I won a really cool necklace!! January 28, 2008 @ 01:11:26 pm
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So, I was surfing around a new site I found called https://www.teamsugar.com when I found a link to a contest. Basically, you had to write a story about how you're a prisoner of love, and the best story would win a really cool necklace. So I wrote the story of my proposal...and WON!! Here's the link to my story: https://allthatanda.com/2008/01/25/fine-jewelry-week-and-the-winner-of-the-necklace-is/
That's right people...I got engaged. Bryan popped the question last Wednesday...he took me out to watch the sun rise and asked me as it rose. It was all romantical. *bounces* I'm so happy!! Share in my happiness!!!
I've never really been depressed. I've never felt such overwhelming sadness...but this year at work has been really awful. I feel so out of place, I feel like no one really likes me here at work. I feel like I just don't fit in that I'm deliberately left out of everything. I feel like I'm not really helping my students out. My last class of the day is awful they don't really want to learn anything...they're surprised that I care about them.
I got home yesterday and just started balling my eyes out. I couldn't control it...it just poured from me. Now I'm exhausted, I'm sitting alone in my classroom at work, and I don't feel much better.
Okay. So, my old roommate wants me to pay him for the security deposit that he put down on the apartment. Now, this deposit was placed last december. He hasn't been living in the apartment since August. He moved out and found me a new roommate because he was going to live in Northern Virginia. This is the same roommate who couldn't help me in August because his dog ate his half of the rent money...also the roommate who took my DirecTV receiver...
Now, I don't feel as if I should pay him the deposit back. I'm doing him a favor by taking over the lease, and not making him sign out of it. I also ate August's rent and had to pay the whole thing by myself because of his dog.
Bah! I feel bad, but damnit, I'm sick of being a pushover!!!
Ah yes...the joys of teaching high school. This week is our homecoming week, which means we have a lot of cool activities to participate in. Today was "beach day" so all of us teachers dressed up in beachy wear. I've got on jeans and a t-shirt, a hula skirt, a lei in my hair, two really cool necklaces, and a coconut bra. My students think I'm nuts.
Tomorrow is retro day. I'm not sure what I'm going to wear. I was thinking maybe I could dress up 70's ish and try wearing my roller skates. That would be exciting.
Wednesday is culture day and the teachers on my hall are thinking of going all greek and toga-y.
Thursday is wacky tacky day...that should be easy.
And Friday is spirit day. Go Wolverines! Purple and Teal!! Then we've got the homecoming game and the dance on Sat.
I probably will not chaperone the dance...I don't need to see high schoolers fornicating while on the dance floor...I saw enough of that last year.
Anywho...hello to all of you guys. I missed you so. I'm going to try and come on more...it's rough with work and all.
*hugs for Treacle and Markfox and Maxi*
Ah yes. It's time to go back to work, back to the grind, back to the 'ol heave ho.
Today was my first day back to work with students. I had a pretty good day. My kids were a little dead, but they seem like they're going to be a good group. I hope they're better than the kids I had for the last two years.
I had one girl ask me "what is your problem" because randomly I made a bird call noise. For the rest of the class I asked her the same question. It will become our little game, methinks.
To top it all off though, I got an invitation to go to the NCTE (National Conference of Teachers of English) convention in New York City. I'm super-excited.
1. I've never been to a conference
2. It's in NYC
3. There will be lots of free books....lots of them. So many, in fact, that I will have to bring an extra suitcase. I love books. I love free. So, I REALLY love free books.
It's been a great day. I hope that the rest of the week goes by just as well. And I really won't ask for more than that...we'll take the rest of the school year as it comes.
Good luck to all you students. Hope you all have a wonderful year!!
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