And then I sat there and laughed.

Let me take you back to my life about 47 minutes ago.

I was in our Grade 1 classroom, sitting between two little girls who were taking their time finishing up their writing.  Since it is the beginning of the year, these little ones are very much in the early stages of learning to read and write.  However, this little writing activity was still taking far longer than I had expected.

So...I sat there, helping them come up with their ideas for writing.

And then I slightly zoned out...because there was so much random noise going.

Over to my left one little boy was hitting his metal water bottle with his ruler.

One of the girls was singing 'I like to move it, move it', in a strange low voice.

Another girl was humming away at a high frequency.

One little boy was bouncing his pencil loudly on his desk.

If only it were all to the same beat, it might have been musical bliss.

Nonetheless, I sat there for a few moments and gazed around at the chaos.

And then I sat there and laughed.