I’m really nervous about today. I could have a really stressful day or a relaxed day. Department of Human Services is coming to assess my preschool. Out of all of the classes in the preschool they draw out of a hat 4 names of classrooms that they will assess. They will he shadows in those classrooms. Following your every step, making sure you follow every rule in the book. NO One follows every rule in the book. Some of the rules are just plain ridiculous. But today we will. We will wash both our hands and the child’s hands before and after we wipe their nose, we will disinfect any toy or item that gets sneezed on or licked-immediately, we will place mats at least 4 inches away from other mats, we will not tell the kids to do anything, but suggest it just like the book says and tons of other stuff we never do.
I hope my class doesn’t get picked. I don’t work well under pressure and I’m sure I’ll forget to do something “by the book” with people observing me.
Love that song, the video, and Mick’s suit.
I had a pleasant weekend. The bf wanted to come down to visit again, but I said no. As much as I did enjoy spending time with him and as much as I know I’ll be wanting to see him while he’s abroad, I wanted even more to have the weekend to myself to just chill. What can I say? I like my free time. After a week of working and the previous weekend full of entertaining/hanging with him, I just wanted to chill out-do some cleaning, run some errands, get my hair done, mail things off, go to the bank, napping during the day, shopping! ..things I can’t do during the week because of work. I did all of the above and definitely enjoyed the weekend and I feel refreshed for work this week. ^_^ So, mission accomplished. And even though I miss him, I don’t regret not seeing him this weekend.
I bought an iPhone! I’ve wanted one for ages, but couldn’t afford to get one AND a new contract until now. (Yay employment!) Im really digging it. I do however need more applications. I have some twitter apps, wordpress, facebook, some games, even a WoW app but i want more! So, If you’re an Iphone user or just know of any cool apps, let me know!!!!
I started my quest to find a car this weekend! It’s so stressful. I’m torn between buying a used car in cash or a nicer used car from a dealership and having a payment plan. The latter doesn’t attract me at all. Not really to keen on having a bill, but Im sure the car would be more reliable. Stressful! I did find a really cute used car I could buy in cash. It’s a PURPLE saturn wagon. hahaha!
A mom car! I drove it around and I like it…especially the color, but my mom says I need to be patient and look at other cars and blah blah. But I am not a patient girl, I just want to get that one and be done. This whole process is stressing me out and I want it to be over and done!
I had my first day at work today. Well, sorta. Today was inservice day. The other teachers and I decorated the rooms, made bulletin boards, and had team meetings with the director. School starts on Monday and I’ll have a class of 18 kids. Everyone keeps asking me if I’m nervous, and I’m not! It’s something I’m really comfortable doing, so I’m perfectly fine with it.
I’m on a mission to fight my insomnia. If you follow me on twitter, you know that I’ve been having trouble sleeping for a while now. You probably notice me awake at weird hours, going to bed when you’re waking up for work, and then only sleeping for 3 hours. It’s crazy and I have no idea what the cause is. It’s not caffeine, stress or, loud neighbors. Its just some random phase I guess. I’ve always been able to function on little sleep, but not for such a long period of time. I took a couple of Tylenol Sleepy Time yesterday and it did what it was supposed to do. It put me to sleep, but I was wide awake a few hours later. Maybe I’ll pop 3 next time? Maybe my sleep schedule will fall into a normal rhythm now that I’m empolyed? One can only hope…
In other news!
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine suggested that I download Plants Vs Zombies from Popcap games. I was a little hesitant at first. A game about plants fighting zombies?! Why on earth would I be interested in that? But I try to give everything a chance (besides music…), so I downloaded it. I didn’t get around to playing it until this week, and oh am I glad that I did! Plants vs. Zombies is awesome and yes, very addicting. I spent so many hours playing within the last 2 days. It’s a tower defense game where you try to keep the zombies out of your house by planting plants with different offensive and defensive abilities in your yard. Some of the plants shoot peas, some throw watermelons, and some are used for defense, like the WALL-nut. (which I’m adding a picture of because he and his friend “tall-nut” have the most hilarious facial expressions) 
As the levels progress, not only do more zombies attempt to get in your house by way of your yard AND your roof, but they get more kick ass abilities to aid them in destroying your plants. You’ll be trying to destroy zombies on dolphins, Michael Jackson “thriller” inspired zombies,pole vaulting zombies and the ones that give me the most trouble, Gargantuan zombies with a baby on his back that he throws into the yard to devour the plants. It’s 2 in one! Not fair, not fair! No worries though. I am a supreme zombie killer and I definitely beat the game yesterday. I was rewarded with a trophy, some mini games (!!!), and the best reward ever-a music video featuring the plants and zombies. Check it out! I should warn you, the song is so catchy.
I know a lot of you aren’t “gamers”, but that’s what is so cool about this game. It appeals to anyone. My mom even played it (she didn’t get very far)! So, go to www.popcap.com and download the free (for 60 minutes) demo-which is available for mac too!
My first day went well! I had orientation for about an hour and then I was thrown right into working. The orientation included learning the products we are selling, folding, how to organize them, counting the booth, credit card machines, just everything that comes along with selling the wicked merchandise. I was the only noob there. The other people were seasoned merch. A couple of them enjoyed working the show so much in the last city, that they drove down to work this one for 3 more weeks. Luckily I was paired with one of them. Me and another girl worked the FIRST booth you see when you enter the theatre. Last night was opening night. It was crazy! Well, not crazy, but for my first time I was a bit overwhelmed. But it was the fun kind of overwhelming. Sold a ton of overpriced crap that I would never buy. We sell for about 30 minutes before the show, 20 minutes during intermission and about 30 minutes after the show. The rest of the time, we are just hanging out. I get more breaks than I actually work and I get paid for it. Score! The theatre is located downtown so I spent yesterday’s breaks walking around on the phone. I know I give Memphis a lot of shit sometimes, but downtown is really pretty.
I’m off to get ready! Working two shows today
Tomorrow is my first day of work as Pinkie, the advertising sales rep! I’m kind of nervous! This is my first “grown-up” job in a couple of years. My last couple of jobs have been sort of non-traditional. Allowing naps during the day, drinking on the job, playing in photo booth with Devynn, days in the park, go-kart racing…pretty chill stuff. My outfits consisted of jumper dresses, mini skirts, and heck, even pajamas sometimes! Tomorrow I’m dusting off the heels* (dear god, help me) and actually ironing my outfit-a cute knee length wrap dress.
Wish me luck!!
*How many times do you think I’ll fall or almost fall in my heels? hehe
