Almost Famous

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well, I was almost famous for about 1 day. The grocery store I work for had a contest for their new spokes person. I (being the nerd I am) entered the contest, sent in some head and body shots (don't be dirty.) THe lady called and wanted me to drive to N. Carolina as one of the top ten entries (out of 60)and do an on camera audition. When the lady and I spoke she asked me how old I was "22" being the honest answer. She asked If I could pass for older, and again I told her the truth, I cant pass into a R rated movie sometimes. Another problem, I am going to my youth group convention on Thursday and that is when the audition is. She basically told me they are looking for a 30 something mother figure and if I came up I would be auditioning for a background part or a one line bakery part. I decided that it agent worth my effort or gas money for a background crowd part. So I was almost famous...
Eliza~Beth

Hello World,
Sorry for not writing after that last blog. Things have been really good lately. I was working in the meat dept. Wrapping meat for the last two weeks. I am getting ready for grand assembly. I have been Ironing my dresses and skirts. I always forget stuff so I am trying to get ahead of myself. Justin is coming over tonight. I don't have to work, and so today during the day mom and I are going to the beach (the same where my surprise b-day party was.) Justin is coming over tonight, like I said. He said he has a surprise for me. I love love suprises. We just had our one year anniversary so he just gave me nice gifts. I am ready for the summer to be over. I would like to start teaching. I need to get a safety deposit box at my bank. I want to put my certification and passport and such away. Other than that nothing too exciting here though.
Eliza~Beth

tutoring

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I was in a funky mood yesterday. I really dont get it. I was depressed then I was fine. I didnt eat much, which is usally the oppisite of what happenes. I usually sit and just eat mindlessly when i feel depressed. I watched a depressing law and order, which didnt help. I am also in a funk about deciding which health care provider to go with. I have to sign up for everything tomrrow. STRESS!!!! I really dont know what I am going to do, I dont know if i have to approach the table with the decisions made or if i can ask questions.
I ahve been tutoring my neighbor, and i think its going well. Itll kill me if she dosnet pass her test on the 22nd. She will fail, I will have felt like I failed.
Eliza~Beth

When the phone rings too early...

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well I was awoken by my phone ringing at 8:30 this morning. First thought... I am supposed to be at work...sure enough work number on the caller ID.... second thought.. No I am NOT supposed to be at work this morning. Third thought.... shit I just hung up on my boss. In my stupor of figuring out what day and time it is I neglected to open the flip phone with two fingers and the darn thing opened just enough to answer the call then closed shut like a oyster protecting its pearl. Well seeing that I am a work conscious person so I tried to call my boss back but not before he called me again. I mean what if I was trying to give him a hint. Anyway. He asked me to come in. The meat dept manager never really asked when robin was coming back from vacation and assumed it was yesterday, therefore that she would work, but alas she is still enjoying her beach time... lucky lady. So I ventured into work about 9 am. Starving... I had toast...But really its toast. So I take you back to the meat department of my grocery store. Picture, if you will, an orange colored sticker about 2 inches by 3 inches that has the three little pigs on it. Two are dancing together with very large grins, which is unusually to say the least...pigs don't grin. The third little pig is playing the flute or piccolo..Its actually quite small, so my vote is a piccolo. Now here is the important part of this image I am asking you to re-create. In large, bold, capitol letters are the words "ASSORTED PORK CHOPS" Does anyone else see the irony in this image. Its wrong...So very wrong. So wrong that I, in fact, laughed for about three minutes. What makes this story even more ironic, my manager (the one with a soft spot for kids) gave that very sticker out to all the kids today... "Hey, want a sticker with the three little pigs on it?" its sick. :::shakes head:::oh the irony.
I started tutoring today, its not really that bad, I think she will pass her test and thus the fifth grade, I have confidence. Well I have to call the love of my life. Justin awaits
Eliza~Beth

