long hard week.

this week has just been hard emotionaly. and at work. but mostly emotionaly.
its the kind of thing you dont think about until after the fact. but it all makes sense as to why.

monday, october 25 was the anniversary of papa ed's death. that was a very difficult thing. and of course i chose that night to watch the movie Hanging Up. which pretty much is exactly how papa died.

throw into the mix a few days where i didnt leave school till 7, and then yesterday when i came back at 6 and didnt leave till 8, well. im stressed. that and a general angst towards the universe makes me a very happy camper. seriously.

my mood has alternated from knife bearing psycho to raging lunatic and back again.

i think i scared the bejesus out of a few students. i went from
"please sit down and stop talking" to "LAST WARNING BEFORE I SEND YOU TO THE OFFICE" in .06 seconds. they got the point though. this years students seems a little swifter on the uptake than last years.

tomorrow is halloween dress up day at school. i think i shall go as a butterfly. or a fairy. something with wings. im a fan of wings.

i should go to my moms house and steal back my wave iron, then i can crinkle my hair! oohhh!!!

sorry, random side thought. im back now.

The quarter ends tomorrow, and i need to do my grades for monday.
i hate doing grades. and all i have to do this time around is just type them in the computer!!! thats horrible of me, i know.

ah well. the math team kids are finishing up their tests, i should go help them with that. yep.

i have photos of kaylin being barbie. i will upload those later.
tootles
tree

what title. bah. who needs titles

so last night was open house. always fun. bit surprised they didnt have a faculty social afterwards. they usual do. and they are usually fun. I think that the teachers might be planning a poker night after parent teacher conferences. so. i have that to look forwards to. :)

I keep running into people and finding out they read my blog. and while i know i emailed the link to every one i know, i generaly assume that my life is too uninteresting and poorly described to be of any interest to the general public. apparently im wrong. though ive heard that the photos seem to be a favorite amongst the masses. more photos will be coming. :)

i have a date saturday night. ::cue giggles and a general pink and girly aura::
its been a very long time since ive been on an actual date with dan. hanging out is not the same thing. its one thing when you end up at dinner together because you have to eat before you go somewhere and thats where you ended up. its utilitarian. its a different thing when you plan a nice night out, dinner and a movie and i get to worry about what ill wear and all that stuff. it seems silly, but its important. i think every one needs to feel special like that. in general, not just on dates. for example, i can cook dinner for my friends at any old time, and i often do. but its nice to have something that says you are that extra little bit special. which is why i like doing my holiday meal. its nice. we put out candle sticks. we match the silver wear and use clean wine glasses. sure it takes a day and a half to clean up, but its good people and good times. i look forward to that meal every year. i told peg that next year, she and lonnie will be in their new home, wherever that maybe, and they can do the dinner. ill come over and help. but i think it would be kindof nice to rotate between the two of us. the rest of the group changes a little bit every year, but peg and i are always hostesses.

anywhoo. lunch hour has arrived, and i should eat. so in the spirit of halloween, i leave you with this...

homecoming whatnots

heres what the seniors did to my sky lights.




im just glad they didnt poop on them like they did some of the other skylights.
oh and this is just a sample of what they did to the rest of the campus...



and just to be weird and random, this is rick's shirt.

i thought that was something we could all enjoy.

balls

of popcorn.
now we can add that to our culinary repitoir
Peg and I made some to send to Keith in iraq. i almost feel like his name should be hyphenated. ... "Keith-in-Iraq" because thats always how i say it. 'cept to peg.

ouch. the burny burny fingers



this is peggy being dramatic. and eating a chip. on an entirely different night.



these are the balls.
mmmmmmm
balls.



TEAMWORK! and burny hands.

thats weird. it looks like im talking to a baby kitten with that popcorn in my hand. odd. and i dont know why lonnie took and out of focus picture either. shrug



and heres my handsom danny and his drunken friend. not that ryan isnt handsome too. hes just drunk. and danny is handsomer. :)



and these are the two bridges paul and i built. i helped. those flat raft things go up top on the bridge, but we had to wait till the supports dried before we could glue those on.


thats all for now. more randomness later.

just some randomness

it seems like every one i know and their uncles are married or engaged. i know its about that time, im 23 and most of my friends are early 20 so. so it makes sense. its just so overwhelmingly EVERY ONE.

dan moved into his place in the city. its fabulous. im slightly jelous. its a great location. and its nice. and .. well, it all seems to be looking like it will turn out to be a very nice internship for him. and thats good.

we are just about half way into homecoming week. god the crazyness. this year the theme is under the sea, and in retrospect, i hardly see the point of homecoming. yeah the idea is that the alumni come back, but why the heck do the current students care? because as alumni, i sure as heck dont. Sure ill be at the football game. but the theme of that is football. so.
its just an excuse to have a week of crazyness. which, by the way, is hell for teachers.


it is currently 64 degrees in my classroom, 59 degrees outside, and im wearing cotton and flip flops. hawaiian day and all.

I M SO COLD>

i know im the evilest teacher inthe world, but my sophs have a test tomorrow (its homecoming week!) and my frosh have one friday (its hOMECOMING week!) gosh that doesnt even make me feel a little bit bad. wow.:) i am positively mean.

hahaaaa!

i think this cold air has seeped into my brain. im out yo.