Why hello there! (and some shout-outs)

I bet some of you thought I had gone off the grid. Well, I kind of had. My two weeks or so since Fall Break have been epically crazy, both for good reasons and bad reasons. Some of the bad reasons:

-dealing with a massive plagiarism case. Most people that I talk to no a regular basis know what's up. But it's been a pain in my butt. I just handed over a 15 page packet of information to Mark yesterday. So now it's out of my hands. Plagiarism isn't as fun when you're not on Judicial Committee

-sicky, sicky- been in bed for the last few days (or at least dreaming about it). I even made a 12:30 am sojourn to Walmart in my orange Albertson sweatshirt, black cropped pants, black socks with pink hearts and black flats to buy Nyquil and Dayquil. Which didn't work. And I saw parents at Walmart with their little kids. I judged them harshly.

-students are sicky sicky- which means they don't come to class. Which means they have to come by later to make up their work. Or they don't and then they complain about their grade. Anyway, it's a lot hard to keep up with your grading when you never know what's going ot show up on your desk.

-busy schedule. For example, last week, I was out every single night. They were all good things but the driving back and forth in the cold and going to bed late and waking up early has made me a very cranky lady.

-my fight with the razor is only just healing. I have been having to wear flats all week and haven't been able to really work out which is probably why I'm sick. Cold feet usually leads to a bad cold with me.

- locking my keys in my car. This was kinda funny though. I was at the Henberg's Happy Hour and luckily Campus Safety was there. But those officers (Allan and Ben) were off-duty. They joked about getting me a hammer. But then they called Kristina and she got me out in no time. Thanks CS- you're the best!

But there has been some great stuff going on too. And sometimes it's the little things that really are what make me the happiest.

-my soon to be epic scar. Excuse my gross legs. As I mentioned earlier, I'm staying far far away from razors. The top half as almost healed, the bottom half is getting there. AND I can wear boots again. Hallejulah because it legitly snowed today. While driving too and from church. Fantastic.

-my Junior High Connections kids- we had a blast at the bonfire and guess who led worship? Lil old me! Crazy! Even after not touching my guitar in a month (and only really practicing a month before that!). We had such a good time, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows, drinking cocoa, singing, laughing, having a good talk. Love these kids! Especially Miss Shelby.


-Having M3 time with a little Sherman time thrown in. And of course, having the greatest dinner at Mongo and then drinks at the HaPenny with Yosh and Michael. With the creation the Triangle of Trust club. Nothing better than hanging out with the guys. I've missed that so much! Here's to epic crapfest movie marathon on Tuesday with Michael. It really don't get any better than that!
-Night out with the girls. Which involved trying to avoid two creepers on the dance floor at Tom Grainey's (sorry Kris!), seeing Charlie Conway (from Mighty Ducks! No way!), telling a guy at Mack and Charlie's that we were all sad because we had just come from a funeral, saying goodbye to Kristen (that was not fun :( ), having a great dinner at the HaPenny with Miss Ariel Foster, such a great time!

-spending the weekend with Bailie. We watched Supernatural in the media room on the bestest couch in the whole wide world, made pizza, sang Carol of the Bells, went downtown with Jess and spent an hour at the Record Exchange trying on hats (Bay bought her monster hat!), DDR, DJ Hero, etc. She is one crazy kid.


-shout out to Candice Malandice! I finally caught up with the Mentalist so my Netflix queue is now indie movies and things I've been wanting to see for a long time. Like the Prison Break: The Final Break movie. It was nice to watch Michael and Sucre and Linc and T-bag again. Brought back happy memories. And of course, I couldn't help saying "It's the guy from the West Wing!" a la Abba when Mahone came on the screen.

-this one is totally superficial but I am so so so so so so so so so (etc.) happy that my bangs are long enough to tuck behind my ears. We are one step closer to uniform hair length! Huzzah!

-libraries- I've been getting some cool books at the library, starting with the Quiet American by Graham Greene for Alumni Book Club. I got an Anastasia book (or two) for help with my critical thinking lesson and have been rereading those as well as a new E.L. Konigsburg book I had never read before. She's awesome. I also got a Groupon coupon for $10 worth of books for $5. I know that's like one book but who cares? I do not. In other good news, Jasper Fforde has a new books (shout-out Beth!) and Laurie's coming out with two Sherlock-y books in 2011. Again, huzzah!

-cool music opportunities- This Wednesday night I"m singing at St. John's Cathedral in Boise for their Ecumenical service. I have no clue what that means, I haven't gotten the music yet but I have been assured that I shall be fine. I'm very excited. Then the following weekend, I have my Meridian Symph concert on Saturday which I'm excited about (minus Sleigh Ride- shoot me in the face) and then on Sunday I'm playing with Mick and Marcy and Matt (and I"m Michal, I just noticed that!) for a concert to benefit Kyli Stark and her YWAM school program. I'm cello-ing it and singing and super excited!

-i-chatting with 3/5s of my family (Youval was in a final and Abba was at work). And I promise I didn't mean it when I said "Let's delete Mom" and Shiri, your i-chat sucks more than the rest of us. True story.

So that's a mad jumble of my life right now! Also in the throes of getting together letter of recommendation packets, applying for sub positions, applying to BSU, grading, grading, grading, thinking of new travel plans for next winter, spring and summer that won't cost too much (anyone want to come to Vancouver with me? and shout-out to Rochelle and Andrea as possible Philly/NYC hosts? and of course ORKNEY for this summer), and wrapping up the end of the year (calendar, that is). I promise it won't be this long before my next update. I'm sure there will be a bad movie review on Wednesday (as in the movie will be bad, not the review).

Cheers!