Life.

"May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us."
-Mother Theresa

 

 

Not content.

I am going through one of those not-content-with-anything phases right now. I haven't had one for a long time I feel like, but for a short period of time I was getting this feeling every other couple weeks. No, not before my period. That is a completely different mood change. And that one actually takes over my life. I think I just need to get back into my workout routine, for one. Routine.. I say that like I've ever had one. I just have to say, I feel lucky to have the body and metabolism I do for not consistently working out or eating healthy. Although, I have gotten a whole lot better with what I eat. Today was definitely a day filled with sweets. I swear I was constantly snacking. Gummy bears, Jelly beans. I had a couple cookies. Probably because today was quite the frustrating day at good old Kindercare. My day is about to get more frustrating because I have to respond to that annoying letter I got in the mail from Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles before I went to Florida. Remember that? So stressful. Well, vacation is over and now I have really not-so-fun things to deal with. I'm now realizing that lately, I have been doing a lot of venting in my blog. Which is alright, it helps me feel better, but I can imagine it's not so fun to read when it's one thing after the other. I'm going to have to slap you real hard with frequent positive ones here! (Which probably won't be hard because Tiesto is on Friday.. and I actually had a dream that I got his logo tattooed on my body) So I'll be emailing WDMV because I feel like I can get out everything I need to address when it's right in front of me and I can reread and edit! And I despise the telephone. Don't think I will ever learn to love it. UGH. 

So much rather text Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles. Just kidding. But seriously. 

I am seriously thinking about changing my career. I am such an indecisive person as is, and I think I need to explore other options and see if there is something out there I love more than what I am doing. I can always come back to childcare if nothing else works out, because I will always love kids and working with them will forever be easy for me. ahh, I just don't know what to do! Lots of thinking. I have been talking a lot lately about what the heck I want to do with my life. I need to explore. There are too many things I want to be when I grow up. 

On a good note: Friday is April 1st !! and you know what that means. Tiesto at Roy Wilkins Auditorium and the start of the best birthday month ever. yayyy!! 

Here is my man last time he played in Mpls. Being amazingg. As usual. I love looking at pictures posted on google and thinking to myself, "I was there."

Just a thought.

 

Happy Friday.

I must blog before I get on with my Friday! 

Today is the day I have been waiting to write about since January. Or I guess, I'm going to say something I've been holding in since January, because I didn't have my blog back then. MY CO-TEACHER IS PREGNANT! Knowing something so exciting and having to hold it in for 3 months is hard! I bugged her for some time about having babies. She's been married for a little over a year and they said they were going to start having kids around then. So, me being crazy about pregnancy, had to lay it on her :) One day, after I hadn't said jokingly, "you're pregnant" in awhile, she told me she was! And I am sooo frickin excited to watch her belly get huge and have someone so close to me (40 fabulous hours a week) be pregnant! I am obsessed with pregnancy! And while I'm on the topic, my girlfriend Jamie is also expecting. Both are due in September. How exciting!! I told both I will be living vicariously through them until my special day. Because my special day, isn't going to be for some time. Sorry, mom ;) You have Damon and Kimmy for that for now! 

Today was a great Friday! I spent the day with the babies because we were low enough ratio wise in my twos room. I have to say my favorite part of the day, was when our assistant director, Dani, was in the room with me. She had just gotten done feeding one of the babies, when he decided to spit up (breast milk) down the front of her shirt. Dani gagged and I told her, there was nobody else I would have enjoyed watching that happen to than her. And then I told her I was going to blog about it. 

Today on my lunch break, I bought the Florence + The machine CD. Amazinggg! Mom, you'll really like it as well. If you and I are friends on facebook, you've most likely seen their video on my wall. If not, check it out, it's wonderful. It gets me so excited for summer! And I have to say right now, how ecstatic I am that I leave work at 5:30 and it's still sunny out for another two hours. I love you, sunshine! 

