Twisted

Could someone please explain to me when it became a bad thing to work hard and do well? It's amazing how screwd lately I've been as a result of that. I literally got suckered twice today to do something I don't want to do, nor am I technically qualified to do. I know it's a compliment that I'm viewed highly but that can't be the excuse for everything now. I've always had so much on my plate and to keep adding to it is wearing me dry. It's just so frustrating that things seem so reversed!

On a funny note, I got a huge visit from last year's kids this morning. I'm very private about my personal life with the kids, I don't think it's appropriate to talk about your boyfriend, fiance, etc. Now, being married and having children is a different story to me. Last year's kids always wanted me to be married and I figured they'd find out next year. Well, one of them found out from a 3rd grade teacher and has basically been the 11 o'clock news in broadcasting it out. This morning, as I was cleaning up the carpet, I look up and there's like 10 of my kids in front of me. They're all excited and yelling at me, "You didn't tell us you were getting married!!" They looked so offended that I didn't tell them first. They're just too cute.

Happy New Year!

What can I say? 2009 literally came flaring in! On New Year's Eve, I started a small fire and Kevin flared it up even more. Luckily we both were able to put it out and everything's fine. Just a slight burn on my index finger and some slightly darkened areas on the stove.

The first snowboard trip of the year was definitely fun, very tiring though. I figured that most people would be too hung-over to want to wake up early to go the next day. I think I did pretty well for not going in over a year, not really any falls. I did have a pretty bad spill on the first run - the kind that you think you're just going to fall a bit but turns into a rolling somersault kind. Those hurt when your board and legs flip over. The next major fall happened because a girl ran into me and fell down as well. You'd think she'd apologize or check to see if I was okay, but nope! Seriously, thanks for making me fall, just what I love. Oh but the best one was when I got jabbed in the thigh with someone's ski pole!!

Completely random but Dunkin Donuts finally brought back their Dunkachino! I loved those suckers and they stopped selling it years ago. I've had it twice so far. Hmm, think I'll go for my third one today.

Who says money doesn't grow on trees?

I got my gift from the class today. One of my class mothers put together a "Money Tree" for me! How cute is that? She even put lights on it with a battery pack so that it can light up.

This afternooon I had gone to pick them up earlier from their music class. I ended up playing musical chairs with them. It was hysterical dancing around to "Hey Ya". Oh I showed them how to do the "shake it" move. I did pretty good as I bumped a few off the chairs...only to lose in the end by being bumped off as well. Karma.

Hearts and farts

I bet the title got your attention!

This week has been a continuation of the awfulness that has been going on. Seriously, no one gets why these situations happen to me. Despite it all, two funny things did occur today that I just needed to share.

One of my boys had this sheet of really teeny tattoos that came with his notebook. He decides to scratch one unto his desk. I walked by to conference with him and I noticed that he had written out "I <3 Ms. C-----"! It was very cute but of course I had to explain to him about how it's not okay to draw on school property. He looked so sad and asked me, "Don't you like it? I heart you." Of course I told him it was very sweet and that it was great seeing him write positive things but for the future, I suggested that he placed his art on paper instead.

Then while we were in our meeting area, one of my girls just talks over me. She very nonchalantly says, "Oh, if anyone was wondering what that smell was, it was me, I just farted." OMG - I couldn't hold it in and cracked up!! She was incredibly cool as she said it and I do admire her honesty.

Fast forward

I can't believe that the year is going to be over soon. Although, with all the stuff that has been going on, it's amazing that so little time has actually passed. A lot of insane things have been happening and will probably never be resolved, I'm barely hanging on. I've just been trying to keep my head above water but this has been a tough task and it's scary that I am actually admitting that.

In a nutshell, these are some of the things I've been slammed with:

- multiple racist incidents at work that I will have to endure
- being screwd over by shady people who I have bent over backwards for without one complaint ever
- running meetings where I follow through on what's been decided as a group but then being the one who's reamed for it
- house renovations that have caused extreme distress on me (important documents being misplaced, no place to relax in, having to sleep in the hallway, etc.)
- unsupportive & doubting comments, when it doesn't even concern any of them
- being caught in the middle of peoples' pissing contests (not literally - that'd be so gross)
- people who are upset about the decisions I need to make due to financial reasons (trust me, if I were loaded, everyone and their moms would be a part)
- anxieties that are now causing some intense nightmares

Pedal to the metal

I feel like I've been permanently shifted into "go" gear! I am now starting my 4th week of school and it has still been draining. I can't even begin to explain how much I miss my kids from last year. Most of them drop by and visit before and after school. Even the macho boys still visit and give hugs, it's so comforting knowing that they knew how much I cared about them.

