Boxes!

I don't know why, but I got a little bit ambitious in doing my textbook inventory for my classroom. After school, I decided that I would take down all the old textbooks on the top of my bookshelf in the corner of my classroom. The old book piled as high as the ceiling! I took them all down and placed them on the table and floor next to the shelves. It looks like many of these books are as old as the school itself! (late 1960's I believe) In order to get rid of them, I have to box them up and send them to surplus.

I decided that while I have the students for a few more days, I'll put them to work. No sense in having me do all the packing an hauling of books if there are teenagers with energy to spare.

Now the only problem was finding enough boxes to put all these books in. (There are literally hundreds!)

I went to a local grocery store and asked about boxes. The lady there was so helpful! She even went to the back of the store to look around for some more. When she came back, she handed me what she found. Another customer in the store over heard and saw I was looking for boxes. She said, "I have a ton of boxes in my truck. You could have them if you want." she was so great! She drove her truck over to where I had my car parked and gave me the choice of all the boxes I wanted. (She was taking them to the dump anyway.)

I couldn't believe how helpful and nice both these women were. So polite and kind. It made me feel good not only that people helped me, but it made me feel good about people in general. I like to believe that people are good at heart, and today it was nice to find that to be true!