Or a brief summary of my week.
Fear of Cats, Gone for Good ?
Debauchery. Complete and Total.
An Arabic Easter
The Baby
Love from the Little School with a Big Heart
Speed Shopping
A bus with two babies.
Little Italy, I love you !
The Urban Condo. It is my dream.
How can it be snowing again ?
Ciao !
Tonight I attented the first meeting for organization of the Western Canadian Synchro Championships, which will take place in 2009 in the Queen City. Friends, in the area, like the province, this will be a great opportunity to check out the sport, and ME doing the sport !
Currently, I don't have much to say about the event. My role will be as School liason. What a concept. Me, as a school liason. I will be responsible for making sure that school children attend the event.
The Committee Chair thanked me for coming and it made me feel so good ! The sport has given me a lot over my life and it's nice to be able to be a part of a big event and to give something back.
It's only for you !
This is Jodi.
disclaimer: Some of the following forty questions are fun. Some are stupid. It's not Jodi's fault, nor my fault. We're just playing the game for the ones that are fun.
1. What is your natural hair colour?
Brown, and it still is brown, but now has HOTT blond highlights or streaks or chunks of blond or whatever you want to call them. It has gotten me a lot of love, affection and compliments from the students this week. Yay !
2. Where was your default pic taken? In my former rented backyard, in the fish pond.
3. What's your middle name? 56-5966. I know I take this anonymity thing too far. But you're smart people, if you're looking for a puzzle, you can figure it out.
4. Your current relationship status: Daughter, friend, sister, colleague....
5. Honestly, does your crush like you back? EDIT: I remembered, I have a crush on Obama ! But I'm Canadian so he probably doesn't have a crush on me :(
6. What is your current mood? relaxed. It's true !
7. What colour underwear are you wearing? Nothing exciting.
8. What makes you happy? Activity
10. If you could go back in time, and change something what would you change? All of the times (soooo many) that I have lost my temper.
11. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day- what would you be? Given that I don't like animals, it's hard to say. I guess it would be fun to be an orca or a dolphin or maybe an eagle or a hawk.
12. Ever had a near death experience? I have put myself in dangerous situations, like walking near the edge of a cliff or driving in stupid conditions, but it has never resulted in anything I would consider to be near death.
13. Something you do a lot?
14. What's the name of the song stuck in your head right now? It's a song from the Movie Hairspray. Ladies Choice It's energizing me !
15. Who did you copy and paste this from? Jodi Marie
16. Name someone with the same b-day as you? My friend Ben's mother. A student I taught in 2003 and a student I currently teach. Both the boys and I were and are the older ones in our classes.
17. When was the last time you cried? Tuesday.
18. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience? Grey Cup 1996. Our school choir sang the Amercian National Anthem. It was during a couple of years when there were American teams in the league.
19. If you could have one super power what would it be? I would fly !
20. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite/same sex? Level of creepiness. So you know where my head is on that issue right now !
21. What do you usually order from Starbucks? If I go to Starbucks (stop throwing rocks at me Michelle !) It is for a sweet liquid treat, but I don't go often enough to remember what I would have had the last time and whether or not I liked it !
22. What's your biggest secret? Who I vote for. I don't tell anyone ! Most of the time... But were I American, I'm pretty sure it would be Obama !
23. Favourite colour? I love all colours for different things !
24. When was the last time you lied?
25. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows? Well, while I can see the merits of certain shows, generally no. And I put a huge kaibosh on anything made for toddlers. I hate them. Oh wait, I don't hate anyone or anything. So I really don't like them and have sometimes considered destroying them. And I don't think toddlers should be watching tv anyway. So there. Oh, except when I want them to.
27. What are you eating or drinking at the moment? Espresso
28. Do you speak any other language? Nope.
29. What's your favorite smell? My perfum, Amor Amor. I don't wear it to work because a) I would never remember on a daily basis and b) It would make one of my colleagues very sick and she's nice. So it's a treat !
30. If you could describe your life in one word what would it be? Busy - I like it that way. As I'm sure I've never mentioned it before.
31. When was the last time you gave/received a hug? Yesterday
32. Have you ever been kissed in the rain? I think so. How's that for a romantic memory ? I don't remember who ! Or exactly where ! But I'm sure that I have and I'm sure it was great.
33. What are you thinking about right now? Obviously this meme
34. What should you be doing? The things you are supposed to do when you are home sick. So I guess that would be sleeping. Interesting that it is assumed that I should not be doing a meme...
35. What was the last thing that made you upset/angry? When kids were messing around yesterday. It was controlled anger. Even fake anger. Real frustration but fake anger so that they would never want to do it again. Discussion of disapointment and trust, etc. After 6 years I can give a pretty good speech and one would think I'm angry but not crazy.
36. How often do you pray? Everyday, it's great.
37. Do you like working in the yard? NO! I am hoping that the snow will stay just in my yard all summer so that I can pretend I don't have a year !
38. If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want? Well, I would love a French name, but my ultra anglo first name sounds dumb matched with any French last name, so I will keep what I've got. I like it well enough.
39. Do you act differently around your crush? I would smile brillantly !
40. Name one song that reminds you of an ex? Eagle Eye Cherry, Save Tonight.
Given that it's not really within the code of ethics to tell stories (even if I don't use names) I'm going to protect myself and make this post friends only. So become my friend and sign in to read !
