Funny things happen when you're pregnant and you work in a school. You encounter a lot of people. And a lot of the people are under a certain age where their filters aren't fully developed. I kind of love it.
I work with some boys with behavioral issues. I was meeting with one of them earlier this year (before I was showing obviously) and discussing how we would be working towards a reward at the end of the year--which I then amended to say, well, probably in March because I won't be here for the end of the year. Which of course prompted him to ask why and I revealed that I was going to be having a baby in the beginning of April. The dear boy got this confused, almost embarrassed look on his face. And then asked "are you married?" Yes, I am. I even have another child (also born in wedlock, not that I went that far with my young friend). Feeling flattered I asked "I don't look old enough?" and he confirmed that I did not.
Today was the second funny thing at school. I'm walking towards the gymnasium (which you have to walk through to get to the office) and there is a high school class in there playing hockey. The kids who aren't currently in the game are up on the stage hanging out and spot me coming. It became very clear that one of them said something about me because about 5 heads pivoted over my way in unison. Yes, I was rocking the maternity shirt (and pants!) today. The funnier part was that one of our students is very very pregnant right now and she was in the group. So maybe they were just checking out my stylish maternity clothes with envy. Or maybe they too were wondering if I was married or bringing scandal to the school. Or maybe my hair was sticking up funny. Guess we'll never know.
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