a body fell out of my closet.

so, yes. this happened.

I was in the middle of teaching my 4th period class.

I was up at the front of the classroom, just casually lecturing about world war 2.

All of the sudden, the cabinet door of my tall cabinet, starts to slowly open.

all 36 pair of eyes look over at the cabinet door opening--a little confused and freaked out.

then, a gray, unconscious body starts to slowly fall out.

NO JOKE.

for the first millisecond, I thought that someone was popping out to scare me.

I (along with a bunch of other students) kind of let out a little yelp as I saw a body coming out.

but it didn't take me long to realize that something was wrong.

I ran over to try to catch the girl's body.

aaand, at this point you are probably JUST as confused as I was in the moment.

I brought the girl down to the ground (with 30 confused students saying, "what the heck?" "what is going on??"), and quickly realized that she had fainted.

it took awhile for her color to come back and for her not to be totally disoriented.

I kept trying to ask her questions, "why were you in the closet?" "how long have you been in there?"

(which she HAD to have been in there for at least an hour since we had been in 4th period for that long).

the office finally came with a wheelchair and wheeled her to the nurse.
apparently, she had been hiding in the cabinet for who knows how long and had gotten too hot (maybe locked her knees)? and her body fell against the door of the cabinet...and she just fell out! hahah!

and that is literally all I know about the story.

HAHAHA
(i will keep you updated on more...ha)

the weirdest things happen as a teacher, but I think this tops everything.

(I kept telling my students that I had put her in there for "talking back to me" and that's what happens when you disobey me...HAHHA)

the poor class that witnessed "the falling body" always has the weirdest things happen during their class.

the last time I had this same class, a former student came and serenaded me on a guitar to ask me to prom. HAHA

it was sooo awkward, since he was singing a love song--that seemed to NEVER end. ha

I think I need to start writing a book about all of these experiences.

oh...the life of a teacher.

always something exciting.

every day.

^posting all about our trip to san francisco tomorrow!^

also, today, I felt a little old and almost a little nostalgic as I thought back over my 23 years.

I remember being 18 or 19, and thinking 24 sounded SO old. 

but it doesn't FEEL as old as it SEEMED back then.

does that make sense?

time is SUCH a weird thing.

while I was feeling a little "sad" on the way to work about how fast time goes, an original t-swift song from my teenage years started to play on the radio.

and it brought me back to my first "high school love."

then, song after song (all the way to work) were songs from my young teenage years!

it was like a little gift from the universe!

avril lavigne, michael buble, pink, panic at the disco---they were all bringing me back!

and it was SO fun to relive all of those memories--just from hearing a song!

 it made me realize--even though these 23 years have been fast, they have been GOOD. so good.

and I'm so grateful for each of them!

and...man, taylor's celebration of my birthday week, has been just about THE best gift ever!

he won't let me do ANY chores ALL week! 

even just getting up from bed at night to get a drink of water!

he's such a gem, such a gem.

it is a very happy wednesday, over here!

hope yours is just as marvelous!

I'm going into that cupboard now to search for narnia! ;)