The country life

This morning, I was so impressed with myself because although I didn't get up any earlier than usual, I was at work before 7:30, which means that I was actually able to get a bit of work done before the kids get here. I was listening to my newly downloaded tunes (yay, I was actually able to download some last weekend!), and prepping like a crazy lady. Mostly because I was dancing like a crazy lady, but that's beside the point. Anyhow, I was in the staff room a couple of minutes before classes start, and one of the bus drivers, who is also an aid and has come over to visit, comes into the staff room. "Your dog's outside," she says. So I start freaking out because now I have to take her home, AND now she knows where I go every day, so how am I going to keep her home?!

So I get on my stuff, ask my aide to get the kids to read for 20 minutes while I take my dog home. Luckily, I had the truck today, so I could actually do that. (Mind you, that could be one of the reasons she followed me.) I get outside and I start whistling for her, but she doesn't come. I keep walking around to the back of the school looking for here, and I don't even see a crowd of kids, so I'm starting to panic that she took off down the highway. But then I round one more corner, and there's a huge pile of people standing right beside the doors, but they're all looking toward the school, and I still don't see the dog. Then all of a sudden, the kids see me, and they're all saying things like, "You're dog's so nice!" "Nice show and tell, Mrs. W." and "This is so cool!"

I wrestle my way into the crowd and grab Joules' collar and start pulling her toward the truck. She's so happy to see me that she's jumping all over the place. She was SO thrilled with all the attention she was getting from the kids (did I mention she's a real people dog?). So I chased her to the truck and she climbed into the box and we headed home. I felt so bad when I had to tie her up because she just looked so sad. She would love nothing more than to hang out at the school all day and play with the kids!

Then, all day today, the kids kept bringing it up. And all I could think about was "Mary had a Little Lamb" who followed her to school one day which was against the rules, and it made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school.