Today was a long one! Up early to take Trip to mom and dad's and make sure I was ready for the day. Day went well, included advisory which is always a bit longer of a day. Then down stairs for a PRIDE picture and out the door to NKC to pick girls up for golf. Then McDonald's shame for dinner, and back to school for Open House! Whew! But, I made it!
We got to wear t-shirts to school today and to Open House tonight, that's pretty sweet but we were instructed not to wear jeans. Awkward if you ask me, we kinda looked silly. But, we sent a message and I think it was well received. I did find it interesting that the people who were most against us wearing the shirts kept saying they thought it was "unprofessional" yet they are some of the most unprofessional people I work with. Ah well... professional distance is a good thing.
Golf was beautiful. I didn't want to go back to work. Open House went really well. With most parents I was really on, functioning on all cylinders and all my jokes were a hit. With other classes, crickets... sweet. Ah well... does the professional distance thing apply again here?
I started a 30 day prayer book that belonged to my late grandpa last night. It's also been completed by my uncle john. Kinda neat to feel that connection with Grampy. Tomorrow I will be meeting with FCA to discuss the new group we hope to start at school. Wish me luck!
I guess my mammaw is really struggling with her Alzheimer's right now. Like unable to have a conversation struggling. I'm really hoping it's another dietary or chemical imbalance that will be an easy fix. Please keep her and my very patient Pappaw in your thoughts and prayers.
Also tomorrow I start my final two actual classes in my master's program! Exciting yet bringing busy busy days.
Last thing: I'm poor right now, like poorer than I've ever been. And I'm not sure how it happened. Only solutions I can come up with are a roommate or a job. I am not the easiest person to live with and I really don't like to share my space and time with people I'm not especially close with... and I really don't feel I have time for another job right now. I'm just hoping I come through this period of low funds better and wiser for it. For now, no roommate, no extra job.
Welp, good night Lame Lady Adventurers. Press on to another day.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
A Boring Saturday Night
Welp, here I am, Saturday night, after 11pm and I have not left the house the entire day. No kidding! I mean I hardly think a walk to the mailbox qualifies. I did shower and do load of dishes so that's one step under semi-productive. Right?
Now, lets talk about this trip to the mailbox. I open the door and put my hand on the screen door to open it, something moves on the other side of the door, I proceed onto the porch and turn to look at the door. There is a giant brown spider running around. He runs from me and just as he runs into the hinges of the door and out of sight EEEEEK! I scream! Something landing on my head! I jump, dance, stomp my legs and swat at my head. It was a grass hopper. Where did it come from? Why? Where did the spider go? All remain unanswered.
All of my friends are busy tonight. So, I couldn't come up with any solid plans. Trish and her baby girl (6 years old) stopped by for about an hour to watch iCarly and grab a quick bite to eat before they took off for a day trip to Sioux Falls. I envy her spontaneity but just couldn't take a trip like that on a last minute whim but truly appreciated the invite. Random interjection, one of my favorite commercials right now is the guy who starts sleep driving, and his dog goes to the foot of the bed to enjoy the fan in his face. Very cute!
It sounds weird but I actually feel like I don't have a lot to do because my classes haven't started for this semester. I'm sure I will really regret that statement and envy this moment in a few weeks but it's true. All summer, in every moment of downtime I was doing homework. I think I mentioned in my last blog I'm taking School Law and School and Community Relations as well as trying to make head way on my 120 admin. hours and my giant research paper. Plus, teaching Challenge World and Psych which are both grade intensive courses I've got to stay up on. So, I'm sure I will be super busy soon enough. So in the spirit of that, I put a few assignments in the grade book with down the road due dates to try to keep kids and parents looking down the road.
Today I also registered a team to do the Alzheimer's 5k in October. Our team name is The Unforgettables. I spent some time making a shirt that I'll likely never print that I really would enjoy having. A picture of me and Mamma on the front with our team name and a picture of me and Patt Summitt on the back with the words Never Forget This Moment. On a light purple shirt. My aunt made the first team donation today. I can't wait to raise the money and have people join the team. Not sure if anyone is reading this but if you are and you'd like to help out me, my team, or the fight against Alzheimer's in general check out my team website. Thanks for any support you can give!
Walk to end Alzheimer's Page
Now, lets talk about this trip to the mailbox. I open the door and put my hand on the screen door to open it, something moves on the other side of the door, I proceed onto the porch and turn to look at the door. There is a giant brown spider running around. He runs from me and just as he runs into the hinges of the door and out of sight EEEEEK! I scream! Something landing on my head! I jump, dance, stomp my legs and swat at my head. It was a grass hopper. Where did it come from? Why? Where did the spider go? All remain unanswered.
All of my friends are busy tonight. So, I couldn't come up with any solid plans. Trish and her baby girl (6 years old) stopped by for about an hour to watch iCarly and grab a quick bite to eat before they took off for a day trip to Sioux Falls. I envy her spontaneity but just couldn't take a trip like that on a last minute whim but truly appreciated the invite. Random interjection, one of my favorite commercials right now is the guy who starts sleep driving, and his dog goes to the foot of the bed to enjoy the fan in his face. Very cute!
It sounds weird but I actually feel like I don't have a lot to do because my classes haven't started for this semester. I'm sure I will really regret that statement and envy this moment in a few weeks but it's true. All summer, in every moment of downtime I was doing homework. I think I mentioned in my last blog I'm taking School Law and School and Community Relations as well as trying to make head way on my 120 admin. hours and my giant research paper. Plus, teaching Challenge World and Psych which are both grade intensive courses I've got to stay up on. So, I'm sure I will be super busy soon enough. So in the spirit of that, I put a few assignments in the grade book with down the road due dates to try to keep kids and parents looking down the road.
Today I also registered a team to do the Alzheimer's 5k in October. Our team name is The Unforgettables. I spent some time making a shirt that I'll likely never print that I really would enjoy having. A picture of me and Mamma on the front with our team name and a picture of me and Patt Summitt on the back with the words Never Forget This Moment. On a light purple shirt. My aunt made the first team donation today. I can't wait to raise the money and have people join the team. Not sure if anyone is reading this but if you are and you'd like to help out me, my team, or the fight against Alzheimer's in general check out my team website. Thanks for any support you can give!
Walk to end Alzheimer's Page
Friday, August 26, 2011
One week down
The moment has arrived, the one I've always waited for. I have good kids!!!! I finally have a group of students that don't make me question my career choice. I may finish the year without wanting to quit. My psych class is big, 33, but good! Challenge World History is awesome, good kids and ready to work! My regular world class isn't bad although I've feared it. And, STAR 11 is riddled with good kids and I think we will be okay. I'm very excited for the year although I KNOW it will be super busy!
I am coaching golf, basketball, and track. Master's classes that remain looming until graduation are 1. School Law 2. School and Community Relations 3. a giant research paper 4. 120 hours of administrative duties. Hopefully all by May. In order to get those hours I have joined the building team for the AVID program, am organizing the homecoming parade, and a variety of other tasks.
I've decided to do the Alzheimer's Walk October 1st to honor my grandmother's and my hero who was recently diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Who ever thought I would be a 5k'er? Certainly not me! Maybe one day I'll actually run one of them, maybe not. :) After the Alzheimer's focus I'll be switching it back to Breast Cancer for the rest of the year. I'm talking with other teachers about fund raising options and even head shavings! Things could get crazy!
No plans for the weekend. More to come soon!
I am coaching golf, basketball, and track. Master's classes that remain looming until graduation are 1. School Law 2. School and Community Relations 3. a giant research paper 4. 120 hours of administrative duties. Hopefully all by May. In order to get those hours I have joined the building team for the AVID program, am organizing the homecoming parade, and a variety of other tasks.