Last night, my girlfriend Kristin came over and we had a nice bonding sesh and loved on my hookah for a bit, since it had been awhile. We watched video after video of Florence + The Machine. It's becoming an obsession, that's for sure. She is such a fun performer. Such high energy. I love you, Kristin. I wouldn't mind if it you moved home this summer ;) 


Now where on earth is this Friday going to take me? I feel like it's going to be a good one! Have a wonderful night everyone! 

Good hugs.

Nothing makes me feel better than techno and cleaning/organizing like a crazy person. Together. 

And nothing is better than strangers who smile at you. I can't get enough of friendly people and people who smile at you for no reason. 

 I saw a lot of that today at the airport. I love people. I have to say, there is nothing more irritating to me than people who are just rude for the heck of it, you're attitude is not attractive. There is nothing more attractive than a kind person. And a person who smiles. I made some friends waiting for my flight and on my flight home today. I really enjoy talkative strangers. I saw two different people reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, like I am and another woman butted into my reading and told me how amazing the book is. I can't wait to get into it more! 

During my flight I read a bit more of that and then decided to mix it up and read some GLAMOUR. I'm pretty sure there were 5 separate times I thought to myself, I need to blog about that, while I was reading and I was thinking of personal experiences and thoughts that related. 


Let me just say right now: successful trip to Florida. I gave everyone hugs before I checked in and we had to separate and go to different gates. This is actually something I thought to blog about! :) I am a hugger. I like to give hugs. There is nothing like a good hug. I sort of laughed to myself today while I hugged my cousin's husband who is so not a hugger like I am. It's hard for me to understand, but I can try. My thoughts are, if you're going to hug someone, hug them. Don't give a barely-touching-weird- hug or a one armed-half hug, give a good one. I know he didn't initiate the hug, but I'm just saying. 


I'm spacing and not recalling anything I read in GLAMOUR that reminded me of things to blog about. But I did read 12 Things Every Woman Deserves in Life towards the end of the mag. 


1. A statement bag, even if the statement is "who cares about statements?"
2. A Teen Mom marathon the day your home with a fever.
3. At least one person you can call at 3:28 A.M. 
4. More than one square foot of space on any form of public transportation.
5. Love you can feel 1,000 miles away.
6. A few days a year filled with flip flops, tropical sunsets and the sound of steel drums.
7. Fresh flowers once a week. Self-picked dandelions count. 
8. The shinier hair, thicker lashes or plumper lips you just shelled out $12.99 for.
9. Orgasms on demand, sans or avec partner. 
10. A say in whether and when you become a mother. 
11. One pet (yours or someone else's) who has a special thing for your lap.
12. A truly excellent profile picture. 


I love being a lady. 
And I'm obsessed with Florence + The Machine- Just saying. 

Disappointed.

This morning, everyone kind of went their separate ways. My cousin and her family went for a good two hour bike ride and their friends, another couple with twins, went kayaking. It was time to seperate the 3 three year olds. They started getting at each others throats in the last two days. So, I decided I would take that time to go down to the beach, listen to my techno and possibly start the book that I told myself I was going to start and finish during my trip. I tried to start reading it two separate times, but my mind was in other places and I didn't understand anything I was reading. I realized I had read the whole prologue, and half of the first chapter and I had no idea what I had read. You know how that is. Which is so weird, I usually read anything and everything. So I got down to the beach nice and early, 10 AM and busted open The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which I have to say I'm somewhat let down about. Even by myself I couldn't get my mind off going to Tiesto on April first. Then again, I feel like that's the majority of what I think about everyday. I'm such a fanatic. Anyways, I'm super anxious to see the movie and then also, read The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and The Girl who Played with Fire, and then see those movies. So I have high expectations, maybe that's where I'm going wrong. But like I said, I will read anything. So it shouldn't be hard for me to get into these. Maybe it's just my Florida mindset and I need to be back to my normal day to day routine to start reading like crazy again. I'm excited! :) I'm also excited to kiss my boyfriend! 

Time to get back to reality.

