Splitting headaches and classes

That's what I have.





Today, classes start. I have one on Wednesdays, one on Thursdays, and one every other Wednesday (which hopefully doesn't start this week!!)





I'm taking a general curriculum class, how to teach math to special ed kids, and the emotion disorders theory class. Should be a good semester! Plus I have student teaching. More on that when I find out where I am being placed!





Splitting headaches are no fun...I've had one every afternoon for the past three days. This afternoon is no exception. Wish they would just go away. I'm sure I'm eating enough. Maybe I need to drink more water. Something has to got to GIVE!

PS. Do not type in "headache" into images.google.com. The first picture is NOT pretty.

MOH is getting married

In 4 days, my friend, The Funny, Gulfstream-Employeed, Always-Late Katie Beck, will be marrying the man of her dreams, Billy Steele.

4 DAYS

it reminds me of a movie quote:

The Impressive Clergyman: Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam... [cut to Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik]. And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva... [cut to the trio again]. So tweasure your wuv.

Prince Humperdinck: Skip to the end.

The Impressive Clergyman: Have you the wing? [cut to the trio once more]

The Impressive Clergyman: ...and do you,Pwincess Buwwercup...

Prince Humperdinck: Man and wife. Say man and wife.

The Impressive Clergyman: Man an' wife.

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So excited for you guys!!

Going to see these guys:


October 31st @ The Norva

Read this book:

You will laugh.

A new faviorte thing....

I enjoy putting on my make-up in the mornings. It has never been something I do "because I HAVE to" or begrudgingly. I just like to do it.

But I have never liked one particular part of the process (yes, I do it in a certain order, or I will inevitably forget one part) until I bought this:





I LOVE this mascara. I look forward to my last step every morning now.

Thank you, Katie, for reminding me that I wanted to try this product!!

A funny from the FIL

My father-in-law works at Anheuser-Busch (with my dad). It's mainly men who work there and they are always ragging on each other. David told us yesterday, that a guy he works with is Hispanic (with a long, ultra hispanic name to go with it). Anyways, this other guy is always picking on him about Mexicans and coming across the border and all. So David (my FIL) asked him the other night if he was still picking on Gil. And he said, "yep, in fact, I working on getting a t-shirt made that says, 'Let my people mow.'"

all you need is love

I was thinking on the five love languages today. And I was thinking about the gift giving love language. (which also happens to be my love language). And I remember Stephen asking me one time, "how often do I need to give you a "gift"? And that's a fair question...I, of course, in fear of being laughed at said something like, "umm...maybe once a week...uh, twice if that's too much for you".

And I always get burned with that. Because I feel I need it more.

So today I was thinking about how to "justify" needing it spoken to me daily to every other daily. (I know, I know...I don't need to justify it....I've got more problems than I have space in this blog for!) But I was thinking about the physical touch language. And if someone who had that as their language..only got non-sexual physical touch once a week...they would be going CRAZY. And so shouldn't it be the same with any of the other love languages?? They need to be spoken, and spoken often.

I have often felt guilty because of my love language. I wish I was physical touch, because that one is SO easy. Or words of encouragement. But gift giving. ARG! I think it's an easy one...but that's because I find it easy to give "gifts" often. A message on a mirror here, a note under your pillow here, a little something from the grocery store when I go. But I don't think this is an easy one for most people who aren't gift givers.

Just an interesting thought.

a silent experience

No, I wasn't giving birth the Scientology way.

I was actually at the library. And upon self-scanning the books I was checking out, I realized that I had come into the library, looked for the Fiction V section, looked for the Biography section, looked at DVDs, and checked out my two books without uttering a single word!

That's right. No, 'hi', or 'excuse me', or 'thank you' was heard from me. No one spoke to me, and I did not speak to anyone either.

I am all for automatising of anything possible!! I think it's great to utilize technology to be more productive (I didn't have to wait in the long check-out line, and they had more time to spend on the long line, since I wasn't in it....I checked my books out with the self-checkout system).

But there comes a point, where a little human contact is completely necessary for the well being of a person.

It worked well for me today, since I don't talk much anyways, and don't mind "being alone". But what if someone very social went in there.........well...they probably wouldn't have chosen the self-checkout to ensure that they had human contact during their visit.

An expose on traffic lights

In the recent years, driving in our small town has become more and more "bad". We, of course, know why that is....tourists. But this past year, one particular traffic violation has been on the increase.

That violation is : RUNNING RED LIGHTS.

It's nothing anymore to see three-five cars still in the intersection when your light turns green. EXCUSE ME? I can understand that one car that goes through a yellow light. No worries...that's what yellow lights are for. BUT THREE? AFTER GREEN??

If I understand correctly (from my own observations), once the light turns red...there are a few seconds before the next light turns green. Right? And I assume that is for the one car that crosses the line after the light has turned yellow....in order for them to get through the intersection. And that time between red on one side and green on the other varies from intersection to intersection based on the size of said intersection. (ie. The intersection of 199 and Monticello Ave. is much much bigger than the light from Mooretown Road to Route 60.)

