The Kids, They Love Me

So this afternoon I went to a middle school located in the "hood", and spoke to about 80 6th graders on how I became a musician/librarian/sheriff. I created a cute Power Point for them with various pic's of me doing all 3 things. I brought my vest, Marine Division shirt, and of course, gun belt, though I left the gun at home. However, I did bring the Taser and gave them all a treat by spark-testing it for them, which means you FIRST REMOVE the Taser cartridge, flip the safety, and then you can pull the trigger and it sparks up and makes the scary Taser sound and you do not want to be on the end of it b/c it still works and I can "dry-stun" somebody with it if I wanted to. The kids loved it. I was followed by a plumber and even though he was funny and had lots of good info to share, I felt a little bad for him b/c I am a hard act to follow! Afterwards we took questions from the kids and they had about 15 questions for me (and about 4 for the plumber) and they even made me sing for them! I haven't sung in public in years but I gave them the first verse of "She's Into Something"!

"The snappin' of her finger makes the dog wags its tail
The whistle from her voice will make the train jump the rail
Take her to a race track
Show her face
Horse that ain't won in years
Comes in first place
You know that, she's into something!"

Thank God I was singing that in the shower this morning! I saw my Dad at the school since it's a school he occasionally works at. He borrowed $3 from me and split before my presentation. Before he left he introduced me and gave my credentials to this one school administrator, who said, "Wow, your daughter has accomplished all of that and in spite of..." and looked at my dad! Hardy har har!

BTW, that plumber gig sounds like a real racket. Apparently there's a huge plumber shortage and they make big ol' bank, even starting out as an apprentice!!! Can I fit yet another job into my schedule???