My blog is boring- just a thought. The day I started my blog, I had absolutely no idea how to make my background cute and personalized and "me" and I still don't. And it can't be hard. Caitlin, I need your help. ;) Side note, you are very inspiring. You make me wish I blogged every day like you do. When I get back from Florida, we need to get together- catch up and you can give me a little blog lesson. And I have no idea how to comment on your blog and it stresses me out! 

Today is my last day in Florida. Day 6! For the most part, I haven't done much but lay in the sun! Hey, that's okay with me. I was actually nervous to lay in the sun one day.. but the redness went away and now I'm tan :) I feel so lucky I have to skin that I do. I'm pink for a few hours and then BAM olive, tan!  We had talked about going to Disney World today but decided not to with a 3 month old who has gotten sick over the last day and was very not content with anything yesterday, which is so not like her. I'm one of the few that did not actually catch the bug Elle (the 3 year old) brought down to Florida. I got a sliver on the bottom of my foot walking on the beach yesterday and thought I got it out, late last night I realized I didn't and now it hurts from putzing with it. Got half out but it definitely wouldn't be fun to walk around with all day. AND Disney World is crazy expensive.. $87 per adult and believe it or not, I've done an awesome job at spending as little money as possible on this trip. I'll just take my kids someday. When I'm super successful and have money to throw around ;) So I think today will consist of one more day of laying in the sun. My life is tough. My flight home tomorrow is around 1:00 I think and I get back to Mpls at 3:55? I am so excited to see Joel! And spend time with my girlfriends this weekend! Joel will be in the studio recording this weekend-- how exciting! So I get one day with him for now, because I refuse to miss yoga on Thursday. I haven't been there for weeks, I feel like a seriously failure in that department right now. 


Ugh- and one more thought I haven't opened The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo once this week. For some reason I have have absolutely no desire to read. So unlike me. Time to get back to my routine if you ask me!

Dreams.

I need to blog really quick before I forget my dream. Last night I had a dream that I was inside this crazy, amazing cave filled with water and the bottom of it was probably.. 20 ft deep? and it lit up and changed colors. Everyone I went to high school with was there and all my best friends stood out the most. Even the one I dated was there and it felt like we were more than friends. I wish I would have known at first that I was dreaming, because right away I was a little sal about jumping in the water. I remember saying something about how intimidating it was that the water hole we were jumping into was bottomless and went really far inside the earth. Little did I know that when I jumped in eventually, that I touched the bottom and it got warm, less warm than a hot tub but warm. Across the cave was a huge water fall, like one I've never seen and the bottom of that lit up as well. Remember we're all inside a cave. I'll try and make this as visual as possible, that I might not be good at. I remember that waterfall turning red the most. Ah it was amazing. What's weird is that none of my good friends that I have now in my life were in my dream. Joel wasn't there- one of the most important, Alesia wasn't there, another most important. It just seemed like it all took place while I was still in high school. I remember talking to Kylie, Sarah and Hanna about sleeping at Kylie's place (which is all too realistic) but Kylie mentioned not having a bed (which isn't realistic) so we were talking about laying down all our down comforters and down pillows and making a bed on the floor. James Kulzer was there, probably because he loves my blog so much ;) I just remember jumping in the water, climbing back up, and doing it over and over again, a ridiculous amount of times. Ah, I just loved it. I was dating Brian Hall again. Maybe because I just saw him a couple weeks ago at the bar? But we definitely kissed underwater. Into the blue style. And thank god, I have a boyfriend that doesn't get upset or jealous about the crazy, weird dreams I have at times. Love you, babe ;) I dream about you a lot too. I'm so glad I'm one of those people who remembers their dream's and to detail. I actually don't remember them as often as I used to. But I do know, in my dream, I started to blog about it because I didn't want to forget it. Maybe my blog is taking over my life. Nah, I think I would blog more than every few days it that were the case. 

