One Down~~ Two To Go

One school is complete as of thirty minutes ago. The semester has ended, my grades are in, and I am DONE! For a week and a half, anyway. Then the summer classes begin. I have two more schools to wrap up by next Thursday, but those two equal the one I just finished. If that doesn't make sense to you, that's okay because I understand it.

I'm lovin' it!

Happy May

I am so excited! The end of the semester is near & that means warm weather & the time to do more fun stuff than before! Things I am looking forward to are: shopping tomorrow with mom, cinco de mayo, the tribeca film festival, three birthdays next week, graduation (because I am required to go--I was supposed to be away but I need the job to pay for the trip......), Swarovski's release of a new line (can't wait~~love swarovski), and dinner & shopping with C. This is all for now through May 20th. Can't wait!

The Amazing Shirt

I had coffee with Crau today at Starbucks & she showed up in this fabulous shirt that I wanted to take right off of her. But I didn't have anything to cover her up with, so I didn't take it. However, it was a black shirt with a martini glass that had a rhinestone olive in it & a phrase that went something along the lines of "I like my drinks stiff and dirty". Again~~something to that effect. The "dirty" was in rhinestones, too, as was a red heart on the back. So cute! I have some pretty amazing shirts but would have loved to have added this to the collection!

Briefly onto other things: Had coffee with MIU Thursday night. Stayed out WAY too late talking & catching up...always good to see him. Then spent my ENTIRE FRIDAY afternoon at work until after 6:00............UGH. Then I have graded papers all weekend because it is the end of the semester & all of the work is coming in by the tremendous pile. Life has taken an odd turn & made me boring rather quickly, wouldn't you all agree? Back to living it up by next weekend!

Tid Bits of Late

I have been busy popping in and out of things. I hung out a lot with KDP last weekend. Always a good time with her. Went to dinner a couple of times, drinks a couple more, & even a trip to Coldstone in there with my coupon. She has signed up with Match.com and received responses rather quickly. Her first date was this past Sunday & it was with a doctor. Oh~~my dream has come true. Well, I'll have to live it vicariously through her, but still.

Crau & I have a business venture in the works.....very exciting. She's been doing a alot of poetry readings & is becoming quite popular from what it seems. Good for her. I just hope she remembers to tahnk all of the little people when she is some poet laureate or something. And, Crau, the "little people" comment was not aimed at you directly. Heeheehee.

Anyway, I am going out for coffee with the MIU tonight. Always a good time with him but we see eachother like twice a year. Sad but true.

I am avoiding the last stack of papers that I have to grade for 3:30. I know. Not good. But this is how I work.

And my harrassment issue is now the "example of how not to communicate & get things wrong". So basically it comes down to we are doing nothing with this kid because of people not knowing how to do their jobs & I have been told that he may be dismissed due to grades anyway. No--he should be dismissed because of behavior. I don't care about his grades. But I have been told to be understanding with all of this. Isn't that amazing how I have to be understanding but nobody else does?

I Want To Be A "Kept Woman"

I don't mean the mistress/high end call-girl type. I mean I want a guy who wants to put me up in my own condo, pay the utilities, and give me an allowance. I want to be taken care of for awhile. I don't even need to see him. He can take me out to dinner & a show or movie once a week & that would suffice.

I am tired of taking care of myself. I am tired of listening to the never-ending whining of people in my life (& that includes the whordes of students I have found buzzing around me lately). I am whining but I am tired. And cranky. And cannot look at another poetry research paper & deal with Frost or Plath yet again.

Sorry--I want the semester to be over. That's all

Can It Be...?

You know it's the end of the semester when masses of stupidity pile up in your mailbox & comments are just so -- out there -- that you don't know what to do with them all. One of my classes had a project due today. They have known about it since January 18th. They were told to get moving with it ages ago. The project was simple to submit: type three pages, double-spaced, size 12, and have a cover page with a picture of them doing the new activity they attempted over the last three & a half months. Four people came in today at the beginning of the class to ask for an extension. ??? The semester is over next Wednesday. To what date do you need an extension when the last 14 weeks weren't enough for you to complete said project? Another came and pointed out that she failed to include a picture of herself attemtping the activity & that she only realized this on the way to class today when she looked at the role of film she had & none of the pictures were from the roll she recently used to take the necessary pictures needed. That role was now at the 1-hour developing center & she was going to leave the picture in my mailbox. I said no. She said that was the only way the picture would be included. I pointed out that she would have to attach it to the paper herself. She pointed out that her project would then be late. I pointed out that it was incomplete anyway. Well, at 3:30 today there were four...not one but four...pictures of the student in my mailbox waiting for me to select the best one (I guess) and attach it for her. Yeah, that's not happening.

Then, the last class of the day had only 7 of 15 prepared & the other 8 just sitting there watching the clock tick time away. I pointed out that they are wasting time...their's and mine...and must have the essay in on Wednesday. No excuses. One asked me if he has to do the essay. I said that assignments are really not a "pick and choose combo plate" and that all are necessary in order to do well in the class. He said he has better things to do over the next two days. I said fine. It's not my grade on the line. Can you believe the nerve some of them have? Why do I do this? Why do I bother?

OH! Remember the thug-student who harrassed me & was to serve one week suspension and never did? The powers-that-be decided to ban him from taking summer classes & he has to serve 80 hours community service between now and September 5th. What does this have to do with harrassment? How does this rectify the situation? It doesn't. And I am not letting it go.

HELP!
Signed Desperate in Bethpage

A Birthday Wish

It's Cowboy's Birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him!

Wish I was there to celebrate. I miss him.