Still Alive
It’s Saturday and I think I just might live. I hate being sick! I thought my first two years of teaching were supposed to build up my immunity for life, but apparently these Virginia bugs are different from Oregon bugs. I’m not surprised. These Virginia people are very different from Oregon people so surely their bugs must be different too. I really don’t think I’m ever going to get used to living here. There are a lot of nice people, but the snobs are everywhere! I’m from a little hick town where clean jeans are considered dressy. I don’t know how to deal with these fashion diva debutantes. We have several debutantes in the water aerobics class and it’s all I can do to keep my mouth shut while they go on and on about how wonderful they are simply because their daddies have money. I would love to ask them what they contribute to society. Maybe they contribute something really great. I don’t know them at all so I can’t really judge, but they sure don’t contribute anything to water aerobics.
I’m going stir crazy here at home. I know there are some things I should do, but I still have dopey dead head, so I don’t feel comfortable doing anything that requires brain power.
I was going through a bunch of my old entries yesterday and am so glad I am not working at the job I had last February. I sounded so bitter and depressed. Thankfully it did get better, but I hope I sound a lot happier now. I am much happier. We have our own life and I feel like we are in control of our destinies. Now, if I could only convince myself to proofread my entries before posting them, I’d be golden. I couldn’t believe the number of pretty bad typoes in almost every single post. How embarrassing! I would proofread, but when I read an entry I usually hate it and erase it so if I proofread nothing would ever be posted.
I have had to stop watching my old standby TV network. FoodTV makes me need to puke these days. Instead, I’ve been Discovery Health and need to stop. They show all sorts of babies with genetic defects and I find myself bawling. Too bad I’m not into soaps anymore. I tried watching my old soap and I couldn’t believe how cheesy it was. It never seemed cheesy during the height of my obsession, but I guess that was almost 10 years ago. Could it be that I’m a bona fide grownup now?
Off to bed for me. I could rant about several things, which all boil down to the stupidity of people. It would take way too much effort, though. Everything I have to say has been said before and said better. I don’t understand why people can’t just do what they are supposed to do, mind their own business, and use their brains.
February 19th, 2005 at 6:55 pm
But if everyone used their brains and minded their own business, who would we laugh at?
February 20th, 2005 at 10:41 am
You should jump into Days of Our Lives. It’s my daily swill that makes me laugh and requires no brainpower whatsoever! It’s so sad and embarrassing that I still watch it, but it’s so much fun to read what they say about it everyday on TwOP. (www.televisionwithoutpity.com) If you don’t go there, you have to check it out. You would appreciate the sarcasm.