Have an amazing Monday! 
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WONDERFUL CO-TEACHER BACK IN WISCONSIN! Yay, I didn't forget. I never remember birthdays! I'm thinking about you in Florida. Hopefully our kids aren't insane for you today! I can't wait to come back to you :) 

I will be spending my last two days in Florida in the sun. 

Bratty kids.

Everyone knows kids listen way better to people other than their parents. And I have experienced this first hand many times. For example, I used to have a little boy in my class, when I was working full time in toddlers, who would refuse to put his blanket away at drop-off everyday while his mom was there. The second she shut the door, I would grab his cubby down, tell him to put it away and he would, willingly and with a smile on his face. That smile meant, "I have all control over my mom." I refuse to ever let my children control my life. And I have to say that is very hard for me sometimes because at drop-off and pick ups, I hate to be the one to intervene and I feel embarrassed for the parents that they have no control over their kids. What also makes it very hard for me is that I don't have kids of my own so I really won't know until the day I do. But seriously. There is NO way my kids won't have manners and will demand things from me. I can't stand sitting in front of parents who give in to their bossy, demanding little children and then complain about how they act. You allow them to act that way! One time, I was in the younger twos room at my work (I work with the older twos) and a little boy's mom came to pick him up for the day. His mom literally said, "okay, (child's name here) it's time to go home, lets put the truck away" probably 7 times. At the eighth time, I said, "(child's name here", you put the truck away or I put the truck away." He walked right over to the shelf and put it away. There is a little girl at my work who's mom was just given a BMW for her birthday and the little girl doesn't like it, she likes the van better and will throw a fit if she has to ride in the new BMW. So the mom won't drop her off or pick her up in the BMW-- are you kidding me? I would drive that BMW everywhere. Hello! Your two year old shouldn't run your life! I'm thinking to myself right now, I hope I'm still blogging when I'm a little older and have kids. I will probably get a colicky baby, just to give me a run for my money. Long story short, I'm biting my tongue right now because I have been through situation after situation at my work with kids, I've studied early childhood education, nannied for about two years, my two year olds at my job are amazingly well behaved and I am with (family member's name here)'s family and all I want to do is put in my two sense but I seriously don't feel like I can. If you were a mom, would you take advice from someone who's been working in childcare for almost a decade? All I want to do is help. Did I mention, I'm amazing at my job?

Birthday Month.

April is going to be AMAZING! I am just fired up. I've been getting fired up a lot lately. If only I could fire myself up in a different way and get this crazy, huge pile of dishes done tonight. psh. Anyways back to April! Check out this line up: 

March 31- my honey is 24... ooolddd ;) jk! And plays a birthday show at Throwbacks. 
April 1- TIESTOO!! The love of my life plays at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Have I ever mentioned how much I love techno. I was telling Hanna and Keegan that while I was writing in Joel's valentine's Day card, I was thinking about all the things I love. And I almost wrote, "I love you more than techno" but then actually refrained because it's not true. Sorry love, it's been here for me long before you were. and if for some reason, heaven forbid, someday you aren't here anymore.. techno will be. It's the truth. I'm crazy. Anyways, all my mamas will be with me and there is seriously nothing better than a show, let alone Tiesto, and my best friends.
April 8-10- Joel and I will be visiting my brother, Damon and his fiance', Kimmy in Milwaukee. Serious bonding time and I may be getting fitted for my bridesmaid dress. Exciting! 
April 15- Wolfgang Gartner is at Epic! Another goodie who has been featured in a lot of Tiesto's podcasts. Epic is home to me. This place does something crazy to me. I can't explain it. Some of the best times in my life have been there. You may think that's kind of ridiculous.
April 16- Ari Herstand plays at the Varsity Theater. Suuper fun musician who loops all his music. 
   (April 15 and 16th are also the training for holy yoga instructor that I have been seriously contemplating. It's a two day thing and I think it would be awesome. I'll get back to you on my decision on that one.)
April 17- My amazing brother's birthday! old fart. Kidding. I have the best brother ever. 
April 20- Tierney Ann's birthday! and 420.. which I seriously think is just any other day these days. Serious. It means nothing. 
April 27- My fellow inmate's birthday! Kristin my love! 
April 28- My birthday! 23 years young! heck yes.
April 29- Infected Mushroom at Epic! Ah, Epic again. I smile just thinking about you!
April 30- My passion party. Where my boyfriend buys me a bunch of new exciting things, for my birthday ;) Wishful thinking? Only, Joel isn't invited. Only my favorites, not that you aren't one of them, but you definitely don't have a vagina. Mamas only! 


