Gluestick Withdrawals

I was thinking that I might suffer teaching withdrawals come mid-August. I no longer think this, I know it! It all started when I saw the doorbuster adds for Office Depot and Staples…glue 1 cent…rulers 5 cents… colored pencils 49 cents…notebooks…33 cents. Of course I drove around and tried to pickup on some of the sales and of course they all have limits. Tiny writing at the bottom of the page limit 3 or limit 2. Naturally, I only spent a few cents over a buck.

Unfortunately, that trip did not keep me content. Off I head to Target. I couldn’t help but get a little giddy seeing the bins full of gluesticks…11 cents (I’m used to buying around 80+at the beginning of each year), they had pencils, paper, rulers, folders, erasers. I am such a sucker for a good deal too. I had to restrain myself from emptying the entire bin of gluesticks into my cart.

Coming home Will sees the bag and is naturally curious, "Jessica, why do you need gluesticks and rulers?" My weak little response, "For school?" Rolling his eyes he just shakes his head at me (he is such a patient husband). Needless to say, the school kit humanitarian project inherited several packages of spiral notebooks I had been hoarding; "just in case," along with all the spoils from the trip, except for the gluesticks. Those stayed with me…art projects for Hudson.