oh, we all have those days
you start out by not having your water bottle
so you get a special halloween cup of water
it gets tipped over when you are cutting
you go to get a paper towel to dry it up
but you come back with what you can find
toilet paper
that gets wet and mushy
the extra part rolls out on the floor
your coat falls off of the back of your chair
the paper you were cutting gets soaked and chopped into little pieces
because you are really good at cutting
you can’t find the cap to your marker
because it rolled off your table
now it might dry up
all you have left are the dark color crayons
you don’t get time to finish your cheez-its
because you are trying to clean up
the ones that are left get wet and are mushy
you go out to recess and run and run and go on a pirate adventure
your teachers love you anyway and tell you it happens to them too
and it’s all okay.
—
“there’s no limit to how complicated things can get,
on account of one thing always leading to another.”
-E. B. White
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Just goes to show that age has no relevance to having a bad day! It is just that the older you get the less likely it is that someone will clean up after you and reassure you everything is okay.
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This is true and cleaned up mostly independently
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Aww, yes it happens to everyone. 🥰
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It surely does
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🤗
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Oh, this SO made me laug!!!!! We ALL have those days, and I more than others….. Thank you for this joyful post – IT’S ALL RIGHT;) 🙂
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We sure do, no one is exempt from them
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Preach this.
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Done.
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It’s 5:12am here and I’m getting ready to go and work with my students with autism and the messes, and chaos, and light wands, and dangly bits of string and all the things we do to keep them calm and learning. I grab what I can to eat (if I can) and go to the restroom (when it’s possible) so non-stop going and running are the only way to go…
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I so get this
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Hello, I am quite fascinateded by your profile. You sound so wonderful and nice. i will sure love to meet a cute man like you, though i have seen what you look like, i am keen about knowing you.?
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This made me smile. But still, teachers are not like us, the rest of humans. You’re special. But thank you for trying to make it seem like you’re just one of us ❤
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Thank you! But we are people too, just like you!
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No you’re not!
When I was little I was at the farmers market with my mom on the weekend. I saw one of my teachers and hid behind mom and kept watching her in disbelief. Like, omg, she shops for food. Which means she probably eats like the rest of us. I was taken by this for days. And in class I was looking at her, “I know your secret. You go shopping for food and you probably eat it. Like the rest of us!”
Love you all. You’re still superheros to me. ❤🙏
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Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end. Good narration, Beth! Thanks so much for this one.
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They still happen to me !)
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OK, in some degrees, me as well, Beth. 🤓
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Hello, I am quite fascinateded by your profile. You sound so wonderful and nice. i will sure love to meet a cute man like you, though i have seen what you look like, i am keen about knowing you.?
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Rings too many bells !!
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Aww, this was special. Despite all the chaos, the line that resonated loudest was “because you are really good at cutting.”
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You interpret kids for us grownups better than anyone, Beth!
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I love your blog, Beth 🙂
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You’re right. We all have days like that.
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“Mamma said there’d be days like this…”
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Precious ❤
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YES! Love this!!! 🙂 🙂
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8P
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A friend told me the moon was in retrograde until early November…as if we didn’t already know!
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Hello, I am quite fascinateded by your profile. You sound so wonderful and nice. i will sure love to meet a cute man like you, though i have seen what you look like, i am keen about knowing you.?
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I like it simple…. and unfortunately it is not always that way!
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Right!
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Resiliency is an important skill.
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So vital
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Hello, I am quite fascinateded by your profile. You sound so wonderful and nice. i will sure love to meet a cute man like you, though i have seen what you look like, i am keen about knowing you.?
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ahhh… to be a kinder again, and to know that you are loved…
wonderful post, Beth…
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Thank you,jim. Yes, that –
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So true 🙂
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Right?
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as Van Morrison says, ‘there’ll be days like this’ 🙂
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yes, no one is immune
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I still have these kinds of days! I’m totally impressed by how the kid kept it together.
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i do too, and calm ruled the day
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I’m starting out with a little of the calm today myself. Let’s see what happens.
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Hopefully it holds
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…and it all led to a nice little journey of story telling. And sigh. And smile.
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Yes, a good thing…)
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Awww! It happens to us all!
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at all ages and stages
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I love this!
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