He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

I love the Amazing Race. I wish I had what I think it takes to be on that show because as hard as it looks it seems to be an incredible experience. Watching the show this week it occured to me that if my brother and I went on this show we would be very similar to Victor and Tammy, the lawyer siblings. Upon this realization, I called my mom and quickly told her as I knew she'd be watching the show too. She chuckled and agreed. You see, I am Tammy and my brother is Victor. Although I am the older sibling, I can completely see my brother taking control. I'd be the one up on the balance beam freaking out and trying to do my best as my brother yells what he believes to be encouraging things (really, it would just make me more nervous and upset). I really hope the TandV can work it out and win!

Oh, and if you didn't see the cheese detour, you need to google it. I've not laughed that hard in a long time.

Such a relief...

I've been pretty stressed out lately. What with my grandparents moving into a nursing home, starting a brand new after school activity with 41 crazy 12-14 year old girls, and planning a school wide poetry slam, it has been an insane month. But, I've somehow survived and am able to tell it.

GOTR is going really well and the girls seem like they are really enjoying themselves. They pretty much walk every day and will probably be embarrassed when they actually get to race day and they are the only girls walking, but as long as they are moving and having a good time I don't care.

Our Poetry Slam was awesome! We had a couple of minor setbacks (like one of the judges not showing up at all) but overall the talent of our students was shining. I'm especially proud of the 8th grade winner. He is a huge, scary looking guy and he's all heart.

In other news, Lent is upon us. I've decided to give up a few things. One-I'm only going out to eat once a week ( I wanted to give it up completely but knew it would never happen), two-giving up sweets, and three-giving up bread. This has been a huge effort because when I am stressed I love to eat.

What is everyone else giving up?