I've visited and/or lived in 39 states!!!

Put an X by the states you have been to. The average is 8; how do you match up?

(I have a hard time believing the average is only 8 states for Americans, but whatever...does anyone have hard, cold data on this?)

Should you chose to play, here's what you do:

Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select "write a new note" in the top right corner. (Or copy and paste into your blog, however you chose to correspond...)

Paste the copy in the body of the note. Delete my Xs and add your own. Change the number at the top, and add your title. Once you've saved, don't forget to tag friends (including me) on the right. Tag the same # of people as the # of states you've been to (I think you're limited to 30!).
Just for fun, put an O beside the states where you have lived.

If you have time, it would be fun to write notes, tagging a history of your life. (But I'm not guaranteeing anything special!)

Airports don't count!

Alabama - X
Alaska -
Arizona - X O
Arkansas -
California - X O
Colorado - X
Connecticut - X
Delaware - X
Florida - X O (if summers count as living, I did live with grandparents for three months at a time)
Georgia - X 0
Hawaii -
Idaho -
Illinois - X
Indiana - X
Iowa - X
Kansas - X
Kentucky - X
Louisiana - X O (Thanks NCCC!)
Maine -
Maryland - X
Massachusetts - X
Michigan -
Minnesota - X O (Live there now, thank you very much)
Mississippi -X O (Again, thanks NCCC)
Missouri - X
Montana - X
Nebraska -X
Nevada - X
New Hampshire - X
New Jersey - X
New Mexico - X
New York - X
North Carolina - X
North Dakota - X
Ohio -
Oklahoma - X
Oregon -
Pennsylvania - X
Rhode Island - X
South Carolina - X O (Thanks, NCCC!)
South Dakota -
Tennessee - X
Texas -
Utah - X
Vermont - X
Virginia - X
West Virginia - X
Wisconsin - X
Wyoming - X
Washington-

CAN YOU BEAT THAT?

I've found it. My purpose has hit me in a dream.

I was talking to a camp friend tonight, a girl who is graduating this spring and is a prospective teacher. It came to me during this conversation that what this world is lacking is a teacher community. Not just at school, but at home as well. I could have benefited so immensely when I was teaching from a support network of young, first and second year teachers AT HOME, to share stories with, swap techniques over dinner with, and just generally vent frustrations to away from the workplace. It would be a healthy relationship, we'd do other non-work stuff together too, because that was another thing I felt lacking (socialization) when I was teaching and felt I didn't have a group of people to hang out with and do fun stuff with on the weekends. There just was no time! I have so much in common with teachers and generally get along with them. So why doesn't some one start a co-op of teacher housing communities somewhere? Perhaps this will be my next great big idea. This is something I strongly believe in, and would not mind putting effort into the idea of developing physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy teachers for the good of children everywhere. Now that I think of it, this might be my new life's mission/purpose. By golly, everyone call Princeton and Kate Monster. I think I've found my purpose. And NO, I am not HIGH.

She's here!

The baby, that is. No, not my baby before all of you jump to your cell phones and call to make sure I really didn't have a baby. This is my landlord family's baby. Long-awaited and it's finally starting to hit me that she's here. So far so good. She's been sleeping since she got home from the hospital. Not a peep.

It dawned on me too that I never realized just how tiny day-old babies really are. I've never been around a day-old baby! But she's so cute! Almost makes me want one of my own. Keyword: ALMOST.

Things are about to get interesting around here, I'm sure. I'm apart of an interesting dynamic living here but not not really being here. I know I'm just renting a room, but I also can't help but share the joy of a new family member. I'm really over-aware of my presence at all times and tried not to overstay my welcome when oggling over Baby Girl.

I do want to show interest though. It's a common space and I have to seem human. Man do I over think these things too much.

To top off the baby mess, our sink decided to stop functioning. I walk into the kitchen yesterday and THERE IS NO SINK. Surreal. Just surreal. Nothing. Geez. And, I have to work on Saturday. FUN STUFF.