Your Quirk Factor: 50%

You're a pretty quirky person, but you're just normal enough to hide it. Congratulations - you've fooled other people into thinking you're just like them!

How Quirky Are You?

Only in Green Bay

This could only happen in Green Bay...

4 of a Kind

I got this as an email, and decided to post it with my answers...

I’ve been tagged. So here it goes...delete my answers, replace with
your own, and send it back to me and on to other friends!

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Second Grade Teacher, Las Vegas
2. Lead Children's Bookseller, Barnes and Noble
3. eBay auctioneer (yep, actually worked for people who sold things on eBay for other people...was considered an Assistant Manager)
4. Slave to Res Life...Resident Assistant and Assistant Hall Director

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Office Space
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Muppets Take Manhattan

Four places you have lived (this is sad, I only have 3...):
1. Las Vegas, NV
2. Madison, WI
3. De Pere, WI
4. (yet to come)

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. Gilmore Girls
2. Friends
3. Family Guy
4. That 70's Show

Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Door County
2. Las Vegas
3. Wisconsin Dells
4. Green Bay

Four websites I visit daily:
1. Facebook
2. LiveJournal
3. Blogspot
4. Gmail/SNC WebMail

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Spiral Mac and Cheese (only Kraft)
2. The cafe's Chicken Caesar Salad
3. Mashed Potatoes and gravy
4. Pork Tenderloin

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Another sad thing...Madison or Green Bay
2. On a deserted island with my close friends and family, drinking some fruity drinks
3. Dancing my life away at Hip Cats/Lexus/Madison's/Dan's kitchen
4. In a room with my dog, so I could play with her

Four friends I am tagging that I think will respond....
1. Hmmm...Dan
2. Erika
3. Adrienne
4. Marx

8 days...

I only have 8 days left until I'm on break...

I thought I would just update a little tonight before heading to bed.

• Tonight I ran into my first plumbing problem. For some reason my toilet decided not to work anymore (drain when I flush) at like 10pm. That wasn't cool at all. I had no idea how to fix it, so I ran to WalMart, picked up a plunger, and thought that may work. I came home, and the toilet decided that it wanted to work again. Whatever...as long as it works, I'm fine.
  


• I only have 8 days left. I can handle that. The kids have been a bit better, but they still need a whole lot of work. I didn't have them yesterday due to staff devo. The first half of the devo was ok, but the second half was awesome. We got to go to the Orleans Arena and listen to Ron Clark. It was really awesome. He's a Disney Teacher of the Year (2000) and an author. I found out last week that we were going to see him, and I knew the name right away from seeing it all over the place in BN. It was really awesome, like I said (I found out that they're making a made for TV movie about his successes...with Matthew Perry starring as Ron Clark!! HECK YEAH I'LL BE WATCHING IN AUGUST!). I tried some things he told us about yesterday in the classroom today. He was saying how to be really enthusiastic all the time, and the kids can pick up when you're not feeling right. Well, I tried to be enthusiastic this morning, but it was raining out. The kids got to start coming to my room at 8:45am. I don't normally have them until 9:15. That just brought me down. I had to get some work done, but the kids kept interrupting me and my computer was freezing up...I guess I'll have to try tomorrow.
  


• I also found out yesterday that the school is losing 300 students...which means that we're also losing teachers. My assistant principal came into my room this afternoon and basically told me I wasn't going to be coming back to Watson next year. I'm going to contact the principal at Mary's school to see if she has any openings for next year. Otherwise I get to re-interview with some principals at other schools, and then if I don't get anything there, I get to go and find another school that still has openings in May...I don't like this!
  

Alright, I need some sleep...

Vegas Baby!

Alright, here's an update about the weekend.

Thursday night I picked up Adrienne from the airport. I didn't know where she was seeing as how I was waiting by her baggage carousel for about 20 minutes, until I realized my chair was facing the wrong way and I wouldn't be able to see her...We had a good drive back to my apartment, and made a stop at WalMart for some stuff for a lesson on Friday. We sat up and talked for a long time.

