The End of the Mayan Calendar

We have been warned about it for years now.......but I was sure that the world was coming to and end last Friday just as the Mayan's predicted it would this year. Ok maybe a slight exaggeration, but Friday was an interesting day......just listen.

The weather has been a bit intersting in Kingaroy as we change from Autumn into Winter. There was a storm that was rolling through on Friday afternoon during big lunch. The sky was black, and if we had been in Missouri I would have thought it had tornado potential. This storm is rolling in and some of the kids are already freaking out when the lightening struck-not anywhere near us mind you- but flashed none the less. So you have your preps and year ones screaming as their teacher tries to line them up which is a pretty funny scene in itself; the bell rings for everyone else to head inside for the duration of big lunch. Year 6 and 7 are all in my building and there are three classrooms in the unit, but our wall can be opened and there is a door to the third classroom that can be opened as well so that all three classrooms are connected. We coralled all of the students into the classrooms just as the rain started to absolutely dump. Thunder, deafening rain, and about 75 middle school kids is always a good combination.

As the rain was underway we are trying to get the classes under control and get them sitting down at their desks (their own desks) and working on something; which is way easier said than done. The storm has been fluke enough, but two girls walk up to me and one is holding her eye. "Ms. Pauluhn- her pen exploded and the ink went into my eye" Well sure enough it did. As I was staring at her with red ink in her eye trying to make my eyes stop watering I asked if she could see, and the answer was yes- awesome not blind- put some water in it from your water bottle to try and flush it out, its the only thing I could do for her then. She was fine, won't kill her. In the midst of all of this I have about half of the class, most of which are not a part of my class but the one next door, asking to use the restroom-
Um, no not unless you have a slight death wish and want to get pelted by rain, you are 12....hold it.

And NO you may not go out on the metal veranda in a thunder and lightening  storm to get something from your backpack you already should have in your desk. Find something else to work on!!

Really guys this is not the end of the world....or was it.

Oh really??? Your puppy doesn't like storms and it is all alone today. That is really sad, but probably doesn't require tears, and a five minute story- WORK on something.

Then here is when I was really convinced something else was at work here.
"Ms. Pauluhn, my tooth is bleeding and it is wiggly"
"Should you be losing a tooth? Did you hit it on something?"
"I haven't lost it yet...I don't know....No I didn't do anything to it I was just sitting there" (just sitting is actually believable for this girl to)
"I guess get a drink, stop wiggling it and hold a tisue on it for a bit to help stop the bleeding" -thats right I know proper first aid- ha!

5 minutes later- same girl walks up to me

"Ms. Pauluhn, my tooth is split in half"
"What?!"
Sure enough this girl's tooth was split completely in half from top to root. How the heck??? And why now? So I just stared at her and then called Mr. Mo over to take a look at it. He stared at me and all I could do was shrug my shoulders, laugh, and say I have no idea What is going on. So he had to phone the office and then try and get a hold of her mum. It was the strangest series of events I have ever experienced. It was all during the storm that lasted a grand total of about 45 minutes. But literally you could have started to believe that the Mayans were on to something.......or at least my class acted like it. I would hate to see them during a tornado.

That was only my Friday- the beginng to a great weekend. I will post about more of that tomorrow hopefully.
Oh I did get to drive this weekend as well. And I did not do too badly except that I signalled with my wipers on multiple occassions because the signal and wipers are on opposite sides of the steering wheel, along with everything else, but it was great fun. Three words. Wide Right Turns. haha.

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I am so proud of all of my Concordia Graduates. You did it!!! Love you all. Cheers from Down under- Hope all is well stateside, you will hear from me soon so stay tuned.

Hebrews 1:2 "But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also, he made the universe." ( :) could not help myself)