August 17th, 2012
Fierce Friday Five! (Or just random)
Friday FIVE! I love Friday Five today and also sent a couple of emails to friends w/ Friday Five in it…haha sorry friends. Today, we’re going with RANDOMNESS (um, as per usual)…I am not super-motivated to write, I have not slept well all week (no idea why, mostly I keep waking up hungry), AND this week has been a bit crazy at work. So…’you get what you get!’ LOL.
(I thought about making this a ‘Friday Five’ of ‘Five Reasons Paul Ryan Sucks’, but, that would quickly stretch to 50…plus, I’m still pretty confident in Barack Obama sticking around. So! Whatevs [for now, I’m sure I’ll be back here ranting before you know it…].)
FIVE!
1. I think I’m about to get hacked again…watch out! OR one of you visited this home page 30 times a few days ago (which is > 3x more than usual…so, I have to suspect SPAMMERS). Anyway so if there is a post here ever that looks all shady, don’t click on the link! You know what my writing sounds like, use your great brains! Hope I am wrong, though…
2. I got to see both Anna AND Tiffany for lunch this week (separately) and it was superb! Tiffany, like Andrea, has the effect of making me feel super hopeful and optimistic after talking with her, so, yay. And somehow, despite how some things in our lives are very different (OK mainly political views), I ADORE hanging out w/ Anna (Anna P, that is, not to be confused with my niece Anna) and we always have a fantastic time. We went to a cool sandwich shop where we used touchscreens and got overly excited.
3. Land of 10,000 lakes/followers! Coming right up? Also land of beautiful fall-like weather…I would like to go to the pool, but Jeff loves this weather/it makes him happy, so that makes me happy.
4. Madeleine officially moved on from our Parks class last week 🙁 awwww! But she is on to do more gymnastics at a ‘real’ gym so I am super excited! Also she/her mom gave us little thank-you cards with a gift certificate to Turtle Bread (we saw her there once after class)! Oh my gosh! So super sweet! This reminded me of Avabelle, a girl I taught at another park last year. I only taught her for like 6 weeks, but at the end, her mom gave me a card with a little Caribou gift card in it – awwwwww! Seriously the little cards (Isabella made us CERTIFICATES even!) just melt my heart. What dears.
Anyway, back to Avabelle – I hadn’t thought of her in awhile, until Wednesday. Then Thursday at noon, GET THIS – I am almost 100% sure I saw her walking downtown with her Dad to a Twins game! No, I’m serious!!! BUT I did not say anything because (a) she is 5 (well, 6 now) (b) I’m sure she wouldn’t have recognized me in ‘street clothes’ haha. Anyway. COOL! If it wasn’t here, then I am delusional (possible).
Also amusing: Noah’s “I found a plant frog / now it’s my pet” comment from the last class. Noah came in to the class SUPER DUPER shy and quiet and finally got comfortable/chatty…it’s totally AMAZING what 10 weeks means when you are 3 years old!
5. FIERCE! Sorry, can’t help it ;). I’d say one of the Words Of The Year this year will definitely be FIERCE. I know I had a reason other than the gymnasts (who are still so super-cute and friends, I love it), but right now it escapes me…still. Great word! FIERCE!
FRIDAY! Happy Friday. Enjoy.