A Few Good Hens

Have I told you that the pigs ate a lot of my hens?  It is true.  They did. Viscous, stinky, wretched pigs. We only have three hens left.  We had about 40?  50?  Who knows.  We had many.  But now we have three.

I have discovered that life with three hens is much simpler than life with 40 hens.  I know how many I have.  I notice if one is missing.  I feel much more on top of things.  When we had a plethora of hens, I had no idea what was going on . . . if one was missing, if one died . . . no clue.

These hens are doing a swell job in the egg laying department.  I am quite impressed with them.  They are good hens.  We also have one rooster.  He is a bit of a whack-a-doodle.  I watched him run up and down the chicken yard today-back and forth, back and forth.  Perhaps he was getting his morning exercise?  Oh!  Have you seen a chicken or a rooster run before?  You should check it out.  It is humorous.

Anyways.  One of my new kiddos in my first grade class was all-agog the other day because our custodian told him that his new teacher always hatches chickens in her classroom each year.  So, now I will be looking for a few more good hens to add to my flock.  I have to make sure I have some hearty fertilized eggs come spring.

This is my life.

School.

Getting ready for a new school year as a teacher will kill you dead.

People asking me this question 2 days before school starts:  Taylor, are you all ready for the school year?

Me:  Oh, I think so!  It has been stressful, though.

People:  Well, you have had all summer to get ready!  I don’t know why you are stressed!

And I want to punch them in the face.

I don’t.  But I want to.  And I don’t really blame them, because I get where they are coming from.  But good gosh!  No one understands the amount of work and changes and curve balls that get thrown at teachers right before school starts!  No matter how prepared you are, those last two weeks before the start are brutal.

I can already tell my class will be an easier group than last year.  Last year’s crew kicked my hiney!  This group is pretty sweet and I am hoping for a banner year.

Sweet Pea started high school.

She also is wearing contacts, got her braces off, is going to a dance next Saturday, and is expecting to get asked by a B-O-Y.  She also made Varsity basketball.

Daisy Mae started 8th grade.

She is going to a new school . . . and loving it!  She just found out she made the A team for volleyball.

The boys and I are at the same school . . . for the last year!

Handsome Dude is in 5th and Little Dude is in 4th.  HD fell asleep after school by 5pm-and slept until I woke him up the next morning at 6am!  He was done wore out.

And there you have the back to school update for Team Maliblahblah!

Happy Sunday!