Marital Status

So, I teach 3rd grade and let me tell you, it's the best job ever! There's not as day that goes by that I don't laugh at something hilarious that one of my student's say. That being said, I thought I'd share the wealth. As a little bit of background, my students are very concerned about my love life and you'll probably learn this for yourself over the course of my posts! Here's a couple of things that will make your day:

12/15/11
I was excited because I had finally gotten a hold of a Dollar Tree that had 4 more gumball machines to give as gifts for my kids for Christmas. They had shorted me by 4 gumball machines when I bought the original box of 28. After 4 calls, I came back to class feeling defeated. My kids were very concerned by my sadness. The 5th call I made was to a place in SLC which, to my utter relief, told me they had an entire 2 boxes left! I came back into my classroom saying, “I’m so excited!” Paulette, who is always concerned about my marital status, started the following conversation with, “What Miss Walch? Are you engaged?!” I sarcastically thought, “Yes, I have a pretend boyfriend who proposed over the phone." The conversation continued:
Paulette: "Did he propose over the phone?"
Me: "No! It has nothing to do with a boy or dating!"
Paulette: "Are you going on a date tonight with your boyfriend?"
Camdon (and I’m not lying. I couldn't make this up if I wanted to.) "Are you going on a date tonight with your ex-boyfriend that you haven’t seen in a long time?"
Me thinking: "What the? This kid watches too many soap operas."
Then I had to explain that it was a secret but they would find out by Friday. Nosy kids!

1/11/12
Dallin accidentally did the wrong cursive page and had to start over. This is our conversation:
Me: "It’s okay Dallin, it’s not the end of the world."
Dallin: "Soon!"
Camdon: "Oh no! I’m never going to get married!"