Back to School Night
Last night was Back to School Night, an event I usually dread. :shark: You never know what you’ll get. I’ve had parents hunt me down thirty minutes before it starts to try and get an impromptu conference. I’ve had others who wanted to give excuses for why their child didn’t do their work. :blahblah: Still others try to pin me down at the end and give me their life’s history. :duh: But I have to say, last night was probably one of the better ones. It might have had something to do with the fact that I hid in another teacher’s classroom with the door locked until five minutes before it started. :banana:
In any case, I gave my spiel and I did my lottery drawing. I talked about the history warm-up question of the day (yesterday’s was about the group of folks who rushed into Oklahoma to steal land before the others) and I drew a number out of a hat. The parent who was sitting at that desk number had a chance to win if they knew the answer. They guessed Sooners and won a Parent’s Night Off pass. Basically it’s a homework extension pass giving the child one extra day. The parents were so funny. One turned to the winner and said, “I’ll give you $50 for that.” Another threw her hands in the air when she won and yelled, “YES!” :jumping:
There wasn’t a huge turnout, which surprised me, but it was a good group of parents.
Earlier in the evening, I had to wrangle with the installation/delivery people who didn’t get in touch with me at work and subsequently I have to wait until SATURDAY for my new dishwasher. :banghead: I believe they heard my primal scream of, “Noooooooooo!!!!!” all the way down to Virginia Beach. 4 more days of washing dishes by hand. I would have thrown myself off a cliff if I lived in pioneer days. The medieval castle folk had it right–let’s eat off pieces of old bread and then give the “dishes” to the poor. :thumbsup:
Last night I hit page 261 in revisions. 100 pages left. And I think (fingers crossed) this segment will be an easy one because it doesn’t have any major flaws–just tweaking. After that, I’ll e-mail it off to England and slowly turn into a melted ball of nerves as each day passes.
Finally, we had more fish casualties. Let’s all cue the Queen music–”Another One Bites the Dust…” :headbang: Michelle, the Fish Serial Killer, strikes again. The Tank of Death reigns supreme!
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Stacy Says:
I know it might not of been fun to go through it but thank you for giving me a good chuckle this morning, I needed it! I’ll have to go back through and get the total number of casualties from Michelle, the fish Serial Killer:rambo:
Bonnie Ferguson Says:
Keeping my fingers crossed for your manuscript :headbang:
Kelly Says:
Tank of Death – too funny!
:rotfl:
kacey Says:
you fish murderer you!! Well, get enough fish that your kids can’t count that high yet, and they’ll never know…:mrgreen:
Mary Says:
I like the “tank of death!”
Brian Says:
More tragic loss of fish. Hmmm. Perhaps the fish gods are punishing you for mocking their prophet Fish Geek. Their powers may have also been responsible for the delayed delivery of your dishwasher. I strongly suggest you avoid Red Lobster this Lent.
:batman:
Suzanne Says:
I think that locking yourself up in another teacher’s classroom till right before thing is the key.:goodvibes:
Tori Says:
You need the fish tank service they got for the family on this past Sunday’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Of course, it was technically a commercial aquariam tank. But still, the family didn’t have to do anything, the service came in and did the maintenance on the tank and fish.
ROFL, Brian!
Gina Says:
You’re moving right along with those revisions. Keep up the good work! :headbang:
Crystal* Says:
And Yea, though the fishies tremble in fear, they know Michelle will once again need a scaled sacrifice for the Tank of Death. Let us all put our fins together. Amen.
Grins*
Michele Says:
OH, I understand perfectly about the tank of no return. Started out with 15 fish and a snail.
Down to 6 fish and holding.
Fish Geek’s advice about water changes is so different than my fish store’s info. Salt is important, filter change as well as water changes….I feel like a flippin scientist with all the “tests” I have to perform. All those cute little tubes and strips and dripping chemicals that turn into those pretty colors that mean something not so pretty to all those innocent fish.
Is there a reason fish die and we’re both named Michele????
Melissa Says:
I haven’t had a dishwasher in two years. :confused2: Well, that’s not true. I DO have a dishwasher – it’s just sitting out in the garage, waiting to be installed. When we bought our house, it didn’t have a dishwasher installed, and in order to put one in, we have to take out cabinet space. I really don’t want to do that…
Melissa Mc Says:
Hugs on the dishwasher. We were without for months after Mackenna was born. Not fun.
Loved the parents pass. Great idea.
Keep going with the revisions! And you just want to turn them in before Nov 1. Cause otherwise she’ll be reading my book:evil:
Amy K. Says:
What a great idea for a parent’s prize! :thumbsup:
As for the fish killer, dare I say this, but I’m not contesting the title lately. We’ve had no fish deaths since before Reno, AND we’ve had 3 baby fish…all of them surviving!! :confused:
Rene Says:
I was a bad parent and skipped the parent nights. My daughter has the same teacher that she had last year, so I didn’t feel to badly, but I did want to go to my son’s class. The teacher is new to the school. But we had our goal setting conference the other day, so I met her one on one with my son. She seems nice, I think she expects a lot from her students which I like.