So I've been somewhat negligent in my reading/updating lately, but I predict I will be back in full force this week. Why? Because I have chicken pox! I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later working in am elementary school and all. The good news is that I will definitely finish my book club book "East of Eden" on time, log mucho internet ( Read more... )

My response to being hit up for jury duty by Queens county ( Read more... )

I've come down with my first cold of the season. This has resulted in a week of watching "The Golden Girls" at both 6:00 and 6:30 and sleeping on the couch a lot. Last night I felt too crappy to go to girl dinner as planned, so Bob brought me McDinner, which I ate while laying down on the couch. He didn't mind that I only gave him about a foot ( Read more... )

Bob accepted an offer to clerk for a NJ Supreme Court justice this afternoon. It's a lady justice! Girl power! For some odd reason (maybe "in my heart of hearts I'm a cheap bastard"?) I've been encouraging Bob to live at home during the next year while he works in Jersey and just come stay with me in NY every weekend. Although now that I give it ( Read more... )

Four day weekends are awesome. Workers of the world, we should unite and demand that all the three day holidays already extant (the rapidly approaching Columbus Day comes to mind) get bumped up ( Read more... )

Today I am going to my brother's friend's wedding, and the reception is on a boat. I'm hoping it will rival the old Pb booze cruises for intoxication and merriment. I'm wearing this snazzy new outfit I got at Woodbury Commons on my shopping trip with Bob's Mom on Friday, at the Banana Republic outlet. It was way on sale! It's a two piece set, a ( Read more... )

At the moment I am taking a break from collating and enveloping Bob's clerkship applications. He would have had this done before he left for the World Ice Hockey Championships, but he accidentally wrote "Judge Blah Blah Blah" on all the labels and stuff and then very recently found out you're supposed to write "The Honorable Judge Blah Blah Blah ( Read more... )

You'll like this story-so maybe you've heard of the Lemon Ice King of Corona? It's this notoriously good Italian Ice place, the kind with real fruit in the ices. My brother had mentioned it to me before but I'd never been there myself. So today my friends Stephanie and Maria decided we would try to find it after our teacher's workshop let out, ( Read more... )

As the summer winds down I've gotten into reflective mode. Looking back everything seems to have gone pretty well. I made it to the beach-not often, but I did get there more than once, so I already have last summer beat. I got to know the Brooklyn bus routes a bit, too, which has come in handy on occasion. I hope it will be even more useful in ( Read more... )

I passed my Gifted Ed. Content Specialty Test! With 29 points to spare-my essay earned a perfect score. I now officially didn't miss the Siren Festival for the first time for nothing.
As I reminded Bob earlier "I am so smart/I am so smart/S-M-R-T/I mean, S-M-A-R-T."