T’is the
Season to be Jolly…Again!!
By Jody
Worsham
All rights
reserved for the Happy Dance!
I passed
through the school supply aisles at Wal-Mart this morning. The scent of glue sticks, crayons, and pink
rubber erasers filled the air creating a sense of euphoria and hope in this
full time Medicare Mom.
Bins were
brimming with yellow #2 pencils, brightly colored pencil sharpeners, and
scissors of all kinds: blunt, pointy, lefties,
righties, plastic and metal. Bottles of
Elmer’s Glue in all sizes were stacked to the very edge of the shelves. I was becoming light headed and giddy.
Ring binders
were lined up and standing like sentinels awaiting assignments. The end caps were being stacked head high
with notebook paper: wide rule, college
rule, no rule. Eight colors of folders
with or without pockets, with or without brads, plastic or paper glistened like
a long awaited rainbow offering hope after 40 days and 40 nights of no school.
I rounded
the corner and actually swooned at the sight of cartons of kleenex tissue,
paper towels, zip lock plastic bags, and bottles of hand sanitizers filling the
aisles as they awaited their turn to be placed on the school supply shelves.
I bought two
boxes of crayons and two pencil boxes; then plastic pocket folders in every
color, scissors, notebook paper, glue sticks and bottles, a ruler just in case,
and four spiral note books. I got two
lunch kits, two thermos bottles and 150 plastic sandwich bags. It was glorious!
As I rounded
the corner heading for the check-out line, I burst into song “It’s the most
wonderful time of the year. Car pools
are forming and backpacks are brimming and parents are of good cheeeer! It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”
I couldn’t help myself. I was a racehorse with the finish line in
sight, a marathon runner seeing the last mile marker, the exit ramp on the
freeway with no cars in sight. I was about to be home free. School
starts in 16 days, 6 hours, 28 minutes, 12 seconds…11 seconds…10…
It’s the
most wonderful time of the year!
4 comments:
ROFLMAO!!! You are a genius.
Gosh, it's too bad you couldn't work up a little enthusiasm for the first day of school lol.
It's funny. When I was teaching, I couldn't wait for school to start. It was like Christmas and I was getting all these presents. Some kids would fit, other's wouldn't, some were just what I wanted and some I wanted to return right away. Now I am looking forward to school starting for entirely different reasons. Still Christmas for me , though.
My granddaughters who are starting here in a new school system think it's the most wonderful day, too. And they start next Wednesday!
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