Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Did you know there is a National Day of pretty much everything in the universe? February 23 happens to be National Inconvenience Yourself Day...when was the last time you were inconvenienced?
This morning, when I had to drive 20 miles one-way to the doctor, for them to tell me "Everything is good.  See you in a month."  Literally, about 5 minutes in the exam room.  I love hearing Macy on the doppler, but I can feel her moving.  I know she is fine, and I don't need to make a 40-mile trip for reassurance.

2. When a room in your house needs painting who does the job?

I am currently an apartment dweller.  The last time I lived somewhere that I was able to paint, I did most of the painting.  Baby Daddy helped with a couple of rooms, but I am far too messy for him and I drive him nuts--and I'm the one who has OCD.  I think when we move back into a house, he will probably be doing most of the painting.  I'll offer to help, but he will end up getting irritated that I'm not doing it right and just finish it himself.  Darn!

3. Are you friends with your cousins?

Not really.  My brother and I have 2 cousins who are the same age as we are.  They used to come stay with us for a couple weeks in the summer, but honestly I haven't seen either one of them for close to 10 years, probably.  I have 6 other cousins on that side of the family, but the oldest one is 17, so we don't exactly have a lot in common.  There are some more cousins on the other side, but I've only met them once or twice.

4. Do you use an alarm clock? If yes-is it an actual alarm, music, or something else?

I use several alarm clocks.  I am a Snooze-er, and it requires more than one alarm clock to make sure I get up in the morning.  Usually I have the alarm on my phone--which blares and obnoxious beeping tone--and then a regular alarm clock that beeps.  I still usually Snooze for at least 30 minutes in the morning.

5. What do you put ketchup on?

Tater tots, hamburgers, sometimes fries.

6. What smells make you nostalgic?

The smell right before or after it rains.  Or the smell of "summer."  Also, fake pine scent at Christmas time.

7. Have you heard about the high school English teacher recently suspended as a result of some things she wrote in her personal blog? You can read the story here but in a nutshell she vented a lot of frustration onto her blog. She didn't mention individual students by name but she did make some harsh comments about kids in general and their parents.

What are your thoughts-If you're a parent is your child's teacher online and are you 'friend' or 'follower' there? If you're a teacher are you on facebook and do you accept or friend students on fb? How about their parents? If you're a student are you friends with your current or former teachers online? Do any of them have blogs you read? If you're a teacher or a parent do you ever use your blog as a place to vent your frustrations with our educational system? So much to discuss...

I am neither a parent, student, nor teacher.  I do feel that teachers are a sort of "public figure," and they are held to a higher standard by the community in general.  Of course I feel that teachers are entitled to private lives--private.  Meaning, if she didn't want to deal with backlash from the community, she should have made the blog private.  I understand the need to vent.  I do it here myself.  But use a little discretion.  

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I just want to thank all of my friends who remembered me on Prayer Monday.  I wanted to participate, but I just wasn't able to.  It was a hard day, and I am very thankful for all of the thoughts and prayers.