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meet the teacher night...

2009-02-26T08:53:00.002-05:00

so tonight is "meet the teacher" night here at knightdale and im really thinking it could go several different ways for me. i could have parents think im a student and just not really pay any mind. some may find out im a teacher, and chuckle and not believe that i am old enough to be teaching their son who looked older than i do now when they were 12. it could go wonderfully and i have all the parents come in and tell me how much their kids love me, and how i look so much like a teacher...im not shaving this afternoon to see if that helps. i'll let everyone know how it goes tomorrow.

on my car ride to school every morning i have started playing this new "game" where i try to notice something different that i hadn't previously noticed. this morning i noticed that there was a car on the side of the road that had probably ran out of gas or just broke down. nothing unusual about that except for the fact that it was facing opposing traffic! how does a car that runs out of gas or break down, end up having "enough" gas to turn the car around the wrong direction. how does a car that breaks down, have enough energy to turn around? how does a car with a flat tire find room and time to turn the car around? the more and more i think about it, the more and more it baffles me. i need some closure.

last night at youth we celebrated ash wednesday and talked about lent and all of what it means. i haven't decided on what i am giving up, but i'm guessing its going to have to be something i haven't done in the last 2 days now. that takes care of soft drinks, fast food, chocolate and all the other "typical" lent sacrfices. i guess i could give up smoking, give up drinking, give up having a girlfriend...any of those are still safe.

i had presentations in my class the other day about what students would put in their bathroom, the layout, the colors, the fixtures, etc. one kid had the following: $9,000 of toilet paper, a fireman pole that went from his bathroom to his kitchen downstairs. a projection screen, and surround sound. the kid knew what he was doing, but i couldn't help but laugh when he presented this. i can already tell that i am going to struggle with this "being mature" thing. one kid the other day made a joke while the class was working on a drawing, and i couldn't stop laughing. i feel like that alot of people in the education world would say that's wrong, and maybe it is, but i also feel like any type of connection and relationship made with students can benefit the class and learning in the long-haul. i will try to act older, but im not making any promises.

im about to get ready to educate some young minds. i feel like this blog was a little slow and i think that's because im at school. my brain isn't free here and so i might blog again tonight after the conferences with parents. until then...smile

i don't feel sexy...

2009-02-23T19:23:00.003-05:00

i don't feel sexy when im eating... that is such a girl thing to say, but i realized that it was true. the other day i was driving listening to taylor swift (white horse) on my way home from school. just being the stupid guy i am, i was imagining my life played out in a movie and me and my fictional girlfriend were holding hands and walking on the beach and i was loving it! i then reach over in my passenger seat and grab a couple of doritos and stuff my face and my daydream was rudely interrupted and i couldn't help but to think to myself "i bet taylor swift would think im so ugly right now daydreaming to her song, singing, and stuffing my face with dorito's" 1) who thinks that stuff? 2) once everyone can get past the fact that story makes me look really gay, how many of you agree that it's an almost normal and rational way of thinking? from now on, when im driving and daydreaming about my future love-life...i put my eating on hold until the song is off.

let's just get past the fact that i haven't written a blog in 2 weeks, and celebrate in the fact that I am back writing again...im glad that's taken care of.

the other day i was making a cd for my long car ride to boone for a teacher meeting (which is probably just better that i don't share my true opinions about that whole thing to protect your ears and keep my talk wholesome) but i just went to my "top 25 most played" section on my itunes to choose some songs from there since apparently i play them the most. i was really surprised to see all of what are my "most played" songs. i recommend that everyone check out there itunes to see what kind of music they listen to more than others. my music ranged from colbie caillat, bone thugs, sean kingston, shawn mcdonald, virginia coalition, jimmy needham, ben harper, dave barnes...what a random little mix that is.

the other day, tim mcgraws song, "live like you were dying" came on the radio and i realized that i still like that song. not just that song, but i have begun to realize that i like country music, especially the ones that are real sad, or paint these awesome love story pictures in my brain. "don't take the girl"...i love it! country music, tho there are several cheesey dumb songs, seems to be the only genre that really paints these pictures for me.