Cameron Diaz is travelling Peru ! Actually she travelled shortly before I went to Peru and now it's on TV. Apparently she has a greater tolerance for cold than I do because there is NO WAY I could have been where she was in a tiny tank top. As well, her guide has much better English than any of mine. Fair enough, he is on TV. It's really cool to hear explanation on stuff I had forgotten and see the places I went to.
My school is really involved in helping communities all over the world. I'm really concerned that there won't be time or energy for my Peruvian Child Care Centre. Obviously not mine, but the one that I believe in and want to support. I guess I need to push it !
Tonight I opened my heart and my home to 3 children. No, I have not made my dream of becoming a foster parent come true. More on that later. Nor did I steal these children. No, their parents are too cheap don't feel comfortable leaving their children with a teenage baby sitter.
I was asked early in the week to baby sit my petits cousins, who are 2 and 4. I said sure, but bring them to me. In the future, I will always ask that they be brought to me. It's good. Then I got the info on a hang up message to learn that it wasn't a telemarketer, for once, that called my house, but an actual friend. So I called back. She wanted me to baby sit as well. I said no to the cross town drive, thanks to the 2 kids already coming to my house. So she dropped of her 3 year old as well.
I accomplished things I never thought I would accomplish. I had kids in my house TV FREE for 3 hours. I made supper. I of course have no concept that kids of this age eat 3 bites of food. Whatever. I even managed to do half the dishes. Then my intervention was necessary. They totally entertained themselves by colouring, running around like penguins and monkeys and playing with trains.
They all got into pyjamas and into sleeping positions in front of the tv. We watched Hairspray, because I refused to watch Doodlebops. As well, I had hoped to get some dance moves. While I thought that pacifying children with TV would send them into dream land, I was wrong. The two year old couldn't make up his mind between staying in bed and walking across the room to see the bunny every two minutes. And stepping on his sister every time. Since it was all silent, my only concern was that he was up way past his bed time. Oh well, not my problem tomorrow ! So then I brought him to sleep beside me on the couch. He wiggled and fell off. Onto the other two. Then the one he's not related to was crying for his mom and dad. Not wailing, just silently sobbing with the passion of a 3 year year old, convinced he will never again see his parents. The magic was in turning the TV off. They all went to sleep.
I don't actually see this as a career move; it's not very profitable !
As for the foster parent thing, I think that given the size of my house and my talents, I probably should be an emergency foster parent, that would keep kids in trouble for a couple of nights, but I'm not so convinced that it's a good idea that I will actually do it.
As for the telemarketer comment, I get a ridiculous number of telemarketers calling. I always thought that Turbo was making stuff up when he complained, but when I get home from work there are between 1 and 5 messages EVERY SINGLE DAY from telemarketers. I'm quite thankful that I'm not here to answer. And I'm often informed that I'm winning a cruise. This is almost as bad as spam. Crazy.
EDIT: When they were picked up in the middle of the night, they were not happy at all. Their parents probably won't let them come back. As well, I was scared that if I left the room, something bad would happen to them, so I slept on the floor. What kind of nut am I ? Oh well, I will know better in the future.
For the first time in years, Spring does not bring scary thoughts of possible unemployment. I must say, it's an amazing feeling. When I think of it, I think the last time I didn't worry about summer / fall employment was 1996. Just think. All my problems were solved in 1996 by knowing that 5.35$ an hour and 15 hours a week was good enough. Now I was definately a stressed and anxious teenager, so I'm sure that did not solve all of my problems, but still, I wasn't worried about working.
In a conversation with my Principal and VP this week, I was told that I will most likely (I'm hesitant to say for sure) have a job at my current school. Have you maybe heard me say (a million times) that I like my school ? So I am delighted.
Even better, they want my opinion on what role I will play in the school. I have a choice on what I will do ! Now this being the internet and all, and don't want to give away other people's personal information or put my own career in jeopardy, so I will not elaborate on my possible options, but I will happily answer emails.
Basically, all of my choices are good. Any of the options would make me happy. And I have about 3 weeks to consider my options. I think I'm pretty lucky.
I think I might be a vegetarian. I write this like it's some sort of realization about myself that I'm coming to terms with. I don't want to be different from all the meat eaters. I don't want to give up meat completely. I don't want to totally deviate from the mainstream. But meatless cooking is where it's at for me. In 2008 I think that I may have cooked meat 2 or 3 times. Perhaps a leading factor in the great weight loss of 2008 ? You think I'm making too much of 4 pounds ? Perhaps.
I'm not against meat. I'm not against the consumption of animals. I know that my family members survive based on this consumption. I don't think it's particularly cruel. Keep the details to yourselves, I don't want to know ! I just don't want to cook it. If I cook it, then I know more about it. I can see more, I can smell more. It makes me a little bit queasy. So I have kind of given up.
I still eat meat ! Fish, I cook. I eat a lot of fish. At least 3 times a week. And at my mama's. When I go over for supper I think that I must stock up because I eat a lot of meat. I believe that meat is good for the body and I think my body must feel the need to replenish because it's riduculous how much meat I will consume at one sitting, once a week.
So maybe I'm a closet vegetarian ? I'm scared to tell my family ? Not true, no one is aware of my habits better than my mom. And she's proud of me ! She's a nutritionist and likes my approach. So I guess my only real dilemna is that I don't know how to classify myself.
