good thing i have a roll of quarters

soooo...

guess what didn't get fixed last night.

 i should have video taped because it was a sight. i couldn't figure out the problem with the washer, but i had to move the dryer to get a huge bucket back to drain the thing, and take the dirties out and throw them into the tub to rinse...then, today i was planning on taking them to the laundry room here at the apt (i forgot we had one!). so i packed it all up in a basket, and leashed the boys and off we walked. when we got down there, i didn't have the code to the door, which was okay because i was on my way to the office anyway to drop off rent.

when i got there, i explained the problem and they explained that i had to have a special card and it cost $8, but they were out and wouldn't have any until friday. (the new girl told me all of this) then the manager got off the phone and came to play with the boys, and said they would get a maintenance guy out first thing tomorrow morning so it'd be ready when i got home from work. good.

now i have a roll of quarters. whatever will i do? hmm..save one and always have it handy for aldi's shopping cart. then i think i may start a rainy day fund for diet coke necessity at work. feed the addiction.

and as for the TAKS tests-officially my kids are done-skie (pronounced dunsky), but i apparently am not. i have to administer the science test tomorrow for 5th grade, and i will also be (as i mentioned last night) helping with 5th graders during the last period every afternoon. and as a bonus i get to do saturday school again! yippee. (you know about punctuation). i know, i know, i had you all convinced that i was done...i had myself convinced that i was done!

and since i'm administering test again tomorrow, that means day 3 of pizza, which is 3 days too many! wish they'd just throw up a salad for us-ok, not regurgitate, more like toss. but then again, i guess there is no mandate for them to get us anything...so, in all fairness, i do appreciate it. but i think i might have indigestion, so i think i'm going to bring a peanut butter and jelly sandwich tomorrow anyhow.

i probably ought to find something to cover that carpet patch before the maintenance guy comes tomorrow until i can figure out what to do with it! perhaps i should get the wee pads out of the tub in the tub too in case he needs to dump anything in there. i washed a couple of them by hand tonight, and let me just say: incontinence pads hold a lot of doggy pee...i didn't realize how much. nasty. i had to take a shower afterward. oh, and they are super heavy when they absorb all that water while washing and that makes it really hard to wring them out! i feel like my forearms are going to be 2 sizes larger tomorrow from the workout! (i guess you probably don't measure shirt forearms by sizes, eh?)

 may all of your appliances be in working order,
julie

5 diet coke with lime kind of a day

i'm pretty sure i despise monitoring all day state assessment tests. i think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who loves it. so this morning i got up early because i knew i would need an extra dose of something special to keep me going. well, i'm a diet coke girl, but the something special today was 'with lime.' so i stopped in to walmart before school to get some.

the first time i ever added lime to my coke was when i used to visit the cays in utila, HONDURAS with my friend heidi. that was long before they came out with it in cans. so, as you can imagine, each sip took me back to memories of the islands and the beauty of it, as i stood by the open window in my classroom, there was a breeze and bright sun, and you know that in my mind i was laying out on the deck under the palm tree...but in that classroom, my eyes were open (glazed over, but open) and i was walking around (in a trance, and maybe you could call it wandering around) but no, really i was...actively monitoring.

notice the chalk board...who has chalkboards any more???

and while i was wandering around i wrote some things on my hand: babies, sandpaper.i write things on my hand, and kids ask why i write it on my hand, and the only answer i really have is that i lose papers all of the time, but i'll never lose my hand. i know, i know... what do these have to do with anything? it will come into play later, but for now suffice it to say that i was trying to make sure that no one saw my hand because those are two things that really don't go together and i was in no mood to explain and connect the dots for people. (i will soon)

As soon as i drove into my apartment complex, i saw a man with a face mask of some sort, then i saw his truck...not what i want to see when i pull up to my apartment-it wasn't actually my building, but here's the problem:

the way i see it is that he's going to get the bees out of their apartment, and they're going to migrate this way...he will purposely miss a few so that he has job security. great. well, if they come over here, i'm just going to steal their honey, so there!

and then i climbed the stairs to my apartment. did i mention i live on the 3rd floor and i hate it? so, someone just recently moved in below me, and they must have kids. my complex can be a little confusing if you're not careful. i mean, i have people call all of the time trying to find me. i'm sure they're getting used to it and all, i don't know them, don't know where they're from, but when i got to the second floor, i had to double take.

 i mean...really? i've heard of hansel and gretel. they left bread CRUMBS, not breadSTICKS! or i don't know..maybe they're having an Easter bread hunt..?

and now it's time to take chaco out for a walk. he put on his bully shirt and thinks he's tough now. typical, he reminds me a little of my friend's daughter. she loves to dress up and change and put on layers of clothes. fortunately i have his winter sweater put away.

 sorry, it was hard to get a still shot of him, because he was trying to beat up on bruno..when he has his tough shirt on, he kinda reminds me of drew barrymore's brother in 50 first dates, only he doesn't have a lithp.

it's going to be a beautiful evening!

good eve to all,
julie

***update**

when i just went out for a jog..THEY'RE MULTIPLYING!!