i have had 2 comments in the last 2 days about my v-neck little trend that i fell into and what happened to it? well don't worry, it has been taking a break until march 15th... why march 15th you ask? well theres no real reason other than that's the day i decided to bring it back. i will try to get a little bit of color on my skin before i bring that sexiness back. you can't just bring something like that out of nowhere and expect it to be a success. it takes time and preperation. you don't bring a pitcher into a game before he's warmed up right. the v-neck isn't ready, but it will be on march 15th. i'll have pictures to show you all the beauty of the return of the v-neck.

what is the saddest movie moment that you can think of? what's the happiest? what is the most memorable? i find that my answer to all these questions really is determined on the music that accompanies these moments. i thought of this today while i was driving because a song came on the radio that was in the movie "a walk to remember" and i remembered how sad i was when the boy finds out that jamie has cancer. i came home and youtubed the video that i was thinking of and wanted to share it with you. if anybody has a movie clip with music that makes them happy or sad, please post it in response to this. i absolutely love stuff like this...no homo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDadO8xKBEQ&feature=related

this past weekend was a busy weekend with moving my brother and sister into their new house. first of all, praise Jesus for them hiring movers, i didn't realize how much furniture they had and how heavy some of it was. after all their stuff was moved in, i and my brothers began working on some stuff at my house. we are gutting out the kitchen and putting in new floors and cabinets and wall paint, but first we had to work on plumbing. bennett volunteered his assistance in this area and began working on the sink pipes. things were slow at first and then i told him that if he wanted to be a real plumber he had to look the part. i then continued to assist him in making him look the part. once i did this, the sink was done in no time!

i am currently listening to a random group of songs including:

-parchute va - she is love

-brook fraser - shadowfeet

-francesca battistelli - free to be me

-ben rector

be happy that you are alive. be happy when your with your friends. be happy when you're alone...be happy

Torch Starter Kit

2009-02-08T22:17:00.005-05:00

i went to wal-mart on saturday afternoon (yea i know, im an idiot) but i was just wondering around mostly people watching because there may not be anything more interesting than watching the world before you. but i walk into wal-mart and as im walking in there is this sweet little old lady walking out, and not trying to be nosey but it just happens, i look down at her cart. inside on the top of everything else theres a little cardboard box that reads "Torch Starter Kit" why the crap does this grandma need a a torch starter kit? what does she have going on back in her little house that will cause her to need this? i cant think of anything, but if some houses start getting vandalized and burned...i know who im gonna turn into the police...

i ate supper with brian and aaron on friday after they did their interviews. it was a good time and it was great seeing those guys, and i think once we parted ways after supper, i realized that it's kind of sad that i won't be around to bug brian every morning and sneak off to get sweet tea and ride around in the golf cart at caswell. i knew there would always be a day when i would have to "be done" with caswell, but just like this growing up and becoming a teacher, i didn't ever think it would REALLY happen.

this morning, i attended the methodist church to see a kid in the youth group get his eagle scout...it was a good service and the message was very good, that of it which i heard. you see i had a little bit of a tough time paying attention. there was this little 4 or 5 year old girl sitting in front of me and she had a barbie doll. but for some reason this little girl thought it would be fun to keep taking off the dolls clothes and have a conversation with her. what the crap. no i don't have some barbie doll fetish or anything, but could anyone who struggles with being mature more than be have been placed in the seat directly behind this little girl. i was giggling like a little school girl for most of the service. when i left church i felt guilty, but not as guilty as that little girl should feel for taking off a girls clothes off during the service...children these days

one thing i always think about when i go into a bathroom is the pranks my friends and i used to pull on each other growing up. i use the word "prank" loosely because they could hardly be described as such. but the most common thing to do was to turn off the lights on the person who was last using the bathroom. back in the day, this prank was great, easy, and always made the pranker laugh. it also worked because it would actually be completely dark in the bathroom and you would have to feel your way out into the light. sadly enough, cell phones have ruined this prank. i tried it on one of the youth tonight at church, and as i did it, he didn't yell or anything like i was expecting. about 3 or 4 minutes later he walks out holding his cell phone out as a guide light...i just dont have it like i used to.

the dodgeball tournament tonight that my mom put on for the whole church was very successful. there were over 100 people there and ranged from ages 5 to 60...good times. it is refreshing and exciting to see the Body of Christ come together like that and have a good time. I find myself being way to critical of the church and its members sometimes rather than seeing the good that God has provided and placed there. Take this week to see the beauty of what God is doing. Don't focus on negatives, but rather on the positives.

