Week Ten

February 1st-7th

Ugh. I really need to be better about keeping up with this more regularly. I write notes to myself but that doesn't help someone with little to no memory recall events of things that happened two weeks ago. Almost three now. When will I learn?

So...Sunday was basically getting hyped up for the Superbowl. We went to our friend Allie's for a little party. We were excited because we were going to be watching the game on a larger television with an actual clear picture! She has cable, not rabbit ears like us! :) And we were really excited that the Cardinals were in the Superbowl. I don't care what anybody says, I like
Kurt Warner and I'm very happy that he had another opportunity to experience such an awesome event again. Now, I think the officiating stunk and I think he was robbed of some excellent opportunities. I don't know if the Cardinals would have won if the officiating had been more fair but I certainly wish they had the chance to try. It was a good game but frustrating for Cardinal fans. There were a few people at the party who were rooting for "the other team" and it made me upset. At one point our friend Dani ended up sitting next to me and she kept cheering and making comments about how well the Steelers were playing. I told Kevin that he'd better keep an eye on me because I just may get into my very first fight! Nah, not really, but I was annoyed that not everyone was rooting for the underdog. Pittsburg always wins everything. Them and New England. Stupid Patriots. Anyhoo, disappointed in the game but had a good time nonetheless.

For whatever reason I woke up cranky on Monday morning and that carried on throughout the day. I took Kevin to school that morning, went to work that afternoon and when I arrived home I found Kevin already at home and he had done laundry, washed dishes and made the bed. That made me very happy! We also got to watch House and 24 that evening which is always good. One thing that was NOT good was that I did not receive any new mail from the state of North Carolina. In this state, an interpreter can only work 20 days without a NC interpreting license. Well, apparently processing my papers was taking longer than expected or something because I was not licensed yet. A small part of me was happy about that (I had a legitimate reason to not be at work) but mostly I was frustrated because I sent in my paperwork in PLENTY of time for them to process everything.

Tuesday was "fashion model" day - I had order some clothes because somehow I was down to two pair of pants and two shirts that are suitable for work. It was really exciting when most of the clothes fit but what's more exciting is that most of them were on clearance! That's always a plus! Very exciting. Oh, and I didn't have to go to work today. Hoorah! This was shaping up to be an excellent day! Kevin doesn't have class on Tuesdays so he was home, too. He worked a little, I watched some episodes of Frasier and during dinner we watched Battlestar. A rather excellent day if I do say so myself. I did manage to hurt my knee at some point during the day but other than that, not a bad day at all. Oh, except I had to wash dishes. Pooey.

By Wednesday I managed to get myself a headache, achy body and sore throat. Kevin had class so I didn't have him to wait on me but that's okay. I mostly didn't do much but lie around in hopes of feeling better but I was not succeeding. I did manage to watch James and the Giant Peach and Chocolat (Juliet Binoche, Johnny Depp, 2000). To quote Kevin, "Thank goodness for iconoclasts!" It really was an excellent movie.

Monday evening I left a message for the gal at the NC interpreting office asking what the holdup was. I didn't get a reply so I sent an e-mail and called again asking what the problem was. Wednesday she sent me a reply stating they were still waiting for my transcripts. Wha??? I ordered them rush delivery WEEKS ago! So I called the school to figure out what the problem was and the gal there said they were delivered and signed for. As I was on the phone with school, the NC gal sent me an e-mail stating that she received the transcripts. Not knowing this, I immediately called NC explaining what was told to me. She mentioned the e-mail she just sent. Oh. Damn. I'm going to have to go to work tomorrow. And just as I was starting to feel poorly...

Speaking of that, Thursday I managed to make it to work but had to come home early. I had been interpreting a call but I was really not feeling well which was evident in my interpreting. Not only was I not on my game but I was only confusing the callers, not helping. That's when I knew it was time to go home. If you've made the situation worse, call it quits. I have to say that's the first time that's ever happened to me. Hopefully that's the last. Now, I'm not saying I had been a perfect interpreter up to that point. By far! But I can catch my mistakes and make the situation clear again and have the situation end successfully. Today was not one of those days. I managed to end the call and I think the callers were okay with what happened but I wasn't. I was going home. And I did. And I slept.

And that's about what I did on Friday, too. Slept and read. I finished Twilight.

I was still sick on Saturday but I like being sick on Saturdays because Saturdays always feel like old movie days to me. Mom, did we do that often when we were growing up? I'm not sure exactly why Saturdays feel that way to me. Either way I watched three movies today. In the Good Ol' Summertime (Judy Garland, 1949) was a fun little movie. I rather got a kick out of one of the lines: "I was making a good salary. Fifteen dollars a week." My, how things have changed. I also watched Bye, Bye Birdie (Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margaret, 1963) which I mostly liked but the "Bye, Bye Birdie" song is really annoying. Of course, some of the songs are rather catchy which annoys Kevin which is fun. Here it is, just for you, honey:

We love you Conrad
Oh yes we do!
We love you Conrad
And we'll be true
When you're not near us
We're blue
Oh, Conrad, we love you!

And there are other songs that most of you are probably more familiar with like "Put on a Happy Face":

Grey skies are gonna clear up
Put on a happy face
Brush off the clouds and cheer up
Put on a happy face...

And let's not forget "Kids!" which I LOVE just because the lyrics are so true. I'm actually going to include quite a few lyrics so you can get where I'm coming from:

Kids!
I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?
Kids!
They a disobedient, disrespectful oafs!
Noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy, loafers!
While we're on the subject:
Kids!
You can talk and talk till your face is blue!
Kids!
But they still just do what they want to do!
Why can't they be like we were?
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids today?
Kids!
I've tried to raise him the best I could
Kids!
Kids!
Laughing, singing, dancing, grinning, morons!
And while we're on the subject!
Kids!
They are just impossible to control!
Kids!
With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!
Why can't they dance like we did?
What's wrong with Sammy Kaye?
What's the matter with kids today!

Too true....too true...

I also got to watch Shall We Dance (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, 1937). I always love to watch them dance but this movie takes the cake. They danced in roller-skates! Amazing. Roller skating was big in my day - everyone was doing it - and doing amazing moves. I was always afraid to lift my foot just to go around the bend in the rink. Oh, and forget stopping. That's what walls were for! I was just amazed at their grace and skill AND they were wearing skates. Impressive.






Hope you all had a fabulous first week of February. One month down already. Can't believe it. Well, have a great week. Until next time!