June 7, 2006
Scene- A summer evening, in Jessi’s basement apartment
Gavyn: What this? (picking up random box on ottoman)
Dad: I don’t know. It’s Si-si’s.
Gavyn: Oh, it Si-si’s! (picking up bra on ottoman) What this?
Dad: (trying not to laugh) I don’t know. That’s Si-si’s, too.
Gavyn: Oh, it Si-si’s! (attempting to put bra on with dad watching…)
End scene.
Nothing like coming home to discover that your dad watched your nephew put on your bra…
May 8, 2006
Don’t take sub jobs for high school band teachers anymore- they also teach elementry band at two different schools…
*EDIT* When subbing for high school band teachers who also teach 5th and 6th grade band, bring ear plugs. 5th graders really ARE as bad as you might think. And never, ever sub in an elementary school again. Ever.
May 3, 2006
Eleven-year-old Jessi copes with pet sitting for the Mancusi family and serious dissension among the members of the Baby-sitters Club.
I googled my name just for kicks and giggle, and I had no idea I was so famous… or that I was so good at dealing with serious dissension. I think I need to get my hands on this book.
March 14, 2006
A few weeks ago, I was spending some good quality time with a friend- we’ll call her Pollyanna. We’d had great food, gone to some cool shops, made a gas station run, and were on our way home, but one more stop was needed at the local drug store. After some agonizing deliberation, Pollyanna chose her neccessary item, took it to the register, and made her much needed purchase. On the way out, she looked at me and said, “When you place your box of Monistat on the counter and the cashier says, ‘How are you today?’, I really just want to say, ‘How do you think I am?…’” Good times at Osco… good times!
