Totally Cool Stuff Tuesday #2

This was a pretty heinous Tuesday, let me tell you. I awoke to the sound of pelting rain in a very cold apartment. We've just gotten so used (after three days...I guess you could say we're adaptable) to leaving all the windows open at night so we wouldn't roast. Well, I did the opposite this morning. I froze.

I drove my frozen self to Lincoln Elementary, where I had to help wrangle 40 first and second graders who can smell both the exhaustion on teachers who haven't had their morning coffee as well as summer around the corner.

Add to that a ton of spanish reading, and then spanish class that would offer little challenge to the first graders I taught this morning, and you get my Tuesday.

Luckily, I have amazing things that get my through my Tuesdays, and here they are!

1. John and Kate Plus Eight. This is a show that I really should have no interest in, as I am not from a large family nor do I particularly enjoy small kids. But I do. I'm completely invested in this crazy family consisting of 2 parents, 2 twin 6 year-olds, and 6 3 year olds. It's adorable and entertaining, and it makes my life seem a lot less hectic because I'm not cleaning out 6 little kid potties while dealing with tantrums and general chaos.
2. Coffee. I realized recently that I fit the very description of an addict. I get headaches without it, and my mood declines pretty impressively. But I get a small cup o' Joe, and man, I'm an angel. My day isn't started or completed without some. I know I sound pathetic, but it's my only addiction, I promise.
3. Everybody Worth Knowing, by Lauren Weisberger. Okay, so I enjoy reading quite a lot, but I can only take one "heavy" book at a time. Right now the hefty one on my list is 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and frankly, some light fluff reading like EWK, is just what I need after a romp through Garcia Marquez's most confusing novel ever. I don't recommend EWK it if you're looking for something meaningful and intellectually satisfying. If this book were food, it'd be the highly refined carbohydrates of the literary world. Not nutritious at all, and doesn't get you really full, but it sure was good while it lasted.
4. Fresh Express Caesar Lite Salad. I love these because you feel like you should be guilty, but there's no reason to be. You buy it completely ready to go: it has the lettuce, croutons, dressing. All you do is throw it into a bowl and if you're feeling crafty in the kitchen, make some chicken and voila, chicken caesar salad. It's great for kitchen incompetents like myself, who want to give their kitchen savvy significant others a break but not feed them Top Ramen.
5. So, when I got my new MP3 player, I decided to branch out and just put music on there that I don't normally listen to. That way, my favorite music doesn't get old, and I get a chance to broaden my musical horizons. Anyway, I found this one song on my old external hard drive called "On The Radio" and I really enjoy it, especially when walking to class. It has a cute beat, and the lyrics are fun too.



Anyway, that's the list for the week. I hope you've enjoyed it and hopefully, they will get your through your Tuesdays or whatever day of the week that seems eternal for you!