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About beth

Ann Arbor-ite writes about enjoying life with all of its ironies and surprises.

i am now the ‘janet jackson’ of the kindergarten world

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nothing like the feeling of wearing my spring dress and strappy sandals to school. ha – winter be damned, i was floating on air – swingy, breezy, light, summery!  found out halfway through the day, at recess, that not only was my dress light as a cloud, it was also completely see-through. i only found out at that point because a fellow teacher described exactly what i was wearing under my dress while i was wearing it, and happily chatting away with her in the sun.  thought back on all the places i’d been that day – beginning with a stroll past the administration at our faculty breakfast, greeting our children at the curb as they were dropped off for the day, a saunter past many parents in the hallways, a walk to another building on campus and a meeting with human resources, dropping off the kids at specials’ classes all over the school, lunch with 2 classes, and on and on.  well, at least it makes me feel better about the day i wore my shirt inside out all day as i completed errands all over town. not so bad in comparison and it really puts things in perspective – i am now beginning to better understand how janet may have felt after her wardrobe malfunction at the super bowl. i wonder if we’ll have a dress code next year? 

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Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

Ellen DeGeneres

i didn’t know sheep could fly

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as we waited at the gate for our plane, i was amazed by the new ‘system’ in place. i couldn’t quite get a handle on it at first, didn’t know exactly where to sit, where to line up, when, etc.

 this is how the gate agent explained it to me. ‘we’ll call you by your letter and you stand in a single file line by the pole that has your number on it that goes with your letter that we’ll call and then we’ll call you by letter and number together and and we’ll know you by that.  there are approximately 100 small strips of spaces with seats with numbers.’ being the black sheep that i am, i waited until the last possible second to get into line in my assigned number/letter place, and was met with gate agent glares. i think some of the other sheep may have been upset with me too. 

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People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader – occasionally in the right direction.

Alexander Chase

 

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

Albert Einstein

 

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Stendhal

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things i learned in my kindergarten classroom today #3

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 as we walked down the hall and he pointed into a classroom, v said to me, ‘i had a girlfriend eve, who is in that big kids’ kindergarten room, and she is 6, one year older, but now she has a new boyfriend, and so i got a new girlfriend, who is 5 like me, and is right in our own room.’  (well played v, and for some reason, the only word that came to my mind was, ‘cougar.’)

 

 

met this big guy in a honky tonk in nashville….

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Imagethink he may be from out of town too.

this is know (now) about nashville.

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1. the bullets & mullets store

2. cowboy church

3. dukes of hazard museum

4. goo goo clusters

5. honky tonks

6. live radio shows

7. southern stack breakfast – slow smoked pulled pork, sweet potato pancakes, fried apples, fried egg, home fries (pile it up, pour syrup on top, and go)

8. everything tastes better in a mason jar

9. full sized replica of the parthenon in the middle of a city park

10. washtub, washboard, spoons and other random household items band

11. mosey-ing is a speed you amble through life with

12. speak-easy’s still exist 

 each of these are part of life there and i love them all.

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when in doubt, ask the nashville balloon man for advice

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this pretty much covers any life situation in which you may find yourself. 

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waking up and putting on your red fringed cowgirl boots

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there is nothing quite like it. 

fiddlin’ around in nashville

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stompin’ n’ hootin’ at the grand ole opry!

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nuthin’ like a lil’ nashville blues ‘n bbqs to beat them damn bugs’ ass!

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when in doubt, fly south.

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no, this is not another johnny cochran quote from that infamous trial, it is my motto for the day. another day, another day towards restoring my health. i’ve decided to go ahead and go on a long weekend getaway with my longtime girlfriends to the music friendly city of nashville, meds in tow, and super bugs be damned. i see this adventure as a sure to get well cure. i’ll keep you posted )