You might not believe me, but though I almost never update, I still check lj occasionally to check in on my friends' lives. ^^   I don't do much here-- work every day, which goes between being ok and stressful, worry about the future, go hiking, and now play some video games. I think I'm going to try to start updating lj a little more often again, ( Read more... )

I have been having "one of those weeks." Actually, I seem to be having a lot of those kinds of weeks, but this one hit me extra hard. Not only was I missing my one coworker who is still on maternity leave, but my OTHER coworker was on vacation all week, leaving me in my room alone as the only main teacher working with whomever the bosses could send ( Read more... )

Last night went over to John & Jenny's, where they let Allison and I play probably 2 1/2 -3 hours of a video game called Heavy Rain. Allison and I shared the controller, passing it back and forth and switching out characters so that we could both get a feel of the game and have fun making decisions in the game that changed the storyline. Anyone ( Read more... )

Realize I don't post much here lately, but just checking in. Loved having a thee day weekend, especially since Monday was almost 50 degrees and the sun did make an appearance. I went hiking, made a post about it at pocketranger.blogspot.com/  with some pictures, all of the pictures from the hike are up on facebook though at www.facebook.com/album. ( Read more... )

I may or may not have a tea problem. I expect an intervention and a trip to rehab any day now...

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Haven't been updating here much, but thought I'd at least get a happy new year out there to all my friends page! Had a good time out tonight with Ashley and some friends-- went to the Royale for dinner, a coffee shop for a break, and then to Schlafly Bottleworks for midnight madness where a guy played Beatles songs and then we promptly went home ( Read more... )

Finished up this week of work finally. It was a little stressful, but I can rest easy knowing that it is OVER and that I have all of this coming week off for some mental time off! Apparently I had too many hours of vacation time to roll over into the new year, so I'm taking Mon/Tues/Wed off next week (since I'd be off Thurs/Fri anyway for ( Read more... )

Memory is kind of a funny thing. They tell you that a lot, and it seems to be true. You know how if you have a bad experience with a food, the smell of that food will remind you of that bad experience for a long, long time afterward? Well, the same thing is true for me with classical music.

I have always blamed the film Fantasia for being my ( Read more... )

Pretty laid back weekend. Spent Friday night with my mom since my dad and sister were out of town, and babysat on Saturday night. Babysitting job was easy as the kid was already asleep when I got there, so mostly I talked on the phone, watched tv, drank diet coke, and checked on the baby-- just like high-school jobs! Made some nice (MUCH NEEDED) ( Read more... )