oh boy - im ok....

lydia and melissa are coming down in two days. this is good.


i like reading xangas where people actually say something.

i loved joanna's latest - being alone in the house makes her honest.

i always look forward to ellens because she just seems to say the right things to make you want to go out a love a little more.

amy uses her words so powerfully that i usually save them.

someone told me to check out nick wells and i think that one day he will make a girl very happy - even if she doesn't appreciate apple pies - he knows how to make love look magical

to be perfectly honest - just seeing jill's pink page makes me smile.

and derek is a xanga genius.

if people are brave enough to post honest thoughts then they are ok in my book.

im tired. i don't think i ever knew what it meant to be burnt out until i came down here. i am surrounded by people who have hurts and needs that i want to help and alleve but im getting to a point where i feel like i have nothing left to give of myself. i feel pulled in so many directions that i don't know what i love anymore. when things become obligations instead of passions i think it might just be time to take a step away. i need home. i need the people who understand my soul, whose support humbles me. i need my family - who reminds me exactly who i am. and just when i feel like all the air has been sucked out of me there are the little reminders that i don't have to do it alone and i don't have to rely on my own strength and that the world is just a little bigger than the issues in my life. "come to me, all who are weary and burdened and i will give you rest. take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. for my yoke is easy and my burden is light." pieces of home are soon on their way down and this is good. until than there are daily joys... it's wierdo hairdo day in the bahamas

Currently Listening Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George (Jack Johnson) By Original Soundtrack, Jack Johnson see related happy birthday rhonda bill - one of the best neighbors i have ever had. don't let the sweet face fool you - this girl is C-Razy... we just had our school fair, which is one of the biggest things that the schools puts on. laura and i were strictly business... and all the teachers pulled together to work hard... these girls came to my booth 27 times - i would too if i could win sunglasses like that. i got to take a break from my booth for pie in the eye - i know, it sounds enticing but when it turns out to be shaving cream and not whipping cream the glamour of it is all over. just when i didn't think i could take anymore of the dunking booth i was giving a pep talk and realized that... it was all worth it because in the end it was for the kids... the curious george soundtrack has changed my teaching career. i put it on when ever i get a chance and there is something beautiful about the kids singing along to jack. lydia and melissa - just can't wait for you guys to come. hannah banna - what the heck! of course i want to go with you this summer. what are the details?

contrary to popular belief i have no fear of settling down. i honestly look forward to it all.
BUT

i also believe that there is a lot of life to be lived and i would like to do that. is there fear in any part of that...i didn't think. is there gypsy blood in that...maybe.

alright - with 24 season three under our belt we have a little more time to do things. as it would turn out 4 episodes a night takes up an amazing chunk of a persons life.

we had our last youth group in hope town. a couple is here now to be full time, which is just what the kids need but it's hard to let go of that.

life has just been a ton of school right now. i woke up the other morning and just got the feeling that i need to get on a plane and go somewhere soon. i have been in one place to long. gypsy blood is starting to pump.

we had our 100th day of school last week. you bet your bottom we had a party. we celebrated the number 100 all day long.

we had our school walk -a-thon.

no it was not a 10 mile walk as it would appear. these girls rocked ONE long mile.

our basketball team was on the road to recovery with one win under it's belt and in our last game we finally came together and got one more win. how did we celebrate...only the best way possible - dance dance and hamburgers.

we finally learned to crawfish - it's honestly a little scary because you have to spear each one and they can whip even after they are on the spear.

i can get you one of these oversized fishermen shirts if you would like. renee - what does this look remind of you - i just slept over at...

laura's secret to becoming an amazing crawfisher is that she becomes one with the animals

i recently found out the grouper fish all start out female and after they have one batch they turn male. i know - hard to believe. but i heard from a real fishermen...unless he was trying to make me look foolish - in that case it was a success.