I love One Tree Hill....

....and the WB shows. My guilty pleasure is taking pleasure in watching the teen drama shows. I don't know what is about them but they are SO addicting! Maybe it's the fact that I was never a popular girl in h.s. so watching popular ppl still having problems makes me feel good. Maybe it's because the writing is so good that they actually make you root for Lucas and Nathan and want to literally kill Dan. Or maybe it's spending all these years hating Dan Scott for being a heartless ass and then seeing a moment of weakness in his eyes as he watches how happy Lucas, Keith, and Karen were just sitting down to dinner.

So rude.....

I was walking back to my classroom today and a parent stopped me to ask where Room 13 was. We happened to be right in front of my classroom building, which was also where Room 13 is so I pointed to that building and I also pointed to the sign that said "Rooms 13-16." He didn't seem to believe me and I thought it was because the classroom numbers are a bit screwy because although Rms 13-16 are in my building, my classroom number is 40. So I acknowledged that the numbers are strange but once again I pointed to the sign indicating that this is where Room 13 was. Right at that moment another teacher came out of the building and it was obvious she looked a lot older than me so he totally ignored me, turned to her, and asked her where Rm. 13 was. How rude! Just because I look younger doesn't mean I'm stupid! And it's not like I didn't know where the room was! I even pointed to the damn sign! So rude......

The joy of connections

Thursday, January 19th:
My cousin gave Ray and I tickets to the Sharks game on Thurs. They were playing the Edmonton Oilers. It was our first NHL game so that was quite exciting. We've been to a NBA, NFL, and MLB game either together or separately so we're adding NHL to our list of prof. sporting events. It was somewhat boring at the beg. but got a little bit interesting towards the end. It can be confusing though if you start tuning out. Once you focus again you're like, "Where's the puck?!?!" It's so small! Especially from where we were sitting (nosebleeds). My cousin works in the luxury boxes doing catering so she hooked us up with water and ice cream during the game. After the game we were able to go up to the luxury boxes and eat the catered food. It was very cool!

Liquor can be fun

Saturday was Ray's birthday party and the first time we had that many people at our new house. A bunch of Ray's co-workers came, Rob & Cindy, Rob & Joy, Marie, Winnie, Ly, Johnny, Sonya & Jeremy, Patrick, and Missy. People hung out, ate, watched Fight Club and then towards the end we sang Karoake on Jeremy's PS2. It was a lot of fun. I think Ray and I had a little bit too much to drink, but it was cool, we didn't have to drive anywhere! Ray's friend cozied up a little bit too much with Ly and I'm not too thrilled about that since he's our age. I might have to brush up on my ass-kicking just in case I need to break it out. The last of the guests left at 2:30 a.m. Ray seemed very happy with the outcome.

Stressed out

This Saturday morning I was up at 6 a.m. to go take my CSET test. It's a test that folks have to take who wanna teach in elementary. It tests you on all the subjects. I had it waived back in the day by doing this special child dev. program that just has me do extra classes in place of taking the test. But thanks to Pres. Georgie my waiver is null and void and after being out of undergrad for 5 years I have to take the test on things I haven't studied in years and if I don't pass I'm out of a job next year. So I tried to study and stressed like hell and I took the test on Sat. I don't feel really confident about the results. I mean, honestly, they expect me to know things from conductivity to the positioning of the sun during the spring equinox vs. the winter equinox. It's ridiculous. I bet you Georgie wouldn't know shit about any of this! Anyways we'll see how it goes. Hopefully I'll pass at least one of the sections and then I'll only have to take the other two over again.

Celebrity gossip is so juicy

Now that Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she is carrying Brad Pitt's baby, who honestly believes that she wasn't one of the reasons why Brad and Jen divorced? It's a bunch of crap that Brad claims Angelina had NOTHING to do with the breakup. Puh-leese!

Rumor has it.....

....another student is supposedly moving. I have concluded that I do stink. I guess showering once a week is not enough........

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

Owning a home can be pretty ridiculous. Our laundry list of things to improve is neverending.

1. Paint (not done, bathrooms are the last rooms)
2. Change ALL the light fixtures (because they're f-ugly)
3. Change the bathroom mirrors (because those are f-ugly too)
4. Change the kitchen cabinets
5. Granite kitchen counters
6. New stove
7. Redo front yard (overhaul all the brush and add pretty flowers)
8. Change master bedroom closet doors
9. Kitchen blinds
10. Waterseal the deck

Um, yeah....I think that's it.....for now.....

And then there were 18.....

I started out this year with 22 students. By law I'm suppose to have 20 students. So, by the end of September 2 of my students got transferred out. I had 20 students by October. Then, at the beginning of November one of my students moved and another transferred in so I was still at 20. By the beginning of December I found out that another student had moved and I was down to 19. Today I just found out that another one of my students left. So now I'm down to 18. In less than 5 months I've lost 3 students. Do I stink or something?

3.2 miles........

.....that's how far it is from my house to Jen's.


35 minutes....that's how long it takes me to bike to Jen's! My legs are sooooo frickin sore right now. I decided that I wouldn't renew my gym membership since it's kind of inconvenient so I bought a bike instead so Ray and I can go biking. I also had the bright idea to bike to Jen's and then take a walk with her. It's a lot easier to work out with her this way since she can take Chase with us, if needed. So I'm biking to Jen's feeling all proud of myself. My legs are hurting a bit since I haven't biked since Amsterdam and I haven't worked out in almost 2 months. I meet up with Jen and we walk around her neighborhood for almost 30 min. and then I bike the 3.2 miles back to my house.

As tired as I am I feel very proud of myself! It got a bit scary on the way back though. The sun had already set and for a while Old Oakland road's bike lane became nonexistent due to construction. Luckily I was wearing a white windbreaker so the cars could somewhat see me. As they passed I could tell they were trying to avoid me. I need to rethink my return path so I don't end up as roadkill!

Mixed feelings

Today is the last day of Winter Break. Part of me is glad to go back to work and the other part wishes it didn't end. Sometimes I don't like vacation because then you get into this comfy routine and it's so hard to accept that in a few days you'll be going back to work. I think that's why I've always worked or done something else. Even during winter and summer breaks from school I would go to summer school or work. I rarely took vacation or days off and you would always find me working most of the holidays. But then again, it's vacation. Who doesn't love vacation?