(that's D and A. believe it or not, they're still 6 and 3.
although at times it feels like they're teenage gang members.)
it's been a while. i'm back by popular demand (well 3 loyal followers to be exact have asked for a blog update. i'm looking at you shar, imants, and ali). how's everybody doing tonight? the girls and i just returned from the running store and costco. apparently, i need to add personal assistant to my glorious resume. the hubs asked if i could go on a wild goose hunt for him and buy him new running shoes. you see he is running a marathon this sunday. in california. the marine corps was all booked, so we did the next best thing. booked tickets to san francisco, so he could partake in the joy of running 26 miles for god knows what reason. (who in their right mind feels the need to run 26 miles? i swear, i am not going to spend my days wheeling him around or waiting for him to catch up to me with his walker if he develops bad knees, bad ankles, achey joints, what have you...i'm going to be too busy playing hokm, getting my weekly peer-e-zany hair blowout, and spoiling my grandkids.)
did i mention he signed my kids up for some races too? A will be running 10 yards. and D will run .25 miles. i can just see it now - my girls are going to turn into running addicts like their daddy and i'll be the lone-slacker-fatty in a family of athletic runners. great. i will say this, i ran (for the most part) 5 miles yesterday and i felt pretty good about myself. it made me feel like i could eat crap for the rest of the day, guilt-free. but on a serious note, i'm actually considering running a half marathon next year. just to say - yeah, i did that. i'm a badass. i asked the hubs if he'd get me a snazzy gift if i ever ran a half marathon and he said he would. and don't you shake your head brother in law of mine. that would be quite the feat (i mean think about - taraneh running. for 13.1 miles. hello??) and quite worthy of a handsome reward. i've had my eye on a nikon d300s (+ several awesome lenses) for ever.
after the cali vacay, i will be teaching 30 hours in a local high school. i will most likely teach 9th grade honors and regular and a 12th grade AP Literature class. i'm nervous, anxious, and scared shitless. i subbed the other day for a first grade class and at the end of the day, the kids asked, "were we awesome?" and i lied and replied, "yeah, you guys were awesome!" they responded, "but, you yelled at us the entire time, we couldn't have been awesome." busted. what can i say? there were 4 kids in that class that were so unfocused, disruptive, and annoying. i gotta work on my classroom management skills. i've researched, read about, and written countless papers on it, but putting into practice is a whole other story.
i can't believe it's almost november. where does the time go? i cannot believe i will turn 25 this summer. haha. i have got to make sure that i exercise more and use under-eye cream daily. to this end, i went to lululemon and bought myself some cute exercise clothes. i was tired of wearing the same ratty workout clothes from 1998. i have this theory, that if i look and feel cute exercising, i will do it more. (please don't judge me aforementioned brother-in-law) so far, i've worked out 8 of the 11 days. not too shabby.
that is all for now my loves. i will do my very best to update more often, but these teaching classes are killing me softly. (i have to read 100 pages a week, write 3 papers a week, and peer critique 10 papers a week for 16 weeks. 8 down. 8 more to go.) it warms my heart that you still come back and check up on this little blog.
