This morning, I wished it was raining so that my teaching day might get cancelled. No such luck. The sunshine and beautiful breezes forced me out of my house and over to the marsh. I was in an okay mood, although I felt slightly rushed. I did feel happy that I was able to squeeze in five minutes of meditation, though. That was good.

We got all set up and waited for the third graders to arrive. When they did, two of them had gotten carsick. One of the parents helped clean up a puke-covered boy, and I moved far, far away. I prayed no one would vomit in front of me, because I swear to you, if that happened, I knew I'd be next. Nothing like sleep deprivation and the smell of sick to make you queasy in the morning!

No one threw up again. I managed to hold it together, too, and that, my friends, was my major accomplishment of the morning!

Some of the kids were so cute today. One little boy asked me lots of questions, including what the creatures in the aquarium were doing, as well as why I had piercings in my face.

"Why's it there?" he asked, pointing to his own eyebrow.

"I just liked it, and thought it would look cool, so I got it," I said.

"Does it hurt?"

"Well, not now. It kind of did when they put it in."

"Did the one in your nose hurt??"

"Yeah, it did, actually. The nose has cartilage in it, so it was more painful."

He just kind of looked at me for a minute, then went back to observing and talking about the fish. He was really cute! He even shook my hand before they left at the end of the day.

The two saddest comments of the day:

1) "This is the longest field trip I've ever been on!" a girl said, sounding exhausted. They'd been learning stuff for about two hours straight at that point. That's not that long, is it?

and

2) "Are we having lunch yet??" a girl asked impatiently as I led them on the tour of the waste water treatment plant. NO! Quiet, you!!! So help me god, you're gonna learn and you're gonna like it!

In reality, I told her there were only two more things to say before lunch time. I secretly felt sad, though. I take full credit when they're having fun and I totally take it personally when they're not. Maybe I shouldn't do that. Ah, well.

At the end of the day, it was all okay, because the leader asked the kids, "Did you have fun today?!" and they all shouted, "Yes!!" Hooray! And one little girl referred to me as a Ranger. That's always good!

Afterwards, I returned a house key to one of my favorite pet sitting clients, and informed him that I'll be moving this summer. He was sad about that, and said that he and his wife will miss me. At first, that made me pretty sad, but then I realized that it's a good thing to be missed. They like me. And that feels good.

I took a nice long nap at home. After I woke up, I got a call from Misti. She and Steve found a baby rabbit at the park near her house! It was someone's pet rabbit, apparently, because it hopped right on over to them. Also, it is black and white, not at all the colors of a wild rabbit. Anyway, I made a few phone calls to see if I could round up some rescue numbers. (He needs a new home, because Misti and Steve's three cats vetoed the idea of a new roommate.) When I couldn't get ahold of the animal shelter where I used to work, I called Bobbi. She said, "To show you how much help I am, I would have just called you!" As we were getting off the phone, she said she and Loki were going to go practice Loki's newest trick, pretending to be shot. "Cool," I said. "Tell Loki I said 'Bang!'"

Then I called the wildlife museum, who actually did have some numbers I could give Misti. Misti also sent out an email, and put up some flyers. This little bunny will have a home yet! I'm crossing my fingers that some cool person in the Bay Area might want to adopt this pet rabbit. If you're reading this and you love bunnies, and you want him, hey, let me know. If you're reading this and considering dumping your bunny off in the wild, then I have one thing to say to you: Don't do that!! What are you thinking?? He'll starve or get hit by a car. Pet bunnies do not know how to be wild, people. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but damn. What the hell? Really.

This entry was brought to you by my brand new ergonomic keyboard. You have no idea how many typos I've corrected already.

Well, I guess that's it. Go kiss a bunny and be nice to your teachers. Night!