Timeline

Let's break down the next four months of my life.

March 14-16 Barista Competition held by Alterra in MKE!!! lots of coffee nerds in one building = fun fun fun!! (promise)

March 16th Brandy back in MKE!

March 17-21 UW-MKE spring break. except my professors still making us go to class. 

March 20th tax return deposited! tattoos and dunks!

March 21st-28th MPS spring break.

March 23rd Beef's bday

March 24th Mom's bday

April 11th Hanson with Em

May- nothing, what the fuck? let's plan something!

June 10th-12th MPS finals.

June 13th done student teaching!!!!!!

What then? Not sure.

Maybe vacation to North Carolina with a crew in June or July.

Find a "real" job? Maybe....haha.

Spend my life at Alterra with lines of 20+ ppl for 8 hrs straight?  Sounds great!

Congrats!

I was sitting in Alterra, lurking myspace.  (suprised??)  

A grandpa aged man walked up to me and stood about two feet away and stared at me.

I thought he was going to ask me why I kept looking at him earlier, which was because I was trying to figure out if he had a lazy eye...seriously.

Instead he says:

GM: "I'd like to congratulate you on having jeans without any rips or tears or holes or anything in them."

me: "My pants?"

GM: "Yea."

me: laughs "Thanks"  (thinking: was that old dude checking out my ass?!)

more prepared

You'd think after years of living in WI, the people of Wisconsin would be a little more prepared when it came to winter/snow.

Ridiculous things I've seen this winter:

-people thinking a hooded sweatshirt is a sufficient winter coat (myself included)

-girls in heels with more than a foot of snow on the ground

-using a license plate/cd as a snow/ice scraper for your car

-wiping off only driver side portion of windshield, leaving side windows and back window covered in snow. As well as leaving at least a foot of snow on hood/roof/trunk of car.

"you shouldn't be a teacher"

today one of my students told me i shouldn't be a teacher.

she said i'm not a "people person"

she may have been reacting to my statement earlier when i told her 

"if she wants to keep talking she can go to the office and talk to the administrators the rest of the hour"

maybe.....

then she came up to me after class and apologized for talking and being mean.

reason #12 i will never eat meat

i was trying to think of things i'm sure of in life.

and i came up with a small list of people i'm sure i'll always love.

but really the only thing i can be sure of in life is that i will never eat meat.  and this is reason #12 i'll never eat meat again the rest of my life.  i'll never have a tape worm.

growing up

sometimes the thought of never again being able to have my hair cut into a mohawk scares me more than it should.  it makes me feel old and like a real grown up.

i feel domesticated

a history. 

june. go to a movie.  

"my legs are so hairy! i really should've shaved them if i was going to wear these pants"

july. "i'm going to be gone an entire week! this is the longest we've been apart in a month. will you miss me?"

"no."

"liar!!"

august. take a break.  

"you need to prove to me how much you like me."

"how?"

"i don't know."

september.  happy birthday!!!  

"you aren't allowed to get me anything for my birthday."

october.

"this is _____." 

"nice to meet you"

"are you cara's boyfriend?"

"no"/"yes"

november. take a break.

"i'm not very good at this.  don't expect anything to be different"

"all i expect from you is honesty and faithfulness"

december. 

"i don't want to be here"

"you need to give it a chance. he's trying"

"but he doesn't even know me. i cry everyday!"

january. move in together after knowing each other for six months.

"you have so much crap!"

"everything has sentimental value"

"what value does this purse have?"

february. our own apartment. 

buy furniture together. 

do his laundry.

ride to school every morning.

"i want to take care of you"

one sided fight

I went to MOCT saturday.  I went to dance, have fun, hang with friends, support friends.

I didn't expect to get in a one sided fight.

A lady as standing on the dance floor.  I bumped into her while dance.  She gave me a dirty look so I told her to move.  She gave me another dirty look so I told her to "get the fuck out of the way".

It is the equivalent of standing in a mosh pit at a show and getting pissed at everyone running into you.

She gets in my face and Brandy steps between us.  Words are exchanged.  People stop and stare.  Some ready to fight.  I keep yelling: "Hater! Fuck the haters!!"  I brush my shoulder off at her and continue to dance.

Brandy joins me.  Suddenly I'm falling forward because I've just been punched in the back of the head.

thinking: What the fuck! I don't want to fight anyone. I don't need a black eye. I don't need to cause a scene.

Brandy again steps in between the girl and I.  

Brandy: "Don't fucking touch her again, I'll get you kicked out so fucking fast"

Girl: "She pushed me!"

Brandy:"I don't fucking care! Don't touch her."

Thinking it is over, Brandy again joins me in dancing. 

Girl, not finished with me.  She "dances" me 10 feet up against a wall.  I stand with my hands raised kinda laughing kinda glaring. 

Brandy again gets in between us.  Again people stop and stare.  Again Brandy tells the girl to back the fuck off.  

Finally over.  

That girl probably picked a fight with the worst person in the bar.  Half the people there were my friends, I know half the employees, and anyone I don't know, my friends know.  She basically picked a fight with the entire bar.  

lay on the ground and cry

At what age does it stop being acceptable to lay on the ground and cry when you don't want to do something?

I watched a four year old boy lie face down on the cement floor at Alterra because he didn't want to leave.  His mom grabbed him by the waist and attempted to stand him on his feet.  He just crumpled to the floor again, face down not moving.

She tempted him with a cookie, and finally just picked him up and carried him to the car.

drink coffee

I fell asleep student teaching today.

Wait.

I wasn't actually teaching.

In fact.  There were no students in the classroom at all.  The teacher wasn't there either.

From 9am until 10am I'm alone in the room.  I usually read a book. 

 Today I couldn't keep my eyes open.  I put my head down and 10 minutes later woke up to the loud speaker announcing all yellow buses have arrived and teachers can now take attendance.

I'm glad that woke me up and not a teacher or a student.  

Conclusion:

I need to start drinking coffee in the morning.

I'm 26yrs old

I'm 26yrs old and I don't know how to ask for help.