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SOLS: Waterproof Sticky Notes? - 4/31

The Slice of Life Story Challenge 
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Waterproof Sticky Notes?

The ideas and thoughts are bouncing around my head like a dizzy pinball machine. Pulses of flashing lights. Blaring bells ringing.


So,  some of my best ideas for blogging, and teaching, and everything else in life, seem to happen in the shower.

It's my time.  My time to think.  My time to be alone.  Without interruption.  It's my deep breath before the hectic day begins.  (Sigh.)


So, why can't I just relax?  Ding! Why can't I just "turn off" my brain?   Ding! Ding!  Why can't I take a moment for my . . .  Ding! Ding! Ding!






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  1. Deb DayMarch 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    Great post---it really gives a sense of the shower droplets and the ideas all bouncing around. And, by the way, waterproof sticky notes are a great idea!

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  2. elsieMarch 4, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    My great ideas seem to come when I am partially asleep/awake. Then I can't remember the genius part when I am fully awake. What kind of sticky note would help me? Great simile!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    Ding! It's shower time for me! :)
    Bonnie

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  4. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    So that's what's happening in my brain - a pinball machine. Great metaphor. I think we should install virtual showers at school during collaboration meetings. We might brainstorm more. Excellent idea. I'll be tabbing this post as a favorite. :)MaryHelen

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  5. Linda BMarch 4, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    I once had a student (middle school) whose mother bought her those bath crayons so she could write poems on the walls of her shower. Maybe this could work for your ideas?

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