It's cold. Very cold. Freeze your ass off through your longjohns cold. And yet Adam and I walked the two blocks from Emil's to the Lansing Civic Players Firehouse to see "The Winter's Tale." It was well done. Many good performers who made the language easy to understand. It was nice to see some new talent--the girl who played Perdita was especially lovely and handled the language well. The more seasoned actors were great, especially Erin Cline as Hermione. It's been a pleasure to see her grow as an actress.
Tutoring is going well. Dami is really doing well with her vocabulary. However, she hadn't done part of her homework so we did it during the lesson, which meant we didn't have time to do vocabulary. I think we will do two vocab lessons on Tuesday to make it up. I also think I will have her write a list of what she is to do. She has four different areas to cover and it may be confusing her. We're also getting into the really good part of "Paint the Wind." I try to engage her by stopping to ask her questions about it as we're reading. For instance, today I asked her to compare and contrast the ranch house to Grandmother's house. This goes along with the writing lesson we are doing, which is about comparing and contrasting things.
I need more students though. Tomorrow I will put up more flyers, even though it is very cold. I would like to have five or six students. It would be nice to have more adults. And I would really like it if I had some students that needed help with their schoolwork rather than parents who just want more work heaped on the poor kid. The parents I have worked with are very demanding. Dami's mom wants her to do six pages EACH of spelling and language arts, and four pages EACH of writing and reading skills per week. That's aside from her regular schoolwork, violin lessons, Girl Scouts, etc.
I am experiencing the joy of giving Spot a pill every day. I wrap her in a towel and use a pill syringe to shove that sucker down her throat. She has scratched me a couple times, but I'm usually successful in getting her front paws in the towel. Last night was a wash though. I feed her Whiskas afterward to reward her and because you're supposed to give it with food. However, I saw the pill on the counter after I had started feeding her, so I picked her up and did it again. She puked about ten minutes afterward. At least the pill had been metabolized. She puked three more times that night and I didn't give her the pill today. Tomorrow, though...!
I switched to Verizon and got a new phone. The plan should save me about $30 over Centennial. That's money I could really use, especially since I have to get my car fixed. I had an accident coming home from the gym a few weeks ago. It was really icy and I skidded into a cop car. He was really nice but I got a citation and have to get a new door for my car. It will run me $125. That's not bad all in all, but considering I don't have a lot of money coming in, it's going to hurt.
One more thought before I hang up: What do you do when you see your crush every few months and don't have his email or phone number?...
Hanging up now....
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Welcome 2010!
Welcome, 2010! Haven't blogged yet in the New Year. My NYE went great. I went over to Ann and Adam's first to play some board games and eat yummy food (the sushi from Sushi Blue reappeared) and then went to the "fancy party" at Joe D.'s. The countdown came and went without a kiss, but that was OK. There weren't too many couples kissing. A lot of my friends are single now. And while I'm on the subject of being single....
Why is it that so many good people, who have so much to share, don't get the love they want and deserve? There are so many shallow relationships out there, and the really good ones are few and far between. I know of several people that are just amazing people and want to be with someone, but they are discouraged because they have just had no luck. I have had no luck with the online dating thing, and I haven't found anyone here who is interested.I am so happy for my friends who have found love. My sister the Catholic says that we are all matched up in Heaven before we are born (thus the idiom, "a match made in Heaven,") and we will end up with that person in earthly life. But is there one match for everyone? And are we all intended to be matched up? I look back on most of my plays and realize they're about finding love in some way, and I see that I am kind of obsessed with love. But I think it's central to life as a human being.
Enough of that. I have good news on the health front--I'm down to 156 and feel great. My goal is to be at 150 by Valentine's Day. That should chase away the doldrums of not having anyone to share V-Day with. I have taken 1" off my waist in the last 5 1/2 weeks. I have been wearing some sleeveless workout tops and tonight I noticed my deltoids in the mirror at Zumba. I have been eating less and working out 4-5 times a week (unless I'm really busy, in which case I get there 3 times. I never get there less than 3 times a week.)
