Yes darlin Sugah, can you PULEEZE teach these Headhunters that Schatzi is not going to be as overjoyed as them that a company will PAY for me to go back there! crapity crap crap! I must admit while I never was able to embrace soaps I am a Reality show JUNKIE.. give me American Idol, real Housewives from Orange county, Top Chef and Project Runway--and shoot, any Forensic show out there! ( upon reflection of my TV appetite , I've concluded Im a flat out weird cow)

Voyeur Cow: MOO Out

Oh yes, forensic shows!! They show all the CSI ones now and I'm addicted. I never knew what people were talking about and THEN I watched one and bing! I was hooked. Now I just turn on the l'il TV in my kitchen and blissfully watch CSI Whatever. And Criminal Intent! And reruns of Judging Amy! All badly dubbed into German but I can read lips so I know what they're really saying.

Did Leslie this morning - the 3 mile/ 45 minute one with a 3 lb weight in each hand.

Where's Peachezzzzzz? Peachy, that silly parcel never came back. Should I still give it a chance or send you a duplicate now?

Friends for dinner tonight. House is a tip. Need to go grocery shopping. Haven't showered yet. Bad me.

Moo. I hate those autopsy shows. There sure are a lot of them so everybody else must like them. I'm watching Gilmore Girls on DVD.

Sugar, one American person told me she sent something there and it came back to her. Hopefully yours will too. I don't know. I feel so bad. I should've told you I don't have that box.

At this moment I am dying my hair. I am also exhausted. Really. I don't get a day off and hardly an hour off. Yesterday I was in the classroom with this gorgeous, energetic 23-yo teacher. Today I have to teach a lesson in there and this man will come from the college to grade me. Problems:

1. The teacher won't be there. Will be a sub who likes to yell.
2. Lesson is on levers. Lever bore me to the extreme. The lesson makes no sense. Involves an experiment using rubber bands on the ends of a rubber, haivng someone put a finger on the rubber in various places and seeing how long the rubber bands must get to get the ruler level-looking.
3. THEN I am supposed to ask them to measure the area of their desks. ??? Huh?

This store I work in is so understaffed that they won't give me time off for all this. They rearrange the schedule for me but don't give me actual time off. So tomorrow I test from 9-3 .. important state test .. then work 4-9. It's too much for little me. Tonihgt DS and I are going to a dance recital.

To continue b*tching, I am behind on schoolwork and have a list of 5 things due in there this week.

Maybe having dyed hair will make me feel better. And more rested.

Well, at least you'll look more rested. If I was there, I'd make you a pot of tea. Go ahead and make one and pretend it's from me 'kay?

Sug, way to go on the Leslie walk.... she and I haven't been meeting up this week. Sometimes the sound of her voice can drive me up the wall. I think I've done the first 2 miles of the 4 mile super challenge way too many times. I wish there was a live walking class like she does, it would make it more fun.

The only forensic show I like is Dr. G, Medical Examiner. She's my fav.

There was a young girl working at a local McDonalds that was stabbed and killed by some complete stranger who just walked in and attacked her. It was so bizarre. I also thought it was horrible that the restaurant opened the next morning for breakfast - business as usual. Is it just me, or does that seem pretty cold? Ppl are waiting for those McMuffins, I guess. Sometimes this world can make you weary.

DH and I are going to the beach for the weekend. Need. to. get. out. of. town. See yas monday. I'll be expecting a full report from Kiwi about the Boston trip.

I love Criminal Intent! I'm a sucker for shows with really interesting characters. To me, the CSI type shows are like car accidents; you don't think you should stare at them, but you can't look away. Fascinating stuff sometimes.

Cowpeach, you do sound stressed out! I didn't realize you were doing practice teaching. That's some lesson -- rulers and rubber bands. Sounds really low budget. Hope it went well. I guess it's good to know how to teach stuff with no resources, eh?

That's for sure -- I joined a local walking program a couple of years ago and it is a good way to drag yourself out there and do it. Unfortunately the program they have around here is sponsored by the hospital and it only runs for 6 weeks at a time, once a week. It's too easy to just stop when the 6 weeks are up. I know people still walk the halls of the high school; I occasionally see them there when I'm there for something else. It's kind of like mall-walking I guess (we don't have a mall). But I definitely need someone there to say Do This!

We had a great trip to Boston (except for the driving with DH part). We tried to go to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park, but couldn't get tickets. Even scalped tickets. So we went to our favorite Italian restaurant instead, with obligatory stop at Mike's Bakery for canoli. Ahhh.

The college visits were very worthwhile. DD stayed in the dorm at Tufts the first night and we had various things we could go to the next day, classes, panel discussion etc. She was very enthusiastic about Tufts after that. Yesterday we went to Emerson which was totally different, but also interesting. They treated every single admitted student and parent to lunch at the Radisson Hotel ballroom -- a sit-down 3 course meal! They also had their welcome presentation at their very own theater, the Majestic, which is a restored original Broadway type theater right in the theater district. The place is absolutely gorgeous. They put on a couple of numbers from their spring musical--Grease, which was playing this week, before the "welcome speeches". Good move on their part! Still, I think DD is realizing that going there would be rather limiting in her case, not as academically challenging as she would like, although it would certainly be creatively challenging and their facilities are top notch.

DH is so obsessed with this college decision that he's driving me nuts, and probably DD too. DD is spending today with the bf and his family at a family gathering (most of the time will be spent driving), and I told her she should take a break from the college stuff and just clear her head and have some fun with her friends. DH, on the other hand, went online and printed out a sheaf of info and statistics on each school for her to take along and read. And she's such a good kid and so conscientious that she won't just say "Stop it already!" I mean, seriously, the guy needs a job.

Kiwi

Hallo!

I'm still busy studying away. No end in sight, but that's a good thing. Heh.

I'm recommitted to weight loss-- again. DH and I have started wogging three times a week (walk-jogging). Also I'm doing yoga, going to belly dance class, and swimming. And eating about 1500 calories a day and wearing a pedometer. I have a conference in June in New Orleans and I don't want to buy new clothes. The nice clothes I have are size 12-14, so that's my goal for the end of June.

Hi to everyone! Yay to the achieving kids!

What's Zumba?

Good for you on getting back on the treadmill so to speak! How on earth did you get your DH to join you in walks/jogs? Mine would rather be fat than exercise, it seems.

Went to get my doggie from boarding. She's full of p and v. As usual. First thing she did when she got home was find some cat puke on the front steps to eat. Right now she's pulling shredded paper from the shredder one strip at a time and eating it. What a goofball.

Kiwi

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Durn I'm funny.

Kiwi