Holy fun! I love my life. And my birthday month! Who doesn't celebrate their birthday for thee entire month?  

Did I mention this all starts right when I get back from Florida. 
Gosh, I'm blessed.

Mixed Feelings.

I have been a little preoccupied this week-- due to my amazing boyfriend returning home from Alaska on Wednesday. I don't think I've blogged since Tuesday but I received a very annoying letter in the mail today so I need to bitch for a second. Return address: Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles. That right there, pissed me off. As I mentioned in my first blog ever, I sadly, got a DUI almost two years ago. two years ago. (Don't ever get a DUI, it will ruin your life) The letter basically says that the department of motor vehicles has not received a report verifying my compliance with my driver safety plan- which you have to complete in order to get your license back. WHICH I COMPLETED BEFORE I RECEIVED THE LETTER SAYING I WAS ABLE TO GET MY LICENSE BACK. Did I mention it was almost two years ago? It's such BS. Unwanted stress that I do not want to deal with and will not be dealing with before I go to Florida in 5 days. That's the good news! I'm going to Florida. I was planning on blogging about my excitement for Florida, but this letter got to me before I had the chance to do that so I'm heated. 


But now, I'm thinking about Florida. And listening to the crazy wind outside and I'm getting so excited about it. A couple months ago, my cousin sent me an email asking if I had a spring break this year and if I wanted to go down to Florida with her family and another family to help out with the kids. three 3 year olds and Lili, who's about 3 months I think? So four chillins. Trip and lodging expenses on her. I thought to myself, stupid question! :) You should have just sent me an email saying, "Hey Kels, I'm flying you down to Florida for a week in March, just plan to take that week off!" Got the confirmation email on Wednesday. The only down fall, I'm pretty sure I'm sleeping with all the kids. It's okay, I plan on making a really sweet fort, and making myself my own room. I already have it planned out. Realistically, I will probably be up before them and it's not like I'll be needing privacy on the trip. Hey, I'll be in Florida! And I get to spend time with my cousin and her family who I don't see very often. And I have to mention that Ellie, her daughter, is probably one of the funnest three year olds I've ever met. And that's saying a lot for how many years I've worked in childcare. 


And! I'm very psyched because a mom from my work gave me The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest to read while I'm there. No doubt, I will most likely read both. I want to see both movies so I'm antsy. 

Joel says, "It's about time you get to go somewhere sweet and I'm the one sitting here missing you." Yeah, it is about time. Florida, here I come!

 

Correct Terminology.

My co-teacher and I were talking today about how many times we think we say, "penis" in a day. Because you all know, you are supposed to use correct terminology with kids. Having two year olds we are constantly working on potty training. Some of the boys in our class stand up to pee, some prefer to sit. The sitting ones need to be reminded to "push their penis down" so pee goes into the potty and not on their clothes or the floor. Over the last couple weeks, one of our kids has become very curious about his penis. One day in particular, while sitting on the potty, he wasn't actually going potty. He was sitting, legs wide open, pulling his penis so it's facing up, would close his legs, slowly open them and watch his penis slowly de-stick from the leg it was stuck to. You can imagine how far into silent mode my co-teacher and I are. Knowing he has no idea we are watching him. Oh, and I must tell you he always used to pull his underwear up with his penis hanging out. We have such good laughs! Don't get me wrong, our days are not always a piece of cake. Honestly, I think we have very smart two year olds who use their manners so well. We feel like most days they act like three and four year olds. So on the days that they actually act like two years olds, and it's frustrating, we have to remind ourselves that it's common two year old behavior. 