Friday I came home from school (after a damn long trip to the bank...old people shouldn't go through drive-thru, and the bank should have more than one teller for the drive-thru on a Friday afternoon), ate something, and then headed down to the Strip. First stop was the yard long, and then off from there...I pretty much blogged about Friday, so see previous post for that...not really up for re-blogging right now. Well, other than the fact that Adam's a buzzkill, and I asked Dan a million times how home was. And...Adrienne was very friendly with the people on the Strip, as well as the porn peddlers. :)

Saturday we slept in. We decided that we wanted to go and see the Hoover Dam. We didn't really want to pay for the tour, and decided to just drive over it. We didn't really expect the traffic that was there. We hit major traffic as we got closer. And we were driving along the mountains, really close to the edge. She thanked me many times for being a good driver. We had to go through a security checkpoint, and we were both wondering what that consisted of. It consisted of two security guards waving people through. Granted, buses, and other big trucks and stuff have to stop so they can inspect those vehicles. We finally got down there, and it wasn't as exciting as I thought it was. We were talking about the movie Fools Rush In while we were driving closer to the Dam. As we got to it, we were comparing what we saw to what was in the movie. There were many things missing here than were in the movie. Guess the movie adding and took things out. After that, we went to the McDonald's in Boulder City for some lunch. We got in there, and we both got the same thing, but since I asked for honey, was charged more. I guess the person thought I had said honey mustard, and handed me that...oh well. Cheap place...Then Adrienne and I decided we wanted a Shamrock shake since we hadn't had any this year. I went up to get mine, and the same chick (not real friendly), came to take my order. She told me they didn't have them anymore. Well maybe they should take that off of their menu then...It was back to the Strip for us once we entered the Vegas area again. We hit up the World's Largest Gift Shop to look for some true souvenirs from Las Vegas. Our goal was to find something that had both our names on it for us to keep as a momento. Aww, so cute! We then drove down to the Mirage, and hit the rest of the casinos we missed the night before (Bellagio, Caesar's Palace, Harrah's, Casino Royale, Venetian, and Treasure Island). What's really cool is that we were shopping in Kid's Karnivale in the Venetian, and I just read tonight, after I took Adrienne to the airport, that Brittney Spears and K-Fed were in there shopping on Thursday night. I'm sure Adrienne would like to hear that :). We saw some evangelists on a corner on the Strip, kinda funny. As we were waiting for the water show at the Bellagio, there was an announcement that the next scheduled show was going to be canceled due to the high winds...it wasn't even that windy! We were really tired when we got done at Caesar's, and were very happy to see the car when we got back to the Mirage. We drove home, had a drink, watched part of RENT (did you know that the kid who played Daryl in Adventures in Babysitting plays Mark in RENT?!), and went to bed.

Today we woke up, and decided that we wanted to go shopping. We went to Best Buy, and then we went to lunch at BJs. After lunch, it was time for Target to get my chair for my patio and a copy of the picture we had taken with the Showgirl at Harrah's. I then took her past where I lived before my apartment, and then it was time to take her to the airport. It was sad seeing her go. I knew I was going to be sad, but I didn't think I would be as sad as I was to see her go. It was like I was on vacation this weekend. I didn't think about school at all (well, I did, but then that brought on stress...so I tried not to think about it...). I had such a great time with her, and it was a friendly face. My apartment wasn't too quiet either. It was just awesome. Awesome time...I can't wait for her to come back out!

Las Vegas Strip...Part 1

Well, I'll update just a little bit now.

Yesterday, Adrienne and I got down to the Strip by about 6. Damn traffic. Here are the highlights:

• Getting our yard longs first thing. It was wonderful! Some guy at the bar asked me when I got in town, and I played along and told him I got in that night. He told me that I was in for the time of my life!
  
• MGM Grand has a lion habitat...I took Adrienne over there, and the lions were on a glass overpass that we could go under. We got there, one got up and moved closer to us, and laid down. "Great, a lion's ASS" Good ol'Adrienne. Then we decided to head to the next casino...that's when Adrienne saw someone from Hays. WTF?
• As we were leaving MGM, we heard some guy saying to his friend, "Are we in fucking Prairie Dog Land?" We of course had to call Dan to document what we heard. And we kept calling him to document what was going on.
  
• M&M World: Looking for kitsch, and saw M&M license plates for bikes...saw one for Jesus, and as I was looking under the label, the name there, "DAN". That's not right...
• Adrienne got another yard long at Paris...it was an Eiffel Tower. Throughout the night, she was asked where she got her drink....hmmm....maybe she got it at the Bellagio.
  
• We waited to eat until 11pm since that's when the late night specials begin. We got to the place, and they didn't have any late night specials...I was upset. They had them there when I was there in January, why can't we have one now?! My sister and I are thinking that it's because it's the weekend.
  
• She almost got shot too...There was a girl behind us singing terribly, and Adrienne kept making comments about it. At one point she made a comment right when the girl was next to us.
  

That's what I remember right now, but I'm sure there are some parts I'm missing. Just because I was so tired by the end of the night.

Who Is More Evil?

It wouldn't post here...so here's the poll you MUST take!

http://leomohnkay.livejournal.com/

That's right...who's more evil?

