...and in other news
1. I tried to return a couple things I got for Christmas from Victoria's Secret today. They didn't fit. The (ridiculously beautiful) salesgirl told me they didn't take back things from VictoriasSecret.com. Not even with a receipt. Not for store credit. Not for anything. They "aren't the same company." What? It was super-annoying. And I don't have the receipt (just thought I'd ask her if it would have made a difference -- no), so now I'm stuck with super-cute jammies two sizes too large.
2. Some people worry about not being able to quit drinking or smoking for nine months when they get pregnant. I worry about not being able to quit sushi (mercury). I can't quit sushi. It's my most expensive habit, aside from traveling. Dan has learned not to ask me what/where I want to eat/do/go when we don't have plans for the day. In his question, I hear "let's get some sushi!"
3. I'm just one flight short of a free trip to Central America or the Caribbean from United Airlines. So many more places I want to go, so little vacation time per year at work.
4. For this reason (okay, and others), the teaching profession has been looking pretty appealing lately. Utah, unlike Nevada, doesn't pay teachers (too) shitty.
5. I started my master's in English up at Weber State. I go one night a week after work for three glorious hours. I commute forty-five minutes north to school. It's just what the doctor ordered. As an undergrad, I read (maybe) 20% of the books/papers/essays assigned. (I graduated with a 3.7 GPA). I vowed if I went back to school, it wouldn't be a half-assed affair. I'm reading intently each night, scribbling notes, participating in class, awing my professors and classmates with my brilliant insights. For this reason, the teaching profession is also looking more and more appealing; I would love to start teaching at the junior high/high school level and then progress to the junior college level once I graduate with my master's. (At this rate, it will take about four-five years to graduate).
6. My master's class has piqued my interested in pursuing a PhD after I graduate. I'm not committed enough to quit work and do the whole thing full-time yet, though.
7. Dan is eating my leftover Pei Wei noodles he heated up for me because I'm not off the computer yet.
8. We got tickets to the Sundance Film Festival next weekend. Lauren is coming to visit, so the four of us (include Travis, of course), will spend next Saturday in Park City celebu-hunting and watching two festival films.
9. I love hulu,com. Bravo is a premium channel in Salt Lake City -- no Real Housewives of Orange County/New York/Atlanta. Hulu.com gives me a fix. A small fix, but a fix.
10. I don't care. I love the Real Housewives lives. I wish I could say I detest how shallow they are, but if I were in their position, I would spend my days at South Coast Plaza, the spa, in my BMW, etc. And be happy about it.
2. Some people worry about not being able to quit drinking or smoking for nine months when they get pregnant. I worry about not being able to quit sushi (mercury). I can't quit sushi. It's my most expensive habit, aside from traveling. Dan has learned not to ask me what/where I want to eat/do/go when we don't have plans for the day. In his question, I hear "let's get some sushi!"
3. I'm just one flight short of a free trip to Central America or the Caribbean from United Airlines. So many more places I want to go, so little vacation time per year at work.
4. For this reason (okay, and others), the teaching profession has been looking pretty appealing lately. Utah, unlike Nevada, doesn't pay teachers (too) shitty.
5. I started my master's in English up at Weber State. I go one night a week after work for three glorious hours. I commute forty-five minutes north to school. It's just what the doctor ordered. As an undergrad, I read (maybe) 20% of the books/papers/essays assigned. (I graduated with a 3.7 GPA). I vowed if I went back to school, it wouldn't be a half-assed affair. I'm reading intently each night, scribbling notes, participating in class, awing my professors and classmates with my brilliant insights. For this reason, the teaching profession is also looking more and more appealing; I would love to start teaching at the junior high/high school level and then progress to the junior college level once I graduate with my master's. (At this rate, it will take about four-five years to graduate).
6. My master's class has piqued my interested in pursuing a PhD after I graduate. I'm not committed enough to quit work and do the whole thing full-time yet, though.
7. Dan is eating my leftover Pei Wei noodles he heated up for me because I'm not off the computer yet.
8. We got tickets to the Sundance Film Festival next weekend. Lauren is coming to visit, so the four of us (include Travis, of course), will spend next Saturday in Park City celebu-hunting and watching two festival films.
9. I love hulu,com. Bravo is a premium channel in Salt Lake City -- no Real Housewives of Orange County/New York/Atlanta. Hulu.com gives me a fix. A small fix, but a fix.
10. I don't care. I love the Real Housewives lives. I wish I could say I detest how shallow they are, but if I were in their position, I would spend my days at South Coast Plaza, the spa, in my BMW, etc. And be happy about it.
posted by Sarah @ 3:48 PM
3 Comments:
At January 20, 2009 at 8:13 AM ,
Robbery_Joe said...
Responses:
3. I want to go to a foreign country with your boyfriend so bad. We need to work on getting me a girlfriend you like and make that a family trip...A trip from which only two will return.
4. Teaching is all right. I'm finding I like hanging out with the little kids more than the high school kids. In HS, you feel like you're really putting your expertise to good use, but in grammar school kids think balancing a meter stick on your hand is a magic trick.
7. Of course he is. Now you see why I eat so fast??
8. The first time I read that sentence I thought you said
"caribou hunting". I wasn't very happy about that. But I guess "celebu" means you'll be hunting celebrities? Shoot them with rifles, I don't care.
E-mail me. We need to talk about plans.
At January 21, 2009 at 6:43 AM ,
Anonymous said...
I love Victoria's Secret but I hate their stores. They never have anything for small boobs! It's discriminatory!
I am going to agree with PP, I would like teaching little kids a lot more than HS age, simply because it would be more fun. How awesome would it be to make cookies in school? HOW AWESOME?! I remember when we made miniature pumpkin pies in Ms. Hudson's class...
At January 22, 2009 at 11:14 AM ,
Robbery_Joe said...
I don't know who you are, but I want you to know that you were in grave danger until I realized "PP" stood for Previous Post.
Nobody calls me a peepee and gets away with it.
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