i can't stop giggling

so there i am, lying in bed, reading my buechner, thinking i should go take a couple of aspirin before trying to fall asleep, when my phone rings. i look at the caller id. and my first thought is, "no way...." i answer "good morning" (don't ask me why, other than i was in bed) and the next thing i know my good friend andy is telling me school has been cancelled for tomorrow. after a stunned silence, i started laughing and accused andy of pulling my leg. nope. it's real. guess it's snowing up in mason and they made the call and well, here i am, ecstatic that i don't have to get up in the morning. glorious. seriously, this is even better than when i was a student. i'm giddy.

spent part of the evening at the brownhouse. decided to eschew the typical super bowl rigmarole and joined a group in watching born into brothels, the documentary about children in india born in the red light district. heartbreaking and uplifting, i highly recommend it if you haven't seen it. we discussed some of the issues raised and how, through contacts we have, we might be able to do something for people there as well as how we might do something here. hard to sit around and complain about your life when you see how the majority of the world lives. all i can think is i'm so blessed, i'm so blessed, i'm so blessed.

not the first time i was reminded of that this weekend. got to meet up with mike, andrea, laurie, jessy, mel, maralyn and m & a's friend fiona at bon vie at easton on my way up to mvnwhatever. hadn't seen most of them since the spleen show last fall and hadn't seen laurie since....i have no idea. almost didn't recognize her daughter jordan who was there. just being in their presence was refreshing. need to do it more often and for longer. could have spent all day with them, but alas, none of our schedules allowed it. need to have a party sometime soon....

the trip to the alma mater was far better than i anticipated, mostly because i hadn't been expecting much. but the one acts didn't suck and it's great fun hanging around with wayland and brent and lisa. we crashed the cast party and had a good time doing the stupid games we always play at the cast party with the next generation. and for the first time in a while, i i found myself actually missing mvnwhatever. there's still part of me that wants dan's job - the stupid, naive part of me, but still. i have grand ideas of what the program should be up there, but little belief i'd 1) ever get hired; 2) be allowed to make the changes necessary; 3) get paid a livable wage.

as for why my social life is over....i upgraded my cable service to include both a digital phone and a dvr. 'twas a deal i couldn't pass up - free month of cable/roadrunner/phone, then i can cancel the phone (which i'm going to do because i have no need for a land line) and my bill will actually be cheaper than it was before and i get to keep the dvr for 11 more months. how could i not take advantage? i've already programmed everything i watch in. now i just have to figure out how to tape shows off my dvr for my cableless friends. i have a couple of options, but need to figure it out.

ok, think i'm going to grab some sleep so i can get up in time to do morning prayers. need to spend time grading tomorrow - at least it will be too cold to go anywhere. so glad i'm a teacher right now....
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Tunes: sonic youth - the diamond sea