Sunday, January 16, 2011

Suppositories and 2 Hours of Sleep

Last Friday, we took Madison to the airport. Her flight left at 6:30 am. Yes, am. So we had to get up at 3:45 and leave by 4:15. There was no way we were going to heed the advice to get there two hours before your flight leaves. We were going to take a chance with 45 minutes.

On Thursday night, I had to work until 8. When I got home, I had to spend every last second with Madison. It had been a year since I had last seen her and it might be another year before I see her again. We had dinner, I helped her finish packing, we played Monopoly Deal. Before we knew it it was 1 am. We decided we all wanted to get a couple of hours of a nap. Of course, that was in vain, but we gave it a shot.

We got her safely to the airport with time to spare. It was sad to see her go. I really enjoyed spending time with her. I love her so much.

Ok, back to the story. This is supposed to be funny. I don't like to use my sick or personal days unless I absolutely have to. I was gonna muddle through Friday even half dead. On to school I went.

I teach 6th grade science during 5th period. My co-teacher and I are trying to teach them the skill of note-taking. They were grumbling and complaining about the copious notes.

Student: "Will we have to take notes in 8th grade?"

Me: "Yes!" "And on Florida Writes that you take in the 8th grade you have to write a several paragraph essay like you did in 4th grade, so get used to writing."

Student: "Aren't there different kinds of essays? Like narrative?..."

Me: "Yes, narrative and suppository and persuasive..."

I keep writing notes on the board and then it hits me.

I turn around to my co-teacher, "Did I just say suppository?"

She is laughing hysterically.

Me: "I guess I did! I guess that is what happens when I get two hours of sleep!"

2 comments:

Melody said...

Love it!

Chris Shipley said...

Lawyers use the suppository form of writing a lot. Judges respond to it. It works best when "published" while blowing smoke.