Dear Weather Forecaster~ Although I do know what "rain" means in a WA weather forecast(not sprinkles, drizzle, or showers), I do NOT recall reading anything about wind bending the trees sideways and twisting my trendyish bell bottomed pants around my ankles. You see, if I know it's going to be gusty, I don't wear skirts, dresses or wide pants. And incidentally, although I am relieved to not have 100 degree weather(no central air for most of us Washingtonians), it doesn't mean that I'm happy about the 57 degrees. I also don't appreciate hearing that June will be a sucky month and that this summer...well, it will continue to be lousy weather also. I don't need hot, but some sun out on my deck with a Hefeweisen lemonade would have been great to look forward to. In the future, please avoid depressing us with these extended forecasts of doom and gloom. Sincerely, Wet in WA P.S. Could you make the floods and tornadoes go away in the Midwest since we're going there in a couple of weeks?
On a positive note, none of the students ask to go "outside" even though it's the end of the year. They aren't wearing any revealing or nasty summer clothes with body parts hanging out-- since they would freeze. They seem to need to go to the restroom less often when it's storming outside! However, I had to do a few quick errands outside my portable, and that was unpleasant. Since I won't be in class Thursday or Friday, I was trying to clean my room (HA HA) and managed to cut myself. Once I noticed the blood, I rushed to my desk to get my last bandaid, which I then put on the WRONG finger. Both fingers were bloody, so it wasn't really that stupid. (was it?) Planning period was almost over, so I ran out--but too late because the students were already starting to come. Luckily, I spotted a helpful student whom I sent to the nurse for bandaids. I managed to get back to my room, wrap my finger in a paper towel and stand smiling at the door, greeting my students. After all, I'm a PROFESSIONAL. But no one ever tells us anything about this in "teacher school"--what to do if you're bleeding and don't have bandaids, how to act when your bra comes unhooked in the middle of class, how to pretend your sweater isn't on backwards, what to do when you're wearing two different shoes, etc...We professionals have to learn all these things in the "school of hard knocks."
