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| Monday, July 6th, 2009 | | 5:05 pm |
I went up to Denver yesterday and played Arkham Horror which was an absolute blast; I loved it. We played Rock Band as well; I had forgotten how much fun that is and should get back on it. We had lunch and ice cream, and it felt great to have a day to myself and do something different for awhile. I hope the dog we found yesterday finds a good home; there was a report today that the Humane Society in the Springs also had the busiest day of the year with all the escaped pets. Today, just ran errands, cleaned, got stuff done, which was good. Gym tonight, maybe a little writing. Current Mood:  calm | | Saturday, July 4th, 2009 | | 11:27 am |
This is basically me attempting to make sense of myself. Feel free to skip it if you're not interested. :) ( Getting in Control Again )(News that makes me happy--original Persona will be released for the PSP. Am looking forward to that--it'll be my treat for going back to work.) | | Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | | 9:43 am |
Aki's home! We're both thrilled to see him and he's recovering from jetlag and about two weeks of solid alcohol intake. The Japan Boys are still as they ever were, that is, drunk and playing pranks on each other (usually Dai-chan). Aki's family is all doing well. Apparently, Minami and her cousin Kazuki have brightened the lives of everyone greatly, particularly Kazuko, so that's awesome. (Kazuko wrote me a very long letter about her how she was very depressed about losing her mother, but watching the babies grow up has really helped her get through) Mina is her usual silly self; she'd learned to climb and unscrew things, so she's getting into more than ever. Still not talking, but getting close to a few words. In a weird moment: I used to subscribe to Electronic Gaming Monthly. Apparently their publication shut down and my subscription was transferred to Maxim. WTF? I wanted a video game magazine, not cars and boobs. If I want to look at boobs, I have my own and mine are better than theirs anyway. Thus I have to go call them to get my $18 back. | | Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | | 8:37 am |
| | Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | | 5:38 pm |
Well, the disaster is cleaned, and I bleached the kitchen within an inch of its life. The wall still has a big hole but they're supposed to come repair it tomorrow. Mina seems to be feeling better and is busily wandering around wearing a strainer on her head and hitting things with a spoon. She's started to say "Mama" when she wants me, but I'm not sure if she connects it to me or if it's a derivative of her angry noise, "meh meh meh" I discovered that our apartment complex screwed up something with the gym and everyone's memberships are suspended. So much for working out this week. I sure hope tomorrow goes more smoothly... Current Mood:  blah | | 9:49 am |
*shriek*
Rumble...swish...swish...splash... Kat: FUCK!!!!!!! What's that sound? That sound, ladies and gentleman, is the primary water main for the entire apartment building backing up and flooding my sinks with sewage. Luckily maitenence got here before it flooded over into my kitchen, but it was damn close. It smells so awful. And, supposedly, there used to be a plate in the wall where one could access said water main, but apparently the old maitenence people drywalled over it, so we had to move all my furniture and they're now gutting my walls to vacuum out the sewage. Minami has a cold and is miserable, poor baby. Aki, fortunately, arrived in Japan with no problems, so that's good. He's just missing out on all the raw sewage fun! Current Mood: disgusted | | Sunday, June 7th, 2009 | | 9:38 pm |
| | Saturday, June 6th, 2009 | | 10:37 am |
Still housesitting. It's kinda boring, but I've watched some good movies and spent a lot of quality time with Mina. Over the past three days or so, there's been a massive surge in her comprehension; she can obey simple commands, and is learning "yes" and "no." She points to objects she can't have and shakes her head, and nods at the ones she can. She's also had a boost in height and strength that allows her access to a ton of stuff she couldn't get before. I got a lot of sewing done too. My writing muse has clicked back on after a week of resting after work, and the floodgates are open. I've been writing like crazy and it feels great. One thing I really miss about RP was that everyone had great mood music to share. I need some. If you have anything that really inspires you or feels like a certain character, would you send it my way? I'll make you cookies or something. Please?? | | Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 | | 10:12 am |
