Hell in a handbasket...

rowanjan @ 2008-07-18T19:10:00

2008-07-19T02:11:07Z

Muahahahahahaha

Summer School is OVER!!!

3 whole weeks of resting!

Exhaustion, hallucinations, and insanity

2008-07-18T01:56:52Z

Monday morning I called in sick to work. I was insomniatic Sunday night and got maybe an hour of sleep.

Repeat Wednesday night. I dragged my ass into work this morning because (shock shock) Friday is the last day of summer school. That means, I just needed to get up today and tomorrow.

Work was...well...work. The moron district decided that all history teachers needed to give the district test for this semester (yet we didn't last semester...hmmmm). Now, the kicker: We had to give it today. NOT on the last day as a final. NOT after we had actually FINISHED teaching all the damned information.

Needless to say, a few of us have decided that if giving the district test means we're "done", tomorrow is going to be a...hmmm... relaxing experience. All the kids that had time available (they can only miss 1.5 days in 3 weeks) were told that if they missed all day, I couldn't drop them. (hint hint). The kids were told that they needed to be there. What I DID not tell them was what we were actually doing!

So, I'm gonna pop something tonight to help me sleep, because I'm at the point of exhaustion, nausea, and headaches. HOPEFULLY I can actually get some sleep and be up to finishing all my grading tomorrow and be ready to go at 12:20.

Then I get a whole 3 weeks of vacation. Found out that our meetings for the back to school stuff that the Admin swears they gave us a month ago, yet no teachers ever GOT it, starts while I'm on the only 3 day vacation I'm actually taking. Aug 5 and 6 are meetings, Aug 8 is teacher prep day, and we start school a full month early on Aug 11.

I'd planned on relaxing this weekend. I have an awesome family (re: not mine, a family friends of mine) party Sat. that I may or may not be able to attend, depending on how exhausted I am....

rowanjan @ 2008-07-14T10:12:00

2008-07-14T17:14:13Z

To my wonderful husband of now, today, 6 years.

2 kids, a new job, two apartment moves, you being a stay at home dad, Leaving guard to join Ives, all these changes and yet you allow me to be insane.

Thank you so much, my Panda.

ONlY if you have kids or are REALLY curious....

2008-07-14T17:12:21Z

Cailie went potty in the potty! For the first time! I sat her down after breakfast, and she watched tv for a few and then she went pee! I was sooo happy.

Then we took it into the bathroom and dumped it into the "big potty" and she flushed it. She got a (mini) chocolate bar for it being her first time. My plan is to use a calendar and stickers to do this right, but the first few times get candy to reinforce the idea.

rowanjan @ 2008-07-12T14:57:00

2008-07-12T21:58:06Z

That whore that we adore!

Happy Birfday to one of the best!

Love ya, Ya TART

rowanjan @ 2008-07-11T07:44:00

2008-07-11T14:49:22Z

Alarm goes off at 5:30 am. Kid's been coughing in the crib since 4.

Dad feeds him a bottle, let's me rest another 10 minutes.

Get up, get read, head out at 6:05.

Walk past Bug's room...she's awake and sitting on her little bed, crying silently. DAMMIT. so sad...

Walk over, sit on the floor, hold her, try to get her back down. NO go.

Pick her up, dry her off, Take her to dad in the "big bed" so she MIGHT go back to sleep with some comfort.

Head out the door. It's now 6:15. Crap. Late.

BTW, Starbucks' new mint crapochinoi thing with mint chocolate whip? Not worth it. Too minty and too overly bad chocolate for me.

All wanna do is sleep. I promise.

One more week of summer school. 5 more days. I went from 43 kids to 25. They attrite (sp?) themselves through attendance!

Child Number one

2008-07-11T01:56:54Z

....Somehow managed to drag one of her little tiny child sized chairs all the way across the room, snuggle it up against her bookshelf, and stand on top of it and pull her Duplo/Legos off her shelf.

Onto her brother's head.

Who was on the floor.

