dear monday....

Dear Monday,

I know your existence is inevitable, but you always seem to get here too early. I also know that the price to pay for a great weekend is to have to deal with you, but I'm getting a little annoyed with you lately. Now that the weather is colder, it makes it even harder to get out of bed, so please do something to try to make yourself a little more pleasant. For starters, you could quit ruining my weekends by sneaking up on me so fast. Also, it would be greatly appreciated by all if you could make yourself go by faster. You probably get tired of people saying this all the time, but would it be possible for you to try to be a little more like Friday? I mean, you don't hear many people complaining about Friday....just sayin'.


Love,
Laura

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here's your inspiration....

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random questions survey

yes, i'm being lazy again. get over it. :p

Three names I go by besides my given name:

1.LD

2.Ladasha

3. Mary Francis

Three jobs I have had in my life:

1. Bethlehem Baptist- childcare

2. Rescare- caregiver for developmentally disabled adults

3.The Laureate School- Montessori preschool teacher

Three places I have lived besides my home town:

1. Fremont, CA

2. San Luis Obispo, CA

3. Harrisonburg, VA

Three favorite drinks:

1. coke zero

2. tea

3. diet dr.pepper

Three TV shows I watch: 

1.how i met your mother

2.family guy

3. south park

Three places I have been:

1. Vegas

2.Philadelphia

3.Washington DC

Three of my favorite foods:

1. pork chop sandwiches! (sorry, couldn't resist)

2. italian

3. nc bbq

Three things I am looking forward to:

1. starting work full time

2. christmas!

3.finishing school

Three things that are always by your side:

1.phone

2.ipod

3.laptop



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....but i love bacon!

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I love my job!

It's thankful Thursday!! Today, I am thankful for my job. 

I realize that it's really hard to find a good job (or any job for that matter) these days, and I am absolutely blessed to have one that I love. 

I definitely got lucky with this job, and as of yesterday, I got even luckier! I've been praying about finding a second job, since I'm only working part time now, and I was getting a little frustrated about not finding anything. Well,  last week, my boss offered me a full time position... I was hesitant about it at first just because it meant I would have to leave my class, which I didn't really want to do, but it also meant I would be working with the infants. I like babies, and I'm good with them, but after a few 40 hour weeks, I would probably be changing my mind. 

So yesterday, my boss approached me again and told me she had been praying about it, and had decided to change some things around.... Basically, I'm going to get full time starting next month (yay!) and I will either be staying in my class, or working with the toddlers, not infants. (double yay!)

Needless to say, I'm very excited!

I love my job!!!

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word of the week- jovial

This week's word is brought to you by the letter "J"!

Jovial: Merry; joyous; jolly; characterized by mirth or jollity.

Jollity? hmm, I think I'm going to have to start using that word, I like it.

I thought this word would be appropriate given the time of year. Most of you will know this word already, but what can I say? I'm definitely in the Christmas spirit and am full of jollity. 

When you think of the word jolly, most likely, you will think of Jolly Old St.Nicholas, or SANTA!!!!

Santa!!! I know that guy!!!

There's also other cool things with the word jolly-

Take the Jolly Roger for example: it's a pirate flag! how awesome is that?

arrrg! have you seen me booty?

Also, Jolly Ranchers! They are absolute deliciousness.

mmmm

With the word Merry- we automatically think "Merry Christmas!"

But, how many of you thought of this guy?

If you don't know who this is, you should probably stop reading my blog immediately bc chances are I won't like you....unless you are willing to amend your ignorance. (j/k!..or am i???)

This just goes to show you that the word Jovial is awesome in more than one way....and now you are going to associate it with all these other things that have nothing to do with the word other than my randomness!!

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help! i'm a sleepwalking insomniac

Ok, so most of you know that I'm not the world's greatest sleeper. Most of the time, I can't fall asleep before 3 am, and will wake at the sound of a pin drop. This leaves me exhausted a lot of the time, which causes me to be grumpy....and even if my grumpiness is considered to be cute by some, I still need energy and patience to chase after the little ones at work. 

Now for various reasons, I've been waking up super early for the past few nights. These causes range from having nightmares about car accidents (sorry, it didn't involve Zac Efron), to creepy text messages, and to yes, you guessed it- I started sleepwalking again!

I started sleepwalking when I was younger, but it never got too out of hand. It would only happen occasionally, and I would usually wake myself up without causing too much damage.
After I moved away from home, it got a little worse....Especially when I lived in a house with my room attached to a sun-room that led outside....but that's another story for another day.

Lately, it seems as if the reason for my sleepwalking is because I 'wake up' confused and start looking for a certain person. Now, I'm not one to point fingers, but I think I would be safe to say that this is all Jonathan's fault. So, next time you see him, give him a hard time for me for messing with my sleep schedule. 

Well, I must go check my closet to make sure the little people aren't going to come out while I try to get some more sleep. 

Oh, and this has nothing to do with this entry, other than the title is "sleepwalking" but I absolutely love this picture.

Sleepwalking by artist Caia Koopman

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polar bear birthday cake

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hey! take it easy.

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Your secret's out, LaDasha!

Well, it seems as if I've lost a good friend of mine, LaDasha. 

She's been missing for quite a few weeks now, and it was a strange coincidence that she disappeared around the same time that Dr.Jon Pie did...After several attempts of contact, she finally returned my call. As it turns out, she has been with Dr.Jon Pie this entire time! Here's our conversation:

Me: "It's about time you returned my call! What in the world is going on with you and Jon Pie?"

LaDasha: "Oh girrrrl, let me tell ya. This guy ain't like all the other playas out there. I ain't gotta worry about him messin around on me like those others do. I know I will never catch him seein other girls, especially not that trick named Rachel. uh uhhhh. We are in love, and ain't no one gonna mess this up for us. That's why we ran away. Too much drama."

Me: "Oh wow, you and Dr.Jon Pie? I didn't see that one coming. Well, I'm glad you're in love and all that stuff, but where did you go?"

LaDasha: "You think I'm gonna tell you? If I do, you'd just go and run your mouth to that Jonathan boy, then he'd be all up in our business asking Dr.Jon Pie a bunch of dumb-ass questions."

Me: "Well, he is supposed to be his counselor, after all."

LaDasha:"You tell that honky that he seems to be doing just fine without my man's advice. And if we decide to come back, I'll holla at ya. But girl, I gotta go now, talk to ya later. Peace and blessings!"

Hmmm, so the rumors were true. I'm not sure if I want them to come back or not. It would probably be really weird to see them together as a couple....

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