http://www.sporcle.com/games/presidents.php
I can get all 44 in exactly one minute. Yes, these are the things I do for fun.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Car-ma
This weekend was the big Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield. This festival is a big annual tradition for my family, so Friday night James and I made the 3 1/2 hour trip to southeastern Kansas to meet my parents at the gate at midnight. The weekend was full of lots of eating and drinking and listening to music...and very little sleep. Our nights would end around 4AM and then the day would start up again around 7 or 8AM. Despite the lack of sleep, it was a great weekend.
Our trip home was...let's just say...eventful. James drove to Winfield Friday night so I agreed to drive home today. We were in Augusta, stopped at a stoplight when a van plowed into us from behind. I was driving James' (new) car, a 2010 Ford Escape, so I immediately freaked out. James stayed calm, recognizing that I was in no way at fault and motioned for the van to follow us into a nearby parking lot. We got out and assessed the damage. The other car was totally fine but from the looks of it, James' bumper would probably need to be replaced. We exchanged insurance info and called the police dept. to see if we needed to file a report. The police came and helped us fill out some paperwork. The whole ordeal delayed our getting home almost an hour, but at least we were both okay.
We stopped in Emporia to get gas. James went inside to use the restroom while I got out to gas the car up. I tried to insert my card into the pump but it keep beeping at me and reading "Card can not be accepted at this time." I was about to go inside and talk to someone when I saw "Prepaid $97.17". A little confused, I went ahead and filled the car up. Afterwards the pump said "Get change inside." I figure it was already my luck that I got a free tank of gas and that going inside to take the change that didn't really belong to me would be pressing my luck. So I left, in hopes that the person after me would also get a free tank of gas. I figured us getting that free tank of gas was good "car"ma for us not getting mad at the guy who rear-ended us. Sometimes it pays to be nice.
Our trip home was...let's just say...eventful. James drove to Winfield Friday night so I agreed to drive home today. We were in Augusta, stopped at a stoplight when a van plowed into us from behind. I was driving James' (new) car, a 2010 Ford Escape, so I immediately freaked out. James stayed calm, recognizing that I was in no way at fault and motioned for the van to follow us into a nearby parking lot. We got out and assessed the damage. The other car was totally fine but from the looks of it, James' bumper would probably need to be replaced. We exchanged insurance info and called the police dept. to see if we needed to file a report. The police came and helped us fill out some paperwork. The whole ordeal delayed our getting home almost an hour, but at least we were both okay.
We stopped in Emporia to get gas. James went inside to use the restroom while I got out to gas the car up. I tried to insert my card into the pump but it keep beeping at me and reading "Card can not be accepted at this time." I was about to go inside and talk to someone when I saw "Prepaid $97.17". A little confused, I went ahead and filled the car up. Afterwards the pump said "Get change inside." I figure it was already my luck that I got a free tank of gas and that going inside to take the change that didn't really belong to me would be pressing my luck. So I left, in hopes that the person after me would also get a free tank of gas. I figured us getting that free tank of gas was good "car"ma for us not getting mad at the guy who rear-ended us. Sometimes it pays to be nice.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Marathon Relay
www.waddellandreedkansascitymarathon.org/marathonrelay.php
About 5 months ago, I got back into running. I was running 2-5 miles a day, 6 or 7 days a week. During this time, I decided I really wanted to do a marathon relay. My sister, Nicole, is a runner and has a good friend who she ran track and cross country with in college. I asked the two of them if they would want to do it with me. They said they did. So then I talked to my friend, Jenna, who is also a great runner. She said she was interested as well. We hadn't really decided on our 5th team member, but figured we would be able to find someone.
So now, months have passed by and needless to say I haven't been running (at all). Now this marathon relay is a little over a month away and I'm totally out of shape. So I have to decide...do I want to train over the next month in hyperspeed so I can still do this? Or do I want to accept that I waited too long to make this happen and try again next year?
The shorter legs of the relay are only 3.1 and 4.0 miles. I feel like I could get myself there within a month....though I wouldn't really be "fast". I'm guessing I'll talk to the rest of my teammates and see what they think...
About 5 months ago, I got back into running. I was running 2-5 miles a day, 6 or 7 days a week. During this time, I decided I really wanted to do a marathon relay. My sister, Nicole, is a runner and has a good friend who she ran track and cross country with in college. I asked the two of them if they would want to do it with me. They said they did. So then I talked to my friend, Jenna, who is also a great runner. She said she was interested as well. We hadn't really decided on our 5th team member, but figured we would be able to find someone.
So now, months have passed by and needless to say I haven't been running (at all). Now this marathon relay is a little over a month away and I'm totally out of shape. So I have to decide...do I want to train over the next month in hyperspeed so I can still do this? Or do I want to accept that I waited too long to make this happen and try again next year?
The shorter legs of the relay are only 3.1 and 4.0 miles. I feel like I could get myself there within a month....though I wouldn't really be "fast". I'm guessing I'll talk to the rest of my teammates and see what they think...
Thursday, September 2, 2010
This is why I do it...
I just got home from one of the longest days ever: headed to work around 7:45, taught all day, had to deal with class pictures (getting 23 6-year-olds to all stand still and smile at the same time is damn near impossible), 2 meetings, Back to School night with parents until 8:00 and then Book Club. Needless to say, I'm exhausted....possibly too exhausted to fall asleep, which is why I'm blogging.
Every year, after the first couple weeks of school we do a Back to School night where parents come and you talk to them about your classroom procedures, curriculum, etc. It's funny, because my first two years of teaching, I remember getting so nervous that I would almost throw up. Now, I don't really get nervous, though it's a very LONG stressful day. Basically from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM I had to be totally "on" today. I showed my smiley teacher face to my kids all day then turned around and showed it to their parents (during two different 45 minute sessions).
As exhausting and stressful as this whole ordeal is, tonight I actually felt like it was worth it. I had three different parents come up to me tonight and say that their child didn't really like school last year and that they would often come home crying or complaining about something....and that this year, they come home so excited to talk about their day. Hearing that kind of gave me the extra push to get through the last few hours of my long day. I'm not by any means happy to hear that these kids had a bad year in kindergarten, but it's nice to hear that they "LOVE first grade and LOVE Mrs. Asher". This is why I do it.
Every year, after the first couple weeks of school we do a Back to School night where parents come and you talk to them about your classroom procedures, curriculum, etc. It's funny, because my first two years of teaching, I remember getting so nervous that I would almost throw up. Now, I don't really get nervous, though it's a very LONG stressful day. Basically from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM I had to be totally "on" today. I showed my smiley teacher face to my kids all day then turned around and showed it to their parents (during two different 45 minute sessions).
As exhausting and stressful as this whole ordeal is, tonight I actually felt like it was worth it. I had three different parents come up to me tonight and say that their child didn't really like school last year and that they would often come home crying or complaining about something....and that this year, they come home so excited to talk about their day. Hearing that kind of gave me the extra push to get through the last few hours of my long day. I'm not by any means happy to hear that these kids had a bad year in kindergarten, but it's nice to hear that they "LOVE first grade and LOVE Mrs. Asher". This is why I do it.
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