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Wild & Crazy Weekend

Photodork — Tue, 09 May 2006 16:56:32 +0000

I traveled with Dylan’s family to Boone, NC this weekend to see Jon graduate. It was a very nice trip…I had never been to North Carolina before, so that was cool. We stayed at this little cabin that was off the beaten path and had a good view of the mountains. We also had some pretty bad mexican food, which I felt sad about because I should have known better. If you go too far East in this country mexican food starts to taste more like Chef Boyardee concoctions than anything else. Think ketchup and BBQ sauce instead of chile and salsa and you’ll be on the right track. Eew. So, you’ve been warned….don’t do it, just don’t.
It was also kind of hectic because our little cat Beda got sick right before we left to travel to Boone. We took her to the emergency vet in the middle of the night Wednesday because she wasn’t doing so hot. It turned out that she just had an upset stomach, but we had to isolate her on Thursday and limit her food and water intake to make sure that she didn’t have an obstruction in her digestive system. Poor kitty… and poor Sarah and Dylan, we were super exhausted for traveling all day Friday. Plus it was hard to leave her, but I knew my mom would take good care of her, because she is a crazy cat lady like me.
We arrived home late last night, so it was a full, long weekend. And today I start my new job at the bank. I will be working in the call center in the afternoons now, I am pretty excited about it. It is nice to have a job again, and it should work out well with my schedule this Fall as well. Yea for me.

VT and Other General Craziness

Photodork — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:06:18 +0000

So…things have been a little crazy lately..which explains my lack of posting. This week was mid-term for me, so I had a lot of stuff do. And I made the wise decision to spend a weekend in VT the weekend before such a busy week. Sometimes I am a really smart cookie. Speaking of which, I need to give a big shout out to Steve and Dylan for saving my butt this week. I had this rotten project that I neglected to do for, oh I don’t know, a month or so, and it was due Monday. So…I started planning Saturday, and on Sunday the two of them pretty much created my sculpture for me. Without them I probably would have turned in a piece of paper with some pictures taped to it. Thanks guys..you rule!
I had a nice time in Vermont though seeing all my family. We went to a crazy craft show one day and ran amuck. It was great fun. And I of course went to Al’s French Fry, which is the best fast food place in the entire world. If you ever go to VT, you must go there or you are just missing out.
Things are settling down now, which I am grateful for. My observation schedule is in full swing and I am spending around 13 hours a week in schools other than UNC right now. It is very interesting to observe the high school level and then teach the elementary kids. There is such a difference.
I have also been starting to feel better lately. My energy level is up and that is probably been the biggest challenge. I was so tired all the time…it really sucked. I like being able to do stuff and not have to go take a nap afterwards.
I still have a lot of work to do…I am especially behind in my fibers class still. We are making Japanese Fireman Jackets. It involves embroidery and a special dye process. Also some sewing. I need to kick it into gear. I suppose I will go do that now.

Crazy Vegas

Photodork — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:18:54 +0000

We arrived home from Vegas last night around 9:45. It was a crazy trip. First of all, it was the first road trip I had ever attempted sans parents, so that was cool. Utah was as boring as everybody warned it would be, although I think I appreciated some of the scenery a little more than the average person because I am a huge photo dork (just in case the web address didn’t clue you in).
We saw Mama Mia, which ruled. Our seats were right next to these three innebriated guys who found themselves hilarious though they were actually fairly irritating. They simmered down pretty quickly after the beefy man in front of us threatened them 5 minutes into the performance.
We also saw the Cirque De Soliel show O! and it was insane. About 3/4 of the performance takes place in water and there were some spectacular diving stunts. Plus, the clowns were hilarious. I practically had to drag Dylan from the auditorium afterwards, as he seemed intent on staying for the 10:30 show as well.
We didn’t gamble too much, just a bit of slot machine action, and we didn’t strike it filthy rich as we’d hoped. But we did visit an awesome Impressionist painter exhibit at the Belaggio and I saw my first real Van Gogh. There were also some Monets and Reniors. My only gripe is that the show was hung a little high, so I had to stand on my tip toes several times to really see the paintings. And we went to the aquarium in Mandalay Bay, because it was called Shark Reef and Dylan can’t resist such things.
Now this is totally random, but the most bizarre thing happened the day before our trip. I was brushing my teeth, with my awesome pink sparkly tooth brush, and the top brushy part just totally snapped off. And, since I was mid-brush, I stabbed myself in the face with the handle part. Stupid free tooth brushes. What can I say? I brush hard.