I've decided to do the Alzheimer's Walk October 1st to honor my grandmother's and my hero who was recently diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Who ever thought I would be a 5k'er? Certainly not me! Maybe one day I'll actually run one of them, maybe not. :) After the Alzheimer's focus I'll be switching it back to Breast Cancer for the rest of the year. I'm talking with other teachers about fund raising options and even head shavings! Things could get crazy!
No plans for the weekend. More to come soon!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
so much time so little to do
Scratch that... reverse it.
It's been a long time since I've written on here and there is a lot that has gone on. I'll get down bits and pieces of everything I can remember that I wanted to talk about and we'll go from there.
Last night I had a joint birthday party with Sam here at the house. It was a small crowd but a good time. It had rained on and off all day and cleared up in time for a perfect weather evening. I love having people over and cooking for them. It was just burgers and dogs but I love it! We hung out and talked, drank some, played some games, had a fire pit and made s'mores. That's a great August evening! Friday was my actual birthday and I went to Garrozo's for the first time ever. Birthday girl/boy eats a spedini for free. I gave my spedini to my mom and ordered manacotti. YUM! This place is a Kansas City Original and I'm so glad I went. It would be an expensive meal but I will definitely go back! That night we met up with Trish for her birthday gathering and went to The Flying Saucer near Power & Light. I liked the place, my favorite part about it? It wasn't Power & Light. No cover charge, no forced interactions with douchey people. It was a great time. Earlier in the week was Sam's birthday and we went to Stix (a hibachi, Japanese grill where they cook in front of you), gotta love that! Good entertainment and good food! We also got to see the Glee movie, I love that show and the movie The Help, amazing, I cried, laughed, loved it! Can't wait to read the book! So, I've had a lot of social activity recently, yay summer!
Before all of the birthday fun Sam and I visited my grandparents in Carthage, MO. I love those two so much! They took us in to Joplin to see all of the destruction from the late May tornado. It was insane and very powerful to see all of the damage and what the city used to look like. The thing that struck me the most was the high school. As a teacher I could only imagine what that must be like. The whole school is without windows, blown out. Parts of the building look like the scenes from the Oklahoma City Bombing, but on a smaller scale. The sign reading JOPLIN HIGH SCHOOL had been reduced to OP HIGH SCHOOL. What I found most amazing was that someone had used duct tape to add to the sign, it now reads HOPE HIGH SCHOOL. That's powerful. These people have every reason in the world to be depressed or give up and they won't succumb to it. They will not be defeated. They will raise this city again. One house in particular caught Sam's attention so we asked Pappa to pull over and we got out to walk around the roughage. This house was missing all but about 4 walls two in an exterior corner and 2 internal walls. What caught her eye and my attention was the clothes still hanging in the closet and the books still on a shelf. What? How can that be? My eyes were immediately drawn to a picture album in the dirt and rubble. Pictures mean a lot to me and my family. I wanted to bring it home and scan the pictures in to a computer and try to find a family member to send the pictures to. That didn't sound like a great idea to Sam, and I see the impracticality of it now. There was a man using large equipment right behind the house, as I went to talk to Pappa about taking the photo album, Sam went to talk to the man, his story was, wow. He knew the guy who was living here, the man LIVED! Apparently he was looking out of his window as the storm moved in and sky started to change. He watched two cars drive down the road and about 15 seconds later he saw the same two cars tumbling end over end coming back down the road from where they came. He grabbed his dog and a coat and closed himself in his closet, held on to the dog, the coat, and the closet rod. He lived. Amazing! I gave the worker the photo album to pass on to this man, he appreciated that. I just thought it was neat. Sam had also purchased many supplies to share with Joplin victims, we took them to the number one organizational site for the relief efforts. It was neat to see where it was going.
After Carthage and before the birthday fun I participated in my first ever 5k. This event was one of the more significant events in my life. Thirty thousand people walking/running with a purpose to raise money and raise awareness for the cure of breast cancer. The energy was amazing, the people were so positive. I was a part of something much greater than myself. I am personally connected to this particular cause because of my family history with breast cancer. My mom's family has been plagued with it and my step-dad's mom, Grandma Louann is a survivor. Probably the coolest thing about this experience was that I got to share the experience with 10 of my basketball players and several of their parents, siblings, etc. including one mom who is currently battling breast cancer. I hope the girls felt as impacted as I did by the experience. We all did it, and that is big. I hope to make this an annual event for me. I didn't die after walking the 3.1 miles so I've already been asked to join in on the Whisper Walk in September for Ovarian Cancer and I've looked up the next 5k for Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is another cause that is very near and dear to my heart. My beloved grandma in Carthage is suffering from this diagnosis. My other grandma, who has passed on suffered from dementia as well in what I suspect was actually Alzheimer's. This disease is also in desperate need of a cure. The affliction comes down both of my parents bloodlines and on both sides of each of my grandparents bloodlines. I don't want to be doomed to a life that ends in Alzheimer's. That's not for me. I never thought I would be a 5k kind of person but look at me, walking and liking it! :)
Meetings have started for back to school, as always, some good, some bad, some downright ugly. I am so glad we started school later this year. We get kids on Wednesday and I can't hardly believe it. I'm not ready at all and am supposed to have meetings all day Monday and a golf tournament all day Monday. I hate meetings but really feel like I need to be there! Ah! What should I do? Golf is going great! There is no sweeter gig. Getting paid to hang out outside, drive a golf cart, drive a minivan, with free gas, I mean, shorts and polo, this is my kind of deal!
I'm going to sign off now as this is a pretty lengthy post. I will think of more things later!
It's been a long time since I've written on here and there is a lot that has gone on. I'll get down bits and pieces of everything I can remember that I wanted to talk about and we'll go from there.
Last night I had a joint birthday party with Sam here at the house. It was a small crowd but a good time. It had rained on and off all day and cleared up in time for a perfect weather evening. I love having people over and cooking for them. It was just burgers and dogs but I love it! We hung out and talked, drank some, played some games, had a fire pit and made s'mores. That's a great August evening! Friday was my actual birthday and I went to Garrozo's for the first time ever. Birthday girl/boy eats a spedini for free. I gave my spedini to my mom and ordered manacotti. YUM! This place is a Kansas City Original and I'm so glad I went. It would be an expensive meal but I will definitely go back! That night we met up with Trish for her birthday gathering and went to The Flying Saucer near Power & Light. I liked the place, my favorite part about it? It wasn't Power & Light. No cover charge, no forced interactions with douchey people. It was a great time. Earlier in the week was Sam's birthday and we went to Stix (a hibachi, Japanese grill where they cook in front of you), gotta love that! Good entertainment and good food! We also got to see the Glee movie, I love that show and the movie The Help, amazing, I cried, laughed, loved it! Can't wait to read the book! So, I've had a lot of social activity recently, yay summer!
