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I signed a contract for 2 kindergarten positions at local elementary schools on Friday. The hard interviewing work finally paid off! My job is kinda complicated though, because I will be an extended day kindergarten teacher at one school in the morning and then another school in the afternoon. I am a full-time employee for VBCPS which is good. I spent tonight filling out the bucket o’paperwork they gave us for Health/Life/Dental/etc. insurance. Thank goodness my parents know how to read insurance-talk. It’s so ridiculous… the insurance company gives you 4 books of information that explain their plans, and then the actually application is like, “Name, Address, Phone, Signature” and that’s it. It drove me nuts.

I have been buying like crazy on EBay. I am DONE for a while–I hope. I bought 16 books by Tommy DePaulo (sp?), 60+ random kindergarten books, and a supply of pattern blocks. The only bad thing about having 2 different schools is that I have to supply 2 different classrooms. I am a recent college grad = poor. I reaaaaaaaally hope some nice teacher will “donate” to the Lauren fund *crosses fingers*.

Anywho… Peter and I went to Busch Gardens this weekend. We TRIED to get other people to go also, but that seems to always be a no-go. We had fun, despite the outrageous heat index, long lines, and dramamine to make us sleep–yes, you heard me right. Apparently my tolerance for 12 roller coaster rides in a row has disappeared completely. Now I’m good for 2 rides, then a show, 2 rides, then a show, 1 ride, then a show, dinner, 1 ride, walking, etc. The pattern is not good for a person that used to LOVE spinning, flipping, and twirling upside-down. Ugh, I suck.

It is 12:14am, but I just don’t want to go to sleep.

Interviews are sucking the life out of me. All I want to do at the moment is crawl into my bed, snuggle in my covers, and snooze the day away. My stomach gets all upset right before an interview, and I don’t want to eat anything. Then I have to keep up the pep during the interview without any breakfast. Today I had one at 10 and one at 2, and I didn’t really want to eat lunch because of my stomach. I can’t wait ’til I have a job and don’t have to do this anymore!! I have another interview tomorrow with Webb’s uncle. I think he was my chaperone on a trip to NY in high school, which is good.

Anyway, I just got back (kinda) from vacation in Myrtle Beach last weekend. We were there for about 1.5 weeks. I had a good time 🙂 We went to Medieval Times and paid them 20 bucks to knight my dad. We definitely got a kick out of that.

I’m going to go and do some work on the computer, so I can actually get paid for SOMETHING today.

Mom in the tunnel

Behind bars

Peter and Lauren

The most awesome game of scrabble ever. Ask and I will tell you the definitions.

*Update: Patrick challenged me!

Words that are red were created by Lauren. Blue words were created by Peter.

tanny-the way you feel after you get a tan.
tenter-sometimes in the morning, boys wake up with these in their pants.
hotpam-what you use to make a delicious meal in a frying pan.
faxin-what I was doing the other night to send out my resume to 903521958 different places.
gwaity-when bad spellers feel fat.
readynwaity-(somehow the “g” changes to “n” and becomes) the way you describe yourself when you are prepared to go somewhere.
loobrhun-when you have a tenter but you have no loob, you need to go on one of these.
cmen-usually follows a tenter and some loob.
hugdat-slang; usually follows the word “I’d”, as in “I’d tapdat ass.”
pisvlus-(pronounced piss-va-luss) a not nice person is often called this.
perkeleague-when your boobs are perke, you become a member of this organization.
SOB-an acronym that has nothing to do with crying.
e-riots-sometimes these fights break out over the internet.
wadz-a collection of Benjamins.
adew-something that Pepsi-Cola promotes and wish that you “do.”
nerdio-an antonym of “daddio.”
rockle-what people do when they rock extra hard, as in “I don’t rock. I rockle.”
eieio-Old MacDonald’s mantra.
Figi-the Latin word for “fig.”
bjs-no explanation needed.
qt-slang; cutie.
Latvia-no explanation needed.
egg-what cmen fertilizes.

Miniature golf

Peter, Lauren, (Kelli) and Aunt Kathy

Kelli !

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