Pathetic

Zoe is an adorable dog however she is the most pathetic dog ever! She lays her head on everything in the house like her head weighs 80 pounds, which it clearly does not. If you put your hand just under her chin, she lays her head on your hand. One time I slowly lowered my hand until she was clearly hunched over before she finally lifted her big jughead. 

Zoe has the biggest sigh. Sometimes we call her dad because Dad is notorious for his dramatic sighs. Then she gives you these ridiculous sad eyes. 

I posted a picture before of Zoe asleep under the covers. Sometimes I even catch her burrowing or nesting on our blankets. She has even covered herself up on the couch!!

Jobs

I have worked several places as I grew up; not as many as other people I know, but a few. I have babysat a few times but I won't include those here.

My first real job was as a sales associate at Fashion Bug in Plainfield. Lindsay worked here when she was in high school and kind of left it to me when she went to college. It wasn't too bad except when you had to clean up fitting rooms that were left a disaster. Oh...it also sucked cleaning fitting rooms after smelly people. Yuck! I worked here for three years.

 Once I went to IU, I had to get a new job. I needed a job I could walk to since I had no car. I also didn't want to work a lot of hours right away. So, I found Sunflower Cooperative Daycare through IU's work study program. I loved working here!! The only bad thing was the pay...minimum wage :( The kids were from all over the world, literally! Turkey, Equador, China...I can't remember all the places right now. The children were almost all children of professors or phd students. I worked at Sunflower for a year.

After leaving Sunflower, I found a job at Cracker Barrel being a hostess. When I transferred to IUPUI, I also transferred to the Plainfield CB but left the hostessing days behind. I was now an awesome server! I worked here for almost 5 (long) years. If I didn't have to work with dramatic people or do crappy sidework, I would do it over the summer because it was actually kind of fun.

My first real teaching job was at D.I.L.C. (Decatur Intermediate Learning Center). I taught 6th grade language arts and social studies for the first semester. The school was really nice and I liked the principal a lot...I just didn't enjoy 6th grade much!

I have moved on to greener pastures! Now I work at Chapel Glen and I love it! This is my third year here and I love the girls I work with as well as my administration (super helpful!!! which is somewhat rare).

College

This semester my college program decided to split our two classes into 8 weeks so we could focus on one class at a time. It was realy nice only working on one for once and now that my first class has ended it's nice to take a breather.

Oh. Wait. My second class started a week ago. That is, a week early. Oh. I have three journals that were due today (at 2 pages each). Oops. I got one done! Guess I'll finish that tomorrow.

Oh yeah. I had 36 messages to read in the Oncourse email. Make that 37 now. There are also over 60 forum messages. Are you feeling stressed yet? Because I am!

I forgot to tell you what the course is! Action Research! Blech. Lindsay?? Are you there??

We went to New Orleans last night...

Ok we actually didn't go there. Last night Lindsay and Ange came over to hang out and we decided to go out to eat together. Lindsay likes to think that I ONLY like American chain restaurants but I don't. I like them but that is not all I like or even want. Anywhoodles. Over winter break Lindsay, Hilary, Scotty, and I were driving around Camby and Mooresville looking for a recycling place. Well, we didn't find one. We did pass by a restaurant in downtown Mooresville that I had never seen (probably because I stay away from Mooresville for the most part). Well, I have been wanting to go back there to eat. I like little restaurants that are not too funky (like Ethiopian or Korean, etc.). If they have chicken or hamburgers I will be fine. I like tons of other things but I can survive if they have those two items which most do, in some form.

So we decided to venture out last night. I notified the party of my disclaimer! I don't know what this place is or if it will satisfy us! But let's go!!

So we drive through Mooresville accidentally (because it took like 20 seconds). We then turn around and go back by the restaurant and we see a sign for Zydecos! I noticed that it is cajun/creole. Lindsay again assumes that I don't know what it is but I do! Just to make sure, I asked if it is mostly spicy like foods...like the food we ate in Jamaica. I know it isn't the same but similar.

So we venture in and realize that we just walked into New Orleans on Mardi Gras! The place was hopping...live band and all! Beads everywhere!! The lady greets us and asks if we have a reservation and I said no, we've never been here before. So she leads us back away from the music. There are some empty tables but she tells us that they are reserved for a little bit later. She also tells us that she has had reservations for this night from a year ago! Well, she decides to seat us anyways! Woo hoo! She takes us upstairs...which is actually up two floors! This building is ancient! We get a little table at the back where there is another live band (well, 2 people). We are all in shock because we don't feel like we know where we are! Overall, the food was great and the atmosphere was fun! You can check out Lindsay's version of the night here.

Step Class

Emily and I have been going to step class together for several months now. I remember the first day I went I thought "What the hell is going on??" It was really hard that first time and everytime the teacher asks if there are people new to step, I think "oh poor them!" They usually are lost and leave early mostly because they didn't come with a friend. Luckily I came with Emily and she kept encouraging me. Its hard to learn all the steps at first but now I really love going! It is a really good workout and I love how it is kind of like dancing and that it is fast paced! The only bad part is that it is at 8:30 on Saturday morning. At least I don't waste my Saturday mornings!

Bahaha

If you dont watch Survivor then you wont care about this quick post. I however despise Russell and I could not believe tonights episode! The main reason I have never really liked him is because he is so arrogant! Tonight for example he thought he had the firefighter lady in his pocket. Little does Russell know but other people know how to be sneaky or deceitful! Tribal council was hilarious. Stephanie is the most annoying person on Survivor right now. She is so far up Russells butt that it is unbelievable! I cant wait for her to go next!

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Aaaahhh

 Tonight Emily and I presented our webinar on mobile technology. For the last 8 weeks we prepped for this final assignment. At the beginning we were really nervous but we both think that it went well. We did have one minor slip up at the beginning when Emily put the microphone in her mouth and we laughed for about a minute! I hope the people that were in attendance laughed with us rather than thought we were lame. However, I loved our webinar and think it was great!!