Evilness

Who is more evil? Adam Kristy view results

Even if the quizzes say I am...I'm not...

You Are 32% Evil

A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well. In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil.

How Evil Are You?

Damn him! The other night, Adam and I were discussing who was more evil. We all know that he is. We decided to do a search and find the quiz we both took over 3 years ago. I couldn't find it, so I took the quiz above. I finally did find it, and I have become less evil than I was 3 years ago. However, Adam took the quiz today with me on the phone, and he's WAY less evil than I. That's when I knew something was up with the quizzes. I had two sources tell me that I'm less evil than he is. That's fine by me. Even his sister told him that he's more evil than I. And, I can tell you from experience, sisters know more than friends. I should count that vote like 5 times. Anyhoos, the other night while we were on the phone, Adam was talking about random things while I finished up some work. I caught him asking me what I would do if I woke up some day as a walrus. Wtf? Then he started asking me about how I would feel if my brain was in someone else's body. It totally depends on the person I would be in. The greatest idea, according to him is this. He wants to invent a machine to shrink people. He would shrink me and put me in a Lincoln Log house in his living room. I came up with the idea of him putting on Battlefield Earth to make me watch it finally. He then thought about making a Godzilla chicken to put in my house and destroy it from time to time. For entertainment, he would give me a small gerbil to ride around on. Good God...only Adam could come up with this stuff.

My week ended better than it has in a long time. I actually wrote a note home for one of my troublemakers about him being so well behaved. I was so proud of him! I made sure to tell him that in front of the whole class. I can't believe he's turning his behavior around! If it works for him, maybe it can work for everyone else! I'm hoping!

Friday on my way home from school, I decided that I wanted to listen to some music to remind me of SNC. I found the CD Jimmy made Erin and I at the end of freshman year. Talk about bringing back the memories!! It was good times listening to those songs. It seems like a million years ago that those songs came out. When I got home and signed on to work on my lessons, Jimmy happened to be online. We started talking, and then we were talking about our favorite memories. It was good times. He started asking about some of my friends from home that he knew, and was surprised that I had lost touch with one of my good friends. It happens. There are days I wish it didn't, but it happens to the best of us. He was saying how he wasn't always the best with keeping in touch. I brought up the fact that we still call or email every couple of months. We were with each other during some hard times and the good times. Although, every friendship has those. I just see us always keeping in touch...even if it is once every couple of years :)

Last night I worked on lessons, and then just vegged. I did make a drink in honor of St. Patty's Day. It ended up being WAY strong, but it was still good. Sat around and watched TV and surfed the Net. I ended up playing Literati on Yahoo with some peeps from SNC. It was fun, I really enjoyed it.

Today I woke up with so much enthusiasm to finish my lessons and clean the apartment. I lost that feeling. It took me forever to finish my lessons (which was interrupted many times by either phone calls or laundry). I got some cleaning done...picking up papers, throwing away some stuff, and doing the dishes. There are some other things that need to get done, but I have all day tomorrow. Talked to Adam on the phone for about an hour this afternoon. Went grocery shopping, came home and watched a movie.

Dan asked me last night what I was watching for my Chick Flick Night. I had no idea. I actually had to talk myself into a chick flick tonight. I did, however, end up watching Drive Me Crazy. I haven't watched this movie in ages. It's a nice teen chick flick. At one point, one of the characters asked the other if she wanted to go for a walk. That's one thing I miss about SNC. Adam and I would take walks all the time, and even Dan and I would try to get lost in DePere. Just the aimlessness around town...good times.

I talked to Adrienne today too! I'm so excited about her coming out next week! I called to see if she wanted anything in the apartment for breakfasts or anything. Good times. I'm thinking that we'll end up on the Strip by about 5 or so, and having us a good time Friday night! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

This is wrong...

Alright, so I'm somewhat Irish...don't really know how much, but I am...and this quiz told me I'm not...

You're 25% Irish

You're not Irish. Not even a wee bit. Not even on St. Patrick's Day!

How Irish Are You?

Holy crip...I left with a smile on my face!

Yes, that's right, you heard it from me...I HAD A DECENT DAY OF SCHOOL! I say decent since the beginning of the day sucked monkey butt. I was telling the kids how the assistant principal was coming into our class and watching us work together as a class. They were acting up, and I told them that I get in trouble for their behavior, and they need to act right. It worked. The lesson went well, and I feel good about it. We'll see what the assistant principal thought on Thursday.

I was flying high on my last hour of the day, and I decided that I wanted to make something other than the usual easy stuff I make for dinner. I was thinking about what I all had in my cabinets and freezer and such. I decided that I was going to make a chicken, broccoli, and rice casserole that I had always loved at SNC. I stopped at the store to pick up some mushrooms to add to it too, so I had my own spin on it. It turned out just like the stuff at school. I know, I'm weird, I liked the food at school.

