two birds...

to your right: TGIfr!days in all its suburban glory. we go here because they give you STRAWS in your COSMOS & MARTINIS!

aah how wonderful that tomorrow is wednesday and thursday and friday there is no school! also, this is the in-between-"week" because it falls between two grading periods - so i don't really feel all that compelled to do anything really structured at work.

close save today.

the fourth grade bilingual teacher, who is also a first year teacher, went to school at wheaton college. yes it's a college affiliated with the always affectionately called "cult" where dancing could get you on probation and having a boy in your room with the door closed could get you thrown out (i'm not sure about that one, you'll have to check their code of conduct.) now yes, having been affiliated with that group i was hoping to go to a college such as wheaton college - yet i am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO grateful they rejected me! anyway when she was telling me about having gone to wheaton college, i told her oh i applied there. they rejected me. i'm glad though because wheaton college doesn't have a nuclear reactor. (they don't!) my alma mater, on the other hand, does. of course that's only part of the reason i'm "forever grateful" for not being accepted there. you know, throw in my motivation for wanting to attend a small christian college (sketchy at best but most likely i think the main motivation was the MRS degree) and when i look back i think of all the things i would not have experienced if i had gotten in. hell i wouldn't have learned to salsa dance OR to tango (argentine style, the only real tango there is.) and i'd be one of those dumb voters whose ears perk up at the sound of "abortion" and "gay marriage" and automatically vote for the one who is against these issues (i am so ashamed to admit it, but i was this way in 2000. however, we know that he did not win the election FOR REAL so my vote didn't really count. but still.)

so i killed two birds with one stone: by saying i had wanted to go to wheaton college, that could keep her off my back with respect to the whole religion issue (if she asks i'm telling her i'm buddhist. kidding!) because having applied to a xtian school she may assume i've already heard it. and i did get my point across: i'm glad i didn't get accepted at wheaton college. (of course it must be mentioned that i am making a slew of assumptions about her based solely on where she went to college. i did hear her talking with another teacher today about "finding a church" (a typical xtian thing to say when they've moved to a new place.))

i must mention that the seasonal depression/lack of light/sleep is getting to me; yesterday i kept confusing all my blonde boys and calling them by the wrong names. i think i'm just tired.