Gun Show

On Saturday I went to my first gun show. My aunt texted me and asked me to compare and contrast gun show vs quilt show. Here was my response:

Quilt Show: MUCH bigger, more colorful, more women, but way more old people
Gun Show: more men, more tattoos, more scary people, more people walking around holding guns

The gun show was actually pretty cool. I don't know what I was expecting, but I was surprised by how many hundreds of guns there were laying out in one place. Tony bought a Russian WWII gun so overall the day was a success.

Of course after the gun show we had to go to the gun range to shoot haha. I was proud of myself for trying his new gun, though I MUCH prefer to stick to my .22 haha. His gun was big and scary. It went boom, and after only two shots my shoulder was sore because it kicks so much.

Tony already has a list of classic guns he wants to buy so I'm sure this won't be the last gun show I attend haha.

Phone Conference

Yesterday I had, hands down, the funniest phone call of my life ...

 

Yesterday was parent teacher conference day and I had a list of parents that requested phone conferences. I dialed the first number and the student's grandmother answered the phone. She didn't speak a word of english (they are middleastern so I didn't know a word of their language either).

 

Grandmother: hello??

Me: Hi this is Ms. McCormack calling from JSES. May I please speak to *Susie's mother or father?

Grandmother: hello

Me: um, this is Susie's teacher ....

Grandmother: TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER (screaming!)

Me: May I please speak to Susie's mother or father?

Grandma: TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER

 

the grandmother then pulls the phone slightly away from her mouth and starts screaming across the house in their home language. I can hear the mother screaming back. This goes on for a good 5 minutes back and forth. Finally, a new voice picks up:

 

Mother: hello

Me: Hi this is Ms. McCormack, Susie's teacher, calling from JSES

Mother: hello

Grandmother (still on the line): TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER

Me: Ma'am, can you hear me?

Mother: hello. hello. hello

Grandmother: TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER

 

at this point I'm not sure what to do. Obviously there is a complete language barrier here but I can't just hang up the phone on them, yet I can't tell them goodbye either. Then, a third voice picks up the phone:

 

Susie: hello?

Me: Oh, hi Susie.

Susie: hi Ms. McCormack. I'm so sorry, but my mom doesn't know English. She doesn't know what you are saying.

Mother (still on the line): hello. hello.

Grandmother (also still on the line): TEACHER TEACHER

Me: That's okay Susie. Does your dad speak English?

Susie: Yes, but he's at work right now. He won't get home until about 5:00

Me: okay, thanks sweetie. I was just calling to tell your mom and dad what a great job you are doing in my class.

Susie: Thank's Ms. McCormack. I'll see you at school tomorrow.

Mother: hello hello

Grandmother: TEACHER

Me: see you tomorrow Susie. Have a great day.

 

When I hung up the phone I literally cried I was laughing so hard. This seriously could have been on the show punk'd hahaha! Thank goodness my student picked up. What an adorable girl she is and so smart!

 

*names have been changed

 

I'm still laughing when I think about how this phone call went. Completely ridiculous.