Suspension story

Since so many of you are curious about my suspension, here goes the tale...

It was winter of my senior year in high school (keep in mind I grew up in central Illinois, so it was very cold). There had been a recent incident at my school where a student had smuggled in a baseball bat in his coat and beat the crap out of another student. To ease people's minds the school decided that no coats, hats, scarves, etc could be worn once indoors. This poses a problem seeing as you are a frozen icicle after walking in from the parking lot. The last thing you want to do is remove your coat immediately and then walk to your locker.

Rebel that I am ;), I decided that below freezing weather meant that I would wear my coat and hat all the way to my locker. This meant a walk from the back of the school to the front. Not very far, but enough to take off the icy chill.

I have my coat off and am hanging it in my locker when I get a tap on my shoulder from the assistant principal saying, "excuse me senior girl...". This should indicate to you how little trouble I have ever been in because she didn't even know my name. "Can you please remove your stocking cap?". I said "OK" and rolled my eyes because I was freaking standing at my locker!! It was the next thing to go into my locker. No one liked this assistant principal because she was known for being petty and always looked like she feared the students.

Anyways, as she was walking away I shook my fist at her a-la Chandler Bing from friends. Well another teacher, we shall call him Brown Nose (BN) told the assistant principal that I had flipped her off. Which was not indeed the case. She huffs over there fuming and asks me if I flipped her off. I said no and my nearby friends vouched for this. BN insisted that he saw me do it. Well she is not one to be calmed so quickly. She said I would be receiving a week suspension and to meet her in her office.

I went down to the office. Scared out of my mind, I mean I didn't do anything and this lady was going to ruin my attendance. She is in all sorts of rage and tells me she will get the video tape and prove I flipped her off. She is trying to get me to confess that I did it, but I didn't. Not to mention that I knew there was no cameras in my locker area. She gets ready to dole out my punishment when duh du dah the other assistant principal comes out and wants to know what the deal is. She explains her story and he says she can't punish me because I am a senior.

Ah, yes I have left out an important bit. She only deals with freshmen and sophomores. The other assistant principal deals with juniors and seniors. Saved! Or so I thought. He calls me into his office and leaves me in there with the door closed while he goes and talks to her. He comes back and asks if I did it and I say no. He goes to find my discipline and attendance records (which in this day and age are on paper in a folder). He is very puzzled as they are both blank. He goes off to see if this is perhaps my second sheet. I finally convince him that I have indeed never been in trouble and have never missed a day of school.

He says she is too livid for me to let you off the hook. I say I didn't do anything wrong. He says I did since I was inside with my hat on. Alas, I must give up. He assigns me one day to internal suspension. This means I am put in a room with no windows, troublemakers and a strict lady who won't let you sleep. Fabulous.

To top it all off, my teachers didn't believe I was in the "pit" as they call it and all came down to see me themselves. They thought it was so ridiculous that they didn't even send me work to do. Gah! I was so bored. My architecture teacher had mercy on me though and signed me out to his classroom since there are no drafting tables in the "pit". It was all very ridiculous, but since it was internal and I was technically at school it didn't count against my attendance. YAY!

20 Things About Me

Tons of people have done this and tagged me on Facebook. I decided to post my list here. This way I can be a bit more choosy with my audience. I could only come up with 20 things at this point. I will update if I can think of five more.

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you. In this case I tag those in the blogger world who have yet to do this.

1. I never missed a day of high school. I even have a plaque to show for it.
2. I have been suspended from school.
3. I used to be a track star.
4. I won the regional geography bowl in 5th grade.
5. I only have three incisors on the bottom. I came that way.
6. One of my pupils is larger than the other.
7. I love seahorses.
8. More than seahorses, I love frogs.
9. If I could live in the water I would.
10. I made it all the way to lifeguard in my hard ass swim lessons, but couldn't get certified because I can't dive.
11. I didn't use to eat meat.
12. I hate wearing pants.
13. I can make balloon animals.
14. I can spoke an entire bike wheel.
15. I have experience in a photo dark room.
16. Halloween is my favorite holiday.
17. My hair used to be (naturally) light blond and stick straight.
18. I have a 6 inch incision scar on my left leg.
19. It is extremely difficult for me to bend the last two toes on either foot.
20. I am working on designing my latest purse/camera bag.

7 more books down

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Euxpéry is one of my husband's favorite books. Somehow I don't think that I read this as a child. C insisted that you couldn't truly understand the book until you were an adult. So I read the book. Man is it a deep book for a children's book! It was very well written. I think I may have to read it again to understand all of the book. I recommend it for all, young or old.


When my BFF was in town over Thanksgiving, she insisted that we go see Twilight with her in theaters. Having not read the books, I said sure, why not? The answer to the question would be because no one should have to suffer through that much bad acting. When we left the theaters I said there was no way I would ever read the books if they were half as bad as the movie. SMD insisted that the books were way better and that I should read them. Fast forward to Christmas. I went back home to see my family, where my sister continued to insist that I needed to read them. So I left Illinois with four books in my bag. Still having no interest. Then my husband starts reading them and telling me how good they were. I guess the third person did me in. I started to read them.
I have heard many people compare them to Harry Potter. They are not remotely similar. Harry Potter has many layers and is very well written for people of all ages. Twilight is brain candy for the young adult to adult. There were many spelling and grammar errors that were so glaringly obvious that they made me stop for a second.
However, the books were very good. They are the sort of series that sucks you in until you have finished all the books. I would recommend them for anyone who wants a fun, quick read that is not sad and lets you escape the world while you read.



This is the most recent installment of the Hannah Swenson murder series. I love how the author manages to keep me guessing up until the end. For those of you who don't know me well, it is hard to fool me in a mystery book/movie. I usually figure it out waaaay before anyone else. That is why I love Joanne Fluke, she keeps me guessing. So if you love mystery novels AND you love recipes, this series is for you.



I got my dad this book for Christmas. He finished really quickly and thought that I should read it too. Randy Pausch wrote this book and delivered his Last Lecture as a legacy for his children. He, at the time of publication, was battling terminal cancer. He wanted his young children to have memories and life lessons from him. So he compiled this wonderful book of his experiences, memories and lessons. It is a good read, but a little sad because you know in the end he loses his battle.