italian soda

don't you hate when you have the perfect thing to blog about and the perfect wording, yet it all leaves you when you sit down to type it.  it's like when you think of what you need to get at the grocery store while you are standing in the shower, only to forget before you can get to pen and paper.

in other news, i made my own italian soda today.  it was tasty so i'll leave you with the recipe.  if i remember what i came here to say, i'll be back.  don't count on it.

italian soda:
1/2 cup flavored syrup
1/2 cup cream/half&half/milk
10 oz. club soda

stir.  serve over ice.  YUMMMMMMMMM.

snowy week.

things are starting to pick up here.  it is going to be a lot of craziness the next few weeks.  basically -- through march 12.  i'm excited for all the challenges though.  bring it.

i'm in a good mood today.  probably because i just took my nueropsych exam and it didn't hurt me as much as i thought it would.  i definitely didn't get 100% but i didn't fail either.  it's always refreshing to walk out of the exam room confident that you passed.  and for this class, passing is a C+ or higher.  will i try my hardest?  absolutely, but this professor... well, she's special. 

besides the exam, i had two snow days this week.  one was, of course, the perk of being an education major.  all the local schools were closed for a few days and therefore, i got to enjoy one of them.  one day was because my college closed though.  that was probably one of the most exciting days of my life.  my school does not close for school.  it's residential, most of the students walk everywhere, there is no need to.  but the other day, they closed.  and it was a glorious day -- i slept 'til noon.  enough said.

now, it's the freakin' weekend and i'm about to have me some fun... doing homework and stuff.

HAPPY FRIDAY! :)

it's been a while.

*EDIT*

i just realized i take a lot of blogging breaks.  i'm trying to fix it.  work with me.

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there are perks to having an upper respiratory infection.  sleeping.  sleeping.  and sleeping.  watching movies, eating ice cream, and drinking tea.  reading blogs and stalking twitter.  organizing and reorganizing myself.  homework. homework.  and more homework.  and did i mention sleeping?  i did a lot of that.

the more i snooped around on the blogs i follow and read their tweets after tweets, it made me think about missing blogger.  i do miss it.  i miss my blog and the outlet it provides.  i miss the fun design.  i miss the opportunity to relive fun times and sort out hard times.  i miss keeping my friends informed.  at the same time, it causes frustration and irritation too.  i don't feel as though i am a great writer.  i rarely have pictures to post or interesting facts to include.  it's not catchy or attention grabbing.  it pains me.

today though, i love blogger.  it is time to bring it back.  for my sanity.  for something to do in my free time.  for an outlet.  for fun.  for entertainment.  today, i love blogger.

i'm BAAAAAAAAACK.

to the haters:

when did it become so hard to carry on a friendship due to your own opinion of a person and not what everyone else thinks?  when did it become acceptable to glare at people just because you feel like it?  why is it okay to go around spewing negativity about people that have never done anything to you?

some days i just want to scream.  i want my old life.  i want my old friends.  i want the naivete and ignorance.  i want the happy go lucky, everybody likes me, the world is full of laughs and fun and falling leaves and overall happiness.  sometimes i want that, and then i remember...

i don't like fake people.  i don't desire to be fake.  i don't like two-faced people and people that stab me in the back.  i don't want fake happiness and false positivity.  i don't want naivete and ignorance.  i want to be present in every moment, treasure it while it lasts, and store it away in the whole scheme of who i am.

to dwell and desire the past is truly just silly.  live and learn.  every situation that has happened in life has made me into who i am today.  i am unable to please everyone.  i am unable to make everyone happy while still looking out for myself.

there are some people that will never be truly happy.  they will use, abuse, get "hurt", and move on.  it's a cycle.  and i don't desire those people in my life.  i have good friends.  i have friends that have stuck by me through thick and thin.  i don't need the others.

so to the others, see you later -- sayonara.  life goes on without your self-centered, pessimistic attitude and i will enjoy it without you.

being a teacher.

my hometown is voting on a school levy this week.  if it does not pass we will lose: 42 teachers, all high school bussing, our athletic director, the school social worker, the band and all sports will be pay to play, etc.  this levy needs to pass for the sake of our school and the education of our future. 

there is a facebook group to remind people to vote so i joined and took a look at what people had to say.  i am shocked at how many uneducated people there are out there.  they graduated with me.  we got a very similar education.  and yet they don't see the importance of a school levy.  they refuse to vote for it because they don't want the teachers to make more.  the average teacher makes $33,671.  but that's not even the point.  the money from the levy is not for the teachers to take more.  the teachers already signed a contract agreeing to no pay raise.

if this levy does not pass, the reputation of my high school is loss.  the name on my diploma/resume will have little to no meaning anymore.  we can kiss the top 3% of the nation title away. yet one student goes as far to claim the levy is blackmail.  that if the levy isn't passed, the teachers will probably stop teaching.  fortunately for her, she already graduated AND most teachers don't go into the profession hoping to make boatloads of money.  unfortunately, a school that is known for it's great education will no longer have the opportunity to make it better.  and if there is no chance for the education to improve, we will soon be passed in rankings.  there are so many cutting edge technologies available for classrooms that our school will never have.  life is going to pass my alma mater.

this levy depresses me.  greatly depresses me.  at this point, i think i will return to studying to be a teacher and forget about this horrible levy until tuesday night when it truly becomes upsetting.  humph.

vacation.

i took a vacation from blogging.  but i'm baaaaaaack!

so much has happened in the last several weeks.  a lot of classes, homework, field placements and office hours.  three trips to the hospital for two different friends, including brain surgery for one.  two weekend trips to different states.  a lot of classes, homework, field placements and office hours -- oh wait, i already said that.

anyways, i'm determined to make time for myself and start blogging regularly again.  i look forward to it!

where is the love?

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whatever happened to the values of humanity?
whatever happened to the fairness in equality?
instead of spreading love, we're spreading animosity
lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity.
that's the reason why sometimes i'm feelin' under.
that's the reason why sometimes i'm feelin' down.
there's no wonder why sometimes i'm feelin' under.
gotta keep my faith alive till love is found.

now as yourself...

where is the love?