Under and Out

I started off the day by not being fully prepared for the weather. I ran out to catch my bus this morning in my tennis shoes, my winter coat and scarf, and absolutley no umbrella (ella ella eh, eh, eh). It was soggy, and then so was I. Oh well.

My bus ride was lonely, because my bus buddy Rachel (she works at my school) was out at a conference today. That left me to my thoughts and some photo taking. Here's one I liked from underneath the subway. Sounds weird, but the subway becomes elevated this far up and out of Manhattan. I thought it was a good depiction of the morning world waking up in the Bronx.

I spent the day helping kids write descriptive settings about their made up heroes, helping other students understand the word "perfunctory", and then having a 6th grader explain to me why he didn't want to use the term "bull shit", by saying bull shit to me...twice. I laughed. Hard.

Crankiness ensued when I realized that I had an after school staff meeting, which I think is funny considering we have a two day conference in Jeresey starting tomorrow. Don't you think we'll get ENOUGH time together? I DO! There is a plan to jump on all the hotel room beds though with Rachel, and my friend Corie wants to bond like teachers do- at a bar. It won't be all bad. I hope to have nice pictures. It's at a spa on the Jersey shore.

The day rounded out with some Thursday night dinner activities with Erica, Kate and Dan all meeting up at Blockheads. I sing praises about Blockheads. I heart burritos. As we were walking home (after a quick stop off at Pinkberry) I noticed Big Daddy's Diner, which I mostly took a picture of because I liked the fact that they sold "Burgers Shakes and Tots". Man, I like tots. I like burritos and Pinkberry and tots.