There's nothing to watch on Sundays.

This is where I worked today.  The beach store.  It's even more boring than the toll booth.  I got a lot of reading done though.  But the problem with that is I read for about 8 hours today and so now my brain is consumed with my book and it kind of feels like my reality.  If that makes sense.    

I have included a picture of one of our "beaches," so you can look at them and laugh at these crazy yankees.  Also, this is a happy goose family that lives at the beach.  They have four tiny chicks who are so cute!

Yesterday I got all excited because I thought Rachel was getting a new phone tomorrow, but unfortunately I was mistaken.  June 12th is going to take forever to get here.

When I got home from work today, Greg and Molly were waiting for me on the porch and Molly did a little happy dance when she saw me!  It was so cute!  I was surprised she actually recognized me!

Boom boom POW!

Well, today I spent my day working at the toll booth (see picture).  It's not the most entertaining of places, but I got to read and listen to some tunes, so it wasn't too bad.  Also, I got to call 9-11 today!!  Right to the left of the toll booth is a parking lot for our beach (it's actually a pond that is filled with freezing water year round, but some crazy people actually think it's a beach!).  One of our park guests was a rather obese, older woman.  Apparently, she sat in a beach chair and at the end of the day, she couldn't get up.  She had shortness of breath and hot flashes, and shaking.  So, they asked us to call 9-11.  Man, those poor EMTs.  Once you're in the parking lot, it's about 200 yards downhill to the beach, so those guys had to carry her quite a ways.  All in all, it was a little nerve-wracking, but kind of exciting.  I've never called 9-11 before, so I can cross that off my bucket list...just kidding!

Tomorrow, Molly turns 8 weeks.  She'll officially be a legal puppy!  Oh, Peanut has taken to humping Molly ALL THE TIME!  I'm pretty sure she's just trying to show her dominance while Molly's still small and she still can.  It's pretty much the nastiest thing I've ever seen: she thrusts nice and slow and passionately.  AAAAAHHHH!!  I can't talk about it.  I've lost a little bit of respect for Peanut.  

Rain rain go away.

Today I just finished the book "The Tenth Circle" by Jodi Picoult.  It was kind of awesome and I ignored all of my students today just so I could read it.  The girls I work with are obsessed with this author and they game me a list of her books to read.  The first one I read was "My Sister's Keeper," which was good, but I didn't LOVE.  "My Sister's Keeper" is going to be a movie this summer, so I think we're going to have a nerdy book club/movie date.  I've been thinking about the book all day, so I apologize for opening my blog with this.

Do you ever go though phases where you hate every item of clothing you own?  Well, I'm going through that right now.  I don't hate my everyday clothes, but my work clothes, I despise!  Part of it may be the fact that I have no motivation to go to work, so my attitude is expressed via my wardrobe.  I'm kind of hoping that my mom might want to take me shopping while she's here.  

Greg and I went grocery shopping.  This is something else I despise.  I spend a lot of my time in the store trying to keep Greg focused and moving because he likes to meander and look at things.  Also, we never make a list.  We could have absolutely no food in the house and we'll go shopping and come home with OJ, bread, 6 boxes of cereal, ice cream and tomatoes.  I really wish we'd take the time to plan out meals or make a list.

I went for a run when we got home from the store and I don't think I waited long enough to for my food to digest because there was a point when I was positive that I was going to barf.  Thankfully, I didn't, but now I feel a little bit pukey.

We were supposed to have two games this week, but both were rained out.  Frankly, I was quite thankful.  First off, I have been wicked exhausted this week.  Secondly, I didn't feel like being mercy ruled twice in one week when I was so tired.  It's embarrassing.  I put "wicked" in green because I know you will have your comments about it.

Well, I feel like this blog is making me sound like a crazy person.

Green thumb?

Well, I am exhausted.  I did the math and I'm pretty sure I worked 52 hours Friday-Monday.  Yikes!  Thankfully we didn't have too much drama, we were just short-handed so I had to fill in a lot.  Also, I don't know if you guys saw my facebook yesterday, but it said that I was going to get wasted after work yesterday.  Well, I'm all talk.  I pump myself up all day and convince myself that I will get wasted, but when the time actually comes, I have one drink and it's like "meh, I'm good."  I just don't feel it anymore.

My friend Melissa has been promising me for weeks that today is the day she'd come over and help me plant my plants.  Well, guess who was "home sick due to a reaction to black fly bites"?!!  Yeah.  Bitch.  She offered to come over later this week, but I'm pretty freakin' sick of luggin' those damn plants in and out of the house.  So, I put them in the ground today and I hope they survive.  Molly helped me though, she was digging holes in the garden and every time I got a plant in the ground, she came over and tried to eat it.  It was good times.

