Wacky Work Wednesday

This afternoon after this kids had all left for the day we were working away on the back nine (or, far far away from the actual school) and being rather productive..Melisa was organizing and tossing old materials and I was on the phone talking about our newest prek entering the wonderful world of special ed. when all of a sudden the person I'm talking to says...

Wait - why is everyone walking out to the field? All the K, 1 and 2 teachers are walking out with their stuff....

He checks with someone walking by....

I hear:

Get your stuff and get out to the field, there's an evacuation.

Me: are you joking?!?! what -- why?

Him: They found an unexploded ordinance out in the parking lot. (They started to dig today to put in a new sidewalk)

Only on a military post...though I suppose we shouldn't be to surprised considering pearl harbor and all, but still -- we park in that parking lot everyday. Makes you wonder where else they might be.

But the best part?

We never would've known if I hadn't been on the phone. We'd been having wasps in and out of our room all day so we'd closed the doors/windows and turned on the a/c (more like a high powered fan -- we're in a portable). No announcements were made. We would've had no clue.

THAT is how our school operates.

AND....

No more friday work days until Nov. 13th. Yep, we're all furloughed. Well, except the custodians -- their union hasn't reached an agreement yet. Marches and speeches galore are planned for this friday -- the first furlough friday, with a performance by Jack Johnson. Note to self: stay away from town (a.k.a. honolulu).