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| I guess one entry a month is as good as it gets for me. It's really only that frequently that I feel compelled to write anything.
As I was telling a friend who talked me into trying to hit my head on the ceiling while bouncing on a mini-trampoline...I think our bodies are so cool. I'm sick, yet again, and when I get sick, I love what a perfect example I am of God's order. He created our bodies a specific way, to need specific things. When we deny ourselves of those things, our bodies don't work. Take sleep, for instance. "Studies show" that the average person needs 8 hrs of sleep to function and stay healthy. Do I get that? No. Am I functioning and healthy? Again, no. It's a beautiful thing.
Sadly, my ancient puppy is also having health problems. She, too, lost her appetite and had a fever this weekend. Plus, she's getting more dependent and fearful.
If I don't have my health, at least I have a few other things:
~Music! Apparently, I have to go to concerts in threes. About 6 months ago, it was Buble, Matt Nathanson, and Blue October. November brings another Matt sandwich...Ben Folds, Matt, and my new favorite, Joshua Radin. Also on the music front is the djembe. Late night jammin, even after a flat, is too much fun, even if I suck in comparison to everyone else there.
~I have an awesome class this year! None of my students are big behavior issues and the break has given me a chance to remember how much I love my job. Plus, I get to go home by 3:15 most days while you all are still at work. I won't rub it in or anything. =P
~I
love my girlfriends. I am never in need of someone telling me they
love me, that I'm beautiful, I smell good, I have an amazing touch, my
food is yummy, and the marriage proposals are endless. A little weird? Perhaps. But
I'm a girl and I'm coming to accept and embrace the oddities of my
gender.
And perhaps the best one at the moment...
~Kevin introduced me to The Office and it's my new favorite. It's come at a good time as Gilmore Girls is going down the tubes and I have nothing to do on Thursday nights. Plus, it makes me laugh and that, my friends, is good for my health.
PS--I was a failure at hitting my head on the ceiling. I kinda had to pee and that hindered my jumping but I was okay with that. My brother, however, was successful and has a sore head to prove it. =)
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In Her Shoes (Widescreen Edition)
By Cameron Diaz, Anson Mount, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Burgi, Candice Azzara, Brooke Smith, John Mastrangelo Sr., Emilio Mignucci, Mark Feuerstein, Terrance Christopher Jones, Nicole Randall Johnson, Kateri DeMartino, Brandon Karrer, Jon Ingrassia, Jason Peck, Mary-Pat Green, Gene Bozzi, Carlease Burke, Hamlet (II)
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| so i get home yesterday to a hot house. the a/c is broken yet again! joy, like a frog in boiling water, has not really noticed how warm it was in the house but upon my mention of it, she decides to take a look. (neither of us know ANYTHING about fixing the a/c but we pretend by turning things on and off, opening and closing, and any other opposites you can connect to such things.) next thing i know, joy is screaming and running into my room. another albino gecko, i suppose. but no, it was much much worse. a spider. in the foyer. and it's big.
i go out to see for myself and there's this HUGE hairy killer sitting above my front door! my body involuntarily shudders and moans. it's back. yes, that's right...back. i've seen this sucker before. several months ago, i found it on my back porch, in a corner near the steps. i watched it for a little while but it wasn't moving. i called a guy cause they should know everything about spiders. he said it was probably a wolf spider. being the naive girl, i said "oh" and felt a little better. since yesterday's episode and my new knowledge, however, i know that that's not really reassuring. not wanting to suffer more than i already had by discovering my friend, i went inside and it went away.
it ends up that "away" eventually meant into my house where it was currently lurking. what to do, what to do?? every guy we knew who would be willing or able to help was working! after putting some feelers out, we got a bite. someone was on their way to rescue us. in the meantime, we were getting out of the house. neither one of us really wanted to leave the invader because it could possibly move and we wouldn't know where it was. however, having invited friends over for a homecooked meal, i kinda had to get to the food store to make that happen. joy was not going to stay home alone so we left maggie on watch.
shelob was still there when we got home and, at this point, another knight in shorts and a tee is on the way. our rescuer arrives with bug killer stuff in hand. he walks in and says "whoa, that's big. that's a tarantula! i thought it was going to be a daddy long legs or something!" i mentally note that he thinks we're retarded girls but verbally begin to cheer him on as he takes the killer down. after a short battle, the assassin was captured and taken away. joy and i thought it should have been destroyed but we weren't about to take any action so the little punk lives on.