Listening To: Rob Blackledge

Reading: my lesson plans

Looking Forward To: Dinner tomorrow night with Bennett, Mom, Dad, and Rob Johnson.

He watches what he wants to watch...

valentines day...

2009-02-05T22:49:00.003-05:00

oh valentines day...yea i know its a week away but i felt like writing about it now dang it...i dont love valentine, and i don't hate it...but i dont really like those that jump on either one of those sides...this is just one topic people should stay on the fence about...i don't like when people act like valentines day is the greatest most romantic day ever because someone claimed it to be a long time ago...single people just realize how single they are after all on this day. i don't like when people claim that valentines is the worst day because it's so commercialized and its just a day where people spoil their significant other for no reason. i dont think theres anything wrong with spoiling your significant other, i think it could just be a huge coincidence that everyone does it on the same day. maybe everyone buying chocolate and and roses this year can get our economy back in the right direction...speaking of valentines day...

this could be my 3rd straight valentines i spend alone, but im offering all the blog readers out there the chance of a lifetime. i can't really promote myself cause im a pretty simple dude, but i do have things to offer. 1) it could be your first step to joining an incredible fun and loving family. 2) you will receive an all-expense paid for trip to Wilson NC and to my kitchen for as many grilled cheeses you would like on this Valentines day. 3) A hot tub where you can rest your weary bones. 4) the cutest dog in the entire world. I am giving you all a weeks notice on this so you can get in touch with me and help both of us to not spend another Valentines day alone...

on the way home yesterday, i passed a banana peel in the middle of the road. it made me laugh when i saw it. what if cars spun out like cartoons do. haha i laugh when i think about a car sitting there spinning in place and to think it's all because a banana peel

does anyone else search for random celebrities on facebook when they get bored? nah? me neither that would be weird, buttttt if i did, i probably would have searched and become friends with Tim Tebow, Ice Box from Little Giants, that girl from the Real World, Francesca Battestilli (singer) but hey, that's only if i were to ever do it...what kind of loser would i be to do that? ah

i got home from school today and there was another pup out in the backyard with sonny...what a surprise. i late found out jacob found him over around his house and was in a hurry so he just brought him over to our house. she was a cute little thing, but crazy hyper. him and sonny had a little scuffle and now sonny has a scratch under his right eye (but he's laying in this bed right now with me and he's taking all the room so i don't really feel sorry for him right now) but my parents and i rushed him to the pound right before 4 oclock today. saddest place i have ever been and hopefully will never return to there again. i saw so many little puppies and dogs that have no homes and no loving families...it was so sad. if i ever become famous and rich...or just rich, i am going to buy all the dogs from the pound and take care of them.

sonny fell asleep on the ottoman today and rolled over and fell off...he was too tired to move and so he just layed there between the chair and ottoman with his feet pointed torwards the sky...happy...content. i hope that you are happy with where you are in life. i hope that you are thankful for what you've been given. we are all blessed!

-who needs to make it all the way to your bed. he was comfortable there so he just stayed

- my loves his wendy's

- but he loves the office more...

sorry...

2009-02-03T08:48:00.002-05:00

sorry everyone that reads this posts any kind of regularly...sorry about my slackness. but if you know me, then you know that i am just a slack kind of dude. but i have dedicated my awfully busy planning period to try to catch everyone up with my life. speaking of planning period, i just spent this period yesterday in my first of a million teacher meetings. i always heard my dad talk about how boring and pointless they were but always thought he was just being over-animated until i actually went and sat in one...he was right. i think some of the "older" teachers here appreciate me and my youthfulness. during the meeting yesterday i was laughing and carrying on with a 60 year old man. i guess he feels that he's almost done here, and im not even employed here and i can't behave anyway. but i think i really made his teacher meeting the other day. he sure acted like it.

