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I signed a contract for 2 kindergarten positions at local elementary schools on Friday. The hard interviewing work finally paid off! My job is kinda complicated though, because I will be an extended day kindergarten teacher at one school in the morning and then another school in the afternoon. I am a full-time employee for VBCPS which is good. I spent tonight filling out the bucket o'paperwork they gave us for Health/Life/Dental/etc. insurance. Thank goodness my parents know how to read insurance-talk. It's so ridiculous... the insurance company gives you 4 books of information that explain their plans, and then the actually application is like, "Name, Address, Phone, Signature" and that's it. It drove me nuts.

I have been buying like crazy on EBay. I am DONE for a while--I hope. I bought 16 books by Tommy DePaulo (sp?), 60+ random kindergarten books, and a supply of pattern blocks. The only bad thing about having 2 different schools is that I have to supply 2 different classrooms. I am a recent college grad = poor. I reaaaaaaaally hope some nice teacher will "donate" to the Lauren fund *crosses fingers*.

Anywho... Peter and I went to Busch Gardens this weekend. We TRIED to get other people to go also, but that seems to always be a no-go. We had fun, despite the outrageous heat index, long lines, and dramamine to make us sleep--yes, you heard me right. Apparently my tolerance for 12 roller coaster rides in a row has disappeared completely. Now I'm good for 2 rides, then a show, 2 rides, then a show, 1 ride, then a show, dinner, 1 ride, walking, etc. The pattern is not good for a person that used to LOVE spinning, flipping, and twirling upside-down. Ugh, I suck.

It is 12:14am, but I just don't want to go to sleep.