And, again, I'm going to post about Adrienne's visit! I absolutely CANNOT WAIT to see her next week. It turns out that she's coming out on Thursday night instead of Friday! Awesome! I love it! I can't wait til she comes.

Alright, it's not a long update, but I thought I would update. I lost my good happy momentum after I told mom and Adam about my observation...but I'm still flying high! :)

It'll get better...

"Upside Down" by Jack Johnson



Who's to say
What's impossible
Well they forgot
This world keeps spinning
And with each new day
I can feel a change in everything
And as the surface breaks reflections fade
But in some ways they remain the same
And as my mind begins to spread its wings
There's no stopping curiosity

I want to turn the whole thing upside down
I'll find the things they say just can't be found
I'll share this love I find with everyone
We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs
I don't want this feeling to go away

Who's to say
I can't do everything
Well I can try
And as I roll along I begin to find
Things aren't always just what they seem

I want to turn the whole thing upside down
I'll find the things they say just can't be found
I'll share this love I find with everyone
We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs
This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste
Well it all keeps spinning spinning round and round and

Upside down
Who's to say what's impossible and can't be found
I don't want this feeling to go away

Please don't go away
Please don't go away
Please don't go away
Is this how it's supposed to be
Is this how it's supposed to be


I heard this song as I was showering tonight, and I've loved this song ever since I first heard it! It is quite possibly the cutest music video I've ever seen. Too cute. This soundtrack is an awesome one. I was excited when I heard that there was a Curious George movie coming out, and when I heard that Jack Johnson was doing all of the music on the soundtrack, well, I knew I HAD to have it. It's a great CD. It's a nice relaxing CD that will calm people's nerves. Good times.

Speaking of calming nerves, I was told tonight that I need to go swimming, or find some new hobbies. I was talking to Adam and telling him how my back has been hurting for the past few weeks because of the stress from my kids. He asked me what I did to calm down and de-stress. Well, I relax and watch a movie or go window shopping. It's what I've done for years. Although, if I have friends close by, we go walking and talk about it or I can go over to their rooms, write down what's bothering me, and then rip up what I've written. But, alas, I can't do that as of this moment. I told him it wasn't really warm enough out to go swimming. It may be in the 60s, but the pool isn't heated. I was always told that I couldn't go swimming unless it was 70 or above. That's when Adam told me that I didn't live near mom, and didn't have to listen to her. Oh well, I'm not going swimming anywhere that has had snow fall from the sky in the past few days.

I can't wait for Adrienne's visit! I only have 1 week and 4 days left! It'll be awesome having someone here from home. I don't know what to plan for, but I should probably wait to hear from Adrienne to see when her flight comes in and what she wants to do and such. It'll be a great stress reliever...for both of us I think.

Not motivated

That's what I've had all week. I'm hoping this week will be better, and I will be motivated to get work done.

Friday night I didn't feel like doing lessons. I didn't get any work done. I laid on the futon after work, and just vegged. I did stop at the liquor store on the way home. I called my sister, and she told me that I shouldn't go, but I talked to Patty and she told me to go. I was laying on the futon when Dan called, and I half paid attention to him. Mom called, and I exploded at her. I had told her to not talk about my students because that's why I had a headache everyday this week, and why I didn't want to go back on Monday. 5 minutes later, she's still talking about my students. I told her (whilst raising my voice) that I didn't want to talk about this stuff, it was stressing me out. It was just a bad night/week.

Saturday I woke up still feeling like crap. I decided I needed to get out of my funk. It was really cold, and I decided that it was cold enough to wear my only wool sweater I have out here. It's my comfiest one I own, and it did make me feel better. I put it on, and I tried doing something with my hair (something new, but it didn't work), but I still felt good. I did my laundry, and called my godmother to see how things were. We talked on the phone for a good hour and a half. I sat down and did all of my lessons. Got them done, and went out grocery shopping. Came home, ate dinner, and sat down to my Chick Flick Night. I ended up watching Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I've loved this movie since I went to see it with my sister on opening day this past summer. I did have a problem with the fact that it didn't stick with the book with a few storylines. That's what I get for finishing the book two nights before I went to see the movie. Oh well, I've come to terms. I felt like Dan after I was done with the movie...I watched all of the special features, minus the theatrical trailer. I now want to read all of the books again...and I also can't wait for the fourth one to come out!

