You Say It's Your Birthday...

No, no, I didn't. I never said it was my birthday. But that was the story on this morning's announcements, so I had to repeatedly explain to my birthday well-wishers that I'm not any older today than I was yesterday (well, yes, I know that actually I am, but these are seventh graders).

See, each year at the opening day staff meeting, we get a birthday list of staff members in our packets. Each year since I started in this building, my birthday has been off by exactly four months, and I have informed multiple people of this mistake, but it never gets fixed. It was never a huge deal, though, until this year, when our media specialist started sharing staff birthdays in addition to the kids' each day on the morning announcements.

I guess the good news is that I had multiple kids, both current and past students, make their way in to wish me a happy birthday.

I don't care what that school board thinks... those kids love me.