i´m alright, by the way.

oooooh you make me safe, now.

sorry sorry sorry. it has been a long pause, again. i can never seem to find the time or energy to write during the week at school, since usually all i am thinking about is lesson plans and marking. they would be riveting entries, i´m sure...
also, the internet in the apto has been less than dependable and our faithful dial up connection has possibly become slOWER... i´m really not sure how that is possible, but it takes about 20 minutes to do anything. but i am spending the time now. it´s sunday at almost 630.

i have had another lovely weekend, at a birthday party last night where we all slept over in tents in the rain, and then it was sunny all day so we stayed to hang out. real nice.
however, one of my closest friends decided not to come to the party, for matters of the heart.. he has fallen head over for a lovely colombiana who unfortunately has a less-than-cool boyfriend that she keeps breaking up with and then getting back together with(they were both at the party last night). she is leading my friend on and keeping him as some sort of backup plan, i don´t think realizing how much she is messing him up, and this saga has been going on for months. it is a tough situation, and i find at times that i don´t know what to TELL him about it, or how to be a supportive friend. he always wants to talk about it and sometimes i am lost for words, because it is just such a crappy situation. so please send some advice my way.. if you have any.

otherwise back to the grind tomorrow. hopefully my kids will be better behaved this week. it has been challenging getting them back on the learning bandwagon after so much class time disruption, the end of a quarter and the beginning of another one, parent teacher interviews and recuperation projects.

anyone have any ideas about how to get kids to stop chewing gum in class without doing mouth checks every time they walk in the door? there is gum all over my furniture. sick.

in other news: maegan and i somehow got our hands on a copy of alias season one. we started last week, no subtitles, pure adrenaline. oooooh it´s good.