Today we were supposed to go to the aquarium, but got almost out of town when we discovered our coupon had expired, and without it we can't afford to go, so there went that idea. I'm fairly bummed out about it, since today is Aki's last non-working day before he heads to Japan on Tuesday. I'm really happy that Aki gets to go and it sounds like they're planning all sorts of parties for him. Admittedly, two weeks of doing nothing for me sounds pretty sucky, though. I'm getting some writing done, which is good, so maybe I'll have something to show by the end of the month. We're housesitting the next few days while my parents are in New Mexico. In happier news, Mina's first birthday was a lot of fun. I put the pictures on my facebook. She enjoyed playing in her cake and chasing Moses around. It was so fun to see all my friends and family. We had a fun Japanese style lunch and then we went with Rachael and Mike to dinner which is always fun. I can't believe she's one! Where does time go? School ended well; the kids helped me out cleaning and I was sad to see them go, particularly Daimon, who wrote me a charming letter and stayed after school to help me clean cabinets. Next year I don't know who my teammate will be, since things are getting shuffled around. It also appears that I'll have a very rough class--one of the kids has Fragile X disorder, another is nearly blind and SIED, as is her brother. There are six kids on IEPs. (I'll also, no doubt, get JeDon's brother Qwaje, who in addition to acting like JeDon, can't speak.) On the upside I'll get Patrick's brother Jevaughn and Charlene's sister Teresa, who are incredibly charming kids. The summer has been fun so far. We've taken a day trip to Denver, gotten the house in order, cleaned, etc. It's been very productive. | | Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | | 11:10 am |
| | Monday, April 13th, 2009 | | 9:12 pm |
So yeah.
Tonight Mom came over to watch Quarentine Which if you haven't seen and you like jumpy scary movies, is excellent. It scared the hell out of me even the second watch. But, before that, we were feeding Mina when we heard a loud noise like a box falling from a truck. We didn;t pay attention until a minute later Aki burst through the door saying, "Kate, Kate, there are people dying outside!!" And there seemed to be. A truck had slammed into a motorcycle; the motorcycle was lying directly outside my apartment, with the rider quite aways back. A pickup truck was behind him, and yet another motorcycle lay behind the truck; the truck had a massive V-shaped dent where the motorcycle slammed into it. There was gas and blood everywhere. Lots of screaming people ran back and forth until the emergency crews arrived. They all lived; I don't know quite how. News report: http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/42934857.htmlOn top of Lay'Lhany's dad being murdered last week, I've had enough of weird events. Lay'Lhany is one of our kindergartners at school. Her dad was a sweet, amazing man who volunteered all the time. He went to a concert last week and was shot in the face for a still unknown reason, though they caught the guy. I spent this evening making dinner for their family. It sometimes makes me want to curl up in my house for a few days. In good news, Mina had a lovely first Easter. She played with her cousins all day, which they all loved, and learned to climb up stairs. Her understanding of language has grown, and she can wave bye and goodnight (and waves at the book "Goodnight Moon" every time I say "good night" when we read it) She's identifying items more and more, and can walk all the way across the apartment now without assistance. I've been going to the gym a lot and enjoying it, though I'm pretty depressed this week and had a binge, I think I'm getting back under control. And that's my week so far. And it's only Monday!! | | Saturday, April 4th, 2009 | | 9:48 pm |
fucking North Korea! We're just so thankful the rocket didn't hit Japan! I'll be very interested to see what happens next... I've been terribly sick, but am finally upright again. I finished Persona 3 which was excellent. Mina is walking more and more each day. And I must sleep again. | | Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | | 12:34 pm |
Snowed in!
