{i can see clearly now the rain is gone}

Ummm, well there is no rain. In fact, we've been having an Indian summer here on Long Island the past few days. It's so nice! I hope this means we won't be bombarded with insane amounts of snow this winter. PLEASE MOTHER NATURE, no SNOW! I HATE IT!

And in other news, the title of this post refers to my last post about that lost contact. I have worn contacts (when not wearing my lovely glasses) since I was in 8th grade. Way back in the years 2000-2001. I have NEVER had an issue with them and feeling like I lost them...until last night. When my brother woke me up at the ungodly hour of 7:30am on ONE of the few days I could sleep in (why he did that I do NOT know) to move my car (cause i dont hang my keys), my right eye felt like it was sore/irritated/possibly swollen a little. I ended up calling my eye doctor and they squeezed me in. Couple of drops and a poke in my eyeball later, turns out the lense must have fallen out and disappeared into the abyss last night when i came home from work. He lifted my eye up to see if it was wedged up there but he says it wasn't. So my eye was just REALLY irritated and he said I was good to go. While I am glad I had it checked out, I hope my eye stops bothering me once I go to sleep tonight. I'd like to know where that sucker went.

Happy as a clam was the best way to describe me when I found out my three hour, 45 minute class (and I do not lie) was cancelled for Tuesday night. I was actually productive in finding ALL the papers I needed to copy to mail in to try to get a payment for my hospital bill from when I had surgery at the end of 2010. Oh the joys. Sure, let's take a 9cm tumor out of you and charge you a gazillion dollars (Not really). Maybe once they see I owe SO MUCH MONEY in LOANS from undergrad and grad, they'll take pity on me...
fat chance!

Also, the Duggar family tends to creep me out. First off, I would never EVER have 19 children! God Bless your heart if you can! I'm one of 5 (the baby) and I think that is PLENTY! I had myself a good laugh because Michelle (aka the mother who popped them all out) tried wake boarding....in her t-shirt and dress. Hello?! Do you NOT own a bathing suit? I get every family has their own ways of living and values and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I just dont think I could ever dress the way they do (hello, they don't wear pants?!) but to each their own.

Paris, anyone?!? April (my BFF...the small one as I like to refer to her) and I have always discussed the idea of doing a vacation in Paris. Paris and Italy were two places (of many) I did not get to travel to while I studied abroad. *enter sad face/play the violin here* Now that she has her "I-put-on-my-big-girl-pants-and-have-a-real-life-job" and I could just figure out how to get the money, we are looking into going! I googled some flight prices for roughly 10-11 days (of maybe just Paris or maybe both Paris and Rome) and it seems cheaper to go in May/beginning of June. It is only in the works, so this is something we will have to discuss further.

My mom hired a handy man to finish a bunch of miscellaneous repairs around our house...like finish the molding/fix my ceiling/shelf in my room, regrout the tub in the bathroom upstairs, eventually have her bathroom fixed, etc. *All of this makes me NOT look forward to owning a home one day!* I am excited for this to finally happen.

Also, I will be doing back flips (not really) on Friday. My brother Eric is FINALLY getting his car back (or so he says because he has been telling me this for weeks now) so I will stop carting his ass around town. Tomorrow is the last time he is allowed to borrow my car and if he does not have it back by 915 (he has to do something in the early am and um, NO THANK YOU to driving him there) I will be pissed off. Seriously, he's 30...he needs to get his act together and stop relying on me. I BETTER be getting a birthday present and good Christmas gift from him for all the "favors" (aka driving him) I did the last two-three months. If he is still carless, I will flip out.

Also, I need to work out. Like whoa. I just wish I didn't look so dumb when I ran out in public. maybe...just maybe i'll get some motivation soon and run with my ipod.

peace out homies.

Lost Contact in my eye..OW!

