Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day! hehe. I took a math methods class several years ago, and the teacher made that joke. So every March 14th, I remember this. Ok. I'm done being geeky now.
On Friday at work, I was putting a bottle on the shelf, and I must have bent my knee strangely because all of a sudden my knee felt weird, and I got suddenly dizzy. I'm not completely sure what I exactly did, but I think I simply strained it. It doesn't hurt most of the time, but it just hurts when I sit down or stand up. However, if I sit or stand for awhile, it stops hurting. I've just been icing and heating it. Hopefully, it will stop hurting soon.

I had a good weekend that was spent with my mother. I was given Saturday off from work, and my mom and I had gone to Ikea. I have only been there once before, so it was nice to go again. Shopping at Ikea is like buying and decorating a house in the Sims games. That is because there is display area where they have model rooms that are already completely decorated, and you can pick anything from those rooms to decorate that room in your house. For example, if you like the bedspread and mirror combination in the model bedroom, there are the items you need nearby so you can bring it home and decorate it. Another reason why Ikea is like Sims is because on the other level, you can buy decorative knick knacks for your house, and you can choose from different colors and models. I bought a flour sifter, a corkscrew, 6 wine glasses, a dryer rack, and a silverware separator. And each item I bought had different choices of models and colors to choose from. Still, I was happy with my decision.
After Ikea, we went down the street to Bed, Bath and Beyond so I could finally spend my gift card. I ended up buying a purple blanket comforter for my bed to go with the purple sheets and pillow cases. After that, mom and I had lunch at Panera Bread nearby.
This morning I went to church and bible class, and after spending a little more time with mom and moe, I went home. I spent the last two nights there sleeping in my sister's room on her hard mattress. I think because it was too hard, I didn't sleep very well. So, it is nice to be back in my own bed. :)

The new Pepsi

Hi all! Today has been surprising. I had to work essentially 9-5 today because today is Wednesday, which in Nick's Liquors #8 language, today is delivery day. We get about half of our deliveries every Wednesday, including most or all of the liquor. This also means that on Wednesdays, I get to see my uncle Nick, who is currently the Nick in Nick's Liquors :). Mostly this is an ok thing for me, unless I am doing something screwy or wrong at the time when he is visiting and evaluating. In that case, he has to play the boss card and not the uncle card and scold me. When he was here today, I was in a crazy mood because I was still going nuts about the dream that I had in the previous post, and so I was jumping up and down and making Erin, my boss, laugh.
There was a time when she and I were talking and laughing like crazy, and Nick happened to notice, and I have to just write down exactly what was said:
Nick: What are you guys on?
Erin: Nothing.
Me: Pepsi!
Nick: I used to drink Pepsi, I never got like that!
Erin: This must be a new kind.


Also, since I was off yesterday, I told Amy and Erin my crazy dream, and both thought it was funny. Chris, our Miller sales rep, also heard the dream, and thought I was crazy.
At the beginning of the dream story
Chris: Did this really happen Megan, or is this a dream?
Megan: This was a dream.
Chris: Oh good, because if this was a real school, I want my daughter to stay far away from it.

After the dream was told
Chris: Megan, you've gotta stop drinking before you go to sleep!

Upon hearing that I don't, in fact, drink that much
Chris: Oh, well, maybe you should start drinking before bed.

weird dream

I had a weird dream last night. I dreamt I had a teaching job, which is weird enough :), but in the school, there was a classroom that wasn't a classroom, but a doctor's office. It was a cosmetic surgeon, and he was offering a sale on nose jobs. I contemplated, but they didn't have anything I liked.

Overwhelmed

Overwhelmed is kind of the emotion I am feeling today. It was pretty much an all day emotion. I had my therapy session today, and we talked about how I should be more assertive towards more people in my life. My doctor did say that I had been assertive toward my life with my dad and moved out of his house, and apparently, I shouldn't stop there. future events hopefully will help me out with this.
After work today, I went to class and the overwhelming started right at the beginning. First, because of my lateness to register, I didn't get some messages from my teacher. and so I couldn't do the problems that were due today. But that's ok because we are not going to hand them in until next week. We then began the lesson. This whole class confuses me. I don't understand what is going on. The class is middle school math, but when I was in middle school and high school, I was in remedial math courses, so I have not been exposed to pre calculus, trigonometry or calculus work, but that's what it sounds like to me. Hopefully, this feeling will not last long.

