole month of December.

Wheelie Tennis

I started playing wheelchair tennis in the summer of 2007. With several other "wheelies" and a coach who plays competetive Wheelchair Tennis. It is a lot of fun. I participated in a Rehab Video that exhibits accessible recreation. Let's just say if there was an award for the best beginner it would be sitting on my desk. Since then we had a tennis camp and a tourney--they call it one up/one down. One walker and one wheelie. HE HE HE one up one down I get it! Now I'm playing with some guys who are all in their 50's and have been playing for more than 20 years. We play every Friday and I'm perfecting my top spin and my twister serve.

WELCOME to my crazy life!!

I love purple!! I was browsing through other peoples blogs and decided (after a little prodding from family) that I need my own. Personally because I think I have all sorts of funny things to say now I can share them with everyone!! Ya Lucky!