happy thanksgiving!

i had my classes make an "I am thankful for..." list this week to share with the class yesterday. although they didn't quite get the concept [it was supposed to be about the 'little things' - things that wouldn't normally make a 'traditional' thanksgiving list... i.e. my list included eclipse spearmint gum, culver's chili cheese fries, and left-handed desks] it was still hilarious to listen to.

one girl was thankful for her haters.

a boy said he was thankful for his looks [and when i started giggling in the back he looked at me and said, 'what are YOU laughing at, ms. BROWN?!' oops.].

wendy's bacon cheeseburgers made some lists, along with burger king jr. whoppers [i was getting very hungry listening to those].

however, my favorite so far, since i haven't read all of the lists yet, was a freshman boy who said, "I am thankful for girls, girls, girls, because they sexy and got what i need."

i don't believe a comment is necessary for that.

i hope your thanksgiving is wonderful, and you remember to be thankful for the little things as well:)

as for me, i'll be having a little thanksgiving lunch at my house with my mom, her husband, and chris, before i have to leave for work at the restaurant at 2. it's really lame, and i hate that i have to go. i guess if i have to be there, i hope i at least make a solid $10 before leaving at 6.

afterward i'll be heading to chris's aunt's to mooch some leftovers, and then have a little date night. it's our first real holiday together; i'm looking forward to it.

re: black friday... we had discussed partaking in the festivities for the first time after having to work it so many years in a row, but i'm not sure there's anything worth standing in line for at 3 in the morning. we'll see.


happy thanksgiving; eat a socially unacceptable amount today:)

i have become blissfully boring.

i told someone once, months ago, that since i started my new relationship, my life has become boring. no stories to tell, no drama to talk about.

i believe this is the reason why my blog no longer speaks to me as often as it used to. now i think about what to post about, and all i can come up with is my happiness at the moment. bo-ring.:)

i could talk about how i'm getting sick, and how i can't afford to when i have 70 papers to edit and waitressing on saturday, how i can't breathe out of my nose, and how i haven't slept more than 7 hours in a night in forever. instead i want to say that the highlight of my day was when i found out he told the story of the night he told me he loved me to a friend of his, and that friend now considers it his favorite chris story.

i wish for the sake of my writing practice as well as entertainment for my friends i had something dramatic to tell, something to complain about. instead, i have these moments that i want to write down, but for myself, not for the internet.

sigh.

i'll have a story to tell soon, something stupid to complain about, or feel compelled to write an entertaining post for the nosy people that don't think facebook is an easy enough stalking tool. [a-hem, for the record, i am one of those people and wish blogs were a requirement:)]

first i need to get my seven hours in.

i really meant to update...

i had this idea in my head after the last few posts that i was going to post once a day again. if not that often, at least once every two.

life gets in the way, although i'm not really sure how.

i do remember the week of the office post my mom went out of town, the boy stayed with me and i was asleep by nine all week. then i had no idea what unit i was going to teach my writers workshop, and had to worry about grading papers for another week. [i'll try this updating-more-often thing again.]

my first quarter as a teacher has passed. it was a lot better than i thought it would be... probably because i only teach part time and have just one prep. either way, 1/4 of the year is down.

parent/teacher conferences were last week; i had done them as a student teacher, so i wasn't too worried about it. rightly so, as none of them went terribly wrong. i only had one awkward one, my first actually, where the parent reprimanded her child for five minutes while i awkwardly scribbled on a notepad and pretended to look at my computer screen. other than that, they went well.

i was on the 6:00 news the other day, which was hilarious. it was an ambush, and i looked ridiculous.

i'm working this thanksgiving at the restaurant. i'm not sure what time, b/c i haven't worked in a couple of weeks to look at the schedule posted on the break table, but i'm actually not upset by it. thanksgiving at my house consists of me, my mom, and her husband... thrilling. i'd rather eat the leftovers. [what restaurant is open on thanksgiving anyway?? i will definitely be judging the people that come in to eat.]

i've been hanging out with the boy a lot lately. we haven't been doing much aside from just catching up, chatting, sitting, going to the mall, enjoying each other's company. it's been nice, and i'm loving the world we're in.

all for now.

wish me luck finding time to post again soon.