| I give up |
[23 Oct 2008|07:54pm] |
I tried to keep updating Moo_c, but the land of mrsmdub is so much more exciting these days.
If you'd like to keep up with me or see frequent pictures and videos of my baby girl, mrsmdub is the place for you.
See you on the flipside, or not.
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| Friendship Poem |
[19 Jun 2008|10:52am] |
Here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.
1. When you are sad -- I will jump on the person who made you sad like a spider monkey jacked up on mountain dew.
2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile -- I will know you are plotting something that I must be involved in.
4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.
7. When you are sick -- Stay away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall -- I will point and laugh at your clumsy butt.
9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask; 'because you are my friend'.
Friendship is like peeing your pants,
everyone can see it,
But only you can feel the true warmth..
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| Futurama |
[18 Jun 2008|05:52pm] |
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs is coming out on June 24th.
Hooray!
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| Ooooh-Ahhhh |
[10 Jun 2008|02:29pm] |
School's out for summer and I'm just sitting around now waiting for my life to change forever.
Actually, I still have a little planning to do for next year, but for the most part, I'm all done.
Tonight I have a research study for LA teachers and I will be making at least $100. Woot!
Now I'm enjoying the beautiful task of deleting all the emails from people that drove me nuts this past school year.
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| Horrorscope |
[08 Feb 2008|06:19pm] |
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Take your time to appreciate the smaller things in life. The big things are too big.
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| Expelliarmus |
[31 Dec 2007|09:39am] |
Listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows always makes for a great drive anywhere, but I've yet to find a drive long enough for it.
I just finished it again, lying here on the couch and there is nothing that makes me cry harder than the last shout of "Expelliarmus!"
Yes, my anniversary and I'm on my couch crying over wizards and witches and battles that never happened. Yay! literature.
I guess I should start cleaning and unpacking all the paper (yes, we got a box of paper) from the car.
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| Worth $20 |
[01 Dec 2007|05:25pm] |
What is worth $20?
One thing that is worth $20 is the Futurama: Bender's Big Score dvd.
I think if I had someone who could come to my house and tackle my small pile of grading for me, that would be worth $20 too.
A neck, shoulders and back massage in one of those chairs. 15 minutes of that would be worth $20 to me now.
Most of the Christmas presents I want to buy, also about $20.
The first one I've already bought, problem solved there.
The second two I could probably accomplish by 1) getting off my butt and/or 2) getting Nick to do it for me
The third scares me because I just paid all the bills today and I have less $20s than I have presents that I want to buy.
( Christmas )
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[04 Nov 2007|11:17am] |
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Getting through a day at work tomorrow sounds as much fun as opening the door on Halloween and telling the princesses, cowboys, darth vaders, goblins and power rangers that you don't have any candy but you just wanted to get their hopes up and then having the whole mob of them beat you to the ground with their pillow cases.
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| Thank you... |
[12 Oct 2007|04:29pm] |
My birthday was so BORING.
Then Jessi called.
Now I'm happy!
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| Kingdom Hearts II |
[10 Oct 2007|01:43pm] |
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End Credits: KHII |
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I win!
crap...now I have to do work...
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| Swimming? |
[03 Oct 2007|08:30am] |
I am the only person who gets tennis elbow while swimming.
My arms are too bent, or too straight, or quite possibly both at the same time.
God love Nick's patience.
The good news is that the very peaceful feeling of gliding face-down in the warm water will keep me going back...
Break is going well. I think I'm Level 27 in Kingdom Hearts. I am enjoying #2, it is all of the KH flavor without all the frustration. Might be too easy for some of you hard-core gamers, but I think it is just right .
Okie Dokie...I'm going to sit in the tub and read, then pick up the bird and play Kingdom Hearts for awhile. When my eyes start to twitch, I'll probably pick up some of the school-related WORK I brought home.
I was just about to complain that work should be outlawed over break, but the truth of the matter is, if I were more organized and managed my time better during the quarter, I wouldn't really have so much work.
Lesson learned, off to start slacker Wednesday...(actually, can it really be slacker Wednesday if I was swimming at 5:30 this morning?)
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| Minimum Wage |
[23 Sep 2007|10:17pm] |
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I like my job and I made a good, comfortable salary. Soon, I might even get paid medical benefits, which would be even more awesome.
...back to my point...
Report Cards and due tomorrow. I've been working really hard over the last few days to make sure that mine are ready. Hypothetically speaking...
Wednesday night 3:30-7:30 (4 hours)
Friday night 3:30-8:30 (5 hours)
Saturday 10:00-1:00; 2:00-8:00 (3+6 hours)
Sunday 10:00-4:30; 7:00-9:00 (5.5+2 hours)
Total: 25.5 hours @ current CA minimum wage of $7.50/hour = $191.25
That almost $200 would nearly pay off the amount of junk/comfort food/Jamba Juice I have consumed in the last week to get me through. And lets not forget the $3 I will spend on tissues to control this "school allergy" I have developed. Okay, so it is a cold, brought on by stress, but I am not going to admit that. Seriously.
This means tomorrow I get to order a "Coldbuster"...so yummy.
One new story, 27 parent conferences, one principal observation, 61 timelines about Abraham Lincoln's early life, at least two days of 5:30am swim, one really messy classroom to clean, one really messy teacher desk to uncover, 27 IJs to respond to, one new student and 5 (or more) Jamba Juices before I am officially ON BREAK! Whoo!
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| googly-gook .exe |
[22 Sep 2007|09:39pm] |
I finally worked out how I could finish my report cards here at home, since they don't want us staying at school after dark alone. None of my clients will allow me to email an .exe because it is potentially dangerous.
I should have brought my planning, so I could at least get SOMETHING done.