I've actually refrained from blogging about my job because I've been trying to send a picture from my phone to my facebook/email/internet in general but for some reason, it refuses to send. A picture that I can post to this very blog to show you guys just how funny my job is some days. A couple months ago, we had our kids free drawing. One of my little girls drew a picture of a penis, clear as day and told me it was a window. I immediately asked her to stop so we could show Ms. Lauren(my co-teacher) her beautiful picture. At that point I took a picture of it with my phone and sent it to Joel for a good laugh and she got real embarrassed and didn't want to draw anymore. Sorry love. 

Maybe I just need to eventually start a blog about the hilarious things my two year olds say and do. You guys would all be laughing. 

I love love.

I am so fired up about my relationship right now that I'm feeling the need to blog about it. Yesterday, I went and hung out at the Kachel residence (Joel's parent's house) I finished a book I was reading last weekend and have been reading a not-so-interesting book this week just because I'm a crazy book worm and need to read. So, after voicing that to Joel's mommy, she went upstairs and came down with a stack of books for me. Now, when I was growing up, my mom would read and love self-help books. My response was always, "K, stupid, I don't need a book to help me live my life." That thought, was stupid. Finally, my mom turned me on to the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff books and I loved them. I read Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens and later in life read Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love. These books literally make you want to live your life better and are awesome at putting things in perspective. You know how I love that. 

So anyways, one of the books she gave me is The Five Love Languages how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate. I sound 50 right now. And realistically, the book is for married couples. I am not married, and won't be for some time yet. But everything in it is very interesting and all around it's about finding your "love language" and doing certain things to "keep the love tank full" in order to fulfill your partner's "love language." I really don't think I'll ever have problems in my relationships if I keep these books at my side. 

I told Joel I had started reading this book. We've been texting on and off throughout the last couple hours that I've been reading it. And I have to say, I am so thankful that I have a boyfriend who is so open and probably as equally excited as I am, in doing things with/for each other to make the most out of our relationship. I couldn't imagine having someone else. I am probably going to write down everything I love about him tonight and read it to him when I pick him up from the airport on Wednesday morning, at 7 Am, god, I'm excited! I have the best boyfriend ever. 

Hm, I wonder how many blogs I will eventually have written all about Joel. 
I love love.

top five.

No longer neglected.

I am failing at blogging right now. 
Last time I blogged was Tuesday-- and I didn't expect myself to neglect this precious blog at all. This weekend was quite different than the weekends I've been having lately. First, I just have to say that the spinning class last Thursday was quite intense but I won't go again. I made the horrible mistake of working out Wednesday night when I was sore from Tuesday's work out. I should have just given myself a night of rest. Because my legs were sore 15 minutes in. and me not being a member, I paid $10 for the 45 minute class. My sports related asthma did start to somewhat surface, but no full blown asthma attack, luckily, for I don't have an inhaler! 

Back to my weekend! My lovely Sarah Paulaha Pauly, is back in town from her extravagant trip to Europe. What better way to celebrate then go downtown Mpls?? So we made our way to Seven, to see Miss Adrienne, went to Gay 90's for about 4 minutes, and then made our way to Sneaky's which was definitely, finally, my crowd :) Killed the dance floor for a short period of time. Now, mind you, I purposely drank two and a half cups of reeeal strong coffee at about 5 PM because I knew I would have to bring my 'A' game, without drinking heavily. So we had a wonderful time and last looked at the clock at 4:30 AM.  Me being crazy, I was up and ready to go for the day at 7:30! 3 whopping hours of sleep. So I made us all smoothies and a hearty breakfast. I must mention how much I love being domestic. And by domestic I mean, doing dishes, laundry, cleaning the house, being in the kitchen in general-- although the cooking aspect needs a little work. My husband will be the one cooking for me someday. All in all, I'm going to be a trophy wife someday. And a wonderful mother, lets throw that in too. 


