Oh Substitutes....

So it was finally my turn to be sick. It seems like everyone on staff has had at least 1 sick day in the last 3 weeks. The weird thing is, it seems very popular to go to the hospital for every little woe. I figure a fever or a cold, give yourself a few days before you go on drugs stronger than tylenol. Sure enough, when I told my one and only local friend that I was at home sick, her response was, "Oh, my god! I think maybe you have go to the hospital"

While I was gone:
- Subbing in our building is a little weird: other teachers will cover the sick person's class during their planning periods, so to cover one class may require 5 subs in one day. I lucked out with 3. But the poor teacher that brought them in from recess ... my students changed their shoes, ran inside the classroom, slammed the door, and locked it. Yup. That's right. With the sub still outside. At least I know that if my students are ever in any trouble, they know how to stage a coup. (Thank goodness this doesn't happen to me, but I already know how to break into my classroom since I don't have a set of keys).
- Apparently while I was gone, just from reading the notes sent home, my elves were also little terrors for nap time. It's taken me some time to figure out that my little instigator has a sensory issue. So if I put a little pressure on his back and legs, he feels more comfortable, kind of like a swaddled baby and falls straight to sleep. He's the leader of mischief so without him, the others fall asleep straight away too. I guess the last two days were a little chaos because I failed to explain this to my sub(s). Today as I was sneaking out of the nap time room I ran into Wendi. She looked at me, surprised, looked at her watch and said, "wow, 10 minutes!!!" :)

It's great to be back at school:
- All of the hugs, and the "I missed you"s, and from somewhere one of my students picked up "long time no see!"
- At lunch time today, the kindergartners were super curious about my lunch (crackers and peanut butter of course). They asked why I eat the same thing every day. I explained that even though I will try lots of foods, when it comes to actually eating food for a meal, I am very picky. One student asked, "Where is picky?" After some clarification, I figured out that he thinks that picky is the country where crackers and peanut butter come from.

International Quiz Night:
Dana, Daniela and I formed a team. The 3 Amigas. I wasn't feeling so great about the questions, but the last one came up and I just had a sense of relief.
Question: Who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia? (multiple choice)
Me: Oh thank goodness
Daniela: What, what is the answer?
Me: *Shock*
Daniela: What? I don't read, okay? I just watch the movies!
Me: *Dies a little inside* That's like saying you only watched the Harry Potter movies and never read the books!
Daniela: Yeah. Same thing! I never read those books either.
Me: ............................................................................

Daniela is from Ecuador, and it isn't really culture in Central/South America to read like we do in the States .... but still.