You might be wondering how I'm typing this if the title says there's a lost contact in my eye. Well, I wear both contacts and glasses. Obviously not at the same time, duh. That'd be weird. I wore my contacts today and when i came home, I went to take them out. I have NO idea if the right one came out. My left one did but I looked on my desk (I was standing near it using the mirror to take them out)...no where. On my carpet, no where. On my body? Nope. I can DEFINITELY feel something poking me in my eye/it feels sore. My mom tried flushing it out with water and while it BURNED my eye, nothing. I am currently wearing my glasses...hence why I am able to see and type. I am hoping by going to sleep, it'll move down my eye and "fall out" so I am able to see normal again.

Would I be a big moron to go to my eye doctor tomorrow to see if it is lodged up there somehow (I dont know how it would be)? Watch it not be and it fell out somewhere and my dumb brain didn't notice.

Off to dream land...and praying this thing does not blind me in my sleep.

Thanks Columbus

Dear Columbus, Thank you for giving us this day off from school. Not that it applies to me because I am not teaching nor do I have class today. That will change once I get an *actual* teaching job (in 257232365034 years). HOORAY.

I do not mind working. And I get when I'm teaching I'll work 5 days straight. But at my job right now, when it is super slow and you're on the second day of listening to people whine (aka co-workers) about how slow it is, you just want to slap them. It was super slow at work. What did I wake up to today? A text message asking me to cover the am shift? Oh work a double after working 6 days? No thank you. I have a ton of school work to catch up on (as I relax with movies before I go to work later). I am SUPER excited for my day off tomorrow. Don't get me wrong. I do like my job & co-workers. I'm just tired of people whining.

My mouth is killing me. I had a dental cleaning last week and it left my mouth sore all day. After Tuesday, it went away. But I woke up this morning and it is killing me. Hopefully it will pass because I am actually hurting. Boo.

I just might want to clean my room...and have a floor so the air mattress will fit on it! HAHA. Maybe I should go do that and be productive.

{Weekend Pinterest fun}

I am so tired right now. Probably was not the smartest idea staying up til 4am but I had an awesome day/night (after work) with my friends. We watched "Bridesmaids" (seriously, so funny) and had some drinks. Nothing like good conversations with good friends to make you realize you are the luckiest. ;) And during our conversations we came up with the following things:
-No big butt bows....or no butt bows AT ALL....on bridesmaid dresses
-We all have to go to shopping with each other for wedding dresses...to make sure we don't let our friends walk down the aisle in something heinous.
-Have an open bar. Because that just spells good time right there =)
-Seeing as two of us are teachers (myself & Shannon), do not name your kids something ridiculously hard. Hello, do you want the kid to be made fun of in school?

And on another note, I have been watching Lifetime movies all evening. All depressing ones. It's not often I get a night to myself. =) Seriously, I could be productive and get onward with cleaning my room since Steph will be here in 12 days! But rather, I am having fun on Pinterest. Here are some of my favorite things that I love and have made me giggle:

so cute. i wish it was still warm weather!

melt my heart. i would put this above the bed in the master bedroom in my future home.

i love this quote.

love this quote!

isn't that the truth?

HAHA many of those nights in college.

rick astley!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. i think i laughed for 5 minutes when i saw this.

o...m...g...i want a dog like this! so precious!

PS....I love this commercial. Maybe I am a nerd and it's because I am a Spanish teacher but I find it hysterical!

Thursday...it's SERIOUS!

This is one of my favorite link ups. Who does not love a good rant?!

Link up with Becky at From Mrs to Mama!


Seriously...how do I ALWAYS get stuck behind old people that seem to drive 30mph when its 55mph? OMG IT DRIVES ME INSANE!!! I am probably one of the worst people to drive with because stupid drivers tick me off.

Seriously...I really enjoy paying $2400 for a class and the teacher does not teach crap! It's a three hour class and I have taught myself more reading the textbook than sitting in her class. Very nice & personable..just not teaching what I hoped.


Seriously...the amount of stuff I have to do before Steph is here in two weeks is kinda big. And tedious. And annoying. I REALLY need to clean my room. Like bad. And pick up the rest of my house. And clean out my car. There are simply not enough hours in the day.


