Another weird day, the sort of day the weird saves it's self up for, to dump on one day ( Read more... )

Once again, in parent's basement. Having 4th of july grilling & eating today, the 5th. Ollie had to work yesterday and we both were pretty turned off by the heavy oppressive clouds of doom that have once again cloaked p-burgh in suckiness. So we pretty much stayed home, watched some of the local fireworks from outside the appartment and watched ( Read more... )

I have done nothing interesting ( Read more... )

Well, we have returned from our big bad road trip to DC. And all was well. Everytime I go there, I am reminded of just how many things I still have to see there, museums that await me. We got to stay at Julia's appartment, which is in fact smaller than ours, but had a balcony, 2 bathrooms and central air, so it is quite nice. They also have a ( Read more... )

well, now that I am in summerland, that means more going to the library! I've realized that I can't go for very long without hangin out in a library. You might think in the summer, with no work, I'd hang out somewhere else, but no, it's the library. Since it's free, that makes my cheap heart sing, and I get to use better computers & get lots of ( Read more... )

the school year is over, huzzah! Although truthfully, the end of school is sort of an ambivanlent time for me. On one hand, yay! no more school! no more whining kids & un-airconditioned schools (it is freakishly 90+ here in p-burgh, in june? the hell?) On the other hand, I will miss some of the kids & fellow grownups, and the whole eternal ( Read more... )

well, I couldn't escape the late spring/allergy pollen attack, and have gotten ill. But, for a change, I have lost my voice, instead of just drowning in snot. Well not totally, I sort of sound like kermit the frog on a really bad day. This of course, made school extra fun, since much of teachering requires a voice, or some sort of pre-agreed ( Read more... )

[ I apologize for being a brat, I just feel like whineing ( Read more... )

If we made a movie about Ollie and how his comming to America has changed everything, people would say it was too sappy to be real. Yesterday was the official CCAC graduation, even though he for real graduated in December. Ollie has never had the chance to go to a graduation ceremony, so he decided he wanted to go to this one. So he got his ( Read more... )

It was just Teacher Appreciation week. Overall it was very nice, although most of the appreciating was in the form of food, which was good at first, but eventually grew worrisome. Since I always pack my lunch, I typically eat a baloney sandwich, an apple and a 100 calorie cookie pack and some for of diet coke (preferably cherry, yes it was a long ( Read more... )