SO I was on the train coming home when this guy near me starts saying "RING RING RRRIIIINNNNGGG!"  I put on my best WTF face, as did everyone else in the subway car, and he stopped.  About a minute later he did it again, "RIIINGG RIIIIIIINGGGG!" and proceeded to take out his cell phone and fake-answer it. He had a short conversation on the phone with himself and then hung up.

Only in New York, folks...

So here is another entry.  Let's recap the last, say, four months then, shall we?

June- My students did well on the (unusually difficult) regents exam.  I say unusually difficult because the exam is normally quite predictable, but this one had some questions from left field. There is nearly ALWAYS a "John Locke's theory of natural rights inspired which of the following American documents?" question, and a few on Supreme Court cases, etc., and I reviewed that content so often with my students that I think they would kill me if they ever heard the words Marbury and Madison in a sentence together again...yet there were virtually no sourt case questions...and TWO questions on habeas corpus...a topic I've never seen on the regents before.  C'est la vie, they still passed.  

OH! And Harry Potter 7 came out!!!! I blogged about that already but OMG no more Potter? I can't wait for the next movie and...*wait for it*...THEME PARK!!!! *is all a titter*

Then I was training for my new job.  That went rather badly because the man "training" me really doesn't know how to train people.  I tried quitting a total of 5 times but they wouldn't let me, so I am doing the job now, at least until January.  Thank goodness for carpal tunnel.  Actually the job has been fairly easy so far, but then again there is nobody to really tell me what I should be doing...I might be neglecting projects that I don't even know I have because nobody is there to tell me and nobody knew what the previous guy did in that office.  So, that pretty much recaps July and most of August.  I did spend some days with Adri, we did our annual "Ladies Day at the Water Park Because our Hubbies are too Grumpy to Fully Enjoy Water Parks Like Us" Day, among other things. It was "The Summer of Training That Wasn't" this year.

August was punctuated with a trip to Rhode Island with my sister, which was very fun.  I'd post pics, but I'm too lazy (HINT HINT TERESA).  We explored tons of mansions and ate the most delicious food, and I came to the very important conclusion that savory crepes are the bomb diggity. Oh oh OH AND we went to a MURDER MYSTERY *wwoooOOOOoooOOOOO!* It was very cool, and the butler was HOT, but I won't say if he did it or not ;-)  And we did a ghost tour at night as well...New England is so spooky :-)

And then I went back to work.  Back to the grind.  Back to another September, when suddenly......BAM!!!! I found myself in Disney World with Teresa!  We literally booked it the night before we left.  We are so wild and spontaneous LOL.  And even better, it was for my BIRTHDAY!!! I actually got to spend my 27th (ick) birthday in the Magic Kingdom.  It was such a blast...although waaaay too short (3 days).  Our hotel was the awesomeness as well, we got to sleep in what are called "Heavenly Beds" and by jove, they mean it.  I have never been in such a comfortable bed in my LIFE.  They must have put chloroform in the pillows or something.  Teresa hasn't been to WDW since we were kids, which made it extra special.  She'd never even been to Animal Kingdom.  One night we got stuck in a downpour that was so bad it flooded EPCOT and I walked out barefoot, but it was still an adventure! I also got to check out some new attractions, my fave of which is the comedy show with Mike Wasowski...it is a cartoon on a screen, yet he interacts with the crowd.  Disney never ceases to amaze me. Wil couldn't come, but the trip was his gift to me and it was pretty much the best present ever.

A couple more things: Went to the Ren Faire a few weeks ago (I didn't dress up, so it wasn't the same :-/), and we went apple picking today...so the early holiday signs are underway. Halloween decorations are up now, before we know it, it will be Thanksgiving and Christmas! This time of the year always flies by, but I love it.  I also like my classes this year...all freshman US history, which I thought would be a pain, but it's been fine.  Only thing is they take SO MUCH LONGER to understand things than my juniors and seniors did.  What a difference a couple of years make.

Fantasy football is underway, and Teresa joined as well this year.  Of course her team rocks, but both she and Wil have lost one game while I remain 3-0!!! Woot! Of course, I'll be screwed when I play them because my team isn't that great...I've just been lucky.  Let's hope that continues tomorrow. And that pretty much brings everything up to speed.  Peace out.

After 8 years of dodging it, I am finally serving jury duty, and you know what? I LIKE IT!!!

Okay, maybe "like" is a strong word, but I don't have to go to work, and they have televisions and the internet there, so it's all good.  Granted, the television was only on news networks (although they changed for The Price is Right) and the "u" and "y" buttons on the keyboard didn't work, and the computer logs you off after 8 minutes, but it was still better than dirty looks from dirty teenagers that I get at work every day.

And the people there are so......interesting.  I had a woman beg me to use her cell phone to talk to her baby's daddy because he didn't believe that she was at jury duty and he didn't want to pick up their kid from school.  He hung up on me though, oh well.  And another woman who tried to get into a fight with me insisting that Cory Lidle committed suicide (didn't help that she brought it up every ten minutes because the news show kept repeating the same stories so often that I can now recite them).  And then there was the VERY trashy looking middle aged woman with foot-high hairsprayed bangs and a leopard print purse yelling on her phone that she should not have to be here because it was "like waiting on a welfare line." Yup...interesting.

Oh, and then there was a fight between two women on the train on the way home...but that could have happened any day.

Yep...jury duty rules, and I get to go back tomorrow! Oh, the stories I will have...

Another plane crash in NY...looks like Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle was flying it... :-( 

So sad and scary.  Thank God my sister is ok...

LET'S GO METS!!!!

They just pulled ahead again. OMG they are going to give me palpitations.

And talk about HILARIOUS but Wilson is at the playoff game right now...the YANKEE playoff game! No, he's not being a traitor, his friend offered him the ticket so he is there rooting for the other team.  ANOTHER subway series would be okay, I guess...but I just would rather not deal with Yankee fans at all :-P