Confessions

1. Last Thursday I had just finished getting dressed (in a skirt and ballet flats) when I looked down and realized that, having not shaved my legs in an undisclosed number of days, I was resembling - in a very real way - an Amazonian warrior. Or a wooly mammoth. So instead of making a normal person decision like CHANGING MY OUTFIT, I walked into the bathroom, slipped my flats off, stood up in the tub, and shaved my legs while remaining fully clothed.

2. And then Ness decided to come into the bathroom with me and lick all the shaving cream off of my legs. So I had to step out of the tub, kind of squat/walk (so as not to get shaving cream on my skirt) to the door, and shut her out of the bathroom. And then I had to squat/walk my way back into the tub. You can't make this stuff up.

3. I forgot a spoon (with which I can eat my yogurt and my applesauce, and yes, Confession 3b. I still eat applesauce.) today, and am seriously considering using my fingers instead. Like, seriously.

4. I am STILL uploading pictures from August (see Preston make fun of me/my videos here and here) because I took one bajillion photos of fields while we were in Scotland - which really didn't seem weird at the time, because they were fields! In Scotland! Now, as I upload more and more and more photos of fields, it's just like SERIOUSLY MARY FRANCES. ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDS.

5. Yesterday instead of putting clothes away/being functional adults, Preston and I watched the Jim and Pam wedding scene on Hulu, and I may or may not have gotten a little (read: a lot) misty. Even though I had already watched it once (or twice...or four times...) before.

6. Today I was going to translate 600 lines of Latin. Currently, I have translated 54. This does not bode well.

7. When I was substitute teaching last week, I saw one of the boys in the classroom whisper (not subtly) to his friend across the table, "The sub is so hot."* And instead of being completely creeped out (ok, I was a little creeped out at first), I smiled to myself, squared my shoulders and thought, thank you, inappropriately young man-child! My ego needed that.

8. Man-child comment aside, teaching (both substituting and serving as a TA) has been the most exciting part of this fall. When I'm in front of a class, I feel centered and excited to be there - my confidence is much higher than usual, and I really, really enjoy being in the classroom and part of that community. When I see a student finally grasp a concept in a real way - that is, when I get to see the lightbulb moment - oh my goodness. There's nothing better. I think THIS is what they call passion, y'all! SQUEAL!

9. I didn't shower this morning, but instead, having showered last night, decided that I would just straighten my hair and be done with it. SPOILER ALERT: straightening one's hair is not the same thing as showering. And now I feel dirty. And I think I might smell. You're welcome! (Penelope is very glad she's my library partner today.)

*This is clearly fiction.