So it's been a little while since the last update, but didn't have much to talk about that Ben hadn't already covered. The trip to Illinois was great, and I'm already back home into the full swing of things. But I'm glad that Ben stuck around for a few days, as it will be several weeks till I see him again :o ( Read more... )

Apparently Ben and I are both married to Craig... heh

So now it's Thursday and we just have a few days left here in Pekin. And I really don't want to go home. I think I could live here one day. Also, I know that going back means facing reality--like getting ready for school next August. I mean, I always knew it was coming, but I just figured I'd worry about things AFTER the trip, which itself ( Read more... )

As you've probably already read in Ben's journal, we finally made it to Pekin on Saturday. The road trip wasn't bad at all--I thought twelve hours would be tortuous (especially in a truck with Ben! ha!) but it wasn't at all. We stopped to see Graceland (very tacky but fun) and the St. Louis arch. Where we proceeded to get rained on for half an ( Read more... )

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)HighLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)LowLevel 2 (Lustful)LowLevel 3 (Gluttonous)ModerateLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Very LowLevel 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)LowLevel 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)Very ( Read more... )

This has been a hectic week getting ready for the big trip Friday. But I know it will all be worth it once it finally gets here. I usually don't teach on Friday anyway, but I have to go to Mandeville on Thursday morning, so all those kids had to get shifted onto my already busy MTW. But I have had a few hours here and there in the middle of the ( Read more... )

OOH, one more thing...

Does anyone know anything about getting rid of spyware? My computer is infested and I don't know what to do. We downloaded one of those spykiller programs, but as of yet, it hasn't helped much. I keep scanning and cleaning, but more just pop up. Any ideas????

So the other day my mom takes my car to the grocery, and as she's backing out of the parking space, she hears a "scraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaape" sound. It's my bumper, dragging on the ground. Jimmy the meat cutter, who was out on a cigarette break, came to her rescue and somehow rigged the bumper on long enough for her to get home. (Yes, Brigette ( Read more... )

I had to drive over to Mandeville today for a new teacher orientation day. I thought I was going to be signing my contract and heading on out. OOOOH NO. I was there from 7:45-3:30, though I COULD have gotten stuck there as late as 4:30. DAMN it was boring and all I did was drink Coke and eat crap, like donuts and cookies, for lack of anything ( Read more... )

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