z’s

Monday- 3 hrs
Tuesday- 2 hrs
Wednesday- 4hrs
Thursday- 5 hrs
Friday- TBA

… How much sleep I’ve been running on every day of the week. Even though I got 5 hrs last night, it was the hardest to wake up from. 4 hrs and 6 hrs seem to be the easiest for me to wake up from, but 6 just isn’t happening any time soon… I’d love 8+…but I guess that’s just a weekend thing…

wow

I had no idea…
but I think it’s pretty cool.

snooze

thursdays… apparently the hardest day of the week for me to wake up.
unfortunately the most important day of the week for me to wake up early.

snow blow

This snow is really throwing me off. I got all my hopes up just for a stinkin two hour delay. The teachers were saying something about not having to take days from their summer and all, but I could care less, cuz I won’t be there anyway. Moco got their cancellation, but apparently they’re up to day four. One more snow day and they’ll have to start extending the school year.
So back to my two hour delay rant. Why post a two hour delay when you can’t even get the roads cleared in time? By the time I got to school, the faculty lot was still covered in snow. They actually had to call the early bird teachers out of the school to move their cars so that they could do a clean job plowing the lot. Ridiculous. Sidewalks were still being plowed by the time the kids got there. What’s the point of having a two hour delay when you can’t even make the snow disappear before the kids get in? ugh. This county is just too stubborn to admit defeat.
I’m looking at this weekend snow and just dreading it. Why does it always have to fall on the weekend? I don’t get it. Ruins my Saturday. Last Saturday I almost went insane trapped in my apartment. The whole idea of feeling trapped inside was wiggin me out. I was so bored that I had to go outside and clean off my car just so that I wouldn’t lose my mind sitting inside. I couldn’t go anywhere in it… I just cleaned off the snow that was still piling up on it.
On Sunday, the first thing I did was run to the mall. And to my surprise I came out feeling ten times better. Retail therapy totally works. Must’ve been the killer deals.

alligator skin

seriously. I feel like one.
My skin has been drying up to the point where I feel like I could turn into a reptile any day now.
It’s horrible!! I apply lotion endlessly all over… but I can’t bring it to school with me and apply it on my body in the middle of the day… but I do use my face moisturizer every couple of hours cuz I can feel my face peeling. I don’t get it! My skin has always been on the dryer side, but not THIS dry!! My back burns when I lay down sometimes because it’s so dry and it’s the hardest part to moisturize. arghhh… I can’t wait for spring

cheeeez gromit! you forgot the cheeez!

I’ve spent the past couple of the days downing wine with cheese and crackers. I feel like I went to a vineyard for wine tasting… but all I did was visit my cousin who paid a visit to Total Wine in VA. I never really got into reds, but I finally did and loved it! I’m not really sure what I had…we went through at least 6 different reds. Plus the cheese was a bonus. I was never a big fan of cheese and crackers…well I never actually tried it till this weekend, but it was amazinggggg. It gave me a whole new perspective on Wallace and Gromit- A Grand Day Out. I loved that video as a kid, but cheese and crackers in real life never looked as good as the stuff on the moon. I’m officially sold. Cheese, crackers and wine. mmmm.

Ear Plugs

Something I seriously needed this morning.
As I left for class at 7:30 I watched a bunch of construction trucks pull up and start setting up wood. I stare and decide that my roommates probably wouldn’t be getting much sleep in a few minutes.
I come back from class three hours later to find that the guys are still going at it… RIGHT outside my bedroom window. They conveniently set up their saw cutter and wood chunks right outside my window…like stick my hand out and get it chopped off right outside my window. With four hours of sleep, I was in desperate need for a nap, but it was simply out of the question. Hammers were knocking at the roof, saw cutting was going off outside my window and the leaf blowers were going buck wild as well. And this isn’t the first time construction has struck my area. Uhm shouldn’t there be some kinda law against this?! I’m paying nearly 700 a month for sleep deprivation!

I feel oh so safe.

Sooo the trip was a success…and nobody bothered me about my makeup. In fact, we weren’t bothered by anyone at all.. My friend made it through security with an opened water bottle. I don’t blame her for doing it considering it was her first flight and all…but hello? It was sitting at the top of her purse and they didn’t seem to give a crap. I watched her pick it up and wondered how she got it across. What happened to the 3.4 ounce rule?…Later on, I realized one of my friends packed a razor in her carry on… I was just going to shave and test my luck for two days and leave it at that. Turns out, she packed a razor…which you’re also not supposed to do unless it’s in a cartridge. I’ll admit, the new guidelines make it a pain to pack, but what’s the point if nobody’s checking? o_O

I need a vacation

I’m leaving for Florida tomorrow morning…
and I don’t plan on returning for a long long time.

I wish. I’m up to my neck in work and I can’t breathe. All I want is a vacation. Instead I’m going to Florida for two days for a conference where instead of enjoying the nice warm weather, I’ll get to sit inside all day and enjoy endless workshops about edjumakayshon. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all about the stuff. Great stuff. Everyone should get one. But I seriously need a BREAK from it. When your edjumakayshon is all about edjumakayshon, your brain begins to develop a serious desperation for air. At least I’ll get a nice change of scenery… that might help just a bit. Oh, and it’s free… which is also a bonus.
So my point was… oh right. I’ve been frantically researching airline info… It’s been a few years since I’ve been on a plane and I’m definitely not up to date with any of the regulations. One site tells me one thing, another site tells me another thing, and this site doesn’t tell me anything at all. soooo I’m just gonna hope for the best and be prepared to avoid losing my mind if they try and steal all my makeup.

5 minutes of freezing hell

I hate the cold. Mostly because I have to sit in my car for five minutes waiting for it to warm up before I leave. These are the LONGEST five minutes of my day. To just sit there, freezing my butt off, waiting for the stupid car to warm up. I’ve thought about just taking my makeup into the car and doing it while I wait but I had to rule that out due to my stupid eyelashes that are incapable of curling without heat. That’s right. I have to wave my eyelash curler in front of my heater for a few seconds before I use it so I can get the little buggers to curl the tiniest bit. Otherwise, the fall flat…like pointing straight down flat. I’ve tried so many different mascaras and curlers… I find heat is the way to go. Unfortunately, there is none of that within the five minutes waiting for my car.
And… I refuse to wake up any earlier. So it’s always a scramble to get out the door in time. Who knew five minutes could make all the difference?