Today I woke up and was stressing about this week. I have an observation on Tuesday, and I always get worked up with observations. I decided that I needed to go shopping. I need nice brown shoes. My Skechers are working, but when I wear my dark brown pants those just don't work. I went out to Payless first, since it's only 5 minutes from my apartment. Nothing there that caught my eye. As I was coming out of the store, I noticed that there was something coming down from the sky. It was snow! It was 53, but still snowing! I was so excited. There were only a few snowflakes, but still, it was snowing! I ended up at Bed Bath and Beyond to just look around. I found a few throw pillows on clearance that work well with my futon cover. I came home, made lunch, and started crafting. I started a project last week, and I'm finishing it up this week. Then it's onto a bigger project that will take awhile. Tonight I just watched West Wing (that can't be all that they're going to do with Josh and Donna!) and Family Guy as I was crafting. It was a good night...

I can't wait til Adrienne comes out! It'll be a nice break for me. It'll make my break come faster and then my time to see people to be here faster too. It'll be a well deserved break for the two of us. I'm already trying to plan things to do. I'm thinking the Strip the first night. I can pick her up from the airport after school, and we can either go right to the Strip, or come back and change and such. I dunno, I'm just really excited! I can't wait to see someone from home!! :):)

I'm such a girl

I have Spanglish on in the background while I'm doing my lessons for next week, and I forgot how much I loved this quote...

They should name a gender after you. Looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes sense. And trying not to blink so you don't miss anything. And all of that and you're you. It's just that you are drop dead crazy gorgeous. So much so, that I'm actually considering looking at you again before we finish up here.

:)

Why does looking at old pictures bring a big goofy grin to my face?

Not much tonight

I don't have much to say again, but hey, I figured I'd update.

I woke up at 5am this morning out of a deep sleep with a blinding headache. That's always a good way to start the day. I thought if I slept the extra hour that I could, it would go away. Nope, didn't happen. It was worse when I woke up. When I woke up the first time I figured I'd wait to take my stuff since it has caffeine in it and I didn't want to wake up at all. Not at 5am. It was only on one side of my head, so I laid on that side to see if that would help too. Nope. When I finally did wake up, it was really bad. I contemplated calling in sick, but I knew that I want to save those days til this summer. And I knew that they wouldn't be able to find my lessons, and that the lessons for today wouldn't be useful since I think there was only one for today that was going to be used on account of the behavior yesterday. I showered, got dressed, and laid down on my futon til I had to leave. I got up before I needed to, because I thought I was going to charf right there on the futon. Not a good feeling to head to teach for a full day. Oh well, I have to put up with it. It did eventually go away (not until the end of the day).

I heard a good song on the oldies station on my way home today. It was right as I was leaving the parking lot, and I thought to myself, "I have to get the lyrics to this song." I'd never heard it before, and I loved it. Of course, I didn't remember about it until now, and I can't think of what the song was now. I know some of the words in the song, but nothing that will help me out.

I didn't do a thing tonight. I feel like crap for not doing anything. I should have my lessons for next week all written up, but I don't. I'm a crappy teacher. Whatever. The kids have worn me down like none other, and I don't really want to plan anything for them. I did talk to Patty though. That was good times. I got to vent at her about the things that have been on my mind all week. It's kind of weird, the things that have been on my mind, honestly started right after I hung up with her the last time I talked to her. Weird...It was good to vent to her. I've vented to everyone else, but it's Patty. I can REALLY vent to her. She's handled it for years, and knows how to handle me when I'm in that type of mood. I feel much better now that I've spazzed and vented to her. I always do. I felt like I was in college again...it was pretty much what I spazzed about with her then. Kinda like when I shot out a spaz email to Harr this week. I miss being able to walk around and talk to her as often as we did while we were home together. Oh well, that's what the end of April's for! We'll be heading downtown and walking around. Hell yeah.

Contemplating going to bed early tonight.

Correction

The ice cream flavor is NEAPOLITAN Dynamite...damn...a little disappointed now...

Today the kids drove me insane. By the end of the day I was ready to cry because of the frustration I had with one student in the last ten minutes. Just one kid! They need to start listening. That's all I'm going to say...I have been working all night to get over it and out of my funky mood. So, here's to happy times to come!

I stopped to get ice cream on the way home from school. Sue told me I needed to...but she also said I needed to get drunk. Dan said I needed ice cream too. I took a nap, woke up, and made dinner. As I was watching the Degrassi where Emma gets gonorrhea and eating my spiral mac, my phone rang. I was half tempted not to pick it up, but it was Adam. I figured if it had been a family member, I'd not get it. We talked for a bit, I zoned out at some points to pay attention to how she got it and with whom...it was a good time.

