A look at today's numbers so far

2: number of periods left before school gets out today

1 1/2: number of hours I'll have to sit in a mind-numbingly stupid meeting after school gets out

783: approximate number of times I will want to smack my forehead out of frustration during said meeting

939: number of results Google came up with when I used my face to type in random letters (VBGF is what came up)

7: number of seventh graders who asked me if "The DaVinci Code" was a good source for their Renaissance report.

12: number of times I had to tell said seventh graders no

2: number of times my meeting with a psychotic parent has been rescheduled

300: approximate number of times I'm guessing she'll explain that she can't tell her son to do his homework and come to school because he's a grownup now

301: approximate number of times I'm guessing I'll have to bite my tongue to keep from screaming and running away from her

5: number of bad words I said to my alarm clock this morning

2: number of days per week that Star Network in Indonesia airs new episodes of American Idol

3: number of helicopters that have flown overhead since I started typing

6: number of times my 12th graders giggled when I said the word "as" today because it's one letter short of being the word "ass"

6: number of times I scolded them

6: number of times I secretly thought that was actually kind of funny

1: number of class periods I managed to kill today talking about similes and metaphors (hence saying "as" so many times)

7 or 8: number of times I thought about Jack Nicholson's pervy line about metaphors from "As Good As It Gets" during my metaphor lesson and tried not to snicker

0: number of things I can think of right off hand that are more annoying than Ashlee Simpson

14: number of minutes I've wasted writing this blog so far

3: number of times I've written on my face with whiteboard marker today

2: number of times students have been nice enough to alert me to the fact that I'd just written on my face with whiteboard marker today

3: number of Oreos I just remembered I have in my bookbag. Hooray!

1: number of pairs of pants I am currently wearing

0: number of pairs of pants the little elementary school boy who just ran past my room was currently wearing...hmm