(e:Anne) and I are in Alabama for the weekend with our family. We're supposed to come home tonight, but apparently the weather is going to be bad. My dad gets very dramatic when he hears that weather is going to be an issue, and was already talking about getting a hotel room for tonight just in case. Even when I just go to Fredonia for my voice lessons, he always warns me that he heard about bad weather. Anyway hopefully we'll make it back today...NOT that I wouldn't mind missing school tomorrow, but (e:Anne) doesn't want to miss her Spanish class again (the same class I made her skip on Wednesday....oooooops).

(e:Mike) and I went out tonight around quarter of 10 with the idea of getting some coffee because neither of us were very hungry. So we go to Spot where it totally looked like it was closing because a worker was cleaning and the people behind the counter were ignoring us and cleaning out blenders or something. So we left and sat in his car discussing where to go next, and while we were in there, we definitely saw people go inside, making us wonder if Spot was actually closing or if they just hate us. So anyway, since we're not very hungry still, we debated about places to go where we could get something small. Well anyway to make a long story short after about half an hour of driving around looking at places and almost getting shot (well in our heads), we ended up splitting a large cheese and pepperoni pizza at LaNova. We are such fatties but mmm it was so good. I really love La Nova.

(e:Mike) and I also made the odd discovery that we both ended long hiatuses (hiatusi?) from doing crunches and started up again today. So look out for sexy abs comin from Kenmore.

This last weekend I did something that is highly unexpected, slightly trashy, and kind of exciting. I have no regrets.

My hands are always cold.

I used to love Jimmy Eat World. I have seen them in concert 4 times and always had such a great time and I used to be obsessed. Then around my junior year of college I stopped listening to anything other than classical music and sort of forgot about them. I bought their latest album sort of out of necessity but never really got into it. I think is partially because it's not as good as their two previous efforts, but I was also friends with people who weren't into them. So now I'm rekindling my Jimmy flame and am trying to fall in love with their latest album. It's been awhile since I've listened to this kind of stuff but I hope I haven't grown past it or something. The next time they come to town I would like to go see them. (e:Anne) and I once roadtripped to Hamilton, Ontario to see them. It was sooooo much fun. That was during the awful summer when (e:Anne) was my lifeline and constant entertainment! Well I guess she always is...isn't that what sisters are for...but she really went above and beyond that summer of '02. She also did the same last winter when I graduated from Fredonia and hated my life. How many people would let their 22 year old older sister sleep in their not very large single bed just because she couldn't be in her room by herself without sobbing hysterically?? Sisters rock. (e:Anne) rocks.

Wow I really can go off on a tangent if I want to. There are actually about 100 more things I can post about but I don't think anyone really cares?

I'm on break this week. Teaching is soooo sweet. I get so much freakin vacation time it's really out of control. Of course I have no idea what I'm going to teach when we get back. And when I say no idea, I really mean NO idea. I have no curriculum to follow and I've done a lot of what I wanted to do at the beginning of the year. But I have the rest of April, May and part of June to fill up. Wow. Good thing I usually work in week-long segments. Like I'll usually start a unit on Monday, and if it starts going crappy, I just count the days until Friday and then start over again the next week. Thank God for weekends.

Okay I'm done now but it's time for my first plug...




More details will be coming... but you should come see me sing...I'm wearing a beautiful dress...and I can carry a tune pretty well...and there will be free food afterwards...clear your calendars!!!!

Good night and thanks for reading this far!

I'm watching the beginning of Happy Feet. I love penguins so this is very exciting for me, but I'm confused as to why all of the other penguins grew up to look like regular penguins, yet Mumble looks basically the same as he did when he was a baby penguin, just taller and with a deeper voice? Is this just to emphasize even more that he's different, or did Disney just need to distinguish him? This movie is very cute so far but I'm about to fall asleep so I'll have to finish it tomorrow. Penguins are the best!

...how and why is it that every morning I wake up thinking, "ugh I feel so fat today", yet I go to sleep almost every night thinking "ugh, I ate too much today."

My junior year of college, the discovery was made by some of my friends that I have no chin. More specifically, I have a very weak jaw line, giving the impression that I have very little change between my mouth and my neck. This spawned a new nickname for me, 'Meck'. It's a clever little name that sounds sort of like my actual nickname, but in reality it was referring to my hideous lack of defined chin.

Although I've graduated and stopped letting people call me that, I feel as though it haunts me all the time. I check in every mirror I see and basically gauge the way I feel about my body that day based on how thin I look in the face. And don't get me started on pictures. I hate posting any pictures that emphasize it! I swear sometimes I look like I weigh 20 lbs more than I actually do in some pics that are taken from the neck up. Not that I think I'm so skinny but enough of you have seen me to at least know I would probably be considered a slim person - well to anyone other than (e:Mike)- but when it comes to the neck up, I look hideous.