Watching TV

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I have been watching television that I have missed. Justin's Mom tapped the series finale of will and grace and I hate to admit it it but I cried every time it went to commercial. I love that show and it ended in a unique way and I loved it. I then FINALLY watched the season finale of 24, it was so good but the ending was really harsh.
So the meat department manager Tom is a cranky old man, who I used to be afraid of. This cranky old man has a trick tho... he has a soft spot for kids. He actually keeps a little bowl of candy and gum to give to the kids who come in with their parents. He totally lights up whenever kids come around. I don't know if he is a grandparent or not. I know he has a daughter. I also know he never yells at me. I mess up a lot. You would be surprised how much goes into putting the plastic wrap and all those stickers on the meat. There are about three different ways to put a price label on meat and each type of meat and its amount require a different label. So basically I mess up the labels a lot and he wont even tell me when I mess up. HE just takes the meat to the back takes off the label and relables them later when he thinks I'm not looking. I have seen him tear a hole in this other guy for not putting the meat on the right rack, and that takes like 2 seconds to fix...move the tray. I think I have that daddy's little girl effect on my managers... Its actually good for me because I am not that great. But as long as they think I am...who am I to tell them different? Ok back to TV!
Eliza Beth

first of the last days of school

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I have been at the elementary school where I will be working next year working with the teachers to finish up this year and get ready for next year. We decided to go with a "hopping into the fifth grade" or "Welcome to our pond" theme, complete with name tags with frogs bounding off the paper, all equally teacher-y. Im ok with teacher-y in the class as long as I dont have to wear a sweater with apples and frogs. I told justin the other day that I dont want anything with apples on it, unless of course it is really clever, which is rare. He looked at me and asked why im telling him.. duh people might ask him what to get me for something at some point and im sure he will be able to say "no apples" only once... its kinda something people remember; a teacher not wanting apples. I just dont want to be typical. I never really liked apples as a decoration. Is that too much to ask for someone to think about what I might like than rather what is easy... ie apples.

I got to see justin today for only a few moments but it was nice to see him outside of my normal routine. I was able to see him and sit next to him and give him a kiss... cant wait until that is everyday!
Eliza~Beth

Grocery Store.....

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Can I tell you that my manager is loosing his mind. I have been at the store for 3 weeks and on a consistent basis I have asked off for at least 3 days a week and at least one of those is a weekend day. Yet he has already asked me to come back next summer and as many as possible after that. When the new manager jokingly told Shayne he should fire me, Shayne looked at him and said I wish I could clone her...she is a good employee.... (in my head) :::who eats at the register, who is good at setting the magazines up so I can read the main articles while waiting for the customers and asks for more time off than any other employee::: like I said loosing his mind.

Jenn's wedding was last weekend and it was beautiful. We had a wonderful time the whole weekend. Justin came up for the wedding which was really really nice. I accidentally stole Erin's earrings, they are nice earrings though. I told her Im keeping them ransom until I get my Wicked book back...Speaking of wicked...I went to the show. It was amazing!! soooo great!!! The performance we saw had the "back up" Elphaba... not the understudy..that was someone else. In the program it said "back up" how bizarre is that!
Well its almost dinner time!
Eliza~Beth

schools out...

Hello World~
Quick update... School is out and i have had the best graduation ever. A ton of my friends and family came in and it was really special. I got a cat his name is Oscar and he is a cuddle bug...love it! I am working at the grocery store again...hum drum I am also visiting the school wehre I will be teaching...its kind of exciting. Although I have figured out htath I will be the mean teacher...the other teachers give their students lots of down time and I am not used to that I like structure and fititng as much into the day as possible. anyway that is about it. gotta roll
Eliza~Beth

The little moments

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lately I have been struck by little things that I see. Starting in the class. This is this student who strives to be super cool and acts like she hates to read. Well we have silent reading time everyday where they have to read. I looked up and saw her laughing at something in the book then as suddenly as it started she stopped looked around, when she did not notice anyone looking she continued to laugh. 5th graders are so fickle. There is another student who walked in with his collar popped. When he walked in I asked him if he thought he was cool, and told him that if he really wanted to do it right he needs to wear two polos, coordinating colors of course, with the collars popped. When he came back to class after the restroom break his collar was down. I looked at him and told him I was teasing. Well the next day he walks in with two polos on color coordinating and all. Collar Popped and such....tooo funny. I love it.
I was driving to rainbow yesterday and while driving out of town I pass a low income apartment complex where a lot of senior citizens live. As I was stopped at the red light I looked over and saw a woman on a scooter (like a hoverround of sorts) not a moped type. She had this tiny dog in her lap, just enjoying the breeze of the 3 miles an hour scooter. They both looked so content to be riding along on that beautiful day. It made me smile.
Just a few things that made me smile that were out of the ordinary.
Eliza~Beth