Another long day at school tomorrow. Report Cards due Monday. Conferences Wednesday-Friday. Then Break.
I'm anxious & excited.
Futurama's News monster just convinced me that I need to make cookies.
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| Interactive Journals |
[15 Sep 2007|06:54pm] |
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I do interactive journals with my class, which are great because it is a little way for me to talk with each of my students each week. Or...at least the students who turn them in.
Some gems from this week:
Dear Mrs. Wunschel,
Be sure that you are kind to Nick, even after a hard day at work!
(we've been talking about kindness in class)
Dear Mrs. Wunschel,
Thanks for your help on my story, it is done now. Do you have any friends?
(from a young man who struggles with getting and keeping friends)
Dear Mrs. Wunschel,
Why do you always look at me like I've done something evil when I am talking to my friends?
(because you are planning evil things, of course...this is one of the boys that tried to convince Nick that I was dating Mr. Nish)
To summarize: I would be nice to Nick, but he is not here tonight. If I had friends nearby I would call them and ask them to go to the "almond festival" with me. I'm not sure what its all about but there are rides, frozen lemonades and traffic so it must be awesome. I will also attempt not to glare at evil-doers in my class because it makes them feel picked on.
Today I went for my Saturday morning walk. I decided to follow the canal trail west instead of east and ended up having to walk 4.8 miles because there are no streets that go all the way through on that side of town. I must have been too relaxed because I could barely get my heart rate above 125, I think the average for the walk was 128, when normally I average 144. I blame the swimming. Actually, everything that is wrong with me I'm going to blame on swimming. I don't see the connection to procrastination, but it is there somewhere.
In truth, I'm lovin' it (there you go McD's $1) I wake up early and babble like a giddy school girl. Actually, like 7 giddy school girls, I sound almost as bad as my classroom before school. I'm not quite as bad as 7 giddy school boys, but I will get there.
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| He's trying to kill me. |
[11 Sep 2007|08:14pm] |
Nick finally found out about the Masters swim in Brentwood.
He talked me into going with him.
I think it is his way of trying to kill me.
It's a perfect plan, killing someone in a way that seems so simple and fun.
All you have to do is swim over there, and back and then repeat.
Then do that same thing, but only kick.
Then do that same thing, but don't kick.
Then just go back and forth twice one more time.
There...all done with the warm-up.
Actually, it was super-fun, but I have a hard time breathing mid-stroke. We're working on it.
We went to lap swim and hour earlier than most of the Master's swimmers so we had a lane to ourselves, which lent itself well to all my floundering.
I want to go out and take my walk, but frankly my legs are a bit angry with me and in the interest of standing up during class tomorrow, I think I will pass. 1 hour of swimming beats out a 20 minute twilight walk. Maybe I'll try again after my bath.
A bath and Catch-22. I can't believe no one made me read Catch-22 before. I guess I thought it was a war book, which I guess it is, but so far it seems more like an incredibly twisted episode of M.A.S.H. that goes on for 400 pages. I don't know why a war book would deter me anyways, I like war books.
I'm a strange monkey.
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| Happy Birthday September... |
[02 Sep 2007|07:25am] |
Let us celebrate all the wackos with September birthdays...like Christian and Jessi and Zelda.
Yay for you!
Also, yay for ( Jack... )
My parents are coming today, so I guess I better turn off my alarm and continue cleaning the house.
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| It's 100 degrees out there...what should I do? |
[01 Sep 2007|05:01pm] |
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There's not much to do after a good days work (on a day off) at school.
I could do the work I brought home.
I could clean the house since my parents are FINALLY coming to see it tomorrow.
I could whine about how silly it was to overpay my car payment twice this month. Who needs an extra $500, anyhoo?
I could figure out what that weird smell in the kitchen is.
I could watch select episodes of Stargate and then fall asleep. (We're done with the series and now the dreams are back)
I could drive to Walnut Creek and nap with Nick before his game.
I could call my sister so she doesn't think I hate her.
I could play with the bird, even though we spent 6 hours of cuddle time at school together.
I could organize my new desk.
I could go back to school and get ready for Tuesday.
I could do some laundry.
I could fingerpaint.
I could color all of Rommie's brown hair black so she looks more like Zelda.
I could create a binder for all of our monthly bills, accounts, etc.
But alas, it is 100 degrees outside and I have an icy cold pool, a good book (albeit, one I've read a few times) and a $5 tube in which to lay.
I'll be in the pool if you need me.
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| Essays... |
[19 Aug 2007|11:52am] |
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I'm FINALLY grading the last of my essays. The kiddies did pretty well, lets all give them a nice pat on the back. Not an actual pat on the back because that can be considered sexual harassment, but a metaphorical pat on the back. Who knew I'd ever be making snarky comments about not being able to touch other people's children. Not that anyone I know has ever had a problem with that, anyway, I'm way off point.
Why is it that Zelda can nap through Jurassic Park...loud dino roars and all and yet she wakes up and gets angry with me when I sit down next to her?
It makes me wonder what goes on in my house when I'm not here...if my presence is more disturbing than a roaring T-Rex?
Yogi is also being similarly weird. I put her back in her cage because whenever I take her out, she puffs up and takes a little nap on my finger, knee, shoulder wherever she happens to be sitting. Whenever I move slightly...she either swings her head into my face as a warning: "stop moving, I'm trying to sleep" or she grips super-tight into my skin with her little talons. Now she's hanging upside-down in her cage making every cute noise she knows to try and get my attention.
Essays...MUST FINISH ESSAYS.
EDIT: 1:23 and the essays are DONE...aside from the few that are "missing" or "incomplete" or "I swear I turned it in, I don't know where it is"
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