No school!

Now that it's actually light out when I get to work, I have to wear my sunglasses to school in the morning. Well, I recently came into some new sunglasses and I was wearing them this morning when I walked into school because my hands were too full to take them off. As I walked in and looked down the hall I looked at another teacher and yelled (loud enough for about 20 freshmen to hear me), "Geeze - these sunglasses are amazing! It looks pitch black in here! I can't even see my door!" As quietly as she could, so as to spare me further embarrassment, she replied, "Actually, the power's out." Right. No power. So I go into my room to drop my load of stuff. (Honestly, it was mostly 6 dozen tamales, not papers or books or anything.) Then I scurry right down to the office to see what's going on. I swear, the teachers were swarming around our principal worse than any of the kids were swarming around us. "How am I supposed to take attendance with no power? Will we still have exams tomorrow? How are my exams going to get copied? Will school be canceled today? If so, will we have to make the day up? If so, can I call in sick?" (No one said that last one but I was thinking it.) All in all, the morning was a little slice of madness. On the other hand, the kids were totally calm. They were just excited that they got to legally use their cell phones in school as mini-flashlights to open their lockers with. As it turned out, something happened with the transformer (probably a cat, that seems like something you'd hear) and it wouldn't be fixed all day so I got a free day!

We're going sailing on Sunday. I'll be sure to report back all the cool words I learn.