Almost there...

I feel like I'm limping toward Thanksgiving. I got sick this week and went in an hour late to work today. I thought about not going in at all, but the week after Thanksgiving I'm going to a conference in Boston for two school days and I don't really want to miss that much school. But since I was not feeling well, I think I was extra impatient with my kids.

There was a boy who had asked to take a test later because he missed two days of school this week. We were arranging to meet today and he said that he couldn't meet second period because he had to take a test. Then when I came in second period, he was lying on a bench with a cushion under his head talking to his friends. When I pointed out to him that he had told me he was going to be busy, he said he was studying for a test. His friends confirmed that, but I told him that he should try a little harder to look like he was studying. Then I said that I could only meet with him for the last fifteen minutes of lunch instead of the whole period. I wasn't going to let him waste too much of my time. Annoying kids. They goof off then expect me to help them on their time schedule. But I bet that's what we do to mommy and daddy sometimes and they're always gracious. I never know when to be gracious or when to hold a kid to a standard. Does that magically come when you become a parent.

On a happier note, tomorrow is Cindy's early Thanksgiving party. I get to practice making my tasty stuffing and some desserts. Yippee! I just hope I feel better by then...but that won't stop me from going shopping with Tut and looking for presents with the Gap and Ann Taylor friends and family cards.

Depressed

So I got the worst grade in the entire class for my math exam. I feel numb. This is beyond anger, frustration, sadness...just an utter feeling of hopelessness. I think I know what it feels like to drown now. You can't breathe you just feel something filling in your lungs and you look out, knowing you can do nothing to save yourself. You have kicked until you can kick no more and then you sink into oblivion--death. I don't know why this is happening. Did I do something wrong? Why is God letting this happen? Why not? I thought I did better on this exam than the last one but apparently not. The average was a 41/65 and I got an 18/65. Yeah, beyond the range of impressive. I've emailed my TA and I have the final left. 40% is still up for grabs. But who am I kidding myself? Clearly I don't get anything about math. I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. Only that I can't wait to go to heaven, where there are no grades to weigh us down--to tell us that we are worthless.

Sorry to be such a downer. But I just thought I'd let you know.

These are a few of Wug's favorite things....

Wug is currently falling asleep over her Chemistry problem set, so what better way to stay awake than to post on our revived blog? Today was a long day...Priceton is hosting a Christian Worldview Conference that took up my morning/early afternoon, and then I had to practice piano and do a Down Syndrome training for an event next Saturday. I'm going to be paired up with a DS kid for a day and take him/her around a carnival on Princeton campus. They kind of scared us during training, though, because we had to go through all these hypothetical situations like "what if your kid runs away when you're not looking?" or "what if your kids feigns illness?" or "what if your kid doesn't want to leave the snack table?" I wanted to laugh when I heard the snack table thing (that just sounds like us at Trader Joes and Costco...), but apparently, some DS children can't tell when they're full so they keep eating until they throw up. I hope I get paired up with an easy "buddy" for the day. Traditionally, I'm not a very nice babysitter (at least at the B and G club this summer), so I'll have to try extra hard to be sensitive to a DS kid.

Anywho, Krissy asked us earlier what we would do with an entirely free day. Wonder when that will be? Wug is not too exciting, but an ideal day would mean...
-Wug practices piano (as always, otherwise I would get severe Wong feeling)
-Krissy, Tut, and Wug go to a bookstore with Jamba Juice
-Wug buys Tut one million apples and persimmons (and maybe a banana for Bro if I feel especially benevolent that day)
-Wug and Krissy make many tasties
-Krissy, Tut, and Wug take a nice pleasant walk around Philly when the weather's nice and the leaves are purdy
-Wug finally gets to read Shadow of the Hedgemon
-Krissy, Tut, and Wug have a knitting/movie party
-Wug goes to sleep at 10:00 (on an extremely late night)

Okay, enough dilly dallying. Time to return to dreaded Chemical Bonding...Thanksgiving is only 8 school days away!

