dogs are better than turtles..they don't get lost in the couch.

i lied. yesterday we went to hibashi, and i was not high maintenance. it's hard to be that person when you've been a server before. but i did wear shorts...and almost everyone else was dressed up. DEAL WID IT! the food was great-love the dressing on the salad! then i had to go back to school to finish up and it took longer than i expected it to.

my friends stevie and meredith were in town for a wedding, so they came over and we went out to gloria's. chaco of course was ridiculous and mere was convinced she was teaching him to high five...umm...perhaps. when we got to gloria's there was a sign on the door about acceptable dress attire after 6pm. what's that about? they were trying to make it look like a red carpet club. that was a little weird. i've never experienced that there. we looked around and everyone was all dressed up like it was a party club (not impressed) did anyone else know they have a dress code?

oh well. time well spent-it's always a treat to catch up with friends!! especially funny friends!

oh! and yesterday at hibashi i got amc movie passes!! movies have gotten so expensive that i haven't been out since i went at Christmas to see chronicles of narnia, dawn treader. unfortunately, there's really not anything out right now that i'm dying to see...but i'm sure there will be eventually.

i took bruno in to the vet, but they said they couldn't take his blood until monday, so we'll go back in then. on the way out one of my old students was at petsmart with her cousin, and they came out and pet the dogs. they were there trying to find a little turtle. i asked what happened and she said her cousin had the turtle out while she was playing wii and it got away and they never found it. that stinks.(or it will) can you imagine 10 years later seeing this big ol' turtle wander out from the vent or under the couch or something?

while we were at the store, since they couldn't draw blood, i decided to not waste the trip, so i got some bacon chew strips. they seem to be the only thing that really works to get them to sit still so that i can cut their hair. so today when we got home, the boys got a trim.

bruno is no problem, but chaco cannot see the value in a haircut, and has difficulty standing still-even with the treats. so, he has some hack shots and we need to continue trimming when he naps. but even then i can only get one or two cuts in before he realizes what i'm doing, grumbles and moves.

looking forward to a full week off next week!
julie

hibashi, gloria's and...SQUIRREL!

school's out!! only not really because teachers have to go back tomorrow...i just have a couple more things to finish up. it's taken awhile because i've been sorting reading from writing, keep and throw away, and  what i need for summer school...at least i tell myself that's why it's taking so long...i think what is actually happening is that i am getting  sidetracked-SQUIRREL!

like today i found these glow-in-the-dark bracelets! what a find!!

today was our field trip..we went to the local park-great end of the year celebration! the kids were pretty good for the most part. i got there late because i had to tie up some loose ends back at school.

oh, and did i mention that tomorrow we have our endoftheyear lunch at hibashi? well, we do. ok, so here's the deal. bmayes was in town awhile back and we really wanted sushi, so we stopped there, of course we were dressed casual, and when we went in, there were two girls standing back by the bar area, and they just kinda looked at us and didn't rush to seat us or anything, and seemed very snooty, so we turned around and left and went somewhere even better. but guess what, tomorrow i am wearing shorts and a tshirt, and i may just be very high maintenance... i taught my kids a saying yesterday: WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

but i'll be going to gloria's for dinner with some friends, so i need to not eat too much at hibashi, because i dream about the bean tip and chips at gloria's...but then again, they are going out for lunch with people as well, so perhaps we'll all be good for a late dinner!

i'm so tired tonight that i would like to just sit in the tub until i'm wrinkled...but instead i am glued to the mavs game. so up and down; if they could stop turning it over...

counting down to for a couple weeks of nothing! (semi-relaxing before everything and craziness begins)
julie