I Love Old People

I went today to volunteer my time and speak about the elections at a nursing home. I spoke for 65 minutes. I was answering questions and queries the whole time. At the end of the time an old woman said to me, you know, you would have cut your time in half if you hadn't kept asking people if it made sense. I just kind of looked at her. And then she said, I'm telling you this for your students, it will be better for them.

Smile.

I love old people.

Twilight

Thank you friends for sucking me into this new series.

ARGH!

I am SO in love with Edward. He's perfect.

Last Week

Thank the Lord!

It is the last week of classes. In fact tomorrow is the last day of classes, in which I am doing reviews, so technically I'd say the last day of classes was yesterday. Students are on high overdrive - I wonder if that happens in places where people can and do drink - and can be a bit annoying. They have a million questions, they are freaking out, it's annoying.

But Saturday, it's done. Grading and then a full four months of no students at all....woo hoo!!

Scrapbook Expo

Yes I scrap. It's a verb - deal with it. So I scrap. I have girlfriends who scrap. I went to the scrapbook expo in the South Towne Auto Mall. And just so you know, my friends got there at 5am and I got there at noon. I had fun. I bought some stuff with the small amount of cash I brought with me. It was great. It's my guilty pleasure that no one knows about...

Until channel 5 news at 4pm sat down to chat with my table about scrapbooking for the live shots...OH MY GOD...

Why I am an Idiot

Well, I let a salesman into the house last night and sell me a 5 year commitment to a security system I don't need or want. All I can say in my defense is that I was tired and vulnerable. So today I wake up and cancel everything. You have 3 days to cancel so I did. Then the ass of a salesman called me to make me feel guilty. I'm Catholic, this works real well. Paul said, please just don't let them into the house anymore.

ARGH!

Snowing

I have a sunburn and there's snow on my lawn. It looks like someone took confectionery sugar and shook it all over the neighborhood. But the most embarrassing thing is I have a sunburn when there's snow out.

Where in the hell do I live???

My Dad's Sick

So my dad just got put into surgery in a hospital that is many miles away and many hours away. I can't get to the hospital so I am sitting here, totally ineffectively. While I love living in Utah, this is the one zinger that makes it hard to be away from home. I should be at the hospital, buying my stepmom coffee, making her eat food, she should not be there alone.

I am scared but I am not freaking out. I am sitting next to my baby who has eaten finger foods for the first time by herself today and smiling.

Keep up good thoughts for Grandpa Murray.

--Update

Dad came out of surgery a little worse for wear but should be okay. Thank you for the good thoughts.

Annual Sunburn

I am still unused to the Utah sun. Today I sat in the sun for a couple of hours, being silly with my girlfriends. I am now so sunburned it's ridiculous. Seriously! I am a grown woman, it is completely inappropriate to have sunburns in your 30s. Smile.

I am miserable. I have a head ache. I should never go out in the sun. No SPF, nothing.

ARGH!

But in other news, my good friend came and spent the day. Which I love.

Mac Office 2008

Very cool.

I just installed Mac Office 2008 on my new Mac, and they don't have the damn ribbon. So they kept all the cool features of the Mac Office and didn't switch over to their lame PC version.

Woo hoo!

BSG

Well BSG is back on. And I LOVE it, as much if not more than ever. But I am saying this officially, if Apollo is done and has left the show I will NOT watch another frakking minute.

Certification

I am now clear of all charges. I went to South Ogden, I paid the fees to take an online course and 30 minutes later I earned a 100 percent on a driving test.

Smile.

Obama Again

So, here's a few reasons why I don't want Obama to be president.

1. He joins a shot drinking contest and drinks water (loser!)
2. He wants the U.S. to boycott the Olympics (he's never been an athlete, so seriously who cares about those athletes, and he doesn't realize that when you bring the Olympics somewhere shit changes...like in Utah, now we can drink a little bit more than we could in 2001)
3. He doesn't have Elton John doing concerts for him and he doesn't have Carole King supporting him and he doesn't have Maya Angelou supporting him (he has Matt Damon - which is almost a plus, but then Matt Damon also roots for the Red Sox - I just want to have sex with him, not figure out why he roots for who he roots for)
4. He looks like the Green Lantern.
   

Cops

So, last week I was pulled over.

I was learning a short cut from a friend so I wasn't paying attention, seriously and literally. We were chatting, she was telling me where to go, blah blah blah. Here's the story.

The sirens go on. My friend says, Leah I think you are being pulled over. I say, I think you're right. I pull over. The cop says, ma'am do you know why I am pulling you over? I say, because my tags are expired? He says, I didn't even notice that, so no, I am pulling you over because you rolled a stop sign back there and you were doing 40 in a 25. I say, I didn't even see the stop sign so I'm pretty sure I didn't roll it, I bet I ran it. And, are you kidding, it's not 35 through here? He says, no. He continues that he'd been following me for 2 blocks with his lights on and I didn't notice him until he put on the sirens. I say, no kidding? Well, as you can tell I'm chatting with my friend and I'm not looking around or in my rearview. He says, do you have a good driving record. I say, yes, I've never gotten a ticket. Which is true, in Utah. He says, give me a minute. He goes back to his car. He comes back with an invitation to traffic school. If I go to traffic school, it's like I never got pulled over for the 2 (oh yeah, 3 things since I gave him the expired tags) citation opportunities. My friend says, you just missed like a $200 ticket. I say, no shit, I'm lucky.

Today my husband says, Leah, is this the cop that pulled you over. I say, yes it is. He says, look closer. I look, and there is a picture of me in the city newspaper getting pulled over by the cop, in a story about meth use. Just for the record, I am not a meth user, I don't even know what meth looks like. But there I am in all my minivan driving glory, getting pulled over.

I can't catch a break!

NCAA Championship

I came in second place in my bracket. I didn't win any money, but my friend gave me some cookies. I beat people who actually watch college basketball.

Pretty cool!!

Good Day Yesterday

I am trying to lose weight. Other than those four years in high school and the other four years in college, during which time I was very thin because I was working out constantly, I have been trying to lose weight my whole life. I am incorporating working out, trying to emulate what I had while in college and high school, and I am doing weight watchers. I have lost 10% of my body weight, which is the first big goal when you are losing weight. My next goal is to act as though I have just started weight watchers and lose another 10%. From there another 10%, and then another 10% and then I will be as thin as I was in college...odds of my getting there, pretty slim, but those are the goals.

I am pretty proud of myself and feeling good about my progress. It's slow, but I don't see weight watchers as a six month diet, I see it as a way of life and I have no deadlines for getting healthy. Every day that I choose good foods and see a little loss is a healthy day, and that's a good day.

Why I Love My Poof

Here's a fabulous photo of my baby meow meow who I have had for 11 years, she's been through all my bad times and my good times. Giving me a bump on the nose when I need it and giving me 'tude when I deserve it.

housework

Both our front door and back door locks broke at the same time. Paul said, who cares, we have 2 huge dogs, who is going to rob us? I said, I care. Our friend Scott said, you'll have to hire someone to come because it will be impossible for you to do. I said, fine.

I took myself to the Home Depot, bought two new door knobs, and installed them. Please take a look at my fabulous skill in fixing our doors. It took me one hour to do both.

I know I have to paint the back door, clearly, but I will get to that in May when maybe I do the whole kitchen. But at least now the door closes, which is a plus!