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Hard Times Summer is half over and I am nowhere close to finishing the summer assignments. So far what I have done is read some of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times and said to myself, “I am so not finishing this!” The library book has kind of just been sitting on my shelf collecting dust. IContinueContinue reading “(30th) Day of Summer”

Take a breakSo I got into work 5 minutes late AGAIN. I think it’s been every other day that I go in a little bit later than I should. It’s ironic because punctuality is one of my biggest pet peeves, so you can only imagine how frustrated I get when I’m stuck in traffic. TheContinueContinue reading “(29th) Day of Summer”

Mee’s Birthday For the second year in a row, I was able to celebrate Mee You’s birthday with her. Although there was really no “celebration”, it was really nice to just be able to sit down and talk endlessly about stuff only we understand. Last night I fell asleep in mid-convos and mid-post, and IContinueContinue reading “(28th) Day of Summer”

Let Your Kingdom come I went to the beach today for the first time in years. The feeling of sand between my toes made me miss the beaches, even though I’m not the biggest fan of them. We were at Long Beach for Amanda’s baptism. I’ve never seen a baptism by the beach, so itContinueContinue reading “(27th) Day of Summer”

Defensive II Today was a long day. First we were stuck in traffic as we raced to New Jersey for the FTCCNY inter-churches softball tournament. It’s been years since we last played in that tourney, and this year we were barely able to scrap together a team in a very last-minute fashion. We arrived justContinueContinue reading “(26th) Day of Summer”

Friendly Fire Tonight was going to be epic, but it kind of ended with disappointment. It was still fun though. When I got home from work, our church’s senior pastor was over at our house. My family has quite a history with him. In a sense, he’s pretty much my mom’s godfather. My mom’s entireContinueContinue reading “(25th) Day of Summer”

You make everything glorious I was THIS  close to not going into work today. You see, in the morning when I was in the bathroom, I almost passed out. What the cause was, I’m still not entirely sure. All I know was that when I was about to brush my teeth, my hearing started toContinueContinue reading “(24th) Day of Summer”

“In order to gain their trust, you have to be like them” I’m sure we’ve all heard this at one point or another. Whether it’s from movies (like maybe “Avatar”), or if you’re anything like me, you’re working with kids you really want to strangle half the time. Last night I was having a conversationContinueContinue reading “(23rd) Day of Summer”

Pool party! I just got home from Angelica’s pool party, although it really wasn’t much of a “party”, it was more like bumming. Angelica’s house is so flippin’ awesome! If we were older and I had a car, I would find a reason to crash her place every other day. I left early at theContinueContinue reading “(22nd) Day of Summer”

Happy Birthday Iris! Dear Iris, Because you are such an awesome llama, I have decided to write an even longer birthday blog to add on to your card. Feel special. I hope your day was awesome even though you’re still at work yelling at 2nd graders to stare at the heads of the person liningContinueContinue reading “(21st) Day of Summer”