I really started missing Joel even more yesterday! (I should probably get you up to speed on our sitch- He's been in Alaska being amazing and doing his music thing with the great friends he has there) Why did I start missing him even more, you ask? Because a girl I work with had a Passion Party. That's why. Will you get home already, babe? Oh, and Joel was in my dream last night, but for some reason we didn't hug. And it's all I wanted to do. He was just crazy busy running around, so I woke up missing him even more. On a good note, Joel gets back on Wednesday at about 7 AM so I took the day off and we have all the time in the world to love on each other. I am smiling. He's been gone for 3 weeks! I have to say, there is nothing like the feeling of missing someone and being missed. Wow, Joel tangent. 


Damon came home last night! Damon is my brother who I love and admire so much! We had some delicious dinner at Pier with the fam and Jay, who pretty much is fam, and made our way up to the bull pen at agave to see my Sam Bam and Han tan eventually when she was done serving downstairs. It's rare that I call my girlfriends by their actual names, if you haven't noticed. And I would say, all weekend long, with consistently drinking, I did not actually get drunk. I was at a good, hyper buzz the whole way through.

Today, I missed church with mi madre' sadly. But I did catch up on the sleep I missed being so out of my element this weekend. In a short while, I'm off to hang out with Diane Kach (Joel's mommy) to watch Mama Mia and practice being domestic with her sewing machine. I'm excited. This weekend gave me a run for my money and I had such a good time! 

I will not neglect you this week.

Motion in still life.

Right now, I am feeling like I could concur the world. Today has been an absolutely five-star day. I woke up, wide awake this morning at 6:30- I know, I'm crazy. I put some coffee on, hopped in the shower, had a piece of toast and half a grapefruit and was ready to go to work about 45 minutes before I actually had to be there. Clearly, it was the perfect start to my day. My co-teacher and I had some really good laughs today and you could tell I had about 5 cups of coffee (don't worry, I am easily addicted to coffee and never allow myself to have that much, today was just an off day) I got done at 5:30 today and at about 5, I felt like I could spend the rest of the night with my kids. It was a great afternoon, and we got outside twice today! Big day at Kindercare! ;) Too bad it's not going to stay this warm and it's going to snow again. Boo. We were told at the end of last week that we had "important visitors" coming this week so everyone has been hustling, getting ready for the new week's/month's themes and making our rooms in tip-top shape. Today was the big day. And the "important visitors" never showed up. So now all of our rooms look perfect. I told my bosses that they should tell us that every couple weeks so we hustle to meet perfection for no reason at all. 

I told myself I was going to make myself work out today after work, so I purposely had one bagel at 3 for snack (I can't say no to bagels at Kindercare) and snacked on some edamame- my new addiction. (thanks Sam) Got home at 5:40, changed, put on one of Tiesto's podcasts and was completely fired up. Funny, that my kitten, Olive, was in a crazy cuddly mood when I got home, more than I've ever seen her. So, while I was working my chest, she was laying on my stomach. While I was doing deadlifts, she was cuddled on top of my feet. While I was doing sit-ups, she was laying on my mat, under my bent knees. I laughed out loud a few times. It was fun for her too, until I accidentally hit her with one of the weights. 

I literally feel like I can do anything while listening to techno. I am unstoppable. But it goes either way- I put on my Tiesto dvd and get the energy to clean my entire apartment or it sucks me in and I find myself sitting on my couch, complete attention on the tv and then I get absolutely nothing done. I listen to techno while I go tanning- and I bet the lady at the tanning salon can hear me dancing in my bed. I listen to techno while I shower and I spend more time dancing than washing my hair/shaving. I can't be still. 

So I of course, go from my workout, to scrubbing the life out of my shower. I took a bath the other night and couldn't even relax, all I could think about was how badly I wanted to clean the tub. Put on some techno and it's a done deal. 


Now, my bathtub is spotless. 
And my day was fantastic.
high five!