Scary things....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I am sorry that I have not written in awhile! This week was crazy. Toby left on Thursday night to go to a Regional SPE conference in Minneapolis. So I am husband-less as you saw by my FB status! It has been alright so far, because I have had fun things planned for myself as well! Last night I went to the Ingrid Michaelson concert with Rachel and Steve! It was soooo great! I highly encourage you to go to one of her concerts some day. They did some really funny and amazing things... on instruments and songs they made up, etc. It was a blast!

Tonight I am going to Clark and Annette's Halloween party. I have never been to a Halloween party before so I am a little nervous.. but I am sure it will be fun! I will let you in on a little secret... I am going to be dressed like this...

It is sort of a cross between a French maid, pilgrim, and an Amish girl. Who knows? My sculpture class had an assignment where they had to design outfits for teachers. They were put into pairs and had to pick a teacher they wanted to design and ensemble for. Well I had two girls pick me and they decided to turn me into "tada.. and amish girl."

There is more to this story, however, and I am not sure if I ever told you it. When I first started teaching another teacher started a rumor that I was Amish because I was from PA. He came up with some comical reasons for me leaving the community. One of them was that I could not stand not being able to wear color that I eventually did and I was banished from my family due to my colorful expression. Another reason was that I showed my ankles at a barn raising. Silly and ridiculous, I know, but most of the students at GCHS know these stories and a good amount of them actually ask me if it is true from time to time.

So... it was to my horror and embarrassment that these girls wanted me to become Amish through their creation. However, I believe that before they added lace to the dress it appeared to be more Amish-looking. They needed to change up the outfit though and make it creative for their grade... so creative it was! I will be sharing some of the other teacher's outfits on FB tomorrow.. but I wanted to keep it a secret since I do not want some people to see me in this outfit until after the party tonight! It's a surprise! I will write more tomorrow, but I thought I would share this with you for today! Much love and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

-- A