Alrighty folks, today was incredible for several
reasons. As T stated earlier this week,
‘get your party pants on and be ready to go.’
First, I got to sleep in way late this morning which was super
amazing and wonderful. Second, I got to
go to a birthday party, which means that I got to purchase a gift for the
birthday girl (who happens to be in 5th grade), which also means
that I got to buy school supplies, because the teacher in me decided to
get her every single thing on her school supply list, besides a backpack (her
mom got her that)! Have no fear, I am
not that lame and I did get her some cool stuff also. Sheesh!
Third, I got BOOKS IN THE MAIL!!!
And fourth, I went to a cook-out at Grey and Tyson’s house with awesome
people, ate a shitload of wonderful food, and, well, I’ll tell you the whole
story in a little bit, as I chronicle the day in detail with relation to the
order of these events. Here. We. Go.
People.
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#1 I was up
a little past my bedtime last night, partly because we stayed out in Carrboro
too late, but also because I was talking with a really good friend from
Michigan on the phone (we’ll call him Joe).
Joe has been ‘dating’ a mutual friend (we’ll call her Phoebe) for the
last few months, and he is having issues mustering up the courage to get close
to her because he feels like she is better than he is. Let me tell you something, this guy is so
sweet, he’s thoughtful and kind, and he has a really big heart so I told him
‘Go for it!!!’ If he knows what is good
for him, he’d better get in gear, because I’ve threatened to march my skinny
butt right up to Michigan and beat him to a pulp if he doesn’t. You can do it Joe!!! ;)
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#2 Child’s
birthday party. Nothing makes me smile
more than the birthday of a child. I
remember when I was a kid, and sometimes even now, feeling so special and loved
on my birthday. I still get a little
nervous whenever someone sings me ‘Happy Birthday,’ so I was really excited to
go to this event. The party was held at
the infamous Outer Limits skating rink here in Roxboro. It is a place I had never been to, but had
heard about on multiple Monday mornings my first year here because apparently
it is the place for late-elementary/middle schoolers to be on a Friday
night. I’ll bet you can just sense the
excitement I felt as I drove into the parking lot at 3:30 today. Wow.
The next thing you need to know about this birthday party, is that this
girl’s parents really love a local metal/scream-o band called Steryle. I had never heard of them until this year,
but I was told that they would be playing at the birthday party as a surprise
to the birthday girl. Well, when I got
there all seemed pretty tame, I was visiting with Nana, entertaining some of
the kids (because I am a teacher, and I obviously was not in school) and
eating my fair share (and then some) of the refreshments. Then, Steryle sang ‘Happy Birthday,’ which
was also very subdued. What happened
next, can only be described as the bursting of my eardrums. Holy moley, I couldn’t even understand what
those poor men were screaming singing!
I felt like my ears were on fire, and definitely not in a good way! I mean, more power to you if you prefer your
ears to ring for three days from loud music and screaming, but this girl would
prefer to keep her hearing, instead of purposely deafening herself. I’m just stating my own personal preferences
here people, don’t even get upset. I did
have a lot of fun visiting and celebrating though, so the afternoon was a
success.
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#3 Books,
books, books, books, books, books, books, books, books, books, books, books,
books, books, books, BOOKS, EVERYBODY!
In my head, (okay, let’s be honest, out loud…) I sing this to the tune
of ‘Shots,’ very
excitedly. Because as much as I like
shots, I love books even more and anyone who knows anything about me
knows this fact. Anyway, about seventeen
people in the past five years have recommended The Catcher in the
Rye, by J.D. Salinger to me and sadly, I have not read it yet. So I bought it online for seventy-four cents
(half.com people!) last week. Also, a
fellow teacher recommended The Sun Also Rises,
by Ernest Hemingway to me recently, so I also bought that online for
seventy-six cents (again, half.com people!) and am really excited to READ!!!
I mean, you know you’re a dork when you suggest to
your principal that for the first day of ‘March is Reading Month’ the whole
school should watch this
YouTube video. And she agrees. So you submit it to the County’s video
approval website, hope it gets approved and when it does, you use all of your
Specials time that week (Specials are things like Art, Music, Guidance,
Computers, Media and P.E., aka – planning time – which is a precious commodity
in the minds of teachers these days, since there never seems to be enough time
in the day for us, or me, to get everything done) to visit the Media Center and
watch the video with as many classes as possible. Over and over again and then watch it at home
in your leisure, and post it to your Facebook.
I know what a nerd I am so there is no need to reiterate that
point. Anyway, I have exactly 8 days of
freedom left, and I will use much of that time not reading Grapes,
but instead reading Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, The Catcher in the Rye,
and The Sun Also Rises. So there,
how do you like that for rebellion?
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#4 Cook-out
at Grey and Tyson’s house where we made idiots out of ourselves and had so much
fun we couldn’t help but laugh. Atlas got
to come with me today, and he had so much fun playing outside, that he fell
asleep under my lawn chair and wouldn’t wake up! It was pretty much the sweetest thing I have
ever seen. I ate a whole lot of food, as
I usually do when the food is delicious, and as always, Dad made fun of the
Yankee in me and asked me about my Polish ancestry. To both of these things, I always give in,
for a couple of reasons. Grey and
Tyson’s dad is the very bold, humorous, un-censored (and Grey and T say ‘rude’)
version of my own dad, so I love bullshitting with him. He always makes fun of my “accent” and that
I’m from Michigan (as he says it Mitch-i-ghin), but he loves the fact that I am
Polish, and we always end up talking about Polish food.
So the last time I was graced with his presence, he
and I talked about The Andy Griffiths Show and he thought it really
interesting that I have seen every episode.
I explained that my own dad is pretty much obsessed with the show, and
that I grew up watching episode after episode on TV and also on VHS tapes that
my dad re-recorded when he got tired of the episodes that were previously
taped. So basically, you never knew what
you were going to get with dad, because sometimes, when one episode ended, you
started in the middle of a different episode just because my dad particularly
liked it. I also learned last
week that their dad bought a banjo and is learning how to play, which is cool,
but what’s even more cool, is that he already knows how to play the
FIDDLE!!! This is how we ended up
watching several segments of the show on YouTube and then later he tried
convincing me that I should watch The Twilight Zone – The Hunt. This is in three ten-minute segments on
YouTube,
and I wasn’t really feeling like it that night (and
obviously haven’t felt like it any other night yet), but tonight as he and I
were engaging in childish banter and foolishness, he asked me whether I’d
watched it yet, and was clearly disappointed when I told him I hadn’t. I suppose I’ll have to do that soon so that the
next time I see him, I won’t let him down.
Mom made this amazing cake that is a Paula
Deen recipe, which means that there is a lot-lot-lot of butter in it, which
also means that it is fantastically awesome. I will be getting the recipe for Busia, so
that she can conveniently make it for me when I come home for Christmas. Wowie-wow-wow, it was the best cake I have had
in a long, long, long time. After that,
Mom and Dad left, and we were free to be goofy and do ridiculous things, such
as take a million and one pictures of each other in our redneck attire, which I
will post on Facebook at the close of this weekend. Because my friends, it is not over yet. There is more fun to be had tomorrow, while I
purchase some Mary
Kay eyeliner from Ashley that I am in great need of, and eat more
scrumptious food that Grey and Tyson make.
So until tomorrow folks, peace.
<3 Meg
You should get a "Reading is for Awesome People" t-shirt. ;-)
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Posted by: Keri Amlotte | 2010.08.09 at 12:31 PM