School assembly... what was I thinking?!

Today there was an assembly at school and a group came in with some zoo animals. They've done it each year and I've stayed away because of some of the animals they bring. If it's a lizard or snake or anything like that, I didn't want to get too close. Today they had more of the same. One of the teachers touched the snake and thought I should give it a try. Nope! Well, ... then I thought how cool it would be for the kids to see one of their teachers with it around their neck... bad idea!! I'm the first one to admit that I'm a scardy cat when it comes to creepy crawly things but finally I mustered up enough guts to go for it. Check it out!

 

 That look on my face is one of absolute horror. All the muscles in my arms were contracting. I wanted to look brave and have a smile on but it didn't go very well on the first shot. Then they had the bright idea that the snakes head was too far down and didn't make a good picture.... you know what, this is one time that I wasn't terribly eager to get a perfect shot.. but they moved it up anyway. I tried a couple of times to look down and see where it's head was because I didn't want it near mine. I nearly hyperventilated asking my colleagues where it was. Well, what did I learn from the experience...? A person will do nearly anything for the kids, but if it had of decided to get warm ... we were going to have WORDS and I would have left screaming like a school girl!!

    

I will be going to commencement next month for my masters degree! I ordered my cap & gown the other day. I'm pretty excited about it. 

I decided to finally clean up my office yesterday. It will be a week long project, at least. I don't know why I keep so much stuff. Most of it is paperwork that I don't need. I'll be making a generous contribution to the recycling bin at school though!  Unfortunately when I start to clean one area, it flows out to the other parts of the house. What a mess. :(

Lisa's girls had their primary program today and it was really cute. At the end of one of Alexis' parts, Marilyn, who was helping the kids with their parts said thanks to Alexis and she repeated it. It was so cute. Ending her part with "Thank you" was pretty funny.