My class this year definitely has been interesting to say the least. There has been quite a few funny situations within these last few weeks! I only found a few days before school that I had the ELL classroom so I've been needing to do a lot of extra work for communications/homework. Since I attended the summer workshop, my classroom has also become one of the lab classrooms. To top this ALL off, I found out last week that I somehow had "volunteered" (oh wait, I meant someone chose for me) to house a Rutgers education student, starting at the end of this week.

Completely unrelated to school, but I just had to share - yesterday, Kevin's family and my family met up (they haven't since we graduated from RU). We all had a fortune cookie. You know how they now have "learn chinese" words on the back? Well, all of ours were food/color related. Kevin's word to learn was.....wife! How funny is that?

Total fate!

Easiest $20 made

You could say that this has just been my special weekend. To top everything off, I won a nice $20 bet from Kevin this afternoon. We had gone out to lunch with my family and were in the minivan for the drive back. I was messing around and decided to use the arms of the chair to levitate myself up (I raised my whole body up and criss-crossed my legs). Kevin saw and immediately bet me that I couldn't hold that pose all the way home. I thought about it and argued that it would be impossible since there was still quite a drive left and there were so many stop lights. He ended up changing the terms and said that if I could hold my pose without ever dropping my legs until we reached past the light at McDonald's, he'd give me $20! I told him, "Game on!" In my mind, I thought that my arms would be the part in pain first. Nope, after a few seconds, my legs were on fire and then my abs. We hit a light and I was struggling, I'm sure it wasn't a pretty sight. But regardless, I was able to hold it all the way through and made myself a easy twenty.

Ka Chow! Ka Chow!


I am engaged, as of yesterday!!!!! There are no words to express how happy and excited I am right now. I definitely did not see it coming since we had spent the entire day together at Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor the previous day. You would think I would've picked up a vibe or something. The proposal was sweet and he showed me the other ways he had wanted to go with it but couldn't because he knew how I'd react. That's love right there, he knew how my "denseness" at times can ruin things, haha! I was blushing the entire time and even when I started to tell people, I felt so embarrassed. I guess it's because I'm not used to that sort of spotlight where it's all about me, me, and me! Kevin kept touching my cheeks because of how warm they were. I absolutely LOVE my ring!! It is so gorgeous and so special, very me! What makes it so special is that he had a part of the original design changed for me! Everyone laughed at me when I said this but it came in such an awesome wooden box. I couldn't believe how quickly news travels in the family. I had people leaving me messages asking why I didn't tell them. Dude, it literally just happened, you need to give me some time! Kevin was so sweet in driving me to both of the restaurants to show my parents. The funny thing is once the ring was slipped on, I looked at my nails and was like, "Oh no, my nails are so icky! I need a real manicure!" Right after I said that, Kevin immediately told me that he would take me and wait for me to get my French manicure. How incredible is he? It was a long crazy day and my head is still spinning a bit right now. I've been getting millions of questions that I do not have the answers to yet and probably won't for a while, as school will be starting soon and this year is going to be a rough one as well. Either way, I am so extremely excited for what's to come! Now I can finally do my "Cars" move with the ka chowing!

Sing your heart out

If I could use one word to describe karaoke this past weekend, it would have to be...EXTREME!

Apparently with the addition of 2 more people than our usual, we ended up getting a much larger room! If that's the case, I'm just always going to up my number by 2 then.

As always, I had a blast and laughed so much that my cheeks and stomach were on fire. It was hysterical listening to Wey and Zach duet for "Respect" and "Burn" - Aretha and Usher got nothing on them! Surprisingly, Zach is pretty convincing with the rap and with the help of us with the hand movements - T.I. would be proud. The girls and I definitely rocked our anthem which we have agreed we must sing at every outing. I was actually quite embarrassed when I belted out "Too Close"! I hadn't heard that song in ages and when I really took notice to what the lyrics were, it was pretty odd having a girl singing those lines. But I'm sure everyone enjoyed the little dance move I busted out in the middle (I didn't intend for anyone but Kevin to see but of course with me, that means everyone is watching).

Afterwards, we went to dinner and of course we had to get Pinkberry. I had planned to keep it quiet that I had already gone once before but I let them know it was my second cup of the day. I got completely different flavors and toppings though, if that counts for anything. I noticed that there was a Red Mango opening up a few stores down. I was told that Red Mango's yogurt is more on the sweet side as opposed to Pinkberry's tart flavor. I will definitely be interested in trying it out once it's open for business.