Tonight’s episode of American Idol led the judges to Louisville, Kentucky. One of the contestants had an absolutely horrible audition and on the way out of the room, he told the judges to “Be careful.” Paula Abdul looked sort of offended and proceeded to tell the man that “That’s not something you say to people…” The man kept saying, “I was just telling you to be careful wherever you go” or something to that effect. Paula then said she was getting on the plane tonight and leaving. Like, she seriously took it as the man was threatening her.

Wake up Paula. People in Kentucky are nice, caring people who simply tell people to “be careful” when they leave. It’s not a threat. It is sincere! Doesn’t everyone want people to be careful? She would probably freak out if she heard someone say, “What’s your hurry off?”

My Canadian husband tells me another weird Kentucky saying is “I don’t care to.” For example:

Person: Are you sure you want to help me with this?
Me: I don’t care to.

Apparently some people out there would interpret that to mean “I don’t want to” whereas I would interpret that as “I don’t mind.”

Language is weird. What weird things do you say?

I’ve been sort of quiet on the internet lately. I did go back to school and have had a busy two weeks.

The first week back I had an observation. Lesson went great. Then, on Sunday night, I started feeling icky. I went to work Monday with the hopes of only staying half a day. Well, I messed up and got the substitute for the next afternoon instead of Monday afternoon. I had to cancel the Tuesday afternoon sub because I had to go to school Tuesday since I was being observed that afternoon. I decided that I would definitely take Wednesday off though. Not only did I miss Wednesday, but I missed yesterday and today as well. My nose is like swollen so it’s hard to breathe. I’ve been breaking out in hives (not due to any medicine because I haven’t taken anything new or exotic). My ears have been sore. The doctor gave me an antibiotic and some nose spray. Since there is no school Monday due to it being Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I am lucky enough to have an extra day to get myself together. I enjoy time off from school but not when I am blowing my nose for most of it.

I’ve been out for three days, and my kids have had a different sub every day. From the reports I’ve been given though, they’ve been pretty good considering which I am happy to hear. One of them got carried out by two adults kicking and screaming, but that’s nothing really surprising. *sigh*

I hope I’m feeling better soon so maybe I can have at least one “fun” day before going back to work on Tuesday.