More Monkey Business

You won't believe the weird luck I'm having with my monkeys and their heads! I got a great pair of monkey socks from my mother-in-law, Roberta, for Valentine's Day. They had hearts and monkeys on them, and a little monkey head-bauble on the back (like a pom pom.) Well, I was in class last week, and I realized there was something under my shoe: a monkey head! Not again! I picked it up and showed it to my friend Mark. It went something like this...

Me: I lost my monkey head!
Mark: What?
Me: Yeah, my monkey head! See? It should go right here on the back of my sock. Just like... Oh no! Where did the other one go?


Yes, I lost both monkey heads. That's like three in two weeks! I walked all over the building, hoping to find the other one on the floor some place, but no luck. But then. . . .

My friend Danae gave me a ride to school yesterday, and I found Monkey Head #2 (or is that #3?) in the parking lot, right next to her car! It came back! What a great way to start the day! On my friend Eric's advice, I am going to make the returned monkey head into a pin for my academic robe, so I can always remember how my monkey came home. You know? When I heard that nothing is too big or too small for God, I really didn't think that would apply to sock decorations, but maybe it does!

Oh, the monkey-manity!

We had a bit of an accident in the junior classroom Wednesday night. Many of you may know Matt and I have a bit of an obsession with monkeys. We have a monkey clock, a monkey light-switch plate, a monkey toothbrush holder, and among other things, a pair of monkey bookends. Each bookend is a monkey sitting on a pillar wearing a fez and reading a book. Ugly, but cute, you know? They've been an object of equal amounts of love and derision in our classroom, where they live on my desk.

Sadly, they got bumped Wednesday night, and all of my books got knocked over, as well as the bookends. I was approached by several classmates after chapel Thursday morning, trying to prepare me for the "shock." "There was an accident." "There were some injuries." "Just be ready for an awful sight." So, I walk in to my classroom, not knowing what to expect... There they were... My books scattered, my poor monkey bookends on their sides... Wait! What happened to his head????

Sure enough, one of my monkeys was decapitated in the accident. THE HORROR! My classmates sprung into action, snapping pictures of the scene (which will be posted as soon as they send them to me!) People gave me their condolences. I was actually contacted by the pastoral care committee. (I received a condolence card the next day. Really!) I couldn't have asked for more support! I can only hope to always have such loving and caring friends by my side! Actually, we all had great fun with it too. The drama! :)

So, I submitted my monkey to Woody, the I.T. guy for a revolutionary head re-attachment procedure. Hopefully, he will come through the surgery okay, without too many side-effects from the super glue. I'll let you know when we know what the outcome is! In the mean-time, I hope everyone is more careful with their monkeys!