Done

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Done...so done with everything. I have one little lesson to teach, maybe..I am so done. But im not really excited about it. I am going to miss it here, but a new part of my life is about to begin so I am going to embrace it, starting by scrapbooking about my college years. Love it...
Eliza BEth

Graduation

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Well, Im pretty much done with school. I just have to assemble another portfolio for ESOL, and that is just putting my stuff together. I really want to just enjoy these last two weeks and I think I will. I am ready to graduate now, but I am not ready to leave my friends. Well justin is almost here and we are going to lunch!
Eliza~Beth

Movies, boarding snail, and some softball

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How about a weekend re-cap..Lets start with Friday Morning. I borrowed Jill's car and drove to Dallas to sign my contract. I had gotten a call on Tuesday asking me to be at the paper signing party at 12:00 noon. I needed a $24 check to pay for the background check. So...I get there and well lets say they were a bit confused...I was supposed to be there the day before for an information session, so I started to cry..Typical, such a girl. So anyway this nice woman brought me to her big office and we sat down and chatted I explained my situation she explains her's. Whomever called me did not give me the correct information. So they let me sign the contract, but I did not fill out any of the other forms, health care ect. So, I drove back and Jill told me that Nicole and I could use her car to take her to work then go dress shopping, because I needed a formal, It ended up that Nicole bought a formal and all that that implies (accessories.) So I was then allowed to borrow Teenie's dress b/c Nicole had a new one that looks awesome on her. We then went to see Ice Age 2, so good. Sooo funny. We picked up Jill and we did silly girl things like dress up in our formals for next week and danced around. Sang into curling irons and head banged to Reliant K's rendition of "We are the pirated that don't do anything" Will Jill was out talking to her current interest Nicole's snail decided he needed some excitement of his own. I dropped a piece of bread into nicole's fish tank so the fish could munch on it and the crust was left by the end of the night. Nicole looks into her fish tank and begins to laugh hysterically, uncontrolled hysterics...I look and one of her snails has detached itself from the glass of the tank and attached itself to the crust of bread. NOT only has it attached itself but was riding the tide of the tank on it. It was swirling and bobbing and turning over... It put Tony hawk to shame, really. And after taking a break proceeded to get BACK on the crust and ride again only this time he didn't make it back to the glass, it ended up shell down face up to the top of the water and we began to wonder if it could breath/survive like that. So Nicole grabbed a pen and tried to push it down in the water, it was VERY buoyant. Then we discovered we could aggravate the fish with the pen so we did that for a moment the horror struck.... bum BUm BUM! The fish, in an uncharacteristically swift move, attacked the snail. We didn't actually see the fish eat it, but the shell dropped like a rock to the bottom...No buoyancy... We are pretty sure the snails frivolity caused it to have an early death by consumption, not of the coughing sort. :::Shakes head:::
Well Saturday I went to the car show, that was cool. Layed out and caught some vitamin D. Then Justin came over, can I just say that he is the pimp...
We went out to eat at this awesome Mexican restaurant and watch this crazy old man sing Kareoke
Today was nice, Justin and I are leftovers for lunch then went outside to throw the football around then we played softball with some of my residents. Overall awesome time with my friends and boyfriend.

Portfolio Freedom

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I am so free of my portfolio...That's right folks said and done. Well I may have to make a few changes but other than that I am soooo done. I will have to compile another one for ESOL, BUT I wont ahe to write any cover sheets for that. I simply have to cut all my crap in a notebook, it doesn't sound too complicated, then again I may get myself in trouble thinking like that. Lots of little things going on My friend from grade school Jordan is playing softball...Baseball at tech (I was a little groggy while reading the IM) TODAY and TOMORROW I have not seen this kid in almost 5 years, maybe more. If I had a car on Saturday I would go visit him but alas I am stuck here...Stink. I cant find my videotaped lesson for my portfolio, I'm hoping my professor still has it from when she watched my lesson....:::crosses fingers::: I am going to sign my contract at my new school today, I am so excited. I had to borrow my awesome friend Jill's car. I need to see what Nicole is doing tonight..We should hang out...Neither of us have a car, so we will probably have a girls night and watch movies, that is a great plan!!After a week of jeans, shots t-shirts and tank tops its time to look professional...meh.
Ciao
Eliza~Beth

Prayer

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Justin's Uncle is really sick in the hospitol, so if you are the praying type I ask you to join me tonight.
Eliza~Beth

