Thoughts from Babs

Things I learned
Friday, May 16, 2003 02:35 p.m.
I have learned a lot in the past 24 hours. Beginning with this: If I drive to happy hour at Baby A's 1 margarita is definitely my limit. This would not be what happened yesterday. I drove to happy hour and then drank not only the 2 margaritas I purchased, but also most of Ashlee's 2nd, which she could not finish. Luckily, Ally saved the day and drove us home. The second thing I learned was that trampolines are not outrageously priced. We have wanted one for awhile (and I mean a big huge one, not just a little one) and went to Sam's last night to buy one. I was concerned because I did not know if they let you purchase trampolines while under the influence, but Ashlee informed me that they only care about your mental state when you are buying liquor or getting your body altered (pierced, tattooed). So, we got a trampoline, a very reasonably priced one, might I add. The next thing I learned is that, while very heavy, trampolines are quite easy to put together when you have 6 girls who are determined. Next, I rediscovered something I already knew . . . jumping on a trampoline is one of the most fun things I have ever done. I did discover today though that it is not all that fun when you are jumping at home alone and you try to flip but forget to tuck your head and almost break your neck. I guess the last thing I learned was that my belly button ring was the opposite of every single other one on the face of the earth. I lost the ball and instead of getting to just buy a new ball, I had to buy a whole new ring. But, the new one has just the right amount of bling bling, so I am pretty happy with it. Now I am super-psyched because there are 3 parties that I get to go to this weekend (as opposed to the usual 0 parties). There should be a fair amount of drama to email about on Monday (if the weekend goes well!!)

Happy, happy
Thursday, May 15, 2003 10:53 a.m.
There really is nothing better than good friends and a good margarita. (I am imagining a round of "Here, heres"!) It seems like Thursday happy hour really is the absolute best thing to get you in that weekend frame of mind. Not the one you're in all week because you don't want to do any work, but that one where you know the weekend is really close to being here and you get excited about all the fun possibilities there are for it. It seems like there is such promise in each and every weekend, you never know exactly where you'll go or who you will meet. But, if you are in my circle of friends, you do know that it will be absolutely amazing!!

Goodbye Dawson
Wednesday, May 14, 2003 09:42 p.m.
So, even though I was not a die hard fan of "The Creek", like my roommate Jill, I still felt the urge to watch the last episode EVER. I must admit that there was something satisfying, albeit sad, about watching Joey and Pacey together after all those years. But, I still stand by my opinion that having Jen die was a totaly cop out. I mean, she was one of the original 4, but she was the 4th out of 4. I must stop here and point out to everyone that I do realize that these people are not real, but I still feel a need to see their lives resolved. I do still think that Dawson, even though he does get to finally meet with Spielberg, will lead an unfulfilled life and die alone because his one true love, Joey, was stolen/ borrowed ("you never really steal anything from a friend"- foreshadowing much?) by his best friend. Anyway, I guess since they are not real they will be fine.

A wish come true?
Tuesday, May 13, 2003 05:04 p.m.
So today I got yet ANOTHER crappy email that said I would get anything I wished for as long as I forwarded the dumb thing to like, 15 people. Umm, forgive me if I am wrong but the only thing I am for sure going to get if I forward this stupid thing is 15 people who are mad at me for junking up their email inboxes with something they DON'T WANT OR NEED! Checking email is kind of like opening a present for me. I mean, someone thought of me and wanted to acknowledge that thought and sent me something. Usually I really enjoy it. But, when I open a dumb chain letter that tells me to forward it to 15 of my (former) closest friends, I feel like you do when you open up a Christmas gift and it is socks, or something totally lame like that. I also don't take kindly to taking orders from the computer screen. Maybe that is just me (but I sincerely doubt it). So, in conclusion, what have we learned today? If you have the privelege of having my email address, don't send me stupid crap that I have already read 38 billion times and chosen not to foward each time because I obviously think more highly of my friends than you do. Sorry about going off, but I really hate that!

Hello!
Monday, May 12, 2003 09:26 p.m.
Ok,well I feel like sometimes random stuff pops into my head so I wanted to make those things available to the general public (ok, so probably just to Paige, who will be the only person to read this with any dedication. Love you, Paige). :) Anywho . . . I think that some of the stuff is funny/ interesting, but I never actually get to tell it to anyone because it is kind of weird to say something like "So, I was thinking earlier" and then add in your random thought. So, I thought this would be perfect. Things are pretty normal right now, except for every 2nd grade teachers' nightmare happened to me today. Yup, one of the kids in my class puked all over the floor. It was pretty freakin disgusting, especially since those of you who know me realize that I cannot stand to see/ hear/ smell/ taste throw up at all. I got my kids out or the room as soon as possible and called the office without actually having to look at it, but of course they all felt the need to describe it to me. YUCK! All of you should be very happy to have jobs where 1) People you work with on a daily basis realize it is socially unacceptable to throw up in your workspace; 2) your coworkers do not feel the need to describe extremely nasty things to you; and 3) even if a coworker throws up, you are not responsible for getting it cleaned up. But, I guess it is all in a day's work for me and I am just lucky that it hadn't happened before now.