- Greeted tearful ninth and tenth graders on their way into the classroom on the last day of school
- Bore witness to the results of kids tagging the walls-- both with chalk ("Thank you staff") and with spray paint ("Our school will never die!!!")
- Heard about a huge stand-off and apparent law-suit between the steel drum teacher and the principal, over who should get the steel drums; heard also that the steel drum teacher's wife had barricaded herself in the steel drum room, over the protest.
- Saw the police and media show up in response to aforementioned scuffle.
- Heard another teacher admit deviously that she had sneaked thousands of dollars worth of equipment out the back door while the aforementioned poobah ensued.
- Gave Mark his final back and watched him shout out loud, jump up and down, and hug several people, including me.
- Played songs on guitar for my kids while two girls sang along, knowing every word.
- Stopped mid-song to evacuate the building when a kid pulled the fire alarm.
- Watched a documentary crew, who has been following and documenting our school throughout the closure process, interview/film the evacuated students out on the field.
- Waved goodbye to all the buses as they slowly pulled away; realized our school's last day had finally ran out.
- Saw Joshua wearing his new fedora.
- Hugged students, said goodbye to students, and tried to hold back tears as I said MY last so-long to the students I've come to care so much about.
- Went home
- Packed
- Got dinner with my friend Kelsey; went to the airport.
- Got on a red-eye to New York.
- Listened to "Man Down Under" about 60 times on repeat at a cafe (WHY only the one song? WHY?) in JFK during a 2.5 hour layover.
- Got on another plane to Nashville
- Surprised ANNIE: happy Bluebird performance weekend!!! Did you ACTUALLY think I'd miss it??
- Hung out with best friend and her parents all day.
- Shopped at Anthropologie to pick Annie out a Bluebird outfit.
- Saw other fantastic Nashville friends
- Came back to Annie's house
- Blogged
- Went to bed
4 comments:
Just a sec... WHOA. That is one full day, lady. I'm sure Annie rocked the Bluebird - I hope you ladies had a good time.
It was SOOOOOO good to see you again this weekend! I believe I speak for ALL of Nashville when I say "MOVE HERE". Also, I'm sad I missed you today. A co-worker sent me a text last night reminding me that we had inservice today. Uggh. But at least I got to see you this weekend. Yay! xxoo.
1. Please tell me you were playing the evacuation song when you had to evacuate.
2. When are you moving here?
I love that your "today" spanned 48 hours. I love that you surprised me. I love that you were here (oh good GRACIOUS, I love that you were here!).
And I love you a million billion times.
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