i'm so proud of me!

I cooked today! I made baked beans from this post and they were

awesome! I love this lady's blog, I feel like I know her, thank you internet for providing us with a whole new type of celebrity.

*sigh*

School has started and I am so tired! Why on earth are weekends so short?

buhahahaha!

Uh, good luck with that =)

i don't want to.

I have to go back to work in less than a week. stupid. =(

chasing seagulls.

Its so frustrating when you know you can catch seagulls if the people will just let you off your leash! My brother's freakishly long legs do an excellent job of keeping up with the wee Demon beastie.

#57 go camping.

We went to Anchor Bay this past week and camped on the beach. We had 12 people, 4 camp sites, and more crap than I thought possible to pack. We did have several people coveting our kitchen, what with the 3 dutch ovens and 2 camp stoves totaling 5 burners that are from the 40's.

ah, beth cooper.

Just finished this book, it was funny. As in, freaking hilarious! And a little crude . . . but, if you can look past that and you feel like you want to laugh out loud, pick it up.

okay, a lot crude. It's written about teenagers, what did you expect?

just as bad the second time around.

I tried people, I really did. 

Still strongly dislike this book. 

Sorry.

But it was funny when my three year old nephew asked if I was reading a horsey book, I had never really bothered to look at the cover. He looked at me like I was crazy when I explained what it was about and why I was reading it. He might have been right.

well, that's annoying.

I just got onto my mother's computer so I could upload a short video I am in love with, but since she  NEVER updates her Mac it couldn't even connect to my phone so I could put the video on and then transfer it here. 

*sigh with eye roll*

Maybe tomorrow.

hmmm.

Why is it that in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the prince is WAY more attractive as a beast than he is as a human prince? Can someone please explain that to me?

I don't even know what to title this entry. It's been a very depressing week, most of which I'd like to forget. The highlight being yesterday hanging out with Liz, serving in the cafe so I got off early, and watching fireworks. Life seems pretty great when you're looking up into the sky to see magical bursts of colorful light =)

Too bad they always end.

summer love.

One of my favorite things about summer is the time I have to read. I love reading, I come from a house where I basically never checked out books from a library even for school reports because I didn't need to, we had so many books at home I was covered. I love to stay up late into the night reading until my eyes burn and I'm fighting sleep to get through just one more chapter. My students hate to read. I don't understand it. I'm grateful I have the escape, and I'm grateful my parents instilled in all their children a love for the written word.

damn.

I missed a week, looks like I'll be starting over on that one. *sigh*

91. American History Museum, Washington D.C.

I love D.C. and I love that I just spent a week there! I had a blast with Shelly and 30 other teachers from my District. We had classes once a day and then toured around a little.

We saw Mt Vernon

Monuments at nightThe Library of Congress

The Capitol this is my foot in the center of D.C. directly under the Capitol's dome

The Berlin Wall (part of it)
Ford's Theatre


AND The American History Museum!!Yeah, Dumbo is there, who knew? And A bunch of first lady dresses (but not all of the ones they have are out. I think they put Hilary's away because everyone knew she had altered the sucker to appear thinner, we all know you're fat Hil, we don't like you either way.) Sadly my camera died right as I got to Kermit. I was heart broken.

15. see ya, dups.

I'll add the before and after pictures later, but I'm so proud of myself for sitting down and doing this cause it was freaking boring!!

wtf?

I'm not even sure how this works . . .



I really want to show this to my Geography classes =)


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rerun

I just started back at the Olive Garden and I have been quickly reminded of a few things:

1. People still suck.
a. white trash
b. teen agers
c. cheap-ass bastards who tip 10%, or sometimes less

2. Julia will never quit the Olive Garden
This lady is in her 80's and has been working there for 20-someodd-years!! The managers are genuinely afraid she is going to die on shift. And as an added sad/creepyness factor, she announced tonight that she is pretty sure she'll be dying soon . . .

3. I have to wind down for at least three hours after a shift before I can go to bed.

4. Even though the customers suck the other servers are awesome.
a. Clint spotting the Romulan at 112
b. Johnny pouring an entire pitcher of water down his side resulting in a pouch that put
forth a steady stream of water for about 60 seconds straight.

5. Kids are still like animals at the Zoo.
a. Best when you can go and visit them, not when you bring them home.

working on it.

This week I started working on some other goals from my 101 list, get rid of duplicates in my iTunes library and upping my savings account. To do the savings (and pay off a new purchase) I'm starting work back at the Olive Garden today. No, I'm not done teaching for the year, no I'm not very excited. I'm the opposite of excited because I would way rather not work and have a summer of fun, and the spiritual low times of my life were when I was working at the O.G.. But sometimes when you're an adult you have to do things you're not excited about. I've been praying for extra help so that I can not back slide like crazy this time, so if you're that sort of person and you happen to think of my while you're on your knees it might be helpful. And I'd appreciate it.

The ol' iTunes is not as smart as I once thought it can't tell the difference between movements on classical pieces so an entire cd sometimes shows up as dups instead of being listed as four seperate songs with multiple movements. I solved that by putting "a," "b," "c," etc. The only problem is that takes ages to do. Other songs I try to get rid of the live version (usually doesn't sound as good) or the one without album art. If that doesn't work I just pick one at random to delete. Only 722 more to go!

so close.

3 WEEKS UNTIL SUMMER!!!!!!!!

Bo Yah!

circus.

I work in a circus. Today Kesha and her boyfriend were in the hall doing whatever weird little kids do and the next thing I know she is in my room telling me that he has bit her on the butt. She related the entire story to me, which involved other things that led into the biting and sat down. About 90 seconds later she screams, "he broke the skin, I'm bleeding!" I did what any trained professional would do at that moment, I laughed so hard my eyes teared up. I hid my face behind my hand, if that makes it any better. =)

And I let her get a band-aid.