That would be my RED neck, and my debit card.

Friday we had a mock cattle drive at school.  This was a fun reward for the kids after two days of state torture testing.

Each student was assigned a role (point man, wrangler, cook, flank) and received an egg in a bag to represent their cow.

We used eggs so they could see how difficult it was to travel with a herd of cattle and keep them safe.  The team had to “drive” the cattle by keeping them safe on the blanket as they traveled around school.

My students are so smart their brains are glowing.

OMG Shahs of Sunset commercial just came on and I can’t focus.

OK, so we had a TON of fun. We took our cattle into each pod and as the Trail Boss I would read scenario cards where they either lost or gained cattle.

One fun (yet loud) part of the drive was that rustlers could come and steal your cattle.  Several teachers from other grade levels were in charge of doing this . It got out of hand. My kids squealed like 5 year olds they were so scared.

After our cattle drive, we went outside to pet horses another teacher brought. They were beautiful.   We also had stick pony races, steer head roping, and saddle relays where they had to saddle a saw horse.  It was a great day.

When we returned to our classroom from the horse fun, we found this note on the board.

I feel like this is something you might read on a fertility blog instead. lol sorry. random.

Unfortunately, in my rush to get to work, I forgot sunscreen.

Yes, I have a giraffe neck. With zebra stripes.

My forehead also burned.

To make things worse, I had an appointment to get my eyebrows waxed after school at the fancy spa. Yes, the place full of  beautiful Alamo Heights rich lady skin.   OH and I smelled like a horse.

The lady sort of scolded me and told me to always carry sunscreen in my purse.  Then she put some miracle stuff on my face and it felt better. Then she scolded me some more.

In my efforts to prevent any further sun damage, I went crazy shopping.

Nike hat for running

and these cute hats from Target (I plan to leave one at school)

Next I found some sunscreen to order from Supergoop (A San Antonio-based company!)OH, and I may or may not have purchased one of these as an early birthday present to myself:

It is April people. My birth month! I am going to be 30. crap.