Your Guess Is as Good as Mine...or Not...

I took a group of middle school students to New York for three days last week.  We had a blast!  The first day we spent the afternoon in lower Manhattan and at one point we passed a construction project.  One of the kids ran up to where I was and asked,

T: Ms. R...what is that?
Me: A building.
T: I know they are building a building but what is it going to be?
Me: How would I know?  I don't live here. Your guess is as good as mine.
T: I think it is a car factory.
(ok.  maybe not as good as mine...)
Me: It's probably not a car factory...considering we are in the middle of the financial district of New York City...
T: Oh, true, true.  Maybe it's a banana factory.

There is a moment of complete silence since I initially have no idea how to respond to this comment...

Me: A banana factory??
T: Yeah.  At least that way they don't have to melt the metal.
Me: How are they going to grow the bananas in that building?
T: Oh.  yeah.  I forgot you grow bananas.

The Perks of Still Having Tonsils...

I woke up this morning with a sore throat.  Both of my tonsils are swollen (yes, I still have my tonsils) as well as my uvula.  My second thought was, "Yeah! I can have ice cream today!"  (My first though was just plain, "Ugh.") So I start off my day with some coconut and pineapple Haagen Dazs ice cream.  My friend M told me that someone told her that "Haagen Dazs" was Swedish for "heart attack."



It's probably true.


Later, I had some Ben & Jerry's Phish Food...which I figure was more a more marketable name than "Sleep with the Fishes."


Right before bed I'm going for the raspberry sherbert...it's fat free.