One reason I love my job...

So today we started talking about depression

simple day really 

The students had to do a little background reading and answer SIMPLE questions

on what depression is 

how it can be treated

yada yada yada. 

SOOOOO

The students were working and I was doing my millionth lap around the class to check in with kids and monitor progress and then....

I saw them 

A group of chatty boys

 whacking each other 

with their pencils. 

Sooooo 

I swiftly made my way over and said

"Does the article say that using your pencil as a weapon has anything to do with depression? I must have missed that in the article"

To which they replied

the classic

"____ started it first" and "It wasn't me"

classic. 

SOOO I replied

"Alright, I want to see what you have gotten done"

To which they replied..

"We are ALL done Mrs. Whipple" 

And then I found this on their paper...

to which they replied

"Get it? Mrs. Whipple 7 kids don't get depressed"

Which indicated that they did NOTHING but think of really sarcastic answers to really bad questions.

SOOOOO

I gave them my stern your in trouble face

and then I

took the paper so I could "keep it as evidence"

Because God knows I couldn't whip out my phone and take a picture right then and there! That TOTALLY had to wait till later.

CAUSE lets just be honest

THAT IS FUNNY and sortof CLEVER! 

In other news....

I am back to my more natural hair color now

which I can't really remember what that looks like but I think I am close

 see?...dark

Got me my first deer with my vehicle the other night

No car trauma...

Just emotional trauma

I cried big blubbery tears

You would think that I would be used to hitting things with my vehicle by now..

~nope~

still gets me 

EVERYTIME!

I just made a joke 

about something not funny

shame on me. 

Justin and I have really grown together as a couple over these past few months 

for example 

we had a conversation that went a little like this...

Justin: "I think that I am officially a coffee drinker"

(this is after almost six years of persistently denying coffee) 

Carrie: Ohh really?

Justin: Well, I've been taking a mug with me to work everyday, and yesterday I didn't have my mug. I actually got in my truck and drove to McDonald's to buy a cup of coffee

~and I was all like~

Carrie: (crying) "this is the happiest day of my life"

Because lets face it that is AWESOME!

And last but certainly 

NOT LEAST!

 I kept hearing everyone talk about this

Starbucks pumpkin spice latte

and I couldn't understand what all the buzz was about

until I tried it

It blew my mind. 

It was like pumpkin pie (good)

and latte (awesome)

all mixed together as one

AMAZING