sittin' on top of the world

i got my baby back! we put out flyers yesterday for banjo. tonight we got a call that the people on the corner had him! so, we jumped in the car and got him back. i was so excited i started crying again...i swear, i have cried more the past 4 days than i ever remember in the past 10 years! thank you, Lord, i know i have not been an easy person to be around since saturday. i never thought i would be this attached to a kitten! i forgive blake, since he's not an animal person, but he's still not welcome at my house for quite some time. yea, yea, yea! i gotta go spoil him some more now.

where did you sleep last night

banjo super kitty banjowsky ran away. not on purpose. k-dogg's friend left our house last night and we didn't know banjo was in the back of his truck. he did call us when he saw banjo jump out at the corner, but he has about as much common sense, compassion, and sensitivity as a dung beetle, so he didn't think to stop and try to catch banjo. i swear, he gets dumber by the day! so, we go walking up to the highway around midnight looking for him with a flashlight. i started crying so hard i couldn't see. then, when we got home, i threw up because that's what i always do when i'm really upset or mad. i woke up at 6 this morning and went outside to look for him, and we've been looking all day. he still hasn't come home. i know everyone says cats can find their way home and that he's probably just off on an adventure, but i want my banjo home. now.

tomorrow's another day

i am so ready for summer...i want to paint some rooms, i want to go to mexico, i'd like to go to seattle, i want to sleep in and do nothing, i want to organize my computer/guest/craft room, i want bean to be here for an entire week! i want to craft and shop and watch tv. i want to go to the movies almost every week. 14 more school days...it's so close!

somewhere over the rainbow

i saw a rainbow over my house when i was turning on to my road on my way home from church earlier. and it was the neat kind where you can see the whole arch across the whole sky. i needed a rainbow today.

one step closer

definitely angry music on the ipod night. one of my students stole my phone off my desk while i was talking to another teacher in the hall this afternoon. they didn't keep the phone, they just picked it up and went through it to get my number. i don't even know my cell phone number because i just changed it a few weeks ago for this same reason. then the kid got all upset when i took up her phone to see if it was her that started texting me during class! duh, clear your call lists all you want...your phone number doesn't disappear. so, that was a big write up. then on the way back to my room, i got a text from my mom saying to call her. that can mean anything from i need you to go pick up my medicine up to those kind of things i know i don't want to call her back and hear. so, i called...i was right, one of those things i didn't want to hear! my grandfather found out he has a aneurysm on his lung and spots that are most likely cancer. this is in addition to his blocked arteries that can't be cleared out because it would kill him. what bothers me most is that this news bothered me at all. he has not spoken to me in 11 years. his choice...not mine. he's a horrible grandfather, he is/was a horrible father and husband. he doesn't give a crap about me and i try to feel the same way, but i can't because my heart isn't a solid rock like his. my sister and i have actually talked about whether or not we would go to his funeral when he dies. right now, it would be much easier if i lived 1300 miles away, too! most of the time i don't think about him, don't wonder why he doesn't love me, none of that, but i still don't want to get phone calls like that at work.

on a completely different subject...i love fall out boy and john mayer's cover of beat it!

hurry up sunrise

sunrise, of course, being summer vacation. honestly one of the best parts of my job! so, the good and bad from last night...bad thing: taks was this week, good thing: taks is over for 7th grade! bad thing: my room was destroyed by a crazed person, good thing: i stood up for myself and another teacher over our rooms! bad thing: regional blues musician has encephalitis and has been very ill, good news: i went to a benefit concert for him sunday night and got to see my favorite guitar player from the 4th row center, buddy flett is getting better, and they raised a lot of money for him. by the way, if you know me at all, you should know my favorite guitar player is kenny wayne shepherd. i planned on naming my son after him if the opportunity arose, especially since my grandfather's name was kenneth wayne and that's pretty much a family middle name. however, that was before i knew i would end up with a last name that rhymes with wayne. k-dogg is just totally against it! plus, i think he's always been just a TAD jealous of kws. anyway, there goes my kids being named kenny wayne or penny lane! but, i only planned to use one of those...not both together! back to the list...bad thing: kids think school is finished, good thing: not sure there is a good thing about that except there really is only about 15 days worth of real school! gotta go get lost in lost.

good times, bad times

i have so much stuff i need to blog about, but it's almost time for church and i'm really tired.