italia!

mary hell- i promise promise promise i will call you back. i'm an absolutel slackass...but i have gotten your messages and i will call you back.

heather and mary ellen...please tell me that both of you guys are definitely going to italy next summer?? i'm getting so antsy already about it. mom said that hellion you are going a week early. then again, we've talked about that. so i'm fairly sure you are going. but haven't heard much from you mrs young. hope you are still wanting to go.

okay, i'm heading out to go see "garden state". sister said it was fantastic. so i'll let you guys know how it is.

have a great night and mep, i hope you enjoyed whole world theater. it's good stuff!

-love to all-
- k -

Sup

Well I haven't exactly done my blogging part lately, but with my renewed fall schedule at the Berry Library I'm hoping that will change. So the family reunion went off as painfully and painlessly as possible. For those of you on the edge of your seats.. the mutual no talk between Angel Lamb and I is still safe. We will go for 7 years next August. So I'm back in school, underpaid overworked.. all that stuff. I'm teaching 2 freshman classes, one with about 1/2 the class special ed., and the other class about 1/2 repeaters from last year. It's a challenge, no offense intended but I'm not good working with dumb lazy kids. It's a waste of what I have to offer, but I guess it challenges me to work on my patience and discipline. Basically that means I have to answer a lot of stupid questions and have to stay on bitch-alert constantly. Kick them out of class, write them up, give them the bad grades they deserve.. but I'm up for the challenge. I've started GSU classes, they'll be alright, one is an independent study in Middle East with a focus on British Imperialism in Egypt 19th/20th century. And the other.. you guys will love this.. Spanish for reading. Yep, that damn language requirement. When will I ever be done with foreign languages. I am horrible at other languages and so the torture continues. I most likely will be posting some HW questions in the future, so be prepared ;) But hopefully it won't be too bad, no writing or speaking just written translation. Think positive, think positive.. oh sorry, I was giving myself self-motivation. Alright, I'm off- Katie I'll try to call you again soon to make plans for the Sept. show. And tell your mom not to worry, I'm still planning on the Italia trip, just trying to figure out what to do with my hopes for traveling a week earlier and meeting up. Have a good one.

Loves.
Always,
mep

...i'm sad...

h e l l o ? ? ?

is anybody out there?

well, if anyone cares...k's choice will be at the park tavern on 10/17! this is insane. needless to say i'm going and am completely excited about it!

hope to hear from you guys again soon.
ks.

a funny thing happened on the way to the baggage carousel

believe it or not, i ran into leigh ann last night. we were on the same flight back from LA. she was also in LA for a wedding. what a small world!

hope you slackers had a nice weekend.

now blog away.

k.

...it's about that time...

...thursday morning i'm leaving on a jet plane if you will for sunny california. yes, ashley and i are going to LA for his sister's wedding. should be fun. actually, might just be so fun that i never want to come back. i mean, after all, i told my manager off today. not in so many words, but rather, by slamming my door in her face. the fact that i still have a job baffles me at times. first i tell one of my station people to f - off and today i basically tell my manager that i refuse to put up with bullshit and THEN slam the door on her. oh well. who cares, right?

i am most defintely ready to go on a mini-vacation. i wish i could stay longer, but this will have to do for now.

alright, not quite sure what the point of this post was...guess i just needed to chat...even if there isn't anyone right there reading this.

it's late and i'm tired. so goodnight ladies.
hope to hear from you all soon.

xoxo-
k a t i e

we have lift off

we finally have a blog group. i can sleep easy tonight. all kidding aside, it's nice to have you guys aboard. and by the way, that last post was not actually from me. that was miss mary ellen. don't let the "katie" confuse you at the end.

so. mep. family reunion. sounds super fandamntastic if you ask me. oh please, let me come along! ugh. the thought of reuniting with my family members freaks me out. we would more than likely be meeting on the set of the Jerry Springer Show. i think i'll leave family reunions to those who actually like their family.

so miss lisa. you mean you DON'T want to talk about ovulation kits and engagements? i mean, come on, what about that DOESN'T excite you? ha ha! we can definitely talk about battling the cops as you attempt the tunnels and bridges, but i fear that would be rather depressing. so, shall we go back to the visual? Athens 2004! now that's funny. i have to admit, i have not attempted that pose in quite some time. probably a few years. although, come to think of it, i really should have pulled that one out of my pocket when we were in rome. but it just doesn't feel right without that wal-mart-esque area rug. wall to wall carpeting just doesn't cut it. heather- you'll have area rugs at your new place, right?

ps. when's the house warming?

mary ellen- when are you inviting me back up there to go riding the trail(s) at berry?

and lisa - when's the trip down south?

alright kids, i must go to sleep now. i actually need to do work, but i really loathe that idea. i 'd just rather sleep.