My mom and David is coming to visit next Thusday.  I'm pretty excited for them to meet Molly and to see our new house.  I think they're bringing up my bed from my mom's house, so I'm pretty excited about that as well.

We're supposed to have rainy weather for the rest of the week and I'm not too happy about it.  i can't wait until it's hot and sunny everyday!

No title.

I decided to change my colors because it was a little bit boring.

I'm pretty sure Molly has grown since I saw her this morning.  She seriously looks taller.

I feel like my house is infested with mosquitoes.  

Rachel, apparently the kids that are obsessed with Twilight also read  "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer.  I think it's about alien, but I think it's kind of the same idea.  Actually, I don't really know, but they do like that book, too.

Well, I hope you girls enjoy your long weekend!

Them chickens jackin' my style.

Well, tomorrow the park opens.  Greg says I'm probably going to have to work 40+ hours this weekend.  So, it should be good times.  We had and early release at school today and it was pretty sweet.  It was about 90 degrees, so I came home and played with the girls and then rode my bike up to the campground.  I got the candy delivery today, it was very tempting not to buy some skittles.

So, I know I've said it a million times, but I've been putting my plants outside during the day and bringing them back in at night.  Well, they're getting pretty tall and every time I get home from school they're always laying on their sides, knocked over and wilted.  Melissa is coming over on Tuesday to help me plant everything, but I don't know if I can wait until them to plant them.  They're kind of a pain in the ass.

You know my green Nike shorts that I wear to bed and pretty much at all times?  Well, I'm wearing them now and I'm thinking that they're so old that the elastic is busted, or something.  I haven't worn them all winter and they're freakin' HUGE!  Totally stretched out!  And no, Rachel, I'm not emaciated.  

Apparently a teacher got fired last week.  She had just gotten back from a Florida vacation and was showing her class a slideshow of pictures, when all of the sudden, A NAKED PICTURE OF HERSELF POPPED UP!!  Apparently she took it to send to her husband and "thought it was deleted."  So, she's fired.  If something like that happened to me, (well, it never would because I wouldn't take naked pictures of myself) they wouldn't have to fire me because I would quit on the spot and move out of the state.

Well, I think that is all I have to say.  Hopefully I will be more exciting and perhaps have some pictures for next time.  Good day!

Mercy Ruled Again

Yes, the title is true.  Apparently the mercy rule only goes into effect after the 5th inning, which is for the best because we totally would have lost it in the 1st.  The first pitch, the ball was hit and one of the girls on my team got hit in the face!  I was the EH (extra hitter), so I had to go in for her, for two innings.  I was in the outfield and I had to freakin' stand at the fence for the ball not to blow right by me.  This team was good!  I didn't make any amazing saves and I was up to bat once and got out with an infield fly.  I really think my team sucks.  Granted, I'm not one to talk because I don't get to play much, but damn.  They fall all over the place and can't catch to save their lives.  I used to think I was hott shit in practice, but no not so much.    This is a picture of my team.  I'm riding the pine pony so I'm not in it.  

School was kind of lame today.  Prom is in two weeks and it's all anyone is talking about, and I'm a little sick of it.  I don't really give a shit what color your dress is, or what your shoes look like, you know?  And when a lot of these girls describe their dresses to me, I think "OH wow, that's not going to look cute on you at all!"  Also, my friend Amanda that I work with got engaged this weekend.  Her ring is beautiful and I'm a little jealous.  She's been with her bf for 7 years and she had gotten to the point where she was waiting for common law to kick in.  But they went to Bar Harbor, MA this weekend and he proposed on top of a mountain at sunset.  How nice.  I told Greg and he didn't really think twice about it.

Rachel, remember that commercial  for Dell, or something?  That dog was running on the beach and the guy was crying?  Man, that was hilarious!  I should look that up on youtube, or something!

PS.  Why is it that as soon as I think "Man, I should take Molly out soon," she pees?

I'm tired.

Well, I survived my first weekend at the park.

Yesterday, I spent the whole day unpacking a lot of boxes and making the store look nice( see the before and after pictures). Everything was so dusty and nasty, I'm pretty  sure I sneezed about 50 times.  Today I spent the day putting prices on everything, I was pretty much buried in price tags.  I also took a picture of this, but it's not as exciting as I hoped it would be.

After work yesterday, Greg's parents showed up for about 15 minutes.  They were on their way home from Maine and Greg's mom wanted to plant some flowers for Jen's wedding.  Jen is having her first wedding (she's getting married in the US and in England) here at Bear Brook in one of the pavilions, so Greg's mom is all about using my garden to plant her wedding flowers.  I'm actually fine with this because my garden will be beautiful without me having to do any work.  They also got to meet their granddaughter, Molly.  They're not really dog people so they definitely weren't into the whole thing where Molly chews on everything all the time.  But they said she has pretty eyes, so I'm fine with that.

