And here's your update from beautiful Muncie, IN
Greetings from the home of Ball State University! I'm down here to visit Liz because I hadn't seen her apartment yet. The other reason is because we went to the gymnastics meet last night. Lauren only competed exhibition but she did a good job! I love watching gymnastics even though it makes me nervous sometimes.
So work yesterday was probably one of the shittiest days ever. I got so upset that I walked out of class! I know I shouldn't have but I didn't want the kids to see me cry. So the story goes like this...the day started off kinda bad because I was running late. I woke up late and then I still had to take out the garbage and put my stuff in my car for my trip. Then in first hour, they talked through the announcements as usual. I hate that. They talked while I was talking. I hate that too. Second hour had some sort of gross spitball contest going on which ended with me having to clean up about 60 of them off my clock, wall, whiteboard, and chairs. Some of them were still wet. Absolutely the grossest. Third hour I hit my breaking point. First off they were talking while I was talking (see previous mention of how I feel about that...) Then I had a bunch of them who would not do their work for anything. I had a kid ask to go to the bathroom about 10 minutes before lunch and I said "Do you think you maybe can wait it out?" He goes "Sure, I think I can do that," then he smacked me in the head! Once I recovered the ability to speak again, I asked him why he did it. He goes "It was just a tap." So having had enough of the kids playing games, I sent a little message to their screens that said "I am extremly disappointed in you. You have a lot of work to do and yet you choose to play games." That's all it said. I thought the personal message was better than calling them out in front of the class. Well one kid didn't like it. He started yelling at me from across the room. "Why did you put that just on our screens? There are other people playing games too?" I was like, "Adam, are you trying to start something with me. Because...no." So he responded, "I'll start something with whoever I want to start something with!" That was it. The straw that broke the camel's back. I got so mad and wanted to just start screaming but I didn't. I put my fist up by my mouth and started shaking my foot really hard on the floor (like bouncing it I guess...that doesn't make sense when I write it.) Anyway, I could feel the tears just welling up in my eyes. They were the hot, angry, frustrated, "I can't believe he just talked to me that way" kind of tears. I hurried up and walked out the room.
I went into the hall but I didn't want anyone to see me crying so I went in the bathroom. I put some cold water on my face and tried to regain my composure. I walked out of the bathroom and the asst. principal was walking towards my room. He turned around and asked me what happened and if I was okay. I said I was fine but he could tell I wasn't. I told him I'd go back and he told me no, go take a break. I told him that I was just frustrated because I can't get some of the kids to do ANYTHING at all. I said "I just want them to learn! To do SOMETHING for me." He said he understood, that he would take my class for the last 5 minutes and I could go to the office to take a break. I was in the office for 40 minutes. I totally skipped out on lunch. I talked to the counselor and she made me feel better. Well the news spread through the 8th grade like wildfire. That next passing period ALL the kids wanted to know if I was okay and what happened and to tell me that they couldn't believe the kids made me that mad and that I should have smacked them. (While tempting, not the best solution) I found out that one of my students is the one that called the office to say that I left and they needed someone to come down. I have to say I was impressed. So then when 6th hour came in, knowing I was just having a bad day, they were all chasing each other around and jumping all over the place. I have to say I had no words. Well, no words that I could say to them anyway. So I very calmly explained how I was having a bad day and yes, I did walk out of class. Then I calmly told them how mad I was at them. Some kids kept talking while I was (again with the talking!) but some of the kids were shushing them so yay! I so could not wait to leave school yesterday.
So on my way to Muncie, some guy honked at me because I waited 0.5 milliseconds after the light turned green to go. Excuuuuuuuse me! So I had major road rage and started yelling at him with my hands all going and everything. My dad called when I was by Warsaw and asked if I got going okay. I told him about my day and he told me to stay in, drink some beers and I would feel better. Silly man! I don't drink beer. Gosh. So then I called Liz and asked her if she had any alcohol because I wanted to get drunk. She thought I was weird I think. Well when I finally made it to Muncie, I dropped my stuff off in Liz's room and we went to the meet. Then we went to Steak 'N Shake. Then we went to Wal-Mart and bought alcohol. It cracks me up that the alcohol is in the same section as the cases of pop and bottled water. Like some places make a special room and stuff but theirs is like where anyone can walk through. I dunno. I thought it was weird. Then we came back to her place for like 2.7 seconds and then we went over to Greg and Kevin's. (Matt and Todd live there too...)