Uneasy

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I hear from the school I have courting and they want to hire me officially for the 5th grade position, which is great I just thought that they officially offered me the job yesterday so when they called I had a minor freak out the assistant principal was like, so I just wanted to call you and discuss the job with you....I was like...What did I do? Then they couldn't tell me anything about signing a contract, which is odd to me. Then my professor gives back my senior project with a lecture about editing..I felt like crap, She has never given me anything but praise...She didn't even use harsh words I just feels stupid I guess. We had a finantial manager in class today and she made me feel doomed about my car, its a bunch of little lows. But plus side I do have the job and its dinner time..Ciao
Eliza~Beth

AHHHGGG

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Ok so I have made about 3 attempts to post since the last time, and something keeps happening and not the same thing either. Ahhh well anyway I don’t think I have ever had a more emotional 2 weeks in my life, up and down up and down. I had written a post describing the details, but it was deleted when I tried to publish it so instead I am going to give you guys a few examples. Car. DOWN way down, broke down to never run again, at least not for a reasonable price. UP great offer for a 2004 Pontiac sun fire with 20,000 miles, for 4000$. UP got a loan no problem through my parents’ finance company. DOWN they won’t finance a salvage title, screwed... (This scenario happened 4 times, and not just b/c of the salvage title) UP Douglass County offered me a posistion...somewhere, not sure what school or what grade (they tell you that later.)UP went to a great job interview at a Paulding co school. Down waited a week to hear anything from them because all my references were on spring break with me....shakes head. UP/DOWN don thinks he has a different car for me but it’ll be 2 weeks at least. UP got the job at Paulding co. DOWN they don’t have contracts
AHG,
Eliza~Beth

Weird dreams and unhealthy Dinner

Hello~World,
I realized today that you have weird -ass dreams when you nap. I had one I was at the Mall of America with Meaghan (who would only be dragged into said mall if she was being paid to babysit...and that is even up for question I think) and Erin who was telling me to go to the 7 store..its a type of Jeans that are high end. Then Leslie was there and we were apart of some balloon show at the mall where we had these big balloon things attached to us and we could float up high and move forward. The next dream I was taking Courtney to the horse barn and I couldn't figure out where She wanted to go ( it was more like she was didn't know where she was, I knew the barn area but she kept trying to tell me what to do anyway, which is odd she was on the Equestian team) anyway I am driving her down to a pasture and there is this huge ravine on the left and I see a girl (who in the dream goes to my school) leading a horse along and then she slips and falls into this rushing river in the ravine. We get her and the horse out and then I am sitting in my car with the drivers door open and my car starts to move, and I hit the emergency brake, but I go down the ravine with it. I try to start it on the way down that it may be shallow and I can drive it out. As we hit the water the car promptly sinks and there is my dog Chicco, who lives with my parents an hour away. But she's here and she grabs my arm and starts to pull me out. The car is a total loss and I sink into a mild depression and wonder if insurance will cover it...Probably not.
So dinner...Right now it consists of chocolates from valentines day..Maybe just maybe chili later...Maybe.
Eliza~Beth

What the hell I have a connection with Michel Kahn

Eliza~Beth
I write this blog at the risk of sounding like a hypocondirac, I think I pulled a groin muscle and my knowledge of this is thanks to Michelle Kwan. So when I was about 12 I was in a snow boarding accident and I really really jacked up my hip. So...over the years every once in a while ill do something that makes it hard for me to walk and to lift my left leg ect..., I just assumed I had hurt my hip again, Which is as I found out the other day related to that accident. As Michele Kwan sat at the podium the other day and described her groin pull and the people on the news show I frequenlty watch described the injury, I realized that is what could be wrong with my hip right now. I can only assume it happened when I was coreographing a swing dancing routine for one of my best friends here at school. I taught her and her dance partner how to do a flip. When I was allowing the guy to use me as a guinea pig for the flip, I moved my leg wrong when I landed (of course I said I would be guinea pig because "I know how to fall", (Dumbass))::::shakes head::::: so anyway I googled groin pull and it sounds eerily like my current status of hurt. How come when I went to the doctor all those years ago and had MRI and such done they didn't ask...did you slip or do tumbling or something? Dumbass doctors. So here I am afraid to move because the website said I should not move at all if the simple action of walking causes me pain...and it does..not enough to stop me from walking, just enough to make me uncomfortable. Well I guess I keep walking...BUT NO MORE FLIPS, you cant talk me into it...What's the saying..."Just Say No!" This also means I shouldn't cross my legs for a while because that causes me discomfort too...So now I'm sitting with my legs all over the place..I'm really not used to not crossing my legs, unless its rainbow and then I'm wearing a skirt and my ankles are crissed.Well its off to portfolio...
Eliza~Beth

