Spring Weather. Biking and Fun!

My week has been good. I have been enjoying my bike as the weather has gotten warmer. I have ridden in Provo Canyon as well as by Utah Lake. I even saw cute cows down by the lake...man I love cows, especially baby ones.

I am tired. My students are wearing me out lately. I think all of us are burnt out. It has been nice to get them outside this week to play soccer. My girls PE class has been impressive because they actually like soccer. In fact, they are my most dangerous class...I am worried they are going to hurt each other because they really want that ball and actually trip each other. Not safe, but very funny to watch! Even though they tire me, my students really make me laugh and happy. I am definitely blessed in the job category!

Tonight was "The Office" night. I am sure I have mentioned my roommates and my addiction to this show. It is hilarious. Not all of my friend are as impressed by it as we are, but we still love it. Thursday is like a holiday for us. We get excited. Tonight, Mary Beth and I got Cafe Rio (some fabulous Mexican food) and ate it before the show, Of course, we also had to watch some previous episodes on DVD in order to warm up. Man, we do have a weakness. It was good times though. That show makes me laugh and smile. Love it!

Tomorrow is Friday and I am way excited for it. A few friends and I are heading up for some baseball in Salt Lake. They have a minor league team up there called the Bees. I am excited to have hot dog and enjoy the game. I sure am a baseball/softball addict as well. Love it, love it.

Saturday I will be able to see my good old friend, Ben Gale. He is visiting because his brother graduated from BYU this week. We will probably have some good food and go ice skating. Fun.

Dick Cheney was in town today to talk at commencement for BYU. I didn't see him or his motorcade, but I was able to see his jet take off from the Provo Airport as Mary Beth and I were walking down by the lake. It was a cool thing. I did not think that big planes could take off and land from there, but I was thinking wrong.

Well, I am tired. Better head to bed. Have a great day and keep the chins up....it is almost summer! :)

Rain

Hi.

I love spring. I even love when it is chilly and rainy. So, today I am in luck...it is both. I am hoping that the rain today will make my tulips bloom. They have their buds up just not opened yet. I look forward to taking pictures of them and showing you all.

The weekend has been good. Yesterday, I was able to go paintballing for the very first time. It was very entertaining to run in the mountains and shoot paint at people. It was also interesting to finally know what everybody talks about when they say it really hurts to get hit with paintballs. I have several welts to prove it! It was fun even with the pain and the fact that I am not very good at it. Especially, because I am still so slow on my ankle, but it was really a good time. Nice to see the beautiful mountains and it was actually nice yesterday, so I basked in the sun.

Friday was a good night too. My roommates and I went to a friend's art show and then we went and watch softball. I am a sucker for a good softball game. The sad part is that the game we watched was a team I am supposed to be playing on but I am not able to because of my tragic walking accident back in January. I hate being injured, hate it! Hopefully, come June I will be back out on that field.

School is going well. This past week really went by quickly. I like my students. Unfortunately for them, by the end of the day on Friday I am fried. I really am a bit burnt out and ready for summer break. Of course, two weeks into break I will probably be bored but oh well. At least, I will be relaxed.

Well, I am kinda wordless now. I guess that means this is the end of another exciting blog. Have a great day and remember to concentrate on the positive!
Later,
Alice

The Cake was a Sucess!

There is Janette with her cake. If you do not know Janette, you should; she is nice! She made me dinner which I thought was a good bonus for me seeing it was her birthday. It should be the other way around...on your birthday, people should make you dinner, but whatever! (that was a Janetteism!) The dinner was good. I enjoyed spending time with Janette. It isn't too often that you are able to have the birthday person all to yourself and I did. Fun.

Not much else has happened today. Church was good as it always is. I am sure I learned something. Actually, that wasn't sarcasm, if you were wondering. I really did learn something...like that service is important because the whole reason we are here on earth together is to learn and grow with each other. We can help each other learn and grow. Our needs can help people learn to help us so their needs for helping are met at the same time we get the help we need! Get it? We are so interconnected. If the plan was all about just doing it alone, we would have been sent here alone. But we are here in groups for a real reason!