Enchanted April auditions went well but I didn't get in. That's OK--there was a lot of talent and Mary Job has some great women to choose from. At least I tried. This way I can do the Zumba class! Not sure what's on the horizon for me show-wise. Light in the Piazza is a little intimidating to me--I think the music is a little advanced for me. I don't know the show at all, so I can't really say. I'm probably going to check it out and see what I think.
Adam read Checking Out and had some good criticism for me. I've also given it to the 'rents and emailed it to my friend Kevin in Chicago. I want to start the second draft after seeing what they have to say. It's good to get another perspective on it--I don't have a writer's group but I do have this circle of people. I haven't heard any more from Eileen O'Leary about doing Drag this summer. I don't really think it's a good choice. So much of it depends on costume changes which are more complex than the staged reading allows. I was thinking it might be interesting to have people wear all black with suggestions of costumes. I would really like to see them do We Need a Fourth but that's not the one she liked.
Tutoring Dami is going well. Her mom is asking a lot. She wants me to work out of books that cover language arts, spelling, writing, and reading. We are also doing vocabulary and reading Paint the Wind by Pamela Munoz Ryan. I got the book off a list of great books for fifth-grade girls. I think it's too advanced for her. I am reading it to her and trying to explain some of the words. I hope she's getting at least some of it. I don't expect her to pick it all up, but I'd like her to get the gist.I wish I had more students though. It was really nice to have the extra money from the boys. Now I just have Dami and Ageesh. I AM tutoring Dami twice a week now so that helps. I would tutor her more if her mom wanted me to.
Well, it's late and I'm working with Stephanie tomorrow. Hanging up now....
Why is it that so many good people, who have so much to share, don't get the love they want and deserve? There are so many shallow relationships out there, and the really good ones are few and far between. I know of several people that are just amazing people and want to be with someone, but they are discouraged because they have just had no luck. I have had no luck with the online dating thing, and I haven't found anyone here who is interested.I am so happy for my friends who have found love. My sister the Catholic says that we are all matched up in Heaven before we are born (thus the idiom, "a match made in Heaven,") and we will end up with that person in earthly life. But is there one match for everyone? And are we all intended to be matched up? I look back on most of my plays and realize they're about finding love in some way, and I see that I am kind of obsessed with love. But I think it's central to life as a human being.
Enough of that. I have good news on the health front--I'm down to 156 and feel great. My goal is to be at 150 by Valentine's Day. That should chase away the doldrums of not having anyone to share V-Day with. I have taken 1" off my waist in the last 5 1/2 weeks. I have been wearing some sleeveless workout tops and tonight I noticed my deltoids in the mirror at Zumba. I have been eating less and working out 4-5 times a week (unless I'm really busy, in which case I get there 3 times. I never get there less than 3 times a week.)
Enchanted April auditions went well but I didn't get in. That's OK--there was a lot of talent and Mary Job has some great women to choose from. At least I tried. This way I can do the Zumba class! Not sure what's on the horizon for me show-wise. Light in the Piazza is a little intimidating to me--I think the music is a little advanced for me. I don't know the show at all, so I can't really say. I'm probably going to check it out and see what I think.
Adam read Checking Out and had some good criticism for me. I've also given it to the 'rents and emailed it to my friend Kevin in Chicago. I want to start the second draft after seeing what they have to say. It's good to get another perspective on it--I don't have a writer's group but I do have this circle of people. I haven't heard any more from Eileen O'Leary about doing Drag this summer. I don't really think it's a good choice. So much of it depends on costume changes which are more complex than the staged reading allows. I was thinking it might be interesting to have people wear all black with suggestions of costumes. I would really like to see them do We Need a Fourth but that's not the one she liked.
Tutoring Dami is going well. Her mom is asking a lot. She wants me to work out of books that cover language arts, spelling, writing, and reading. We are also doing vocabulary and reading Paint the Wind by Pamela Munoz Ryan. I got the book off a list of great books for fifth-grade girls. I think it's too advanced for her. I am reading it to her and trying to explain some of the words. I hope she's getting at least some of it. I don't expect her to pick it all up, but I'd like her to get the gist.I wish I had more students though. It was really nice to have the extra money from the boys. Now I just have Dami and Ageesh. I AM tutoring Dami twice a week now so that helps. I would tutor her more if her mom wanted me to.
Well, it's late and I'm working with Stephanie tomorrow. Hanging up now....
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