chicago chicago

I've been in chicago now since late sunday and tomorrow we go to st josephs to relax on the beach for a few days. then it's toronto, plattsburgh, montreal, niagara falls, and back! pittsburgh on the way home too, go pittsburgh!

it's really nice to be able to relax and focus on nothing in particular. thank god for being a teacher and having a summer vacation.

not much to write about tonight... i'm tired and now i'm thinking about all the things i should be thinking about besides the nothing that i am thinking about. hasta pasta... on the road tomorrow!!

i know how to stop shrapnel and agent orange, ask me how!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AYq57f3rpk

panic, damn it!!

so yes i understand i have failed to blog much but here it is. trip to mexico was amazing and the rest of the school year stressed me out beyond belief. now i have ONE DAY left and the only things going on are level meetings so i have like 5 hours to hole up in my classroom and cleeeeeeeeeeean and turn in my exams and grade book and whatever. then saturday i'm gonna get my life in order, do some laundry, MAN my life is thrilling. sunday tyler and i will drive to chicago where we will stay for a week or so and then comes CANADIAN ROAD TRIP ADVENTURE! we're going to my cousin's house in upstate new york and montreal to see angel my friend from mexico, besides that we're gonna go to niagra falls and toronto and stop by ann arbor michigan to see where sai was bornnnnn because i'm a nerd.

i'll try to blog when i can on the road... enjoy stalking me

mighty mighty pittsburgh

Went to Pittsburgh this weekend for Janelle's birthday. Fun! This picture makes it seem like I did nice things like look at the scenery... but there was a lot of drinking going on. Pittsburgh is a really interesting city. Old, industrial... pretty. I like it. I love the drive there too... Amish people rule, as do windmills.
I'm really lucky to live where I do.... such an interesting part of the country... so many things to do and places to see.
Got a haircut too. People at school really seemed to like it, so I guess it's cool... shorter than usual.
I cut my cable back to basic cable to save money and try to better myself. Basically just means I'm watching more DVDs. Anyways, everything is basically the same as ever... work work work, we have a delay tomorrow, meeting, and then I have to find time to observe the middle school Spanish teacher... and go to the doctor...... and get my car looked at...... and pack..... by next Thursday. gah!

bells bells bells bells bells bells bells

So I went to momma and Natalie's houses this past weekend, one picture from Sideling Hill, the other from a photo album at mom's house... my friend galo and I both had the "Lil Slugger" hat in the middle picture as babies and I took a picture of it as evidence.

Today it is 74 degrees and I went walking through Frostburg for a little while after school. It's a really beautiful day. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 40 degrees. FML.

We have some wonderful bells here on Main Street... and it also smells like someone is cooking something AMAZING as I sit on my couch with the windows open wide. mmmm. probably my neighbors.. they always make the best smelling food. jealous.

Two more days this week (boys basketball will be out Friday... it's funny how just having a few people missing from a class completely changes the dynamic)... half day next Friday.. going to see Janelle in Pittsburgh next weekend... happy.com

drip drip drop

i'm at natalie's, it's been raining pretty bad this weekend. i reckon i'm the only one awake right now, once they get up i'll have breakfast then drive back to mom's, do a little shopping, then leave. i want to get more flash cards from barnes and noble... assuming they have a spanish kids section.. the one in salisbury did... and stock up on some healthy goodness from trader joes.

yesterday we played risk--I WON-- and trivial pursuit ...i lost... but it was fun. trivial pursuit is darn difficult though. i dominated the western hemisphere in risk, though. then we played rockband and went to bed! i'm glad i was able to come down here this weekend... i was way jealous of all the frostburg students who just started their spring breaks this weekend.

26 dias hasta mexico!!!! sooo excited!

so i have this week of school--monday no 8th period, honors convocation, end of the week is ACIT basketball tournament so lots of people will be out on friday, then next week of school, friday is a half day, then the following week of school, which is just normal, then the next week i go monday through wednesday, thursday is a half day, then i'm driving to dc and getting up on friday to go to PV!!!!!!!!! i love just seeing it all written out like that... ahhh..... pv...... mmm.......

looking out my back door

View from my kitchen window before work--- pre daylight savings time that is. i'm mega bummed about this hour. i'm sure it will be nicer once it starts getting warmer, but right now it SUCKS. School has been fine, i've been in a pretty good mood lately, which isn't very common around school since a lot of people have been dying lately. a senior from a few years back just killed himself, wendy's mother in law is really sick, probably will die this week, and last week there were 2 or 3 more who died. what is up?

it's only tuesday. i still have to get my car looked at before i drive to momma's on friday, and make it through the rest of my classes. i can't wait until next year when everything is done already.

in FOUR weeks i will only have one and a half days left of school and THEN i will drive to DC. THEN i will wake up in the wee small hours of the morning and put myself on a plane to mexico. then i will be in mexico. i'm freaking excited.

