I'm ready to go back to work.

I love my job. I really do! Although I never EVER thought I'd be a teacher, I love it. I especially love teaching French because it gives me a lot of freedom to teach cultural things and to help my students learn about what is out there in the world beyond the Warren Bypass.

I also love snow days. I really really do! But I think that three in a row was a little much. Especially butted up against the weekend. I mean, one a week for the month of February would have been perfect. Then it would have been like a nice little break from five-day weeks, but spread out enough.

So honestly, this is a little too much. I cleaned out all of my drawers on the snow days earlier in the month. This time I did laundry, I packed up CD's (in case I move sometimes soon), I grocery shopped, I hung out with friends and spent a little too much money out and about, I met with a man about buying a house and I spent WAAAAAY too much time on Facebook. I am ready to get back to work. Actually, I am excited to go to the basketball game tonight to see my students and my teacher friends - it's amazing how much I miss them when I'm not around them!!

But I guess we are supposed to get another bad snowstorm next week? I'm sure I'll be happy if I get "the call" - as long as it's only for one day at a time please!!

Here is a photo of the fam from last Saturday at my dad's 60th birthday party! Note the cute little maternity top on my sister :) Love it!! Can't wait until July!!

Chillin' Out - Literally

First of all an update on my phone. I made up with Sprint. They are giving me my rebate AND the girl at Best Buy either messed up or Carlos from Sprint hooked me up because I got my new Blackberry (aka Crackberry) for a great deal. Awesome.

Secondly I am really enjoying another day off. I slept until 10 a.m., which is a feat for me, just enjoyed some oatmeal and now I'm drinking some coffee and blogging. I am also doing a little laundry and should be reading the biographies for the Alumni Hall of Fame - I'll do that in a bit.

So I was thinking that I would like to research how many snow days there have been each year for the past 30 years. I love it when my friends from high school or elementary school say "We didn't get that many snow days when we were young!" When actually, I think we did get a few a year. I was also thinking that maybe the superintendents are more leery these days because of the dangers of getting sued or chastised for not canceling school and students getting into accidents, buses sliding all over the road, students falling on the ice, etc. Just a thought? At any rate, I am loving it.

I am not loving all the snow though. I really would like to place a bet with someone as to when all these mounds and mounds of snow are going to melt. I am thinking they'll be here at least until my birthday, if not until the end of February. It's supposed to be 40 degrees on Sunday but cold again all next week ... with more snow. Oh well, the trials and tribulations of living in NE Ohio I guess!!

FRUSTRATION!!

I am so mad at Sprint. Well, I'm a little mad at myself too. Seems like I never have much luck with technology ... and out of most of my family and friends ... I AM THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY!!!!

Let's start from my early problems of breaking cameras. My family says "you always get a new camera" (which is not true) because it seems like they always break - after a few years. I did love it when we could use those disposable ones - no fuss, no muss. And yesterday when I tried to take a picture of my dad at his birthday party I noticed that the screen on my 2 year old camera is cracked. That's what I get for carrying it around in my purse with me all the time.

I got my first iPod - for free as a reward from a travel company - in 2005 and it lasted only for about a year and a half. I didn't complain too much because it was first generation and, well, um, it was free. So I had an MP3 player for awhile, but this year I've moved back to the iPod ... so far so good (keep your fingers crossed).

And my computer drama. In the summer of 2006 (right after my first iPod broke) I made an impulse buy of an HP Pavilion laptop. I'd always wanted one and although I didn't really research it, I trusted my friend's suggestion and went for it. I wasn't connected to the Internet for awhile in my apartment but I would take it to friends' houses and steal the wireless in their neighborhoods. That turned out to be dumb because I got a virus. My sound skipped. The main reason I wanted the laptop was for music since my iPod had broken and now I couldn't even listen to it. I finally got that fixed in the summer of 2007 with a complete overhaul of the system and I got a broadband Internet card in 2007, only to have the hard drive fail on me in May 2008 ... and more problems in the fall of 2008 ... and now the monitor is broken on it and I have my laptop hooked up to my 2001 Gateway monitor in my living room. Can I say G H E T T O ? Some benefits of having a laptop.

Finally, my phone. I got a Katana II in fall of 2007 and never got my mail-in rebate check from Sprint. I forgot about it or only thought about it at inopportune times and never really called to check on it. So now I REALLY REALLY REALLY want a new phone to replace that piece of crap and my account is showing that I upgraded in October 2007 when I never received the $150 benefit of the upgrade at that time. So now I can't get $150 upgrade benefit until August AND I never got the benefit of the $150 from the last one. Screwed. Just plain screwed.

So I guess the lesson here is that I am just bad luck with technology. I suppose I ought to start researching things and taking my time with them instead of buying on impulse ... or actually following up when someone (that someone being SPRINT) owes me money, but whatever. I will just lust after the latest and greatest things. Yeah, for about twelve seconds ...

... then I'll buy it, who am I kidding?

It's a SNOW DAY!

So I've never really thought about doing a blog before, but then I decided that it might be a good way for me to share some of the fun (well, fun to me) aspects of my life.

Maybe someone will find it interesting? Maybe not? I suppose that the more social media outlets I use the more I can procrastinate from other things that I ought to be doing.

Well, there it is. Today I am enjoying a snow day or a cold day (the temperature is 0 degrees with a windchill of -14 degrees) and I hope to get some cleaning done around the apartment. Oh, and I start my new grad school class tonight, so I guess that will keep me busy!

Here are some photos of me with my friends and family a few weeks ago!