Soon I'm about to get my ice cream (Napoleon Dynamite by B&J...Cherry Garcia and Chocolate Fudge Brownie together! SWEET!) and settle in for the Project Runway finale!

I wish I were Diet Coke...of EVIL!

You Are Coke

A true original and classic, you represent the best of everything you can offer. Just the right amount of sweet, just the right amount of energy... you're the life of the party. Your best soda match: Mountain Dew Stay away from:Dr Pepper

What Kind of Soda Are You?

Pococurante

Well, I really don't have anything to add tonight, but I figure that I should since I now I have high speed.

This morning as I was getting my room ready for the day, my phone started ringing. I've kinda already figured out who calls before and after school, so I knew who was on and had knew what they were calling for. Of course it was about the lockdown yesterday. I figured her daughter had told her about it, but I guess it was on the news last night. I didn't think they'd actually put it out there. I spent my lunch looking to see if I could find anything on the net about it. This article actually names Watson! As I get excited about my school being mentioned that it was on lockdown. I'm sick, I know. My kids weren't TOO bad today. There were only 3 notes home tonight. I did get to have the students who have stayed on green for the past two weeks pick out their prizes. (They have to color in the color they ended the day on, and at the end of the week they take them home to get signed. If they get two weeks in a row, they get a prize, and then wait another 2 weeks for another prize.) They were kinda crappy prizes, but hey, I can only afford Dollar Tree right now, and they can deal with Easter stuff. Winners can't be choosers...or something like that.

I have made my first plan for when I get home. I'm getting my hair cut!!! I can't handle it much more. It's getting too long. When it gets long enough for a pony tail, it's too long. This coming from a girl who hasn't had her hair this short since early high school. I've lived with hair long enough to pull back forever. Looking back at pics, I can't handle it anymore. Yes, I'm waiting to get my hair cut at home. I have to get over the fact that I haven't had anyone but my stylist cut my hair since I was a sophomore in high school. I would come home for hair cuts in college, and she would come in especially for me. I can't break this bond yet! I'm sure more plans will follow...THEY BETTER!

I got my silicone baking stuff from my parents today. Well, I got them this weekend, but the postman doesn't like listening to me. Last week, Mary Kay sent me a package, and the locker the postman put it in, the key doesn't work. This week, he put it in the same locker. Anyhoo...I got the baking stuff, and then mom sent me the daily crosswords and Godiva hot chocolate. I got addicted to that stuff at the end of my tenure at BN, and have been craving it lately. I miss getting coffee and anything cafe related half off! My time spent in the cafe making drinks also helped me with this hot chocolate. I knew exactly what to mix and such. The instructions only called for milk, but in the cafe at BN, it's half milk and half half-and-half. It makes it richer with the half-an-half. It was damn good. It made Gilmore Girls better, and it warmed me up. I don't like the wind here. If it's windy, it's not just a breeze, it's damn gale force winds. I guess it's a breeze out here, but back home it's gale force winds. It cooled down a lot since the sun set, and I got really cold. It's not supposed to get out of the 40s this weekend, and there's a slight possibility for snow in the higher elevations of the city. I'm on the lower end. I'm still higher than some, but not too much higher. I guess I can break out the sweaters this weekend :). Although the winter coat will not make it out. NEVER. I will not have that thing show it's face here. I will not stand for it!

On a totally different note...I'm listening to Radio Disney on my digital cable (I know, I'm a loser). I want to hear what my kids should be listening to, even though they aren't (seeing as how they were singing Laffy Taffy and 1,2, Step). I was listening to it, and "Can't Touch This" and "Mambo #5" were on. That's not right for little kids. They're playing all of the songs from my high school and college days. Although, compared to the stuff that's on the radio now...it's good.

Anyway...I should think about getting to bed. Hopefully tomorrow will be a great day!

Oh Happy Day

Well, today was a good day. I took the kids to Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. It was really cool. I got to see all the animals, and watch some dolphins swim. I think what made it the best was that my class was split into two, and I got to choose which group of three I wanted to go with. Did I want to go with the kids who I always have to talk to, or do I want to make it easy on myself? Yeah, I made it easy on myself. Granted, I did go with some kids who always get each other in trouble, and one who always needs an eye on him. It was relaxing, and fun. I took lots of pics! I think I would go back again. It was interesting, and I would like to look at the animals at my pace, not the pace of the tour guide who's trying to get us in and out within an hour and a half. I tried getting in way back when I was here 3 years ago. I walked all the way through the casino to get to it, just to find out it was being renovated and was closed until 2 days after I left. I was upset, but I came to terms with is.

