february 20, 2011

It's official! I signed up last night for my half marathon. There's no backing out now. EEK!! I guess this means I need to officially get back on track with my running since it faltered those last few weeks of school. Wish me luck!

spa day

Oh. My. God. I have never been so relaxed in my entire life! My class gave me a very generous gift certificate to Milk + Honey for my birthday and I have been waiting to use it. I got the m + h Retreat which included an hour massage, a facial that lasted an hour (with shoulder, arm and hand massages in between masks), and a manicure and pedicure (with leg and feet massages and hot towel wraps) which lasted about an hour and a half. I went in at 9 and left at 1:30. Everything was so amazing and relaxing! And then I got to my manicure. At this point I was so relaxed I didn't want to talk, but my manicurist decided that wouldn't happen. 

She was very nice, and we were just small talking, until she found out I was a teacher. She started to tell me about her nephew and how strange he is, and how she doesn't think his teachers like him. She then went on to tell me her sister sent him to live with their brother for an entire year because she said he crossed his legs funny and she was worried he was gay. Apparently the fix to that was to send him to live with a man who is also a mechanic. That will get the gay out of him. She kept going on and on about how he crosses his legs funny, and she and her sister refuse to let him meet their gay friends. They're afraid he will meet them and become gay if he isn't already. She sure is lucky I'm not a lesbian. Otherwise I would've slapped her across the face with my newly painted nails. I then half pretended to sleep during my pedicure so we wouldn't have to talk about her gay nephew.

Since I got home all I have done is sleep and lay around. It has been a pretty fantastic summer day!

my past 2 weekends

Here's what you missed...

Last weekend Heather had her annual crawfish boil! Sadly I couldn't eat these, but I partook (is that the right word?) in the drinking.

Brandon thought it would be hilarious to soak us with the hose. Soon after there was quite a lot of falling, cussing, and more drinking.

This weekends activities...

Friday I finally upgraded from this giant thing to this. I thought it was time since my ancient iPod doesn't even hold a charge anymore, and running with my phone is too annoying.

On Saturday I ran in my 2nd 5k! Em ran it with me and I ran it in 37:05, 2 minutes faster than my last race. (Although dad said he thought I was going to die at the finish line because I looked so tired and hot.)

Did I forget to mention it was the gay pride run? These were the fairies that ran around cheering us on. And no, I am not being mean and calling them fairies because they're gay and they were prancing around, they were calling themselves the fairies of the race.

There was also a costume contest (of course) for their a day at the beach theme. Two dudes even ran the entire race holding a hammock between them with an inflatable banana in it.

On Sunday my parents, Nichole and I FINALLY finished painting our portables!! If my parents hadn't come in to help us we probably wouldn't even be halfway through painting!

ok i lied

So I'm back again. A few things happened today that I wanted to share.

1st: Yesterday and today were track and field so I've been wearing sunglasses outside both days. So one of my girls came up to me today and said, "You know Ms. Ewing, your face looks better with sunglasses on.".....Um, thanks?

2nd: Angie and I went to a new class at our gym called Zumba. It's a dance class, and it is AWESOME! (I especially liked the fact that the music was all Spanish rap that Stephanie and I would listen to in high school and dance around to upstairs at her place.) This cute Hispanic girl was teaching it and there was a lot of hip thrusting. Half the time I wasn't sure if I was supposed to push my butt backwards or my hips forward. The teacher kept looking at me though (because I was dumb enough to raise my hand when she asked if anyone was new to Zumba) and I know she was thinking I was a crazy uncoordinated white girl. Which, I guess I am. However I now have a new goal for the summer. Salsa dancing! Although I don't think my hips work right for it.

3rd: Way to keep it current American Idol. In the first 30 minutes their guest performers were: Alice Cooper, the Bee Gees, and Michael McDonald. I wish I was kidding.

been a long time

Yes, I know, it's been a long time. And many apologies for that. It has been crazy lately with the end of school, etc. I have had people ask why I am not posting anything, and that's why. Also don't get excited, because this is almost the end of this post. Here is something for your viewing pleasure until I get my life back.

This man was riding his bike near mine and I loved his old school headphones. In case you can't see, it's the kind where on the actual ear pieces is the radio tuner. I wonder how long he's had those old things. Also how they are still working. Finally, I hope he was listening to hard core rap on those things. Hopefully since summer is about to start I will have many exciting things to discuss!

holy cow...

So today was an interesting day. One of my parents came up and said that her daughter has been getting quite an education on the playground from another student. I asked what was going on, and apparently her daughter is being told all about sex, and that "your private parts have to go together before you get married." So not only is her daughter finding out about sex, but she's also getting a modern take on sex. She then said they had a long conversation about sex because she wanted to make sure her daughter was getting accurate information.

I did not have this conversation with my mom. THANK GOD! Instead, she handed me two books. One about sex, and the other about puberty. She then said, if you have any questions, let me know. Of course my friend Missy and I had already found these books, and read them several times, laughing at all the pictures. I love, looking back on it, that the people in the book were big fat people. After looking these books up, I looked at the pictures inside, and I love all the graphics to help you understand better. Who knew sperm was so romantic?

So back to my day. The mom then tells me on Friday, the same girl told her daughter all about abortion! And that "you don't have to keep your baby. You can take a pill. My mom almost did it."....WHAT?! Shocked at what I was told, I walked and asked the assistant principal what I should do since I have never been in this position before with kids talk about abortion. I had to call the girls mom and tell her what is being said, and please talk to your daughter about what is appropriate for school. Of course I left out the part where I know that she may, or may not, have had an abortion.

bun run

I finished my first race on the path towards a half marathon! Jillian, Crissy and Jane ran it with me. My official time hasn't been posted, but Jane said we did it in about 39 minutes. It was really fun, and I can't wait for the next one! I'm thinking the next will be early June, for the Pride 5k. It ends with a slip and slide and a special finishers towel. I'm not quite sure if that towel remark is supposed to be an innuendo, but I am excited about the slip and slide. Below is my weekend in pictures.

We saw a superhero convention or something while we drove around Austin

Carson needed to get some rest before the big day.

Our numbers!

Before the race began.

At the water stops they were passing out cinnamon rolls. Of course Crissy got one and didn't realize she had icing all over her face. Unfortunately, you can only see a little bit of what was all over her. There was quite a bit more than that.

Almost done!

We made it!

The Heleniak's tried to make it down but didn't make it. They decorated my door instead. One of the yellow streamers said "Caution, Best Runner Coming!", and another said "Yahoo Ms. Ew! I love you!" It was super cute!