the other day, actually the first day of the new semester here at knightdale, we had a code yellow...yea its that hood. apparently there was a man with a gun walking down the street in a bunch of camo. i always thought they were just called hunters. but thanks to that "gun man" we had about 2 hours in first period (no students) because we went into lock-down. it reminded me about back when i was at beddingfield. bomb threats were like bi-annual holiday's and always provided a day out of class. i still remember one bomb threath we had, me and brandon vick left to go get bojangles, brought it back, and sat in the dug outs at the baseball field and ate our food waiting for part of the school to explode...no explosion, but the food was good.

saturday was busy all over the place. the short side of a long story: jacob and becky bought a house, i became the new owner of their house, mom and dad began extreme makeover home edition, travis kept his house, bennett didn't get a house, and sonny threw up from all the excitement. no really tho...saturday night at 3:30- wake up to take sonny outside to use bathroom. 4:17 sonny throws up green foam on my bed. 4:42 sonny throws up on my bed again...overall- a wonderful night of sleep

i knew it! i knew the superbowl would be a good game. everyone who thought it would be a blowout was wrong!. it would have been hard to top last years superbowl, but this year was a very intriguing game...just wondering, did anyone notice bruce springsteen stage slide his garbage right into the camera? i bet that camera guy has a ring around his eye and his friends are all picking on him now...he got had.

the office on sunday night...funniest of the season! if you don't watch the office, you should at least watch that episode, great great great!

i had to run into school today so i wouldnt be late. haha i know i looked dumb as a "teacher" running, but after i thought about it, i didn't really care. i actually laughed out loud about it when i just thought about it again. so i encourage you today to do something random...out of the ordinary where you can look back at it and laugh. skip around your house, sing a song as badly out of tune as you can, if you pull up beside a truck with a dog in the back of it, bark at him until he barks back. life is too short to be boring, so have fun and love God...

From Sonny

2009-01-29T22:16:00.001-05:00

qszAdx qa JKNYGB YUK ,KMJHGYTFDXCAZds xzzzsssssssdf vb bvcb Ω

hahaha...sonny typed all that. in translation it means: hey all, have a good day, give me a bone

time wasted

2009-01-29T10:09:00.004-05:00

i just got back from raleigh...well at about 9:20...and i left this morning to go. i left at 6:45 to go to a student teaching seminar that started at 8. I got there to only find out that i was at the wrong place, but in my defense, app state is terrible at making things clear and easy to understand, and as of now, i still don't know where that meeting is taking place, but i do know im back home. i spent about 2 and half hours roughly this morning in my car for no reason. i wasted 2 and half hours! if i had known that i wouldn't be at the meeting, do you think i would have woken up at 6:30 this morning...heck no! i sleep better than anybody i know, maybe apart from my dad. but i have noticed this before, but was reminded of it this morning. i feel like almost EVERY time i am going somewhere and i am cutting it close with time, then traffic is bad, or i get stuck behind a 18 wheeler, or road construction or something to make you that much more late. and vice versa...when you are early for something and in no hurry, the roads seem to be deserted and every police officer is on their donut break. im sure there is a sermon to be preached in that, but i won't be the one to preach it.

when i walk around knightdale high school now, i am hearing more and more of the little subtle whispers as i walk by big groups of students. i hear them gasp "hey that guy is a teacher..." or "i have that guy for a teacher in one of my classes..." im not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but i guess i should be happy that even tho i like 15, im starting to be recognized as a teacher and not another teen. i met battle watkins, the basketball coach at knightdale, the other day and he got my email address and he asked for my help with FCA at the school. i am excited about the opportunity to get plugged into a ministry where im teaching.

think our government needs to think a little more before they start making road signs...some could be considered offensive or misleading. this is a sign that was in my church parking lot. i don't think that "slow" is needed to be used to describe the children. let children be who they are without throwing titles on them..."makes me sick...makes me want to throw up" -rob johnson- haha

there's another sign i saw the other day in a neighborhood in bell meade that read, "no outlet" and i'm thinking, your telling me these million dollar houses look so nice on the outside and probably on the inside, but there are no outlets in any of them? no outlets to power their lights, their refrigerator, their tv's and everything else? i guess growing up you learn things and see how dumb you once were...i used to think houses in belle mead were nice...stupid me