Before all of the birthday fun Sam and I visited my grandparents in Carthage, MO. I love those two so much! They took us in to Joplin to see all of the destruction from the late May tornado. It was insane and very powerful to see all of the damage and what the city used to look like. The thing that struck me the most was the high school. As a teacher I could only imagine what that must be like. The whole school is without windows, blown out. Parts of the building look like the scenes from the Oklahoma City Bombing, but on a smaller scale. The sign reading JOPLIN HIGH SCHOOL had been reduced to OP HIGH SCHOOL. What I found most amazing was that someone had used duct tape to add to the sign, it now reads HOPE HIGH SCHOOL. That's powerful. These people have every reason in the world to be depressed or give up and they won't succumb to it. They will not be defeated. They will raise this city again. One house in particular caught Sam's attention so we asked Pappa to pull over and we got out to walk around the roughage. This house was missing all but about 4 walls two in an exterior corner and 2 internal walls. What caught her eye and my attention was the clothes still hanging in the closet and the books still on a shelf. What? How can that be? My eyes were immediately drawn to a picture album in the dirt and rubble. Pictures mean a lot to me and my family. I wanted to bring it home and scan the pictures in to a computer and try to find a family member to send the pictures to. That didn't sound like a great idea to Sam, and I see the impracticality of it now. There was a man using large equipment right behind the house, as I went to talk to Pappa about taking the photo album, Sam went to talk to the man, his story was, wow. He knew the guy who was living here, the man LIVED! Apparently he was looking out of his window as the storm moved in and sky started to change. He watched two cars drive down the road and about 15 seconds later he saw the same two cars tumbling end over end coming back down the road from where they came. He grabbed his dog and a coat and closed himself in his closet, held on to the dog, the coat, and the closet rod. He lived. Amazing! I gave the worker the photo album to pass on to this man, he appreciated that. I just thought it was neat. Sam had also purchased many supplies to share with Joplin victims, we took them to the number one organizational site for the relief efforts. It was neat to see where it was going.
Meetings have started for back to school, as always, some good, some bad, some downright ugly. I am so glad we started school later this year. We get kids on Wednesday and I can't hardly believe it. I'm not ready at all and am supposed to have meetings all day Monday and a golf tournament all day Monday. I hate meetings but really feel like I need to be there! Ah! What should I do? Golf is going great! There is no sweeter gig. Getting paid to hang out outside, drive a golf cart, drive a minivan, with free gas, I mean, shorts and polo, this is my kind of deal!
I'm going to sign off now as this is a pretty lengthy post. I will think of more things later!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Well that was... unexpected.
Well, I suppose one day I will learn to expect the unexpected. Today was not that day. Yesterday I was leased a beautiful Chrysler Town and Country. For a mini van this thing is freaking sweet. Satellite radio, back up camera, touch screen radio, push button door openers and closers, really, pretty sweet. That was an unexpected surprise. Golf practice went well yesterday and I hit pretty well. Until the pressure was on, coach had a competition to see which girl could hit closest to a pole. Then they all shot and he said, okay now its mine and Coach Pfautz's turn. Uh... that was unexpected. 3 terrible shots and I felt a little foolish. Ah well, you live you learn.
I had to go pick up the team shirts for the Susan G. Komen race for the cure. Went to the casino (where the shirts were). There was a very odd lady in a truck near where I parked. She just looked like one of those people you don't trust right away. My feeling of, let's call it, awareness was reinforced when I locked my car and she was now laying down in the front of her truck. That's odd. I went in anyway, leery of what I might find when I returned. Got in, went through the line easy peasy. That was surprising. Came back out, my car was fine and the lady was now outside her truck brushing her hair and grinding her teeth vigorously. Her hair is a story unto itself. She was about 5'6 or 5'7" with hair that reached the back of her knees, seriously. That was unexpected.
I don't really recall anything exciting the rest of the day except Sam got back in town and we got shaved ice. Sam ordered the #2 previously nicknamed "poop" Pomegranate, Orange, Pineapple. You can't make this stuff up! I had sugar free cherry and sugar free blue raspberry half and half. Yum! Took a quick spin in the T&C and called it a night.
This morning was awesome, cloudy, cool, breezy. This is my idea of good weather. (sun would be nice but the temp was perfect!) I went to pick coach up at his house and on the way to get the girls he says his wife wants the black minivan. He guessed I wouldn't mind switching since they are the same van. We laughed about it and switched when we got to school. I had to move all my stuff out, pretty sure I still left something in there but I guess we'll find it later. Allow me to note, the vans are NOT the same! Dodge versus Chrysler. Very similar but not the same. He called seniority so I've gotta suck it up but that sure was unexpected. The girls saw that we were switching vehicles and quickly jumped ship. I've had the same two girls. While coach takes the other 4. I'd like to get to know the other girls. I think they'd like me if I got a chance but I haven't had that chance yet. I'm not gonna lie, it kinda hurt my feelings... that's dumb but true, unexpected. We warmed up in the putting green and sand trap. I realized I didn't have a sand wedge (unexpected). Worked my game a little learned to chip better than before. Then, the surprise of the day (so far) coach wants us to play out two holes. I'm in, first time in over 3 years to play out a hole. FAIL! First shot, crap. Second, SLICE. Third, SLICE. Fourth, CRAP! I quit. Literally I just stopped playing the first hole. But, on the second hole I got back on the saddle. Couldn't let this sport get the best of me! So, I tried again and although I know I can do better if my drive was stronger and my second shot was not a slice. I didn't do awful! I think I shot 7 on a par 5. Not bad for my first completed hole in quite some time. Took the girls back and soon I'll head up to NKC during enrollment to see if they have any polo's for sale. I know I'm getting one for free from golf and Coach said he would bring in any shirts he has that he doesn't mind letting go of, that was very nice and unexpected.
I called Pappa and told him Sam and I are coming for a visit on Friday. He sounded good and was hearing me really well. That's good! I plan to run up to NKC, play some xbox, do some laundry, and see what the day brings. Tomorrow, I've got golf, tshirt hand out, and a dentist appointment. Look out world, the Lame Lady Adventure don't stop. Haha!
On my way to NKC I run in to this...
A child riding on the back of his Grandpa's Rascal all the way to Quick Trip. Uh-mazing and unexpected! I thought I had one more thing to say and now I can't remember it... oh well!
I had to go pick up the team shirts for the Susan G. Komen race for the cure. Went to the casino (where the shirts were). There was a very odd lady in a truck near where I parked. She just looked like one of those people you don't trust right away. My feeling of, let's call it, awareness was reinforced when I locked my car and she was now laying down in the front of her truck. That's odd. I went in anyway, leery of what I might find when I returned. Got in, went through the line easy peasy. That was surprising. Came back out, my car was fine and the lady was now outside her truck brushing her hair and grinding her teeth vigorously. Her hair is a story unto itself. She was about 5'6 or 5'7" with hair that reached the back of her knees, seriously. That was unexpected.
I don't really recall anything exciting the rest of the day except Sam got back in town and we got shaved ice. Sam ordered the #2 previously nicknamed "poop" Pomegranate, Orange, Pineapple. You can't make this stuff up! I had sugar free cherry and sugar free blue raspberry half and half. Yum! Took a quick spin in the T&C and called it a night.
This morning was awesome, cloudy, cool, breezy. This is my idea of good weather. (sun would be nice but the temp was perfect!) I went to pick coach up at his house and on the way to get the girls he says his wife wants the black minivan. He guessed I wouldn't mind switching since they are the same van. We laughed about it and switched when we got to school. I had to move all my stuff out, pretty sure I still left something in there but I guess we'll find it later. Allow me to note, the vans are NOT the same! Dodge versus Chrysler. Very similar but not the same. He called seniority so I've gotta suck it up but that sure was unexpected. The girls saw that we were switching vehicles and quickly jumped ship. I've had the same two girls. While coach takes the other 4. I'd like to get to know the other girls. I think they'd like me if I got a chance but I haven't had that chance yet. I'm not gonna lie, it kinda hurt my feelings... that's dumb but true, unexpected. We warmed up in the putting green and sand trap. I realized I didn't have a sand wedge (unexpected). Worked my game a little learned to chip better than before. Then, the surprise of the day (so far) coach wants us to play out two holes. I'm in, first time in over 3 years to play out a hole. FAIL! First shot, crap. Second, SLICE. Third, SLICE. Fourth, CRAP! I quit. Literally I just stopped playing the first hole. But, on the second hole I got back on the saddle. Couldn't let this sport get the best of me! So, I tried again and although I know I can do better if my drive was stronger and my second shot was not a slice. I didn't do awful! I think I shot 7 on a par 5. Not bad for my first completed hole in quite some time. Took the girls back and soon I'll head up to NKC during enrollment to see if they have any polo's for sale. I know I'm getting one for free from golf and Coach said he would bring in any shirts he has that he doesn't mind letting go of, that was very nice and unexpected.
