AuburnChick's Adventures

It’s Hump Day, also known as Wednesday Hodgepodge!  I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have Joyce around to ask fun questions.  This weekly meme makes this day of the week fun instead of dreary!  Hop on over after you post your own answers, link up, and make new friends!

1.  The first day of spring is here…do you enjoy working in the yard? Weeding, raking, mowing, planting-your favorite springtime garden chore? How about your least favorite?

I used to enjoy working in the yard more when I was at home full-time.  Now, I just cannot manage to fit this work into my hectic schedule.  My favorite part of yard work is planting flowers…especially sunflowers, which I have a knack for growing…

My least favorite task is pulling sticky weeds.  I have yet to find a pair of gloves that completely protects my hands from the prickles.  Ouch!

2.  What puts a spring in your step?

• The final bell on Fridays
• The final bell on the last day of school
• Knowing Chicky is on her way home from college
• Incorporating a visit to a yarn store into my schedule
• Finishing a certification class
• Hearing kind words from a student
• Watching a student’s eyes light up when he or she has an “aha” moment
• Receiving validation of a job well done from those I respect
• A satisfying workout at the gym
• Bling
• A good hair day

3.  Describe a time when you had to spring into action.

A number of years ago, I’d taken the kids to the pool in my apartment complex.  It was a Saturday or Sunday, so the pool was crowded with a TON of children.  Being the watchful mother, I had my eye on my own babes (they were old enough to be in the shallow end by themselves).  All of a sudden, I watched as Rooster disappeared under a floating lounger, and when he didn’t emerge within a couple of seconds, I jumped out of my chair, dove quickly into the pool (mindful of the depth), and retrieved him.  He’d gotten lost/stuck under that floating chair and couldn’t find his way to the surface.  Poor baby.  Scared him half to death.  I’m so thankful that I’d had my eye on him.  It only takes a second to lose a child to drowning.  How well I know this having witnessed a coworker lose her young daughter to a drowning incident in her own pool a few years ago.

4.  We’re having carrots for dinner…would you prefer yours raw or cooked?

I’ll take mine raw, thank you very much.  Cooked carrots have little nutritional value, and they just taste nasty!  Raw carrots are sweet.  By the way, have you ever had freshly extracted carrot juice?  Delish!!

5.  Do you take the shampoos and other sundries from your hotel room when its time to check out?

It’s hit or miss for me.  We’ve traveled a LOT because of soccer and other vacations (wait, I think soccer trips WERE our vacations).  Sometimes, when I’d take the shampoo, I’d feel guilty.  But, if we happened to be staying some place nice, and the stuff was extra good, I didn’t feel too bad about it.  Plus, it was always nice to have these small bottles available when I didn’t make it to the store quickly enough to replenish my own stock.

6.  What’s the most enjoyable team or club you’ve belonged to and what was it that made it so?

Gosh…this is really hard because I’m not really a team/club kind of person.  I guess I’ll have to stretch this a bit and say that over the years, I’ve enjoyed being involved with my children’s extracurricular activities.  For Chicky, that was soccer.  I’ve really enjoyed the camaraderie and the lifelong friendships I’ve made.  I can travel almost anywhere in the state and run into soccer parents and former players.  The same goes with being involved with Rooster’s band.  When you spend so much time raising money and traveling together, seeing people at their best and their worst, you can’t help but enjoy yourself.

7.  Is cloning a sign of progress?

In my opinion, cloning is a sign of desperation.  People want to play God and “create” something.  Well, they can’t.  They can’t duplicate that which He created to work perfectly…life.  I have a feeling that God is on His throne laughing at the futility of man’s efforts.

8.  My Random Thought

I went to the dentist yesterday.  It was time for my biannual cleaning.  All seemed to be going along just fine until I noticed that the hygienist was spending a lot of time cleaning around the front of one of my front bottom teeth.  When the dentist came over for a look, he informed me that the gum in front of that tooth is receding, and I need to have a bit of gum surgery.  He gave me a referral to a periodontist.

Not being one for anything related to medicine, shots, or surgery, I asked, “Do I really need to go?”

“Only if you want to keep your tooth,” was his reply.

The procedure involves taking a piece of skin from the roof of my mouth and grafting it to the gum surrounding the front of the tooth.

Lovely.

Recovery time is about a week with the pain being compared to eating a piece of pizza that’s way too hot.

Lovely.

I adore mouth pain.

You might remember that I had two teeth pulled, during one visit, a few short years ago.

I think I”m going to schedule this appointment for summer.

I don’t want to deny my students the right to listen to me teach with all of the gusto that I can, nor do I want them to see me a little extra happy from any pain medicine that might be prescribed.  I’m happy enough as it is…way too happy for a teacher, they tell me.

All of a sudden, I’m beginning to feel older.

Sigh.

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