Seriously...Snooki is probably the FUNNIEST person on the Jersey Shore. (Okay, so this one is not a rant). She is pretty funny. Example from tonight's episode: "When people function this early in the morning, I feel like this isn't real life. It's like a video game." or "I've never seen a nun before!" *runs after said nun*


Seriously...can Meredith & Derek just get back together on Grey's already? It makes me sad.


Seriously...cannot believe I met Teresa Guidice last night! She was super nice!

{WILW!}

It's Wednesday, y'all! I am back with my favorite link-up What I'm Lovin Wednesday with Jamie @ This Kind of Love. Be sure to check out her cute blog!

I'm loving that I got to meet Teresa Guidice tonight from Real Housewives of New Jersey. I got my number early this morning, switched my shift with a co-worker and waited. She wore a red dress and was REALLY nice! I kind of wish I had leaned in closer when I got my picture taken (which I will post tomorrow). I'm just happy. My first celebrity encounter!

I'm loving that I have a fabulous day on Friday with friends...including a wine & movie night after I work. We're gonna watch this fantastic movie (you have to see it if you haven't):
(Bridesmaids!)

I'm loving that two weeks from tomorrow Stephanie will be here!!

I'm loving the book "The Help." I may be behind on reading it (I already saw the movie) but it is fantastic!


I'm loving that all my fall shows are back. I love watching Extreme Couponing (seriously, who has time to dedicate 20 hrs a week to couponing?!). I'm sad Dance Moms is done. I hope it comes back for another season!!


I'm loving that I have Saturday night to myself! I think I'll spend some time with my mom and watch a movie. =)

I'm loving my Dunkin Donuts K-cups in french vanilla coffee...thank god for it or I would not be able to function in my days.


I'm loving that my boyfriend's mom's doctor called back with *GOOD* news about her surgery from last week. Praise the Lord she is in good health. =)


What are y'all loving this week?!

{Exciting NEWS!!}

Raise yo hand if you are a Disney fan!!! *raised hand high!!* (Seriously, if you are not, SHAME on you!). I absolutely love Disney World. I went twice this year....January with 4 college friends and in August with my brother & his family & my mom.

So I was super excited when they re-released The Lion King in theaters. It didn't matter to me if it was in 3D or not. Shannon, Olivia and I were super thrilled and saw it opening day! Sidenote: it is now the top 10th grossing movie of all time apparently according to the radio today.

Tonight, I looked at Disney's facebook page and there was a status update that said Disney & Pixar studios were re-releasing four movies next year (well, starting). And what might those movies be? Well, two of the four are my FAVORITES! They're re-releasing Beauty & The Beast (omg SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!), The Little Mermaid (I was just talking about how I wanna see this again/buy it on DVD), Monsters Inc & Finding Nemo. I feel like the last two are not that exciting because they're more recent. The other two were out when I was little. I am SO FREAKING EXCITED! *does the happy dance*

Also, I am keeping my fingers crossed. Go ahead and laugh but I am a fan of Teresa Guidice (from RHONJ aka Real Housewives of New Jersey). I have loved her from season 1 of the show. So when I stumbled upon the fact that she was doing a book signing tomorrow at the Barnes & Noble right at the mall where I work...TWO doors down from where I work....I freaked out! I begged my boyfriend to go stand in line for me and get her autograph! He said he would, except now he might have to work. :( Boo. And of course, I can't switch my shift. So here's to hoping I can BUST out of work at 930 and see if she's still there. It was originally suppose to start at 7 but now it's starting at 7:30. (I secretly hope there's a ton of traffic from Great Neck to the mall where I am so she's late & I can attend ;) I also just mapquested the other store she's doing it at and it's roughly a 49 minute drive w/o traffic....in Long Island, good luck! I hope it works out. I'm still going to go get a number tomorrow morning at 930 to see if I have a slim chance of meeting her)

I actually bought this cookbook from Barnes & Noble (her second one of course) and want to try some recipes from it!: