Lately

It's been busy as usual, but I'm trying to slow down lately and REALLY enjoy each day that God gives me. Recently I was hired on by Floyd County to be a substitute teacher. I received my first call on Sept. 9th, (which is my birthday...so I had to decline...duh!) I know that's not the best of excuses but...I didn't tell them why I couldn't sub that day. ANYWAY...last Friday I got a call from the high school and I accepted. My job for the day...to fill in for the Home Economics teacher. Now, first of all...you would think after being a Homemaker for 12 years...but no. I explained to the class, I was going to do the work with them instead of teach them. We read together and answered together. They wrote it all down and actually had something to turn in showing they did work. That was my first two classes. Then came the SEWING class, which the teacher had warned me..."contains several students with behavior problems." I had to laugh! I was about to reap what I had sewn. She left me a note with this exciting information, and told me to let them finish watching a film they had begun the day before. Judging from the looks of the vhs, I assumed it probably had atleast 45 min. left to go. So when the kids came in, yelling, "Yeah, Free day...substitute", I quickly told them to sit down while I took roll. I then started the movie and told them to act interested. To my surprise, it only had about ten minutes left. They were like, "Mrs. Huff, we have an hour and a half left in this class...what are we going to do now?..."We watched most of this dumb video yesterday...""Can we get our cell phones and Ipods out and just have a free day?"...Yeah right! One girl came bouncing up, batting her eyelashes, and asked if she could go show another teacher some pictures she had on her camera. Said she might forget if she couldn't go right then. I told her she looked like a smart girl, and if she'd go sit down and write herself a note to show the teacher the pictures later, it would all turn out fine. She then rolled her eyes, but did bounce back to her seat. I told them I realized they had already watched the movie, but sometimes...you have to watch a movie twice to get it all. So, I rewound it and started it over... Thankfully, about 45 minutes into the movie, I was saved by an evacuation drill and surprise pep rally for the students. Whew...What a day!
I was called in again yesterday at the high school...this time for the Band Director. O.K. I figured someone was playing a joke on me. But in reality, it was quite an experience...so much I can't even write it all down today. But I figure...the football coach is going to need a day off in the near future, and I'll most likely be the one they call.