Tuesday!

Hi everyone!

So, I am too jazzed to sleep right now, so I thought I'd update you on my last few days. I went for a bike ride today, which was a lot of fun. There is a really tiny lake right down the road from me (I didn't even know it was there, and I parked right next to it twice) and the roads around it are great for biking. Apparently, things are not so safe about four blocks around me, so I have to watch where I go. (This is according to my nice old neighbor). I took some pictures of the legislative buildings around the area, and just generally enjoyed getting out. Pics are up on my shutterfly site.

Yesterday was a doozie. I started out at the HS around 10:30, meeting with the former drama guy and learning about all of that. I am so incredibly overwhelmed right now. Apparently, I'm going to be putting on up to three shows at once: the drama club fall show (Harvey), the Drama 2 class show (whatever I pick?) and (thank God not right away), the Drama 1 one acts--if I'm interested. Drama 1 is history of acting and theater for starters, so that's a semi-nice reprieve. What's great is that I'm not even worried about English 1o. I was at school until 1:00 getting information on everything. My head felt like it was going to explode.

I came home for a quick bite, and figured that I would run to the post office to get some stamps and mail some postcards. Yeah...one person working, and a line that was about 25 people long. I stood there for about a half and hour to buy a book of stamps. It was air conditioned, so that was nice.

After that, I ran around trying to get a prescription for my face. I thought I had a face eating rash, but it's the newfangled thing called "acne." My face just got horribly red and blotchy, but only in spots. Me being me, I was trying to see a doctor and get prescriptions, as earlier noted--we thought I was having a reaction to the ocean water or something. Of course, no one wanted to take my out-of-state insurance. I finally called the insurance people, and they told me that if I went to the emergency room, I would be covered.

So I went to the emergency room. And waited three hours. For what ended up being acne. *thumbs up, beth!* I felt like an idiot, too, because I was like, "Look, I'm only here cause my insurance is stupid. I know I don't have an emergency! Really, now!" My doctor just looked at me and said, "Yep, fair enough. It's acne. Here's a paper about rashes." and walked away. They were all really nice about it, but seriously! If I would have gone to a Doc in the Box or Minute Clinic, I would have had to pay $125 + out of pocket. Redic. Yay, America's health care system!

So I got home around 7:30 or 8:00, exhausted, because I essentially didn't have lunch (I had eaten some quick white rice, but I thought I'd be back really quick from the post and munch on things for the afternoon). Instead, I threw in True Blood and laid around for the evening.

I spent today trying to plan for things and reading "Night" by Elie Weisel. It was so depressing. It's about the Holocaust, for those who don't know, and it was heart wrenching. I have to teach it to the 10th graders, though, so I have to figure out something.

Other than an outfit crisis for tomorrow (I need to be dressy, but not too dressy) the rest of the night has been pretty low key. Pasta for dinner, a run to the store, a little bit of glee. I'm gonna try to sleep now. I'm actually yawning, so maybe that'll happen sooner than I think, eh!

Hearts!

Lazy Saturday

Ok, just read this on facebook: "Whew! Only six more months till Obama is out of office."

Now, to give some context, he was writing this on the wall for "Election 2010!" and "Get out and vote!" The comments made toward him were quite hilarious.

Now on to me.

I went to Cape Henlopen today, and boy, did I chose the worst time of day to head out! It took me two hours to get there. Once there, the beach was PACKED. The waves were insane. I'm not good at judging height or anything, but while I was there, a guy almost drowned and was saved by a lifeguard. I had never seen this happen before (still haven't, actually, as the beach was PACKED and it was about 100 yards away from me) but the waves were *so strong.* I went into the water right when I got there (about 12:30?). I had forgotten a chair, so that sucked, and I only had one towel, so that sucked, and my beach umbrella kept falling over, so that sucked. I came out of the water after a while, and tried to lay down and read, but I hate the wet sticky feeling, and I had sand *everywhere* because I had to lay on my towel. All in all, I was kind of cranky. But still, it was a beautiful day and I did take a walk up and down the beach. I stayed for about two hours and then just couldn't take the people and the sand anymore. I got in my car, and started to head home.

Of course, I went to the wrong way--the *long* way around. However, this was a good thing, because it gave me a chance to see the *real* cape! I found this tiny little parking lot, and I could see a lighthouse through the trees. I parked and got out and followed the little trail down, and found the kind of beach I had been looking for in the first place: there were about 15 people tops on it, there were no waves, and it was so peaceful! This was in the bay area, I guess (?) (I'm possibly really misunderstanding nautical terms). No matter what, that is where I want to go to tomorrow.

Pictures will be up on the around dover site! Here's the link again, if you need it!

www.arounddover.shutterfly.com

Good Friday!

No, it's not Easter. It has, however, been a good Friday. I slept in a bit, decided against going to the beach (due to the weather again) and did some little things around the apartment. THEN. I finally went for that darn walk I've been wanting to take. It's rainy and windy outside, which means it's finally liveable out there. I wanted to see the Biggs Museum of American Art, and take some pictures of State Street. While I didn't get all the way down to state street, I did get some. The Biggs was interesting. I was literally the only one there, and it was a nice small museum, so it felt very cozy. I'll definitely be going back.

I added pictures to my shutterfly. Here ya go!


http://arounddover.shutterfly.com/

The mail I just got from my mommy and daddy

I cried. :) In a good way.

The video of my apartment

Random Dover Omnibus

1. I keep seeing commercials for the "Pittsburgh Renaissance Fair." I never even saw a commercial for it when I was in Pittsburgh! They have a really lame/cute song that keeps getting stuck in my head.

2. Yesterday, as I was going out to buy my beach umbrella, I had my window down on my car. The dominoes delivery guy in the car right next to me had his windows down. As I was looking for the street name, he thought I was looking at him, and smiled and waved, so I smiled and waved back, and he looked all excited. And when I tried to cover it up by being like, "Oh, Dominoes! I love Dominoes! I didn't know there was one near me!" (praying for the light to turn) he started a conversation. He now knows that I am from Pittsburgh, just moved here to teach high school, and live "right over there!" (I didn't want to tell him my actual address, so I just kind of waved and pointed in the general direction. I was literally 100 yards from my house that this time). He was like, "Well, good luck! You'll be great! Have fun!" as drove away. Delawarians are so NICE! Minus the possible weirdness of having a conversation at a red light.

3. I'm going to the beach today. There is a flood advisory during high tide, which is from 9:30 to 11:30. There is also an 80% chance of rain. I bought a beach umbrella, and water to fit into my tiny cooler. I don't know what to do!

4. I'm watching "Boy meets World" for the first time in forever. It's great.

5. I woke up this morning to a *great* dream involving playcamp. It was really, really awesome, I think because it only involved the counselors. Of course, that's all I can remember.

I didn't chicken out!

I did, however, get eaten alive by bugs. Ugh.