Raul Midon

The Mr. & I took a trip Thursday night & went to Brevard...a great little town right over the mountain from us in NC. It's a nostalgic trip over there because it's the same trek to Caesar's Head & the Camp Greenville area (which I'm pretty sure is where Camp Burgess Glen was???).

We went to the MOST AMAZING CONCERT!!! Raul Midon is an amazing musician. He was born blind & he plays the best guitar I've EVER seen, sings perfectly, & adds tones from the horn using his mouth, nothing else. I was in awe all night!!

There were maybe 100 people there. It was amazing to be in such an intimate setting. Him, a mic, & his guitar...crazy!

It was also cool to hear that he has a twin brother, also born blind, but he's not a musician...he just works for NASA!!! What an amazing family dynamic, dontcha think?!??!?

Just watch...find more on YouTube...I can't say enough!!!

Get Ready

ROCK BAND is addictive! Holy shit!
Love it!
I totally rocked singing Eye of the Tiger last night...awesome!
We played for 4 hours, alternating all 3 instruments.
So very cool.

You know you wanna rock!!!

Vampire Mouse

So, Teen Read Week is this next week & the theme is something like, "Take a bite out of reading"...nonetheless, the kids for the morning show volunteered me to be a vampire for a skit. Well, when I saw the props they had for being a vampire (a graduation robe as a cape & florescent fangs), I made the executive decision to get my own damn props, good ones.

Molly & I headed to the mall. Found fangs at Hot Topic that were perfect...the moldable, reusable kind. Then we headed to Spencer's. I hadn't planned on the wig, but it was perfect, especially with the big black sunglasses. So yeah, we had fun!

Come Thursday am, Molly & I went & got me ready...fangs, wig, cornstarch to add pastiness...it turned out pretty cool. The segment we filmed will be HORRIBLE but no worries...it was so much fun to play vampire dress up!!!

OH YEAH!!!

I am #1!!!
Woot Woot!!
#1 in 8th grade science, #1 in the entire school in science.

That feels damn good!!
I know that standardized tests aren't an accurate measure, but hell, when it comes back that 88.6% of your students scored Basic or Above...that rocks!

Now, are the results going to be the same this year...I dunno.
I cross my fingers I can get some knowledge to stick!!!

So I haven't posted in a while. Life got hectic with school starting & it seems grading papers & living the teacher life takes over a bit.

The Mr is really never home...we rarely see each other, which makes the situation pretty shitty. This should be the last year of this considering it's his last year of school & he'll be finding a job with normal hours. The restaurant manager life is not one he or I desire...it pretty much sucks ass.

The dynamic at school is different this year too. We have 1st period planning which I really don't like at all. The kids are much more immature than we normally have...it takes a bit more energy to get through the day. I've already been contacting parents 4 weeks in, a bit early. We're hoping things change over the course of the year & they mature some.

I feel more drained than normal. I've lost some of my energy & I don't seem to have the time I need to get stuff done. It's probably just getting back into the swing of school after the craziness of this past summer. I just feel like my domestic life is suffering & I hate that.

Overall, I'm feeling pretty blah...hopefully the upswing comes soon...I so need it!!!