thanks for falling, tray (and other tales from college)

ever seen the kid in the cafeteria who waited until he or she had all of his or her food on his or her tray to accidentally have the most humiliating thing in the world happen to him or her-- have the tray drop, food go all over the place, beverages splash all over clothing, complete with loud sounds of plates breaking?

you should have been there this evening to join in my moment! (yeah, i was that kid.) my only real response to it (besides saying "i'm sorry" profusely to the people who rushed to clean it up) was "wait a second, this sort of stuff happens to other people, not ME!" joking, of course. it does happen to me. starting today.

but we'll not be making a habit out of this.


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on the other hand, it's back to work for leisha at TLC at the middle school. love it, love it, love it. it's unbelievable how those kids grow, and all the more wonderful to start out the year with them (instead of joining the gang at the end of the year) so i can get to know them/they can get to know me more quickly. there are a couple of new students who hardly speak any english, so guess who'll get to take care of that department? i am so psyched. i love this job. except i'm not so sure about the bus driver for the after-school program. he came in and gave the kids a little "pep talk." this pep talk basically prepared the students for what military service might be like, or at least boot camp. we college staffers were terrified, so to imagine how the 5th-8th graders felt. i tried to stifle my laughter, but it was difficult. oh, well. there are worse things. hopefully they all made it home safely in time for dinner, though... eek...

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and speaking of speaking... no english, i mean... and speaking of guessing... guess who's been asked to give a campus tour to a delegation of mexicans from storm lake's sister city in mexico (either outside of guanajuato or outside of guadalajara; the prof wasn't able to remember very well) in a few weeks? it'll be about an hour long, and given completely in... yep... you guess it: ESPANOL!!!!!! oh, man. happy camper, i am.

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life is good.
and now, i shall go read.