2009-11-20 - 6:07 p.m.
Don't want to meet your momma

Ahhhhh, Friday night. Oh, how I've been looking forward to you all week.

RD is working tonight which means I can enjoy an evening in without anyone making me feel like some kind of shut-in recluse, 12 cats and one shotgun shy of crazy old maid (because by God, I'm 23! Shouldn't I have a husband, or boyfriend, or at least a regular booty call by now?).

My plan (to workout, eat dinner, study for the GRE, watch a silly movie, read my awesome book and hit the hay by 10) was made even sweeter by the fact that I was longing to go on my run all day. I was afraid with all that anticipation that my 3 mile jog would su-uck, but no! It was a very, very enjoyable run. I felt awesome throughout the whole thing. Usually I hit that 13 minute mark and things start cramping up and I get this ridiculous stitch in my side that burns like fire and I just have to breathe my way through, but not today!

It was a very nice release after a very frustrating day with my sophomores. It's a good thing those kids have personalities and can make me love them despite their blinding stupidity. Seriously, they were being SO dumb today. God. The phrase "Never, never shake a baby" kept playing my head and I just kept wondering, "But what about a sophomore?". Surely their brains are developed enough to handle a good shaking. Actually, maybe a good shake would jar loose some of that lazy that so many kids seem to have wrapped around their neurons. Shake it right out their ears and never spend another hour repeatedly explaining through gritted teeth how a fucking research paper outline works. It's not like I didn't teach you that same mother fucking thing LAST YEAR in the freshman class and it's not like I spent a half hour earlier in the week showing you how to do one or anything. Cripes.

Okay, I don't want to ruin my post work out endorphin glow so I'm not going to think about work any longer.

Things currently making me happy:

-My parents are in town tomorrow and Sunday
-My football team is going to smash their opponent tomorrow
-I'm spending a glorious evening alone in a house mercifully free of teenagers
-I lost half an inch off my waist. I know, seriously, no one cares that my formerly 26 inch waist is now 25 1/2 inches, because um, skinny bitch? STFU. But really, I've had a 26 inch waist for about 8 years and I thought it would always be that size. But I've been doing a lot of midsection work at the gym before my runs and apparently it's paying off even if that little pooch around my belly button won't budge.
-I managed not to kill my obnoxious co-worker during lunch today or shake any of my students like a Polaroid picture. I've heard shaking is bad for both.

Yay!

Also, this made me laugh today:

Quiz Question: Is Romeo's love for Juliet a serious problem?

Actual Student Answer: Naw, it's not a serious problem.

Naw! Kudos for the complete sentence, but naw?! I would try to make excuses for how lame that quiz question was to begin with, but now that you see the quality of the material I'm working with, I'm sure you understand.

Naw!