don't let the picture fool you...he's not that innocent. sonny has found at least 12 pairs of my socks to play with. not such a bad thing except for the fact that he has 24 chew toys already. i don't know what it is about my socks but he likes them. ruined sock count: 3 i think theres a good parallel between sonnys sock fetish and us as humans. god has given us so much to "play with" and to have to keep us happy, but we always want more and are hardly ever satisfied with what god's provided us. thats my challenge today...be grateful for EVERYTHING in your life. don't take anything or anyone for granted. sit back and see how much you have and i promise you that you'll be blown away with everything god has provided you. especially your family. i am reminded everyday how blessed i am to have my family i have. brothers who love and care for me, mom and dad who take care of me and my needs...an extended family that makes a solid effort to see each other as much as we can...i am blessed

currently listening: chasen

p.s. i could have some pretty big news coming here soon so keep checking back...no im not getting married, no i don't have a gf, no i didn't talk to a girl (nothing with a girl ok!) and im not pregnant...i don't think

feeling loved

2009-01-27T22:40:00.000-05:00

there is no better feeling than the feeling of being loved and wanted. not to sound cheesy or dumb, but sonny has makes my day everyday i come home from school. i find him either at the door wagging his tail, barking for me to hurry in, or i find him at the fence and his tail is wagging and he takes off running around the house for me to meet him at the back door (he learned that from lexie) as im writing this blog, sonny is laying on the corner of my bed with his head propped on a pillow and he's watching me type. i am quickly realizing that a dog is mans best friend after all.

today was my last day of proctoring exams and i am stoked about it. i have learned early in my teaching career that proctoring exams is extremely boring and very redundant. i have told at least 200 students these past couple of days that i am indeed a teacher to find them full of shock and amazement that someone 14 years old can be at teacher. i was able to finish my book "crazy love" and what a powerful book. francis chan has it going on. i recommend it to anyone looking for a solid, challenging book.

i forgot to tell you the other night that i attended my first "collide" on sunday night in greenville. what a great opportunity to worship and sing some incredible songs. im glad God puts ministries and chances for you to meet and worship with other people and join your hearts in singing praise to him. sunday nights can be very depressing knowing that you have 5 days if not more of work ahead of you. collide is a great way of starting the week off right and refreshed.

i miss the beach. i miss the sand, the water, just the whole feel of being at the coast. i think when i retire im going to just purchase about 20 square feet of the coast and build me a hut and live on the sand. i'll just run a big extension chord to the nearest pier to power my microwave for my kettle corn that i will fatten myself on every sunset.

my dad, mom and i all traveled to smithfield today to the outlets and my dad and i have both purchased the exact same dress shoes, his a size 11, mine a size 12 and tomorrow we will go down in history as the first father/son to wear the same new shoes, to 2 different schools on the same day. look for us in the paper.

last night i went to wilson's hot stove banquet held at bill ellis convention center. it was a great night where i ate dinner with my grandma and aunt vicky and were able to see several old friends and famous baseball players past and present. the two highlights of the night was 1) my dad presenting coach fox with his national coach of the year award. so many nice things said about coach fox only to have him turn around and sing my dads praises. my dad is a witty man. 2) clay council spoke. whos clay council? well last year in the 2008 homerun derby, he was the 74 year old man who threw to josh hamilton. this man was so geniune and easy to listen to as he remembered his times at yankee stadium and the memories from that night he will never forget. he told about the chills he got standing in the dug out and the chills after hamiltons first homerun. i got chills just listening. i love listening to stories, or hearing a song, or watching something special happen that sends chills all up my back. i think that's one of my top 5 favorite things.

currently listening: needtobreathe

currently reading: everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die -dc-

currently eating: a twinkie (this is the 1st twinkie i have ever eaten in my entired life...i was a little dissappointed)

chans book was very challenging and so i challenge everyone to give a little more. the greatest love was shown by the giving of his perfect son to die on the cross for our salvation. try giving yourself to others around you. give your time, your money, your talents, yourself. God will bless you i promise

Don't give up on me yet...