I called Pappa and told him Sam and I are coming for a visit on Friday. He sounded good and was hearing me really well. That's good! I plan to run up to NKC, play some xbox, do some laundry, and see what the day brings. Tomorrow, I've got golf, tshirt hand out, and a dentist appointment. Look out world, the Lame Lady Adventure don't stop. Haha!
On my way to NKC I run in to this...
Monday, August 8, 2011
10 minute storm
Well folks, I missed a day on the blog. In Kansas City we had a 10 minute storm that ripped through town and knocked out power all over the Northland. My yard/trees held up solid however the same can't be said for all of my neighbors or my parents' neighbors. During the storm I saw two decent sized limbs fall in the street in front of my house. Right about 2:30 I realized a storm was moving in, walking through my house I had to turn lights on in the middle of the day. That's unusual. Here came the thunder, lightening, rain, and hail. Whew. I thought it was going to last a while so I went to the garage to move some stuff around. I saw a giant spider and quickly looked around for something to kill it with. I knew I only had one chance at killing it or the spider would be gone and possibly on me somewhere, creepy. I couldn't handle that so I found a shoe. I quickly debated between, smacking it or throwing it. Throw, but how? I decided to throw the shoe like a tomahawk. The spider sat on a cement board against a wall. I positioned myself, jumping at a leaf that brushed my scantily covered feet. Wind up and.... Direct Hit! Sweet! So I'm cleaning, moving etc. Tripper leaves the garage and I keep working. CRASH! A huge strike of lightening and thunder. Lights out! Something about being in the pitch dark garage freaked me out so I practically jumped out of the garage. Maybe I actually jumped because I tripped and lost my footing and ended up on my butt on the floor just outside the garage with my ankle shut in the the door, ouch. I got up and hopped to the couch where I sulked for a while. That was around 3pm. It got hot in my house rather quickly and I didn't want to open the fridge or freezer for fear of losing the food. I took about an hour long nap and when I woke up it was sunny as if it the sky hadn't turned black an hour and a half ago. Well, I quickly realized how technology dependent I am.
I couldn't do laundry, dishes (thank you storm) I couldn't watch tv. No big deal, I'll just play on the computer, it's all charged up. Shoot, I forgot I don't have Internet. This playing on the computer won't last long. I was bored far too quickly. I didn't want to sit around and didn't want to go anywhere because I'd be tempted to buy things I don't need. Well, what now? So, I went to Mom and Dad's, they had power but no cable. On the way there a tree torn in half, half of the tree is bigger than most trees I've ever seen. I kept driving a huge limb down, split across the street. Further still, an entire tree, uprooted and laying against a house. Ouch! I hung out with my mom for a while and left again, hoping the power at my house would be better. No luck, still bored. I found out I suck at Chess. Played on super easy against a computer... lost, badly. Finally, I reluctantly packed a bag. I was going to have to sleep at my parents' house for the first time since 2007. Weird. I watched The Great Outdoors on a 10 inch tv, ten feet away from me. I decided to go swimming late and swing back by my house... still dark. Went back to the rents house and crawled in to a made for a hotel bed. It was great! I had to plug my phone in across the room so I was nervous I was going to miss my alarm so I didn't sleep great but laid super comfy. Spa like shower and I was ready for my first golf practice of the year. My mom was so cute! She set out all of my cereal options, a bowl, spoon, bananas, and a cup for juice. I felt bad that I passed on it all but loved the effort. It was so so sweet!
I went to golf practice, met the head coach, followed him around a bit. Met the girls, took a online rules test, passed out gear, and took off. Back home and YES! POWER! I had to go through the fridge and toss stuff out but I think the things in the freezer made it. Which is great news!
Tomorrow I pick up my minivan, which I get to drive for the whole golf season (Suh-Weet!) I am nervous about the golf thing still. Turns out the coaches all golf during the season while the kids golf. That could prove to be embarrassing. Maybe not.
Anyway, trash day tomorrow so I have to do some round up. I hope everyone has a great week!
Talk soon!
****UPDATE****
Went up to school today, organized piles you would not believe into file folders by unit for world history with a maximum of 2 copies of each different thing. That is HUGE for me! And should really help me feel more organized instead of stuffing things into drawers and never knowing where anything is.
Met up with a favorite friend of mine from my year at MNU. I absolutely love her! She's hilarious and is still an athletic stud like never missing a beat! Her daughter is so funny, with a great laugh, and is just gorgeous. I'm so glad I got to hang out with her.
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| In my folks' neighborhood |
I went to golf practice, met the head coach, followed him around a bit. Met the girls, took a online rules test, passed out gear, and took off. Back home and YES! POWER! I had to go through the fridge and toss stuff out but I think the things in the freezer made it. Which is great news!
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| My first piece of NKC swag, brand new, old, golf bag. |
Tomorrow I pick up my minivan, which I get to drive for the whole golf season (Suh-Weet!) I am nervous about the golf thing still. Turns out the coaches all golf during the season while the kids golf. That could prove to be embarrassing. Maybe not.
Anyway, trash day tomorrow so I have to do some round up. I hope everyone has a great week!
Talk soon!
****UPDATE****
Went up to school today, organized piles you would not believe into file folders by unit for world history with a maximum of 2 copies of each different thing. That is HUGE for me! And should really help me feel more organized instead of stuffing things into drawers and never knowing where anything is.
Met up with a favorite friend of mine from my year at MNU. I absolutely love her! She's hilarious and is still an athletic stud like never missing a beat! Her daughter is so funny, with a great laugh, and is just gorgeous. I'm so glad I got to hang out with her.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Tax Free
I have decided that a running list of what I did in a day will likely not keep any one's attention but I also realize I have nothing else to say at this point. Once work starts I'm sure I will rant and rave in a much more interesting fashion (perhaps that is just a dream of mine, I mean I am the Lame Lady, and these are my adventures).
Sleep in, Top Shot marathon, Shower, Shop (stop.)
In Missouri it is Tax Free weekend. Anything that could be considered a school supply is tax free. That is really sweet and could save a family a large amount of money. I like it. I think I bought a computer during tax free once, it's really nice. So I decided to venture out to Zona Rosa in search of Khaki's, shorts and pants. It's a business expense, right? For my golf job. I go to my favorite store and have a little luck, I think I'm set. Go two shorts 50% off. 1 Pant, full price, 1 pant 1/2 off then 60% on top of that. Plus a pair of jeans 40% off. Nice all but that full priced pair, oh well, gotta have 'em.
I'm making plans to visit my grand parents this upcoming weekend and visit Tornado torn Joplin, Missouri.
I got a phone call from a good friend today. She's my first ever friend to be in jail. I won't go in to the story of why she got in there but I can say everyone I know will be happy when she's out. Game plan? Buffalo Wild Wings. Ha! Can't blame her although I think her stomach is going to be torn up after wards. I'm hoping she's not crazy enough to try the Blazin' Challenge on the first night. Who knows?
Made myself a nice dinner of crunchy chicken and mac and cheese. Cleaned a hall closet that was full of gift bags and wrapping paper. Things were out of control in there! The closet still has a those things in it but at least now it's organized chaos. The hall in front of that closet is a little different story but I'll deal with it tonight before bed.
