I'm not very fond of the term "As Good As It Gets." It's a great movie... but a terrible phrase. It implies that life will never get any better; that from here on out, it's only going to go downhill. What a MISERABLE feeling! BUT, I am a strong advocate of freezing time. I sure do wish I could capture all the good right now and just bottle it for a rainy day.

SO LAME

Who the heck has ever heard of writing a paper in APA format?! I've written tons of papers and never has a professor asked for it in APA format; always just in MLA format. If this crazy b.tch that claims to work for the district asks for something in APA format, she better teach us how... because I don't know APA format. I hate the crazy school I go to. It's waaay overpriced for a cheap @$$ education. The worst part is all the breezys that I have to pass by on my way to class, when I'm horribly late and I reek of sweat from a 12-year old that just had P.E., and them strolling through campus in their f.cking pearls and high heels on their way to their sorority meeting, pulling up in their Beemers, Ferraris, and Jags. What do they care? Daddy pays for everything. I think they're working on their M.R.S. degree.

PLAYING IN PITTSBURG

Defense at the All-Star game couldn't have been better. How awesome did Penny pitch tonight?! (Hoffman's a loser.) And what about that bare-handed catch by Pujols?? I only wish the National League came out on top. Down with the DH!!!

Best teaching day of my life! Creamed the kiddies with water ballons today... we threw over 700 balloons. This day will go down in history. Okay, maybe just in THEIR history.

How is it possible for one person to do so much in so little time? I need more hours in my day...

I'm saddened tonight, not because the Lakers lost, but because MY own season is also over. Now that I'm back in LA, I've had the opportunity to catch every single game on TV. I can, on only one hand, count the number of games I've missed... that's including preseason games. I've followed them religiously... probably as closely as Aaron McKie (benchwarmer). I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with my nights now that I don't have dates with Kobe anymore. I know baseball season is still going strong, but it's never to the same excitement as Laker game nights. I'm most saddened by the fact that I gotta wait 'til October (preseason) for the next Laker game. I'll always live and die by the purple and gold... and tonight, I died just a little bit. But I'll be a Laker fan until the day I die.

So I went to the doctor today for my 4-week-on-off-hacking-cough. It turns out that I have bronchitis!!!! The doctor refrained me from working tomorrow. On my way out, he asks, "Do you need a note for your principal?" Man, I felt like I was back in 4th grade. I looked up sheepishly and responded with a, "Yes, please."

All in all, my doctor says I've been trying to do too much and that I live off of adrenaline. My body is telling me that I can't take it anymore... but my mind (read as willpower) is MUCH stronger and allows me to keep going. I guess everything is all starting to catch up with me now. I need lots of rest... but all I keep thinking about is whether or not my kids are terrorizing the sub.

RE-LIVING

It's always the nights when I have to write papers that I resort to my college days of blogging. It's a great escape from having to do what really needs to be done.

Things currently on my mind...

1. Trying to get back into the political scene. Never the puppet, just the puppeteer.
2. Figuring out how to score some Laker playoff tickets... and some Bulls/Heat tickets, since I'm going to be in Chicago for 10 days.
3. ... Chicago... some really bad-for-you-but-so-damn-good deep dish pizza and a Cubs game. (I swear this is how life was intended.)
4. Why is Jason Repko engaged?! Abort previous mission... new mission: 22 games left to find me another Dodger boyfriend.
5. Kobe's getting the MVP. No doubt.
6. Hahah. Smushcalade. Loving it.
7. This thought is a filler. I only do things in groups of 8... 8 cuz of Kobe. (My students are really glad that I don't like a player like Dennis Rodman, #91, for the pure sake of not having to write spelling words 91 times.)
   
8. F.ck. Needing to finish all these damn papers before any fun can begin... story of my life.
   

9 MONTHS AGO...

... I would be barely starting my day (at like 8pm at night)
... I wouldn't have a care in the world on a Thursday night
... I could stay up as late as I wanted tonight, and sleep in as late as I wanted tomorrow morning
... I would be getting ready for a night of fun at a randy Berkeley bar
... Bear's Lair would be a definite stop for some boozin' and schmoozin'

I can't believe I'm getting ready for bed right now. I feel like I'm 40. Being a full-time student and teacher is the absolute pits. Does anyone REALLY need a Masters? Cuz I think I can live without one.

I really love things that are really bad for me. I guess bad habits die hard. Two steps forward, one step back. I'm back into all the things I know I shouldn't be.

Oh goodness... what am I doing???