Friday, June 27, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Freaking Grad Class!
You don't want my impolite tone? Don't post an asinine post when you should be discussing thoughtful, meaningful ideas. Books don't kill people, people kill people. You are a grad student for goodness sake! Come up with something not ridiculous beyond reason and people won't have to call you out on it. And if you're a professor, should you really be asking one of your students to censor their wording in a discussion about censorship? Really? You did that. Be better.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Make-up deal
Yes, today was the wrap up for school year 2013-14. It is done and my kids are off doing summery things and my room is packed and I came home grumpier than a poked bear (or tiger-whatever four legged cantankerous creature you think fits). I am just not ready to handle filling my own day with stuff of my own choosing; I will get over this and break out the daily lists sooner rather than later (probably as soon as I finish this post and relocate to the cushy couch to watch some Office). My husband is being super understanding and patient with my ranting and raving. He walked with Big and me and allowed me to vent incessantly. We later dined out and explored the world of retail by stopping at the mall. I was just going to snag some of the Clinique liquidy stuff but guess what...
boom! Make-up freebies! This really is a silly way to save my day, but sometimes you just need fancy make-up that comes with free stuff. It is not technically free and I know this retail trick, but with fancy make-up, it totally brings me in. I needed a good mascara anyway. Lancome is really good at picking a must spend price. Their lower price items are generally in the $25 family while higher price goods like powders/creams are usually $50+. So you either get two of the lower price point items or one of the high ticket items. Touche, Lancome; I applaud your pricing techniques! So what did I get with my mascara and brown liner pencil (because, I like make-up...it's why I keep my hair short...so I can just do make-up and not stupid old hair!)? Mousse Radiance Clarifying Self-Foaming Cleanser is a creamy face wash/make-up remover; it is luscious feeling and may be my shower face wash for a while. Two items from the Renergie line: first there is a purple tube of cream that lifts/plumps. And then there is a small purple container that has a day cream with SPF. Lancome's stuff smells so nice. Light and floral but not overpowering in a way that suggests that it is covering up something awful. There was also a blush pink lipstick. This may or not get used. Lipstick is something I feel I should use more often or that I would like more often and I have a few, but I rarely have it on. Something about its texture and that weird feature of my lips almost not going with my face when they are a different color. Finally there was some more mascara which is just fine; I put that business on my face almost everyday. And yes, when I got home from hitting the make-up counter, I tried almost all of my new stuff.
Now I just need to have a reason to leave the house so I can put some make up on and show it off. This may be my next move tonight. List making at least to get me in the routine of the next few days of vacation. I don't understand how people don't just want to send their children all year, because, honestly, I would feel better and more productive going into the building with some lesson plans and some children to teach. However, I turned in my key so alas, I will just tough it out until they allow me back in the building to do productive things. And I will crank out some academic smartness in the meantime. Or just be a general pain in the ass to my professor over the online articles that are just somehow not available. Rant for another time, perhaps.
boom! Make-up freebies! This really is a silly way to save my day, but sometimes you just need fancy make-up that comes with free stuff. It is not technically free and I know this retail trick, but with fancy make-up, it totally brings me in. I needed a good mascara anyway. Lancome is really good at picking a must spend price. Their lower price items are generally in the $25 family while higher price goods like powders/creams are usually $50+. So you either get two of the lower price point items or one of the high ticket items. Touche, Lancome; I applaud your pricing techniques! So what did I get with my mascara and brown liner pencil (because, I like make-up...it's why I keep my hair short...so I can just do make-up and not stupid old hair!)? Mousse Radiance Clarifying Self-Foaming Cleanser is a creamy face wash/make-up remover; it is luscious feeling and may be my shower face wash for a while. Two items from the Renergie line: first there is a purple tube of cream that lifts/plumps. And then there is a small purple container that has a day cream with SPF. Lancome's stuff smells so nice. Light and floral but not overpowering in a way that suggests that it is covering up something awful. There was also a blush pink lipstick. This may or not get used. Lipstick is something I feel I should use more often or that I would like more often and I have a few, but I rarely have it on. Something about its texture and that weird feature of my lips almost not going with my face when they are a different color. Finally there was some more mascara which is just fine; I put that business on my face almost everyday. And yes, when I got home from hitting the make-up counter, I tried almost all of my new stuff.