I hate doing dishes, partly because I don't feel I have enough storage space to put the dishes away neatly when they are done so it ends up being a source of great frustration for me. Oh well. Necessary evil. So are laundry and vacuuming.
I can feel that this school year is going to be the best yet! I'm not ready for it yet but I am excited for what the new adventures bring. I do need to go up to school, round up all of my stuff and get it all to MY ROOM! I've never had my own room! Last semester of last school year I had 5 class rooms for 6.5 classes that I taught! That's unreal! My life was on a cart. It was tough! I know this stationary status will allow my life to be more controlled and less stressed. My biggest task before school starts will be to get all my paperwork organized. I have piles of papers in no particular order stuffed in drawers, why do I do that to myself? If I get that figured out I know it will reduce stress even more. It's just a matter of sucking it up and going up there to do it. I would take volunteers for assistance. It'll be a process for sure.
Upcoming event for this lame lady? Dentist appt. next week. Hopefully a visit to Carthage. Susan G. Komen Race for the cure. First time ever but a great cause. Lots of Breast Cancer in my family so worth the fight both for my family and everyone in the world. The current stats? 1 in 4 will get breast cancer 10/10 will be effected by it (know someone, etc). If you want to donate to me or the girls I coach visit http://kansascity.info-komen.org/goto/ladygriffins
Thanks in advance for your support and prayers that I make it in the heat.
I think I'll take it easy tonight, hang some clothes, clean that hall out. Lame Lady Saturday Night! Gotta love it! See ya'll!
Wishing I had a picture of me in curlers or something super Old Lady like. I think I'll have to make one. :)
Done! Thank you faceinhole.com
Sleep in, Top Shot marathon, Shower, Shop (stop.)
In Missouri it is Tax Free weekend. Anything that could be considered a school supply is tax free. That is really sweet and could save a family a large amount of money. I like it. I think I bought a computer during tax free once, it's really nice. So I decided to venture out to Zona Rosa in search of Khaki's, shorts and pants. It's a business expense, right? For my golf job. I go to my favorite store and have a little luck, I think I'm set. Go two shorts 50% off. 1 Pant, full price, 1 pant 1/2 off then 60% on top of that. Plus a pair of jeans 40% off. Nice all but that full priced pair, oh well, gotta have 'em.
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| One lady carrying a white elephant and the other a white giraffe, you don't see that every day. |
I'm making plans to visit my grand parents this upcoming weekend and visit Tornado torn Joplin, Missouri.
I got a phone call from a good friend today. She's my first ever friend to be in jail. I won't go in to the story of why she got in there but I can say everyone I know will be happy when she's out. Game plan? Buffalo Wild Wings. Ha! Can't blame her although I think her stomach is going to be torn up after wards. I'm hoping she's not crazy enough to try the Blazin' Challenge on the first night. Who knows?
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| Dinner! Yum! |
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| Organized closet. It might not look it, but it's way better! |
I hate doing dishes, partly because I don't feel I have enough storage space to put the dishes away neatly when they are done so it ends up being a source of great frustration for me. Oh well. Necessary evil. So are laundry and vacuuming.
I can feel that this school year is going to be the best yet! I'm not ready for it yet but I am excited for what the new adventures bring. I do need to go up to school, round up all of my stuff and get it all to MY ROOM! I've never had my own room! Last semester of last school year I had 5 class rooms for 6.5 classes that I taught! That's unreal! My life was on a cart. It was tough! I know this stationary status will allow my life to be more controlled and less stressed. My biggest task before school starts will be to get all my paperwork organized. I have piles of papers in no particular order stuffed in drawers, why do I do that to myself? If I get that figured out I know it will reduce stress even more. It's just a matter of sucking it up and going up there to do it. I would take volunteers for assistance. It'll be a process for sure.
Upcoming event for this lame lady? Dentist appt. next week. Hopefully a visit to Carthage. Susan G. Komen Race for the cure. First time ever but a great cause. Lots of Breast Cancer in my family so worth the fight both for my family and everyone in the world. The current stats? 1 in 4 will get breast cancer 10/10 will be effected by it (know someone, etc). If you want to donate to me or the girls I coach visit http://kansascity.info-komen.org/goto/ladygriffins
Thanks in advance for your support and prayers that I make it in the heat.
I think I'll take it easy tonight, hang some clothes, clean that hall out. Lame Lady Saturday Night! Gotta love it! See ya'll!
Wishing I had a picture of me in curlers or something super Old Lady like. I think I'll have to make one. :)
Done! Thank you faceinhole.com
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| Curlers |
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| Jazzy Scooter |
First Friday
"Ello fellas, here I am" --Bride's Maids
A very dirty albeit quotable, laugh out loud, movie! I love to quote movies! Sometimes I quote movies that others are not familiar with and get awkward stares or slightly inappropriate comments where I would prefer for the other person to name the movie or just laugh. Case and point, tonight. I was at Buffalo Wild Wings with some friends and one of the guys took off his hat and ruffled up his hair. It was standing WAY up and was crazy looking. I, without missing a beat quote one of my all time favorite movies Tommy Boy. "I can't believe that guy called me psycho in there!" the hatless guy looks at me stunned, mouth open, in silence for a moment and then makes a quick noise/part laugh "hu" followed by "Seriously?" Then I had to explain it was Tommy Boy without insulting him. Oh well, the quotes in my head do not turn off, I will continue to quote even if others don't think it's funny or don't know the reference.
Now, before the B Dub adventure, (where I dominated at BuzzTime trivia) I got to sleep in again today. I woke up and thought, okay, I'm going to clean my bed room. I walked out of my room and began cleaning the dining room. I'm not really sure how those wires got crossed but i actually chuckled at myself and said "Well, it looks like I'm cleaning the dining room today." I had better turn on the tunes. (Do other people actually speak out loud to themselves when no one is around? If not, I'll just say I was speaking to Tyson, my cat, because that's socially acceptable, right?) Music? Check. Trash bag? Check. Let's clean.
Most people's dining room are not like mine. I have two very large cabinet things that came with my house as well as a large table with too many chairs in the room. (Most of which are of questionable quality and probably need servicing or tossed out.) I also have a buffet cabinet thingy that came with the house (I'll have to explain the 'things that came with the house' story some time, not tonight). There is also a coffee table poorly hidden under the dining room table. Now, the coffee table is obviously misplaced and we are aware of the aforementioned chair overcrowding issues. The coffee table is in there because I got new carpet in my TV room and a new couch thing and it just doesn't have it's place in that room anymore even though I want it in there. Yes, I know It does not belong in the dining room but despite the cleaning today, it is still in there. So, cleaned off the table, went through the 2 giant cabinets, organized the tops, shelves, etc. Went through bags, and boxes, etc. I took the printer to the office where it belongs. It was good stuff. I also had a TON of stuff in a corner, like bags full of papers and what not, I'm sure it was intended to be a quick fix, a year or so later and there I was going through it. The most interesting things I found were letters my STAR class of 2008 had written to themselves as seniors, c/o 2012. That's a good find. I'm excited to send those out this year, I bet those kids forgot about them. I found a lot of things that I will still use and was able to create two bags full of trash and a nice size stash for the good will. I do have a four foot tall stack of games on the buffet cabinet thingy to deal with but it was a good clean overall.
Ate some leftovers, watched Ancient Aliens and Shark Week (not sure what will fill my TV time when shark week is over). At some point I showered and decided to go to the driving range to recap my lesson from yesterday. I had a hard time leaving Shark Week (Thank the Lord for DVR). I went to the range, did okay, still need to work on it as I totally whiff about 1 out of every 7 shots. I got a medium bucket of balls and used about half of them before a blister appeared and broke on the most used finger in my club grip.
