School's In for 2-10

Sunset HS (1925) -- My classroom is 3rd floor, over the archway.

Okay, Pink Floyd it's not, but I couldn't resist a bad pun ... I went to Sunset HS this morning -- and found out that the AC was NOT working!!! (No surprise -- I've worked in public schools long enough to know that they turn off the AC for the weekend, then crank it up around 7 AM when the head custodian arrives ... and then we wait to find out whether the old building's units have come on line. By lunch, the temperature on my side of the building was tolerable, if not comfortable ... and I brought Joy up to work while I prepped the classroom -- decorate is not quite an accurate term since I have to set up the desks, the bookcases, the file cabinets ... and then I get to deal with the bulletin boards and covering up cracks in 85-year-old walls. I've only just begun (cue Carpenter music) ... and the kids haven't entered the classroom. Oh, the image comes from a vintage postcard of Oak Cliff buildings.

This evening Joy and I looked -- and found owls all over JoAnn Fabrics and Hobby Lobby. Only the organic grocery store Sprouts didn't have the bird of the night peering from the shelves ... We found little hats that we can adapt for cavalier hats & girls' chapeaux; Joy will try to adapt some full-sized hat patterns for her pirate boys ... She made a new necklace set from ruby components & beads while I taped and stapled butcher paper to the walls & boards. The simple chain can be fitted to an SD or MSD neck ... pictures later.

If Sunday night is Food Network night, then Monday night belongs to the drag queens ... We've watched most of Ru Paul's "Drag Races," and now we're checking out "Drag U," in which the most popular queens return to teach "biological women" (their term) how to empower themselves by finding and dressing as their inner divas ... One of the most interesting episodes involved Ru Paul's 3 sisters; the kindergarten teacher graduated with the highest DPA (Drag Points Average). Joy has decided that she's stay a pirate -- though perhaps with a fuller wig to give her a dramatic look. I'm not sure what image the "Dragulator" might give me -- a Mae West look with a corseted body and tight gown? a mini-skirt and bustier? The possibilities are (almost) endless ... there are a few looks that a woman over 25 should no longer attempt, unless she's had major plastic surgery. Nip and tuck, darling!