By popular demand......

A goofy picture of us in Utah

Long time, no blog.....

Hello Friends! It's true - I'm still alive. It has been quite a while since I've blogged, sorry! Here are some updates on my life:
1. I moved into my own apartment. Because of the move, I no longer have internet at home, and the school firewall doesn't let me use blogger :-(
2. Homecoming came and went and was busy, hectic, and wonderful. I realize that I'm not in high school, but being a student council advisor means that my life revolves around homecoming, a little pathetic, I know.
3. Most of my free time has been consumed by an exciting new relationship. I believe in internet karma, so I won't post any details for now, but hopefully he'll stick around long enough to make the blog soon.
4. My master's program has kicked into high gear, which is why I'm in the UNLV library right now trying to avoid studying.
I know that was really short, but I promise to post again soon. Hope all is well in your lives - let me in on the good gossip!

I got tagged.....

Apparantly "tagging" is very popular in the blogging world. Tiffany and Ava tagged me. Since I like to do what's popular, I am passing the torch to you Charlene, Ashley, Fern, and Kelli.
These are the instructions:
A. List 7 habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag 7 people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

Where do I start??? There are so many strange things about me.
1. Seeing or hearing someone brush their teeth makes me physically gag. I have tried not to, but it is a physical reaction I cannot control.
2. I don't love animals. The truth is that I'm secretly afraid of them. I just don't have much experience with them. To quote my favorite TV character, Chandler Bing, "Dogs are jumpy, and needy, and you can't tell what they're thinking - and that kind of scares me". Plus, I got bit by a dog a few weeks ago.
3. I LOVE gameshows - especially JEOPARDY. In fact, I TiVo Jeopardy every day.
4. A bat flew up my prom dress. Enough said.
5. My life revolves around Homecoming. Yes, I realize that I am not in high school, but the life of a student council advisor often resembles that of the students.
6. I love painting my toes REALLY bright colors. Right now they are a bright pinkish orange.
7. I once ate a whole box of Hostess cupcakes in one sitting. The best part is that they didn't even belong to me - they were my roommate Ashley's and I forgot to tell her until she noticed they were all gone :-) Sadly, trying to maintain my new smaller size has eliminated Hostess cupcakes from my life. Oh, how I miss them.

What I really want to know is what strange things YOU think of when you think of me. Comment so that I know what my most memorable quirks are!

My Celebrity Look Alikes

Hooray for 3 day weekends!

Whew! I needed a 3 day weekend. School started last week and it was exhausting. Everything went very well, but it was super busy. I teach great classes this year and I'm really looking forward to improving upon the things I did well last year.
I did my best to get school things done on Friday so that I could have a relaxing weekend. It has been lovely so far - sleeping in, reading books, scrapbooking, shopping at my favorite stores (Kohl's, Target, and Ross) and hanging out with friends. All in all, I wish every weekend was 3 days long!

I'm a rebel

Alright, I know you're all laughing. Who am I kidding? Me - a rebel, what a joke. Fact: I really am a rebel - a Runnin' Rebel. That's right. Today was my first day of graduate school at UNLV. I'm getting my MEd in PK-12 Educational Leadership. In English that means public school administration. I'm not entirely convinced that I want to become an administrator, but we'll see how it goes.

In other news, school (my day job) starts on Monday. I'm not even close to ready, but I don't think that time will stop moving for me to get ready. Does anyone remember the show "Out of this World"? The one with Evie - the girl who was half human and half alien and when she touched her fingers together everyone else would freeze and she could do whatever she wanted. I want that magic power! Too bad neither of my parents are aliens...................

My Tiger Beat Crush

Yes, it is true. Just like every 13 year old girl in the country, I have a huge crush on Zac Efron. Although I enjoyed his performances in High School Musicals 1 and 2, I did not love him until Hairspray. Have you seen it? If you haven't, you need to. I just bought the soundtrack and am enjoying it thoroughly. I'm sure I'm not the only slightly-too-old -for -him fan............will anyone else admit to this with me?

It's that time of year again............

Can you smell that??? It's the smell of freshly sharpened pencils, new backpacks, shiny new shoes. That's right. School is starting soon! I have mixed feelings about this. While it is VERY sad that my fun summer is ending, I am a geek at heart and really love school. So, it's back to Del Sol.

Back from North Carolina

I'm excited that I can now check North Carolina off of my list of states that I've travelled to. Besides 5 days of work-related conference classes, I had the chance to see and do some fun things. I went to the UNC campus (that's where the conference was), walked around the quaint town of Chapel Hill, ate lunch on the Cape Fear river, see the USS North Carolina battleship, go to the beach in Wilmington, wade in the Atlantic ocean, and survive pre-hurricane rain.

Here are a few pictures of the trip.

North Carolina

I'm going to be in North Carolina for a conference this week and it looks like I'll have a lot of free time. Any suggestions as to what I should do there??????????????