Field trip

Y: Ms. Powell, you do not eat meat?

Me: Nope, I do not eat meat. I'm a vegetarian.

Y: Why?

Me: Because I love animals a lot and I don't want to eat them.

Y: And your mom is a vegetarian too?

Me: Yep.

Y: I guess everyone in California is a vegetarian.

[J. forgot his coat. He only had a little sweater.]

Me: J., aren't you cold?

J: No, I'm just going to a warm place in my mind and so I'm okay.

[On the subway. L. and S. giggling and talking quickly in Spanish.]

L: Ms. Powell, Ms. Powell guess what.

Me: What?

[L. points at random man standing a few feet away.]

L: That's S.'s uncle.

Me: What?

[Man looks very confused.]

L: It is, it is!

[Man shrugs his shoulders, continuing to look confused.]

Me: I don't know...

S: It is, it is!
[Man shakes his head.]