Crazy Monday, Lazy Tuesday

Yesterday was crazy. It was the start of the new semester at IUN, and as of 9am when I started my work shift yesterday, I had not registered for classes this semester. My original plan was to work my shift until 3pm, and then drive to campus and talk to someone at the educational department and ask them for advice on which classes to take. You may be asking, why didn't I ask my advisor these questions. Well, when I heard the news that I wouldn't be student teaching, and I would have this semester open, I emailed my advisor, and left her a message at her office. Neither of these were returned by her. As I was getting ready to leave work, I thought I should try my advisor again and see if I couldn't get ahold of her. Well, luckily, she answered her office phone this time. Apparently she had not gotten my email or my message, so I had to explain to her why my semester was open. I thin asked her if we could move my last elective class to this semester rather than in the summer, and what are my options for the elective class. She stated that there was one class that was mostly online, except for a few Saturdays, and it was about the curriculum for preschool students. that sounded interesting, and I believe I had taken something similar to that before. However, when my advisor told me about the other class, a middle school math class, she got excited. There was a teeny time constraint though because it was supposed to start at 4pm that afternoon, and it was already 3 30. She was determined though. She was saying, "How far are you from campus? Can you come right now? You should really take this class, I can tell the teacher You'll be a little late!" I was a little overwhelmed, but I agreed to choose this one, and I set for campus, which luckily was about 20 minutes away, so I got there on time. My teacher is nice, and excitable. she seemed happy about everything and she was full of energy. We already have math unit plans scheduled and due. I chose to do an elementary geometry unit, which could be fun and challenging. I'm just glad that I don't have to waste this semester, and not take a class when I still have one to take.
One point about the class yesterday was that even though I was paying attention to what was on the syllabus, I was enthralled by this guy's shirt. He sat in front of me, so I could only look at the back, but it featured the scariest part of The Shining movie. If you've seen the movie, the scariest part in my opinion was when the kid, Danny comes across the two dead girls, and they start talking to him! The back of this shirt had their pictures and what they said. I only saw the front of the shirt for a little bit, but there was too much writing on it for me to read in that instant, and an online search has not shown me a duplicate. I want his shirt!!!!!
After school last night, I went to Melissa's, and played with her WiiFit. When I left there around midnight, it was snowing, and nobody had plowed anything, so the drive was kind of rough, but I made it home safely.
I had the day off from work today, and I just thought I would stay home and get some stuff done, like laundry and cleaning. Also here, I can do my own WiiFit. I've reached my weight loss goal for the last two weeks on my wii Fit, and I set up a new one for the next two weeks.

"If you don't have a valentine, come anyway, and maybe you'll find one"

HeHe. Hi all. The title is an exert from the church bulletin this morning. Apparently, the youth group at my church are going to put together a valentine's dinner for the adults in the church. There will be an italian dinner, dance lessons, and babysitting available. Tickets per couple are $25 dollars. It kinda sounds like a really cheap prom to me. And just like my prom, I sort of have a date, but he will not be here to go. So if I go anyway, will I maybe find a valentine anyway? :)
I had a day somewhat planned, but I guess because it was somewhat planned, it fell apart. Yesterday, I talked to Melissa, and she stated that since today was Sunday, and I had the day off from work and would be in Munster anyway to go to church, why don't I stay in town and we can hang out. That sounded fine with me, so I got up early this morning and drove to church, and when that was done, I got in touch with Melissa. However, she had said that she wasn't expecting us to hang out during the day, and she had made plans during the day with her boyfriend Benjamin because supposedly he was leaving for an extended stay in Ohio tomorrow. I told her ok, and I would stay in town for a little while longer. Later this afternoon, we got in touch again, and she said she and Benjamin were going to see a movie at 5. I decided to just forget it and let them spend their day together. So I went home. I'm not mad exactly, don't know how to feel, but that's pretty normal.
I work 9-3 tomorrow, then I have to go to IUN. Have I mentioned that I am not student teaching in the spring anymore on this blog, not sure. If I did, I am sorry I am repeating myself. I ended up not passing one of the tests I took in November, and so I cannot student teach until I pass it. The next test date is in March, and I am already signed up to take it. It's just that now I have a semester that is completely wide open, and I have one more elective class to take. I have been trying to get in touch with me advisor to ask her what are my options, but she has not answered my emails or phone calls. So tomorrow, I have to make a trip to IUN and see if I can ask someone in the education department this question. Wish me luck.
Well, now I feel kind of depressed, so I am going to close here, goodnight all.