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Well, I’ve been busy working…subbing and getting the last of my grading done. I’m almost finished! Woohoo!
People keep asking me what I’m going to do this summer. The answer to that is…um, I have no idea. I’ll be subbing until the last possible day to sub, and my pays are two weeks behind. That’ll get me through to the end of June. I start teaching a college class in mid-July, which will get me through half of July and most of August. So I have a couple of gaps that I’m going to need to fill in…I don’t think I can bring myself to work retail or restaurant again. I suppose I might put my name in at a few temp agencies, but they have so few actual temp positions. Hrm. Suggestions are welcome. 🙂
I hope all the mothers out there had a lovely Mother’s Day. I met my parents in Ellicottville for lunch, which was very nice. My mom and Rand’s mom both got the Mother’s Day calligraphy gifts I had made and posted on my Etsy site. I think they were both pleased.
Yesterday was my Dad’s birthday, which I forgot to mention on the blog, but did not forget to acknowledge. Happy Birthday, Dad!
I finished a couple of books yesterday…As Seen on TV, chicklit by Sarah Mlynowski (borrowed from LT!), and The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. I enjoyed both. I didn’t like The Thief Lord nearly as much as I liked Inkheart, though. Today, I’ve started The Amber Spyglass, the third part of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman.
Monday’s Heroes was awesome, of course. I’m both excited and a little sad about next week’s season finale.
Watched Idol last night, and I think maybe Jordin’s going to go this week. I think Melinda’s proven herself to be an incredibly versatile performer over the past few weeks, and she rocks! Also, Blake was very good, and he’s very popular among the young girls. We’ll see how that goes…
Say “si!” to MexAmerica
There’s a company based in my hometown called MexAmerica…they make tortillas and chips and the like. Their tortillas are good (and are available at Wegmans!), and I pretty much always buy them when I’m buying tortillas. In fact, I’m eating a fajita made with a MexAmerica tortilla right now. 😉 I heard that Mighty Taco uses their tortillas, but I can’t confirm that.
Anyway, MexAmerica used to sell fajita kits…just tortillas and a seasoning packet…it was the best fajita seasoning in the history of packaged fajita seasoning. I don’t know what it was…a sort of smoky flavor. Nothing else even comes close. (I’ve been using Ortega, which is okay, but…) A while back, they stopped selling it. This made me very, very sad. 🙁
I just sent an email to the company, but in the meantime, does anyone have a recommendation for me?
Week in review
Well, I’m finally able to breathe a bit…grades for two classes are DONE. I’m reading portfolios for my third class, started today, and I have plenty of time to finish them. I’m calculating their final grades as I go along. The fourth class finished up their writing exit exams yesterday. I’m in the home stretch!
I’m working today, and I’ve found myself with an extra free period, so I figured I’d share what I’ve been up to in the past week other than grading papers!
Last Saturday was Free Comic Book Day. Rand and Wolfram made an appearance at Queen City Comics on Main Street.
We started the day with breakfast with Wolfram and his wife Rai-an at Amy’s Place, then headed over to the shop at around 11. The guys played three sets with short breaks in between. Small crowds would gather now and then, and several people bought copies of Super Secret. Emil got us pizza from Just Pizza for lunch, which I didn’t realize how much I’d missed until that moment. Later, I was browsing a discount rack in the shop and came across a fun Alias book (a book about the tv show, not the comic). It came with a bonus DVD and has a full episode guide–something the box set is missing. I was contemplating buying it when Emil told me to take it as a gift. Aw…thanks, Emil!
Saturday evening, we met up with jennimi and Scott for dinner at Anchor Bar, and then went to see the Shredd & Ragan Comedy Fest. The Comedy Fest featured Mike Birbiglia, a very, very funny comedian. He was the reason we went. The rest of the so-called fest featured Evil Jim (who really shouldn’t ever do stand-up…eep.), Tom Tran (very funny) and Matt Bergman (pretty funny).
