So, here I am, joining the masses. I have my own blog.

Today has been fairly typical. I hit snooze appoximately 6 times on both my alarm clocks whilst cursing the whole "Monday is the beginning of the work week" theory. You'd think I would have been intelligent and not gone into teaching, since I feel this way, but no. It's a sad testiment to my mental capacities.

I managed to arrive at school at about 7:25. I realized I didn't have our bi-weekly Monday staff meeting! Huzzah! While the elementary side has core group meetings on the off weeks, we in the upper grades do not. I admit this to be slightly ironic, since none of them have the same students and each of us in the upper grades do. However, I'm not willing to point this out and be the one who requires us to be here 15 minutes early on the off-Mondays. I mean, Tuesday-Friday we have devotions at 7:45, so it is nice that I can catch a break once every two weeks--even if it is at the beginning of the week.

I go through the routine of teaching 6th grade, 9-10th grades, breathe for break, 11-12th grades, Drama, breathe for Lunch, 6th grade Bible, 7-8th grades, and finally the glorious prep period. I truly hope that next year I have my prep at the end of the day as well, as I have been spoiled this year.

Well, since this is my first entry, I suppose I should also include what is going on in my non-professional life, which sometimes feels nonexistent. I am singing in the HCC summer choir. I have been recruited to play Farmer McDonald in the Kid's musical at church, provided Sean Howard cannot. He has been Mr. McD, but recently got a new job in which he may have to work the weekend of the musical. Diane Johnson was freaking out, so my roommate, Kristen, suggested that I understudy (after speaking to me) the role. She plays Mrs. McD, and we thought maybe we could make them sisters. We talked to Diane after church on Friday night--it was nice to see her face relax a bit! :)

My cousin Halley is moving to L.A. on Wednesday to join her sister Kelsey. I think I'm gonna miss her a lot. I guess the probability of working at Disneyland with Kelsey, Carlos, Austin, Millie and the others, along with going to FIDM was too enticing. I just have to ask, am I not as fun as Disneyland??????????????????

May 6 and 14 are big days for me at the school. I will be taking a group of 6 (Beth, Nathan, Jon, Lacey, Katie and Megan) students down to Sacramento for the day to see the Broadway tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie (hence my title!). Sadly, I won't get to see the brilliant Sutton Foster for this third time, but I've heard that Darcie is amazing when singing my favorite song, "Gimme Gimme." May 14 is our final social for Student Council. A luau; how original. I do think it will be fun, though.

So, I shall sign off and wonder just what compelled me to conform to this aspect of pop culture. Perhaps it was my need to enlighten others to my simple life. Perhaps it was my driving need to write anything at all.