It was a good morning, and then the afternoon came. It really wasn't too bad. The only thing that was bad was the fact that we were in lockdown mode. I can remember sophomore block, and having to start the lockdown drills. I think it even began right after I left high school...it was really scary to me that I would have to practice with young children what to do if there was something bad happening in or around the school. I never knew how to handle that. What do you tell the kids? How do you keep them quiet and still for an extended period of time? Well, today, as we were coming back from PE, we were just getting into the classroom when over the PA system it was announced that we were to be in lockdown mode. I just figured that they wanted to do a drill when they knew there would be kids milling about the hallways going to and from specials. I had the kids sitting quietly, and they were doing a real good job. There were people coming around to make sure our doors were locked and such, and the kids were getting kind of upset. I was too in the moment to notice how much time had elapsed, but when I finally looked at my watch, 15 minutes had passed. That's too long for a drill...I guess it turns out there were explosives somewhere in the area close to school. Kinda scary. When I was growing up and wanting to be a teacher, I never thought I'd have to do this.

I did get to talk to Harr tonight! It was really cool. I haven't had a good chat with her since before her wedding in July. We've talked and hung out, but not in a small group or by voice or e-mail. It was fun talking to her. We were talking about the joys of teaching (it's nice to know that there's someone else out there who has the same feelings about things as I do!), and other things. Like, how we would give anything to just go back to SNC for a full weekend and drink like we used to. Or just go back to those days...we just wanted to get out when we were there, and now we want to go back. Crazy. It was awesome though. Last night I was thinking about some things, and I was thinking about who I could spaz to about things. Immediately my email was open, and the next thing you know I'm sending off an email to her! It was great. It was exactly what I would've emailed her about when she was my HD or any other time I was at SNC. Good times had by all. She's happy that I've carried on the monkey in the bathroom, and the fact that I still have the beads Adam and I won in the dance-off at her wedding. I may have taken down the tassel from graduation...but the beads stay! Good memories...won't come down!

On another happy note, Adrienne's coming out in a couple of weeks. We're gonna rock this town! It's going to be hella fun! And! I only have 5 weeks til I go on break, and 7 weeks til I'm home (7 weeks til you shave your damn beard Adam!...or else you'll find me standing above you with a Bic while I'm home). It's coming so fast, and I can't wait!!

Anyway, off to bed. I need to get to bed earlier than I do....damn this teaching gig! No more late nights!!!

69 Things

69 things you may not have known about me...

(when I got this, ..1 was mysteriously missing, so it's really only 68)

2. Name someone with the same birthday as you
Waye Gretsky and Ellen Degeneres

3. Where was your first kiss?
In a "mailbox" in preschool

4. For or against same sex marriage?
For

5.Are you homophobic?
No

6. Are you bisexual?
No

7. Do you believe in God?
Yes

8. How many U.S states have you been to?
a bunch...22 I guess

9. How many of the U.S states have you lived in?
2 - Wisconsin and Nevada

10. Have you ever lived outside the U.S?
Nope, not yet

11. Name something you like physically about yourself.
My eyes

12. Something non-physical you like about yourself:
To be able to make people feel better even though I'm 2000 miles away

13. Whats your moms first name?
Mary

14. What is your dream car?
I like the car I have now...I don't have much time to think about other cars

15. If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?
Europe, more specifically, France

16. Have you ever had someone of the opposite sex sleep over?
Yes

17. Something that you have always wanted to do:
Travel to Europe

18. Do you download music?
I used to

19. How many illegal things have you done?
Not a lot...well, speeding I guess

20. Where would you want to go on a first date?
Anywhere, as long as it was a date...

21. Would you date the person who posted this before you?
Ummm...I love Adrienne, but not like that

22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally?
Can we say "Hero"?

23. Ever been kissed under fireworks?
Nope

24. Do you like president Bush?
Um...HELL NO

25. Have you ever bungee jumped?
Hells no

26. Have you ever white water rafted?
No

27. Has anyone ten years older than you ever hit on you?
No...wait, yes...yes they have....At my sister's "wedding" one of the groomsmen hit on me while he was holding his infant. Gross old man.

28. Favrorite musical artist?
Currently...Michael Buble

29. Have you met a real redneck?
Yes, I'm related to one

30.Do you believe in love in first sight?
I want to...

31. Have you ever met someone famous?
No...not really...

32. What is your current favorite song?
Dirty Vegas by INXS

33. What was the last movie you watched?
Movie...Love Actually

34.Last resturant you ate at?
Does take out count? China A-Go-Go...weird name, but excellent take out

35. Where was the last place you went besides your house?
Albertson's (grocery store)

36. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone elses property?
No

37. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
Yes.

