To.die.for.

AWWW.... So cute!

I just looked up my books online and they come to $175.50. Sigh. I suppose it could be much worse.

It could be worse, but that doesn't make the $175 a whole lot easier, does it? Last semester, I spent $250 for books for 2 classes. Yikes.

Sitting in my very own classroom, eating a burger, getting ready for the first day of school (which is Monday).

Go, Erin!!!! I can't wait to be able to post that myself.

I'm so jazzed -- I really like my new co-workers; they're young and enthusiastic, and it's a really small staff, so it's pretty intimate, and casual and innovative. I get my first "real" paycheck in 3 years on 8/31. And I turn 33 on Tuesday.

Yay, Erin!

You can do that with a variety of useful common objects, Aimee.

I know - I have a letter opener right here, but I thought I'd try to be elegant about it.

Yeah, and I can't wait to start to make my classroom look more idiosyncratic. But right now, I gotta work on lesson plans. Exciting.

Yay Erin!

yay Erin -- and to let this computer sleep

School books are so freaking expensive. I just budgeted a whopping great amount for books as part of my education expenses when I was in school. Sitting next to tuition, it didnn't look like quite so much.

Why the eye poking, Aimee?

you didn't say anything about my ticket.

Damn, there goes your birthday surprise... Oh, well... now I'll have to come up with something else.

Erin, your own classroom! That is exciting!

One of my work mates just got notice that the baby he and his wife have been waiting to adopt has been born, is a girl, and his healthy!

Just irritated with work stuff. SURE! We can bill a tenant for $330 worth of missing visitor badges, but we need actual BACK-UP TO PROVE IT.

::wham wham wham::

That's so great, Erin. You've worked hard for it.

New Zealand! I wanna go to New Zealand. I suppose I could, too, if I wanted to watch my credit card explode.