Last one before the new year!!!

Sooo.... Tonight is new years eve.


Some things I did today...



Went to the mall. Helped Isaac pick out a Christmas present for his mom. You know, I never knew how expensive jewelry was. I always get costume jewelry for myself, and very rarely does someone get me jewelry as a gift. So I never put much thought into how much or even the amount of time it takes for one person to pick out a piece for another person. It is pretty hard. I almost feel sorry for guys....almost. Considering the amount of stress they put us under I would say that it evens out. LOL.... now you know I probably won't be getting jewelry this year.

I also got to experience Build a Bear. It is so cute! The process is amazing. Whoever thought of it is a genius. You get an animal, which is un-stuffed, then proceed to pick out sounds and even a little heart. You have to "wake up" the heart. It really is a cute little way they make you do it. I had a blast. Then you name your stuffed animal and register him or her. My build a bear animal is a Cheetah. His name is Spot. His birthday is 12/31/07. He has a really ferocious growl.

After the mall, I went to Barnes and Noble. That truly is my favorite store and for Christmas my cousins gave me a gift card. I spent way more than the gift card had on it but I did buy some interesting books. I bought Choke by Chuck Palahnicuk, Still Thinking of You by Adele Parks and Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie faria Stolarz. I have read Haunted by Chuck Palahnicuk and really liked his writing style so I decided to read Choke. It should be interesting. I think I will read that one first. The second book I have never heard of the author. I don't like reading books that I have never heard of the author but after reading the jacket I decided to take a chance. The third is first in a 4 part series. I hate when books end. It makes me really sad, so I hope this series is pretty good. All are fiction books by the way. I considered buying a biography book by Alice Sebold but decided I already had enough on my plate and not enough money in my pocket.

I came home and tried to watch a video my mom lent me. Sadly, my DVR/Video player is not working, which sucks because I wanted to make my mom a DVD. Now what am I supposed to do? Can I even return it? I just got it this year.

Plans for tonight: Celebrating with the ONLY people who truly love me.... My Family. Love you family.

Oh yea. I used to keep a lot of journals. They used to start off by writing letters to guys. First Steven then David (they never saw these letters by the way), and then I got so tired of writing to guys that I started writing to myself. It was sort of what I was doing now only that I was the only one that would read them. I think I am going to put them down in here little by little. Some are really childish and some are pretty interesting. Anyway those are my thoughts.

Some notes: You should have returned the gift.

Late

The holidays are here. Christmas has come and go, and the new year is approaching. I'm not sure where things are going with me and my never-ending complicated love life.....but I do know that this Holiday break has been very restful.

It has been about a little more than a week and I have done a lot of sleeping. I feel rejuvenated and now I'm ready to go back.



My secret elf turned out to be the librarian. She did such a good job. She brought me a Dr. Pepper everyday with a little something extra. The final gift was bath stuff: beads, scrubs, bubble bath, even a relaxation cd. I listened to it while finishing my grades and lesson plans. I would like to note that the guitar teacher and I were practically the only ones who followed the rules on Wed. Most teachers went home early. Not us...nope nope. We were the good teachers. Okay, okay, so the last hour was spent watching Friends, but what else were we supposed to do?



Christmas day was fun. I saw almost all of my family. Some cousins from my mom's side got together later that evening and we played boardgames. We played Taboo, Cranium, CRL, and Scategories. They were so much fun. I'm glad I went.

I have been to the movies a couple of times. Each with different people. I think I should really go by myself if I'm going to see the ones I want to see. Hmmm. My significant other is going to have to accept that I love kid films.

I have been reading like crazy. I finished another Jodi Piccoult book, now I'm reading The Golden Compass. I saw the movie and loved it. There is so much controversy that surrounds the books that I want to read them and form my own opinion.

I have lots of liquor in my house that I have yet to even open. Sounds like a party is much needed!

Time does fly

I feel awful that I have not been writing. There has been so much going on in my life lately that I really don't even know where to begin. I can only hope that I can put more time into this later but here are the highlights so far.

I'm going to be cupid for Halloween. Ironic. I know. I have a pet mouse. His name is Houdini because he is an escape artist. There are only two more games left in the season. Then playoffs. Hopefully we don't go.

I had a birthday. It was filled with ups and downs but really it was too fast to put into words. We lost an officer that night. We were cut from the band show. Relief. I have a wedding I'm going to be apart of. Then I head off to London. Then Christmas.

I still read. Just finished a book yesterday.

I sat in an ambulance. Luckily it was not for me.

Some of the websites at work are now prohibited. This has helped immensely. That and the never ending work week.

