Order of the Phoenix

First Harry Potter stills of the 5th movie coming out in July. I found these on pinkisthenewblog.com. The lady on the left is Professor Umbridge.

Allergies are Horrible

Boo I'm sick! Whenever I skimp on the allergy medicine, I'm more susceptible to colds. I had been having a relatively symptom-free hay fever season for a while. Ever since I started taking rhinocort, a corticosteroid antihistamine spray, a few years ago, hay fever season is not a problem anymore. I usually start taking the spray in mid-August before the season starts until the first frost. The spray is not like over the counter decongestant stuff, which has a lot of side effects.

Anyways, I forgot to bring the spray to Notre Dame so I missed two mornings of medicine and I was outside for most of the day letting the ragweed attack me. Now I have sinusitis, basically a cold started from allergies. It's weird how I was perfectly fine after work yesterday and when I come home, bam! I have a headache, runny nose and feel miserable. I guess it's better than feeling sick at work...

In other news, I have been finishing my Amazon birthday list. I want a few clothes items, but unfortunately Amazon does not have an H&M or Old Navy section, among other "normal" clothes brands. I might just have to get the clothes myself. I know Old Navy is having a crazy sale and we can stop at H&M while we're in AA this weekend. Matt and I also want to stop by IKEA and see what all the fuss is about.

Wolverines stomp Leprechauns

The UM/Notre Dame game was a blast! We had no problems driving in and getting a parking spot on the outskirts of campus. The campus itself is pretty nice, but boring. There's nothing around in terms of restaurants, shopping, etc. It's just a campus with no city life. The touchdown Jesus, which is a huge mural on a campus building of Jesus with his arms up so it looks like he's signaling a touchdown, was pretty cool. From our seats, you could see the building loom over the stadium. And the game was great. Michigan looked 100x better than the last few weeks and Notre Dame's offense was embarassing to watch. I wish I had worn shorts, but with the cool weather we had been having, I didn't expect a hot day. Luckily, our seats were a row from the top and whenever a top row person left for a little while, Matt and I would jump up a row and lean over the edge to get some wind. I would've hated sitting lower so our seats were perfect. I still think it's weird to have a mascot called "Irish." I would feel weird saying Go Irish, or Go Russians while attending a game in the US. Come on, the U.S. is better than Ireland, haha. Driving out of campus was a breeze. Although there were a ton of people on the road, the cops and routes that were set up were by far the most efficient and it was the fastest we have ever left a college campus after a game. We had dinner around 9 and were so exhuasted that we headed back to our hotel to sleep soon after.

I have been really busy subbing non-stop. Every school I go to, the math department is ecstatic to have a math sub in the system. Hopefully I meet a lot of math teachers because they make up half the interviewing team!

You've Changed 64% in 10 Years

Compared to who you were ten years ago, you've changed a great deal. In fact, you're probably in a completely different phase of your life - and very happy about it!

How Much Have You Changed in 10 Years?

From Heather's blog. I'm glad I've changed because I wouldn't want to be the same person now as I was when I was 14!

Start of another school year

Matt and I looked at a few houses last weekend. They were okay, but each of them had something missing or something we didn't like. One of the homeowners thought it would be a smart idea to convert their 2 car garage into a one car garage and use the extra space as a laundry room/scary dark hallway. Not a good idea! Another house (the best of the 3) had hardwood floors, but decided to have a different hardwood floor pattern for each major room so the floors looked choppy. Also not a good idea! And the pictures on the website are way better than the actual property. Matt said he heard that when we find our home, we'll just know. We certainly didn't get that feeling last weekend.

Subbing is in full swing! The districts said that subbing is sparse in September, but I've already gotten called three times! Although one of the times I incorrectly put in my password and the system thought I was declining the job, grrr. It's tricky having 4 different passwords, one for each district. And I can't choose the password so my PINs are random sets of numbers that are hard to memorize. I should put the passwords near my nightstand so I don't have to run into the den to accept a job!

This weekend, Matt and I are going to Notre Dame for the Michigan game. I have never been to the campus even though I applied to Notre Dame for undergrad and was accepted. I wonder how my life would have been different if I accepted, but I know I would never choose the Irish over the Wolverines! I think I really just applied to see if I could get in.

Since it's September 11, I want to say Happy Birthday to Heather!!! I can't believe you're 25! I don't have a recent picture of us :( So I'll have to put one up when you come back to Michigan.