funk is the problem and the solution

teacher appreciation week continues.

today we got baskets full of girly things. like lotion that sparkles. i'm a girl, and i don't really get that. but there's some really good stuff in it too.

one of the moms is an organic nut. she gave us mints that were supposed to fill me with peace and "melt my stress away." (actual product description...)

imagine my surprise when all they left me with was a less than desirable aftertaste.

this was a hard day. details aren't important. i was so tense i was hoping that mint was actually going to do the trick.

not so long ago, i would have been destroyed by the tension. the stress would have taken over me. i don't know how to describe how much of a cloud i have been living under. things are getting bad at work again. it kind of goes back and forth. from "unbearable" to "at least i don't clean toilets for a living." it's so hard not to let it effect the rest of my life, but i'm doing so much better. my sense of humor is back, my love of music, the desire to sit and read...it's all coming back.

blah blah.

ben sollee anyone??

there's something about him singing with a cello that drives me crazy in a good way. i wish the guy with the guitar would go away.



the sound on this is not great, but still...it puts me in a trance. a music trance. you have to watch this. don't even bother trying to talk to me while i watch this.

side note: it would make my day if ben sollee came to lull the children to sleep at nap time. oh my gosh. if it was healthy or productive to make a list of things-that-will-never-happen-but-i-wish-they-would, that would so be number one.