well, it's been ages since i wrote in this journal, but i suppose life has been a bit busy since then. I've been working at COK, giving music class to preschoolers, finding a studio (which i LOVE), and waiting anxiously to hear about getting a job with Stafford Co. schools.....and the verdict is in. I GOT ONE! i'm apparently going to be the ( Read more... )

today i went to stafford county's teacher job fair...and got a "call back" to go to a second, more in-depth interview. The ladies at the first interview really liked my confidence, and the man at the second one liked that i grew up in this school system. Even though i don't have a teaching degree/certificate, they're still recommending me to go ( Read more... )

every year on valentine's day, something awful happens. There were years, i suppose, that the worst thing that happened was that i was alone. Then there was the bad V day with Ryan, the next year i got stood up, last year i got into a car accident, and yesterday....i lost my voice (which sucks when you sing for a living) but also one of my client ( Read more... )

not a mountain high ( Read more... )

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so i only just NOW got back from VA, and if you're counting correctly, you'll see that it took two DAYS to fly here. yes, fly. The only upside is that i spent the night in the Chicago Hilton, but it cost all of the money in my checking account, so it's really a kinda sucky thing, altho i did feel like a queen in the gigantic king-size bed. My ( Read more... )

...and i don't feel any different.

i'm going back to Phoenix today...which will bite. I mean, i miss being productive every day, and i miss my students, but...i don't miss driving or traffic.

will write more tomorrow.

tomorrow i get to see COURT!!!!!! we are going for coffee and mexican food...which means we will both be pooping forever, but i don't care BECAUSE I GET TO SEE MY BEST FRIEND TOMORROW AND THAT'S SO COOL. ok enough hyperness...i'm going to go read some michael crichton, listen to some joni mitchell...or deathcab.... and relax..for the first time in ( Read more... )

things that suck ( Read more... )

it's 2 freaking a.m. and i can't sleep so i'm writing here--obviously not on my computer since it sucks, so i'm borrowing kim's. i have oodles of paperwork to do/finish tomorrow, and rach and i both have colds we got from our clients....whoever that was in my human growth class that said "kids are germ factories," he was right. I've had more ( Read more... )