Working Girl

Buy me a drink 'cause this woman just got a job! It's been over 10 years since I have been a contributing member of the workforce so I'm a bit rusty but I know it will all come to me.

I was hired on by the school district as a teacher's aide. Looks like I will be helping students with reading and math. 6 hours per day, days off with the kiddos, summer vacations. Wooo Hooo! What could be better.

Of course, the family already has my first 12 paychecks spent on things we have had to put off buying for the last 10 years. Seems like a Wii is one of the first things on the list. If we can find one. What's the deal with that? I can understand them being hard to find during the Christmas rush but year-round? Hmmm....

On to the creative front...or not. I have been home alone this weekend so you might think I would have done a ton of knitting, scrapping, creating. You'd be sadly mistaken. Basically I slept a lot, ate substandard meals and watched some really cheesy Exorcist movies. Apparently the first one was the only really scary one.

Hey, here's a little factoid for you. The guy who played Grima Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings is the same guy who played Billy Bibbitt in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and he also played in Exorcist III: The Legion. His name is Brad Dourif.

Back to the creativity. I did go over to a friend's house to look at her daughter's new bedroom. I am going to help make curtains and I think we are going to modify twin sheets to make the curtains. I know it's supposed to be uber easy but I have never done it before so I am really looking forward to it.

I think I am off to finish knitting my little soap saver sack thing. I can get it done today if I focus.

Happy Summer.