School Year

So for the past three weeks I had not felt well at all. I had severe back pain which I contribute to sciaticaand hormones. After, going to two doctors one being a muscular specialist the best answer I got was take this pain killer and it is because of pregnancy. Needless to say I was miserable. Ben and I had been praying about it for a long time finally on Sunday God answered our prayers and my debilitating severe back pain went away. I still have aches and pains but nothing as intense. Also last week I got an abscess tooth so I went the dentist they gave me some medicine and tomorrow I have to get root canal done. I worry about the antibiotics and pain medicines I was taking hurting the baby but the doctor reassures me it is baby safe. Please pray my baby is okay.

School started two weeks ago and I am now teaching sixth graders. I like them a lot more than eighth graders. They make me laugh nearly everyday. A couple funny stories....

#1) I was absent one day last week going to the dentist and the kids took upon themselves to feed my fifteen fish in the fish tank. Well since I teach six different classes they got fed six different times. Let's just say they got overfed plus the automatic feeder them . So the next day I went back to school and 3 fish had died. I told a little boy in my class to get a net and go take he fish the big ocean. After school the janitor came to tell me he found three fish in the boys urinal.

#2) A little boy came in on Friday all excited carrying a small wrapped cardboard box in his hand. He came to me explained to me it was a World Series Cardinals baseball ring because his dad and him had been the Cardinals game the previous night. He then asked if he could show everyone not having enough time I told him to wait till he came back to study hall at the end of the day and to put it in his locker. Around lunch time I went out in the hall and I noticed the tallest sixth grader holding a sign and patrolling back in forth in front of this little boys locker. When I questioned the little boy what the other boy was doing he said he was his body guard and he was keeping an eye on his ring. He was holding a sing that read, "No treeassing" I laughed forever and then took the time to teach them how to spell trespassing.

#3) A little girl also told me that she had something to show the class wanting to be fair in letting kids show things I agreed and said, "Okay quickly." She then got up in the front of the room and started dancing and singing the most hideous song I have ever heard. The lyrics were, "I like my hair, You like my hair, My hair is rare, I take good care.... of my hair." All while flipping her hair and her hips. She also had another little boy in the class as back up singing " Ohhhhh Awww" Afterwords she said, " I made the song up on my own as if I we could not tell. I just wanted it to end.