On Sunday, we spent some time visiting Rand’s brother and SIL and their new baby, Aiden.
What a little cutie, eh?
The rest of the week has been kind of a blur. I finished reading The Golden Compass and am nearly finished with The Subtle Knife. I’m really, really liking them. Heroes and Lost both rocked my world this week. I was unsurprised that LaKisha was voted off of Idol this week. (by the way…TiVo is the best thing EVER. I can zip through an episode of AI in 20 minutes.) Yoga continues to be amazing.
There’s probably more, but that’s gonna be it for now, I think. Back to class for me.
Happy Friday, everyone!
Getting there…
Two of my four classes finished today. A third will finish tomorrow afternoon, and then it’s just grading portfolios for the fourth one.
I can see the light!
Busy workin’
I’ve been working a lot to bring home the big bucks (ha), which means less computer time. I managed to upload some photos to flickr this morning, so you can check those out.
I’ll have more details up when I get the chance.
Happy Monday!
TGIF!
This week has felt unbearably long and tiring for some reason. So long, in fact, that I gave myself today off. I wanted to try and find some relief for my back/shoulder pain. I wasn’t able to get an appointment today, but I’ve got one for Monday, so yay…I’m very happy it’s the end of the week, even though I’m looking a relatively busy weekend.
Congratulations to Rand’s brother and sister-in-law, who had a baby this week! We’re probably going to be seeing them tomorrow. 🙂
I ventured out briefly today and got myself a yoga mat at Marshalls. (there were “higher-end” mats there for not much more $, but the one I got has its own little mesh bag w/strap for carrying.) I was also lured in by the book outlet next to Marshalls and ended up buying three books. (they were so cheap! I couldn’t resist.)
OH! and my contributor’s copy of Buffalo Spree came today. The very first thing in the issue’s Money section (which was the focus of the May/June issue)? The profile I did of Adam English! Yay! I also profiled Thomas and the principal of Tapestry Charter High School.
There was one sad little snafu…my name is spelled wrong in the issue. Ah well.
Also profiled, though not by me, Buffalo’s sexiest bagpiper. 😉 (He plays a mean accordion as well. And don’t forget the penny whistle!
I also got a cute pair of Tevas, which I found online for a very reasonable price. Yay! Photos to come.
Thursday ramblings
The semester is rapidly coming to an end, and so I’ve been busybusy with class-type things. And after today, I have a big ol’ pile of papers to grade, so I’ll be even more busy. Phew!
I am teaching a class again this summer, and I’ll be needing to figure out how to make enough $ to sustain me in the in-between times. (from when school ends in June until the summer session starts, and from when the summer session ends until I start getting paychecks in the fall.)
I had my second yoga class last night, and I am loving it. I’m looking into getting myself a yoga mat of my very own.
I just began reading The Sparrow, which I’ve heard nothing but good things about. The downside is that it’s a 405-page book, and I’m finding myself wanting to do nothing but readreadread. I’ve finished several YA selections in the past couple of weeks, which you can see over at Required Reading. (or not. I can’t seem to get the link to work. you can get there from my About page, if you care. Or try this.)
I loved Heroes this week, and I’m eagerly anticipating next week’s episode! I haven’t watched last night’s Lost yet, but I’m also looking forward to that.
And with that, I’m off to read. Or grade. But probably read…
Okay…
I’ve been avoiding directly addressing the Virginia Tech massacre, because really, what is there to say? I’ve been kind of walking around in a vaguely horrified stupor for the past couple of days.
And then I read this. And whatever the reason, that was the thing that broke me. The image of this professor, wounded, blocking the door so his students could escape. Reading that he was a Holocaust survivor.
My heart goes out to everyone on that campus and to everyone who knows someone on that campus and all the friends and families of the victims. I don’t know what else to say.
New calligraphy
I did this piece for Joe’s wedding, and since he received it last night, I can post the image. 🙂
I was particularly pleased with the way this turned out. Want to see more?