"have you ever gotten any ink done at holy mother?"

Maybe I should've told homegirl that referring to tattoos as, "ink," is fucking embarrassing.

Awake. Ugh.

Kaya's snugglin' with me on the couch, though. So I can handle it for now.

Fellini's and Alice In Wonderland Friday night with BT. I really liked the movie. It induces lots of brow-furrowing and mouth-breathing. Haha.

Douglasville yesterday. Carpooled with Kev. He's moved back downtown--into the condo, actually--so we've been hanging out more. He cracks me the hell up. "I gotta put on my Badball shi't."

Leaving for South Carolina at lunchtime today. Yah yah yah yah yah!! Really looking forward to doing a lot of nothing with my favoritest family.

(Rachel and I) Got tattooed last night. Jason Kelly. No surprise that I love it:

Maybe seeing Scott when I get home this week? Huge butterfly on the top of my right thigh. We shall see.

I can't decide if I should try and sleep or just stay up and run errands.

spring break.

I love/hate when people misuse words. Or hang out on http://www.thesaurus.com/ and abuse its synonym search function. Woof.

Hit the door at 2:45 today. Everyone--kids and teachers alike--was ready to get gone. Haha. Douglasville tomorrow. Charleston/Kiawah Sunday through Thursday.

I got a pink sheep stamped on me today by one of my kindergarten girls. I showed her the tattoo on my arm and she cracked up.

Right all along! Ahaaa. Vindicated.

godfuckingdamnit.

So looking forward to spending a few days at the beach (yes, that beach) with my family.

Of course I'm sick right before break. Allergic to the world.

Finally got my LCD projector from the Art Department. Fashioned a screen out of white butcher paper. Really excited.

I'm such an Art teacher. Haha. Kill me.

Ianfroihjroegijfsdlg.

CPR Pencil bit me a couple days ago. It was hilarious.

My right ear hurts.

I feel like I'm forgetting something. I'm sure I am.

major improvements.

This weekend was so fuckin' short. Ugh. One week.

Drawing the last couple days. Reworked this crap, finally.

Way happier. Excited to paint it. I almost want to add more to the hat. Birds and flowers and ribbon. We shall see.

Bed soon.

just dance.

Just ran out to help look for a little girl on the property. Her name is Lucy. We found her. Haha.

It's so nice outside. A few degrees cooler and it would be perfect.

I'm in the mood to paint.

I had my annual evaluation yesterday during lunch. It went really well. My AP is my gurl. She cracks me up.

A couple stories from work I keep forgetting to post.

A week or two ago, a kindergartner named Jimier had his paint shirt on over his nose and mouth. Laughing, I said, "Jimier! Take that off . . . you look like a thug!" To which he responded, "I'm not a bug!!" So funny.

This Wednesday morning at Car Riders, I turned around to see one of my most hoodest fourth graders--decked out in his Frosted Flakes racing jacket--dancing by his car and yelling, "This my SONG!!"

It was Lady Gaga Just Dance playing loud as fuck.

Hahahashasoihosfnf. Made my day.

The Crazies with EDV last night. It was awesome. Passed out when I got home.

Dunno what I'm doing tonight. The whole family is in Chattanooga for the day looking at houses. Maybe I'll stop by when they get home. Mama's in town again.

independence.

Mass email today from FCBOE Human Resources detailing the RIF (Reduction in Force) process, criteria, timeline. I don't know if I feel better or worse as a result. At this point, I don't really feel anything. I think I've shut down--which is typical. Self-preservation. It's better to avoid reaction than either of the other two available options: pretend everything's fine only to find out later OR assume the worst and stress myself out until I can hardly function.

I haven't talked much about how these budget cuts affect me and my career; not on here anyway. Frankly, I'm not entirely sure yet. And the possibility of losing a job I love is part of the reason I've been absent lately. I'm busier than ever. Half my extended family being in failing health doesn't exactly feed my desire to socialize, either. Thoroughly bummed. I should find out soon about work, though.

On a lighter note, I was the recipient of the Valor and Virtue Mentor On The Rise award this weekend. I was really flattered and excited. And so glad my parents were there to see it.

I am going to attempt to make it to tonight's show.

God. Fuck. I don't know. Maybe I won't. I should.

Shower.

rest assured.

For the record, kindergartner's make the best artwork. I would like to live in both of these cities:

There are a ton more, but I didn't get a chance to take pictures of all of them. If I do, I will surely post.

Today was fine. Stayed late and cleaned my classroom. Getting ready to pass back lots of stuff. Big DOE meeting tomorrow. I'll finally find out if budget cuts will affect my employment status with Fulton County Schools.

Rachel F. stopped by earlier. We talked for a good two hours. I love her.

Supposed to hang out with Eddie tonight. Glad. Glad things are okay. I missed him. He's a good friend now.

Smioffreijvalmdsav.

Exhausted.