On Quiet Mornings and Anxiety Pills....

Sam: "Our advisory is boring today because everyone's being quiet."

Ann: "Someone be not quiet."

Sam: "I have been! I've been, like, screaming over here, and Sophie is just sitting there staring at me."

Two girls go to the board and start drawing something that looks like a cartoon face with spiky hair, but then turned out to be an homage to a popular oceanic cartoon:

Ann: "Ms. Sefcik, you're not being fun."

Me: "What? What do you want from me?"

Brad: "We want you to do something!"

Me: "You know, most people in my life aren't mean to me."

Layne: "Really? I find that hard to believe."

Sam: "Most teachers, I would be afraid to pester them about feeding sheep, but we're best friends."

Me: "We're not friends."

Layne: "Uh, I think you should reconsider that, seeing as we're the only friends you have."

Me: "Hahaha. You're hilarious."

Brad: "Ms. Sefcik, on my final exam, I'm going to draw a sheep. You know. Because of your Farmville."



This morning, I was making my fairly frequent Smoothie King stop when the guy behind the counter asked me where I work.

"I'm a teacher," I said, "At Battle Ground Academy down the road."

"Ohh," he said, "I know what you need."  He reached around the counter and brought up a box of:

Me: "Hmm....why yes. I think I will buy those."