Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference~Robert Frost~

Yesterday I took my kids on a field trip. Its actually a bug hunt field trip we take with two other classes. Although it seems a little crazy for me to lead a hunt for things im terrified of, i take them anyway. We go behind State School, back in the woods, where there is this really cool playground and lots of paths and roads out through the woods. We played on the playground then ate our sack lunches. It was time to head down the road to look for bugs. We all held hands and went on a great hike. It was a beautiful day except the wind was crazy so much so that i had to give out special instructions on how to pull there food out of there sack lunches quickly and place it on top of their sacks so as not to litter this place with our bags. So we are headed down the road. Iwatch my precious students holding each other's hands, laughing and talking. I tried to get them just to enjoy the hike and forget about trying to find bugs, but we would make a stop and turn over a log or a rock here and there. We had gone a ways and we came to a fork in the road. I stood before them taking the opportunity to tell them that they will come to places like this in their lives. They all listened as my assistant tried to squelch her laughter. We all made a choice as to which way we would go and went on enjoying our hike together. One of the boys said he saw a bear which made some of them want to go home. I watched in awe as some of my little sweet behavioral problems were leading the way for us and just couldn't wipe the smile off their faces. A good day was had by all.
On our way home we passed the jail and saw many orange suited men mowing and cleaning. I said, "Boys and girls, if you make good choices in life you won't have to wear orange suits." the bus driver got a good laugh out of it.

In six weeks my class will graduate and i will tell them goodbye and i can hardly bear to think about it. I was reminded how i felt the same way last year with my class and wondered how i could ever love another class...and yet here i am again.

posted by Beverly at 4:47 PM | 0 comments

When the day is done God bless our love*

Gas for Dallas: $60

Lunch at Pei Wei's $40

Ice Cream at Marble Slab: $3.50

Buying Whitney's dream Wedding Dress: Priceless



*From "Grow Old With Me" by John Lennon

posted by Beverly at 4:20 PM | 8 comments

He said "Sometimes you just gotta talk to people to let em know that they still exist"*

I never sat at a bar and ate until Friday night. It was weird being surrounded by all those people and no one talking to each other. It was like I had invited them all to my house for supper but we weren't speaking. I turned to the guy beside me and shared this with him. He thought it was funny. I asked him how his food was and he said,"good." I asked him if he went to McMurry(he had a Mc. hat on) and he said he was going to a junior college right now. He said he was undecided on what he was going to study, but it was a toss up between Agribusiness or Philosophy. I laughed and he said, "Well, you gotta have something to think about when you're on that horse." Amber, the bartender, put lots of limes in my drink because I said I loved them. She was sweet. Have you had any weird experiences eating at a bar? I ended up uncomfortable at first but thought later that I just might do it again. It starts out like a ride in an elevator and ends up leaving you with some kind of a kindred spirit to those drinking and eating burgers with you.


*From "Talking to Strangers" by Ryan Harvey

posted by Beverly at 1:58 PM | 3 comments