My mouth hurts and I'm starving...

Yes it is a Saturday night and yes, I am lame. I'm writing in our blog. But in my defense, I'm babysitting and the kids are asleep so I have nothing better to do. Well actually, I'm slightly procrastinating from working on finishing my thesis. It's partially true what JJab said in the last post. I defended my thesis a week ago Friday, and all my committee signed off on my thesis, except one. I finally got the last signature yesterday, and now I'm finishing up the last edits, so I can submit it next Friday. I cannot tell you how good it will feel to be done with this. I think writing this thesis, editing it, and rewriting it has been the most grueling and stressful process I have ever gone through. A huge burden will be lifted off my chest next Friday when I turn it in to graduate studies.

I'm imagining my life post thesis, and every minute so far is better than the past year I spent working on it. I think my ulcer and heart burn will probably go away too. Finally! :)

So, I'm sitting here watching Food Network and they are talking about hotdogs that can change your whole life. I don't think I have ever eaten a hotdog that has changed my life. I'm not really sure I believe that I hotdog could change my life. Maybe that is because I'm more of a french fry girl myself. Clearly I'm hungry....

I had some outpatient periodontal surgery on my gums this past week. Apparently I have receding gums at the age of 24. I'm not even half way to 30 and my body is already starting to fall apart. The periodontist said it was due to having braces and it's genetic. Thanks mom and dad for this wonderful genetic gift! Anyway...I had to have a little gum graft this past week and now I have 10 stitches in my mouth. It makes things very hard to eat. I have been on a soft food diet for the past 4 days, along with some very strong pain meds. It certainly makes eating interesting, since I can only chew on the right side of my mouth. There are a handful of things I can eat: cottage cheese, yogurt, apple sauce, mashed potatoes, and mac n' cheese. I think I have eaten Panera Bread Broc n' Cheddar soup now for the past 3 days. Everything else I crave. I'm starving. None of the above are filling. It also doesn't help that my "wonderful" husband decides to eat whatever he wants in front of me. I'm sitting here starving and he is eating chips and salsa in front of me. It's torture I tell you. That is when I take my codine and just call it a night. I refuse to be tortured by foods that I can't eat.

I go back next week to get the first set of stitches taken out, and then a week later the rest come out. I just hope they are all gone before I start school, because my smile isn't quite the same, and my upper lip is slightly pursed to the right. I don't want to scare any of the kids on the first day.

Now, they are talking about fried donuts on tv. Time to change the channel. Watching the food network when you are hungry is not the best idea.

As JJab mentioned in the last post I did get a job. I will be teaching Pre-K in the San Diego city schools in a deaf and hard of hearing class. I am so excited to have a teaching job in Cali, especially with the economic situation and budget cuts in education. I have spent the last 3 days in my classroom, preparing it for Sept.8. "Judgement Day". I'm a little nervous about meeting my tiny students, with tiny hands. What if I can't understand their signing, because their hands are so small? That is really the only worry I have. I'm really excited to finally start my career that I have been training for the past 6 years. Pre-Kindergarten should be a lot of fun. Lots of play time for learning, and teaching basics like numbers, letters, colors, and how to write your name! My classroom is filled with toys, and you bet there will be lots of craft projects! I think JJab is the most excited though, because all the boxes of "teacher stuff" I have been hoarding for the past 3 years are finally being moved from our house to the classroom!

On a different note, I just want to give a shout out to my sister, Jordy who is recently engaged to her finance Mr. K Man. They are hoping to wed next summer, and even though she hasn't officially asked me (because she wants to do it in a cute little way, so I feel special) I'm excited to be her MOH, matron of honor. They have slowly started the planning process and I'm trying to help out as much as I can while living in another state. I wish I could be closer during this important time in her life!

Speaking of weddings, this next year J and I will be flying all over the USA, including Hawaii to attend our friends weddings. We are so excited to be able to share our friends special days with them, just as they came to our wedding!

Now I will leave you with a list of things I wish I could eat if I could eat or would eat if I had access to them:

-Stuffed Avacado from Trudy's

-Willie's Queso

-Chips and Salsa (TJ's salsa)

-A tuna sub

-Cheetos

-Fro Yo from Yogurt Planet (tart with strawberries and kiwi)

-Curly Fries or French Fries

-Popcorn from the movie theatre

-any and all fruit

-Whataburger Taquitos

-TJ's pickles

Another Day in the Sun...

Instead of this being a everyday update, it seems more like a every month thing. I promise it will get better. Well lets get caught up, once again.

Jess Jab has finally finished school, all done and off to the real world. She is already lined up to feed the economic machine that is life. Thankfully even in this time of recession she landed a teaching gig in Cali of all places. Lets stop and say "WOW". I am very proud and impressed with this young lady. She starts teaching the little people of today in September, but is prepping her classroom and attending orientation until then. I just hope she loves every minute of it.

Sad Breaking News - At this moment in time both of our soccer careers have come to a halt. We have been cut from our now former team and replaced by full time starters. I guess we will have to find another team for the time being.

Trixie, well is Trixie. She has grown a bond with two new toys. A blue rubbery frisbee and a giant, once stuffed frog. The frog has been gutted by her this past week. She intends on pulling out the stuffing a little at a time and use it has tobacco chew. We also ended up buying her some hiking shoes for our long hikes in the trails. I know, I know...why the hell would you buy your dog hiking shoes? Well, to be honest with you, I have no clue. We both thought they looked badass and we were right. Once we purchase them and velcroed her up, we realized these could also protect her paws. The one time backwards thinking worked out.

As for me, I have just been working and getting ready for another semester of nightschool. Anatomy is next on my agenda, so I have accepted the fact that long nights are in my near future. I have come to realize most professors would like to see students go broke before actually reaching their goal. Three hundred dollars for books, that is one class folks. I didnt even buy all of the recommended books. So I decided to donate myself to my lab class for any further research.

This past weekend, bro-law J Rick was in town, as well as some Zonie(Arizona Natives) friends. We made the usual trip to the Love Boat, recommended stop for any sushi-hound. Also made our way to the Del Mar horsetrack. I always go there with a sense of joy and confidence and end up living with a pit of guilt and empty pockets. We paced back in forth by the microbrew festival debating whether or not it was a good idea to drop 15 dollars for three shot glasses of beer. Seriously, I can go buy two six packs of blue moon and a dozen oranges for that. So instead of the beer, which I rarely drink anyway, I bet more on the horses. Either way you think of it, I lost money.

Sunday I made a huge mistake. Something I know better then doing, but yet I did it anyway. We went to the beach and I put zero sun screen on. I got cocky and thought my 50% persian card would protect me from the voilent rays. I was wrong and today I am still feeling the effects. Only instead of piercing pain shooting through my body when my shirt moves, I itch horribly. I cant stop itching and my skin feels like a fish out of water.

I leave you with the below:

I just heard a quote the other day that kinda got to me. "Most companies pay people enough, so as they don't quit. People work hard enough, so as they don't get fired." Sad but kinda true, especially if you don't enjoy your line of work.
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About 15 years ago when I was in San Fran, I fell for a little trick a street hustler pulled on me. I never really remember how it went until last night. I saw it again. Here it is:

Hustler: "Excuse me, excuse me. I'll make you a bet. I bet you $20 that I can tell you where you got your shoes?"

Me: Pausing a bit, thinking he would never guess it right. "Deal, there is no way you will guess that right."

Hustler: "You got them on your feet."

He was right, so I paid him. I walked away with a lesson learned.
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One last thing. I have officially decided to grow out my hair. So when you see me next, expect a fro.