It’s Friday, and I am ready to kick back with some friends and get my drink on! What are your plans for tonight?
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The Joys of Babysitting
Last night for the first time, my sister let me babysit my niece who turns six years old today. I’ve never understood why my sister does not let me babysit, but she never has. It’s always kind of hurt my feelings, but after my mother made a big deal over it, she finally asked me to babysit while she and her husband went out for their anniversary. It’s hard to believe that she’s been married to that asshole for fifteen years.
My niece was so excited to have Uncle Joe spending the evening with her that she was beside herself with anticipation. She loves her Uncle Joe almost as much as I love her. When I got there she wanted to play school. She is obviously liking school, even if her parents were afraid she wouldn’t. Why else would she want to play school, if she didn’t enjoy it? So we played school; I cooked supper; we watched a little Disney Jr; we drew shapes and pictures; and I read to her. We had a fantastic time.
I was exhausted when I left, but also exhilarated at getting a chance to spend some one-on-one time with my beautiful, sweet, and intelligent niece. We had such a great time. I love that little girl.
P.S. The picture above is of Ryan Phillippe with his daughter Ava Elizabeth, spending quality time out at the beach.
TMI QUESTIONS: I’M FALLING FOR YOU
I’M FALLING FOR YOU
How does Fall rank on your list of favorite seasons?
Fall is my favorite season. My birthday is in fall, but most importantly, I love the weather. Alabama usually has wonderful fall weather. It’s cooler without being cold, and the scorching heat is pretty much gone. I also love the beauty of the fallen leaves.
2. What are your favorite fall fashions?
Browns and other earth tones tend to look good on my with my olive complexion and brown hair and brown eyes. Also, since I usually don’t wear short sleeve button-up shirts, it’s nice to be able to wear long sleeve shirts in relative comfort.
3. What are your favorite fall foods?
I love hearty soups and stews during the fall. A good chili or Brunswick stew are my favorites. They just seem to fit with fall for me. There are also a few foods that I can only get at this time of year, such as fresh green boiled peanuts, chestnuts, and scuppernongs. Yummy one and all.
4. Have you ever FALLEN and couldn’t get up?
Thankfully, no.
5. Fall is the start of the new TV season, which show are you most anticipating?
I’m really looking forward to the season premiere of The Big Bang Theory tonight.
6. What fall activities like apple picking, hiking, foliage trips, do you enjoy or plan on doing?
None of the above, but I will go to some football games. In Alabama, that is the quintessential fall activity.
7. Halloween is __________.
Halloween is my favorite holiday. Halloween parties are so much fun, and I love decorating for Halloween.
8. Do you dress up for Halloween?
It’s not a Halloween if you don’t dress up. This year I’m going as a Scotsman in a kilt. Anybody want to guess what will be under my kilt. Hopefully, someone will want to find out.
9. Do you have daylight savings time where you live?
Yes, and unlike most people, I enjoy the days getting shorter and darkness coming earlier. I’m such a night person.
10. Thanksgiving is __________.
Thanksgiving is delicious and filled with what I’m most thankful for, my family.
11. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?
Without a doubt, my favorite Thanksgiving food is pecan pie. Though if the dressing is good, I love that too.
BONUS
Do you FALL asleep after sex? Have you FALLEN out of bed while having sex?
Since my refractory period is usually relatively short, I’m usually ready to go again instead of falling a sleep. However, I certainly don’t mind curling up in a man’s arms after sex.
I’ve never fallen out of bed during sex.
Aggravation
Between students lying, coaches thinking winning is more important than a test, and my dogs getting out and running around the neighborhood, I had a very aggravating day yesterday.
First of all, a student told his parents that I am never in my classroom during class. That just pisses me off, since I am probably one of only teachers who never leaves their students in the classroom by themselves. If I have to go to the restroom, I wait until we are between classes. Once I get into my room in the morning, I rarely leave it except for break and lunch. The only time that I am not in my room is during my planning period because I am usually running off tests or other such errands.
The next thing was that one of our coaches took nearly half of my class to “practice” before they left for their game. Who has practice before leaving for an away game? I wouldn’t have minded as much, if I was not giving a major test. Was I asked if I had something important going on? No! Did I complain to our principal? Yes! Did anything get done about it? No! All of the students in the class got a reprieve and the test will be today because I did not want the students who did take the test to be able to tell those not there what was on it. They think they got an advantage, but they’re not smarter than me, no matter what they think. Since most of them weren’t listening when I was lecturing, an extra day will not do them any good. There is no way to pass this test if you had not listened in class.
The last thing was the dogs. I have a large fenced in backyard. For some reason the dogs decided to break through the fence. I spent nearly three hours fixing fences and corralling dogs back through the gate. Four times they got out, four times they found a new way out. Finally, I fixed all of the escape routes (fingers crossed, anyway). I was ready to kill them before it was over. Poor dogs, they had no idea how aggravated I already was today.
Sorry, but sometimes I just feel the need to bitch and gripe. I hope you guys don’t mind too much.
Relief
Yesterday did provide some relief, but all of the dread I was feeling gave me a terrible migraine. I’m sure all of you have heard of functioning alcoholics; well, I’m a functioning migraine sufferer. Some people who have migraines have to go to bed in a dark place. It’s what I always want to do when I have a migraine, but I rarely have that luxury. I did not have at luxury yesterday. I had to keep going and do what I needed to do. Since I had the day off, I went ahead and ran some errands after my “ordeal.”
When I got home, I cooked supper. I had promised my aunt that I would fry some okra for her. She told me that since I had a migraine, I shouldn’t have tried to cook, but I did anyway. I braised a London broil that was on sale at the grocery store, cooked some collard greens and fried some cornbread. It was quite delicious, but I didn’t have much of an appetite because migraines tend to make me slightly nauseous. After supper, I went to bed. Luckily, I can always count on HRH to bring me some comfort. She curled up on top of me after I laid down, and we called it an early night.
By the way, with my triskaidekaphobia* I’m dreading today, just a little bit. However, since it’s my mothers birthday, I probably shouldn’t see it as bad luck.
*Triskaidekaphobia (from Greek tris meaning “3”, kai meaning “and”, deka meaning “10” and phobos meaning “fear” or “morbid fear”) is fear of the number 13 and avoidance to use it; it is a superstition and related to a specific fear of Friday the 13th, called paraskevidekatriaphobia (from Παρασκευή Paraskevi, Greek for Friday) or friggatriskaidekaphobia (after Frigg, the Norse goddess Friday is named after in English).
Blue Days
I think we all have those days when we just feel a bit blue, down in the dumps, or just plain melancholy. Yesterday was one of those days, and I suspect today will be as well. Many times, there is just no good reason for these moods, and on other days, there is a very good reason. Yesterday was one of those days with a reason. The thing is, I’m off work today; something that should make me happy. However, I’m off work today because I have something I have to do today that I don’t want to do. I really don’t want to go into an explanation of what I have to do today, but it’s going to be uncomfortable. I know that when it is over, a great weight will be lifted off my shoulders. It’s still something I wish I didn’t have to do, but I really don’t have a choice.
I know I’m being cryptic about what this is all about, but I can’t help it. I promise you guys that it is nothing really bad, but this is just something I have to face the facts about. I felt the need to write about my feelings in hopes that it will bring me some comfort. Sometimes it helps to just let the stream of consciousness flow, and after writing this, maybe I do feel a little better. I’d still much rather just stay in bed today and hide.
Early Morning
I had to get up about an hour early this morning to be at school extra early. I am not a morning person, which is the reason I usually write my posts the night before and schedule them for the next day. However, since I have to get up early and I’ve been busy making out a test for most of the evening, this is going to be a short post.
You probably know by now that this blog is a bit eclectic, so you never know what you will get. Silvereagle called my blog “a very varied site” yesterday, and that’s true, especially since I’m trying to open up more about myself and be a bit more personal, like the last two posts. The only problem is that sometimes, actually most of the time, my life is pretty boring. The more personal posts seem to resonate with my wonderful readers more, so I’m trying. So just a quick survey and you can post your answers to this question in the comments section below: what type of post do you most prefer from me? Or, do you just like to be surprised?
TGIF
It’s the end of the second week of school. So far things seem to be going well, and the students are responding well with my new “I’m not taking any of your crap” attitude. So tonight, I plan on getting my drink on with friends. The question is: should I drink Vodka or Beer? I will probably go for beer, but I haven’t totally decided, vodka goes down too smoothly, especially when it’s mixed with something and I might have too much. I always stick to only one type of drink a night, so that I don’t get a hangover or get sick. No matter what I drink, I plan on having a good time.
I’ve Got Nothing
I racked my brain all night last night trying to come up with a post for today. I came up with nothing, but this nice picture. I remember thinking yesterday morning that I had come up with a great idea for a post, but for the life of me, I can’t remember what it was. I guess it must not have been that great. Oh, well…I hope you guys have a wonderful Monday. I’m hoping that mine will go well. My computer at school has died (apparently, the motherboard went bad), so hopefully I can get another one soon, even if it is just a temporary fix until the school can get me something else.
National Underwear Day
In an effort to publicly shine light on “unmentionables,” Freshpair founded National Underwear Day on August 5th, 2003. Over the last 10 years they’ve celebrated underwear by hosting New York City model events, massive underwear giveaways, a pop-up shop in Columbus Circle, and a Times Square runway show.
Throughout the years, thousands of people have written Freshpair and shared acts of confidence. They’ve heard from cancer survivors struggling to regain their lives, men and women suffering with poor body image, and young and old embracing their sexuality. This year National Underwear Day is about EVERYONE.
As the founder of National Underwear Day, Freshpair understands that confidence is the byproduct of believing in one’s self. And this year they want more people to do just that. That’s why they’re inviting everyone who has ever doubted themselves to join them in attempting to break a Guinness World Record in Times Square. All you need to bring is your underwear.
There are a few rules:
Record Breaking Rules
Freshpair encourages you to show your individuality and confidence by wearing your favorite undies, but in order to break the Guinness World Record everyone must adhere to the following guidelines.
1. Men must be wearing underpants, boxers, boxer briefs or briefs. They cannot be wearing shirts, undershirts, or jock straps.
2. Women must wear underpants, thongs (not too revealing; allowed on a case-by-case basis), shapewear or boyshorts (that are clearly underwear). Shirts or full coverage bras are also permitted.
4. All participants can wear socks and shoes.
4. If it rains, ponchos are not permitted but umbrellas are.
Event Etiquette
1. Remember that, although the National Underwear Day event is 18+ years of age, Times Square is a family-friendly location. Be courteous, but have fun. Wear fun undies, but keep in mind revealing items may be offensive to some.
2. Nudity is strictly prohibited. Although it’s not illegal to go topless in NYC, Times Square is a family-friendly location so we should all be considerate of non-NUD participants, passers-by, and tourists.
3. National Underwear Day is all about public displays of confidence (#PDC) but public displays of affection, towards any participants, are discouraged.
I’d love to witness National Underwear Day in Times Square, but since it’s not possible for me to be there, I plan to spend as much of today as possible in just my underwear. Why don’t you join me? Be confident, be proud!
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