38. Are you a virgin?
...yes...

39. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
A person's smile or eyes

40. What really turns you on?
A great cologne

41. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
Depends on my mood

42. What is your biggest turn off?
Immaturity, disrespectful

43. What is the one thing you don't like about yourself?
the way I can be totally introverted, when I shouldn't be

44. How many cousins do you have...on both sides of your family?
4

45. Do you have an ipod?
I have an mp3 player, but not an ipod...

46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
No

48. Do you have braces?
No

49. Are you comfortable with your height?
Yes

50. Do you like someone right now?
:)

51. How tall are you?
5'9"

52. Do you speak any other language other than English?
I took French all through high school, and then a semester in college...could I get around France and survive with my knowledge of their language...hell no!

53. Do you have any pets?
Not here, at home we have Eva

54.Have you ever been in love?
I don't think so

55. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
Yes

56. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?
Not really...Jasper died, and I took it hard...

57. Do you watch MTV?
Heck yeah!

58. What's something that really annoys you?
Kids who don't listen...

59. What are some things you really like?
Friends and family, crafting, listening to music...watching Degrassi

60. Do you like Michael Jackson?
Some of his songs...

61. Can you dance?
Yes, crappily, but yeah...

62. Have you ever surfed?
No.

63. Do you know how to pump gas?
ummm...dur...

64. Do you have a job?
Yes.

65. What's the latest you have ever stayed out?
I pulled a few all-nighters in school

66. Have you ever thought that you were honestly going to die?
No

67. Were you ever rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
By ambulance - no...by car - yes

68. Have you ever been dared to do something you didn't want to?
Yes.

69. What's your favorite state to live in?
I loved Wisconsin since family and friends...but I'm really lovin' the weather out here in Nevada

Damn Lawyers!

And I get razzed about being a teacher from a lawyer (well, law student)? At least I can run spell check properly!

Let's see how this works...

I just want to see how this works...


http://kevan.org/johari?view=leomohnkay

Chick Flicks...

I have not cried as hard as I did tonight since the night before I left to move out here to Vegas. I decided to watch the Dawson's Creek "exclusive never-before-seen extended cut" finale that I got this week. I lit my candles and sat down with the last glass of wine from the bottle I opened this week. Not even 10 minutes into was I crying. There were some scenes that were cut from the original episode aired, and there was one scene that just got me...and it kept getting me throughout. I think there was about 5 minutes when I was not crying. I think it just made me miss everyone at home since everyone on the show was heading home and seeing one another. They were all reuniting and having fun. I only have just about 40 days to go home and see everyone.

I finally have my digital internet and cable. I've been having a fun time getting used to my new channels. Last night I caught an episode of O'Grady. It's a cartoon on The N, and it's hilarious! It was about a year ago that Erika, Patty and I were housesitting and were addicted to The N and GaS. We saw commercials for O'Grady and wanted to see it. I finally got to see it last night. Anyhoo...a couple of the characters were getting ready to go to France for the summer, and one of them was just making English words into French using an accent. The other character was saying how it was Frenglish. Now, I would say that it's Franglais. But that's just me, seeing as how I was fluent in Franglais in high school. :)

Things seem to be getting better in the classroom. The kids were awful for the sub on Tuesday (I had a half day in the room, and the other half at a grade level meeting.). I guess the principal had to come in and physically take a student out of my room due to their behavior. The sub didn't leave me a note, and no one from the office let me know what happened...I had the kids tell me what happened. I guess they were acting like they always do with me. We had a nice long chat about that one.

I woke up early today, and went to a different grocery store to get some things since the one right by me was out of some stuff I needed last night. After that trip, I now have a newspaper subscription for 8 weeks and Girl Scout cookies. As I was driving home, I thought about just getting on the highway right in front of my apartment and heading north. I know where it goes to the south, since that's the way I came into Vegas, and have taken many times to get to and from the other side of town. I had a full tank, and didn't have anything to do at home (except for the laundry in the washer). I decided against it, and made some stuff for lunches and such. I had decided to go to a real mall today. I'm used to the strip malls and such, so I needed a true blue mall. I went in and was out within 45 minutes. It was a crappy mall! There are some stores in it that have good names, but otherwise it sucks. There were two stores I would've gone in. I went in one, but I was on my cell with my sister as I walked past Torrid. Oh well. I ventured off to Famous Footware to find shoes (no such luck), and then to Michael's to get inspired for a graduation gift for Sue for graduation. There's something I have in mind, but Jen has to find time to help me with it. I then found some other things to keep me crafting for a bit. In fact, it may be 12:30am here, but I'll still craft after I'm done posting! There's a Degrassi Old School marathon on til 2am. I can handle that!!

Well, I should be off to craft!!