Check it off!

I have done something on my life's to-do list!  I auditioned for a play.  The Sound of Music to be exact.  I think it was one of the scariest thing I have ever done in my life!  I almost chickened out.  Thankfully Susan was there to make me.  I sang "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins.  I decided to use the one with her singing since it was my first time.  I made no bones about it.  I told them Julie Andrews was my crutch and I needed her!  Next time I think I could do it on my own.  After I sang I had to learn a dance with a group.  It is painfully obvious that my sister Dana received all the rhythm in the family.  Well, Melynda might have some that she is hiding from us.  BUT.... one of the people judging asked the producer (who just happens to be Susan and a good friend of mine) who was in the burgundy shirt and told her that I was very graceful.  I personally think she had to be smoking crack.  I'll find out tomorrow if I get a call back.  Call backs are Monday.  If I make it then I can start crossing off another thing on my life's to-do list.... be in a community production.  What do you have on your life's to-do list?

Too much going on.....

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life is a little stressful at the moment.  SO much is going on I don't know what to blog about.  AND some things I can't blog about.  I am in desperate need of Spring Break.... actually more like in need of June 18th.  

I think I am just going to go to bed for now.  Just know that so much is happening I don't know where to start!

This picture made me kinda laugh, but is kinda truly sad.  Especially when you teach middle school and see how the girls compare themselves.

Selfish People

I admit, we are all selfish sometimes.  This morning, and every morning of the work week, I get to witness selfish people at their best.  I do bus duty at school.  I stand out front, keep the cars out of the area the buses are supposed to enter, make sure the traffic keeps moving, stop the traffic when it is time for the buses to leave, and record the times the buses get there.  This morning I witnessed 7 near wrecks.  Five of them were because parents let stopped and let their kid out on the street instead of following the rules.  They do it after they pass me so I can't get to them and stop them.  Then they speed away (not joking.)  Problem is that people get annoyed because they have to stop behind them so they start to pass and are passing them when the car speeds away.  Meanwhile their kid has to cross the street, and our school is in the middle of an outrageous curve, or cross where the buses are entering.  One of the near wrecks this morning did the same thing of dropping off where they aren't supposed to but this idiot did a u-turn right in the middle of the road and almost got t-boned.  Then the other one was a parent going way too fast and on the wrong side of the road around the horrible blind curve.  All to cut 2 minutes off their commute?  If I turn my back and get a car to move on someone comes in where the buses are.  One time the parent got stuck in there because more buses came in and then when she did finally get out yelled at me for it!  There is a nice sign stating she wasn't supposed to go in there.  And last week my Assistant Principal came out to help me stop traffic to let the buses out (which could be a blog rant of its own) and a parent yelled at her.  I have stood in the middle of the road waving at the car to stop and they keep coming and try to go around me.  Where in the world do these people learn to drive?  And were they brought up with any manners at all?  Obviously not and they aren't raising their kids to have manners either.  I see teachers, including myself, get cut off in the hallways, run over, it is rare to see a kid hold a door for a teacher, and just today I was coming out a door with a cart and my hands full and a kid ran to slip in as I was coming out so I had to stop so quick I dropped what I had in my hand.  AND I had to call him back because he didn't even stop to apologize or help pick it up!  I asked him if he know what manners were and he laughed and said "no."  To which I replied, "Obviously not because you don't have any," and then proceeded to give him what for!

I can't stand it!  Is it like this everywhere?  Am I so appalled because I was raised in the South where, for the most part, kids are still taught manners?

I had such a depressing day in light of all of this that I was glad to see this picture.  It made me laugh out loud!  Hope you enjoy it too! And remember, don't do something that is convenient for you when it makes an inconvenience for others!

It's Random Question Time Again!

When you've got water stuck in your ear, how do you get it out?

I have to say there is little more annoying than having water in your ear that you can't seem to get out!  My tricks....

