Just Tripping Along The Freakazoid

Whew – getting a window replaced in a car can add up – fricking needing to be able to open my window because I drive toll roads in NJ. I spend more and more time at the wonderful car place…. Water gun fights are fun! And a great way to clean the bathroom – lol – much better than traditional scrubbing. Love those 3 for a dollar Walmart water pistols. Actually getting a few things done at work – thoughts roam most days between that, thinking about certain people and fantasies and focused on making it through the summer - and OH those people who might have been leaving work and thus throwing me into total loneliness might not be so now only mostly lonely hopefully (sleepless in NJ but at least got some great people to think about - haha) … eh I am an individual and like doing stuff on my own – and I say that 1000 times and it might be totally true… ahhh truth what a wonderful story people weave through life. Here's an interesting track to get stuck on – Robbie Williams Escapology, ...

Well back at home in my little world – Nashville a distant memory until the 12 of July (when the next round of conferences hit). Went to a comedy club Thursday and whew that was fun. Jim Gaffigan was the headliner – nice way to end a very long conference… but it was good information and will hopefully bring good stuff back to the teachers.... I have soooo much reading and typing to do…. It is like now – I read some Birds of prey Fiction, type up in Excel a schedule of the workshops we are presenting in Nashville complete with anal-ass color codes and such… then on to loading CDs unto computer to make playlists (just did my L word CDs season 1 and 2 and WAH-HOO DVD coming out October 25 – of course damn it I have t wait until them to see them, I think I will rerent season 1..) Then I type up the time agenda outline for a workshop… then I go read some Birds of Prey fanfiction and check some banking stuff online… then read some curriculum… then go fold laundry… Basically I am trying to br...

Hey there – reached half way point of my first conference of the summer. This one is for QUILT – a great questioning process that helps bring better questions to the classroom. We got in Sunday leaving Friday – it is an intense type of conference – we enter the room at 8:00am and the session ends at 4:00pm each day (Monday – Thursday). But the training is a combination of lecture, discussion and activities. They put in energizers like today we did the balloon round robin – a group of adults passing a balloon around to music and whomever is holding the balloon when it stops has to do weird stuff as a result – lol – our group broke the balloon right away and so we are passing this broken bit of rubber – gawd it was hilarious. I’ve had a head cold since Saturday so been not at top form but hanging in there. Got more work responsibilities (more projects - I will be swamped when I get back home - will need another outing like MOnday when we went to the Wildhorse Saloon - I did the free da...

Well came outta work yesterday to a flat and had to replace tire (the mechanic pulled like major big pieces of metal from the tire. Started developing a nasty nose cold viral something - go cold medicine My driver's side window decided to go down about a quarter of the way and then broke - drat electric technology now it goes nowhere - ah for the days of the wind up and down windows a few things going on with sisters - damnit, I tape things together before I leave and already they are falling apart... sssiiiggghhhh trying to get things done at work - gotta read a ton of reports and curriculum - whew-whee... housework piling up ants invading my yard big time Okay needing some good cheer and lots of distractions about now http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2005-06-14-worker-blogs-usat_x.htm

Well made it through another trip to Arizona and had fun, excitement, drama, adventure, frustration and all the other emotions of the rainbow. You name it we had it packed into four short days – lol Friday Had to be up to Philly by 3am - Theresa did not mind she sleep in her car seat - well she did mind that all of the places we stopped to get a snack/breakfast were actually closed - at least we beat the rush traffic. Whew checked three pieces of luggage filled with crap for my sisters and nephews/nieces plus two carry-ons - I thought the march from the parking garage to the check in would never end - plus stupid signs say Delta is in terminal D noooooooooooooo Delta check in is in E - crap sign makers, you come over here and wrangle 5 pieces of luggage and a 5 year old (although for being 5 and excited Theresa was very very good I must admit - I ran around more than she did - :-P ) through two terminals.... Flights were not bad - transfer in Atlanta went well and then got into Phoen...

Hi from sunny, hot Arizona :-D Well just a quick note on having interesting times while visiting sisters here – got in on Friday and having lots of fun and other assorted adjectives – lol Went to Pinnacle Peak today and we saw a cowboy show and walked around - found this kick-butt awesome ass picture frame and this little cat themed painted guitar thingy so I splurged and got them for me - they fit in with my shelf of special knick-knacks and collectables :-P Then tonight went out with two sisters and one sister’s boyfriend – they took me to a country-western place. The Cactus Moon – very interesting. It has a big wooden dance floor and the music mixing booth in the middle. Then there is a large walkway all around the dance floor (for people to go “walking” my sister did that a lot – it is basically crusin only instead of in a car you are walking around the ring. The dance floor is ringed with a counter and chairs and then tables after that… then the walkway and then bars along the...

Went to New York today with friend who is visiting. Started early it is about 3 hour drive but not bad. I go to Hoboken and take the ferry across and then the free bus to Times Square – it is perfect and not that bad drive wise. So we walked around some – mainly the area called Hell's Kitchen and looked at the shops and people and such. Got a great Almond Croissant and Mousse Cake stuff. YUM! Then we spent a bit of time in Virgin Record Store – oh I love that place!!!!! They had this interesting display for Pride Month and we tried figuring out exactly why they put some of the CDs there they did, we were like is he gay? Is She? Are you supposed to be into them if you are gay – lol – I was good I only ended up with one CD... I kept my hands in my pockets most of the time and did not listen to anything – see, very good. Then we went to see Wicked!!!! Wah-hoo – it was awesome – Loved the actresses for both main parts and the support cast was great – being close to the stage wa...

Wow – great concert! Went to Asbury Park to a place called the Wonder Bar to see Melissa Fredrick. I liked the place and the music was great. Melissa knows how to play f*ing good guitar. Plus the warm up acts ranged in tastes and the one girl got up a lot to play with Melissa. The music went on till after 12:30. I am definitely planning on going to the Wonder Bar again. Even if I was alone I would go back and plan on it. It was cool sitting at the bar as women kept coming up to order and squeezing in – one main she was hanging all over me and us at one part (niceeeee! Hehe) Remind me Molly I wanna try a Toasted Almond Martini. Then there was this one woman– wow she was a real class act in the place… yes my eyes followed her the whole night and I ended up always knowing where she was standing – I was bad. Got tickets to go see Alanis in the historic Ryman – oh yeah conned someone from work for when we are in Nashville for a conference. Found out late Friday another conference...