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I just found this website: http://www.iamneurotic.com/. I went to laugh at how crazy other people are and then realized how many of those neuroses I shared. You can click a button if you agree. Here are some of mine that are absolutely ridiculous:

1. I eat my food in the same order every time. Fries are first always. When I eat Runts, the fruit candy, I eat them in the same order. When they introduced new flavors, I pretty much stopped eating them, too much to handle. *In case you were wondering, banana is first and strawberry is last, they're my favorite.
2. I eat my hamburgers in a round. I eat the edges first, then eat the middle. Also, I always take a bite from the top left of my sandwich first.

3. The shower curtain cannot touch me. That is the grossest feeling ever. I have to scrub clean again, even if I was getting out.

4. I can't use my oven during the week because I can't remember if I turned it off or not when I leave for work. It messes up my routine, so I pretty much just cook on the weekend.

5. My food absolutely, positively cannot touch. This one makes me the craziest. Why do restaurants insist on putting pickles with sandwiches and letting the pickle juice bleed all over the bread? Ew. My dad used to mix his meat, mashed potatoes, and corn together and it really bothered me. The only thing I mix is black-eyed peas and corn. Yeah, I don't know either.

Well, there it is. I got a good laugh out of other people, I hope you get a good laugh, too (even if it's at my expense). We all need it!

The past week(s)...

I've gotta show the blog some love. Things that have happened in the past few weeks:

1. I went to my first dance class in way too long. I've missed it. More updates on that soon.
2. The Emmys. NPH was hilarious as always, but the winners stunk except Kristin Chenoweth and Tina Fey. John Cryer, really? I LOVED him as Duckie in Pretty in Pink, but Two and a Half Men is a joke. And not a funny one.
3. I won a $100 Wal-mart gift card at school yesterday! Yesssss!
4. Fall TV started. Ahhhh... Reviews forthcoming.
5. My kids are doing well, we're still having some small issues, but I'm seeing improvement.
6. I've caught up with a lot of friends from high school that I've missed dearly. So much fun!

Can't think of anything else...things coming up in the future: Meagan's wedding, Fall Break, conferences next week which means a half day of work!

OK, Emmys best and worst dressed:

Best dressed: Mila Kunis in Monique Lhullier. I loved the merlot color and cut. It was daring. Close second: Lindsay Price in bright purple. The color was gorgeous!

Worst: Kim Kardashian, don't get me started on why she was even invited. Ick.

OK, I know...

I'm getting bad about neglecting this here blog. But in my defense, I haven't really done anything worth blogging about lately. My schedule has been Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Maybe things will pick up soon...

Happy Thoughts

This school year so far has been...difficult. I have a great class, they just need a lot of guidance. I've got some great stories. If you want to hear them, call me. I'll share. I'll just tell you that one of them ends with me in the faculty men's restroom. Yep. I needed to get out of school mode and think happy thoughts...here are some.

One of my former students, who had a rough time last year, rode up on his bike to see me today. I missed him at the beginning of school, but it sounds like he is in a school better suited for his needs. It was so good to see him smiling and happy.

10 babies at CHill tonight. When I walked in there were 4 teenage girls, 10 babies (2 under a month old) and all but one were crying. It took 5 of us to burp one of them, but we made it and my girls were awesome! And D got his new "school" clothes and he looked adorable!

I can wear jeans to work tomorrow.

I have new movies to watch this weekend. I love Netflix.

My Office calender has been on June since March. I'll give a hint as to why. Starts with a J... and ends with an ...im Halpert.


Fall TV is a week away. Yessssss. Glee is up first. This show makes me, well...GLEEful!




Tomorrow is FRIDAY! Have a great weekend everyone!

Sunday night...wow

It's already Sunday night? Oh my. This weekend flew by. Friday night, TT, Meshlia, and I had a swim party. We watched Bedtime Stories, such a cute movie! TT sacked out about 30 minutes into the movie, but Meshlia and I held out 'til the end.

The rest of the weekend was kind of a blur, catching up on sleep and work and getting ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow kicks off our first whole week of school. So much to do, so little time. Those little 5th grade fingers are going to be writing furiously...they just don't know it yet! Mwahaha...

First week

My classroom is done! For the most part. I still have some organizing to do, but it's pretty much done!
Today was our first day with kids and it was good. I have some, let's say, boundary pushers...but, we'll figure out where those boundaries are real quick.

I was so tired this afternoon that on the way home I pulled my car into the gas pump going the wrong direction three times, then I came home to start eating dinner and nodded off a little, spilling my hot rice all over my arm where I now have some lovely rice shaped blisters. Needless to say, a three hour nap was in my near future. Now, I've finished my work and I'm going back to bed. Gotta love the first week of school.

Becky, I heard you had over 30 kids today. I'll be thinking about you tomorrow. Good luck! It's Friday! Woot!

August

So, August has been kind of blur so far. I went to Altus to see my grandparents, then spent a few days dog-sitting for this guy:He asserted his dominance in the house by doing things like this, so I stopped giving him treats. Who's the boss, now, huh? I showed him.

These next pictures are for Nancy and anyone else who cares about my classroom.

My classroom progress, day 1: Reading corner: check.

Front wall: check.Other walls, not so much. We're getting there.

And just because. Sweet Tekira and Quavy. And lastly, a funny story about my boy, D. I took him the bathroom at church tonight and we went in the stall that locks and then sticks, trapping you inside. I worked at this place for like 4 years, but tonight that fact slipped my mind. D figured out that we were locked in and scooted his tiny, little body under the door, knowing full well that I was still trapped. He took off down the hall running and laughing at me and by the time I got out he was all the way down and around the corner. He turned and saw me and burst into a fit of giggles. Toddlers. I have to be at school at 5:30 in the morning for a trip to Tulsa, so I'm off to bed. Not sure why I stayed up this late.