Start Today With A Smile

​This old gal…
Always taught elementary school…
Had seen it all…heard it all…by the end of the adventure…was pretty good at anticipating any kind of trouble…which might arise…
Middle School…however…is a whole new ballgame…this daughter of mine…must always be on alert…for hidden meanings…in phrases…or gestures…or drawings…
Take nothing at face value…she says…because lots of times…there’s some not so nice innuendos going on…and kids like to think the teacher won’t catch on…
Which brings us to a discussion she and I were having with an acquaintance…who was talking about walking her dog that morning…and mentioned the heat…and how she could tell it was going to be super humid…
Because her garage was sweaty…
Walking away…this daughter of mine whispers…you know what she was talking about don’t you…her “ga-rage” being sweaty…
This old gal heard…garage was sweaty…like a 60 year old…concrete sweats…garage floors get all damp…when it’s humid…
She heard the phrase…as a teacher of middle schoolers…
And maybe she was correct…maybe one of us is out of the loop…and women are using that phrase…in a much different way…than I realize…
Til then…this former teacher will feign ignorance…and will probably never…substitute…in middle school…
I will be eaten alive…
And this daughter of mine…just might agree…