1. Vegas. What can I say? It was Vegas! I think you could spend a month there and still not see everything there is to see. If you've never been, I highly recommend you go. It's certainly an experience unlike any other. And, it really helps if you have credit card reward points to pay for your hotel, because it heps ease the guilt when you spend (what feels like) a million dollars on restaurants and gambling. The drinks, though, are free on the casino floor. Can't beat that!
2. Pool. L-0-v-i-n-g it! The color of it has actually changed a bit since my last post. Before it had this tealish color to it, but since then the water has fully seeped into the surface and the color has changed to a much deeper blue. It's absolutely gorgeous. I am certain everyone who comes to my house now will feel the pool calling their name. It just beckons you to swim.
3. School. Hmm.. Well, things with the students are going well. We're still in the honeymoon, however, I did find myself getting rather irked with them by the end of the day on Friday, so I'm thinking the honeymoon might soon be over. Positive was that a number of my last year's 8th graders have been by to visit me. I must say, as much as that class was a challenge and a pain in my butt, I miss them more than I've ever missed any other class. Weird how those things work out. Anyway, they always want to tell me about their English teacher -- one student actually thanked me for preparing him for high school. He said the writing assignments that we did in 8th grade really helped prepare him for his assignments in high school. It was pretty freaking awesome of him to say that. Maybe I'm not a total failure as a teacher, afterall. :)
4. Cars. Did I tell you? We sold our bmw m3. Buying said bmw was notably one of the biggest mistakes we've ever made. This bmw was waaaaaaaaay too expensive, it broke down regularly, and it cost a freakin fortune to repair. The worst part: it didn't even turn out to be the "dream car" that Mike had initially thought it would be. After finally being rid of it, he quietly confessed that he had never really enjoyed driving it as much as he thought he would. In any case, he convinced a Major who took over his duty station in Iraq that he should buy this car from us. Thoroughly convinced, when he got back from Iraq he took it off our hands last weekend to drive around the city and never brought it back. It was love at first sight for him. It was a huge weight lifted from our shoulders. No more ungodly expensive bmw to worry about. In its place we bought what has turned out to be Mike's actual dream car which does not include the bmw brand name or pricetag. We bought an '05 Pontiac GTO which cost us a miniscule fraction of what the bmw cost us, and truth be told we're both thrilled about it. The drive is about a thousand times smoother than the bmw, our monthly payment on it is laughable in comparison to what we were paying before, and Mike is damn near giddy about it. The best part is that I have received his sworn promise that the next car we buy will be 100% my choice. (note to self: get this in writing!)
The problem is that we're both completely car obsessed but happen to have completely opposite car tastes. Generally, I feel that my car tastes get bypassed for his, so I feel good knowing that next time if I want a Toyota Prius or VW Eos, I can get it with no ifs ands or buts from him.
Overall, life is good these days. I really have no complaints.
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