ARGH!

I feel for every step foreward that I take I fall two steps behind! Why is that? I am ahead at work have lessons wrote all the way up to spring break and beyond, while at the same time with my course work, I feel like I am keeping up, but not keeping up. You know what I mean? I have been doing research for my composition class and I am working on an IRI for my Reading class, and I really have no idea what I am doing. I am lost, the professor has not been in class in two weeks, she is near impossible to get ahold of via email. ARGH! I just feel buried with no hope of digging myself out! I am getting my ass kicked. Although my friend was in town last night and we went to the Macaroni Grill and then went downtown to Sing Sing for drinks and a good time. It was nice and relaxing and A LOT of fun!! Well I am off for now...I do hope to hear from you all soon! PS: I did not take the picture...just one I found on my computer, but a nice spring picture, although its snowing here today! We finally got moisture after waiting for like 3 months!!! :)

Meet Journey!

So my friend and I went to Build-A-Bear last night! She had never been, and I am a sucker for Build-A-Bear. So we went, laughed and each of us now have a new friend. So, meet Journey. He is my 'read' teddy. My friend has a new friend named Dreams. She is really cute! I am finally feeling better which is great! Went to the Doctor yesterday and wasted a co-pay for her to tell me to take drugs I already have a prescription for already! Oh well, its always a good idea to see your doctor every so often to get a clean bill of health! Well, enjoy the picture of Journey - he is great, and Sam is so glad he has a friend now!

Not Again!

Well, it happened - took longer than expected but it happened! You got it, I got sick again! Yuck! One of the kids sneezed on me the other day and its gone downhill since then! YUCK! I have been in bed ALL day! Spent the night at the school on Friday night with the girl scouts that was interesting, yet fun! Well I am off take some more advil and go back to bed!

Pre-School

So once again...I have a lot on my mind. Last Tuesday the Principal at my school came to me for a favor, which is nothing new. He informed me that it was the biggest favor he would ever ask me! So I was like, ok. He asked if I would be interested in teaching pre-school until until they could hire a new teacher. I told him after some think time, that I would! YEAH! I am REALLY excited about this! I have a GREAT group of kids that I get to work with, and I just know that we are going to have a great time! I start tomorrow morning! I am a little nervous being with my own kids all day, but I know that it will be great! I spent a chunk of time yesterday setting up and re-arranging and getting things ready. The kids I know are excited to have me, and I am excited to be there! Well, I am off for now, wish me luck this week!

TAXES

I AM IN TAX HELL! I decided to do my taxes this morning so I can build up my savings again! IT SUCKED! I have no freaking clue how they work and why they work and it STRESSES me out! I shunned people away from me because I was about ready to melt down! After 2 hours in front of my laptop, THEY ARE DONE! I am getting money back which is great! The most I have ever got back! GIDDYUP! I HATE DOING THEM! Next year I think I am going to just walk in somewhere pay the 40 bucks and call it done! YUCK! And what really sucks is I could not do them over the phone this year, so I had to do them online and pay! Oh well the fee was deducted from my refund and it was only 20 bucks! ARGH! ITS ONLY 9:15am and I NEED A DRINK! Ok, I am off people to do things to see! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Please bear with me! This is going to be a long post this week! Ok, so yesterday my good friend Amy and I went to Ski and Ride Keystone, no traffic on the way up, not a lot of people on the mountain made for a great morning. We left about 12:30 and headed over to Brek to check out the snow sculptures! OMG - they were amazing! The one here on the right is the world and it was hallowed out and there were two people on the inside! It was AMAZING! So we left there about 1:40, ok. We went into Dillion to the Dam Brewery for a quick bite to eat before we drove home. We left the restaurant at 2:50. We drove over Loveland Pass and as soon as we hit I-70 we were stuck in traffic. Amy was worried cause she had a dinner party at 6, I was worried cause I had dinner reservations at 6 as well plus I threw Mom a suprise 50th Birthday Party last night! She had no IDEA what so ever! I have been working on this for like a month! It was great though! All her friends were there and family, she had a great time! I cannot forget though that dinner was to celebrate my Aunt's birthday as well! So, Sharon this is for you: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It was quite the day. Amy and I finally got home about 5:30, it took us like 2.5 hours to get home! IT SUCKED! Usually that drive should take just over 1 hour. Oh well, we listed to some good music, laughed hard and just enjoyed each others company! It was a lot of fun! Till next time...