2009-01-25T23:23:00.001-05:00

ah ha! i know some of you gave up hope on me and thought i was done sharing my little nuggets of lifes' hidden blessings and interesting facts on a day to day account. well im like a bad cold that won't go away and i got more to share. if you did give up on me i can't say i blame you...it's been a solid 4 or 5 days that i have been missing, but you've got to give me a break, im still getting used to this thing called growing up AND i didn't have my computer since friday so those are my excuses...give a little grace please!

what sucks about missing that many days is that so much random and funny things happened or were thought about that i cant tell about them all in this blog without losing your interest or doing them justice. but i did see a bumper sticker the other day when i was going to my brothers house that read: "guns kill people...rosie odonnell is fat" hahaha i honestly laughed out loud when i read that. i feel like thats something me and my friends would say just being dumb and then someone turned it into a bumper sticker and made some easy money off of it. a bumper sticker creator would be a unique job. if i was a bumper sticker maker, i would probably make one for my car that says: "i make bumper stickers for a living..."

i drove by the immediate care building the other day on the way home from chick-fil-a and i glanced over there and saw a man who had his leg propped up against a pole and had this small lap top on his leg. for some dumb reason i honestly thought this guy had gotten his lap top stuck in his leg and was trying to get it taken out. after about 4 seconds i realized how dumb i was and kept driving. i can't imagine many other things that i would really not stuck in my leg than a lap top.

i spent this past weekend at travis's with chris and his girlfriend kristen and her sister jamie in benson. it was a good time with a good surprise part for chris on saturday night. saw a lot of familiar faces and made some new friends as well. i have made a conscience effort to take a geniune and sincere effort of meeting people and gettting to know them personally on a level deeper than a hey and nice to meet you. I met anna and kayla this weekend from Liberty and they were madisons friends. they were fun and nice

i realized this morning at the church where travis goes (C3) which is very similar to Hillsongs in Australia, chris and i say it should be called hillsong cleveland but what do we know. but i realized that i have a bigger crush on brooke fraser than i originally thought. i need to ask her out on myspace, but travis has already tried that with meredith andrews and it didn't work to well for him.

there is still a lot more i could share but im going to end this post because it's time for me to get some sleep. i gotta wake up in 6 hours for another day in the school house. i will try to be a little better this week with my blogs.

currently listening to: Ryan Calhoun

currently reading: Crazy Love by Francis Chan

God has created each of us individual and beatiful! remind somebody of that this week.

2 days off

2009-01-21T09:53:00.000-05:00

oh i bet you thought i was done? you thought i had lost my inspiration? i dont think so! inspiration is all around me. but i have missed so much, where do i start?

two days ago...before the wintry blast...i spent the day waiting for the wintry blast. i helped david's mom move some stuff from house to to house and got a free lunch from pizza inn out of it. well worth it. pizza inn buffet is so good...especially when your hungry...especially if you have a pepsi with it. can be a coke if it has to be, but pepsi is the truth. don't ruin your pizza with water or something garbage like that.

that afternoon i was home alone and got bored so i started doing yard work. i raked some leaves, cleaned up all of sonny's mess, and moved branches. sonny decided he would help, and he honestly picked up a branch beside me and walked it back to the pile with me, dropped it, and would go get another one. im really thinking he's the smartest dog ever...that still bites.

that night i went to monday night trivia at o'cools with jacob, becky, leigh ann, melissa, and aunt vicky. trivia was a little difficult, but was made even more difficult by the fact that the furnace from hell was right beside us in our corner. im thinking temperatures reached at least 98 degrees if not higher. oh and the lady asking questions for trivia was a complete loser. i mean she looked like the girl version of harry potter with the attitude of the mean lady at church who tells you to hush and shutup in church when you re-position yourself in your seat. over 95% of the room had been drinking and were all laid back and enjoying themselves, and this lady takes an hour between each round, 4 seconds to go over the answers, and tells everyone to "shutup, i'm not talking over you!" jacob told her how he felt about her, and i think she liked it...i think they have a crush on each other.

yesterday morning sonny and i woke up to a world full of white! snow was everywhere and i was even more happy when i got a phone call from melissa (but im going to refer to her as michelle from here on out in my blog) michelle was on her way over at around 9 oclock and we were ready to face the day. we walked to bojangles in honor of my dad. after bojangles we decided to explore in the mystery of the wilson mall. it was about as dead on the outside as it was on the inside but hey, we had to find out for ourselves.