AND...my house is still hot! =(
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| I woke up this morning with the lack of sleep hangover that's been perpetual these past few weeks thinking "WHY am I so stupid??" As I stumbled from bed to begin the day, I glanced about the room that has gotten way out of hand. "At least it's all along the edges!" a friend offered to cheer me but it didn't work. As long as my room is out of order, my whole life feels like it's in limbo, disorganized and chaotic, waiting to be put away.
I went from room to room, getting on with the morning regime. As I let Maggie out for her morning relief, I felt a twinge of guilt for the poor plants in the back so I decided to water. I stepped out into the great outdoors to find it was a cool 73 degrees out, sans the early morning spongy feeling!
I have never missed the Northeast weather as I did today. It felt good and somehow it made the day seem better. I remembered that I love living in Austin and soon I'd be enjoying weather like this every day. I recalled that one work day away was a much needed retreat with current and future friends and a chance to get away with God. My mind knew that I'd get to see the little Chinese boy I spend my days with who never stops talking but cracks me up all the time. And then I saw a vision. It was blurry at first but as the blue form got closer and closer, there was no doubt in my mind as to what it was...my jeans! It's Friday, affectionately called Jeans Day in Lissie's World, and that makes everything okay (even being late for work!!). 
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| There are two types of teachers in this world. Those who got bored with months of time off and those who didn't. I definitely didn't.
Some teach because they absolutely love the kids. Others teach for the incredible pay and benefits. Still for some, the profession satisfies an unhealthy apple fetish. For me, however, it's all about the summer. And why wouldn't it be?!!?
This summer meant sleep, long prayer walks, and cooking. Movies, gardening, and rebuilding relations with my family. Soaking up sun, guilt-free late nights, and relearning piano. Quiet times without watching the clock, roadtripping to NJ and visiting friends on the way, staying in my pjs until I felt like changing. Learning to obey God when I really don't want to and it costs me relationships. Seeing more of Austin, lunches with friends, painting.
So, here I stand, at the end of it all looking back with fondness but looking forward with excitement. Although the summers off truly do squelch any desire to enter the business world, I also just love my job. I'm looking forward to spending my days with 17 six year olds again. They bring a sense of joy to the day that my old 26 self has lost somewhere along the way. I'm looking forward to seeing lightbulbs turn on, toothless grins, and a million hugs a day. I could also use the pressure of knowing that nearly 200 little eyes will be watching my everymove, soaking in the details of my daily walk. Lastly, as one of those annoying morning people, it will be nice to wake early again to the monotony of the routine that I thrive on.
So, don't feel bad that I have to work again. I will be okay.
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| ok, so i sat down several hours ago to get on with this but here i am with nothing to show. that's what chatting will do for you. actually, shortly after i began, i had much more but in following the advice of a new friend, i saved it for later and decided to embrace this time for what it really is. it's nothing. i am on here just cause i felt like it. nothing really to say but wanting to be a part of this selfish world again. by the way, if you can tell me how it's not selfish, please do so i can feel better about the whole thing.
i am most happy to be back in tx for at least a few months now. my travels were fun (as can be seen in some of the pics i managed to put on here before it became too tedious) but it will be nice to settle back into life.
so, great minds of the world have come up with a "space suit"-like bikini that apparently can warn you of cancer. though quite an invention, i don't think that i'll be sporting it anytime soon. i will just have to be my own uv ray detector. though my time with mr. sunshine is almost over cause school will begin soon and i will reenter the working world. sadness, i know.
i do have some happy news to report though. if you've visited my house before, you've probably noticed and talked about the way the adorable birds nesting above my front door try to fertilize the concrete below. well, after months of not so patiently waiting, they have finally moved elsewhere and i can destroy their home so as never to fear exiting my house again! =)
and with that delightful thought, i will go to bed.
And if tonight my soul may find her peace
in sleep, and sink in good oblivion,
and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower
then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.
~D.H. Lawrence
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