Sad news

Yesterday I was informed that the author of Our Blueberry, my very first roommate in college, has had a very sad, horrific event occur in her life. Lauren had her beautiful baby Akeelah Nadia on Friday but she was not to stay with us for very long. Akeelah passed away shortly after and is now with God. Words cannot express how sad and sorry I am for Lauren and Lance. I can only hope that baby Akeelah knew how much her family and friends loved her and that Lauren and Lance know how much I love them and pray for them.

Just Call Out My Name...

As I've been working at another school this summer as well as my own I've had the opportunity to meet some very interestingly named students. And by meet I actually mean I looked at the school's roster while doing fine lists and wrote down the most unusual.

Here are my favorites from this school along with my commentary:

**Loreal (I had to look this up on the internet to make sure that this indeed was how you spelled the cosmetics company. Yep, sure is. I hope their siblings are named Maybelline and Cover Girl.)

** Vesta (not sure why I find this so unusual but I think it reminds me of Vespa)

**Tanneko (I feel like this has an Asian flair to it but have no idea if this person is Asian---knowing the school's population-nope.)

**Major (This kid is a Jr. so I find it extra funny. Are his siblings named Minor, Sergeant, Captain, etc?)

**Melchizedek (no idea how to prnounce this)

**Alvin (and the Chipmunks?????)

**Tequila (always amusing when people name their children after alcohol)

**Stone

**Goldie (this is a boy. He does have golden locks though.)

Fun times....what are some odd names you've encountered?

Oh Happy Day....

I almost forgot....Queen of Babble Gets Hitched comes out in stores today!!!! I heart Meg Cabot-she is one of my all-time favorite authors and her blogs are usually hysterical too. I believe this is the third book, so if you haven't read Queen of Babble go out and get it today so you can read the latest installment.

Things that make you go hmmmmmm...

Good news! My friend Kathy is still dry. The rive road, used to access her parking lot is closed but luckily there is another way in. Thanks to Amanda, Cori, and Joi for their concern. So far, we are still dry in A-town. Although, it is supposed to rain all of this week so we'll see.

Our 10 year High School Reunion planning is well underway. If you aren't busy on June 27th, come out for our fundraiser through Outdoor Cinema. We are showing The Goonies in the field next to my old elementary school. I'm really looking forward to it and hope that it brings us the cash flow we desperately need.

I'm SUPER excited because I am getting ready to book my NYC plane ticket today! Billy's Bakery here I come!!

On a more serious note, I just had a kid open the door to the library and yell...."It's a bomb!" While I know he was just doing this for attention from the class that was in here, still a little scary. Hopefully that schmuck gets kicked out of summer school and can enjoy being in the 8th grade again next year.

Rollin', rollin', rollin' down the river....

It seems my friend Kathy may be floating away soon. It seems that the river flooding may almost reach her apartment building. Poor Kathy has been away for a few days (or forever, it seems like she barely lives in her actual apartment) and this is what she comes home to see?! I had to break the news to her last night.

Meanwhile, I just finished reading a book called Love the One Your With by Emily Giffin. Not as good as her other books. It was about a married woman whose "one that got away" comes back into her life. Does she fall back in love with that guy or refuse to go down that road because she is in love with her husband. Don't get me wrong, this book was good, but I kind of got annoyed at Ellen because she was blinded by this blast from her past.

Well, the fam is gearing up for our family reunion in a couple of weeks. We are to wear family t-shirts and this has proven to be a lot more difficult than it should be. It has to be white and have our family name on it. Apparently, my dad is not known for anything in his family except the following: having a tapeworm, almost getting his finger sawed off (by my uncle), and almost dying from appendicitis. How do you put that on a t-shirt?

Off to read...

New Day, New Blog

I'm thinking of creating a blog for my school. I am so not web savvy so instead of creating a web page (I have no clue how to do that) I think I'm going to create another blog specifically for my school and job. I think that this may reach more kiddos and teachers and give me the opportunity to tell everyone about the fantastic books that I read! I think this is especially important because I going to do an incentive for our state award this year. Also, I have been chosen as an adult reader for our state award so I get to help narrow down the field for the nominees. While this sounds dorky to everyone else, my fellow middle school librarians and I were very excited about this. I am anxiously anticipating the list of potential nominees.

Help! I need somebody. Help!

That is probably what my dog thought today when she was at the vet today. I had skipped a month or so giving her the heart worm meds so I had to have her take a test for heart worm. She was not pleased but did really well. Of course, squirming and $31 later, she tested negative and I could spend lots more money for the medicine. Sheesh.

On a lighter note, I got to mow my grass with the old fashioned lawn mower before it pours down rain and am going to see one of my oldest (well she isn't that old she's the same age as me, but we've been friends longer than just about anyone else I'm friends with) friends Aimee. I don't get to see her that often, and I really enjoy spending time with her. Can't wait for tonight!

School's out for the summer!!!!!

Well, it has definitely been a while since I last blogged. I'm sure people are just dying to hear an update. Monday was our last day of school. I am so happy to have my first year as a librarian out of the way. Even better news is that I get to librarian this summer for summer school. I know it sounds like a bummer, but I really could use the money...especially if I'm going to NYC this summer.

Also on an even more important note....Friday night I went to see Sex and the City and then Saturday morning I got tickets for........NKOTB!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am super psyched that they are coming to STL and can't wait for November to get here so I can see them. I even think Alison, Kathy, and I are going to be close enough that they may actually look like people instead of ants. YAY!

Alright, off to a high school reunion meeting. I can't believe I've been out of high school for 10 years already. Man, I'm getting old!