is there seriously anyone in the world who doesn't love lolcats?

firstly, HELLO to my new reader Rania! I like to publicly shout out to people who tell me they read this thing. Did everyone know that Rania's name is awesome to pronounce/shout, has an awesome Georgia accent, AND is an awesome teacher? well, it is, she does, and she is.

secondly, i wanted to record for my own reference that i had a great day! it was the first day this year that i actually enjoyed spending time with my students. i didn't loose my shit at all. my shit stayed firmly in its place! hooray! so here's an actual Shit My Students Say from this year:

Me: "So, literally the poem mentioned a pond and we drew a pond. We need to write 'pond' under 'Literal'."
*Phineas [clearly pleased with himself]: "Um, do we need to ponder that? Get it? Pond. Ponder."
Me [busting up]: "Oh yes, let's ponder the pond for a moment!"

So, when i was looking for "lolcat happy" and google suggested "lolcat harry potter". obviously i searched for that and here is what i got:


for my thoughts on this, please refer to the post title.

now i'm off - to spend time with the husband and cook up something special for this lady:
*for anyone new or who doesn't remember, i like to create nicknames for my students. this kid reminds me of Phineas from Phineas & Ferb:

so, he's got that going for him