after that we made it back home and saw the United States get a new president. The court official dude should have made Obama's oath a little bit easier, or broken it into shorter pieces. but to be completely honest, i wasn't thrilled about either presidential candidate this past year, but i am really excited to and hopeful for what Obama can do. as cliche as it sounds, America really does need improvements, and maybe Obama will be the beginning. as christians, i believe that we shouldn't waste our time being upset about who won and who didn't, but we need to support the leader of our country 100%

after that, sonny, me, michelle, becks, jacob, and leigh ann went sledding out at fike. sonny loved the snow and the other kids sledding even more. it was very exciting watching my dog play in the snow and love every minute of it. good ol' sonny.

i feel like this blog was just a catch up (ketchup) of my life in the last 2 days. i will try to bring some life insight to it later on today. i just need my followers to know whats going on in my life.

line breaker...

2009-01-18T21:19:00.000-05:00

i went to bojangles this morning before church. i was running late already and had about 4 minutes to be in the sanctuary to go over the music that i was playing for church that day, but i was really craving a cheese biscuit for bojangles. i ride into the parking lot and the drive-thru line is crazy long but i look inside and theres no one waiting so i run inside. i get in line and this little old lady gets there at nearly the same time. having just simple manners, i let her go ahead of me and she smiles at me and says thank you. i didn't know this, but apparently she worked for a hospital or something, and she was sent there to order on their behalf. what i thought was me being nice ended up with me just being dumb. she had about 14 different orders she placed. i stood behind her patiently waiting as it took her about 10 minutes to order and another 5 to get her food. the whole time i was wondering to myself, "why didn't she tell me she had all these people to order for?" it almost messed up my worship at church, but the Lord is greater and put me in my place.

graham and sydney came to church and to grandmas today. two of the cutest kids that have ever lived. graham did a magic trick where he turned a dollar into 2 dollars. i tried to get him to do it with a 20 dollar bill, he just gave me back 20 dollars.

today was a "nasty" day as some people like to call it. i have somehow learned how to enjoy days like this because they make sunny days that much better.

sonny woke me up again this morning at 7 oclock...jumping on my face...ready to use the bathroom and play...somehow that really hasn't gotten old to me. he is still the greatest christmas present ive ever gotten.

parents are going skiing with the youth group this week. please keep them in your prayers.

God is love.

line breaker!

2009-01-18T21:05:00.000-05:00

today was a "nasty" day as some people like to call it. i have somehow learned how to enjoy

sleeping in

2009-01-17T21:42:00.000-05:00

i was more ready for this saturday morning than i have been for any saturday morning in a long time...i was ready to sleep in past 6:15. i was aiming for 1 or 2 this afternoon and had taken the proper steps to make it happen...all the right steps but one. i built a wall of blankets around my bed to keep the sun out, turned off my cell phone, drank a cup of water about an hour before i went to sleep so i could use the bathroom one last time right before i fell asleep so i wouldn't have to wake up to do it in the morning. i was so ready. 7:01 and theres a big fuzzball biting my hair and jumping on my face and ready to play. i forgot that just because i was ready to sleep in didn't mean that Sonny was ready to do the same. i took him outside and crawled back in my bed. i made it to 9:30...it was a good try.

speaking of crawling back in bed. i am convinced that there is no better feeling than that of waking up about 30 minutes or an hour before you have to be awake and able to go back to sleep. throughout my glorious academic career i would occasionally wake up about an hour before i needed to be, take a shower, get ready, and then go back to sleep. weird i know, but it was very enjoyable. sometimes though i wouldn't wake back up for my class...it's ok im a semester away from graduating

one of the things i missed the least when i was away from home at college was the saturday morning cleaning . this morning, i kid you not, no more than 2 minutes after being awake, i found myself with a broom in one hand a dust pan in the other. oh the joys of living back at home. my mom says that if you let dust build up too much then it turns into sand...guess that's how God made the beach.

scrabble update...I won tonight! updated scores: Clay 5 Susan 6 Me 4

...tell someone you appreciate them tomorrow. God is love.

chicken bacon and ranch

2009-01-16T14:41:00.000-05:00

sonny watches sports center with me at night...im a proud dad

have you ever wanted something...kind of forgot about it, and then remembered it and really wanted it all over again. i have felt that way about domino's chicken bacon ranch sub ever since i saw a commercial about them late this summer. went to school, forgot about it, and then saw the commercial in the beginning of december and the craving was back. talked about getting one everyday in december, and today i have done what i said and got one...it was well worth the wait! if you think about it, it takes 3 of the best things in the world, chicken, bacon, and ranch (i think thats where they get the name) and puts it all together. if you havent had one yet, i recommend it!

