All marked up

Here is a tally of recent injuries:

I have 2 bruises from recent vaccinations
A scrape on my chest where books fell on me at the library
Yellow jacket stings on my leg and shoulder
An itchy spot from an allergic reaction to the band-aid used to cover the stings
A torn delicate girl-chest-region-area thing, don't ask
A ripped off baby right toenail after I kicked a shopping cart (it bled a lot)

I'm a bit of a mess I guess. My mom always says it's a good thing she didn't make my middle name "Grace."

T minus 2 days of class and counting. How's that for almost master? ;)

And it seems I may even have a job. No contract signed yet, but there is a verbal agreement in place. Sixth grade here I come.

Mom's day

To all the mothers out there, congrats! I hope your little ones are helping you celebrate and your families are giving you a much deserved break.

I hope some day I will have my own child to celebrate mother's day with. Ah yes, only time will tell. Maybe being around little kids all the time is making me baby crazy. :)

Hi.

School is kicking my ass. I hate doing this thing called PACT.

Hershey died. She woke up on Wednesday and half of her body was paralyzed. My mom and the kids were already on their way to Disneyland and Dieter was going to leave the next day. Instead of leaving it to me and gma to take care of her and possibly deal with the horribleness that is a dog dying, Dieter decided to take her to the vet on Thursday AM. We think that she had a stroke and it just incapacitated her. She was put down that AM when the vet confirmed there was nothing that could be done. Her quality of life was down to nil and I think that she is probably much better off this way. Lucy has been lonely without her, but we are dealing. Today she played with Wilbur the pig a bit.

Even though I know it was her time, it was hard saying goodbye after having Hershey in the family for so long. She could be a real stinker, but she was very smart and loyal.

so yeah, I am not much for updating on a regular basis lately. I am concentrating on completing my 2 giant assignments for graduation. I walk on June 13 @ 4:00pm, but then have summer classes for another month. But that is it. I will be done. If only I could get a job...I'm working on it. I even have a snazzy white suit.

Hershey actually seems to be doing better. Go figure. More later on that. I am actually in class and felt the urge to share this quote from Dooce.

"It all sounds like it was written by someone with the same intellect as a lobotomized flea that has just crawled out of Wilford Brimley's ass, and you're forced to wonder what drug they were smoking when they thought these sequels would be a good idea."

Love it.

Hershey is sick

At least we think that she is sick because she won't eat. Poor thing. She got very weak and listless.

She is old, almost 14, and blind and deaf...yeah. So we are watching her and making sure that she is comfortable and seeing what her blood tests say. Chances are she isn't going to last that much longer.

Enjoying my last few hours of break. As much as I am enjoying being lazy, I am bored. I also am really anxious about going back.

I got a monster of an email from my new CT and it made me dread going into this new classroom. As intense as last quarter was, this one is supposed to be much worse. OH GOODY! Where do I sign up. I never thought grad school was supposed to be fun, but man. Sometimes I really want to give up. If I weren't sinking so much time and money into it I might really consider it. That and I am physically incapable of giving up. Plus I do want to teach. I love interacting with the kids and even don't hate my classes. I just get overwhelmed by the papers and the total time-consuming nature of the program. Maybe once my friends get back from break and I get back into the swing of things I will feel more encouraged.