it's the little things

just over 2 years ago i blogged about the little things i loved in my japan life. today i'm blogging about the little things i love in my suburban PA life...

kids in the hallways of head start. they are so enthusiastic & cute.

having people over for dinner & eating outside on the patio.

driving with the windows down & my music blasting.

google calendar. and linking to my friends' calendars. haha.

when j. calls me just to say hi.

eating breakfast with meliss in the morning.

driving by/looking at/stalking j's house when i go to church on sunday mornings.

warm, sunny days.

[photos from golden week, may 2008]

grouchy

on monday night when i came home from math class exhausted, melissa asked "are you grouchy?" i said, "no, just wicked tired". and that was the truth.

how about now, you ask? i'm grouchy. wicked grouchy.

i just looked at my grades online and i got a bad grade on monday's test. i know, i know, i could have studied a lot harder... 2.5 hours isn't very long to study for an exam. but lauren was here. and i was tired. and it's algebra so i shouldn't have to study. right? wrong, apparently.

my average is now an 84. i know that's not a bad average. and i have 2 more tests to bring it up to an A. and really, it doesn't matter if i get an A because i just have to get a B in order to get credit with the department of education. but one bad grade really makes a difference when i only have five grades total for the course. and my pride says i can't get a B in basic algebra.

to add to my grouchiness, three clowns sitting behind me are swearing and being obnoxious.

procrastination post

i should be studying for my 3rd math test right now but my brain is totally fried. i'm dead tired and just keep getting more tired. how is that even possible?! i don't have any idea what's wrong with me- yesterday i had to take a nap in the middle of the day because i was so exhausted. [is this what happens when you finally let yourself slow down for a second?!] then i felt sick to my stomach when i went to bed. now i have a headache. i think it must be this nasty cold rainy weather making me feel gross. [what happened to sunshine, philadelphia?!]

anyway, enough of being debbie downer. lauren was here this weekend and we had a wonderful time together. she met the love of my life. he thought she was hilarious. she thought he was awesome. they posed for silly photos together.
we had a cookout with our friends.
we played the bowl game.
great fun was had by all. lauren & talked non-stop and it was sooooooo lovely.

i love my life*

best & worst of this week

wild crazy week [like always].

i decided on this speedy approach to blog updating:

some of the best things this week:
making a "summer list" with my friends. having most of monday to spend with meliss!! $10 pedicures @ the beauty school. finishing GED class!! going to the YMCA three times. sunny days. darling kids. cutie texts from my bf. seeing mom and dad tomorrow. lauren coming on friday. flowers blooming all around. 8 of my students moved up a level on their post-tests! knowing that i'm gonna eat Qdoba for dinner tonight.

worst things: not seeing j since sunday [i know, i know, it hasn't been that long]. getting rejected by a charter school. 3.hour.math.classes.ugh. my wrist hurts b/c i did a handstand on sunday and i haven't recovered. my cell phone is dying but it needs to last until july. psyching myself up to tell my students i'm leaving. realizing that the summer is already filling up & i won't be able to do everything on the list.

[doesn't my job look fun? if it involved more children, i wouldn't be leaving]

from the mouths of babes

the other day my friend julie brought her cutie kids over to play outside. we were in the backyard when the following conversation took place between abby [age 6] and myself:

a: miss kelly, do you have a tree house?
k: no, abby, i don't. i've always wanted a tree house. maybe someday i will.
a: does joel know how to make a tree house?
k: i dunno, maybe. he knows how to paint and fix things...
a: well if joel can build a tree house & paint it, then you can have one.
k: hmmm...

i LOVE her child-like attitude and faith. i mean, OF COURSE if your boyfriend can make it, you can totally have one!

feeling the grandmother-less-ness

something bizarre happened the other day.

i was ironing the one shirt i have that needs ironing. i was thinking about the fact that i'm 25 years old and am still really bad at ironing. the following thought entered my mind:

"grandmom loves ironing. i should ask her to teach me to iron."

then.i.remembered.

i should have asked her to teach me to iron. long ago.

dang.

then yesterday i was feeling sad that i haven't gotten any real mail lately. i realized that two of my major letter writers don't send letters any more. the year i was in japan, both my grandmothers wrote to me at least once a week. two less letters a week makes for a pretty pitiful mail collection. double dang.

quotable

last friday the following conversation took place:

j: kell, i lost a button on these pants today!
k: well, it's a good thing you have a belt...
j: no, it's a good thing i have a girlfriend who knows how to sew!

haha.love.this.guy.