Halloween--Work Style

Halloween at the junior high is pretty fun from the front office staff's perspective since we get to see all the kids come and go but don't have to deal with any of the pesky teaching/learning.

My favorite costume by far this year was M.C. Hammer done by one of our hilarious student (he has so much personality I would not be surprised if he ends up being famous). He burst into the office in full costume and even had the sides of his head shaved. He had the music playing on his phone and fully danced it out in the office...I love this kid!

For our costumes this year one of the new secretaries (Tiffany) came up with the idea of all the secretaries being inmates (which we kind of are) and took on the job of buying the painter suits ($4) and stenciling "Inmate" on the back and on the leg. She also took mug shots and posted them in the office windows between the paper bars she hung up.

It was pretty funny getting everyone to pose for these and of course she hung mine right in the front because she said it was her favorite (i.e., most hideous).

We posed for this group photo and I am highly disturbed to see what a bruiser I look like! I wore tattoo sleeves all day and couldn't believe the kids thought they looked real.

 

Tiffany wrote "Go to class" on our knuckles and may have to do this more often since we say it so much.

Whitney stopped by the office during lunch and totally nailed her mime costume this year.

Shmalentine's Day

A couple days before Valentine's Day Landon's friend Lexie came into the office to ask me if I thought Landon would agree to be her Valentine. Basically she meant that they would give each other something as friends just to make the day more fun. It cracked me up because a bit because they told each other they liked Kit Kats, so we thought it was basically going to be an exchange of Kit Kats.

It turns out that Landon got her a King Sized Kit Kat but she made him this cute poster full of candy and a cute rhyme. 

Wendy got a bouquet of flowers from her husband and from her son...no I didn't feel dumb and flowerless at all. Randy ended up giving me a couple gift certificates for pedicures and some truffles and chocolate covered strawberries.

Randy and Whitney made this cute English mailbox with Harry from One Direction leaning on it for her Valentine box this year. She's very lucky to have such an artistic dad, otherwise she would have to do these things by herself.

Trio of Randomness

1. I actually got some good mail together on Monday afternoon! It was a minimal day which meant I was home by 1:55 (after picking Whitney up). The afternoon felt gloriously long and I wasn't totally wiped out so I wrote 3.5 cards and got a package together, woohoo!

2. I really don't enjoy all the shuttling around I have to do, but I DO enjoy the 45 minutes I spend reading in the car while Whitney is at Elementary Band. Of course, I'd rather be at home reading in the cozy, but I'm trying to see the silver lining involved in the hassle of my Tuesdays and Thursdays. I am currently reading The Thousand Autumns of Jacob deZoet (which I'm not even sure how to pronounce) and have had moments of wanting to throw it across the room because I don't know who is who. Fortunately Michelle warned me of this and she gave this book 4 stars otherwise I probably wouldn't be sticking with it; every chapter feels like starting over.

3. Michelle brought Wendy and I drinks at work today (it's so thoughtful that she brings one for Wendy too and knows that she likes Country Time). It was lunchtime and totally crazy but so fun to talk to her (with many interruptions) for 5 minutes or so.

Friendly Rivalry

Since yesterday was opening game day for both BYU and the UofU Wendy thought it would be fun to wear our respective t-shirts (mine had a big Y on it). She made these decorations for our computers which grabbed every one's attention as soon as they came in.

It was pretty funny to see the reactions as students, teachers and parents came into the office because there are some very strong feelings about this rivalry! Of course I'm a loyal BYU fan, but it's not like I'm a season ticket holder or even knew they were playing until Wendy told me. I did end up watching the game until halftime with Landon, but then had to go to bed. Things might get ugly when the two schools play each other on September 15th though...if BYU doesn't win I may have to take the next Monday off work!