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Okay, so work is work, which is why it's called work and not play, and that's about it. I did speak to the freshmen this morning, and I was very silly. There's going to be a pep rally on Friday, and there's a particular cheer that's done at every damn pep rally, which is called, oddly enough, the "Hey, Freshmen!" cheer. The first time it's done, the cheerleaders begin by facing the freshman class in the bleachers and cheering, in a prompting tone, "HEY FRESHMEN!" and the freshmen have no clue what to do. This is repeated a couple of times to a tune, at which point the cheerleaders turn to the sophomore class and cheer "HEY SOPHOMORES!" and every sophomore shouts back "SOPHOMORES!" and so on, until the senior class response brings down the house.

So this morning, when the principal said, "And now our librarian, Mrs. Chai, has a few things to tell you," I took the microphone and yelled into it "HEY FRESHMEN!" and of course they did nothing because they've never heard it before. At this point, I turned in mock horror to the student activities coordinator (who knew I was doig this) and said "Oh, Miss X -- they don't know! We have to show them what to do!" So I explained that when someone yells at them "HEY FRESHMEN!" they have to yell back "FRESHMEN!" as loud as they can, and I got them to do it a few times. Heh heh. I won't go to the pep rally on Friday, god forbid, but I'm sure I'll get a report back on how they did.

My hair is longer than it's been in many a year, and I've gotten at least a dozen compliments on it since yesterday. Of course, I'm getting it cut tomorrow, but not drastically; it's just time for a trim.

In the meantime, I've got my work calendar to put together tonight. I'm using what we call at school "the planner", which is a datebook/agenda thing that all the kids get each year. I've never done it this way before, but I'll give it a shot. I've never really found a computer calendar that fits the school day and year, and I'm not in the mood to fill in a year's worth of dates on an Excel sheet -- okay, it's 40 sheets in one workbook -- which is what I do every year.

K is off at her first night of classes, although she had to go in early this morning and cover a class for one of the professors she's assisting this semester. Hey, gotta do something to earn that money!

WATCHING ELLEN :: ENTRY #1574