Currently Reading The Perils of Sisterhood By Amy Alden see related

Long time no write.  I sincerely apologize.  So here's the scoop, in a nutshell: I'm engaged! I'm graduating in a week and a half... no, two weeks... no, a week and a half! Practically just one week.  And the rest of the story is that that mess right there is about what has been going on in my head.  It's absolutely swimming in there! So many random tidbits of "do this" "do that" "don't forget you've got to be here..." Oh! To not conduct so much scheduling business in the car where I can't write anything down! I need to stop that. 

   We had an interview day at the university the other day.  I'm getting a call back from my three top districts, and another one that kind of freaked me out a little (very site-based, each building pretty much does whatever it wants, everyone friendly, etc.  kind of scary hippie-like - but still seems cool).  Yesterday I got done with school at noon because I was supposed to observe Haley but she wasn't there.  And what do you think I did? I took a nap and read a silly book.  All afternoon. Do you know how long it's been since I've done that?? Forever! It was wonderful.  And today it has been snowing.  Not much, just enough to make the kids CRAZY and make me run into the curb while trying to stop for a stupid pedestrian on the way home.  WHY would you walk out in front of someone when the roads are icky? Just not the best plan if you ask me. Anyway, our elementary program is tonight and I'll be just devastated if they postpone it until tomorrow, because I would really like to go to that band concert.  Slash I really would like to sleep in, but if it's postponed, my student teaching will be extended (even more) and I'll have to wake up early again. Boo.    And now it's time to get ready so I can go to lessons.  I'm allowing a lot of time for myself to get there, so bleck on having to drive.

Currently Reading Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (P.S.) By Isabel Allende see related

I just realized I haven't updated this ol' thang in a while.  As most everyone knows, I'm back from Costa Rica.  I had a blast, I was ready to come home, and now that I've started band camp and semi-re-entered the real world, I'm ready to go back to Costa Rica.  The coolest thing ever happened while I was there: I learned to do nothign! Absolutely nothing! I found myself (not intoxicated or anything) just sitting and watching while other people wer having conversations, and it didn't make me uncomfortable in the least.  I just had nothing to add, and I was good just sitting.  Or, when no one was there, I didn't feel totally worthless doing nothing. I mean, life is for enjoying and savoring, no?  My latest plan is to try and go to South America next fall to teach English for 5 or 6 months... ooh...  And I want to take my boyfriend with me.  We'll see how that one goes over. 

   So band camp at Topeka West.  Good times.  Lots of sweat.  Lots of time commitment.  That's about all there is to say about that. Except that it's not as weird relating to high schoolers instead of little'uns as I thought it would be. 

   Oh, the latest not-really-drama-until-January: Adam and I have begun talks of moving in together... but the problem is that his mom is uber against the idea (is it wrong that doesn't really surprise me?) and as we were chatting last night, he said that I can move in, I just can't bring a lot of stuff in case his mom comes over.  Which I think is completely batty.  I say, if I'm going to live somewhere and pay half the rent, I should be able to bring whatever I want and who gives a rat if his mom finds out?  Second point: I'm not sure his mom has visited his residence since he moved out three years ago.  Anyway, the whole moving in together thing makes sense to me since a) he lives alone and could take more classes if I moved in and helped pay rent, and b) I'm going to need a place to live, and we'd just spend all our time together anyway. 

   Okay, am going to go eat lunch.  I wrote so that I would put it off for a while (WHO eats breakfast at 9:30 then gets hungry again by 11??? I even ate a big breakfast! Gaa!) but I think 11:30 is an okay time to eat lunch, especially when I have to eat at like 5 because of band camp.  Adios!

Currently Reading Cold Mountain: A Novel By Charles Frazier see related

Costa Rica at last! And I finally found the internet! I´ve been here a week tonight, and so far so good!  I got lost on the bus (a must for any foreigner), have walked through rain with an umbrella that could probably cover four people (on the same day coincidentally), have eaten rice and beans every day, have spoken Spanish with lots of people who laugh at me because I mess it up, I´ve watched three partidos de futbol (yawn) and have already made friends in our program.  Hooray!

   Yesterday we had oral exams in our class (by the way I got into Advanced so I can graduate with a Spanish degree after all!) and tomorrow is an exam.  Which I´m procrastinating.  I was supposed to be studying with Jessica, but she decided to take the bus home (her home) with the girls she´s staying with, so I´m sticking around the university hoping that someone else from our class will show up to study soon.  If not, I´ll take the bus home and study there.  Bleh. 

   Okay I can think of nothing else to say that doesn´t require a pictorial explanation, and I can´t post pictures until I have my computer.  So, it looks like I have to go study.  Bleh again.  Adios!

I have.... three minutes now that my computer has (finally)  loaded everything.  And instead of being productive I'm going to tell you about how productive I have to be.

   So Rebecca and I have been discussing all week how we kind of want to kill ourselves (but not seriously don't worry. I would never do that).  Our senior recitals are both this weekend.  It'll be fun.... I guess.  Mine that is, I know I'll have fun at Rebecca's.  If it was only the recital I wouldn't be worried, but I have a TON of other stuff to do (hello midterms!) which I won't get into here.  Interested? Call me.  Anyway, the interesting part of all this stress is (and this hasn't happened to me before) that I had a bit of a mental breakdown on Sunday when I spent an hour and a half trying to get my computer to download documents off the internet (it still won't by the way... becuase of my security settings even though I fiddled with ALL OF THEM at one point or another.  Another long story. moving on.) and since then I think I've kind of passed the stress threshold.  Yes, there is such a thing. 

   I've gotten to the point that instead of being really tightly wound up and on the verge of screaming and yelling and crying, I'm on the verge of hysterical laughter.  Like the kind you imagine coming from a loony bin.  I don't actually do that (or I haven't yet ) but this makes sitting through classes with me VERY interesting.  I'm sort of operating on a higher plane that usual.  I can't sit still, I can't concentrate.... and everything is amusing.  Hmm.. Time for conducting.  This class usually makes me laugh, so we'll see what it does to me today.  Hehe.  Get excited.