Games

I've been thinking about games a lot lately and now I'm wondering how the games we play as kids shape who we are as adults.

Games I Liked to Play as a Kid:
Chutes and Ladders
Aggravation
Hungry, Hungry Hippos
Kings in the Corner
Life
Rummikub
(I'm sure there were others that I'm spacing out.)

Games I Like to Play Now:
Apples to Apples
Taboo
Scattergories
Mind Trap
Mad Gab

Games I'm Learning:
Carcassonne
Ticket To Ride
Rummy

What about you? What games did you like to play and which ones do you still play?

Movie of the Day: The Game Plan. :)

Not So Fun

People should really avoid me right now, if they can. Seriously. My family considers this a time to tread lightly and watch for signs that I might be losing it. "We'll talk about it later" is a common mid-sentence phrase that they use.

The weird thing is to watch myself while it's happening. I know that I'm running on the fumes of what used to be a bucket of patience. I know this. Telling people to avoid me is just really a public service announcement. I'll be better in two weeks. Honest.

The hard part is that I can't avoid myself. Being able to step back enough and tell myself to chill about things is tough. I try to tell myself that I'm just stressed about the end of the year and I should just ride it out. It's that feeling of wanting to cry but knowing that you're being irrational in wanting to cry.

It's a pain in the butt. Avoid Becca if you can. "Summer Becca" (the one who is relaxed (or as relaxed as Becca can get)) will be here shortly. Until then, talk amongst yourselves.

Movie of the Day: Leviathan. I'm not quite THAT bad. Yet.

A Weird Time

There are 13 days left of school for the year and we are in a crazy/emotional/long-stretching yet flying-by kind of state. The crazy comes from trying to cram in as many "year end" activities as any school can: prom, music department concerts, awards ceremonies, banquets, class trips, senior assemblies, etc. Add in distributing yearbooks, meetings with seniors who may or may not graduate, and delivering grad party announcements. Then, because Duluth Spring is so fickle, our sports teams have had horrible luck with postponements and are trying to make up games/meets. There are kids missing 4 days of class a week for their sports (don't get me started).

Finally, after all of this, we get to the main point of going to school: learning. Yes, socialization is important, but so is knowledge. Tomorrow, I start to teach logarithms. Happily, it is the last chapter we will do for the year and I will try my best to teach it as efficiently and quickly for the kids who are 1) in attendance and 2) able to focus for just a bit long- just a little bit longer.

Movie of the Day: Golden Compass. Watched it this weekend while "enjoying" the flu.

Card From The Past

In the middle of class yesterday, a student said "Look what I just found in my book!"

It was a sealed card, with a boy's name on it. The whole class looked and suddenly we're watching her open someone else's card. Inside, a birthday wish and 10 dollar bills!

I have a hunch about who the card belongs to and I had that student two years ago! So, now I need to find him and see if it is possibly his card. Then, I'll need to try to get the $10 back, unless he doesn't mind it being gone.

Weird things happen, even in math class.

Movie of the Day: Millions. I haven't seen it yet, but these kids find some serious cash.

Jewelry

I like making jewelry and for some reason, I've been getting more compliments lately on my necklaces. For the first time, I've had people ask me to make the exact one that I'm wearing for them. Now, this poses a problem. If I start mass producing jewelry and giving them to friends/coworkers, then they lose their uniqueness.

How do you tactfully say, "I can make something like it, but this is mine." Is that tactful enough?

Movie of the Day: Jewel of the Nile

Dear Deer

Dear Deer,
Welcome to the neighborhood. Yes, we see you. Sometimes. Yes, the neighbor's dogs see you all the time, and make it quite clear to the rest of us that they are unhappy with the fence confining them. So, if you would kindly nibble a little bit on the neighbor's grass, and then take your cute little white tails back to the forest where I am sure not to crash my car into you, that would be much appreciated.

Sincerely,
Becca Who Doesn't Wanna Hit You

Movie of the Day: Bambi, which I don't know if I've ever seen

Mothers' Day

Mothers' Day is a week away and I'm trying to think of something unique and amazing to get my mom. It's not an easy task.

So, I ask all you readers out there who are moms or have moms, what do you suggest?

Movie of the Day: Mother. :)