welcome november.

only 2 months left in the year 2o1o. it has been a good year. but i would like to see what the next one is all about.

this weekend was fun. friday after school i went to harvest moon with john and his co-workers before going to the fair, then john's house. the fair was not too fun. but naturally, harper was the one who wanted to ride everything and davis was more than cautious, despite the fact that he's 5 and she's only 3. saturday morning john and i went to get doughnuts together. yummy but waaaay too fattening. saturday afternoon john came and picked me up to go to my parents' house for the party. everybody thought elton was super-cute. and he was. john insisted that i say elton was the cutest one there. saturday night john and i carved our pumpkins, finally. i didn't get to do an intricate pattern like usual, because we were in a hurry to get them out before trick-or-treating began! john made his look like his pumpkin got sick and threw up pumpkin guts. mine was a bat. when the trick-or-treaters came, two of them were my students and they were very surprised to see me. "it's the music lady!!!" john and i watched "The Crazies" before bed, but luckily it wasn't too scary.

sunday i got a flu shot at church (weird, i know) and my arm is still sore!!! ouch! since my dad was there, i had him pay for it! hooray! sunday afternoon i actually did a lot of cleaning before taking my nap. john and i had pizza and watched DH as usual. it was the last time we'll get to hang out until next sunday!! because...

i'm leaving thursday after school to go visit my sister in north carolina! i'm very excited, even though it means a weekend without john. john doesn't understand why i feel so sad about not seeing him for a full week. he doesn't know how lucky he is. i used to cry every time my bf would leave me, even if it was just for the night. i was so unhealthy! i told john that i could stand him missing me a little more. but he just keeps insisting that it will be okay and we'll text a lot. i'll believe it when i see it!

john has a new favorite activity... cracking my back. he makes me lay on the ground and he pops my back around. he finds it extremely satisfying when my back makes loud popping sounds. i went to pick up something from his house last night and i wasn't there 5 minutes before he was asking to pop my back again. maybe he's found a new calling as a chiropractor. i do carry a LOT of tension in my back, so the adjustment does help. i'd like a massage too though!

halloween fun.

i'm proud to say that i did everything on my list from yesterday. it was a total veg out night. john had a football game last night, but i'm glad i stayed home instead of going to the game. sometimes i have good intentions on the weekend of doing things like painting my nails and reading and then i never do them. i'm glad i committed to it and got it done. no i didn't do anything of the not-fun things i need to do like clean the litter box, but i thoroughly enjoyed relaxing.

after school i've got to go find a skeleton to hang on john's front door. he asked me to get one because we're planning to stay home tomorrow night and pass out candy to the kiddos. then after my parents and brother get off work, we're going to the fair! john refuses to go :( boooooo! i'm excited about having my footlong hotdog and riding rides with davis and harper. after the fair, i'm going to john's house... so i get the best of both worlds tonight- family and john.

tomorrow is davis and harper's halloween party at my parents' house. i'm wearing leopard ears and tail with an all black outfit and leopard print shoes. so i'll only be semi-costumed. harper is going as hannah montana and davis is boba fet? someone from star wars. i just know he has a jet pack. john is coming and bringing elton, possibly dressed as a cowboy.. the dog, not john. after the party is the GA/FL game and i guess john and i need to carve our pumpkins. we're going to watch a scary movie, but i hope it's not paranormal activity!

this weekend should be REALLY fun! i hope john is feeling okay all weekend. it would be a bummer if he felt bad and we didn't get to do everything.

today at school we're having a fall dance for all the kiddos so i'm not teaching. i'll be in the gym selling candy all day. gotta go do that now...

rainy day plans.

in about an hour it will be time to go home from school. it's raining today. and i have no schedule and no plans for the evening. how amazing does that sound? here is the run-down of what i'd like to do tonight:

• nap
• paint my nails
• read
• turn on my Halloween lights
• burn my pumpkin candle
• write a note to a friend
• watch the project runway finale (without J..boohoo!)
• cuddle with my cats
  

saturday randomness.

happy saturday, blog friends. i'm sorry to say that i'm not feeling too well this beautiful day. i woke up with lots of tension and a big fat headache. i've taken loads of medicine and hopefully it will start feeling better. in an hour i'm meeting with a couple friends to practice for a wedding. a friend from high school/church is singing at another friend's wedding in november and i'm playing piano (keyboard actually). i'm most excited about the wedding because my high school best friend, jeremy, will be there and i haven't seen him in 6 or 7 years. there are many other things i would like to do this weekend, including:

1. upload tons of photos and order some
2. mail cards to friends and sister!
3. read glamour magazine
4. brainstorm on how to save money for christmas gifts
5. go to the public library
6. read part of the new book that came yesterday!
7. paint my nails
8. buy candy and treats for school and church this week

i'm not sure how much of that will get done! tonight i'm going out with john. or maybe staying in with john. we don't have a plan yet... just know that this is date night. i already know what i'm going to wear- my jean skirt and tall slouchy brown boots with some sort of shirt. i have one in mind, but i'll have to try it on with the skirt before i make my final selection.

i have a confession: i'm really glad that "say yes to the dress: big bliss" is over. i didn't enjoy the plus-size wedding dress shopping. i mean, it was kind of sad sometimes! i'm not sure what the point of that was... to encourage people to lose weight? to say fat is beautiful? i really prefer to watch thin, beautiful women buy wedding dresses. i'm sorry if that's rude. next week "what not to wear" comes back! maybe megin and i can watch and chat our comments to each other. good times.

how did i get so poor? it's really frustrating. i've stopped using credit cards and i'm working on paying them off. i don't have much debt on them, but i'd rather have none! you can't really save money if you have debt. i'm thinking of getting rid of cable. hopefully my new insurance plan will make my pharmacy payments go down. i spend at least $250 on medicine every month. john never pays for his prescriptions! i'm getting his plan. i know it's not right to long for marriage because of the stability it provides... but i can't help but think that! if i was married and lost my job, i wouldn't have to worry nearly as much about losing my health insurance and all. at the end of this year i will be fully certified as a teacher, and get a pretty substantial pay raise. but i do have to make it to may before that.

friday fill-ins... for real

1. One of my strongest beliefs is that all things work together for good. There's always a lesson to be learned or something to be gained... but you may not discover it until farther down the road.

2. My desire for a diet coke right now is huge!

3. The sky is cloudy with a threat of rain and wind and cold, so I curl up on the couch with a blanket and my cats and take a nap.

4. Cuddling is comforting to me.

5. I always thought I'd be having babies by now.

6. I turned into a werewolf and then I went outside to look at the full moon.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing by myself and reading a new book that should be delivered today, tomorrow my plans include practicing for a wedding and having a date with John and Sunday, I want to have a good performance by my Angel Choir at church!

friday fill-ins

as i was perusing the blog world today, i found a blog called "Friday Fill-Ins". so even though it's not friday, i decided to go for it.

1. Wow, it's only 2:21, which means i still have to sit here at work for awhile.

2. I long for someone to call me beautiful.

3. My favorite way to start a day is watching the Today Show for as long as I want.

4. I heard my cat Andy knocking on the front door and he walked in the door holding a pumpkin.

5. I look out my window and see a patio where teachers go to smoke.

6. Love is what I've been thinking about lately.

7. And as for the weekend (not really), tonight I'm looking forward to going to John's house to watch project runway and cuddle , tomorrow my plans include working, reading, napping, and eating and Sunday, I want to feel rested and ready for Monday!

boring?

we're half-way through the week, so i feel obligated to post again. why did i find blogging so much easier in college? maybe i had more exciting things to write about. instead this was my day yesterday:

• 7:15 arrive at work
• 7:25 chorus begins
• 8:30 start teaching classes
• 3:45 leave work
• 4:00 play piano and discipline children @ terrific tuesday
• 5:40 go home
• 5:45 take out trash, put away clean dishes and fill with dirty ones, clean both litter boxes, clean up bee's throw up
• 7:00 fall asleep on couch
• 7:50 go to parents' house to get a check and pick up laundry
• 8:30 eat pizza
• 9:15 put away clothes and text john
• 9:45 talk to john on fbook
  
• 11:00 turn off tv, listen to podcasts, go to sleep

busy but boring day. after work today i'm planning to nap until time to go to church. i wish i was going to see john tonight, but i have to wait until tomorrow. i have no plans for the weekend except that john and i will do something on saturday night. is my life boring? what should i be doing to add more excitement?