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After a week of teaching kindergarteners, I decided to hardcore relax this weekend. It’s been wonderful. I am laying around, doing nothing, watching tv. Don’t worry, folks… My busy schedule will be here soon.

Yesterday, Heather and I met up with Frank and Adam for a delicious meal at the Mongolian Grill Buffet. I’ve discovered a love for fake sushi. It’s seaweed, rice, and cucumber (instead of fish of some sort). It’s wonderful! I could eat it all day long. I also went to Target with the group and bought a new magazine holder for the bathroom. I even painted argyle patterns on it. I impressed myself, too.

I woke up around 10am today and FINALLY watched the rest of Damien: The Omen II. I’ve only been trying to finish that stupid movie for the last 2 weeks. It really wasn’t as good as I anticipated (after the long wait), but it kept me busy for a little while. Pilar and I went shopping at Walmart. I didn’t buy anything too exciting–just some Crystal Light and a pitcher. We also decided to pick Jenny up and went to Roanoke Mall instead of the local tiny mall. I realized that I will probably never shop in any of the following stores:

The Gap
Limited
Express
Eddie Bauer
B. Moss

The prices in there are just ridiculous. I think the only thing I can afford is a pair of $5.00 socks. Noooo thank you! However, I did buy some super duper clearance shoes at Hechts. I needed some comfy shoes to wear for teaching. Me-mom bought me 2 pairs of boots, and they are wonderful. I have been wearing them, but I also wanted a pair to slip on quickly if I wear a skirt or something. I found Liz Claiborne shoes that were originally $60.00 but were $11.90 on sale. That’s cheaper than Payless. Yahoo! Bargains are great.

We also went to dinner tonight at Ruby Tuesday. I got the Spicy BBQ Honey Chicken Tender Platter… I thought they were bluffing when they said “spicy.” Nope.

Brittany and Peter went to my brother’s birthday celebration today, which makes me happy. I called to see how things were going, and my mom answers the phone, “Hey.. we just got back from taking Brittany to the emergency room. Your hamster, Sally, really chomped on her hand.” I came to find that she was exaggerating; Brittany did get bit, but it was nothing to worry about. Sally the hamster is the most gentle hamster ever! I can’t believe such a docile creature bit someone. If I absolutely HAD to guess who the one person Sally would bite would be… I would probably choose Brittany though. That girl has bad luck with small animals.

Below is a picture from Target on Friday. Frank, Adam, and I tried on several hats in the men’s department. I think they especially enjoyed the hat with the beaver on it and the one below.

Guys’ hats take on a new meaning when girls wear them.

“She has a lot of mysteriousness about her.”

Isn’t that also called “mystery”?

Tengo un secreto.

Today was the first full day at the elementary school. My teacher seems really nice, and I think I’m going to enjoy working with her today. She even gave me plans and copies of important things. Wonderful!! 🙂

When I got back to Radford, it kinda seemed like everything went down from there. I had to park all the way over the hill toward Siberia. I took about a 30 minute powernap, which was much needed, and decided to go to dinner. I wanted to get some people to go to dinner, but it seems like everyone is away or unavailable when I need some socialization. It really makes me miss Brittany and how I could bother her at any minute of the day. It made me happy to see chicken salad on the new menu at Au Bon Pain, but then when they said they were fresh out, I wasn’t surprised. I got some crappy chicken on a crossiant and a brownie.

Chance definitely helped make my night more cheerful. I’m so glad he’s in RU… I’ve known him for a few months, but we’ve only hung out about 4 times. It’s funny, because I talk to him more than I talk to some people I’ve known for years. Thanks, nipple knees 🙂 We also danced while the hippies played their music in the quad.

I talked to Peter tonight. He is looking around for a new couch to go on top of his new wooden floor. I hear it’s looking pretty good 🙂 He also said that he may come up on Labor Day weekend. Yay!

Time for bed…. thank you to all of those who made me smile today.

And thank you to Meem and Peep for sending me beautiful flowers 🙂

Sometimes I wonder how sincere people are when they say things.

You could totally believe what they say, but then when you take the initiative, you are the one left looking stupid.

You never truly know.

Tonight was a great night filled with fun and lots of laughs. I hung out with Chance all day and went to Walmart and to the Greek letter store with him. A bunch of Phi Sigma Pi people went to the board game night in the new student center on campus. They had free pizza, so I was there. We had a blast playing Uno and Connect Four. We tried to shove full packs of gum into our mouths, and then almost choked when we realized that the wad (of gum) was way too big… and that saying, “I’m going to choke on this huge wad,” was not a good way to keep a straight face. I laughed so hard; I cried. What can I say? We are all 8 years old at heart.

And a lyric from Mr. Ben… She’s gonna be pissed when she wakes up for terrible things I did
to her in her dreams. It seems to me if you can’t trust, you can’t be trusted. (This exerpt only half applies to my life and half applies to something else)

Phallic, crystalline object that Dad kept giggling about 

A beautiful mosaic in the DC tunnel 

Lauren makes a kissy face, while Peter makes his usual camera face. 

Lauren and Mom by the Washington Momument 

Capitol Building