one more thing and i promise i'll leave you guys alone. i had a semi interview this morning. it went so incredibly well...but i don't think i'll get the job. how sad is it that in my business, i am considered a "heavy hitter"...but when it comes time to hire, i lose out to the trainee or medium experienced guy/girl because companies are too damn cheap to pay the freight? i just have a very strong feeling that this job will go the way of the "bottom line". since when did someone with experience and strength (not that i'm bragging)...become an undesirable thing? (that's your deep thought for the day.)


alright sweeties. good night. and sweet dreams ; )

love to all.
k a t i e

easy tiger

Ok ok.. I inspired the blog right?.. So I am simply showing up fashionable late. Looks like it's going pretty well. Hello to everyone. I've been quite busy.. moving into the new school, DA REUNION (which went very well and I took shots for the first time in years-), and finishing up GSU. I'm happy to announce that my report card will have nothing but A's on it. Maybe my parents will take me to Dairy Queen like they did back in the day. All of you please think of me this weekend and hope I'm not twitching from lack of nicotine. Yes, it's that time of year again, the dreaded 2nd weekend in August.. year in.. year out.. the south Georgia family reunion. Full of rednecks, farmers, white trash, and dentures. There's no getting out of it, not as long as the g-parents are living and mom is there to put the smack down. Not only is the drive a bitch, I have to put all bad habits on hold, and sit around people that are no more interested in me than I am in them. My favorite relationship is with my 2nd cousin.. her maiden name Angel Dozier, her husband's last name, Lamb- Her married name? Yep, Angel Lamb. She and I have been mutually ignoring each other for years and we can proudly boast that we have not spoken or had a conversation in the last 5 years. It takes a lot of work to avoid eye contact, the line while getting drinks, or the arrivals/departures of families. But somehow we manage. I'll be reporting post-reunion and let you know how it goes.

...alright kids....

...i hate to interrupt heather and katie time...but i logged on to this website of yours...and see nothing but the two of you. (a) i take offense to the thought that "the others probably feel as though they are too good for this blog thing" and (b) some of us do not have exciting news to type (eg: ovulation kits and engagements)....none the less, here i am...

...to be honest with the two of you...the thing that truly prompted me to actually write was the reference to katies wonderful talent of tumbling and floor routine on the living room area rug....ATHENS 2004.....(no pun intended)....

that visual made me LAUGH.

in all seriousness...would love to take a trip down there some time in the near future and see you all...it has been way way too long...maybe that can be arranged...

forgive me for departing rather early...i need a good night sleep so i can effectively battle the cops at all the bridges and tunnels as i attempt making it into manhattan tomorrow morning....

-lisa-

looks like it's...just the two of us...we can make it - you get the idea..

so manering...it looks like it's just us on this blog. guess the others are too good for us. yeah, whatever. i kind of enjoy this posting thing. gives me something to look forward to at the end of another crap ass day. then again, things are looking up. i mean after all, the possibility of not getting married until 2009 has just vanished. shocking as it may be. so we can blame it on this latest event, but i think we all need to get together. (h-do you like the way i act as though others are reading this?) hell, maybe you and i should just go ahead and plan it all and inform everyone where they will need to be. we've already talked about labor day weekend. that looks like a start.

ok, moving on to more pressing things...ovulation kits? sounds like a scary movie. good luck with that. ; ) but please don't ask me to help. kidding kidding. no, no i'm not.

one more thing and i'll let you kids go. kelley walked into my office today, grabbed my hand, studied my ring, stepped back into the doorway and THEN said...congratulations. aren't you just getting all warm and fuzzy?

h-you don't still have that area rug? i need a moment on the corner in full pose about right now. instead, let's all just close our eyes and picture it.

k.

speaking of insane decisions

well after talking to the pharmacist for the last hour about ovulation predictor kits - don't be sad you are not me....let's talk about the big proposal - how wonderful and all too interesting...I am so excited..please promise mep that there won't be any bustles involved - she is very sensitive about those types of things...anyhow I don't know if she has been able to get on this deleo.

Your mom (katie) and I have emailed each other - in Spanish no less - the trip is one, but now she wants to leave on 5/29 - I will look at my schedule tomorrow at school to be sure I can get out of town then...also do we want to leave from Alabama or Georgia - this apparently complicates the issue as well...and she wants to stay two extra days - again - whatever you all decide.


As for recent concerts - I surrendered my DMB tickets to my brother and had to work...the shitty part is of course the "woman" (who is younger than me) who is in charge of my little coaching duties went to the concert on account "the rest of you (meaning us) could handle things!" I am still fired up about it...her and her fake tan and scary fuzzy face - still cannot get over it!

OH the ranting must end since I have a rather early wake up call.

Love to you all and remember when life kicks you in the ass or the library swears you own them $600 dollars just pose like a gymnast on the living room run.

Adios