I know everyone has something about their body or about themselves in general that they are not happy about, and this is obviously mine. I never even really thought about it until that fateful day in 2004 when someone looked at me and said "you have like, no chin."

Ugh. Maybe someday I'll stop caring but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

And when you all see me next, try not to stare :)

and oh yeah...Happy Easter!

Check out pictures from my 24th Birthday Bash last Saturday!


Included in the album are some hot, sexy snapshots of

(e:MK)
(e:Anne)
(e:Mike)
(e:Jill)
(e:Beast)
(e:Lilho)
(e:Terry)

Enjoy!!!

I'M OLD!!!!!

tootsie rolls are totally my favorite candy. both the chocolate and the fruity flavored. the only ones i don't like are the vanilla. mmmm i'm addicted. i sample or purchase several every time i go to the store.

what's your favorite candy?

blah...

i'm getting tired of falling asleep and waking up alone...

:(

Well it's the best time of year again, folks. Not the beginning of spring, not the end of having to keep cars off the street after 2 am, not March Madness...but the time to celebrate a truly monumental occasion that happened 24 years ago....

My birth!!!!

As usual my wonderful group of friends have offered to celebrate and now I'm debating what I want to do. I enjoyed (e:Jill)'s birthday, with ice cream, a Kenmore bar, and Frizzy's, but I can't just be a copycat! I would like to save my friends money by not going to eat but at the same time who doesn't like to go to dinner??!! Hmmm I'm thinking maybe we will start the evening going out for dessert and I'm sure we will eventually wind up at Frizzy's. I had a very good time at Frizzy's last weekend. Although I guess I may have had a great time because I was very, very drunk and it was so crowded for St. Patty's Day. Well, maybe it won't be St. Patty's Day, but I'm sure I can get just as drunk if not more hopefully.

Oooh, maybe we should skip going out ahead of time but then get some delicious Jim's at like, 3. Granted that is how many Buffalonians spend every single weekend, but to me that is a treat. Hmmm maybe that's the plan... any suggestions? I love my birthday and since (e:Mike) has threatened that this will be the last year we celebrate birthdays, I better make this one count!!!!!

Mondays are the worst. I swear weekends get shorter and shorter all the time. I think western civilization needs to restructure our entire plan. We should work every other day, and every other week, or maybe just not work at all.

I put up a whole big post yesterday with pictures and captions and then all of a sudden it was gone. I wonder if I pressed the trash can button accidentally but that seems unlikely.

I'm writing for the sheer fact that I don't want to get ready to teach today.

While (e:Jessbob) was home this weekend, he told me that he is running the Buffalo Half Marathon in May, too! I'm so excited! Our friends are becoming so sporty. :) I'm starting a new training program this week. I was way too discouraged last week when I wasn't following my original plan exactly. This one should be a lot easier. Courtesy of Runner's World (my favorite magazine), it is called "Your Better Half" and it's a 3-day a week training program. One day of speedwork, one day of "tempo" (a run of relatively short distance at a quicker speed) and one long run (between 6-12 miles). Then I cross train 3 other days, and have one day off. It sounds so much better. I'm going to join a new gym this month soon, because my Aquatic Center membership ends and I don't like it there anyway. It is too small. I think I'm going to join Gold's Gym because I'm going to be moving out towards Depew/Lancaster next year and will be closer. Plus it's huge and they have lots of classes for members, including spinning!

My favorite Disney movie is Sleeping Beauty.

I bought a few organic food items the other day, because for some reason, I decided to start eating organic out of nowhere. I've heard people say that you just feel better overall when you eat organic. So I bought some organic yogurt and peanut butter and almonds. Well, my organic phase ended quickly. Maybe when I live on my own and am forced to buy more of my own food, I'll go for it. If someone can really convince me that it's worth it, I'll go for it. But I figure I eat well enough without being organic, and it's been that way for my whole life. Why change now. Well, perhaps I will choose a few things to be organic about. I'll tell you though, I'm never getting another jar of organic peanut butter again, or at least not that brand. When I brought it home, (e:Anne) was visiting, and she tried a spoonful before I did. I asked her how it was and she said "Um, it's okay." So I tried it, and it was SOOOO GROSS!!!! As soon as she saw that I didn't like it either, she took a napkin and literally wiped it out of her mouth. I don't think I've ever seen that before. At least she was nice enough to let me form my own opinion. It was gross. So now I have a jar of nasty organic peanut butter in my house. It will probably be there when I move out.

Okay the bell just rang. I guess I should take off my coat and put away my lunch and get ready to teach. Blaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!


Okay now the pictures post just appeared below this one. Well, enjoy!



p.s. I turn 24 in 9 days.