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Don and I turned 46. Me on the 10th, he on the 18th. We had quiet birthdays. On my birthday we ate at Carlos Miguels. I had my favorite, the Empanadas de Cameroon. For Don's birthday, we saw "The Spiderwick Chronicles". We all liked it very much. I thought it was better than "The Golden Compass". Don and Lila bought me a digital picture frame and Don got me memory stick for Valentine's Day. Isn't it romantic?
Don's mom, Georgie, is back in the hospital. She's in end stage emphysema. She'll survive this latest episode. We don't know how many more.
At the hospital, Don's brother, Fred, offered to take me fly fishing. I've never been. Could be fun. Could be cold and wet. Could be there won't be any bathrooms around. Just thinking out loud.
I finished my Creative Journaling course yesterday and mailed it all in. I have a crazy fear about it getting lost in the mail or I didn't complete all the assignments or I suck really bad at it. Only because my teacher's license has to be renewed this year and if I don't have the credits, I can't renew and things will be bad for me. Plus, I'm really bad at following directions. The last time I had to renew my license, I didn't follow the directions and they sent it back to me and I had to resubmit it. I hate that crap.
Speaking of not following directions, twice in the past month I've had to resubmit car registration stuff cuz I didn't read the directions.
And speaking of hating that crap, I have to get formally observed tomorrow by my principal, Mr. Dan. I don't mind him observing me, he does it all the time...informally. But with a formal observation, I have to fill out a rubric on what I'll be doing, list standards and benchmarks, all kinds of formal crap that I really, really hate. And I made no bones about telling Mr. Dan that. He said, "Too bad." I hate how they make teachers jump through hoops. It's like if you had to take a driver's test and you had to write down EVERYTHING you do to drive safely. Like every time you checked your mirrors or every time you slightly adjusted the steering wheel or every time you took your foot off the accelerator cuz a car four cars in front of you put on their brakes and you haven't quite decided it you need to brake yet. If you had to document all that, it'd make you crazy. Oh well, Mr Dan said he was getting me a flat screen monitor for my computer and a whole new computer with a CD burner in it. I guess I'll fill out his paperwork.
I'm trying to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand again. Dhyana wanted me to read it last summer and I just couldn't. So it's been sitting on my nightstand, taunting me, laughing at me for being such a wuss. It's not an easy read. I'm only around page 60. I can only get through 1 or 2 pages a night. Where's a good Dean Koontz when you need him?
Still on the Weight Watchers. Hoping to hit the 30 pound mark this week, but no biggy if I don't. Some of the guys I work with have been noticing the change. Mr. Rushing from Mississippi says, "Ms. Coil, don't you go losing too much now. A man needs something to hold onto." Mr. Mase from California says, "Ms. Coil, don't get too skinny. Skinny women are psychotic."
Speaking on psychotic women, Carla and I have been watching Masterpiece Theater the past few weeks as they're doing the complete works of Jane Austin. I'm always a week behind Carla cuz I DVR it late Sunday night and don't get to watch it until the following Saturday or Sunday. I watched the first 2 hours of "Pride and Prejudice" this afternoon on the treadmill. I have to chuckle at the quiet humor, smile at the enduring truths and feel that tug on my heart when the honest love is revealed.
Speaking of honest love, all the Imperial Cinnamon Hearts I bought on sale after Valentine's Day are gone. I think my taste buds are damaged.
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I think you should take Fred up on the fly fishing. I've been a few times and it's fun. It is a work of art. My friend Eric has been after me to take lessons at the local fly shop which I may this summer. As far as the bathroom issues - what happens at fly fishing stays at fly fishing.
ha those were some exceptionally entertaining segues you had there
all you damn right brained artists that can't manage simple common sense stuff like which toyota is which cause you're so "creative" :)
(one tends to be more touchy about these things when one's musically gifted aquarius boyfriend has the same talent for not noticing important stuff)
I wish I had a tv in front of my elliptical... I find my exercise being much limited by homework these days.
Well, Marilyn, I think that adds one more reason why you need to come for visit in the summer time as opposed to a blizzardy October.
Dhyana, you know I wouldn't be near as fun if I followed all the directions. Don't forget your musically talented aquarius boyfriend has red hair, too! What's not to love?
um yeah, that was so much fun having you nagging me about mailing you stuff that you didn't need!
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