Too Quick!

Dear Rest of the Teaching Year,

I'm not really ready for you. I have spent the entire past week doing the following:

Friday: Went to court, no ticket from the city.

Saturday: Went gambling with CA and ANR. Got lost at a shady gas station. Ate onion rings in the car. Was delicious.

Sunday: Did not move from CA's couch for several hours. Played Guitar Hero. Ate pasta. Continued to lie on CA's couch. Watched I Am Legend.

Monday: Went to lunch with ML and Target. Bought great green towels/rug for my new apartment. Ate delicious burger at hard-metal burger joint called Kuma's Corner which filled me up. Then went to Jerry's later that night with S and ate delicious chippies. Took super-long walk and talked about love and life and how getting engaged seems like not such a terrible or scary thing anymore.

Tuesday: Finished second Scottish book. Was amazing. Went to Fixx and graded papers with KB. Picked CA up at work and went to Best Buy to purchase Rock Band, Brawl for wii and look at ginormous tvs. Went to Twin Anchor for dinner and did not eat nearly enough ribs. Went back and was hugged and hugged and hugged. Watched a little bit of High Fidelity with CA (please see here for best scene from the movie--COSBY SWEATER!), which we know I absolutely love.

Wednesday: Went to Indiana to see my aunt and uncle. Won money at Casino for second time in a week. Drank a completely delicious bloody mary with a ginormous shrimp in it.

Thursday: Went to outlet mall with ANR and KF. Purchased the following: one plaid dress from JCrew, matching purse, bermuda shorts with whales on them, polo shirt with anchors on it; deliciously cheap strapless turqouise dress from Gap, blue deliciously cheap dress from Banana Republic, also black shirt from BR, puma running shoes, and a new black briefcase from Coach. All cheap. Delicious outlet malls. Learned how to make burgers from my dad.

Friday: Cleaned out my mom's closet. Found amazing hat. Finished the book "The Long Way Down" which was really enjoyable (second only to High Fidelity in what he's written). Portilos Friday/Numbers (what I do when I'm home with my units.)

Saturday: Did (some) grading. Talked on phone for two hours with SAI. Pondered going back to city but watched Harry Potter with my parents instead.

Tomorrow: brunch with ANR. Picking CA up at the airport. Relaxation and eventual panic.

Seriously. I have been incredibly worthless to everyone who is not my parents or CA this week. But, I think I am entitled to that.

Everything will move so quickly until I move now--from going to nature (that's right, end of the school year, I have to take those 5th graders to nature!! this week--and it's going to be effing cold!) to my wonderful vacation to St. Maarten with CA (did I mention that? I don't think so! but it will be lovely...hence my new, obnoxious whale shorts) and I'm not necessarily ready for it. I'll end up crying at graduation I know it.

But seriously? I'm not ready to go back. Yet. One more week?

Sincerely,
AXR