saturday

went to lunch and shopping around downtown cumberland today. this shirt is amaaaazing!! i got it at a bookstore downtown with all these old books. i LOVE old books. i got "How people live in the USSR" and a 2nd grade Costa Rica school book in espanol.

i have a cold and am just trying to relax this weekend and think about things. it is BEAUTIFUL outside which is wonderful. i am so happy i've finally started using skype-- i've talked to all my mexico people this week and am soo happy to hear their voices and see their faces. they make me happy.

i also found out that i can teach a summer spanish class at BW if i want. it will be 3 weeks and i could probably earn upwards of 1,000 bones for the work. i'm seriously considering it.

5 weeks till mexico, going home next weekend, spring is coming soon, lots to look forward to.

top chef

Tom Callichio just said "Bald is the new faux-hawk"

Funniest thing I've heard in a long time.

Crappy week is currently half over and I think I'm getting a cold. die twice.

you are in my blood you're my holy wine

She said go to him
Stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed
Oh but you are in my blood
You're my holy wine
You're so bitter and so sweet
I could drink a case of you
And still I'd be on my feet


frostburg graffiti is pretty tame. my favorite is "Sleep" all over main street.

lo que mas quisiera bebe...

Waiting for my friends to stop having lives so that i can get out of my apartment.

I love owls. if anyone has anything to say about owls, I seriously want to hear it.

bienvenida a tijuana

In case you haven't been lucky enough to experience twelve degrees, it's indescribably cold.
This is on my walk to my car every morning, so I'm always very well informed of the temperature in Frostburg at 7:15 am. What a wonderful life I lead.

Today is Ash Wednesday and we had a very nice prayer ceremony at school. Working at my school makes me think about religion more than I'm used to, which is a good thing. So for Lent I am limiting myself to two hours of TV a night. I'm going to try to read more ( and honestly I will try to read a little bit of the Bible I got when I was 10 and have never cracked the cover of. )

I have been able to talk to Lauren online a few times this week which is great I cannot wait to go to PV to see them. They are some of the best friends I've ever had.

I think the awful school lunch I had today made me boring. I'll do better next time.

it hardly matters

Welcome to my front yard on a snowy Monday.
I live above the Palace Theater right in the heart of Frostburg. I love where I live.
Today was more of the same. Things with Clint are rockier than usual, but at least Olivia and I are getting back together.
I talked to Lauren online which made me very happy, and I took a very cold walk around my neighborhood.
Every morning there is weather I walk to my computer saying "I would pay a million dollars for a two hour delay." I bet the school board could make some sweet dolla-dolla bills if they took bribes for school cancellations and delays.

Top Chef- I love Carla and I hope she wins big time. Stefan sucks.

en este mundo hay mucho confusion...

Spent last night getting margaritas and playing scrabble and catchphrase with tyler. sad he's moving, we're on the same wavelength which makes me happy. some gems from the scrabble game: pud, pud, qutoad, zen, toenail, uvegd, oxe, and feren.
there was a bomb threat at my school so about 40% of the students were there friday. waste of a day if you ask me, but it was relaxing to spend 2 periods playing volleyball with the highschoolers.
other than that, life has been going on as usual. it feels good that i'm closer to the end of the school year than the beginning.
i'm trying to get in shape and stop being such a fatty manatty. i'm eating better and working out as often as possible.

real housewives of nyc.... alex and simon's kids are awful.

i've got this feeling that i've been here before

I graduated from Frostburg in May with my degree in history. Rather than going to Momma's to work at some restaurant before going to Mexico in August as per the plan, I decided to stay in Frostburg to stay with good ole Clint. We have been dating since April and as of... May I was not ready to turn that relationship into a long distance one. So I worked at a restaurant in Frostburg with some really great people. Getting into July I started thinking about what I'd like to be doing. The arguments were either go to Mexico, leave Clint, drain my savings, but live with two of my best friends who make me love life OR find a job around Frostburg, get a little experience and stay with Clinton. So I kept my eye on the papers looking for a job, and if I happened to find one and get hired, then that was it, Mexico off, Frostburg on. Lo and behold, "HS Spanish and Math teachers needed. Send resume to..." Long story short, I got the job at Bishop Walsh School, a PreK-12 Catholic school on a hill in Cumberland, MD, and Mexico was offsies. Wah wah.
So here I am, teaching Spanish (and one history class) at BW and being a grown up. I have a wonderful apartment in Frostburg and a few wonderful new friends and my Clint. That's pretty much it for the logistics of my life, can be summed up in two sentences.
Right now I am anxiously anticipating a recently planned trip to Mexico over Easter break and watching "That Thing You Do" on tv.
I will post more about a super top secret subject tomorrow once it is released to the public.