Tomfoolery

In a frustrated search to gain my first grade class's attention this week, I told them to "stop the tomfoolery". I succeeded.

Beard Trim

For the past several weeks and since Spring has hit, I'm feelin' a need for a change. I yearn to ditch Winter's beard and scruff for a slighty more sophisticated look. So, I trimmed my beard.

"Looks snazzy"...I told myself

"Looks very good, much needed"... said my wife

"Looks creepy".. said the first grade students as I walked in the door.

Facepalm Redux

This afternoon, a 1st grade student returned a book to the school library that a staff member had dropped in the hallway and forgotten about.

The staff member? Me.

The name of the book? "Being Careless"

Facepalm.

In my wanderlust for excitement and adventure, I made what is probably the dumbest choice in my brief School Counselor Career. Wait.. wait. .wait.. Wanderlust? Things like vomit sand, one-uppers, puppets, manners lessons, and the "Germ Defense" aren't enough for you? I. Guess. Not.

It goes back to yesterday afternoon. While having an "important discussion" with my principal, another grade level teacher popped in to display a mysterious white substance that had been making its way around and into the mouths of the elementary students in her classroom throughout the day. When she finally caught the young proliferate in charge of this scandal, all she could get was a tearful confession that it was "trick candy" that would "turn your mouth sour". The principal and I stood there a bit flummoxed as to what this mysterious Tic-Tac sized foodstuff might be. I decided right then and there to get to the bottom of this mystery. Call the local sheriff's department for analysis? Nope. Call the school resource officer to take an educated look at it? No. 

I was going to eat it myself. "No kids had gotten ill today.. Let's have an adventure" I said.

So I ate it.

"Tastes like... Fiber..?"

Fast forward to later that night, when I receive a call from my principal.

P: "I just got off the phone with Poison Control, I thought you might want to know what you ingested"

SC: "Ugh.. (slightly worried).. go ahead"

P: "Do you remember when I handed out Treasure Box last week"

SC: "Yea?"

P: "One of those students picked a small toy bean bag."

SC: "Yea?"

P: "You ate bean-bag filling"

SC: "Ugh.. is that bad?"

P: "You should pass it in 48 hours and there should be no side-effects with the levels in your system"

*Facepalm*