I was in a lot of pain, time to call it quits for the day. I gave my remaining bucket to a guy next to me who didn't really want them, You'll take them and you'll like it. Ha! Anyway, I left and decided to stop by Wal-Mart for a golf glove, some tees, and golf balls.
Well, I forgot it was tax free weekend and the isles were PACKED! It really was crazy. I checked out in the electronics section to avoid the lines. No big deal. Made me think about the shopping I need to do. Might attempt that tomorrow. Who knows, Saturday is probably worse. After wally world I went to my parents house to pick up Tripper and swim. I love swimming, used to be a fish. It just feels so good, and freeing. Took Tripper home, and decided to go to the Wing with Molly and company. That story you know.
After I left there I got some Gasoline and decided to head to the darkest streets I could find in the Northland. Why you might ask? A guy I used to work with said that the Northern Lights, Aurora Borelalis (sp?), would be visible around Midnight. I've always wanted to see the northern lights. I drove for about 15 minutes until I found a place to pull over. I love being outside the city lights. Listening to the crickets chirp and the locusts sing. Looking up and seeing stars. There's nothing like it. My first stop I found out was in a driveway and I couldn't see the lights so I headed out farther. I got kind of turned around and saw 3 deer along my way. Finally I got to a good spot, a new street ready to have houses built up all around it so shouldn't have much traffic. I got out of the car and looked for the lights in the sky. I downloaded a compass app so I knew I was facing North. There I was resting on the front of my car and I thought, I saw them. I blinked repeatedly, I squinted, I walked a few steps blinked some more. I still don't know if I was actually seeing them but I think I did. I expected more after seeing the movie 8 below. It was a good time with me, nature, and God. I spent that time in prayer, enjoying sights and sounds and thanking God for all he's done for me. It was nice. I've been making a conscious effort to pray more, in informal ways. I don't always talk about my faith, I mean it's no one's business or burden but my own but when I feel compelled to say something I'm going to say it. So love it or leave it there it is.
After the lights, or tricks of the eyes, I went back to Walmart, I am not sure why. After midnight is the right time to go though. I picked up some supplies and some no sugar added ice cream sandwiches, you know, just the essentials. Ha.
Back home and writing this, I can't believe I'm up this late. I miss my friend Sam who is currently out of town, we spend a lot of time together and I don't like when she's gone for long periods of time mostly because I can't talk to her whenever I want. That was sappy.
I'm headed to bed now so good night Lame Lady readers all 0.01 of you. We'll talk again tomorrow, I'd imagine.
***** Today, I realize I likely did not see the real Northern Lights, this is what the friend got to see in Minnesota, color me jealous!
A very dirty albeit quotable, laugh out loud, movie! I love to quote movies! Sometimes I quote movies that others are not familiar with and get awkward stares or slightly inappropriate comments where I would prefer for the other person to name the movie or just laugh. Case and point, tonight. I was at Buffalo Wild Wings with some friends and one of the guys took off his hat and ruffled up his hair. It was standing WAY up and was crazy looking. I, without missing a beat quote one of my all time favorite movies Tommy Boy. "I can't believe that guy called me psycho in there!" the hatless guy looks at me stunned, mouth open, in silence for a moment and then makes a quick noise/part laugh "hu" followed by "Seriously?" Then I had to explain it was Tommy Boy without insulting him. Oh well, the quotes in my head do not turn off, I will continue to quote even if others don't think it's funny or don't know the reference.
Now, before the B Dub adventure, (where I dominated at BuzzTime trivia) I got to sleep in again today. I woke up and thought, okay, I'm going to clean my bed room. I walked out of my room and began cleaning the dining room. I'm not really sure how those wires got crossed but i actually chuckled at myself and said "Well, it looks like I'm cleaning the dining room today." I had better turn on the tunes. (Do other people actually speak out loud to themselves when no one is around? If not, I'll just say I was speaking to Tyson, my cat, because that's socially acceptable, right?) Music? Check. Trash bag? Check. Let's clean.
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| Picture of a picture but this is Tyson playing under some Bubble Wrap, while I cleaned. Big help! |
Most people's dining room are not like mine. I have two very large cabinet things that came with my house as well as a large table with too many chairs in the room. (Most of which are of questionable quality and probably need servicing or tossed out.) I also have a buffet cabinet thingy that came with the house (I'll have to explain the 'things that came with the house' story some time, not tonight). There is also a coffee table poorly hidden under the dining room table. Now, the coffee table is obviously misplaced and we are aware of the aforementioned chair overcrowding issues. The coffee table is in there because I got new carpet in my TV room and a new couch thing and it just doesn't have it's place in that room anymore even though I want it in there. Yes, I know It does not belong in the dining room but despite the cleaning today, it is still in there. So, cleaned off the table, went through the 2 giant cabinets, organized the tops, shelves, etc. Went through bags, and boxes, etc. I took the printer to the office where it belongs. It was good stuff. I also had a TON of stuff in a corner, like bags full of papers and what not, I'm sure it was intended to be a quick fix, a year or so later and there I was going through it. The most interesting things I found were letters my STAR class of 2008 had written to themselves as seniors, c/o 2012. That's a good find. I'm excited to send those out this year, I bet those kids forgot about them. I found a lot of things that I will still use and was able to create two bags full of trash and a nice size stash for the good will. I do have a four foot tall stack of games on the buffet cabinet thingy to deal with but it was a good clean overall.
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| Picture of a picture again but it hurts. |
I was in a lot of pain, time to call it quits for the day. I gave my remaining bucket to a guy next to me who didn't really want them, You'll take them and you'll like it. Ha! Anyway, I left and decided to stop by Wal-Mart for a golf glove, some tees, and golf balls.
Well, I forgot it was tax free weekend and the isles were PACKED! It really was crazy. I checked out in the electronics section to avoid the lines. No big deal. Made me think about the shopping I need to do. Might attempt that tomorrow. Who knows, Saturday is probably worse. After wally world I went to my parents house to pick up Tripper and swim. I love swimming, used to be a fish. It just feels so good, and freeing. Took Tripper home, and decided to go to the Wing with Molly and company. That story you know.
After I left there I got some Gasoline and decided to head to the darkest streets I could find in the Northland. Why you might ask? A guy I used to work with said that the Northern Lights, Aurora Borelalis (sp?), would be visible around Midnight. I've always wanted to see the northern lights. I drove for about 15 minutes until I found a place to pull over. I love being outside the city lights. Listening to the crickets chirp and the locusts sing. Looking up and seeing stars. There's nothing like it. My first stop I found out was in a driveway and I couldn't see the lights so I headed out farther. I got kind of turned around and saw 3 deer along my way. Finally I got to a good spot, a new street ready to have houses built up all around it so shouldn't have much traffic. I got out of the car and looked for the lights in the sky. I downloaded a compass app so I knew I was facing North. There I was resting on the front of my car and I thought, I saw them. I blinked repeatedly, I squinted, I walked a few steps blinked some more. I still don't know if I was actually seeing them but I think I did. I expected more after seeing the movie 8 below. It was a good time with me, nature, and God. I spent that time in prayer, enjoying sights and sounds and thanking God for all he's done for me. It was nice. I've been making a conscious effort to pray more, in informal ways. I don't always talk about my faith, I mean it's no one's business or burden but my own but when I feel compelled to say something I'm going to say it. So love it or leave it there it is.
After the lights, or tricks of the eyes, I went back to Walmart, I am not sure why. After midnight is the right time to go though. I picked up some supplies and some no sugar added ice cream sandwiches, you know, just the essentials. Ha.
I'm headed to bed now so good night Lame Lady readers all 0.01 of you. We'll talk again tomorrow, I'd imagine.
