And then Ted came to visit......

Ted came to visit last weekend and we had a blast, as we usually do when we are together
We ate SO much food and drank quite a bit of beer.
We ended up going bowling which I haven't done in eons, and which I found out I still suck at!

Getting Wasted in front of Co-Workers

I mean, the annual Holiday Party -- and the alcohol that flows there -- who knows what will happen? Well Melissa is 2 years deep in the idiot bowl - this year I had only 3 beers, but then topped that with 9 shots of Patron.
Um..........yea
This is what I looked like after that:


Heehee.
I had a rough night after all that and an even rougher next day - and thankfully someone took me to get my car the next afternoon after I could move without being sick.
What a blast - whoohoo
See, this is why we have TWO weeks off from school. So we can act a fool & then not have to see each other for two weeks. Because this Tuesday, on the first day back, one of the teachers came to my office & literally said "holy shit! you survived!"
As if it were really a question............................jeez

Good Visit with my DAD!

I am so happy to say that the visit with my dad was fantastic - I was very unsure, as I think he was, since we hadn't spent any time alone in over 10 years.
Friday night we went to the movies with 12 of my students - I took them all to see Twilight on opening night - yes I am insane!
After the movies my dad and I went to Cabana, an amazing Cuban restaurant on Atlantic Ave - I think he was amused by the whack people that bar hop down there.

Saturday was a fun day - we went to breakfast, put my grill together (finally!), went for a walk on the beach & saw some really cool kite surfers, then we went up to City Place to go to Anthropologie and to have dinner at Il Bellagio. We were able to have some good conversation - nothing forced, everything nice. It was good.

Sunday we went to lunch & then it was time to go to the airport - saying goodbye was sad - and hopefully so much time won't pass again.
I am so glad he came to visit!

College Tour

I took a group of 14 of my 10th graders on a college tour throughout Florida this past week - we went to UCF, USF, FSU, and UF over the course of 3 days. We were on a tour with an outside provider and there were 40 kids on the tour all together - all of the other kids on the tour were disgustingly rich snotty ass white kids. For the first 24 hours together, most of these kids were mean to my kids; talking about them & teasing them - but my kids never let it get to them- they just let it roll right off & went about their business having a good time - our kids have so much class! We all learned so much on this trip - not only was it fun (most of the time...) but it was very educational for everyone.
One of the best parts was being with the kids when Obama won and being able to share that with them. Very memorable.

So much going on!!

There has just been so much going on lately - I've been a whirlwind of activity & I just don't see it stopping anytime soon

Between work and my classes, plus now tutoring has started and I am running all of the programs at our school - it's just madness! One thing that I have been making time for and absolutely loving is our JV football team. We just started it this year and the boys are amazing. They love it so much & they've formed this incredible bond. I don't even like football but I am getting into it because it's like going to see all of MY kids play. When they win, I don't think you could feel more pride radiate off of them. And since barely any of their parents are coming to see them, we are their family. I love it.

November is about to be a slam packed month for me

I am going to be out of town Oct 31-Nov 2, then come back for one night before I turn around and leave to take fourteen phenomenal 10th graders on a college tour throughout Florida from November 3-5. Can I tell you how excited I am about this? Can I tell you how excited THEY are about this? The school is paying for the whole thing & the kids are beyond themselves with the experience they are about to have. I cannot wait.

Then my 30th birthday weekend!! November 14-16. Quite a few of my VIP friends are coming into Miami/South Beach for the weekend & we are all staying at The Kent hotel and going to be living it up! I cannot believe how amazing my friends are to want to come spend the weekend with me. I feel so lucky.

And then....my dad, who I havent done anything alone with in at least 10-12 years, finally bought a ticket to come see me. He is coming November 21-23. I am so excited, yet nervous at the same time. I am trying to plan a million things to do so that we have enough to pick from and don't have any down time. I don't want down time because I dont want to have to worry about talking too much.

Then it's Thanksgiving break!

Good thing I am taking off November from University classes, right??

Oh wow!

I found out this week that I passed the Communications section of the FELE - that was the one I took right before I left for NJ
It consisted of an essay and about 40 multiple choice questions. I felt good about the essay, but not the m/c questions - so I was super excited to get my score report and see "PASS" written on it!
I have to sign up to retake the other 2 sections that I did not pass soon - if I don't have it all passed before January then I have to start all over again - I am not doing that shit!!!

New Jersey is still just as dirty and fun as it used to be!!!

Had such a good time in NJ - was able to spend Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday on the beach - all day every day - the weather was amazing & the water was nice & refreshing in the upper 60s! Haha, nice change from my 80s down here

I went into the city on Tuesday-Wednesday and had a blast with my VIP girls - it was a lot of fun.

My mom came into Jersey as did my brother & his girlfriend so we did a lot of family stuff - met my Uncle & my cousins at Pt Pleasant boardwalk and took the kids on rides & watched fireworks, went to Seaside many nights to drink with the "Silver Foxes" as the barmaids have nicknamed my 70-88 year old bar-hopping relatives, haha, had the infamous Marlin Way bbq on my last night there - it was all such a good time

Now I am back home & sick - BOO!

Going to NJ/NY!! Yea!!

I am going to NJ next Sunday for a full week

Going to visit family & do the whole Jersey shore thing - I cant wait

The best part will be going into the city for a day/night and meeting all the super hot VIPers that live up there - I cannot wait to meet everyone!

Fun times shall be had!!

Christian the Lion

This made me cry - watch it - it's touching - and it's only a minute of your time!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNTdWbVBgc

Aww Boo

I hate the FELE - this is how I feel after sitting in front of the computer for 4 hours today and getting a "NOT PASS" at the end.
Ugh.
I honestly did not expect to pass, because I have been so busy with classes that I have not had time to study - but it still sucked to spend that much time and not pass at least one of the subtests.
So now I can sign up and pay again to re-take the test in 30 days, and hope to find time to study my ass off so I can pass - the damn thing was SO long -my god
And in the school law and school finance sections, I definitely got click happy - just didnt have a clue & clicked on whatever looked good - whatever. blah