The only thing I'll miss...

Contrary to what my students might tell you, I abide by a strict one soda per day rule (unless there's a restaurant involved... but hey, rules were meant to be broken). The kids seem to think I can always be found with a Dr. Pepper in hand, but I promise I pack one in my lunch, and I only take it to class with me if it is a) still cold and b) not finished. That said, my addiction to this delightful treat is something I'm going to have to face head on in the next :: gasp :: 4 days!

As such, I am officially lifting the one soda per day rule, and allowing myself to have as much Dr. Pepper as I want between now and the time I leave the ATL at approxmiately 10pm Sunday night. Does anyone know if you could feasibly check a case of soda? Would the pressure make the cans explode? Also, for the record, I prefer Dr. Pepper from a soda fountain first, followed by cans and lastly (and only in the most dire of circumastances) will I select a plastic bottle.

Expect more on packing later this week!

Yay for Summer!

Two thousand and nine

could prove to be one of the

best summers ever!

It's ridiculously amazing how much difference a week makes in one's outlook on the whole teaching thing. I'm also ridiculously pumped about recent ongoings and getting ready to be abroad.

***EDIT: I use the word ridiculous a lot. Such is my life (I wish!)

Stranded

There are three cars outside the house... I have a driver's license and the keys to each vehicle... so why am I stuck at home???

1. My car won't start/ turn over... it's definitely not the battery and this could be the end of the Explorer which will really make me sad :(

2. My mom's battery is dead (and perfectly capable of being jump started... alas my jumper cables aren't long enough to reach).

3. I can't dive a standard (nor would I really want to climb through the window of FSS's car in a dress in the rain...).

So much for a productive first day of summer!

Happy Summer

It's been a long year. Oxford in 19 days! I guess I need to get over counting down the days and start ticking off pages left to read...

I will finish The Turn of the Screw tonight... and hopefully Wuthering Heights by the weekend. I've already read Beloved, Hamlet, and Hotel World but not recently enough to avoid them altogether. Then there's the matter of the books of short stories... (and the one that has pictures in it...) Total page count: 2070 (771 from the three previously read books and 500 in one of the SS anthologies). All in all, not too bad.

The tick tock of the clock is painful...

I think Eve 6 said it best... I can't believe how slow the day is going. I've been at school for a little over 2 hours and I've finished everything I need to finish. If it weren't for a meeting I need to attend this afternoon, I'd have been out of here hours ago (or not shown up at all)!

How slow is the day?
Seconds creeping to minutes...
Hours don't happen.

Coldplay

lawn to pavillion

and lots of pre-show boozing

total awesomeness

I completely love when I can go to a concert / show and be minorally familiar with the artist only to walk out totally blow away. The ticket upgrade from the guy on the blanket in front of us was a nice touch as well. (now if only one of us had followed through on the dare to spoon him or mount his friend who was for whatever reason on all fours...) What an awesome weekend!

Winding Down

Papers stacked in piles

Overwhelmed with everything

I can't find my floor!