Wordless Wednesday: I needed a laugh

I'm on my third no-school day.  I'm basically stuck in the house due to Hurricane Sandy.  I feel for all the people injured, with family members killed, without power, or whatnot.  It is horrible to think that not too far from me in this same borough and the borough where I work, there are people severely impacted by this storm's passage.

I got rid of my cable, so the tv I have is now useless since I can't watch any channels - oh, how HGTV marathons of House Hunters would soothe my ails (the cold/sickness Sandy brought me) right now.

What happened to the days when you could watch local tv without cable???

I needed some humor in my life.

First-world problems

We were dealing with some real problems with Sandy on the East Coast.  I also have developed some sort of cold - I hope it is nothing more since I STILL don't have insurance from the Board of Education.

But there is still a lot of FWP going around...

Storm prep

Ready for Hurricane Sandy.

I've got food, candles, batteries, a nice comfy blanket to lay under.  Hoping the power does not go out as I sit here listing to the strong wind blowing against my windows.

I made the rookie storm mistake of not getting any wine, or booze.

Lesson learned.

I need to learn more

Despite being almost an old dog, there are many things that I want to learn or learn to do better.

Here is a short, five-minute list of some of the things:

• accepting help from people who offer it and being able to ask for it when I am swamped and could use it;
• learning another language;
• being able to just say no when someone wants to 'trim' my hair;
• being able to show my love and appreciation for people who are in my life in ways that are understood by them;
• minority history in the US;
• make my own clothes.

In the past few years, I have gotten better at a few things:

• being able to do what is right for me/what I want rather than what pleases others (aren't I too old to be trying to please my parents?);
• being able to minimize my clothes to what works for me and my life;
• having courage to move to a new place even when things were not quite organized and I did not have a job ready;
• finding ways to do my hair that work for me - and being willing (for three years) to go bald (oh, how I loved that look, but wanting to grow a major afro is my next goal, but these 'trims' are keeping it from getting long and make me want to shave it again);
• having easy, quick meals that I can cook on work days and still have time to chill with the boo;
• I have become quite handy after living in a raggedy house for years and now can put together many thing and fix almost any items (non-electrical) in the place.

These lists were prompted by Jana's Sunday Stream of Consciousness post.  The prompt was, "What new tricks would you like to learn or have you learned?" 

You can see more posts, or link up your own five-minute brain dump on her site, Jana's Thinking Place.

Saturday Quote: Life tests our will

School supplies and drinks

Every Friday, the teachers at school go to Staples.

When the kids hear anyone talk about it, they think we are dorks.  We tell them it is because they never have supplies in class and we need to restock each week since we have to give out pens and pencils, post-its, paper, etc.

In reality, Staples is code for Friday Happy Hour.

I love it each week.