I'm going to New Hampshire this weekend! For a long weekend. My first and only vacation of the summer! I am so excited. I've never been to the lakehouse. I've never been to the lake, I don't even think I've met Chris's Uncle Ted. And Jake the goldendoodle will be there! Oy! I'm so thrilled. And Chris Z is going to cover for me at work on Friday so ( Read more... )

Swim team is finally over! And no, I'm not the least bit sad about it. Ok, a lie. It's all a bit bittersweet. I love those kids. They can really teach you a lot about yourself. And it's been such a good learning experience for me, I've picked up so many tricks and techniques for when I start teaching next year ( Read more... )

Kind of feeling a little down. Everyone from school is getting together and visiting one another. Or at least talking about it. Makes me feel kind of disconnected. And lonely. There's a difference between being alone and lonely ( Read more... )

How did it get to be August? Where did July go? Oh wait, I know this one. I spent it slaving away over a freaking math textbook. Algebra is so dumb, I wish I could strangle it. What a waste of perfectly usable time. It did, however, give me an excellent excuse to skip the gym for the past few weeks. I have today off as I begged Michelle to let me ( Read more... )

I am so frustrated. It has been a really stressful, annoying week and this weekend is off to a rough start. Chris and I were supposed to drive up to New Hampshire yesterday to visit his whole family at their lakehouse. In three years I have never gotten up there for their annual family reunion thingy. Two years ago I had to go to a wedding. Last ( Read more... )

But only for a few hours. So, yesterday I was in NY and Chris and I met my brother at Yankee stadium to watch the Mets smother the Skankees. Now, I was not looking forward to it in the least as I don't like the Yankees and I could care less about the Mets (New Yorkers in generally, I'm finding to be quite an odd bunch.) But we went. And had pretty ( Read more... )

I need to go watch Life is Beautiful or some shit like that because lately I have been feeling so overwhelmed I want to die. And I am definetely feeling as if Life isn't beautiful, but one long line for the ferris wheel ( Read more... )

So... I've been kind of alone all week. Dad's been in NJ for work as usual and my mom has been staying late at work doing her thing. Dinner's been on my own every night which is very unusual in this house. My parents really like sitting down to dinner every night, and I've grown to look forward to it. It helps that A) my mom is a good cook and B) I ( Read more... )

So the weekend's here, yay! My parents are in Floriday surprising an old friend of theirs for his birthday. It's the first time I've stayed home alone since Mike moved out last year. I know it's dumb but late at night I get a little nervous. My house is big and creaky and the dog barks if you breathe the wrong way. But I'm doing fine so far ( Read more... )

What a ridiculously lazy weekend. Chris came to visit me on Friday afternoon and stayed the whole weekend. I thought he'd leave Sunday morning but he had an interview in Wilton on Monday morning so he stayed an extra night! I made him watched the Finale of the Sopranos and Big Love and I made him a milk shake. It was lovely. We didn't really do ( Read more... )