***** Today, I realize I likely did not see the real Northern Lights, this is what the friend got to see in Minnesota, color me jealous!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
day 2 ramblings
Hello, welcome back.
I went to bed late, woke up around 7am when my former roomie stopped by for her camera and fishing license before her family trip to the Ozarks. We talked for a bit about her CRAZY job! I mean crazy in a literal way, she works at a Mental hospital. I am absolutely fascinated by her job! Since high school and Ms. Gerber's class I fell in love with psychology. I got the opportunity to teach psych last year and loved it! I get to teach it again this year and I am pumped. One day I hope all I teach is Psychology. It might be the only way I would stay at where I work, for the rest of my career. Those are all other points, back to the day I'm having. I went back to bed and slept until my phone rang around 11.
The phone was my golf instructor for today. Yes, I am taking a golf lesson so I make sure I don't embarrass myself when I start my new assistant golf coaching position on Monday. I'm super excited but a little nervous that I won't know enough or won't be good enough at it. In shot put and basketball, even if I can't throw as far as I once did or keep up, up and down the court I know all the mechanics and I know how to teach people how to be great at it, that is in part because of my studiousness but partly due to the great teachers of the game that I had in developing my own skills. Golf is a little different story. I took Golf class in college... it was an interesting deal. Anyway, now I'm watching TV and getting mentally prepared for golf.
I would like to make it a point to say that it is not often that I have nothing to do all day, albeit two days in a row! This summer I ran the basketball program between 2 and 5 days a week all of June and July. I also completed 10 hours of masters' courses which was quite a challenge. I hope to have my giant paper, tons of hours, and last 2 courses done by December but if I can't make it by then I plan to be done in May. It is crazy how the time will fly!
I figure I need to give some credit for this blog where credit is due. My amazing cousin Sarah Ekstrom has been writing a blog for a while that I subscribed to on her recent trip to Amman, Jordan. I am so amazed by her strength and talents and desire to learn in ways maybe people never make the leap to, true immersion. She may not want the credit for this lame blog but her blog inspired me. Sarah, unlike myself actually has something to say about her life. However, I think the title of my Blog as a whole is it's own legal disclaimer of possible boredom Lame Lady. It's true. I didn't pick the name on a complete whim. I like myself but I think I live a pretty boring life for a 25 year old.
I also just got back from a trip to Columbia, MO for he Show Me State Games where I competed in Shot put, Discus, Javelin, Mini golf, and Trap shooting. I threw okay in Discus on day 1. Threw my best two out of bounds but close to 100 isn't bad for me. I threw terrible for me in the Shot-put but managed to win, I will be working harder before next year for sure. I tried the javelin on a whim and wasn't too bad. My farthest two throws were illegal (the back of the spear hit first so say the judges). I will definitely be throwing that again in the future. It's hard to practice since it's illegal in Missouri high schools. I did really well in the Mini-golf well under par for the course but lost fair and square to Sam (the aforementioned former roomie). It was my first competitive trap shooting competition. It was sprinkling on and off, the crowds were huge, I had no idea what to expect. I got squadded. Those of you who know me know that I am a little hard of hearing. I finally heard the word squadded after many other variations of the incorrect word. Well, I waited my turn and shot round one. I did terrible, against all kids. Then shot round two; much better but still last in my shooting group. I never imagined that my low score would place me but apparently there weren't huge numbers of adult women participating. But turns out I was third best out of the third worst class of women, not bad. Again, more practice needed.
Well, I'm going to find out if shorts are okay at the golf course, I pray they are. I'm trying to decide who to share with blog with and how. I don't want any students on here but don't think I mind randoms. Ah well. Public blogs, what can you do?
Will update later. Oh, I rented the Lincoln lawyer, thinking it was the same thing as the Conspirator, which my Aunt Sherry recommended to me... it's not. But I will be watching it later! Speaking of movies, I can't wait to read and watch The Help.
Golf Lesson went great! I feel like a pro! I am way more confident in my new coaching position now! Yay! Okay, gotta get hydrated and I'm going to watch the Lincoln Lawyer, it's good so far!
Lincoln Lawyer was VERY good! I recommend it!
More Shark Week! Good Night!
I went to bed late, woke up around 7am when my former roomie stopped by for her camera and fishing license before her family trip to the Ozarks. We talked for a bit about her CRAZY job! I mean crazy in a literal way, she works at a Mental hospital. I am absolutely fascinated by her job! Since high school and Ms. Gerber's class I fell in love with psychology. I got the opportunity to teach psych last year and loved it! I get to teach it again this year and I am pumped. One day I hope all I teach is Psychology. It might be the only way I would stay at where I work, for the rest of my career. Those are all other points, back to the day I'm having. I went back to bed and slept until my phone rang around 11.
The phone was my golf instructor for today. Yes, I am taking a golf lesson so I make sure I don't embarrass myself when I start my new assistant golf coaching position on Monday. I'm super excited but a little nervous that I won't know enough or won't be good enough at it. In shot put and basketball, even if I can't throw as far as I once did or keep up, up and down the court I know all the mechanics and I know how to teach people how to be great at it, that is in part because of my studiousness but partly due to the great teachers of the game that I had in developing my own skills. Golf is a little different story. I took Golf class in college... it was an interesting deal. Anyway, now I'm watching TV and getting mentally prepared for golf.
I would like to make it a point to say that it is not often that I have nothing to do all day, albeit two days in a row! This summer I ran the basketball program between 2 and 5 days a week all of June and July. I also completed 10 hours of masters' courses which was quite a challenge. I hope to have my giant paper, tons of hours, and last 2 courses done by December but if I can't make it by then I plan to be done in May. It is crazy how the time will fly!
I figure I need to give some credit for this blog where credit is due. My amazing cousin Sarah Ekstrom has been writing a blog for a while that I subscribed to on her recent trip to Amman, Jordan. I am so amazed by her strength and talents and desire to learn in ways maybe people never make the leap to, true immersion. She may not want the credit for this lame blog but her blog inspired me. Sarah, unlike myself actually has something to say about her life. However, I think the title of my Blog as a whole is it's own legal disclaimer of possible boredom Lame Lady. It's true. I didn't pick the name on a complete whim. I like myself but I think I live a pretty boring life for a 25 year old.
I also just got back from a trip to Columbia, MO for he Show Me State Games where I competed in Shot put, Discus, Javelin, Mini golf, and Trap shooting. I threw okay in Discus on day 1. Threw my best two out of bounds but close to 100 isn't bad for me. I threw terrible for me in the Shot-put but managed to win, I will be working harder before next year for sure. I tried the javelin on a whim and wasn't too bad. My farthest two throws were illegal (the back of the spear hit first so say the judges). I will definitely be throwing that again in the future. It's hard to practice since it's illegal in Missouri high schools. I did really well in the Mini-golf well under par for the course but lost fair and square to Sam (the aforementioned former roomie). It was my first competitive trap shooting competition. It was sprinkling on and off, the crowds were huge, I had no idea what to expect. I got squadded. Those of you who know me know that I am a little hard of hearing. I finally heard the word squadded after many other variations of the incorrect word. Well, I waited my turn and shot round one. I did terrible, against all kids. Then shot round two; much better but still last in my shooting group. I never imagined that my low score would place me but apparently there weren't huge numbers of adult women participating. But turns out I was third best out of the third worst class of women, not bad. Again, more practice needed.
Well, I'm going to find out if shorts are okay at the golf course, I pray they are. I'm trying to decide who to share with blog with and how. I don't want any students on here but don't think I mind randoms. Ah well. Public blogs, what can you do?
Will update later. Oh, I rented the Lincoln lawyer, thinking it was the same thing as the Conspirator, which my Aunt Sherry recommended to me... it's not. But I will be watching it later! Speaking of movies, I can't wait to read and watch The Help.