I just don't know what to think

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I am communicating to you through a battered body and soul. My students have spent the last two weeks with the mantra, as Urkle so elegantly put it back in the day, "Wearing her done, wearing her dooooowwwwnnnnnn." I was so mad on Wednesday that I thought I was going to throw up. When I asked a student if she would like to go to the nurse, because she had been complaining of a headache, she looked me in the eye and said " No, I want to go to the mall, what do you think?" I threw away the nurses pass and wrote a new pass to the principal's office. I had her fill out a BIP, behavioral improvement plan, which she had to copy over and have a parent sign. It didn't come back today. We started off well enough but as the day wore on the class fell apart. I was completely at a loss and I feel like a total failure. At the same time, I know its beyond me and hopefully it will be better tomorrow. I can only pray. Ciao
Eliza~Beth

I'm....Slipping....

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It has begun...My two weeks of full time teaching...All the kids, all day, by myself. I'm doing ok I believe....I believe. Tomorrow is going to be a day of change. As the song says "I see a new dawn on the horizon" and that beautiful dawn is the Principals office. I am done hole-punching fair play money and having them argue with me. I have explicit directions to send them to the office at the first sign of an argument. The first "But I didn't do anything." gets a yellow sticky post- it note to see Mrs. Morrison in the library about arguing and talking back. She is then going to escort them to the principals office. Who knew I had that sort of power...Who knew. Bwah ha ha-Oh just kidding. I am slipping in to Mr. Wong...Yes that is his name and by the way his first name is Harry. My fellow senior ed majors and I used this man as a source of entertainment to get us through the class that was from 6-8...What a terrible time for class, really. I digress..Mr. Wong says that teachers go through several stages before they are master teachers, I am slopping into survival mode...And I don't even teach in an area that affords its teachers combat pay. Its more of a get through the day and get them off my back....blah.
We went in late today because of ICY roads..Yah sleeping to 9, that probably made my day 10 times better
Eliza~Beth

So just got tagged

Hello~World, I have been tagged..here you go
Four jobs I've had:
Resident assistant
Ingles grocery store: Check out girl, meat department wrapper, Ham seller extrodinare.
Sonic Car Hop..tips baby
Wendys...free frosties

Four movies I'd watch over and over:
Armageddon
Dogma
Princess Diaries
Office Space

Four places I've lived:
Villa Rica, Georgia
Vernon Hills, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois
Lyions, Illinois

Four TV shows I love to watch:
24
Monk
I love the 80's/90's
CNN headline news

Four websites I visit daily
Facebook
School e-mail
YAhoo home page
MySpace

Four places I've been to on vacation:
Italy: Rome, Florence, Pompeii, Venice, lots of little country
Philippines: Manila, Tacloban
Mexico: Cancun
Bahamas: lots of beautiful islands

Four foods I love:
Chocolate: dark over milk
Chesse: in any form
Pork Chops
Fresh Green Beans

Four places I'd rather be:
With Justin
Scrapbooking
on a beautiful beach
With my girls

Tagging...
Tasha!

Eliza~Beth

RA-ing

Hello World,
I was at the RA seminar today in middle GA, I had a really good time. Honestly it was mostly guys that went and that is what made it fun. Not that I'm boy crazy but its more guys know how to enjoy themselves they less inhibitions when in groups like that. Where we already have a sense of community. I was able to just tag along and laugh with them. They made me miss my boyfriend though, very much. I am such a sap. I went to go get desert at lunch in their cafeteria and as I was passing Matt, I said they have cookies, in a very childlike voice. He sort of mocked me in a nice way, and it made me think that Justin would have put his arms around me and said “aww your sooo cute, I love you.” HE always thinks I'm cute when I use that voice. I use it a lot more when I am around him because he thinks I'm cute. Haha I'm such a attention hog, or I like cuddling with him.. which ever. Ill go with the ladder. I am so glad I am spending the day with him tomorrow.
Eliza~Beth