Boys are weird. I don't understand them at all. One guy I was interested in at one time now is around more. And one that I am trying to get away from keeps hanging on. I cannot get that man out of my hair. I really just think I should swear men off. Life is so much simpler when I am not trying to figure them out. MAN! (literally!) But I guess fear of getting hurt is no reason to miss something and I think figuring them out is part of the journey!

Well, those are my thoughts for now. Happy Birthday Janette! Everybody have a great night!

Love My Saturdays

Howdy again all. I often wonder how many people are truly checking up on me. It would be interesting to know. Maybe it would be better to just email everybody. But I have been so horrible at that lately.

Today was fabulous. First, I woke up at about ten to ten. I like that sleeping in thing. And just saying ten to ten is fun. I really have been tired lately. I do not know why but I have my theories. One being that I am burnt out majorly. After that, I lingered around in my pajamas for a while. I even was out on my porch watching my roommate, Melanie, weed the flower bed. For some reason, the grass just grows like weeds in the bed. Any quick fixes for that, green thumbs? I guess if I do find a way to rid the garden of weeds, then Melanie will not have a stress relief. Maybe they should stay, but only for Mel's mental health.

It was sunny and semi-warm today, so I decided to go for a walk up in the canyon. I do believe that Spring is one of my favorite seasons. Of course, I like most seasons but Winter just seems to last so long. It was pretty. The trees are getting leaves which is very fun. I sure do love my mountains. I live in a very beautiful place. My sister told me that she could see why I lived here. That was while we were walking up in the mountains, of course.

I also did a little shopping. I bought a cake mix to make a cake for my friend, Janette. She turns 29 tomorrow. Poor kid. Just kidding. So I am trying to be a little domestic right now by making her a cake. I am not the best culinary artist so it could be interesting. I try sometimes and sometimes it works; sometimes not so much!

This afternoon I enjoyed sitting out on our porch and reading. The picture for today is of that. I am enjoying taking pictures for this blog. I especially like taking pictures of myself with the self-time on my camera. Amazing stuff. I also like writing on here. It may just be meaningless banter but I think it as a good outlet for me.

Tonight my roommates and I went to the dollar theatre. We saw "Music and Lyrics." It was Mary Beth's and my second time. It is a cute little romantic comedy. Melanie enjoyed it as well. I sure do love my movies too.

Well, not much else is going on here. Just waiting for that cake to be done. Maybe that will be tomorrow's picture :) Have a great day.

Peep War Day

Well, I have survived two working days this week. I think I can make it to another Friday. And I am looking forward to it because it is Burger Friday(to celebrate payday). We usually get together on payday to celebrate and we usually go to Red Robin. Man, I love that place. Their fry sauce is to die for. My favorite is the Bleu Ribbon Burger.

Tonight, my roommates and I had our annual Peep War. This is where you arm some Easter Peeps and put them in the microwave. As they heat up, they get bigger and the swords(in this case the prongs of a plastic fork) get closer to one another. The peep that actually gets their sword into the other peep wins. See pictures. The best part about the peep war is the eating of the melted peep. There is a pic of me enjoying that part too.

Today went well at work. My kids were good for the most part. I did have to remind my girls PE class to only be nice to each other and that I will not tolerate bickering and belittling. They tend to have this weird split in the class. It is usually Latina girls against the Caucasian girls. It is very weird to me. I wish they could learn to get along and be the generation that stops this racism crap. Don't even get me started on that. I would have a very long blog.

I really do love my students. They make me laugh and really make the day go by fast. One of my students had to leave suddenly today and is going to Mexico. I asked him if something had happened in his family and he nodded and couldn't speak. I almost made me go to tears. My heart really goes out to these kids. I love them.

All I wanted to do tonight was watch TV. It has gotten chilly again here and that is what I do when it is cold. Mary Beth and I did go for a walk and for the first five minutes I thought I was going to freeze to death. I guess we have been a little spoiled with good weather and this cold week is just payback. Oh the joys of spring.

I better get off to bed. Celebrate Poetry Month. Read some good Poetry and for you creative ones...write some! I am trying to do some of both of those things. I love the Poetry. Have a great day or night(whatever you are facing!)

Later,
A