Liz has mentioned these people in her LJ before I'm sure. But this was the first time I met them. Matt and Greg are from City and went to H.S. with Liz. So Liz told me that I had to do a shot of vodka since I was hanging out with her. I did it and chased it with cranberry juice. I did 2 more after that! I am shocked at myself! So then the boys decided that we should play a drinking game called "Kings." It had a lot of confusing rules but it was so fun! If you draw a King you get to make up a rule. Kevin said that if you say drink, drank, or drunk, you have to take a drink. I made up a rule that everytime you take a sip of your beverage, you have to say "Poop!" to Liz. Liz made up 2 rules...everytime you take a sip you have to say "Hot and Spicy" to me and her other one was every time you have to sip, the # is doubled. Wow...we drank a lot in that game. There's lot of other things you have to do like hand out drinks to others, do them yourself, rhyme words, find words that fit in a category, a "never have I ever" thing, and a waterfall where everyone drinks and you can't stop until the person who started it stops. It's all very confusing but like I said before, it was fun! So then the boys decided that they wanted to go in the sauna at the clubhouse. So at 2 a.m. all of us drunkies troop over to the clubhouse. The boys went in the dry sauna in their shorts and Liz was in all her clothes. I stayed in the hall because my contacts would stick to my eyeballs. Then they went in the steam room. The next thing I know, Liz's wet jeans fly out and hit me in my face! I also saw Greg's naked ass pressed up against the door. Nice. Liz and went home not too long after that.
I had a headache before I drank and I woke up with one. I did not want to get up today. I just wanted to sleep but I HAD to get up because Evan was coming to meet me for lunch! Yay hooray! Got to see my boyfriend! We went to IHOP and had some yummy food. Then we went to Best Buy and bought each other Valentine's Day presents. I know it sounds funny but since we hadn't seen each other, we hadn't bought anything. I bought him Green Day's "1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" and he bought me "The Best of RENT." Then we stopped up so he could see Liz's apartment but he had to leave real quick after that so he could get home and get ready for work. So I got to see him for 2 hours which is better than nothing! I'll take it. Then Liz and I went to the clubhouse so I could see the famous Austin that she is always talking about. Holy shit! That guy is hot! He's got the most gorgeous eyes and eyelashes. Damn...that's all I can say! Him and the other guy working, Sean, asked Liz to get them food so we went to BK and picked them up some Whoppers. We took it back and then we went shopping at the mall. I got a corset from Charlotte Russe and some underwear from Vicoria's Secret. Liz didn't buy anything because she wanted some capri pants but had trouble finding ones she liked. Then we came back here and she's getting cleaned up so we can go grub on some Olive Garden. Supposedly we are going to a party at Matt, Greg, Kevin and Todd's tonight. I have to borrow something to wear because I have a turtleneck on and I was burning up in their apartment last night. Granted my face was bright red but I'm sure it had nothing to do with all the vodka I drank! ;)
So work yesterday was probably one of the shittiest days ever. I got so upset that I walked out of class! I know I shouldn't have but I didn't want the kids to see me cry. So the story goes like this...the day started off kinda bad because I was running late. I woke up late and then I still had to take out the garbage and put my stuff in my car for my trip. Then in first hour, they talked through the announcements as usual. I hate that. They talked while I was talking. I hate that too. Second hour had some sort of gross spitball contest going on which ended with me having to clean up about 60 of them off my clock, wall, whiteboard, and chairs. Some of them were still wet. Absolutely the grossest. Third hour I hit my breaking point. First off they were talking while I was talking (see previous mention of how I feel about that...) Then I had a bunch of them who would not do their work for anything. I had a kid ask to go to the bathroom about 10 minutes before lunch and I said "Do you think you maybe can wait it out?" He goes "Sure, I think I can do that," then he smacked me in the head! Once I recovered the ability to speak again, I asked him why he did it. He goes "It was just a tap." So having had enough of the kids playing games, I sent a little message to their screens that said "I am extremly disappointed in you. You have a lot of work to do and yet you choose to play games." That's all it said. I thought the personal message was better than calling them out in front of the class. Well one kid didn't like it. He started yelling at me from across the room. "Why did you put that just on our screens? There are other people playing games too?" I was like, "Adam, are you trying to start something with me. Because...no." So he responded, "I'll start something with whoever I want to start something with!" That was it. The straw that broke the camel's back. I got so mad and wanted to just start screaming but I didn't. I put my fist up by my mouth and started shaking my foot really hard on the floor (like bouncing it I guess...that doesn't make sense when I write it.) Anyway, I could feel the tears just welling up in my eyes. They were the hot, angry, frustrated, "I can't believe he just talked to me that way" kind of tears. I hurried up and walked out the room.
