happy tuesday!

As I walk over to a group of boys in my classroom to redirect them towards the problems they are to be working on, I become part of this conversation:

student: i could never be a girl, they have too much hair
me: you could always just buzz your head if you didn't like your hair
student: WHAT?! and be like Britney Spears?
me: I am so glad you just said that

between a rock and a hard place

...well, kind of, but really not.
You see, I have one more day of work until Thanksgiving Break. I had decided that tonight I would be very productive and get a lot of things done, like all my planning and grade entered so I could enjoy break to its fullest. So, I sat down in the living room, getting ready to watch Oprah's Ultimate Favorite Things Part 2 and I get on the computer to access my grade book and all of my school files electronically and the server is down! So there is really no way for me to do any of the planning or entering that I had anticipated. So now, I am sitting in my house by myself, eating icing, waiting for Dancing with the Stars to come on at 7pm.

I've been 'googling' a lot of things this evening.
For instance:
I've been scouting out the prices of mixers---I REALLY WANT ONE. I am really scared to buy one though, because they're EXPENSIVE.
I would get this one:


It's a silver metallic 5-quart artisan mixer. IT'S SO PRETTY.

It's weird, because I typically don't like 'things' and there aren't a whole lot of items I really want so, i'm still on the fence with this purchase. i do want to black-friday-it-up, but, there's a good chance i'll chicken out with this buy.

in other news, Nancy Drew has taken a HUGE back seat. I miss her. I'm currently reading another type of mystery novel about a girl named Mary Russell--and get this--the novel features Sherlock Holmes!! it is SO COOL. Mary meets Sherlock (who in the book knows he is a fictional character, but he's real) and they solve mysteries together. So I've realized that I really like mystery novels.

Also, Young Life is freaking awesome.


Also, I think this picture is funny (as you can tell, I am bored...I'm rambling AND inserting pictures)


Melissa, Me, Danny

oh my

So school has been very interesting/tiring/stressful.
The students are very tired (and so are the teachers!), they haven't had a day off of school YET, so they are definitely dragging. While most things are overwhelming at school, I'm trying to keep in mind the little things that make the day a little bit more fun.

For instance, here is a conversation I had with a student after the break dancing club made their appearance at school:
Me: So, how did you like the assembly?
Girl: it was awesome. the boys were sexy. I mean, Ms. Ebberts, don't you think they were fine?
Me: Uh...
Girl: It's okay Ms. Ebberts, for a teacher, you can think students are fiiine. don't you think that boy was fine? Wasn't he sexy?
Me: Uh...I don't really think about students in that way...

And...
Student: Ms. Ebberts, you would look really good with gauged ears.
Me: Why thank you?