I'm a bitch!

Famed author Janet Evanovich says so!

A group of teachers who read and love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series decided to take a road trip to Omaha this week for a book signing. Since they are all educators, and therefore, batshit crazy, they decided to dress as characters. Now, I have not read any of these books, but the trip sounded like a hell of a lot of fun, so I went along for the ride. The others gave me two character choices: Sally Sweet, a tranvestite rock star, or Joyce Barnhardt, Stephanie Plum's rival stole her husband and dresses in all black. Since you all know me, you know my choice. Hell yes, tranny rock star! However, after much searching, I still can't find my hot tranny skirt (you all know I have one), so I decided to go as Joyce instead. I can pull off all black really easily, but I won't half-ass a tranny costume.

I show up dressed all in black, and I knew that maybe I'd been set up. We were waiting in the seriously long line, and we drew quite a crowd of Omahanians who wanted pictures of our costumed group. As we'd all gather round for pictures, I'd hear comments like, "I can't believe she came as Joyce!" and "Joyce isn't slutty enough." We finally, after over 3 hours in line at Borders, got up to meet Janet Evanovich. She looked at my nametag, and said "Oh! You're the bitch!" To which I replied, "Oh, you've met me?"

So there you have it. A popular and acclaimed author called me a bitch. I LOVE it! Here are some pictures of the trip.

We have Sally as The Chip Lady, Penny as Stephanie Plum, Robin as Connie, Janet Evanovich, Goldie as Lula (middle-aged former ho), Linda as Grandma, and me as Joyce.

This one is just Janet and me, after she called me a bitch.

You can read more about our adventures on Goldie's blog here http://news4family.blogspot.com/

Like, No. Way.

http://music.msn.com/music/blockwatch?GT1=7702&silentchk=1&

I am SO recording that.

Baseball Season!

Royals win!

I bought myself a pink baseball glove to celebrate.

I love my job

Last week, I had a kid walk up to me in the hallway and hold up a PSP where I could see it. I told him that, per school rule, he couldn't have that out during the school day and he needed to put it up.

"No," he said, "I'm not trying to play it. I want you to take it. I got God of War: Chains of Olympus last week, and I already beat it twice over the weekend. I know you don't have a PSP, so I brought you mine so you could play it."

I love that my students and I can talk about video games and things like that, and they'll respond by wanting to play them with me. They want me to like the games they like. They want to talk to me about games, get my opinions, ask me what else is cool, and tell me that they think is cool. I have such influence over these kids, it's shocking.

BTW, I played Chains of Olympus until the PSP lost its charge. SWEET! Now I want a PSP.

An open letter

Dear guy who's too dumb to read the directional arrows in a parking lot,

You are a special kind of illiterate, and there is a special place in illiterate hell waiting for you and your kind.

Love,
Morgan

HA HA HA!

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=304846&GT1=7703

I don't know...she looks pretty high to me.

What does an "instructional facilitator" do?

I'm not quite sure what an instructional facilitator would do in the Holden school district. But I'll be able to tell you next year when I start MY NEW JOB.

That's right. My new job. My district has created an instructional facilitator job for the next school year. I applied in January, I interviewed yesterday, and they came to my room to tell me I got the job less than 24 hours later.

Basically, I'll be overseeing the new teachers in the district and helping them learn how to teach better. I'll also be helping experienced teachers with learning new teaching techniques and technology for their classrooms. Since it's a new position, the district acknowledges that we're not fully sure what the scope of my duties will include yet. But it will be fun, and it will be a challenge. Go me!