Once Greg's parents left, we headed over to our friends Tara and Russ's house.  I'm pretty sure I've told you about Tara.  She is a park manager at a park that's about 20 minutes from us.  She is the manliest woman I've ever met.  She spends her free time cutting down trees and picking food out of her teeth with her knife.  During the summer that Greg and I fell in love, Tara was a little bit obsessed with Greg and she would call him all the time and show up at his house and never freakin' leave.    Greg's too nice to say "Tara, I want to hang out with Kendra, get the fuck out of my house!!"  So, I spent a lot of my time silently hating Tara and Greg.    But anyway, I guess she eventually accepted the fact that Greg loves me and not her, and she eventually got a "boyfriend," too.  I have this in quotes because a little part of me thinks that she's trying to make him jealous.  So, we're "friends" now and we hang out sometimes.  I'm still not a huge fan of her because she calls way more than she should, carries on the conversation way longer than needed, and every time I am around her and Greg, they talk about park stuff and I hate every second of it.  As I was saying!  We went to their house last night and ate some delicious steak and talked about park crap.  I pulled a Rachel because I kept stressing the fact that we had to get home to let Molly out.  It actually worked pretty well!  We got home around 10 and I was really effin' tired.  To top it off, little Molly decided to wake up at 4:45 this morning and not go back to sleep.  It was good times.

I have a softball game tomorrow.  Hopefully we won't be mercy ruled again.  Thursday we have early release and no school on Friday!!  Yay!  Apparently there's only 24 or so days left of school and I'm totally stoked.

Well, good day!

Nice weather

Well today was another beautiful day in New Hampshire.  It was 80 degrees  and sunny and glorious!  When I got home from school, I did some gardening (as can be seen here).  We have a ton of flowers in our yard that Greg was threatening to cut when he mows the lawn, so I decided to move them into the garden.  This is my first attempt at a garden, so we'll see how long they last.  I have a friend Melissa who I work with and she's a florist as her other job, and she's pretty much an expert on gardens.  I'm trying to bribe her with beer to come over here and plant my tomato plants for me.  There's all kinds of bullshit you have to do for these plants and it's really stressful.

Tomorrow is my first day working at the park.  I'm pretty sure I'm going to be setting up the campground store for the entire day.  I'm okay with this because it's better than dealing with angry campers.  My dream is that my dogs won't be too crazy this summer, so when I'm working, I can tie them up outside of the store and they can be campground dogs.

Yesterday we bought Molly her own bed.  The other day she managed to get out of the crate and Greg came home to find her in Peanut's bed.  She's such a meanie to Peanut.  She kicks Peanut out of her bed and chases her away from her food!  Peanut is just way too submissive for her own good.  When we yell at Molly, Peanut freaks out and runs away.  She's crazy.  But anyway, we bought Molly a bed with the hope that she will sleep on her bed rather than chase Peanut out of hers.  Right now, Peanut is sleeping on Molly's bed and barking at Molly any time she comes near.  I think Peanut likes Molly's bed better because it's like 3 times as fluffy as Peanut's old, flattened bed.  These girls are ridiculous.

Can I just say that I'm obsessed with Arizona Iced Tea?  Preferably the Raspberry flavor.  You know those huge cans that only cost 99 cents?!  Man, I love those.  It's the most refreshing drink on a hot day.  Too bad there's like 70g of sugar in one can.

Today I spoke with Monica and we had an enjoyable conversation.  We spent most of our time talking about Chinese toilets.  Frankly, that is enough for me to not want to go China.  Monica was saying that she may have 2 weeks of freedom and she wants to do something awesome like go to an airport and buy a ticket to anywhere, just to go.  I said she should definitely get someone to go with her, so maybe this is the perfect opportunity for the "non carefree Rachel."  So, you might want to call her and discuss the travel plans.

Did you guys watch the finale of The Office?  I really enjoyed it.  I won't say anything, for fear of spoiling, but I thought it was cute.  Also, I heard that the Grey's finale was the best thing ever.  I would really like to watch a lot of the episodes from this season, but freakin' abc.com only has a few of the episodes; not the whole season.  How lame!  Do you guys know of anywhere else I can watch it?

Well, I think it's time to relax and prepare myself for my first day tomorrow!

Kind of boring.

Well, this is how I started my day.  The juniors had testing and everyone else had regular schedules.  I'm in all junior classes.  So this is me in first block, alone in a classroom, trying not fall asleep.  Another exciting day at my job!  I start working at the park on Saturday, so maybe that will spice up my life a little bit.  

So, I'm going to be starting a garden next week sometime.  So far I have 14 plants to go in it: 6 tomatoes, 2 cherry tomatoes and 6 green peppers.  I'm really excited about it, but also stressing because it's hard for me to keep plants alive, and I'm struggling to keep these plants alive until I can move them outside (apparently they can't go outside until after Memorial Day because the weather is still too cold).  

