Never Ever Dull
With every conversation, I always seem to end with "Never a dull moment"....our lives are rich, complex, and beautiful stories. Join me in laughing about everyday things and appreciating life-bumpy roads and all.
Student reading aloud:"...the origins of pizza go back to ancient Greece." Student comments: "Ancient Greece? Wow. That must have been like in 1986!" All week, I was plagued by thoughts like this. It didn't help that Friday was declared "80's Day" in our school. Teachers and staff were asked to contribute photos of what we looked like in the 80;s. Since many of our staff weren't even born in that decade, they could bring in photos of their parents. I began to feel old... At lunch time, one of my little people wanted to know how old I am. I told him. He just looked at me google-eyed and responded, "Whoa! You must have been born in 19-something or 18-something!" My feelings of being old only got worse. Friday rolled around and one of my littles strolled into my classroom saying he was dressed in his 80's clothing. I checked out his clothes but noticed nothing unusual. So I asked what he was wearing that made his outfit 80's-ish. He said, "Did you not see the airplanes on my shirt, Ms. Flowers? Planes were invented in the 80's!" Ugh. So now, I feel like I'm one of the few that displayed my 80's picture on the staff board, lived back in Ancient Greece or at least born in 18-something, and was around when airplanes were invented. My ego was shot. About to leave for the day, one of my sweet, very young teachers dressed in her Flashdance-looking outfit and hair in a sideways ponytail looked at me and said, "Amy, it had to be fun to live in the 80's. Was it fun? What was it like?" At this point, I felt like pulling up a walker with tennis balls attached to the bottom legs and saying, "Why don't we sit for awhile and I'll tell you what it was like to live waaaaaay back in the 80's...." Loved living in the 80's but didn't realize how long ago that was until this week....I'm now going to go sit in my rocker and turn up the tv really loud and watch reruns of "Full House" and "Laverne and Shirley".. Let's just hope next week isn't 70's week....
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Ivan Ong
9/5/2015 07:56:35 am
As Noah always says, "Dad, we don't do it like you did in the 1920s".
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Amy Flowers
9/5/2015 08:14:21 am
Ivan, that's hilarious! =)
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Kathy Kamper
9/5/2015 06:48:41 pm
Amy! I love reading these blogs. :)
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AuthorFun-loving mom to 4 kids and 1 big puppy. Fifth grade teacher of amazing little people who have never ending things to share with me. Love to discuss Jesus, diy projects, and life. Trying to keep it simple: Love Jesus, love people. Archives
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