Best. day. ever.

Right now I am sitting in a sweat-suit with my hair braided and no make-up on. One would think I'd be ready for a lazy Saturday morning. But nooooo. I am off to work! That's right folks, it's Walk-a-thon day! Yippee! Every year the 7th graders raise pledges and then walk for about two hours straight. The money goes to making food baskets for needy families in our community during Thanksgiving and making fleece blankets for kids going into foster care. Every year it seems that kids even surpass the goal and there is left over money for books for classrooms and even treats. This year, however, it seems that the economy has everyone tightening up. The kids have made it about half-way to their goal AND only about 50% have participated at all. The English teacher I work with hasn't been pushy (although she called me last night worried she had been pushy and was so worried she wouldn't be able to sleep if I didn't reassure her that the kids wouldn't be traumatized for life and parents wouldn't be calling explaining that they had no extra money to give), but she has encouraged kids to raise the money by just even asking five people or offering to babysit or forego a pop, etc.

{Speaking of the English teacher I work with, have I told you about Mrs. W? She is HIllarious. Mr. B has seriously asked us to consider going in on bringing cameras into her house for a new reality show that quite frankly, would make us all rich. From stories about her son to new hunting purchases by her husband to some of her health issues that she shares quite candidly (many times to Mr. B's chagrin -- he's the only male on our team right now) -- whenever Mrs. W her mouth for a story, you know you're in for a treat.}

Anyhow, back to why I'm in my sweats. We seriously debated whether the kids deserved to all walk or not. It looks like fleece blankets may be out of the picture with the amount of money raised and really some of the kids don't get it. One kid even asked yesterday, something like, "So, we're raising money and walking for pledges, so do we get to keep half of the money since we're walking?" Nice try little entrepeneur.