Let's get uncomfortable.

Politics! The great divider and uniter! Divides friends and family, but gives you new friends and family with similar beliefs. Just joshing, well in my case, I still love people even if I don't understand their choices or find them irresponsible. I am so excited, like everyone else!, about this election!! I really am praying that Obama wins, but since I am a middle class educated person, that is kinda a no brainer. I still can't believe how many people are voting for McCain. It makes me sick thinking what will happen if he wins. I went to see Obama last night, with 22,000 of my un-closest friends. It was inspiring to listen to words which should have been spoken years ago and to feel that someone understands my point of view and how to change the United States. Now I'm not an idealist by any means and I know change will not happen over night and not everything he says is 100% granteed to happen. But I can not handle another person with Bush's world-view! I mean come on!! How can you help the rich get richer? Ignore the poor? Spend billions on a pointless war? Just be so dense to the real issues? It just makes no sense to me... People voted for Bush again because they thought he could fix the problems he got us into and they will vote for McCain for the same reason. and look what that has gotten us!!

ok enough of that I guess. ha. It's actually funny because going to a conservative Christian college is what turned me towards the liberal side. I was always in the middle, considering myself a "red letter Christian". This pretty much means when I vote and think about the issues, I think of the red words in the Bible, the ones spoken by Jesus. Like, "Love your neighbors, Do not kill, turn the other check," which is why I'm against the death penalty. See a simple way of voting, well for social issues. At Geneva I truly learned the difference between conservative and liberal economics, which really pushed me towards the liberal side of things. Even though I still an independent and kinda middle of the road gal.

Ok this is a really long post and wasn't meant to be.

In real life news, I finished writing my IEP!! :D Bad news: My car is starting to act crazy... :/

history in the making

So maybe God just wanted me to move to Norfolk so I could see history in the making. Tomorrow Ashley and I are going to see Barack Obama!! Whoo Hooo!!! I am SO pumped up right now! I have so much work to do but the excitement is taking me over!! I need to charge my camera batteries!

In other news I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed in school...but that happens I guess. I think I'll be ok once November starts, if I have all my planning done, that is.

Okay, well I'm going to leave to go do some work. Mondays are good work nights, because there's nothing good on tv.

oh life

I procrastinate way too much... I wish I didn't. ha. I really need to clean and finish up my IEP. So a new hair due...I dunno about it..



In other news...I guess I'm still figuring out how to deal with changes in friendships...I dunno. It's encouraging and discouraging all at the same time... It'll all work out I'm sure. My love for my friends will never change no matter what... ok.
Things have been going pretty well here in Norfolk. Church stuff has been nice. I really enjoy my church a lot and whenever I go to a bible study, Sunday school, or worship service I am always encouraged and challenged at the same time and I love that!!

full of life and love!!

wozzers! So I have an IEP due in 2 weeks. And I'm not as stressed as I thought I would be! hip hip hooray! ha, I still have A LOT to due for it! Oh well.

This has just been such a good positive week. I know it may seem shallow, but I've gotten a lot of encouragement and positive comments from people this week and it has really given me a boast! It feels SO good to have everyone who comes in my classroom tell I'm a good teacher! It just has really fueled my passion for teaching and energizes me during the day. Also, I've been getting some personal compliments from staff and friends and it's just so nice. Because throughout life you don't always hear that you're appreciated and people are proud of you and love being around and with you and sometimes it is just nice to hear. I just have amazing friends... I know it!

Well I'm off to Bible Study, hopefully to make more friends or at least talk to more people this time! Wish me luck.

could you be a little softer to me?

For the record I feel really betrayed. And I don't even know by who. I just wish people would learn to keep their mouths shut, honestly, it is sicking! I feel like I can't trust anyone, even when they are hundreds of miles away!

I bought bug spray today. and some ground turkey and I'm excited to try to make tacos with it!!

For the record, I don't really like Samantha Who? Just not my type of show.

Also my teeth feel really weird, which they always do when I eat spinach.

I love livin' in the city!

So, I do love livin' in the city! ha, lots to do when ppl visit. When I lived in Shamokin and someone would come to visit we had to drive like a hour away or more to do someone even half fun! Now when someone visits I can drive down the street or just like 15 minutes away. Norfolk is a really nice city, minus the cockroaches. So when I found like 10 in my classroom I was like oh ok gross, but I can deal. BUT today I found one in my bathroom!!!!!! I was freaking out I'm sure my neighbor upstairs thought I was fighting a wild beast! But no it was a gross bug. First I trapped him under a garbage can and then I waited a hour to gain some bravery. Then I went back for the KILL! Then I flushed him, i can't risk him coming back to life or anything like that.

Wow, that was really off track. Ok. So the boys came this weekend! It was really fun!! Friday night Mike, Gayden, Cha-Chi, and Eric went to the NarVo to see GWAR. They had a blast. Rodney and I went to the McAurther mall and Captain George's Seafood Buffet. I also used Redbox for the first time only and now I like can't wait to go back for more!! Saturday we went to Virginia Beach and walked around the boardwalk. Rodney and cha-chi got into the ocean, which was crazy cos it was like 60 degrees! Then we went to the Purple Cow!!! It was delicious, but the service was horrible! The waitress was really like mean to us, I was shocked, it was weird.... I dunno what was wrong with her. Then we went to the Hunt Club for their Haunted Hayride, Town, and Corn Field. It was really really fun!!! It was a bit creepy! ha, I latched on to the guys and stayed in the middle all the time! I am a baby, even though I love horror movies! Makes no sense I know this.

I love the show Brothers and Sisters, it is made up of two things I love: family and politics.

Well I should get ready for bed and school tomorrow. After school I'm going to go buy some bug spray! I can't take any chances when it comes to bugs!!!!!!

I'm not into fair-weather friends!

Oh life... I wish friendships weren't so hard. I wish I didn't care that much the people I love. I wish I didn't have to write those two sentences.


Well onto more cheerful things! Michael and friends are coming down this weekend! I'm excited it should be fun!!! I love company and being around people I love!!

I am finally freaking out, when I should have been for a while. God, help me deal with this.

say it isn't so.

Wow, this is an amazing feeling! I've never done or had this before, i don't want to lose it!! :)


I think the month of October is going to fly by!! Thank goodness! :)

Also, I chicken out again tonight! I know, it's shameful...

oh life and love

Ok this may seem really lame. But HE really lights me up and I wish he didn't do that to me. I could be on this high for a month from him. Ok, I am really lame.


In other news, I think October is going to really fly by! Which is encouraging, but I just found out that I can not take a personal day on the day right before and after a break. What the heck is up with that?!?! :/ Not to happy about it, but I'm sure I will live. In fact I know I will live.

I'm getting really nervous about applying for grad schools.

Also, against my better judgment, I'm going to go hang out with the church's singles group Friday night. We'll see...talk about awkward!

I've never felt so young until I moved here to Virginia....

hip hip horray!!!

I did something amazing with my life, for me, and it feels amazing!! I have only told about 10 people...some of them being almost complete strangers, ha. But it's exciting and I smile every time I think about it!

Besides that nothing too exciting has been going on. Progress Reports are due the 9th, I have them all printed out and now i have to make copies for my ed. specialist, no biggie though.

My TA Monica has gotten a new job offer sooner than we thought. Makes me very sad... I'm really gonna miss her!!