Weekends are good. I love being a teacher, and I am proud to say I have only missed one day of school ( but it really didn't count because I was there anyway).

till we meet again.

Quote

- "Ugh, ...Doesn't that cricket ever get tired?"

- "He's looking for a mate....no one gets tired of that. Right?"

An experience at the movies

Time

Well it has been quite a long time for writing....there is so much going on in my life right now, and so much to explain.....I will make sure I make time....but for now I have a class!

My last summer book ....down....

Well, I purchased the book at 12:53 Friday night (technically Saturday morning) and finished the book Sunday night at 12:04 (technically Monday). I must confess, I read the book as slowly as I could. I wanted to make it last, take in every last detail. This was the last Harry Potter book and I wanted to never end. I took frequent breaks to eat, shower, sleep, watch a little recorded t.v., and visit with friends. I say recorded t.v. because I was warned by my Dad that the ending was spilling out on the news everywhere. He knew the ending before I did. I made it a point not to watch live t.v. Past books have been spoiled before and I did not want it to happen again. I did not stay up the first night because what was the point. All the anticipation would be over in ...what was the record? 6hours?...no. Lets just say I make things last ::wink wink:: The pages kept turning and turning and I found myself unable to put it down towards the end. My predictions were right, but very general. The way the story unfolded is genius, pure genius. Readers should be very happy.

The stores made the book impossible to get. I went to Hastings, a bookstore where I had bought one of the books before, first. The rules from previous years had changed and since I didn't have a "reserved card", I ventured to Barnes and Noble. I couldn't even get in the parking lot. I had bought the book from a Wal-mart before too, and decided that there would be less of a crowd there, so I made that my final destination. I was wrong. At first I thought that they were not even selling it yet. No crowds or bins of books could be seen. I made my way to the book section but it had been torn apart. I thought maybe I was too late and they were already sold out. I saw people with little bags coming from the back of the store which held books. I asked one where they were selling the book and he kindly pointed to the back of the store. A long line, which started in the electronics section, snaked its way through the shoe section to the clothing section. As I headed for the back of the line I heard someone call my name at the front of the line. It was Hannah. One of my students from Kelly's. We chatted for a moment but I could feel the eyes of the people standing behind her on me, so I said goodbye. Even if she had asked me to join her, I would have said no. I was not about to make people angry. The line went faster than I thought and people were friendly. I was given a Harry Potter bookmark, a poster, and two bracelets (one green which had the word Slytherin on it and one blue which had Ravenclaw...I guess they must have ran out of the other two houses).

I'm not entirely sure this will be my last summer book, but it will always be remembered.

Giving Up

All my entries have been moved back to my original blog site. Don't ask me why I did what I did, because I don't have an answer. I'm thinking that I was trying to control something in a life where I felt very out of control. Anyways, it's easier for me just to write on the old site.

Relationships suck! I don't know how to explain it any other way. It's always hard to hear that you are not the one, even when you know it yourself. Those feelings eat away at you for days, weeks, even months depending on the type of relationship. Even friendships are hard to work through. I feel like I am at freezing point in my life. Everything is very still. The waters are calm and even though the boat is not tipping I wonder if this is any better than if the waters were rough, wavy, or at best at least moving.

I have seen lots of movies lately. After watching Harry Potter for the second time, I have found myself more anxious for tonight. Tonight the final Harry Potter book comes out. There is always some midnight party at one of the bookstores. I'm really excited to find out what it will come down to. Just knowing that the book release is here makes me a little sad. You know how when a preview for a movie comes out and you think to yourself what you will be doing at that date? Well, this book release meant something to me. It's sad to think that after I finish reading the book that it will join the other 6 books on the shelf and never be read again.

OK no more sadness. This is summer! I must enjoy the last few days. There are "Back to School" displays in stores, which means that my time is very limited. I have one more trip to look forward to. I will be going to New York in August. It's sort of a family vacation. We will go, have fun, and then help Lana come home. I love NY. I hope that when my sister chooses a place to live it will be NY so that I can visit often.

Well, Jasper and Bella just celebrated their birthdays. I think Jasper's was in late May early June, and Bella's was in June. They are one year old. For a present, they got a new type of cat food. The adult kind. LOL. I wanted to take Jasper to the beach with me. I think he would really like it. The hotel didn't allow animals so I couldn't, but next time....maybe.

Thank you to those of you who signed my guestbook. It means a lot to me. Rey, I think it's time for a visit to H-town. Diana, gurl, we need to go out...Call me!

Tonight: Red Lobster with my parents and then Hastings.

Weekend: I'm free, if you want to hang out, find me!