Kate Gosselin in Action...

Due to Ben's lack of attention and ability to tune out my voice, I was forced to pull a Kate Gosselin at the bank earlier this afternoon. Here is the story of how it all went down:
We went straight to the bank after school with 15 or so other teachers, we all had to get some things straightened out in order to have access to our money. Well, Ben and I took much longer than most of the other teachers because our debit cards had somehow been blocked. The lady helping us was extremely helpful and she eventually got our accounts up and running.
To finalize the process, however, she had to assist us with entering our pin number into the ATM machine, which was located on the outer part of the bank, separated by a large glass window and a rotating door. At some point during this process Ben zoned out and didn't notice I had walked out with the assistant and he had engaged in conversation with a group of friends. (For those of you back at home, you know it is impossible for Ben to pay attention to multiple things at once) So when I called him to come with me he failed to follow. I was hoping he had heard me, and would be right behind me, but that was not the case. After I had input my pin, it was Ben's turn. The problem was Ben wasn't there to input it, I looked through the glass window and there was Ben, deep in conversation. Since the lady was waiting on us I had to rush through the rotating door back into the main building, I called once "Ben!" no response. A second time "Ben!" Five heads turned and looked at me, none of those heads were Ben's. That is the point at which I unconsciously switched to Kate Gosselin mode, "BEN!BEN!BEN!BEN!!" No joke! I called his name 4 times in a row, very loudly and everyone else looked....except Ben. Eventually someone told him to look, at which point he did and realized I was not happy, he came rushing through the door to input his pin.
Now try to picture this: 10 of the teachers inside the main building witnessed this first hand, the other 6 or so were by the ATM machine and had also heard me yelling and seen the whole thing go down. I was humiliated, I could not believe I stooped down to that level, worse yet I could not believe I was "forced" by Ben to do that.
I was not happy, but everyone else found the event pretty funny! I can laugh about it now, but I was NOT HAPPY at the time.
Still, I think it makes for a funny story, hope you were able to enjoy it.

Below you can see pictures of some of the group that went to the bank and got to experience the show Ben and I put on.
There is also a picture of us , the Vinland's and Judy Potter (the 3rd grade teacher) and one of the sweetest women I have met.

~Diana