Golf Lesson went great! I feel like a pro! I am way more confident in my new coaching position now! Yay! Okay, gotta get hydrated and I'm going to watch the Lincoln Lawyer, it's good so far!
Lincoln Lawyer was VERY good! I recommend it!
More Shark Week! Good Night!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The non-adventures of today
Well... I slept in as late as I could. I stayed in bed as long as I could. I watched quite a bit of Pawn Stars and Storage Wars. I didn't feel well and my normal fix all food of peanut butter on toast wasn't working. Before my dentist appointment I really started to get nervous. It was a new doctor and I was going in for a "problem" which turned out to be completely normal although painful. Anyway, I turned on the sprinkler before I left. I was actually done with my dentist before I was even supposed to start the appointment, that was beautiful. Unfortunately I have to go back next week for the standard cleaning. So, I decided to go to my 2 year eye check up early instead of late. I can't believe it has been two years since I had my eyes surgically corrected! My eyes controlled my world since elementary school. I hardly think about my eyes now, except to make sure I wear sunglasses. It's a beautiful thing, really!
Got there early, and was well prepared to catch up on Words with Friends and Angry Birds. I normally have an hour long wait at Discover Vision. But, to my surprise it was only about twenty minutes. I was well in to a story I decided to read from Sports Illustrated about a boy who goes to school via robot because of his immune system, I was so fascinated I took the magazine with me to the room where I assumed I'd be waiting longer than normal because of the faster than normal processing time. The lady did all my pre-doctor testing and dilated my eyes. Shoot, how am I going to finish reading the story now? I tried, I failed. Doctor came in, things look great, pressure great, eyes great, sight great. Yay me! Sucker? No? OK. That's okay, I'll just take the Sports Illustrated I was reading. Yep, that's what I did... Side note: FASTEST TRIP TO DISCOVER VISION EVER! Good day so far! I couldn't read a darn thing, I knew I had text messages and I couldn't read them, no matter how hard I tried. The harder I tried, the less I could read. I made a phone call in the elevator by hoping that I had clicked the right name. Turns out, I did. So, I drove home, called mom to come pick up my dog for my dad's return home gift.
I stayed outside once home waiting for her arrival. I put some things in the garage as she pulled up. When I saw mum off with the dog I moved the sprinkler to the other side of the driveway. As I'm walking, the Mail truck drives and and shouts something. I face her and reply, "What's that?" She replies, "oh you moved it". I say, "Oh sorry, do you want some?" She sticks her bare arm out the window exposing her sleeveless shirt (Pretty sure that's not regulation, but who could blame her in this heat?). She also has a very short haircut with a bandanna tied around her head, some could fault her there but, not me. So, I lifted the sprinkler that I was carrying to get her wet, at first I missed because she started practically falling through her window to get it. I tried to help so I raised it more and I'm pretty sure I sprayed the water all over her and the inside of the mail truck. Anything I can do to help. Ha! She thanked me, "it's no problem, really". She told me as she rolled forward to put the mail in the box, it's days like today when she is happy to see a sprinkler on in a yard. Again, no blame there! Have a good day mail lady!
I took my dilated eyes inside and laid on my bed, I napped as long as I could and woke up to shark week! I've pretty much been watching Shark week ever since.
Shark Week Side Note: The word "Chumsicle" grosses me out. Seriously, say it out loud. It's creepy!
Well after a really easy day that could've been so much worse it's 1:45 am and I'm just now starting to feel tired but, I won't sleep for a while. (just looked up at the tv while I was typing the previous 'while' and typed shite, haha)
Well, 2 entries down and I'm going strong. I really hope my terrible punctuation skills won't deter anyone from reading. I used to be a really good punctuator and somewhere along the line, probably after AP English I stopped caring about how to do it correctly and can't get it back.
Got there early, and was well prepared to catch up on Words with Friends and Angry Birds. I normally have an hour long wait at Discover Vision. But, to my surprise it was only about twenty minutes. I was well in to a story I decided to read from Sports Illustrated about a boy who goes to school via robot because of his immune system, I was so fascinated I took the magazine with me to the room where I assumed I'd be waiting longer than normal because of the faster than normal processing time. The lady did all my pre-doctor testing and dilated my eyes. Shoot, how am I going to finish reading the story now? I tried, I failed. Doctor came in, things look great, pressure great, eyes great, sight great. Yay me! Sucker? No? OK. That's okay, I'll just take the Sports Illustrated I was reading. Yep, that's what I did... Side note: FASTEST TRIP TO DISCOVER VISION EVER! Good day so far! I couldn't read a darn thing, I knew I had text messages and I couldn't read them, no matter how hard I tried. The harder I tried, the less I could read. I made a phone call in the elevator by hoping that I had clicked the right name. Turns out, I did. So, I drove home, called mom to come pick up my dog for my dad's return home gift.
I stayed outside once home waiting for her arrival. I put some things in the garage as she pulled up. When I saw mum off with the dog I moved the sprinkler to the other side of the driveway. As I'm walking, the Mail truck drives and and shouts something. I face her and reply, "What's that?" She replies, "oh you moved it". I say, "Oh sorry, do you want some?" She sticks her bare arm out the window exposing her sleeveless shirt (Pretty sure that's not regulation, but who could blame her in this heat?). She also has a very short haircut with a bandanna tied around her head, some could fault her there but, not me. So, I lifted the sprinkler that I was carrying to get her wet, at first I missed because she started practically falling through her window to get it. I tried to help so I raised it more and I'm pretty sure I sprayed the water all over her and the inside of the mail truck. Anything I can do to help. Ha! She thanked me, "it's no problem, really". She told me as she rolled forward to put the mail in the box, it's days like today when she is happy to see a sprinkler on in a yard. Again, no blame there! Have a good day mail lady!
I took my dilated eyes inside and laid on my bed, I napped as long as I could and woke up to shark week! I've pretty much been watching Shark week ever since.
Shark Week Side Note: The word "Chumsicle" grosses me out. Seriously, say it out loud. It's creepy!
Well after a really easy day that could've been so much worse it's 1:45 am and I'm just now starting to feel tired but, I won't sleep for a while. (just looked up at the tv while I was typing the previous 'while' and typed shite, haha)
Well, 2 entries down and I'm going strong. I really hope my terrible punctuation skills won't deter anyone from reading. I used to be a really good punctuator and somewhere along the line, probably after AP English I stopped caring about how to do it correctly and can't get it back.
First of few or first of many?
To get us introduced:
I am 25 (soon to be 26) years old
Female
White
Middle class
Midwest born and raised
Teacher and Coach of Basketball, Track, and soon to be Golf
Mother to a dog, cat, turtle, and 2 snails
Homeowner
Leo (in almost every sense of the word)
Lover of God, trivia, movies, music, games, sports, competition, hobbies, pets, food, family and friends (in no particular order).
HUGE fan of all things Kansas Jayhawks
I find myself extremely dynamic (lots of sides to me) but I'm not really a super exciting person.
I doubt I will continue to write in this for too long but I hope I do.
More to come. Of that, I am sure.
I am 25 (soon to be 26) years old
Female
White
Middle class
Midwest born and raised
Teacher and Coach of Basketball, Track, and soon to be Golf
Mother to a dog, cat, turtle, and 2 snails
Homeowner
Leo (in almost every sense of the word)
Lover of God, trivia, movies, music, games, sports, competition, hobbies, pets, food, family and friends (in no particular order).
HUGE fan of all things Kansas Jayhawks
I find myself extremely dynamic (lots of sides to me) but I'm not really a super exciting person.
I doubt I will continue to write in this for too long but I hope I do.
More to come. Of that, I am sure.
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