Now, in Williamsburg, it's not at EVERY light. It's mainly at the Lightfoot Road/Richmond Road intersection, the Mooretown Road/Richmond Road, and occasionally the Centerville Road/Richmond Road one. The Lightfoot Road light is BY FAR the worst of the three. I would venture to guess that probably 9 out of 10 times there are multiple cars still crossing the intersection when the straight light turns green.

This is simply uncalled for. There is no reason for people not to follow the traffic light laws.

Except for my other tirade...complete inconsideration of others in today's society.

I am driving MY car...and I have to get some place. Therefore, it's not important that others are driving on the same roads with you. Rules do not apply to you (apparently).

I was standing the very congested Cheese Shoppe this weekend. I was holding my purse around my front because I didn't want to bump into anyone as they went to get their drink ( I was standing in front of the drinks cooler). When this lady comes up with a cute little Vera backpack...gets her drink...and proceeds to turn around to leave, hitting me with her backpack. She was totally unfazed. Nevermind there were people around her. She needed a drink. And it just didn't matter.

Sometimes I wish I were oblivious of my surrounds. Just go about MY business without considering my surrounds. It would make life more enjoyable I think. My own little world.

I think that would be called "Sheer happiness". Caring for others is just too much work. It's a downer.

Every man is an island....or at least that's what they think in Williamsburg, VA.

Ok, that's enough. I care about people and always will. And I will always be aware of my surrounds unless it's by mistake I overlook something.

I would just like to know that driving through an intersection is semi-safe. (Not to mention I almost pegged a Lexus when she ran a red light in Colonial Williamsburg this past weekend too. LOOK ALIVE PEOPLE!)

Master wire stripper

That's me!

Stephen and I have successfully installed and are connected to high-speed Internet from Cox. It took some higher level thinking to figure out just how they had wired this house back when it was built. The people before us has a cable hook up in the living room (although mighty ghetto....as it came into the house through the side of the house with duct tape over the hole...sketchy) and then one in the master bedroom. But we found, while we were painting, cable routed into both of the other bedrooms. It just wasn't capped off. So, one trip to Radio Shack and I had successfully capped off the cable in the middle bedroom. BUT, the modem wouldn't connect. So we traced the cable lines through the ceiling and into the attic and then down into the garage....only to find out that the OTHER end of the cable was just loose ends. So we went back to Radio Shack and got a splitter and more end caps. Came home, stripped some wire and away we went.

So here I am. o-n-l-i-n-e.

But here's what I was thinking about during this process.

Stephen and I started off our marriage without the Internet in the house. So that made us spend lots of time together in the evenings watching TV or going places. And even though we had been without for so long....last night when it was hooked up, I checked my email to check the connection....and then we turned the computer off and watched "The Bourne Supremacy". It was great. I think we've taught ourselves to spend time with each other, rather than all of our time on the computer. I have heard stories of couples where one or the other is constantly on the computer and never has time to spend with the other. I think that is truly sad. I think that the invention of laptops and wireless Internet is great. Then they can spend time together, and be online at the same time. Another great example is our friends the Price's. They have their computer in a bonus room with a TV and couch and chair. That way, they can spend time together, even if one is online doing work, or whatever.

Well Stephen is over at Shawn's helping him out with his out. I think that I am going to run down to Colonial Williamsburg and go to the farmer's market. I might even be able to talk someone into getting Cheese Shop with me for lunch. Yum.

Well signing off at my very own house on our very own new Dell Window's Vista computer.

My sincerest apologies

Sorry it's been so long. There just hasn't been anything to post on.

Check out the current post on the Truth in Love blog (link to the right) about The Cross. Awesome post, Jeff.

I saw an annual meeting of bloggers on C-SPAN the other day. Bet that's interesting.

Stephen and I bought a new computer and we hooked that bad boy up last night. It has Windows Vista...and it's actually pretty cool. It's VERY much like a Mac in regards to the looks. Pretty easy to maneuver. We have a DVD burner on it, so I am super excited about making slide shows and maybe even movies one day!! I will probably make a DVD of our honeymoon pictures and probably even our wedding pictures. Oh the fun will never end. Guess I'll need to buy some blank DVD-R's today at the grocery store (arg, I despise the grocery store...I have been dragging my feet about going this week. I guess I will HAVE to do it though)

We're finally getting the Internet at our house. (So maybe more bloggin'?? Maybe not??) Hopefully the modem will be sitting on our porch when I get home. Fingers crossed we can install it successfully the first time.

I'm learning a lot this week. Mostly the "die to self" principle. And the "you should be grateful for what you have...not sorry for what you THINK you don't have" principle. Very tough ones to learn. I prayed last night..."LORD, Take my heart from my chest and do with it what You want." Just when you think you've given your all to God, somehow you end up taking it back, sometimes without even realizing it. Oh, but He will let you know when you've done it. AND IT STINKS!!

Man, I can't believe that Katie and Billy are getting married in 23 days. (MOH: 23 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I cannot wait to go to their wedding. SUPER excited.

And I cannot believe that my last day of work in Aug. 29th, 21 days from today. I've been here 2 years and 5 months. It was a good run. But now it's time to move on. And since I have the Internet at home now, it won't be as hard to pull myself away from the comforts of my job.

I might right a thought provoking post here soon. I've read some good articles on line lately...might dip into those a little further.