inside my head

i got to teach all day again today. i really enjoy it, but i wish my host teacher could be there to give me some feedback. i've only got one more day there and i'm going to be so sad to leave because i love the kids and love the teachers who i work with. oh well, more on that thursday when i'll be crying my eyes out over the things that the kids are going to do for me when i leave.



ever wonder what goes through my head at 6 am? didn't think so, but i'm gonna tell you anyway. i typed this out during my planning period:

only 75% of a bar of soapgets used. you've got the part that washes away when you're not using it. you've got the part that absorbs water, swells up, and gets stuck in the dish. and then there's the part at the end when the soap is useless. what do you do with it? it doesn't lather anymore. it's too small to hold. it breaks in half if you use it long enough. i guess there are a few different ways you could handle these remains. one way is to consolidate it into a new bar. the part that absorbs the water serves as a good bonding agent to connect the two bars. another is throw it away. then there's the drop-it-and-leave-it-in-the-drain method. this works fairly well until you realize that it isn't going away and is just clogging your drain. it works like concrete and rebar. the soap and hair fuse together to create an indestructible obstacle that dams the drain flow. then there's the flushing method. this doesn't work as well as it sounds. the soap doesn't always go down on the first flush. now you're stuck with the dilemma of flushing again and again until you luck out and get enough flow to push it down, or letting it sit there. you're either going to waste water in this game or you're going to end up with some cloudy, funky looking water. and if your soap has dye in it, you have to explain to your company why this mystery cloud is rising out of the bottom of the bowl. it's like you're being overcome by rapidly producing plankton that are about to consume your house like a red tide. so yeah... these are the thoughts that go through my head when i'm in the shower.