Christmas in February

last nite the girls and i (s and j) finally had christmas together! we started at s's and opened presents! =) i got a purse, a sticky man, an ice tray that makes ice in the shape of little x's (!), chinese soap, and a new trivet! i love trivets!

then we went to san marcos and ate at katy station. then we went to austin, to play shuffleboard and pool at umm the stardust club? only i didn't play cuz my one contact was all screwed up and well i couldnt see a darn thing. i thought the nite would really suck. but we had a grand ol' time. two guys asked if we wanted to join their game. so we did and ended up debating over issues like corporate america, religion, faith, illegal aliens, gay marriages, etc. all nite! it felt like the good old days when we would stay up all nite 'philosophizing' in college.i didn't get home until 2:30 - very unusual for me these days. i have such a boring life. okay, not boring, tame? but, by the end of the nite i did play one game of 9 ball but since i couldnt see i had to ask what color ball i was supposed to hit next cuz i couldnt see the numbers. and i only got 4 balls in of the 9. driving all the way back home with one screwed up contact really sucked. i followed a corvette's tail lights the whole way.

j is going to be on tv in 2 weeks! http://www.thewb.com/Shows/HSReunion/0,13602,160433,00.htmlbut i have to tape the 1st show cuz im gonna be at the austin music hall seeing 311! i can't wait. it's been over a year since i saw them last. too long.

i guess that's it. this morning i couldnt wake up to have breakfast with cousin d. too tired. i finally got up and sorted ALL my laundry just to find out we're out of detergent. oh and i lost my atm/check card AGAIN. i know it has to be around here somewhere.

Ingnored

today was awesome. lately i haven't been feeling like a good teacher, but today during reading when time was up and i told the kids they had to go back to class they groaned as if they wanted to stay and keep learning! wow! (1st pat on the back for me)
then at the end of the day when i told my class to clean and pack up, they groaned! total different group of kids - same reaction... whoa! (yea, 2nd pat on the back for me!)
so today i felt good about myself. yay me!

yesterday was ash wednesday. i finally decided on giving up being lazy for lent. since i don't drink cokes, don't eat chocolate often, don't smoke, haven't even been drinking a lot lately, what else was there that would be a huge sacrifice? yea, this is going to be super hard. but today i stayed late to clean off my desk and run copies for tomorrow and the beginning of next week INSTEAD of procrastinating and pretending that i would wake up early and do it tomorrow morning. AND i have to take birthday dessert tomorrow so that means that instead of sitting in front of the computer or in front of the tv tonite i have to go buy a card and dessert stuff. Guess I better go do that now since writing this is a form of procrastination in itself.

Inspired

last night my brother went to a rosary for a girl who was only 22. it made me really sad. but then i thought i shouldn't be sad. i should be thankful for being alive and healthy. she had leukemia and was only diagnosed at age 20. so that got me thinking...what was i doing on Feb. 22 when i was 22. i couldn't find a journal or planner that i wrote in when i was 22. but hubster and i were dating and i still lived in san marcos with s. therefore i am sure i was having plenty o' good times. not a care in the world. i have plenty to be happy about.

on a different topic, sex and the city ended perfect. i couldn't have asked for a better ending! =)