Day 06 - Describe My Day in Great Detail

This probably would have been more interesting had it been during the school year and not on summer break, but here goes nothing! :)

My hubby wakes me up sometime in the wee hours of the morn because I'm screaming in my sleep - bad dreams again.  At least this time I'm not yelling at students in my sleep...  Around 6:30am I wake up, but think my clock says 8:30am because I don't have my glasses on.  When I realize that it's only 6:30, I wonder where hubs is and realize that he's probably gotten up early to work out.  After going back to sleep for a while, hubs wakes me up at 8am like I asked, but I go back to dozing for about another hour before finally dragging myself out of bed.  Next it's time for some breakfast - a SlimFast shake so I don't pig out.  Plus, once you get used to the grittiness, they're pretty tasty! Then I check the email, Facebook, etc. and hop in the shower.  Just jeans and a Tshirt today as I'm not doing anything fancy.

Around 10:30 I drop JR off downtown and head over to CSU to pick up my graduate portfolio and Action Research Paper.  I get to Julka Hall and find out from the secretary that for some reason my stuff is not there.  Sweet.


More to come as the day progresses... :)

Day 05 - My Favorite Quote(s)

"In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have." (Lee Iococca)
I think this one is pretty self-explanatory... 

"The only people you need in your life are the ones who prove they need you in theirs." (Unknown)
I don't remember where I first heard this quote, but it has really stuck with me.  I guess it is because I struggled for many years with friendships where I felt I always valued the friendship more than the other person and that they were more important to me than I was to them.  I try to keep this quote in mind when I start feeling this way and to let people go who don't value me the way that I've valued them.

"Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman, and loose enough to show you're a lady!" (My Grandmother) 
I felt a funny quote was in order and this one is something that all ladies should live by :) 

Day 04 - Worst Movie I Ever Saw

It might not be the worse movie I EVER saw, but it is the worse one I've watched recently.  Downright offensive even once they go abroad.
(I will update if I think of something worse.)

Day 03 - A Song That Makes You Cry

If you know me, you know this one is a toughie.  I love music and many songs, even ones that I don't personally relate to, can make me tear up, both because they are so sweet and because they are so sad.  Today though I think I'll focus on one that made me cry in a good way.

I have always loved - no adored - the song "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes.  It is simple and sweet, and most importantly, it is honest.  It doesn't paint a picture of a grandiose, fairy tale kind of love; it speaks of real and imperfect love.  When I met my husband he knew about Bright Eyes, but I don't think he was a big fan of the band the way I was.  Despite this, for our first Christmas one of my gifts was a special single edition of the song.  When he put it on and the song started playing, I started crying and I think I scared him -  he thought he had done something wrong.  But then I explained the reason for my tears.  Yes, it was his fault, but it was not because he had done something wrong.  It was because he had given me what I heard about in that song for so many years. 

"First Day of My Life" now holds a special place in both our lives.  On October 3, 2009, we danced our first dance as husband and wife to this song.  Any time I hear it I both instantly smile and get a little teary.  And sometime I don't even have to hear it to feel that way - I feel the same way when JR is out somewhere and hears the song and I get a text message saying "Our song is on!"  In fact, I must admit that I've gotten a little teared up sitting here writing this.

Enjoy...

Day 01 - A Celebrity that Inspires Me

Reading about his early life and career really inspired me to work hard and to stay true to who I am.  It also showed me that sometimes to get what you want you might need to temporarily compromise.