I know, I haven't really updated in awhile

Ok, this past week wore the crap out of me, and got me whatever my kids have been passing around the room. I spoke too soon my first week about the kids not being sick. DAMN ME!

Well, this week I ventured off to adulthood with going to see an apartment. It's really nice (has a pool and hot tub right there for me :)). I get a washer and dryer (outside on my patio-in a closet), a dishwasher, and it has a nice feel to it. I took Mary with me to check it out so I could have another opinion of the place. It should've been Dan, but since he's 2000 miles away and has "exams" (what the hell kind of excuse is that?!), I guess he can give me his opinion when he comes to visit this spring.

Thursday night I stayed at school until 5:30ish. I knew Mary and Roger weren't going to be home until later in the night, so I was able to stop at Target and get some things, as well as meander home. I got home, put on my sweatshirt (which I do every night), and called Ben so he could put me on the list of "awful friends" since I hadn't let him know that I was moving to Vegas. He was cool with that, and as we were talking, Mary and Roger came in. Huh, they were supposed to be at a funeral, but I guess they didn't stay for the services like they had told me they were. That's cool yo. I was going to finish up with Ben, eat a quick dinner, and then finish typing up lessons so I could just sit back and relax this weekend. I got most of my lessons done, but I had a few more that I was going to type up during my "free time" (if you can call 30 min lunches and 50 minute prep times free time).
Friday I got to school and typed up my last few lessons (I'm still missing 3 lessons...my holiday ones), and mentally prepped for the day. The kids were alright. I could tell that it was Friday, and they were ready to just get the hell out of school for the week, since they were nonstop chatterboxes. I told them if they got 18 "balls" (pompoms), they could have candy at the end of the day. That somewhat worked. I ended up plugging the damn thing so that they could get candy. I have a feeling that this is what's going to happen to get to our goal of 40 for Wednesday so that we can have a party on Friday. One of my instigators, and main trouble maker, was behaving, and he came up to me asking if I could remind everyone to be quiet. He then asked that if they weren't listening to me, could he ask them to be quiet, and then if that still didn't work, could he go around and poke people hard with his pencil. "You know what ______, I've asked the class to be quiet WAY too much today. They should know that we're all working for 18 balls today. I would love it if you could poke everyone with your pencil, but we just can't do that in school." He's now one of my favorites. I came home from school, sat down to eat (fried chicken surprisingly), and then watched some sort of sporting event. I think I pulled out my knitting while watching TV.

Saturday I woke up to my phone ringing at 5:45 am. I thought I had accidentally set my alarm to go off, and was pissed since the NyQuil was not being very effective at 5:45. I silenced my phone and it vibrated at me one more time. I realized that someone had called me...AT 5:45 AM!!! WHO THE HE--...yeah, Dan would call me at that time of day. He was nervous about his exam, and since he'd call me walking to his exams while I still lived in Madison, he thought he would call me now. It took forever for me to fall back to sleep. I was having a decent dream too! I can't remember what it was, but I do remember that it was a good one. Maybe in my dream, Dan's Operation Find Kristy a Man Vegas Style wouldn't have been implemented, because she had one...DAMN YOU DAN! I woke up a few hours later so that I could go to the bank to set up an account so I could put my paycheck into a bank. It took me almost 90 minutes to set one up. Before I went to the bank, I headed to McDonald's to get some breakfast. Since I haven't been eating much lately, I decided I could go to McD's for breakfast. As I was pulling out of drive thru, Mary called to let me know that she had to go to the mall to get some Christmas gifts, and would I like to join her after I got done. Why would I pass up a perfectly good trip to a mall? At first she told me that she wanted to go to Fashion Show (which is on the Strip, and is the 3rd largest mall in the country), but we ended up going to a different one. She is the exact opposite of me when she shops. She HATES shopping! She knew what she needed to get, and she was on a mission. She grabbed what she needed at Dillard's, and then we headed into the mall. We went to 3 different stores, and then headed out. She asked if I wanted to grab some lunch (why not), and we headed to a restaurant. On the way to lunch, I called Sue to let her know that it was 63 and sunny out, and we had the sunroof open in the car. It was nice rubbing it in. We went to a restaurant called Islands. It was a good place, but I wasn't used to having so much grease in my system that I got sick after lunch. Not cool...but I was able to make it to Kohl's after lunch to get a picture frame of the Cult at Homecoming this year to put on my desk at school so I have something positive to look at when I need a boost in the day, and I got part of Adam's Christmas gift while I was there too. I got home, sat down to watch yet another sporting event (it was either football or basketball), pulled out ye olde knitting, and vegged for a bit. We ate dinner, and then I left for a few minutes to check on something. I came back out, and Roger was getting ready for bed. I hadn't seen Mary since we got home from shopping and lunch, so I knew she was in her room. It was 6:11. That's when I decided that I was going to do some more shopping. I had one more thing to do in order to get Adam's gift all settled, so I did what needed to be done, cruised around town for a bit (whilst talking to Patty), picked up some euthanasia (or echinachia--however it's spelled) and apple juice, and came back home. I got home, entered all of the grades into my grade book, watched a little TV, and headed to bed. Downed a bit of NyQuil too...

This morning I slept until 10. That's the latest I've slept since I've been out here. Not cool. I rolled over and watched a little TV (5 minutes), got up, showered, and went out to get some breakfast. I ate my yogurt, and drank some of my orange juice. Went in to get Adam's gift to put together, and watched some football. Roger watched the game, and then me putting together the gift for Adam. He enjoyed the gift. Once I was done with Adam's gift, I went back to get my knitting. I have not knitted this much in my life. I'm getting better and better at it. I no longer have to look at every step I make with it. I can just watch the game and go. Kinda cool. Talked to Dan, was able to help him purchase some candle thing... I think. I can't remember. All I remember is that we're going to go shopping a week from Tuesday before we get totally smashed! It's gonna be hella fun!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!! Ate dinner at 2:30 this afternoon. Mary wanted to eat dinner before heading to church at 5, so I thought she meant 4ish. Nope, dinner at 2:30. I'm going to have to get used to eating dinner at 7pm when I go home this week! Talked to mom, went back to knitting, and then headed to church. Once we got back from church, I decided I needed to get to Target since Secret Santas starts tomorrow, and I still hadn't gotten anything. Roger heard I was going, and had me pick up something small for him to hide from Mary. It's awesome. He's slowly turning into my father! I came home from Target, read some People (was going through withdrawal since I haven't read it since I've been out here!), and watched the end of the Packer's game...well, up until overtime. I decided to stop there. That's when I starting doing this. Well, I was surfing the net and talking to Erika before I updated, but you know...

Alright, I hear the NyQuil express pulling into town, but I promise I'll update sooner this week...