sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

that's a sad title now that i think of it... but i'm not sad, it's just that i'm sitting here in my parents' living room listening to a james taylor RECORD with the record playing system we gave my dad last christmas. yay for james taylor, BEAUTIFUL fall days in durham, and my parents' house. it's so nice to come home sometimes. there really is no place like home and that feeling when you're sitting in the living room you grew up in, listening to music you grew up to, with your parents just hanging out.

last night was kim's joint birthday party. i have to say that it was weird to be at a college-y party without andrew. not only did i feel old, but i felt old and married hahaha. there was copious groping, and i was very uncomfortable with it. i actually b*tch-slapped someone, and not on purpose, but as a reflex! it's a good story, ask and i'll tell you about it. it was weird to be identified as "the married one". on more than one occasion i heard "SHE'S MARRIED!!" i guess drunk guys were being dared to do something inappropriate to me or something, i don't know. but i did do my first ever keg-stand. i didn't know if i should be proud or weirded out that the first keg-stand i've ever done is when i've been out of college for over two years, i've been a teacher, and i'm married, but it was kinda fun to be held upside-down anyway. there are incriminating pictures going around somehwere. i'll link to them when i find them haha. no shame. [this photo is tagged "emily's butt" in john's album]

this morning i met regina for coffee. it's always good to hang out with her and hear how stuff at smith is going. she's definitely a co-worker that became a real friend and somewhat of a mentor. i really appreciate her friendship.

then, i rushed back home to change clothes and get to my interview for east wake academy. it went well. without going into pages of detail, it sounds like a cool opportunity. it could either be great, and i'll love it forever, or it could be terrible and i'll suffer through the rest of the year. with some wiggle-room in the salary area (since it's a charter school), i think i will probably take it. i'm going in on the 8th to meet the other teachers on the team, so that will be the deciding factor i think.

that's about it. i think i'll eat a LATE lunch and then probably head on back to boone to spend the rest of the weekend with my hubby. peace out.