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  1. Feeling winey

    February 9, 2011 by special k

    Ermm I swear I’m no alcoholic, but I do believe I also miss the alcohol in cali.
    My dad and I finished the merlot from napa for lunar new year. I wasn’t planning on cracking it so soon, but I didn’t need too much convincing from my dad. It took me back to napa valley… so much that I went out and bought Oj to make mimosas with. Unfortunately the sparkling wine I had on hand just wasn’t as good as the stuff in cali and my mimosa was a little less than ok. I’m actually concerned that I won’t even appreciate my good old korbel that I’ve grown to love over the years! Why does everything have to be better in cali?

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  2. Nom Nom Nom

    February 3, 2011 by special k

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    I’m using my phone for internet right now cuz I can’t figure out why my lappy isn’t charging right.and yes, the charger is plugged in. Anyway, as I’m about to pull out my phone charger, I notice there’s a chunk missing from the edge of the plug. I don’t usually pay that much attention to my charger, but then I was suspicious and looked down the cord to find that’s there’s little chunks of it missing! Even portions of the tag was chewed up! My guess is that the bunnies snuck in and got to it at some point. Unless there’s a hidden bunny or something in my room that I don’t know about…which could also be very possible.
    I just find it that my chewed up phone charger is working better than my perfect shape lappy charger. Must be the luck of bunny spit.

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  3. I miss c…offee!!

    February 1, 2011 by special k

    So I’m back from Cali, but I’m not yet ready to go on my rant about how amazing it is.I keep thinking about it, and it keeps coming back in chunks. I MISS IT ALL SO MUCH! So I’m gonna spend my next few entries complaining about how much I miss it.
    So, one thing that has been hitting me hard is the lack of good coffee in my life. I’ve had coffee since I’ve been home, and I can barely drink it cuz it stinks… It could be the lack of a clever coffee dripper, or a grinder for fresh coffee beans, or delicious Hawaiian coffee, or a nice thermos to keep my coffee hot…no matter what it is, my coffee stinks. So now I’m on amazon searching for all these things at a reasonable price. It’s so hard cuz the good stuff is so pricey, but in the long run it’ll be worth it. This lack of good tasting coffee is totally bugging me and making me grumpy. hmph.

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  4. Packing for the sun

    January 25, 2011 by special k

    Okay, well now that the snow threat is out of the way, I can start packing at ease…except for one problem. I forgot what 60 degree weather felt like. I don’t know what sorts of clothes to bring cuz I forgot what I’m comfortable wearing in the 60′s. I’m just gonna bring a little of everything and raid mim’s closet if I end up needing anything else. The clothes couldn’t be that bad … her sister and I help pick them out every year! :-P

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  5. Just my luck

    January 22, 2011 by special k

    I’m leaving for California in a few days and there’s snow in the near future…. I will cry if my flight gets cancelled. I’ll deal with a delay as big of a pain it’ll be. But a cancellation will make me flip my shit.

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  6. one of those

    January 19, 2011 by special k

    yes. I had one of those days. Where I honestly wanted to hit a kid.
    I know it sounds awful. I was trained to be a professional teacher, given all these wonderful techniques in dealing with children, but today, I wanted to hit one. Bad.
    I think I’ve just been out of the teaching field too long. The problem with working in a daycare is that you don’t have the same structure in a classroom. Kids are less respectful and more gutsy. They wanna see how many buttons they can push on you cuz they think they can get away with anything. I mostly blame their parents, but I also blame the lady who’s place I took. Apparently she was extremely laid back and tried so hard to be the kids’ friend that she was pretty much trampled by them. I don’t mess with that. Oh hell no. Not in my classroom. I’ve been told that the environment of these daycares are very loose and they want kids to explore and have fun and be themselves. Whatever! I’m all for that! BUT THERE’S A WAY YOU CAN DO THAT WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL OF THE ROOM AND RESPECT FROM THE KIDS! My boss is wonderful, but I simply don’t share the same views as her.
    I shouldn’t have to repeat myself. I shouldn’t have to remind them about the rules every five minutes. I see my boss snap on occasion and smile to myself because I know that if she had just done it right the first time, and stopped trying to be free spirited nice guy, she wouldnt have lost her temper and skipped a heart beat.
    I feel so relieved when she leaves for the day because I feel like the kids actually respect me. I gain better control of the room when she’s not around and it’s such a sigh of relief.
    I know it sounds ridiculous cuz she’s been at this business for 30+ years, and I’ve just started, but I really feel like there should be some kind of middle ground for all this. Between childcare and education. Daycare can’t be simply free play with minimal discipline. UGH it doesn’t make sense. No child should be raised like this.
    It’s so aggravating because I feel like a failure. If I come home wanting to hit a kid, I feel like I’m not doing my job right. I shouldn’t have to get this frustrated. I wasn’t trained to do this! I was trained to teach! In a structured environment! Where I set up rules for a classroom! Guide their learning through various styles! Positive reinforcement to gain the respect and attention of my students! ARGH ARGH ARGH. I need my own classroom. I’m so desperate, I’m looking at the application for teach for america right now.

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  7. freeze

    January 11, 2011 by special k

    soo… where’s the snow?
    It was supposed to spit more snow today, but instead it turned to freezing rain. I nearly slipped on my butt on my way to the car… I’m gonna go ahead and blame the ice and not my inability to walk straight…

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  8. OH MY GAWD

    January 10, 2011 by special k

    I just bought my first plane ticket to California!!!!
    Well, I’ve stopped in Cali on my way to Taiwan before, but that doesn’t really count.
    I’m so excited I could honestly puke. I just ran all the way to the basement to tell my brother. I never run to the basement to talk to him. THAT’S how friggin excited I am. Unfortunately, I spent most of my life thinking I’d never see Cali, so I never really thought of what I’d like to see there…so time for serious research. All I know is I want to see the SUN, and the berkeley campus, and BUNNIES!… more to come later..
    YAYYYYYYYYY!!!

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  9. spitting nonsense

    January 8, 2011 by special k

    What’s up with all this spitting snow nonsense? If you’re gonna snow, then friggin snow already. I don’t appreciate this pathetic tease of a snow. Plus, I got my dad a snow blower for christmas and I’d like to be able to use it already.

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  10. geerrrrms

    January 7, 2011 by special k

    So I just got my second dose of gardasil and I’m a bit peeved…. the nurse that gave me my injection came didn’t put gloves on!! Gave me my friggin injection with no gloves… touched god knows what and followed me into the room. not once did I see her wash her hands!! Wtf!!… ugh.
    I’ve stopped by full key on my way home for a roasted duck noodle soup to make me feel better. Noodles make everything better. Mmm smells yums.

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