Bad Influence

I just wanted to start out by saying that Patty is a bad influence on me...and we're 2000 miles apart! She called me this afternoon (thanks for waiting until after noon!!) after I had emailed her to check something out so I could pick her brain about things. The conversation led to what we were doing for the night, and how she had to think of some sort of alcohol to take over to a friend's apartment. I made a comment about how I should get some more liquor for the apartment. She then told me that I needed to. We then were discussing movies, and how she almost bought Love Actually. Yep, ended up getting alcohol and watching Love Actually for my chick flick night. Man, you'd think that being 2000 miles away I wouldn't have bad influences from home!

I've always loved this movie. I can remember counting down the days until the movie came out. I don't remember who I all went with, but it was a good time. I was at Wal-Mart the day it came out on DVD to buy it. I got there late at night, and I was dead tired when I came home, but I had to put it in to watch Hugh Grant dance. That has to be one of the best scenes in the movie, but the movie in general is great. You have to love it when a 10 year old can peg romance, "But you know the thing about romance is people only get together right at the very end." Then there's also this gem between him and his father:

Daniel: So what's the problem, Sammy-o? Is it just Mum or is it something else? Maybe... school - are you being bullied? Or is it something worse? Can you give me any clues at all?
Sam: You really want to know?
Daniel: I really want to know.
Sam: Even though you won't be able to do anything to help?
Daniel: Even if that's the case, yeah.
Sam: OK. The truth is actually... I'm in love.
Daniel: Sorry?
Sam: I know I should be thinking about Mum all the time, and I am. But the truth is I'm in love and I was before she died, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Daniel: Aren't you a bit young to be in love?
Sam: No.
Daniel: Oh, OK, right. Well, I'm a little relieved.
Sam: Why?
Daniel: Well, you know - I thought it might be something worse.
Sam: [incredulous] Worse than the total agony of being in love?
Daniel: Oh. No, you're right. Yeah, total agony.

It's fun being schooled by a youngin'! There's also this part that I love too (for many reasons)

Harry: Tell me, exactly, how long it is that you've been working here? Sarah: Two years, seven months, three days and, I suppose, what, two hours?
Harry: And how long have you been in love with Karl, our enigmatic chief designer?
Sarah: Ahm, two years, seven months, three days and, I suppose, an hour and thirty minutes.
Harry: I thought as much.
Sarah: Do you think everybody knows?
Harry: Yes.
Sarah: Do you think Karl knows?
Harry: Yes.
Sarah: Oh that is bad news.
Harry: Well I just thought maybe the time had come to do something about it.

Today I scrubbed down the apartment. If you'd ever seen my room at school, you'd know I don't keep things clean...at all. I cleaned up everywhere in the apartment. I cleaned my room, and hung a poster of rural Dane County and the map of Green Bay I found in my glove compartment. Last week I scrubbed the bathroom, and it hadn't gotten too dirty this week. I totally scrubbed the kitchen down. I was doing laundry while I was doing dishes and cleaning up the counters. It looks nice in there. I then cleaned the living room to make sure I had enough room to build the computer desk.

I managed to get the desk out of my car with no help. I called a couple of people to help, but no answers. Oh well, now that I have a kitchen table, I can have them over for dinner. It was a beast putting it together. Well, not really, but it took a damn long time. There were more parts to it than I can remember seeing in the store! I now have a desk, and it's filled up my living room. I figure that I'd put the desk next to the TV so that when I get my digital hook-up this week, I have it all in one area. Putting it in here, made me really look at the size of the living room. My living room is bigger than any of the res hall rooms I had at SNC. I have my computer and TV right across from my futon like in school, and I could see the lay out of all of my rooms...dang, dang...

I started my lessons early last night so I would have the night to relax. It didn't take me as long as I thought it would. When I got done, I started thinking about what to make for dinner. While I was thinking, Dan, Jill, and Jason all called from the Safehouse. It was nice hearing from them, but it made me really homesick. It doesn't help that the day before I moved out here I dropped my Safehouse glass that I got senior year in the storage locker parking lot. It shattered, and I was really upset. The cup was from a time to Milwaukee when we all had a great time. Anyhoos...after I hung up with them I decided I needed to talk to someone from home. I opened my phone and somehow it started dialing Adam's number. We talked for awhile, and it was good times.

School has been getting better. I started some new behavior management things, and they seem to be working. Now all I have to do is make a new seating chart to start on Monday. There's one group that is consistently talking (they sit in groups of 4). I've tried everything, but nothing seems to work. I guess splitting them up will be a start. My cryer still cries sometimes. The other day he cried for the whole first half of the day. That was not cool. I was ready to go insane. Let me tell you how fun it is to try and give a spelling test while someone's sitting at their desk whining. Not going to lie, sounded like a dog whining. I have to think of something that will help him when he starts crying, to help the both of us...

Well, it's getting kind of late here, so I will be off...Night world!