i met janet weiss at a bar last night. i said hi and thanked her for being amazing. she smiled and i shook her hand.

happiness.

p.s. 80s night on friday? yes? yes!

1. renn fayre was pretty ( Read more... )

i have a cigarette in one hand and a diet coke in the other and i'm sitting on a beautiful porch with two southern ladies, so i have to start by saying that all is relatively well ( Read more... )

so to make a long story short the school district screwed me out of a lot of money and in order to avoid falling into a black hole of debt death while i'm fighting the good fight i've taken on a second job as a waitress and i'm a little terrified about it ( Read more... )

so i'm on spring break here and it's sunny and beautiful and i'm dead exhausted ( Read more... )

today i...

-watched a kid vomit bright orange cheetos all over my floor

-hid from a crazy parent in a storage closet

-found out that i won't be getting paid for an entire week of work because i signed in on the wrong side of the sign-in sheet

i hate, hate, hate, my life.

so i don't really have time to tell you all the of the stories that i need to tell you but here is one little gem that may perhaps be one of my favorite moments from life ever ( Read more... )

i bought my ticket for renn fayre so there better be lots of champagne and glitter when i get back.

you can do it, schmittens!

C: i really need you back where i am ( Read more... )

i'm teaching 2nd grade now in a school that is too beautiful for words. it's a magnet school whose focus is on providing quality education to children of impoverished areas of the city. i have all the resources i need and (for now) very, very supportive staff, including two other 2nd grade teachers who are the most wonderful beings on the planet. i ( Read more... )