Les Mis

Hello,

So after all that worry and stress, we didn't buy the Les Mis tickets for Philly. It won't be very fun unless ALL the sisters are there. Issy said we can go to NY and see it one day (one day more!) aka in January. Maybe during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend? Then no one will be stressed out. I will do research on it and let y'all know. And remember we always must be TOGETHER in PARIS otherwise nothing is quite as enjoyable.

So I'm sitting here finishing my meal from Boston Market. I just got back to my room and starting eating the leftovers from my lunch approximately ten minutes ago. I think I must have a high metabolism. I love going to church with my friend Christine because we always eat good food afterwards-Vietnamese place, Boston Market, Kochs. It's the highlight of my week...the food! Well that's only if I don't see Issy and drink peppermint hot chocolate. I'm glad Issy is in Philly, otherwise I would die. I am glad Wug always listens to my masshed up life woes, or I would die. Pretty much, Tut-(Issy+Wug)=Undefined. Oh Yeah, talk about some good maf skilz. Okay I'm going to do some work for once in my life. After I finish these mashed potaters. Boston Market is TASTY. We should go there when Wug comes.

Yarlow

Sorry I have been MIA on our blog. I'm sure if there were going to be awards for most excellent blog, we would win more awards than Rachel Lynde's prize winning cabbages. I don't really have much to report about life, except I have lots to do this weekend. Thank goodness for little Argles who comes and plans Tut's day. I realize I am very helpless/ good for nuthin/ more of a Schlieffer than Uncle Hyman.

I am off schedule this morning because one of my neighbors (who is not Richard) was up yelling on the phone at 7 in the morning. So I woke up 20 min. late from my Wug schedule. I know I should not stress and just do work. I am not very focused, I wish I were. Except that's something you can control so I guess if I don't do well on things for lack of focus that it is my fault. Academia is not my cup of tea. In high school I was under the illusion I was smart, and now quoth Beast "Well look at me!" Oh well, pretty soon we will be on a jolly holiday with Issy and then everything will be all right, Precious.

If I had a free day, well, I would sleep for eight hours straight (Oh boy!) And then I would go to the Nordstrom Rack or Ann Taylor Loft. All the while being with Issy and eating many tasty treats. Oh, and perhaps a visit to Aija for some delicioso katsu chicken donburi. Yah, Yah, and THEN I would either read a non school book or watch a movie, or write to mum or eat one thousand apples. Wouldn't it be loverly??

Man, I'm kind of depressed. Here's something for your viewing pleasure. It makes me happy. I know... I am extremely shallow. Muahahahah. I'm TUT!

Laf, Tut

I have my life back!

Just so we don't feel like we have to post with pictures all the time, I'm going to post without a picture. So there! =P

I am overjoyed to be waking up on a Saturday without my alarm going off. Of course, I was up by 7 anyway since I went to sleep at 11, but that's irrelevant. I was an exhausted Krissy yesterday. A kid cheated in my class and I spent hours talking to people about it and deciding what to do and then I went to a party at a coworker's place and then to Starbucks and then to the school play. But the really cool thing is that Starbucks now has the red cups! And you know what that means...peppermint hot chocolate! A lady got a free beverage coupon right in front of me because they messed up on her drink order and then they accidentally made a hot chocolate that they weren't supposed to make so I think this store makes mistakes a lot. They're really new. And there's a Chipotle next to it (Qdoba's competitor) and a California Pizza Kitchen's going to open up soon! We have to visit it when it does.

So today, all I really have to do is write one recommendation and grade papers. That should only take about three hours! So what else does Krissy want to do today?

-go running
-go to an apple store to see if they can resurrect my other laptop (if they can, it's yours, tut)
-read a book
-write the application to become a member of city church
-look for new pumas - maybe brown and pink or blue

What do YOU want to do when you have a free day? Let's make lists so that when everyone's here for Thanksgiving, we can play!