i have been student teaching for a week now, and apparently that's not long enough to make my face look older. today i proctored and relieved teachers after exams. each class (6 total) all looked at me in wonder and confusion when i showed up, and were even more shocked when they realized i was a teacher. mr. johnson, that's still weird as crap, but the students are starting to call me that.

once i have woken up (at 6:15) its very exciting to see that i have a whole day in front of me. the same ole joe who used to think 2 in the afternoon was early, is now seeing that 2 in the afternoon is just an hour before the bell rings. student teaching has allowed me to eat breakfast with my dad 4 out of 5 mornings a week and i love it! it's like a movie or something where a father and his son do everything together, i love my family.

speaking of family, susan, clay and i have been battling at night on the scrabble board. right now the stats are as follows: Clay-4 Susan-3 Me-2...(2 points for a win, and 1 for second) mom has gotten three 2nd places haha...i won last night so im on a winning streak of sorts.

me and david and amanda are going to see a scary movie tonight...and it's in 3d. i promise you if i pee my pants, i won't tell you about it on here but david might. p.s. being the 3rd wheel is awesome!

it was a beautiful morning, with a beautiful cool air around me. God was definitely working early this morning. Sfhsv dv vn das (that was from sonny. really he typed it) i think it means hey and God bless!

too much time to think...

2009-01-15T14:46:00.000-05:00

oh you can believe that it's about time i started doing this blogging thing. i have too many random thoughts and ideas throughout the day not to share them. and yes, im personally not capitalizing any of my sentences or words because i don't won't to be held responsible later on when i forget to do it. this is a strictly a lowercase blog.

im going to try to stay commited to this thing for as long as i can. it might be harder than i know though...my fingers are almost frozen right now.

today i was driving home from work (i guess you can call it work, im working but im not getting paid but that's ok, i'll be a rich teacher in only a matter of months) so im cruising down 64 letting urshers smooth voice relax me and all that and im just zoned in to the solid line on my right and the dashed one on my left. next thing i know, i look up ahead and my heart drops. (you're probably thinking i saw a cop and he turned his blue lights on and was about to come after me...close) no i saw this little old forrest green '02 taurus. keep in mind that i drive like a grandma anyway, speed limit is 70, im getting it at a deathly fast 72. i slam on breaks and i am freaking out. i get up behind the car and the whole time im thinking that this car is my grandma, and i am scared to death to pass her. granted, she was going a blistering 65 and i immediately found myself doing about 64. i start thinking and trying to figure the whole thing out. i know she is going 5 under the limit, but i know if i pass her she will probably start crying, and then bring it up sunday afternoon at family lunch and i could be awarded 'worst grandchild award' i honestly stayed behind her for about 10 minutes and then decided that i would pass her going 67, and hopes that she wouldn't see me...i pass her and it's not my grandma aferall. why did i fear passing my grandmother more than i fear passing a police officer? my grandma is a towering 4' 10" if not shorter, soft spoken, and the sweetest lady ever, yet i was still afraid to pass her slow driving self. can't really explain it, but it happens

speaking of ursher, i was listening to his music on that drive home and i thought of a student in one of my classes who kind of reminds me of usher or what i think he would have been like in high school. i wonder if he had that 6-pack when he was in jr. high? maybe... i wonder if he was as honest back then as he was with his 'confessions' cd? don't know why usher is on the mind, but he is, no homo

anyone that i have talked to lately knows the joys i have been having student teaching...more like just studenting. 3 straight days i was mistaken for a student by assistant principal, teachers, and other students. latest story was yesterday when i and other teachers and administrators were invited to come judge 5 different groups desserts/businesses for their home ec class. i volunteer my time for some free food and hurry downstairs to assist. i walk in the room and feel a tap on my shoulder and look to see a student and he asks me really curiously, "yo dude, how did you get out of class to come do this???" i just laughed and said i knew the teacher really well.

my life is awesome and i am blessed. i will try to bring some more randomness tomorrow...God is love