Can you hear me now?

Sorry it's been a while. I've been off track going on three weeks, and the week before that was parent/teacher conferences, and the week before that was the lead up to conferences (just as busy, if not more, trying to get report cards and everything all ready). Anyways, enough with the excuses. I've a funny story to share.

Before we went off track, there was a school fund raiser going on, collecting spare change for a Thanksgiving drive. There was a school goal to reach $200 by a certain date and then we would have a PJ day. So I guess we hit the goal and the student council advisor just emailed the teachers to tell us to tell our students that Friday would be PJ day. Well, the first thing my students would tell you if you asked them to describe me in one word would be "forgetful" (it's kind of a running joke in our classroom that I forget EVERYTHING).

So the email came on Tuesday. That meant I had 3 days to let the kids know. Really, that meant I had 3 days to forget to tell them. Because that's what happened. I only ever remembered when I was not with them, and I failed to be smart enough to write myself a reminder on the whiteboard so that someone else could see my note and remind me. Thursday night rolled around and I was like "CRAP! I totally forgot to tell my students about PJ day, but there's no way that I'm gonna miss this day to wear my PJs to school!" And then my husband gave me the best idea. "You've been complaining a lot about the fact that your students never listen to you...."

The next morning, I wore my pajamas to school like a boss. The bell rang and I stepped out onto my lovely portable porch to say good morning and I was immediately attacked, as I thought I would be. "Mrs. Lawrence, you didn't tell us it was pajama day!" they all cried. I looked at them sadly and shrugged, saying, "You mean you didn't hear when I told you that it was today?" As they all shuffled inside with puzzled and disappointed looks on their faces I added with another shrug, "I guess you guys really need to pay better attention to everything I say, huh?" Not another word about it all day long. Ha!

Okay yeah, I'm probably gonna have to pay someday for that white lie that I told them, but seriously, they don't listen to like 60% of what I say. Maybe that will serve as a little lesson so they'll remember to listen more carefully to the things that I say!