Boo To You.

I said I would be back on Wednesday, and a promise is a promise. So here I am. Rock you like a hurricane. Speaking of, to the East Coast readers out there, I hope you are safe. I've been glued to the TV the past two mornings. So sad.

So today was this day called Halloween, you know. As I was walking my kids into the cafeteria for lunch today, one of my boys ran up to me all wide-eyed, like he just found out he won a monster truck. "Ms. Marcum, is today Halloween!?!?" Okay, dear child. How is seeing the cafeteria line decked out in Halloween decorations making it all finally come together? I feel like if I vomited, it would be bats and spiders and pumpkins and candy because that's all that I've talked about and seen these past three weeks. Plus we spent all morning talking about the fact that it's Halloween/party day and making spider hats and doing Halloween activities. I guess it didn't register. Any of it. Oh my.

Surprisingly, today wasn't that crazy of a school day. The kids held it together pretty well. We were loud, but we're always loud. Just like Wal-Mart has the "Low-price guarantee. Always.", we have the screaming-voice level guarantee. Always.
We partied this afternoon. Our party involved a lot of laughter and screaming due to the fun party games. As kindergarten kids say about every day of school, it was their "best day ever".

Today I realized that I only have 20 more Halloween parties until I retire. So that's neat.

I got the heck out of school and made it home close to 3:30. That never happens. This has been the longest night ever because I've had so much time at home. It's strange and pleasant and I like it. I made some delectable potato soup and got ready for the trick-or-treating action that started at 4:30! So early!

Every year I invite my students to come hit me up at my house for candy. I love seeing my kids dressed up and they are always so excited to see that I live in a real house and not in my classroom. And they love seeing my dog. I even had some of my former students come back to visit my house tonight. I just love that.

And now I guess I'm going to get ready for bed because this has been the longest night in my existence and I could use the extra sleep anyway. Before I go to sleep, I'm going to leave you all with a little gem from the picture vault of Sarah's past.

The picture below is of me one Halloween many moons ago.

Presenting: Rainbow Brite.

And to make it extra snazzy, we add the wig.

What was your favorite Halloween costume of all time?

Happy Halloween, you little pumpkins, you.

As of Late.

Well, well, well. Here I am, right on schedule for my monthly blog post. How is everyone?

Me? I feel loony. The past few weeks have been SO busy. I might have had a mini-nervous breakdown the Friday before last, but I'm better now. Parent-teacher conferences and all that mess have left this girl feeling tired and uninspired about everything. I'm alive, but I've been too busy to live, you know what I mean? Just going through the motions at a crawling, barely-making-it speed. Sadly, things aren't going to be much better this week. It's party week. Sigh. And it's a full dang moon. The kids are going to be bonkers.

I can't complain too much, though, because I did just have a vacation a few weeks ago. I had a week off school for fall break at the beginning of October and I was lucky enough to sneak away to Sandestin, Florida with some of my teacher pals. It was such a great trip and was much-needed. You put four starved-for-vacation teachers loose on the beach and you get a fun time, that's what you get. I don't think I've ever laughed as much in my whole life as I did while on this trip. So fun. I'm convinced teachers are some of the craziest and funnest (it's a word if you work with elementary kids) people on the planet.

We never got a picture of the four of us together, so I had to put two pictures up so that we were all represented.

The three lovely ladies I vacationed with teach at the school I used to be at. I miss them all so very much. Big sad face. It was so great to spend time with them on vacation.

Last weekend, I also took a timeout from life to just kick it. I hung out at my aunt and uncle's house/farm for a day. The house and farm used to be my grandparent's and it's where I spent a huge portion of my childhood. Going back brings so many good memories...like scrubbing cow poop off my tennis shoes with an old toothbrush. Just one memory of many. This place is truly one of my favorite places on this earth. I love a farm and wide-open spaces. I'd love to live on a farm if I could have a Target really close by, but then it probably wouldn't be a farm because it would be developed by a Target, so...guess that won't work.

I love cows. My smile is so huge because I'm so happy from these animal friends.

Look at this sweet baby.

Moo.

And, yes, I have a different blog look. And, no, I'm not in love with it, but I was growing tired of my old template. This one was free and free is my favorite, so it will do for now.

It's almost time for something else that's my favorite...BREAKING AMISH! Do you all love this show like I do? I can't wait to see what happens tonight when they all go back home. So much drama. So much scandal. So much Amish.

My goal is to be back with another post by Wednesday, so that I can say 'Boo' to you. That's my goal. We'll see. Later gators.