T.G.I.F.

Believe it or not, I have yet another story of anxiety and uncertainty to share with you all.  But today is not the day for dipping into the endless depths of my neuroses, today is the day for rejoicing in the sunshine and that fact that today is FRIDAY!

A confession that is either funny or embarrassing, probably a combination of the two:

Have I ever told you about that time when, early in my relationship with Colby, I was musing at length on how his R.A. could have possibly gotten her car from Alaska to her on campus apartment in Louisiana.  I eventually settled on the fact that she had probably taken a ferry, and was satisfied with my conclusion, when Colby kindly took my hand and explained to me that Alaska was not in fact an island unto itself as seemed to be the impression that I had formed over countless years of geography classes, and just maybe she had driven her car down to Louisiana from Alaska.

Well, last night we were watching an episode of Rick Steves where he was exploring the beautiful country of Greece.  As the television zoomed us in on a map of Europe, to highlight Greece, I made a dive for the remote and hit rewind and play again for another look at the unzoomed in map.  As it turns out, Greece is not, in fact an island, as I have thought for as long as I can remember.  I don't know where I got all of these misconceptions about how countries are connected or not connected to their neighboring countries, but I feel confident that it is somehow my 5th grade teacher's fault.  This is in sharp contrast to Colby, who actually spends his free time looking up random locations on Google Earth.

Things that are kind of adorable:

One of my little angel-faced 1st graders, who is obsessed with High School Musical, Indiana Jones, and efforts to combine those two interests, has taken to calling himself Hoops Man, and everytime I call him by his real name, he gives me a reproving glance and an enormous sigh.  I can't decide if his reaction to my faux pas is more precious than the nickname and his near idol worship of Zac Ephron, so I just sort of alternate between calling him Hoops Man and his real name.

Things that I am excited about:

1) The sun is shining, and it is downright WARM for Washington in March, at a pleasant 50 degrees.

2) The kids are generally easier to handle on a Friday afternoon, and oftentimes, downright enjoyable and entertaining.

3) I get to get dressed up for two separate events this weekend--a casino night birthday party for one of my friends tonight, and Colby's birthday dinner tomorrow night at the schmancy, well reviewed Seattle restaurant, Chez Shea.

4) I am leaving for Baton Rouge in exactly two weeks and one day, and I just found out that there is a very high degree of possibility that not only will I be seeing my family and friends while there, but my little sister will be making the seven hour drive down from her school in Missouri for the weekend!!  I haven't seen her since my wedding in November of 2007, and seeing as she is one of my top favorite people in the whole world, I am absolutely ecstatic that I might be seeing her very soon!

I hope that you are all going to be enjoying a fantabulous weekend, and if you have any good news of your own that you would like to share, I'm sure it would go a long way toward sustaining my suspiciously out of character and out of season good mood!

Comments

[shani]

If you had the 9th grade geography teacher I had, you might also thing that California has lots of equators, and that volcanoes are made from sunken ships that pile up in the ocean. Really. On the embarrassed side, I am a little ashamed to call you my friend right now. Just a little;)

I will be SO TOTALLY EXCITED if Britty can get to BR. She told me she might try, but didn't think she could, so oh my god! That would be so fantastic! The last time I saw her was Christmas of 2007! EEEEEKKKK!!!!

[Brittany]

Buh!! BR here I come!! I can't wait!! I love having things to look forward to ;)

[katelin]

umm yeah i thought greece was an island too. whoops. but yay for a fun weekend and baton rouge, woo!

[TasterSpoon]

I was going to tell you that my 8th grade history teacher taught us that the U.S. had 48 states, but shani topped me.

[Operation Pink Herring]

I just Google-mapped it, and it sure LOOKS like it's connected to land, but I can't really be sure since everything is in Greek. This is America! When I google "Athens, Greece", I want to see a fucking pointer that says "Athens, Greece", not "Athínai, Greece" because I can't really be sure we're talking about the same Greece, now can I? And I can't think of any other cities that I'm positive are in Greece (Sparta? Is that still a city? Not according to Google Maps...)

You blew my mind with this whole Greece is not an island thing. Alaska, that I knew... but there are lots of Alaskan islands, to be fair. I don't fault you for that one!

[Becky aka Stinkylemsky]

Good news? Well, I heard the birds chirping all day today through my open windows - if that's not good news, I don't know what is!

[The Incubator]

Let's go back a little farther in teacher history -- what happened to the "Greek Isles"? Just asking?

[Becky]

Well that sun was certainly short lived and disappaeared just in time for our weekend, didn't it?

I think the confusing part about Greece is the fact that it does have so many little islands that are only reachable by ferry.

[Jay]

I believe it was you and this exceptionally chipper post that scared away all of our warm weather. A pox on you!

[Jass]

I'm pretty good with geography, but when it comes to Africa, I'm blurry where all the countries are.

But hey on another note, I could so see you vacationing in Greece. Just saying! ;)

[E.P.]

I thought the same thing about Greece when I was younger. You are NOT alone. (:

And I'm so excited that you are going to Baton Rouge! Where do you plan on visiting? And what will you do while there?