AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Once again Jackie came to the rescue, similarly to the way she cleared my balcony of yellow jackets. As I walked into my classroom after dropping off my kiddos at specials, I see a lizard crawling across my wall. I screamed and ran into the classroom next to me, sure as not to let the lizard into that classroom (it was crawling very close to the shared door). I informed her of my "emergency" and then returned to my room. As I sat at my desk trying to work, the only think I could think of was the lizard crawling closer and closer to my desk. I even screamed a little at one point because my pants touched my foot and I thought it was the lizard. I was sitting at my desk long enough to send an e-mail for another teacher to come rescue me from the terror this lizard was causing me.

Within minutes, Jackie and the class from next door arrived. One of the little girls said, "I catch lizards all the time...I kind of like them." EWWW! I tried standing on a table and knocking things off of the shelf where I saw the lizard...unsuccessful. Jackie then stood on the same table and gently removed things from the same shelf. (Her strategy was much more thoughtful.) Sure enough, the lizard came running out and I ran away screaming. The girls then ushered the lizard towards the door and returned it back to nature. It was a team effort to save the day. This also rescued me from dealing with my screaming class when they returned from specials.

Besides this excitement...my day was, by far, the best I've had in quite some time!