Asleep. For the first time in 7 hours.

Needless to say, the drama continues...

Teaparty pictures.

2008-07-07T00:55:28Z

For the_lessa (And all the rest of you...): The Cute that KILLS....

Cause you needed the cute overloads...

rowanjan @ 2008-07-06T09:47:00

2008-07-06T16:48:02Z

Cailie had her first tea party with Grandma and Grandpa yesterday. And most of her bears and toys. and the new stuffed dragon from Ikea.

Pictures will be posted when I can break into Daria's camera and get the pictures out....=)

rowanjan @ 2008-07-06T09:45:00

2008-07-06T16:46:56Z

Aiden's up on his knees....The next step is crawling.

Between his incoming teeth and this cold, he's been fun, then crying, then coughing, then fun again. It was fun watching him for 3 hours figure out how to pull his knees up under him and now, he's up an rocking back and forth!

Went on date night last night...

2008-07-02T15:55:58Z

Found an AWESOME new Greek/Mediterranean place in Corona on the way to Temecula.

Their Website

Good food. We basically ordered appetizers. Got two drinks. NICE. Happy hour, drinks are 25% off! Go US!

Went next door to watch Hancock.
Premise of the movie is a bit...well...Anti-superhero. Good all around movie. DO NOT expect the "plot device" to make much sense. It didn't to me. The beginning of the movie kicked ASS with the destruction of places most So Cal people will recognize (that is NOT a spoiler, btw). The Prison scene, I was told, was hilarious in a sick way (I was outside trying not to throw up.)

From now on, I wait until Netflicks has movies. I was so incredibly ill last night. I've discovered that movie theater formats make me ill, like watching someone play counterstrike, or all FPS games.

For some reason, Hancock is a superhero who doesn't know his own history. Has had amnesia for 80+ years. He finds his "designed soulmate" and they were "built in pairs". When the pairs find the other half of their match, they become mortal if together too long.

rowanjan @ 2008-06-29T08:17:00

2008-06-29T15:17:45Z

I has my first TOOTH!!!!

-Aiden

rowanjan @ 2008-06-25T16:28:00

2008-06-25T23:34:50Z

1. Post 3 things you've done in your lifetime that you don't think anybody else on your friends list has done.
2. See if anybody else responds with "I've done that."
3. Have your friends cut & paste this into their journal to see what unique things they've done in their life.

1) I was published in the UCRiverside history Department Journal (professional!) as the only FICTIONAL historical account EVERY published for them. Pompeii rocks.

2) Played condom volleyball over my friends' bed. His mom gave us the condoms to play with. I never had sex with him. not even a kiss.

3)Consistently scare Doctors with "How in the hell did you do this?" and "Wow....that should hurt"

son of a ...........

2008-06-24T19:24:45Z

I am TEACHING summer school.

I had to throw out (remove) 2 boys for being late...AGAIN...this morning. One was an hour late. ONE day of class is equal to a week and a half of school and he missed 7.5 hours of school. You do the math. He tried to go over my head to my Principal and say I never told him, but when the principal and he came back, the rest of the class laughed and said he wasn't listening, I told everyone who was in danger several times...

Then I gave a test after break. Two of my "ingenious" students decided to cheat on the test. I however, am older and wiser, and caught them red handed (actually red penciled). Since they use a red pencil to correct the tests, they just left questions blank, marked with the pencil the right letter, then tried to go back after the test and (using their own pencil, which they are NOT allowed to have for this very reason) try to quickly fill in the "right" answers.

Caught em with half the test still blank, nothing marked "wrong" and all those nice and convenient red marks. DO NOT mess with me. I'm tired, PMS'ing, and you KNEW the school rules. I DARE a parent to call, complaining that their little angel would never do that. I know for a FACT that security was talking to one of them this morning for a different problem anyway....

GRRRRRRRR

rowanjan @ 2008-06-24T10:07:00

2008-06-24T17:11:07Z

Got my first full sentence last night:

"Momma. More. Please. "

Mind you, she wanted more of my water bottle. There were breaks in the sentence. She said AND signed "More". And the first time she said it, I had to prompt her on the 'please' part.

But dammit, the second time she did it!

*happy dance*

Oh, and Aiden's fever broke. He's not as snuffly..

Two things...

2008-06-23T15:27:19Z

1) The AC at work is finally on. The guys DIDN'T come in over the freaking weekend to fix it (too logical) but instead waited until I have a full class of kids to come in, Move them around, bang and clash and other noises. At least it's cool enough to think.

2) Hell Froze, apparently. George Carlin, longtime comic and a FANTASTIC voice, died.

IMDB database

What an AMAZING man...

Big Updateiness

2008-06-19T19:18:57Z

The last two weeks of my life:

Last week was finals week for work, and graduation. That was a circus on it's own. Thankfully, I did not have to sit on the field with all 800 graduates in black robes in 100+ degrees.

I had to work for a short time Thursday, but since I'm teaching summer school, I did NOT have to clean my room, out everything away, turn in all my electronics, etc. And since I waited Wednesday to do the graduation rooms check, I got all my grades done early and got all my signatures done, So Thursday I just showed, up, got my last sigs and left again.

Friday Col and I took the kids to my mom's for the first time. We left them at her place and rented a NICE hotel room a half hour away. Dinner was good (best pizza I've had in a LONG time) sleep was nice, except my internal clock went off at 6:30 am Sat morning and I couldn't get back to sleep. Check out wasn't until noon... soooooo... I'll let you draw your own conclusions here. =)

We picked up the kids, and then drove from the desert to Orange County ( yeah, 3 hour drives!) Thank god I won a VW that gets kick ass gas miles. Had dinner with G-gma and Breakfast the next day with The_lessa and Da Broot Squad, Shiny and Fish, and us with kids. The Lessa keeps using words like "the cuteness that kills" on Bug. Boo just cries alot. I'm hoping it's just the teething, cause if not, Col's threatening to velcro him to a wall somewhere and terrycloth jumpers are perfect for velcro.

My Stepdad handed me $500 to buy mom a Mac Mini, since her old G3, which was Col's at Blizzard (gads, 5 years?) is dying. We have two spare Flats for her so she can get rid of the CRT and she has a mouse and keyboard, so we're set there. She's also getting internet (FINALLY dammit. I think the fact that my aunt in San Diego's been getting pictures of the kids on Facebook faster than Mom's getting hard copies decided it for her!)

Sunday night was clean, cook, etc. Monday started Summer school (you WILL note the length of my vacation, please. ONE FREAKING DAY.) My hip was aching horribly and the minute I got him Bug started with a new word. POOOOOOL. Very adorable, Her lips get all pucker up. She'd been playing with the new pool float we bought for Boo and asking dad all day for pooooooool.

We took them. They had a blast. Boo's a water baby anyway (Capricorn!) and Bug's just discovered laying down in the tub. That's was a experience, since the apt pool is 3 feet deep at the SHALLOW end. Thankfully both of them had pool boats. Dad with one, me with the other.

Took an IB, cause my hip/leg was still hurting. I'm wondering if it's related to the HUGE bruise on my right leg that I don't remember getting. It's the size of my FIST and it all shades of purple and black and green and yellow. Swollen, too. I know HOW I got it....that evil and dememted computer Desk from hell!

Tuesday work: Went to get the mini after school then drove to Pomona to help Wes Move...again. He failed to tell anyone else about the need to move from one side of the apt complex to the other...Again. It was hot. AGAIN. This is two or three summers in a row that Cal Poly has moved him for the summer and it has SUCKED.

Got home too late for the wow Raid on Shadow Labs we'd planned with the guild and since I'm the freaking holy priest, the raid fell apart. Sorry about that, guys.

Last night: Got home. Derek was with the kids, cause Col decided (for no good reason, which he apologized for profusely later when he realized his screw up) to leave the kids with Derek, who was running a 102.5 fever and spacing out, and go to Frys to buy something that we didn't need for a month (speakers and a web cam for Mom) There were so many things wrong that I can't go over it all here.

