$1 breakfasts

I'm fighting a cold. I think I should be taking more vitamins than I am, which is zero so any would be better than that. I think my immune system is weak. I should do something about that.
Did everyone get their IKEA bedroom catalogue today? Seriously, how can they do $1 breakfasts? I should go check that out.
Im trying to plan my sister's baby shower. I think we're going to do rubber ducky centre pieces. I'm going to get bowls of water, put the duckies in. Voila. Not sure about other decorations though. Any suggestions?

The perfect gift for those who probably won't remember

So I must go out today and buy a gift for a One year old and also, one for my avô who is turning 80. I think these are the toughest to buy for. I think buying something edible or usable is best for my vavô because at that age, you don't want to start collecting things. I guess chocolates, or maybe I'll get him hankerchiefs. He still uses those. Will he remember that I gave that same gift to him one christmas about 10 years ago? Probably not. Yeah... I think hankers are a good gift. Now for the one year old. I figure bath toys? I thought about jewellery since its kind of a typical portuguese gift but they're not portuguese. I think my new niece (who will be born in april) might look like a gypsy for the first few years of her life since she'll have earrings, rings and bracelts on.
I've also decided on making the invitations to my sister's shower. Its funner, more cost effective and meaningful (in my humble and prudent opinion). I need to go out today and get a nice stamp. I have the idea in my head and now have to let it transpire.
Also on the docket is a trip to good old Canada Post. Must mail something. I think I should have mailed it earlier this week in order for it to arrive when it should, but oh well. Late than never is better.
I hope I get mail today. I like mail. Someone write me a real letter.

grade one gurus and a cry for help

I got the 6am call yesterday to go in and supply. I covered the JK class. They're cute and full of energy which sometimes can get frustrating, but on the whole they're just kids trying to stay focused. During lunch, I had to monitor the lunch room and I wasn't sure what to do when I passed one student's desk and noticed he wrote "Help!" on a napkin that his mom must have packed into his lunch. Gr.3 is probably overwhelming for the strongest of people, so I'm sure he was just having troubles with long division and somehow, eating lunch allowed this feeling to float to the surface. I also over heard a bunch of grade ones discussing how to clean chickens prior to cooking them. One student, between her bites of McDees chicken nuggets asked, "what do they do with the beak?" Another student (whom they all looked to for answers, which is obviously a very powerful position to be in during your grade one academic year), answered, "they cook it all. Even the beak and the feathers. They roast the feathers". Wide-eyed they all looked to their guru and mumbled, "roasted". I opted out of intervening because, well its social lunch time, not teaching time and I remember hearing bogus urban myths throughout my academic life so I'll let them keep their bubbles until they reach post secondary education where they will inevitably burst by deconstructionists and post modernists.