Megha's Teepee's Secret Identity

I don't know why I find this funny, but I do :).

Work It Out

You know it's time to exercise more when your legs are sore because you were standing and crouching in your garden the day before.

Megha in Tatamagouche

Welcome Home!

Sarah's home! And I was one of the first to know. Actually, that was mostly because Megha found out by mistake (without Sarah's knowledge) and just HAD to tell someone. I can understand the feeling. I love being the person that delivers the news hot off the press. I can keep a secret when I have to, though :).

Our ideas for surprising everyone else were things like this:
1. Have Sarah be the lone stranger sitting by a campfire at Kearney Lake.
2. Have Sarah be the scary life form that emerges from Kearney Lake.
3. Have Sarah randomly come out of a bathroom stall at Megha's going away party.
4. Have Sarah start to sing karaoke at Megha's going away party.
5. Have Sarah bring our food and drinks over at Megha's going away party.
6. Have Sarah just sitting at the bar and spin around.

Sarah ended up just walking up to the table and sitting down like she hadn't been gone for a bazillion days (a year). Desired effect achieved. Good times at the Lower Deck! Oh, Ryan Gosling and friends...

Now, our dearest Megha is gone to camp. In the middle of nowhere with the flies and the wild animals. Have an awesome summer, girl! We'll come up to visit. You'll be a great counsellor :). There has to be someone at camp that the non-sporty kids can relate to, right ;)? We still need your address!

Hello Lake!

Jessie: Josh, I'll give you a dollar to go under the water for 3 seconds!
Josh: Okay!!

So, I got asked out tonite. By a thirteen year old boy. He opened by telling me that I am the only pretty girl at the pool. Very smooth.

I said no.

Notable Quote

Me: So, did you look at the midterm that I gave you last week?
Kid: No.
Me: Can you read it when you get home so you know exactly what you need to work on for the rest of the session?
Kid: Okay.
Me: Good.
Kid: Actually I can't.
Me: Why not?
Kid: We used it as kindling for our fire last nite.
Me: You put it in the fire???
Kid: Yes.
Me: And you didn't read it first???
Kid: No.

*Sigh.

Maybe I'll put your badge in my fireplace instead of giving it to you :). See, it doesn't work the other way around, now does it? Even I wouldn't do that. And I'm the swimming teacher who tells kids that I'll let the sharks out from the grates in the pool if they are bad.

When I'm Up, I Can't Get Down?

Bad thing #1 in my day
8am: My period starting means it brings its friends, Cramps and Grogginess, along for the ride.

Good things in my day
8:30am-2pm: Low attendance in swimming lessons means relaxing classes.
No attendance for a private lesson means being paid to go for a swim.
3pm: Buying lunch means a chicken sandwich that tastes like it came right off the grill and is ready in under 5 minutes. Dairy Queen, you impress me. Am I a bad person if I really want to see a Blizzard fall out of its cup when the server turns it upside down before handing it to the customer?
3:30pm-5:30pm: Staying late after my shift means getting paid to organize a storage closet. I like to organize things. I really do. Objects, people, anything.
Organizing a storage closet means peeking in the boxes marked "old staff pictures" and "employee files".
8:30pm-10:30pm: Stopping by Kelley's going away party means meeting new people, hanging out with old friends, and yummy food.

Bad thing #2 my day:
11:30pm: Going to a party right from work means coming home from the party, opening up my backpack, realizing that I left every single personal care/hair care product I own at the pool, forgetting where in the pool I left them, worrying that my stuff won't be there tomorrow, wondering what in the world I am going to use to make myself presentable tomorrow, imagining how much money all of that stuff cost. Despairing.

My day started badly and ended badly. This day has been a typical example of how my emotions go up and down in the span of a single day. I once charted how I felt over a few days with a roughly sketched graph because I thought it would be fun to see. I wish I could scan it and post it because it is all over the place.

'bout to rap y'all...

You da bomb,
You our mom,
Name's not Tom,
Trees like palm*.

We love you,
It is true,
Nice hairdo,
Like those shoes.

Happy day,
What you say?
In the Way,
Momma, eh?

*my mom enjoys palm trees

Back to School

I've been volunteering one afternoon a week at HCA for the last little while. I'll be teaching my first part of a lesson next week on the biography of Lewis Carroll. So far, I've been sitting in on some classes and writing down my observations. It's been cool to see the different teaching styles and to get to know the teachers a little more. I'm hoping to do some tutoring at lunches and help out with marking too. I drive home with my mom and the two kids that my family carpools with. One of them is Alex and he is in grade 5. He is very innocent and honest. This is Alex on his first crush.

Notable Quote:
Jessie: So, we need to find you a new girl!
Alex: No. Playing is more my style, now.
Jessie: Ah, I see. You like to play the field.
Alex: Yeah... (pause) and in the dirt.

I had to explain what it meant to "play the field" after everyone else in the car burst out laughing.

Latest Purchase: A pretty pink bathing suit that better hold up really well in the chlorine because I paid enough for it to last until the end of time.

Favourite Song of the Moment: Umbrella-Rhianna

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing

The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Rom. 5:1-2, 2 Cor. 9:8, Gal. 2:21, 1 Tim. 1:14