So we were going to go to Denver today to play and see my aunt, but we're having a blizzard, so we didn't. We're snowed in at home; Aki is studying and I'm just hanging out. we did go to breakfast and bowling this morning which was fun. Mina cheers for gutter balls. Aki was supposed to go skiing tomorrow and we were supposed to see a play tonight, but if we get the foot of snow they're predicting for us, we won't. Besides, at the moment it's nearly a whiteout at our house and I don't want to risk it. Last Sunday we went to Pueblo to the Riverwalk which was really fun. Other than that, I've spent my break cooking, playing Persona and writing here and there. Mina's really beginning to communicate: pointing, waving and making a chatting sound. She yells "Da!" when she wants something specific. It's fun to see. I shopped a bit; I ordered some new books and managed, via ebay, to dig up the soundtrack to Silent Hill Homecoming. I'm dreading returning to school; CRF has positively gone off the deep end. But I just have to survive another six weeks! I admit I laughed when I heard Reading First would receive none of the stimulus money--it all goes to Title 1. Yes! We'll actually get repairs and upgrades so that the poor kids have textbooks, maps and computers so they can compete! Say what you will about Obama, that part of the stimulus plan was a godsend to the high poverty public schools. And while it sound mercenary, Jefferson closing is a benefit to our school--we're getting their entire school library, plus we're going to go over and poach any technology we can. We're excited to see our CSAP scores, if the kids' aimlines are any indication. Current Mood: calm | | Friday, March 20th, 2009 | | 6:31 pm |
Work sucked, but it's over for the week--Spring break, yay!!!! I'm so tired. Mina took her first steps tonight! She's not really walking yet, but she's taken several steps without hanging on to anything. She's growing up so fast. How did I get so lucky to have such an incredible family? | | Thursday, March 19th, 2009 | | 9:28 pm |
This is so cool!
In Denver, they built a new justice center, and they're naming part of it after my uncle John Simonet, who used to be head of corrections in Denver. So cool! He's an amazing man. ( text of Denver Post article ) | | Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 | | 11:21 pm |
| | Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 | | 3:38 pm |
I have hit the wall. Today was awful--for everyone--as the start of CSAP brought panicky and hysterical kids, short tempered and anxious staff, and a completely screwed up and illogical schedule. I quite literally didn't know who or what I was teaching until 15 minutes before school started, and cried most of the way home. Part of this is also that I am very overtired, partially due to a teething, fussy baby and partially to the time change factor, which also screwed up the kids' schedules and made them ornery. One of my students threw a fit for three hours today. I was watching a movie last night where the main character was going to get on the train to work, then turns around and runs down the platform as fast as he can and out the door. That is pretty much where I am right now. | | Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | | 10:36 pm |
Started paying bills tonight, and we're behind again. It's starting to get kind of scary... We'll make it, but only because of Aki's restaurant job. Looks like it's ebay time for me this weekend. Maybe I'll be able to make a few bucks anyway. It's not as bad as Daimon telling me about spending all weekend at the flea market trying to sell off his toys to help his mom buy food. He asked me how much I thought he could get for his shoes. These poor kids! | | 7:08 pm |
Okay, so when did my job become being the peacekeeper at work? Everyone gets heated and snappy and I'm the one that has to calm everyone down. I'm getting pretty tired, between the kids, the staff and my outside life, of trying to get everyone to do what they said they'd do. Very, very tired of it. We went to the Mona Lisa last night (sort of the local version of the Melting Pot) it was wonderful. I'm getting very numb at work. I'm so sick of it. On the upside, the detachment that occurs, like always, results in writing urges. Thus I'm back hard at work with books. To those of you who have read/are reading my fantasy book, if you've got any good writing mood music, could you send it my way? I've been on a self improvement kick lately. I even joined a gym, can you believe that? I can't... Mina is standing on her own without holding onto anything; she's very proud. | | Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 | | 9:52 pm |
Well, the DHS thing has played out and I'll write about it another time because it's too depressing. I got a very spiffy new stereo for my birthday, and thanks to those that called me; it meant a lot! |
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