about time!

MY MOTHER IS BACK FROM HER CRUISE! i was enjoying bonding time with my dad, like always. but i felt like i had a bazillion and one things to tell the ma. and she returned just in time for our weekly thursday night dinner date :)

bitter is the new black?

yeesh. sorry for that negative nancy outburst monday night. not my best.

something good about yesterday was getting ALL 90 final exams graded and submitted into the online gradebook, much faster than expected.  also finding out i got the summer school job id hoped for.

and today? my iced coffee from dunkin being made just like i asked for it "with a little bit of skim milk and sugar" and not overdone on either addition. rarely happens. and it was glorious.

nothing.

thats whats good about today. nothing. and i promised id blog daily about the something good in each day. and right now i cant find something. doesnt mean there is nothing. just means im not in the right mindset to find it. not now. tomorrow will be a better day.

good times & good advice

saturday was full of good times - barefoot in a backyard, playing bocce ball and drinking games. first time this season. and a nice reminder that although we were celebrating a med school graduate, it doesnt hurt to kick back like college freshmen once in awhile.

today i got my something good in the form of truly sound advice from my college roomie j, probably the only person ive ever actually taken advice from. she made me feel better and relax a little in terms of my relationship. she made the limbo that im feeling seem completely normal and (as always) made me feel like less of a psycho. thank god for her.

my looong weekend

...started yesterday. my site coordinator at school signed me up for a conference on a really cool topic. it was informational and exciting - and i got the day off from school!

something good about today was waking up with the boy. and listening to the sweet statement that he didnt want to get out of bed. sometimes just waking up with a smile puts the whole day on the right track.

ocd much?

this. is. whats. good. about. today.

got delivered this morning and was filled by noon ha. just in time to pack up my classroom. which was so much easier with this gorgeous thing. organization makes me sooo happy.

good gossip

girl talk with some of my bests. never gets old and i doubt it ever will. it's a big part of what keeps me sane. well my sanity is relative, but my girlfriends sure help!

what a weekend...

on saturday, we got to enjoy our first boat ride of the summer! to this practically deserted sandbar that only shows up for low tide! such a fun time.

the time spent alone in the hot tub with my boyfriend was the highlight of sunday. with so many people coming and going all weekend, and the business of trying to squeeze so much into the summer kickoff, just relaxing and getting to spend a few minutes of "us" time was perfect. 

after sleeping in monday, the day was spent snuggling on the couch and topped off with a SO GOOD funnel cake from mr. bills. yummo. 

heres to the week to come! 

"two" good not to post

thursday night again "tasted" good when i got to enjoy a leisurely sam adams summer ale - my fav - with my boyfriend - another fav. todays good stuff came from the mouth of a normally surly seventh grader. after returning from a trip to the edgar allan poe house downtown, he told me it was "the best class trip he's ever been on" ms. lu - 1, every other teacher - 0. okay just kidding about that last part, but i sure did feel awesome! it played over and over in my (surprisingly super short car ride home for memorial day friday - which is another something sooo good about today). i kind of feel like i rock. (sidenote: if this works, ive officially learned how to post from my phone! wee!)

surprise!

an unexpected something good happened today. . .

one of my absolute all-time favorite (i know im not supposed to say that!) homeroom students from last year surprised me today. she is the stepsister of another sweetheart, now in 8th grade.  she would be coming here this year as well, but because her stepmom is a major c'u'next'tuesday... she moved in with her real mom, in a totally different district. her school had off today, so she came to pick up her stepsister. "and see you miss lu" which melted my heart. shell be back next week when her school lets out, and asked if she could spend the day with me! i cleared it with my boss, and am really looking forward to it. her visit really made me smile in an otherwise chaotic day.