Now I just need to have a reason to leave the house so I can put some make up on and show it off. This may be my next move tonight. List making at least to get me in the routine of the next few days of vacation. I don't understand how people don't just want to send their children all year, because, honestly, I would feel better and more productive going into the building with some lesson plans and some children to teach. However, I turned in my key so alas, I will just tough it out until they allow me back in the building to do productive things. And I will crank out some academic smartness in the meantime. Or just be a general pain in the ass to my professor over the online articles that are just somehow not available. Rant for another time, perhaps.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
"7 Ways to Cope With Retirement From Competitive Swimming" by Elle Meinholz
Because you never really "retire." You could dive in and crush 6k if you really had to. Because you have bonds and connections and stories that non-swimmers won't ever really understand because you just have to live it to know it.
Nothing says summer...
...like a dog who wants you to go to work so he hangs out in his own office until you catch his drift. And to think we were hesitant on crating because we thought he would not like it!
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Almost like a first day of summer break
Here we are, June 7th. Boy that came quick didn't it. Yes there were supposed to be more posts and there weren't. School happened and it will still happen for one more day on Monday, however, there will be no students and it will be a ghost building with people putting the finishing touches on packing up their rooms and people taking things home. I have a car full of stuff that I through in a basket and will keep here over the summer. Yesterday I officially transitioned my first graders into second graders and sent them on their way to three months of summer bliss (or camp or whatever they do). It still feels like a sad moment and not a happy one. One wasn't even there the last three days and so thank you for not even getting to have last day closure for that kiddo. It isn't really closure anyway! They go on, they keep learning, and I hope I sang and danced enough to create some memory or some tiny kernel of knowledge that will help them on their way. Between all of my unique students with their very diverse needs/backgrounds, I learned a bunch about adaptations and classroom management that I hope to take into August with me as I get to do this again next year.
This is the first summer without work for compensation since I began lifeguarding at 15. I am taking two grad classes through Wilkes online to begin my Reading Specialist degree program and so far it has not been too heavy. The past week with the overlap of last week of school, first week of grad school, getting things moving for Junior Silver Cornets this year, and week 2 of marathon training, I was a grumpy gopher. I am sorry for all of the snarky things I said especially to my husband when I was tired and overwhelmed and sore.
The first thing my grad classes have both had me do is be social which I am not sure they could do without because how else would you get all of these complete strangers to talk to each other in a productive academic way. But, honestly, I have a very hard time being real social so this online (read "fake") social is really hard for me. I wish I cared about these people's kids or hobbies or whatever, and while I managed quite well to do that during the PLS classes, this virtual community is so hard to get socially excited about. I have to get over it and put on my big girl pants about this but for a little bit I am going to complain.
At least I am balancing this weird grad experience out with kicking my own ass with legit two a day runs and getting ready for the Erie marathon. I am officially off the wait list and signed up so now I need to stick with the plan and keep myself motivated and going. I fell off this week's workouts Wednesday after a terrible day of school, but am getting myself back into it today. It is so much better than falling off mid-January and needing to get back into things when it is negative degrees outside. I am excited about the process of this again especially with a real schedule for doing things.
Oh, the dog is laying on my feet again. He is so charming when he is floppy and resting.
This is the first summer without work for compensation since I began lifeguarding at 15. I am taking two grad classes through Wilkes online to begin my Reading Specialist degree program and so far it has not been too heavy. The past week with the overlap of last week of school, first week of grad school, getting things moving for Junior Silver Cornets this year, and week 2 of marathon training, I was a grumpy gopher. I am sorry for all of the snarky things I said especially to my husband when I was tired and overwhelmed and sore.
The first thing my grad classes have both had me do is be social which I am not sure they could do without because how else would you get all of these complete strangers to talk to each other in a productive academic way. But, honestly, I have a very hard time being real social so this online (read "fake") social is really hard for me. I wish I cared about these people's kids or hobbies or whatever, and while I managed quite well to do that during the PLS classes, this virtual community is so hard to get socially excited about. I have to get over it and put on my big girl pants about this but for a little bit I am going to complain.
At least I am balancing this weird grad experience out with kicking my own ass with legit two a day runs and getting ready for the Erie marathon. I am officially off the wait list and signed up so now I need to stick with the plan and keep myself motivated and going. I fell off this week's workouts Wednesday after a terrible day of school, but am getting myself back into it today. It is so much better than falling off mid-January and needing to get back into things when it is negative degrees outside. I am excited about the process of this again especially with a real schedule for doing things.
Oh, the dog is laying on my feet again. He is so charming when he is floppy and resting.
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