have you seen this cat?

People have been asking about Luna, so I thought I would give an update. Unfortunately she hasn't made her way back home. I put up lost cat flyers all around and in doors around my apartment, I've called the microchip people, vets around my complex, and continue to walk around my complex daily looking and calling for her. One of the maintenance guys that pick up trash found her collar yesterday near my apartment. It was a break-away collar so I'm hoping she's ok. 

Rebecca asked if I was going to get a new cat, and I think the best thing to do is wait until I move. As long as I live here, she still knows where home is, and she might show up. But when/if I move, I guess that's the end of that. Hopefully she shows up soon though, it sure is quiet and lonely around my apartment without her. It was sad, the other day when I was grading papers I looked over ready to pet Luna (she always sits right next to me) and then I realized she wasn't there to pet. I'll let you know if there are any other developments!

the face on the milk carton

Luna has been missing since Thursday. I'm not quite sure what to do at this point. I have walked around my apartment building yelling her name, looking into bushes (I'm sure my neighbors at this point think I'm a peeping tom), and shaking her food bowl. She usually comes when I shake her food bowl., so I don't know what to do. Here are the possibilities of where Luna is:

1. She is on a grand adventure killing birds, and enjoying being outside.
2. She froze to death like a cat popsicle since it has been freezing here the past few nights.
3. She was killed and/or eaten by one of the animals living in the Greenbelt which is behind my complex
4. She is over me, and found a new home to live in.

Either way, I'm sad, lonely, and worried about her. I would ask everyone who reads to be on the lookout, but the only people that read this don't live in Austin. When I got back from my long run this morning I thought I saw her in the bushes and I got so excited and sat down and said, "Luna! Come here!" The cat walked over, and it was a fat, ugly cat. I turned my nose up at it and walked away. It was a really mean trick. In case you forgot what my lovely Luna looks like, here she is.

I guess my afternoon will now consist of making and hanging fliers around my complex. Come home Luna!

halloween

Wes and I are fans of game shows. Two years ago we were Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly from Match Game.

 

This year we decided that we needed to bring back contestants from an awesome gameshow known as Supermarket Sweep.

The house party we were going to go to ended up being a bust, so we decided to go to Ego's, our favorite karaoke bar. It was a great decision! The crazies were out in full force. Surprisingly no one but Wes sang any Halloween songs. Knowing our history of Halloween together (the Match Game picture ended with Wes getting hit by a car...for real. We then had a city bus drive just the two of us home since he wouldn't be able to drive his car because his wheel chair was so busted up.) this was by far the most successful! Here are a few pictures from last night.

i'm quitting my job...

And joining the circus! For Angie's bachelorette party we went trapezing! (Is that even a word?) So we got to the trapeze place and first practiced doing our trick on a bar close to the ground. After that we got our belts on for the safety line and we started! The first time I climbed up the tiny ladder I was terrified! My legs were shaking so badly while I was holding the bar waiting to go. (Angie had to be pushed off on her first time.) So I couldn't get my legs up over the bar the first time and I was pretty mad. One of the guys started telling me what I did wrong and pushing my body into the position I should have done. The second time I was awesome!

After that one someone said I should quit my day job and join the circus. So I got to go 3 times and then it got serious. It was then time for the catch! So for the catch we do all of the same things, except at the end when we have our hands out we have to grab the girls hands. So when I saw this girl I was worried. She was pretty little, definitely smaller than me. How is she going to catch, and hold on to me? I had strict instructions from Angie's mom not to break any bones for the wedding. The first few people that went didn't catch her. One lady even let go WAY to early and literally face planted into the other lady! Luckily she had a harness on and there was a net, otherwise she would have totally died falling from that high. Pat did something similar on her catch...

Finally it was my turn and I was so worried I was going to do something wrong, and not get to do the catching part. Would I not get my knees up again? Would I let go to early and knock that girl off her bar? There were a lot of things going through my mind. Here's what happened.

I was totally awesome! I really should join the circus. I can't wait to go back and do new tricks!

time: 8:40 am; location: riverside

You can probably guess with the title of this entry that something happened, once again. Well, you'd be right. I was running with my running group yesterday morning, and we were almost done with our 4 mile run. (The farthest I've run to date.) The end of our run has us running down Riverside on the sidewalk towards Congress. Literally 2 minutes away from where we started it happened. There was a manhole cover slightly up and I didn't see it and I tripped! 

I was literally inches away from smashing my face on the concrete when I somehow forward rolled onto my right shoulder into the grass! I don't understand. How am I doing these forward rolls instead of smashing my face? Don't get me wrong, I am glad I'm doing it, I just don't understand how it happens. I'm not thinking, wow, I'm about to loose my teeth, maybe I should roll out of this fall? Whatever, I'm not going to question it. I didn't come out unscathed however, and thank god no one tripped over me and fell. I, of course, fell on my other knee and scratched the crap out of my palms and right elbow.

You know how famous people die in threes? I'm now assuming I will fall in threes. (Crissy, is this true? I know you fall a lot.) I'll let you know when it happens again. I'm sure it will be within the week since that's what happened this time.

time: 6:10 pm, location: casis

Let me begin by letting you know what I am wearing today. I'm wearing a super cute plaid dress and brown wedges. So, Nichole and I stayed late to plan for next week, and while we were planning we realized we forgot to make copies of a few things we need for tomorrow. So we walked over to the fourth grade hall to make said copies. The quickest way to get there is to walk outside the building from our hallway to the other hallway. On our way back we were having a lovely discussion, both of us holding a stack of papers, as well as 10 paper clipped stacks of small pieces of paper for a game we're playing.

Next thing I know my hands are flying in the air, my papers go flying! I fall on my knees and do a forward roll to my back. As I am doing my forward roll I distinctly remember thinking, "wow, my dress is over my head right now." After my forward roll I am laying on the ground outside with my dress up to my waist, panties on display. I start laughing hysterically. Nichole looks down at me laughing hysterically. I look over and my papers are EVERYWHERE! I finally get enough sense to pull my dress down and sit up. My knee at this point it super bloody, my hip hurts, my elbow is bleeding, my wrist hurts, and we are still laughing. Nichole finally asks between laughs how she can help me. I say I have no idea.

Finally I get up and she helps me get all my papers. As we finish the walk to the room I ask what happened, and how ridiculous I looked. Her response, "I have no idea what happened! We were talking and I was looking at you, and the next thing I know you're on your back laughing." Hopefully we picked up all of the game pieces so we can still play the game tomorrow.

I seriously don't remember the last time I actually fell. Can you get workers comp for this?

portraits

It's that time of year again! In the first week of school we do a lot of get to know you stuff. One of the things we do is partner them up and they interview each other, and then they draw a portrait of each other. I of course give them tips on how to draw faces, remind them to try to match the colors of their eyes, skin, etc. Of course tears ensue from those who can't draw and are being made fun of by their partner. We definitely still do this more for our amusement than anything else since the kids don't really like doing it. Here are the gems from this year. (Unfortunately I have an even number of kids so no one drew me. Although I kind of want to make each of them draw me just for the fun of it.)

This last one was brought to me with no hair on the top of the head, and I made him go back because she was bald. Also please note the "freckles" all over her face, and her mismatched teeth. Nichole said she looks like a meth addict and she couldn't stop laughing. This is definitely one of my favorites. Enjoy!