Today: Work (did I mention that Summer school starts a half hour EARLIER than regular school? That means I have to LEAVE riverside by 6:10 to be in Fontucky (Fontanana) by 6:45?) ON the positive side, I get out at 12:20....with on break at 9:30...oh, yeah and THE AC IS OFF AGAIN. yesterday it was EASILY 90 in here, Today it's gonna be HOTTER.

Update: The first room I was gonna move the kids into had no AC either. Ended up borrow a room from a teacher who is in the labs for the day. I'm dying up here....

I finally figured it out...

2008-06-09T15:31:28Z

Why our student's don't pass....

I like the elephant.

Woot

2008-06-08T01:30:50Z

Zombie DAY!

2008-06-06T15:24:38Z

Zombie meme
You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.

2. one song blasting on the speakers.

3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Answer:

1) all my students to feed to the zombies while I escape (Remember, you don't have to be faster than the dragon, just faster than the halfling)

2) Barney.. That should kill them. Make their heads explode, like in Mars Attacks!

3) Bruce Campell...or Hot Fuzz... Or the female Terminator. Kick ass with me now!

YESYESYES!!!!!

2008-05-30T19:46:17Z

I finally figured it out!!!

Two years. TWO LONG YEARS. I finally found the freaking button to click to cut my LJ so you don't have to read it if you don't wanna!!

Made you Look!

Stolen From Shinyevil

2008-05-30T16:09:35Z

(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x ) Smoked a cigarette
( x) Drank so much you threw up
(x) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back (of course!)
( x) Gone on a blind date
(x) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
(x ) Been to Canada
(x) Been to Mexico
(x ) Been to Florida
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Been lost (only in FREAKING IRVINE/Tustin. That air base screws me up!)
() Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(x ) Felt like dying
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops/robbers or cowboys/ Indians
(x) Recently colored with crayons
(x ) Sang Karaoke
(x ) Paid for a meal with only coins
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?
(x) Made prank phone calls
(x) Had a one night stand (*ahem*)
(x ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
( x) Cried in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Watched the sunrise with someone you care about (The sun comes UP?!?!?)
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x ) Been skinny dipping outdoors
(x) Gone to the movies (dumb question)

Dammit. What's left for me to do?

1. Any nickname? Bunny
2. Mother's name? Linda
3. Favorite drink? Kahlua
4. Tattoos? Only the bandaid I have on…
5. Body Piercings? Ears only, thanks
6. How much do you love your job? Good and bad.
7. Birthplace? San Diego, CA
8. Favorite vacation spot? My bedroom
9. Ever been to Africa? No.
11. Ever been on TV? Yes, a few of times.
12. Ever steal a traffic sign? yes.
13. Ever been in a car accident? Yes.
14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? One of each
15. Favorite salad dressing? Collin’s homemade
16. Favorite pie? Pumpkin
17. Favorite number? 9
18. Favorite movie? Too many. Define category!
19. Favorite Holiday? Halloween
20. Favorite dessert? Anything involving caramel or chocolate (or both)
21. Favorite food? Lasagna
22. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.
23. Favorite brand of body wash? Nope.
24. Favorite smell? Oranges
25. What do you do to relax? Read in bed, listen to music, lounge about, Wow
26. Do you have a message to your friends reading this email? Have you actually learned anything reading this thing?
27. How do you see yourself in 10 years? 10 years older. Two preteens.
28. Places you will send this message. Uh…the intarwebz?
29. Who will respond to this the fastest? Hopefully, no one, cause they should all know this.?

rowanjan @ 2008-05-29T12:52:00

2008-05-29T19:53:11Z

Just cause I thought it was funny....

From www.evolvefish.com

For the liberals in the crowd

2008-05-29T18:52:48Z

I love this website...

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take that, conservative minority!!!!

2008-05-29T15:24:23Z

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