Awkward and Awesome Thursday...

Awkward:
- chaperoning a high school band trip to Washington, DC this weekend when there is a threat of the government shutting down...so no trip to The Capitol anymore???  I'll keep you posted.
- Will.I.Am practically picking his nose on American Idol last night.
- rolling in to work after the first bell rings.  Granted, school hasn't started yet, but there were two students standing outside of my classroom waiting for me to unlock the door.
- trying to eat a banana that isn't quite ripe enough yet...but sooo hungry!
- seeing students out in public with their parents, while I'm out shopping with my mom...it's just weird, "oh! that's your Mom? this is mine! See ya 2nd period! Don't forget your homework!"
- having 3 people come by my classroom to ask me "Why are you still here??" It's a half-day today at school and I technically don't have to stay until 3pm.  I'm still here because I'm blogging.

Awesome:
- going to Washington, DC for the first time ever.  Even if things shut down I'll still BE THERE! (I MIGHT be able to post from my phone over the weekend, but I will definitely post Monday about the trip)
- new shoes and bags.  Target has most, if not all, of their bags on sale right now.  I got a tote and a cross-body purse for the trip yesterday and I loooooove them! 
- That I might be doing a "packing post" about the packing process that will take place tonight.  I'm a natural over-packer, it's a problem.
- I won a student over by the fact that I love "The Princess Bride"...there is hope for our future.
- That Spring Break is two weeks away!!

XOXO Bevin

Awkward and Awesome Thursday...

Awkward:

- preface: at the beginning of my 2nd period, they have about 5 minutes of free time when they usually read the newspaper.  Today they asked me to explain to them what were "crimes against nature"?  They were reading about a prostitution bust at a local car wash.  Look it up.  I did...and then I changed the subject.

- how "doom and gloom" I was in yesterday's post...I apologize.

- This Guy...

- ordering a "vegetarian" black bean burger at Chili's and then the waitress brings it to me, it has two big pieces of bacon on top...

- again at Chili's:  REALLY wanting to order a beer, but waiting for the student, two tables over, to leave...gotta set a good example for the youth of our nation.

- getting overly excited about a possible job prospect (one that would allow me to finally move to NYC) and never hearing back from them...

Awesome:

- the possibility of SUNSHINE this weekend!

- my cerulean nails! (Sally Hansen - Blue me away!) Nothing like a fresh coat of paint to make it all better.

- thinking that I was going to have to cover someone's homeroom this morning, only to find out that isn't the case today!

- the tumblr site whenparentstext...if my parents HAD texting, this would be my life.

- It's OPENING DAY for major league baseball!  Go Braves!

- bite size twizzlers

XOXO Bevin

Awkward and Awesome Thursday...

Awkward:
- getting to work and finding that you have a big glob of cream cheese in your hair from your bagel that morning...yay long hair!
- calling out a student for putting "Beer Pong" instead of "Beer Hall" Putsch for an answer on their History of the Holocaust quiz...actually, that was kind of an "awesome" moment.
- really wanting a pack of crackers from the vending machine and only having 40 cents...ALL I NEED IS A DIME!! C'mon!
- being introduced to our student representatives at the Prom Committee meeting this week and the chairperson (who I worked with on the committee last year) forgot my name.

Awesome:
- making connections via social media mediums...and finding possible job prospects.
- speaking of social media...the possibility that I could make that AND fashion together a possible career path...dude
- my NYC trip planning. Not sure if it will happen over Spring Break, but it will definitely happen early Summer (but hopefully even sooner if I can get an interview...ONE WAY TICKET PLEASE!?)
- "Pay Day" technically lands on Sunday...so we get paid THIS FRIDAY (or Thursday night @ midnight)!
- a clean and organized closet, bedroom, and bathroom.  I LOVE Spring cleaning!
- THIS pink skirt that I wore this week!

Have a great Thursday! 

Hey, guess what?!  Tomorrow is Friday!

XOXO Bevin

Awkward and Awesome Thursday...

Normally I would split up my "A&AT" post and my outfit post...but today they are somewhat related. 

Is anyone else getting the "lovely" rainy, gloomy weather that the southeast is getting right now?  Well, rain + my hair = not a good look.  So, I didn't wash my hair (dry shampoo) this morning because it was pointless to even make that effort...and I paid the price by having awkward hair today.  I ran out of time this morning and didn't have time to curl it (my usual "I didn't wash my hair today" routine) so I went with the side braid...

 cream sweater thing: H&M

lgt. blue button down: BITTEN by SJP

black silk skirt: LOFT

belt: H&M

tights and oxfords: Target

This sweater is, I guess, what you call an "open knit".  You can definitely see through the knit and is not meant to be worn alone.  I have big plans for it during the summer to wear it with my "jorts" and to pull it down on one shoulder with a tank/cami underneath, SEE:  Flashdance.  But, I thought it'd try it with a collared shirt today...the jury is still out on whether it's a keeper  because of where the seams hit on the sleeves, it makes my shoulders look crazy broad. 

Halfway through these pictures, I just gave up on the braid and pulled some of my fringe out of my face and let it be awkward.

and now as I type this it's in a ponytail

I'll try again tomorrow. :-/

AWKWARD:

- driving to pick up my mom to get HER car out of the shop, when mine decides to start smoking on the inside, coming from my steering column.  Yep.  A nice eletrical burn smell.  It ended up being that my turning signal shorted out. 

- having to get picked up at a gas station by "the guy who works on our cars", and him giving me a ride to my mom's school in a car that he's currently working on that REEKS of cigarette smoke (gross)...and he's a looker too, I tell ya.  But he did save me the towing charge by coming later and picking up my car to work on it (they even drop it back off at my house after they fix it)

- when he dropped me off at my mom's school, they had taken the door handles off on the inside while working on the car, and he had to get out and open the door for me to get out.

- I've already covered this one earlier but...my hair today

- MY BLOG at about midnight Tuesday night when I was trying out new layouts, fonts and templates.  I swear I went through 5 different looks.  I didn't get to bed until 1:30 in the morning.

- having to cover the ISS (In School Suspension) classroom during my "planning" period and making random eye contact with 25 students for an hour and a half.  I felt like I was being punished too.

AWESOME:

- my high school is going to the state championship in basketball this weekend in Raleigh and I'm staying with my brother and his wife Kelly!  yay family time!

- I'm biting the bullet (thanks to a friends nudging) and starting to research buying a "new" car...I've gotta shake this "crappy car stigma" that has followed me around since...ever

- I'm chaperoning a band trip for a friend next month to Washington D.C.!  I've never been there before and I'm really excited!  His kids are good and I'll know most of them from last year's trip to Atlanta.

- that "dent" that I put in the back bumper of my mom's car back in November (banning me from ever driving that car again, except for "emergencies") seems to have popped itself out...and only the scratches are left.  TAKE THAT STUPID CEMENT BARRIER!!

- a baked sweet potato with cinnamon and brown sugar

- Thursday afternoons when I can catch up on all of the DVR-ed shows I've missed this week so far...FINALLY getting to see Glee!

We are thisclose to the weekend!  Keep on truckin'!

XOXO Bevin