I just spent my first Valentine's Day alone in five years. FIVE YEARS...that's a long time. It was nice though. I told him that we should rent the same movie and watch it "together," so we did. It was nice :) We watched "The Lake House," a Keanu Reeves movie, so we basically made fun of how bad of an actor he is the whole time. It wasn't a bad movie though. He said it was predictable (because he watches Star Trek and time travel is a normal thing on there). Anyways, it was fun, and I can't wait till Friday. We're going to celebrate Valentine's Day on Saturday. I'm making dinner (is it bad that I'd rather cook for things now than have him cook for me? I mean, it's not that my cooking's better or anything...okay, so it is. So what? I'm a total foodie and watch and read about food constantly. I should be better, right?), and here's what we'll be having:

*Crab cakes with lemon aioli and casaer salad
*Pan seared halibut with lemon sauce and asparagus
*chocolate souffle with ice cream and strawberries

Sounds safe enough to feed Andrew, right? I think if his palate was more similar to mine, I'd have raw oysters somewhere in there. I love raw oysters...

I've been having too much fun with my students. I joke around with them too much, and then I can't get them back under control. For example:

My 6th graders were lining up for the bathroom break. I dismiss by section, so the line was kinda divided into different instruments. A little violist tried to stand in front of the line where the bassist were, and they kicked him out, SO he said, "You know what? You're mean, I'm gonna give you want you deserve" and then FARTED on the entire front of the line. He walked away, and then did it AGAIN. Here's what I should've done: "Jonathan, that is inappropriate behavior! Apologize to your classmates for your rudeness!" But this is what I did: "AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" ...yeah....i'm a bad teacher...