Sunday, October 3, 2010

I make way too many lists...

So I'm sitting here in my stolen Harry Otter t-shirt (Stolen from a friend who was going to gift this thing away. Who is she kidding? A shirt with an otter that has a lightning bolt scar and is wearing Harry Potter glasses- uhhh, love it.), and I'm reminded of how much I loved my senior year of college. This in turn reminds me of how I'm consistently pegged with the sentimental label. Fitting because, according to my astrological birth chart, I'm supposed to be very sentimental and hold on to memories of good times. Which is why yesterday I made a list (count: 1) of the best and worst days of my college career. I'm happy to say the best days side has more entries than the worst days side. About half those best days came from my senior year. Kinda crazy to think that 4 or 5 of the best days in my life occurred in the last 10 months really. Weird.

I also made a list (count:2) of things that make teaching high schoolers sorta awkward:
1. My students tried to guess my weight in class on Friday. Awkward because a)who does that? and b) upon hearing my precollege weight (the only way to more or less end the discussion), one of my students remarked "You were a lightweight!".
Uh, yes. But not acceptable for you to know that! I had a hard time keeping a straight face when said remark then led to the connection that I once had mentioned that I usually don't have more than a glass of wine at a time- "No wonder you only have a glass of wine- that's enough to do you in for a night!" Also true and also not kosher for you to know. Sigh.
2. Seeing my students facebook friend my brother in an effort to find me on facebook.
Actual comments regarding my facebook:
"Ms. Wright, I looked for you on facebook and went through over 400 people trying to find you!" (Uhh, kid, that's a bit creepy. might want to ease off there...)
"That was when I thought you didn't like me, so I was trying to find something to blackmail you with [by searching your facebook]" (Okay, really? You admit that? And you honestly don't think I would keep all truly blackmailable pictures etc. off facebook? silly children!)
"I saw your facebook picture!" (Yes. It is so much more exciting to see a picture of your teacher than to see her in person EVERYDAY.)
"Your brother is kissing some girl in his profile picture! Does your brother have a girlfriend? Do you like her?" (Boundaries. I need to establish better boundaries with these children. Sigh)
3. When my students discover I have a younger sister, they ask how old she is and suggest getting together with her. I try and say that she's in college and therefore too old for them (even should they meet her high standards), they are not dissuaded.
4. Hearing my students talk about boys and it sounds word-for-word like a conversation I used to hear at srat lunch.

And then this morning I online window shopped and made a list of clothes/accessories that I want (count: 3):
-oxford heels
-black boots
-black booties (not entirely sure if short legs + booties = cute?)
-vests (new found love for vests)
-grey wool dress (I love grey clothing. Also, tangent- grEy vs. grAy always. Yay British spellings)
-nice brown belt (how do I not own a brown belt?)
-a simple ring
-penny loafers
-wool scarf
-navy blue blazer

I actually made another list the other day (count: 4), but I lost it quickly and it was more akin to grocery list so the sole reason for talking about it is to emphasize that I write too many lists.

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