As I wait for my mission call, anxieties and excitement fill my brain and make my heart pound. I think of the moment I will open that envelope, and my heart leaps into my throat and I feel the pulse of the beat in my ears ( Read more... )

Soooooo...

My friend from, well, forever, is off to her brother's wedding. So is the rest of her family. How does this concern Loradona? you may ask yourself. Why is she writing about this junk? Allow me to elucidate.

My friend has three children, five and under, and she didn't quite think taking them on a five-hour plane ride to a wedding where ( Read more... )

Have you seen that show about hoarders?  Me neither.  It always looks a little terrifying, and I refuse to watch it because I fear that I will recognize myself too much in it.  See, I'm a sentimental person, and I keep things as trinkets and memories, even ridiculous things that probably are actually meaningless.  Nothing highlights this fact about ( Read more... )

I've heard it said that when you're unemployed, your job is to apply for jobs.  Well, that's what I did today, 8 to 5, with a break for lunch.  And in all that time I only applied for two jobs.

Why? you may ask.  Is she just not bright enough to figure out the applications?

First of all, stop thinking judgmental thoughts about my intelligence.  ( Read more... )

Feeling a little pessimistic.  Maybe it has something to do with my job being posted for applicants.  Anyhow, it has me thinking about my last day.

I've been looking at t-shirts that run towards the snarky, thinking about which ones would be best to wear on my last day.  My favorite website for doing this is Glarkware.  For example, should I go ( Read more... )

I know that there are people who long to know the outcome of Monday's meeting.  I'd love to tell you something definitive.  I'd love to tell you that I am certain one way or another.  But things are as uncertain as ever.

As one student put it the next day, "The meeting was boring until we got to her!" (points at me).  There were about the same ( Read more... )

Long story short:  I did not get renewed.

Simple as that.

Long story long:

I said my piece and then left the executive session, then the general session began, and I returned.  Students and parents showed up to the board meeting.  They were prepared to say their piece.  But before anyone could say anything, the board president moved the agenda item ( Read more... )

Okay, so that might be melodramatic, but I can't help it.  I'm working on day three of what I am calling The Plague, and I feel awful.  It started as a light cough, but on Thursday that light cough became heavier.  I got little sleep Thursday night, so I decided to stay home on Friday ( Read more... )

Lately things have been going better for me, particularly where Everyone's Favorite Student is concerned.

Just a few days after "The Incident" (Oh, the incident!),  he was in art class, and I asked him to show another student how to apply ink for printing, and he did so willingly.  Moments later, when another student stood in line to access the ( Read more... )

Here is my first post I wrote for the ASNE2009 @ Kent State blog, and I’m afraid that at this point, all I have to say is, “I’m so tiiiiiired.”

I think that perhaps if I pick a designated, less brain-fried time to blog, I might be more successful.  In the meantime, let me ramble a bit about some of my ups and downs so far:

Downs:

• I think the shower ( Read more... )