Just so you know, songs are starting to cost $1.29 now on iTunes.  I'm pretty pissed at this.  I was going to buy me some Flo Rida yesterday, but then I saw the price and decided it wasn't worth it, considering the song is on the radio almost constantly.

Is it just me or does this week seem like it's taking forever?

Everybody loves Greg. =(

Well, Molly had her first vet visit today!  We brought Peanut along so Peanut could see that the vet isn't always scary.  And she was a jealous girl that wanted to come along.  But anyway, Peanut was more of a baby than Molly was.  She cried on my lap and was panting and ridiculous.    So, Molly weighs 5.2 pounds.  She's too young to get any vaccines, but the vet said she looks very healthy and her heart sounds good and she's so pretty!  She also gave us a "puppy kit" with some free food and a book with tips on raising a puppy, she also gave us our first doses of Heatgard and Frontline free!  So, we're well on our way to having a happy, healthy puppy!

Oh, why did you say that 9 weeks old is when puppies get scared...or whatever it was you said?  Can you give examples?

Well Rachel, I'm confused about what to do with my job.  I've applied to about 10 teaching positions and so far about 4 or 5 of them have been filled without giving me an interview.  The science teacher job that I applied to at the school I currently work at (Pembroke Academy), will not be filled due to budget cuts.  So that's a bummer.  I know I was so adamant about quitting my current job, which I still hate a lot, but now I'm wondering if I should continue working there just for the benefits.  I wish knowing what I want to do with my life was easier.  Damn!  However, I did apply to a job at Southern New Hampshire University.  I think it's some sort of receptionist position that gives information to prospective students.  I actually REALLY want this job because I will be able to take classes FOR FREE!!  How sweet would that be?!  I would take so many classes they would be losing money!

As far as dates when you guys should come here, I would say anytime in July except for the 4th.  Have you talked to Katie and Monica about whether you would come on a weekend, or during the week?  My days off from the park will be Thursday and Friday, so you should definitely include those days.  I would say you should be here for at least 3 or 4 days.  We could do some hiking, maybe go to Boston...that's about all there is to do around here.  Ha.  I don't know, we'll think of something!

I got to sleep in!

Okay, first of all, juniors are having state wide testing this morning from 7:30-10:30, so I don't have to go into work until 10!!!  Yay!!  However, they're doing testing all week and I'm pretty sure that today is the only day I get to come in late.  They had testing in the fall and we got assigned "posts" throughout the school to make sure the kids weren't wandering around.  What this actually means is I had to sit on the floor in the hallway for 3 hours and read a book.  It was awesome.  I'm pretty sure this is what I'll be doing tomorrow.

Actually, I don't have time to be posting right now.  I have to leave in about 30 minutes and I should make Molly wake up and play outside for a little bit before I leave her.  So, I apologize that this was anti-climatic.

Good day!

First game and puppies.

Well, we lost our first  softball game.  We got smoked so the mercy rule came into effect.  I think the score was 14-2.  They called the game in the 5th inning.  I played right center for the first four innings.  The only time the ball came near me in the outfield, I was about two feet in front of it, so my back-up had to get it.  I was a little embarrassed, but it technically wasn't an error, so whatev.  I was up at bat once and I was walked.  I guess my game was okay.  I was really nervous, so I'm hoping I have all my jitters out for our next game on Monday.

Last night was 100 times better  than the first night with the puppy.  She's been sleeping in a little box, so we put that in the crate and she slept pretty well.  Sometimes I have to hold her until she falls asleep and then just drop her in the box, or else she'll just cry forever.  We brought her to the softball game today.  She was quite the hit.  And I'm sick of everyone asking "How old is she?'  "Five weeks."  "FIVE WEEKS?!!  Isn't that illegal?!!  That's too young!!"  Yeah yeah.  Everyone seems to know this.  But what am I supposed to do?  Return her and say "Can you hang on to her and we'll take her back in a few weeks?"  No.  The "breeders" will just sell her for more money to someone else.  So I guess it's best that she's with us.  She has an appointment at the vet on Tuesday.  Everyone keeps telling me to tell the vet about the breeders and turn them in.  I don't know if I'm going to do that though.  I got what I wanted: a precious female black lab at an affordable price.  The breeders were nice enough, I just think that they couldn't afford to feed 10 puppies regular food, so they had to get rid of them.

I have no pictures for this post.  I'm already not sticking to my goal of a picture for every post.  Oh, and the three picture on the first post look a little embarrassing.  But it was my first post, what can you expect?!

New Puppy

Greg and I got a new, tiny puppy!!  She's a teeny black lab.  She was a little bit stinky so we gave her her first bath!

She doesn't have a name yet, so suggestions are appreciated.

Oh, this is my new blog.  We'll see how it goes.