So it's Friday. This is my last non-working Friday for sometime. You see, Monday is my first day of work...of course it is about 10 days of training before the kids actually start...but it still means that I have to be up in single digit hours!

Yesterday I had to have some stuff signed by my principal and while there, I picked up my keys to the building and my classroom. Holy Cow. Walking into that room will seriously go down as one of my scariest moments ever. I was instantly overwhelmed with the responsibility of providing skills to these kids that will impact them for the rest of their lives. That is so incredibly cool, but it's also a rather large amount of pressure...not really much room for failure. Yeah, to me it is practice...but if one of my second graders does not master a technique or skill that I am responsible for teaching...it could put them behind for a long time.

Second grade also hits really close to home with me. I had a terrible second grade teacher that didn't really require me to learn to spell/phonics/etc and I can honestly say that I still feel the effects today, as I am a terrible speller! I know that has to do mostly with my learning disability, but it didn't help that she didn't require much out of me and still gave me A's!

I plan to spend the weekend psyching myself up...and one way I'm going to do that is to spend the weekend decorating my room and getting really familiar with it...because you gotta start somewhere! One extra neat thing is that they told me that they don't require, but do prefer me to PAINT the room a nice color or two. In all my spare time, of course. But my dear friend Sheri has volunteered to help me on Saturday to get the room coated in a nice shade of pale green or sky blue. The school also gave me $100 to "Teacher's Tools," a store in Lewisville, to go get some decorating stuff. I'm about to go there now. So anyone that reads this and has even a few spare hours tomorrow...PLEASE come help me make my room appropriate for 8, 9, and 10 year olds! I'm so serious...Wendy, Andra, Moe, Martha, Jamey...anyone. I will be greatly indepted to you if you would come help me!

Considering there are only like 5 minutes left in this day, I thought I would share the first thing that has made me smile all day:

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)


(...school just may be the death of me.)

This is proof to all of you who have ever called me weird that I'm no such thing! I'm 70% normal and just like in school...that would be a C which means average! Ha ha!

You Are 30% Weird

Not enough to scare other people... But sometimes you scare yourself.

How Weird Are You?

I'm also smarter than I knew. See....

Your IQ Is 120

Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

And this is amazing...I act exactly my age!

You Are 27 Years Old

27 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

"It's hot. Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest things is my shorts. I could cook things in it. A little crotch pot cooking."

Well, can you tell me what it feels like?

"Fool, it's hot! I told you again! Were you born on the sun? It's damn hot! I say... It's so damn hot, I saw little guys, their orange robes burst into flames. It's that hot! Do you know what I'm talking about?"

What do you think it's going to be like tonight?

"It's gonna be hot and wet! That's nice if you're with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're in the jungle."

So I just called Misti to see if I could pay her to do some of my homework and Denise answered. My heart dropped. SO I ask for Misti, and Denise told me that she's in the hospital waiting to have her gallbladder removed. She woke up in the middle of the night hurting, eventually went to the ER...but not the one that is close to her house because that's where Pa died...they first thought it was kidney stones, but after more tests figured out that it's her gallbladder and had to transport her by ambulance to Midland Memorial. She is asleep right now (on good pain drugs!), but I just talked to Danny and they don't know if she will have surgery tonight or in the morning. Just wanted yall to know so that you can be prayin' for her!

On a different note, I was makin myself some lunch earlier which included some instant mashed potatoes. So while I was boiling the water in the microwave, I poured the tater flakes into a bowl on the counter. I walked to the microwave to get the water and when I turned around Mr. Roo cat was DIGGING in my flakes like it was a litter box!!! I was so pissed...but it was also funny...but still...cats are crazy. So then I had to start all over...wash the bowl...get new flakes. Allison so needs to come home and regulate her cats!

Nancy and Frank now each have their own webpages. Because they are cool.

So everything is just kinda shitty. School is overwhelming...I have so much to do and am not even sure what's due when. I had a complete and total panic attack before class this morning and didn't make it in the building. I also got bite by something vicious and had to go to the Dr. today and get an antibiotic to deal w/ the 4 giant red knots protruding from my arm. James and Amanda are no more...we disagree on Halloween and Spawn. Don't ask. So that means I cleaned my whole house for nuthin. I mean, it's nice that it's clean...but I so could have used that time for school. But he's an awesome guy...and I really enjoyed it while it lasted and am glad to have a new friend out of the deal! And then I talked to Vic and he is rejoining the military and being sent to either Iraq or Kosovo....which is just sad to me. It occurred to me that I will probably never see him again after he leaves here...and that weirds me out for some reason.

I've also been really feeling like Carrie from SATC. I kept posing these wacky philosophical questions to myself and then getting frustrated with my inability to produce a profound and radical answer. I mean, really...

James is coming here on Tuesday. I have so much to do to prepare for his arrival. My room looks like my closet vomited. I've also been procrastinating with some other random stuff...like going through and throwing some stuff away...so I'm working on that too tonight. He, however, is playing tonight. I so wish I was at the show and not cleaning my room. In honor of that, I'm going to try this new blogger picture poster thing and post a pic from a few weeks ago of him and Omar playing during a Torn show at Woodies.

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Are you female or male:	Miss Fourth of July
Describe yourself:	I'll There for You
How do some people feel about you:	Too Much of a Good Thing
How do you feel about yourself:	Livin' On A Prayer
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend:	Bad Medicine
Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend:	Shut Up and Kiss Me
Describe where you want to be:	Bed Of Roses
Describe what you want to be:	Blaze Of Glory
Describe how you live:	Wild In The Streets
Describe how you love:	Never Say Goodbye
Share a few words of wisdom:	Rich Man Living in a Poor Man's House
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Allison and I at Fogo de Chao 

I have a MySpace account now. I needed one since James has one. He started a blog on blogger, but I keep forgetting to link it. Maybe this will serve as a reminder. Until then, yall can meet him by going to his band, Torn's, website. And if you are really feeling feisty, you can join the forum...click on "band announcements" and take the "poll." But you have to vote for James! Because he rocks.

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Happy Birthday SLAP!