SOLSC #20: Tangling with a mop

 

    Today I join my fellow bloggers in
"serving up a slice" to the March SOLSC
   sponsored by Two Writing Teachers.

When sixth period arrives, there's a palpable energy in the air that is usually not here this close to the end of the day.  I stop by the office to chat, but everyone is busy.  I wait to speak to a counselor about a student, but she is knee deep in registration for next year.  And then I remember that tonight is Gator for a Night, our first transition event for next year's incoming sixth graders.  I don't have a specific assignment, so I sneak back to my room hoping to diminish the pile of papers still needing attention.  After meeting with a student, I guiltily return to the office with an offer to help.  MaryJo assures me that everything is under control. Returning to my room, I notice tables covered in gator green with balloons merrily waving in the breeze.

I grab a mop and head for the hallway.  "Mopping the floor" is my code word for anytime I get sidetracked instead of facing a pressing obligation.  My college roommates knew that if I was mopping the floor, it was a sure thing that I was avoiding writing a paper or studying for a big exam. Well today, the mop is a stack of shamrocks and a bulletin board that can certainly wait for morning.  I putter for a few minutes, adding the latest Newbery titles to the board before facing down my monster.  If I indulge in this mopping adventure, the next thing I'll be doing is cleaning off my desk.  So I muster my resolve, shove that mop back into the bucket, grab my basket of papers, and march out of the building!