1.  First I move my jaw around, yawn some, just like I would do if my ears were stopped up.

2.  I pull the lobe down and the top up and jerk my head to the side a few times.  

3.  Warning: Use this only as a last resort!  When I am really desperate I do exactly what you are not supposed to do... get a Q-tip.  I don't jam it down my ear (don't worry mom.)  But I do find that if I can get to the source the cotton soaks up the water and draws it right out.  If you get it stuck or the cotton comes off and stays in your ear I disavow any knowledge that I know you or that you might have gotten the idea from this blog!

So, what are your tips for getting water out of your ear?

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Today was not a very good day for me in the world of football.  First of all I hate the Patriots with a passion.  They, of course, are one game away from a perfect season.  Bleh!  Then I can't stand Eli Manning, and I have my reasons, good ones too.  (His brother on the other hand.... I love.)  But the Giants beat my Packers tonight!  I have no use to watch the Super Bowl except for the commercials.  Maybe I could TiVo it and fast forward through the game and just watch the commercials.  No.  I am going to Shayna's and be social except during the commercials :).  I am actually excited because there are these cupcakes I want to make.  Unfortunately to make them really cute I would decorate them according to the teams playing.  I just don't know if I can bring myself to do that.  

In other news....

I looked down at my hand tonight and I have this bruise looking thing with a little mark in the middle.  I have no clue where it came from.  Ellyn says it looks like a spider bite.  I hate spiders! I'll keep an eye on it and see if it looks any different tomorrow.  Wait, what am I thinking?  I can just take a picture of it and show you!  Tell me what you think it is.

Your diagnosis is welcome!  

I have my MRI tomorrow on my knees.  I had more pain last night, in a different place on my knee, but it went away today.  I sound like an old lady telling about all my ailments.   Just imagine when I am an old lady! :)  

And some sad news to report.  Suzanne Pleshette died.  This is sad for me because, as far as famous people that share my name, it was her and Suzanne Somers.  

 

Meet Seamus

Meet my friend Seamus (pronounced Sha - mus.)  I am not sure why his picture is sideways but I can't get it rotated.  We're hanging out on this snowy evening making cupcakes.  (And no he's not mine, I'm dog sitting.)  I have my first cupcake order!  She wants them tomorrow for school... that is if we have school tomorrow.  I think we'll have a 2 hour delay at the least.  It's amazing, we got 3 inches of snow and not an early dismissal and we'll most likely go tomorrow.  Stupid snow plows. My banjo lesson was canceled though, which was good since I hadn't really practiced.  I am hoping for a whole day off tomorrow, but I am not getting my hopes up.

Let's try again

Some of you know I took a few banjo lessons last year but after wasting most of my lesson time with my teacher figuring things out, I quit. I started again last night in a class through Fairfax County Parks and Rec. I am not sure about it to be honest. The teacher is..... very peculiar. He gets off on tangents that have absolutely nothing even remotely to do with playing the banjo and he talks about them like we should be very interested in what he had to say. Thinks like supination and pronation. If I hadn't had lessons before I would be completely lost. The only reason I have any clue what to do is because I know a few basics. 2 of the guys in my class came in knowing nothing. I feel really bad for them. It will be interesting to see what we learn in 8 weeks. I am suppose to practice Shortnin' Bread this week.

In other news.... I got a new printer. I used my iPhone rebate from Apple for it. I drooled over a MacBook on my way back to the printers.

My knee is still hurting. The shot obviously didn't work. I want to call the doctor back and see if he can see me but I can't go so it doesn't matter. I can't take off for the next 2 weeks. I'll just have to deal with it.

I'm studying, sorta, for the Middle School Math Praxis II Test. If I pass it my principal said if there is a math position open next year she won't even interview, she'll give it to me. I tried to talk her into a half PE half math position but she wasn't going for it. Of course I spent this week doing fitness tests. One of them requires the kids to take off their shoes. I have to sit right next to their lovely, smelly socked feet to measure how far they can stretch. I won't miss that.

That's the news with me. :)