Sniff Sniff Booooooo... I miss Sepulveda too.

Thirty-Five Things I will miss about working at Sepulveda MS.

1. The Budget.  ahaahahahahahahaha.... you thought I was serious.
   
2. Tres Hermanos and the ten pounds a year it added to my petite frame.
   
3. Saying "Sepulveda 8 to 9. Sepulveda 8 to 9. What's your 20?" at least a hundred times a day.
   
4. Wandering around in search of classrooms 99-100 and wanting to know exactly who is responsible for numbering the school.
5. Avoiding Sharky...... 'nuff said.
6. Target fundraisers and learning the importance of proofreading my flyers.
   
7. Trying to pull out of the parking lot without plowing over a pedestrian.
   
8. Repeating the answer to the same question 100000000000000 times. 
9. Arguing with 12 year-olds about the definition of a "single-file-line"
10. Helping 6th graders open their lockers. Right. Left. Right. Struggle.
    
11. Declaring that the "west siiiiiiiiide is clear" after nutrition and lunch.
    
12. Picking up the phone and saying "Who's this? No. Who's this? I called you first. Who's this?" 
13. Picking up Eric's paper weight to make a phone call or watching Darren do that when he came in the office.
    
14. Trying to figure out why, on April Fools Day, my computer automatically inserts...."Darrenismysecretlover" everytime I type "the."
    
15. Trying to make an announcement over the loud speaker while Darren's in the room.
16. Trying to guess what Darren is holding and why Eric is laughing.
17. I guess that means I am going to miss Eric and Darren. 
    
18. Halloween Costumes and Talk like a Pirate Day.
    
19. Waging war with my filing cabinet.
20. Answering to "Miss Shoooooz!" 
21. Seeing how many people we can fit in Amy's cubicle to gossip.
22. Listening to Charles deliver his "come to Jesus" speech to the homeboys, their parents, or anyone who would listen. 
23. Watching Tina play games with students in the breezeway.
24. Texting or facebooking Amanda whenever I needed something and getting a lightening fast reply.
    
25. Waiting for Ruth hike over from her office so that she can pick up a single piece of paper that she printed from my printer.
26. Walking by the main office just so I can hear Heather yell, "I love you, Rachel," and then running as fast as I can out of the main hall before I can hear Mary yell, "Oh! Rachel... about that contract...."
    
27. Needing a coffee break or a walk around the school every ten minutes. 
28. Delivering fruit to classrooms in "Old Bessy."
29. Dressing up as Red Bull and being attacked by kids all night.
30. Running in my heels to my place on supervision, because I was late.
31. Waiting for Hooks to come by and harass me about something or ruther... Geesh.
32. Arguing with Eric over why Cal is not superior to UCLA and then observing the Grand Poompah Tent constructed in our office. Tailgating, anyone?
    
33. Chanting UCLA everytime a student would yell, "USC!" in the hallway.
34. Paying Tim and Richard (our plant managers) in chocolate. 
35. Celebrating happy hour(sssssss) with Sepulveda staff.
    

This blog post is dedicated to my fellow conquistadors at SMS.