1st 2 Weeks & Pictures

Lordy, the past few weeks have been INSANE! I blinked and the second week of school is now over. So far, so good!

I am very happy about this long weekend, though. I need the extra day, especially since our volleyball games are on Saturdays, leaving me only one day without something school-related to do.

Sunday is also the first Tech game of the season. Whoop, whoop! I enjoy any reason to cheer ... in a completely non-cheerleader kind of way.

We also went to a wedding a couple of weeks ago. I will post a couple of pictures below.

Mini-post

I have FINALLY been able to get into my classroom. I am having too much fun figuring out how to decorate it. Pictures to come soon!

Leaving town tomorrow for Mike and Amanda's wedding in Austin. Can't wait for the mini-break!

When I was 17 ...

Heard a new song recently, and I swear it was written about me at 17 (18, 19, 20, and probably even 21 and 22, if I'm being honest). Time has proven to be a truly amazing emotional phenomenon ...

Beautiful Disaster

She loves her momma's lemonade,
Hates the sounds that goodbyes make
She prays one day she'll find someone to need her

She swears that there's no difference
Between the lies and compliments
It's all the same if everybody leaves her

And every magazine tells her she's not good enough,
The pictures that she sees makes her cry

She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's giving boys what they want,
Tries to act so nonchalant,
Afraid they'll see that she's lost her direction

She never stays the same for long,
Assuming that she'll get it wrong
Perfect only in her imperfection

She's not a drama queen
She doesn't wanna feel this way
Only 17 and tired

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's just the way she is,
But no one's told her that's okay

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home


- Jon McLauglin

(I added the actual song to the bottom of my playlist.)

Woooooosh ...

My schedule has gone from 50 to 4,000,000,000 in the span of a few days. It's a really good thing that I have the amazing support of my family and Alex. Without that, I'd be in some serious trouble!

Call me "Coach"

Volleyball tryouts and two-a-days started today. I'm exhausted and exhilarated all at the same time. I'm really impressed by the girls and am really excited about getting further into coaching. This year isn't going to be all about winning (though, of course, I would like to). This year is going to be about improving on skills and technique. We have some AMAZING athletes in our group! With a little more direction, I have a feeling they'll be dominating ... if not this year, definitely by the time the freshman are juniors.

I'm also pleasantly surprised that I can still PLAY volleyball. I knew that I remembered what to do, but I had no clue I could still PLAY! I can still serve and pass and set and even dive (fun!) almost exactly the same as I could when I was younger. My attacking (hitting) has lost a step or two, but it's nothing that I can't recover with a little more practice. I just need to rediscover the timing and the power. I'll get there ... the girls and I will together.

Recovery

Eminem's new album, Recovery, is phenomenal. I can't stop listening to I Love The Way You Lie with Rhianna. (I added it to the bottom of my playlist.)

I'm definitely not someone who listens to rap on a regular basis (or, ever), but I've always liked Eminem.

Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano ... great line!

Enough with the acronyms!

All done with ESL! Took the test this morning, but I won't find out until next Tuesday or Wednesday if I passed. Cross your fingers for me!

The beginning of next week is all about finishing up my CDL. I have a permit test, then 6 written tests to take on Monday, followed by in-bus training Tuesday and Wednesday. The only (well, the main) thing I am worried about is parallel parking. I can barely (and by "barely" I mean "not really at all") parallel park my Jetta. I can't envision myself successfully paralleling that huge school bus. I do believe in miracles, though.

Totally off topic, I had forgotten how much time it takes to set up an iPod properly. Right now, I'm working on getting all of my music into my iTunes again (after the big crash of late '09). I really need to invest in an external hard drive. A new laptop (or desktop, even) is not anywhere in my near future, so I am going to have to make the best out of what I have right now. I don't want to bog down my laptop again with music ... she's an old girl, can't carry too much weight.

I plan to enjoy this weekend as much as possible. Tomorrow is Alex's birthday, so he's going to play a little golf during the day, then we have dinner at my mom and Norb's. Sunday will be the BBQ with his friends at our house. Should be lots of fun!