I went into the hall but I didn't want anyone to see me crying so I went in the bathroom. I put some cold water on my face and tried to regain my composure. I walked out of the bathroom and the asst. principal was walking towards my room. He turned around and asked me what happened and if I was okay. I said I was fine but he could tell I wasn't. I told him I'd go back and he told me no, go take a break. I told him that I was just frustrated because I can't get some of the kids to do ANYTHING at all. I said "I just want them to learn! To do SOMETHING for me." He said he understood, that he would take my class for the last 5 minutes and I could go to the office to take a break. I was in the office for 40 minutes. I totally skipped out on lunch. I talked to the counselor and she made me feel better. Well the news spread through the 8th grade like wildfire. That next passing period ALL the kids wanted to know if I was okay and what happened and to tell me that they couldn't believe the kids made me that mad and that I should have smacked them. (While tempting, not the best solution) I found out that one of my students is the one that called the office to say that I left and they needed someone to come down. I have to say I was impressed. So then when 6th hour came in, knowing I was just having a bad day, they were all chasing each other around and jumping all over the place. I have to say I had no words. Well, no words that I could say to them anyway. So I very calmly explained how I was having a bad day and yes, I did walk out of class. Then I calmly told them how mad I was at them. Some kids kept talking while I was (again with the talking!) but some of the kids were shushing them so yay! I so could not wait to leave school yesterday.
So on my way to Muncie, some guy honked at me because I waited 0.5 milliseconds after the light turned green to go. Excuuuuuuuse me! So I had major road rage and started yelling at him with my hands all going and everything. My dad called when I was by Warsaw and asked if I got going okay. I told him about my day and he told me to stay in, drink some beers and I would feel better. Silly man! I don't drink beer. Gosh. So then I called Liz and asked her if she had any alcohol because I wanted to get drunk. She thought I was weird I think. Well when I finally made it to Muncie, I dropped my stuff off in Liz's room and we went to the meet. Then we went to Steak 'N Shake. Then we went to Wal-Mart and bought alcohol. It cracks me up that the alcohol is in the same section as the cases of pop and bottled water. Like some places make a special room and stuff but theirs is like where anyone can walk through. I dunno. I thought it was weird. Then we came back to her place for like 2.7 seconds and then we went over to Greg and Kevin's. (Matt and Todd live there too...)
Liz has mentioned these people in her LJ before I'm sure. But this was the first time I met them. Matt and Greg are from City and went to H.S. with Liz. So Liz told me that I had to do a shot of vodka since I was hanging out with her. I did it and chased it with cranberry juice. I did 2 more after that! I am shocked at myself! So then the boys decided that we should play a drinking game called "Kings." It had a lot of confusing rules but it was so fun! If you draw a King you get to make up a rule. Kevin said that if you say drink, drank, or drunk, you have to take a drink. I made up a rule that everytime you take a sip of your beverage, you have to say "Poop!" to Liz. Liz made up 2 rules...everytime you take a sip you have to say "Hot and Spicy" to me and her other one was every time you have to sip, the # is doubled. Wow...we drank a lot in that game. There's lot of other things you have to do like hand out drinks to others, do them yourself, rhyme words, find words that fit in a category, a "never have I ever" thing, and a waterfall where everyone drinks and you can't stop until the person who started it stops. It's all very confusing but like I said before, it was fun! So then the boys decided that they wanted to go in the sauna at the clubhouse. So at 2 a.m. all of us drunkies troop over to the clubhouse. The boys went in the dry sauna in their shorts and Liz was in all her clothes. I stayed in the hall because my contacts would stick to my eyeballs. Then they went in the steam room. The next thing I know, Liz's wet jeans fly out and hit me in my face! I also saw Greg's naked ass pressed up against the door. Nice. Liz and went home not too long after that.
I had a headache before I drank and I woke up with one. I did not want to get up today. I just wanted to sleep but I HAD to get up because Evan was coming to meet me for lunch! Yay hooray! Got to see my boyfriend! We went to IHOP and had some yummy food. Then we went to Best Buy and bought each other Valentine's Day presents. I know it sounds funny but since we hadn't seen each other, we hadn't bought anything. I bought him Green Day's "1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" and he bought me "The Best of RENT." Then we stopped up so he could see Liz's apartment but he had to leave real quick after that so he could get home and get ready for work. So I got to see him for 2 hours which is better than nothing! I'll take it. Then Liz and I went to the clubhouse so I could see the famous Austin that she is always talking about. Holy shit! That guy is hot! He's got the most gorgeous eyes and eyelashes. Damn...that's all I can say! Him and the other guy working, Sean, asked Liz to get them food so we went to BK and picked them up some Whoppers. We took it back and then we went shopping at the mall. I got a corset from Charlotte Russe and some underwear from Vicoria's Secret. Liz didn't buy anything because she wanted some capri pants but had trouble finding ones she liked. Then we came back here and she's getting cleaned up so we can go grub on some Olive Garden. Supposedly we are going to a party at Matt, Greg, Kevin and Todd's tonight. I have to borrow something to wear because I have a turtleneck on and I was burning up in their apartment last night. Granted my face was bright red but I'm sure it had nothing to do with all the vodka I drank! ;)