A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Target . . .

So, like I said, I was on my way to Target. I was getting out of my car and suddenly, the car door next to me swung open. I didn't knock me over or anything, it just scared me a bit. I yelped and the car-door-swinger began to say sorry before they even got out of the car. "Oh, don't worry, it's fine! It just scared me," I courteously replied. And as the potential assailant stepped out of the dirty, white, Dodge Ram I became face to face with the tallest, biggest drag queen I have ever seen. (And I live in Boys Town and have participated in Pride Parade twice- I've seen my fair share of drag queens.) I don't know what startled me more, the sudden surprise emergence of the wig and exquisite make-up or the door swinging in my face. I guess I wouldn't be able to see who I was opening my car door into either if I had 4 inch fake eyelashes and a fabulous beehive wig.

Picture something like this:

And, that's not all. One more thing . . .
Yesterday at lunch, one of my favorite (I mean, if I had favorites) students came over to me very seriously:
"Mrs. Culp, is the world going to end in 2012?"
"No."
"Whew!" With her hand over her heart, "I was really worried."

First of all, this is funny because this girl obvious thought that ridiculously dramatic movie was a documentary . . . and also this is funny because my word is apparently good enough to calm all her fears of an Apocalypse. What if I would have said yes? Would she have gone crazy? I didn't even have to back it up. I wish all my students took what I said that seriously. That would be nice.


Oh! And don't think I forgot about wedding world! (Yes, Allison, it is a real place. Where you ride rides and get your hair done and eat cake all day long! We can go sometime.) It's coming . . .