"Is It Getting Any Better?"

All the time people ask me this question. "Is is getting any better?" Each time I'm stumped as to how to answer them. Let's face it: it's NOT getting better. In fact, just when I think I might be able to catch my breath (notice I didn't mention actually getting to breath) something else happens and I might as well forget it. But what do I tell people? I can't tell them "No"; they would just think I'm being negative all the time. So, do I lie instead and put on the smile and tell them its going good? HA, no. It's just an endless cycle. I'm seriously contemplating giving up all hope until summer (which isn't too far away).

Stories: So, today my kid that comes in all the time with bandages and whatnot on him (called 18) comes to class with a bandage wrapped around his hand. Now two times throughout the day today, he asks me if he can take it off in order to do various tasks. Of course I say yes, all the while thinking "OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF! WHY ARE YOU EVEN ASKING ME?! THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU!!!" LOL bless him. Later in the day I notice that he has a band-aid in the middle of his forhead...I'm pretty sure that band-aid wasn't there when he got to school this morning...and if I'm correct, then how in the world it ended up there I have NO idea. But I can guarantee you that if you were to take it off his head that there would be nothing wrong with him (which I was tempted to do quite a few times today!). oh, dear.

I have one of those hand pointer thingies (its a stick with a white gloved hand on the end with the pointer finger pointing out) and I have been meaning to use it all year long but keep forgetting. Well I finally remember to pick it up today while I'm teaching and I don't know if I'm going to be able to use it much. I started to laugh while I was using it bc I just kept thinking...this has to look hilarious. At one point I had my cheek resting on the hand as if I had a third hand. IDK it might only be funny to me. Like, I said in an earlier post...you got to find something to laugh at during the day. :) (Of course, 19 wants to talk to the hand when I use it!)