Winter Park

I HAVE HAD THE BEST WEEKEND IN A LONG TIME! I spent Friday night with my 4 friends from school just hangin out eating fondue and having a couple beers. Then I spent ALL day Saturday with my other 4 friends up at Winter Park! It was SO MUCH FUN! We skiied and rode hard in the morning, and then tailgated in the parking lot for Mary Janes 30th Birthday Bash! There was a bon-fire, chili, beers, friends, laughs and definantely good times! Tried a new pizza joint as well called Hernando's in Winter Park, pretty good pizza! I enjoyed myself SO much this weekend! My face hurts from smiling so much to be honest!

Warrenty

So never before have I ever had to use the warrenty or purchased the extended warrenty but last year for Christmas my parents got me a Picture Mate by Epson and they also purchased the extended warrenty for 30 bucks. So I started having issues with the printer. Took it in this time last week to Best Buy, they sent it in and informed me that they would call with any information. Well Thursday night they called. It would cost Epson more to fix my printer than the cost of refunding the original purchase price. Well, as the story goes I got back 200 bucks, which is way more than the printer is sold for today, so I was able to upgrade and still get a Picture Mate, but I was able to get the Delux model with the color screen and all these cool Disney frames that I can add to my photos! I thought that was pretty cool, and yes, again I purchased the extended warrenty just in case! Also this time last week I got a thing in the mail for a no-obligation trial of coffee and a free stainless steel coffee pot, well I signed up for that for 10 bucks, and cancelled my membership yesterday, so I got a brand new 12-cup coffee maker and a pound of gourmet coffee for 10 bucks! This seemed to be a week of deals for me! I also survived the first week back from vacation, which I was nervous about, but as the week went on I eased right into it! It was good to see the kids again, but sad to hear that there were a few who are not coming back to our school! That made me sad, but I wish them the best of luck on their new journies! Well, as I sit here watching the news I hear that for the first time in over a month SNOW is in the forecast, we need the moisture BADLY here on the eastern plains! We have had to water our lawn on a couple different occasions! Well, I wish you all a GREAT week, and look foreward to all your comments, also please check out my 'Peril in Estes Park' blog, I got a DVD about our trek and boy was it good! http://www.perilinestespark.blogspot.com/

Maintenence

Took my car in the other day for a simple tire rotation. I knew that it was coming due for some minor maintence things such as Brakes, Struts and an Alignment. I had no idea that it was due that day! The guys at Big O reccomended strongly that I get all that done, plus my tires were wearing and two of them were in need of being replaced. I opted to do it all, the whole package with 4 new tires! Yikes! They even had to order parts from Texas to finish the job so the car spent 2 days in the shop! They were GREAT though! I would highly reccomend them! They were up front with me, they even let me go into the shop to see exactely what was going on, which made me feel good that I was not getting ripped off, which I knew I was not! But, in the end I had to swallow hard when I signed on the bottom line for $1,463.00 worth of work! Ouch! Oh well, my car is in great shape, its almost paid off and I love it! I even had the engine rebuilt only a few thousand miles ago, and everyone tells me its in great shape for having 85,000 miles on it! That was the expense of my winter break! It hurt, but it needed to be done! Till next time, Cheers! :)

Peril In Estes Park

Ok - I started a new blog: http://perilinestespark.blogspot.com

This is the story of what started as 4 friends grew into 5 friends who each year conquer another mountain! This trip we do each year to Estes Park is a lot of fun, and I have a great time and I am sure that my friends do as well! The picture below is of me on top of Emerald Mountain near Estes Park, Colorado.