I did pick up some books today, so I thought I’d show you all my goodies a la The Story Siren’s In My Mailbox meme.

I went to Barnes and Noble to celebrate my start of school, and used my teacher discount for the first time. I think they had to be for school books, but often I donate my YAs to the Middle School or HS librarian so it sort of counts, maybe? I bought “The Forest of Hands and Teeth” and gave to Vanya as part of her birthday present, because who wouldn’t want to receive a Zombie/love story in the mail for their birthday. I seriously loved that book, Zombies are beating Vampires in my mind now.

For myself, I bought “Snow White and Rose Red” by Patricia Wrede, because when I was in 7th grade I discovered her Enchanted Forest books, which made turned me on to the whole fractured fairy tale kick that is still going on. I love her Regency Fantasy books as well, so her doing a turn on one of my favorite fairy tales that gets little love in the retelling game makes me a happy.

The other BN purchase was “Shiver” if you watch the video I posted last time I opened wordpress you’ll quickly see why. It looks fabo for sure.

From Amazon this week I picked up “Prom Dates from Hell” because I was looking for some paranormal fluff, after just finishing “You are SO UNDEAD to me” and enjoying it. This is a series so hopefully I will like it and can read the rest during these first months back to school, my brain can’t handle much more than funny fluff at the start of the school year.

Also got “Another Faust” from Amazon, because it sounds amazing, thinking what the modern teen or twenty something might sell their soul for…my choice would be cheese doodles. Never. Ending. Supply. without. weight. gain. :D

And Goodreads sent me a book! An ARC of “Alice I have been” which takes the character of Alice from Alice in wonderland and re-imagines her as a historical character and what becomes of her after childhood.

I have to read “Wings” first though, it’s due back to the Library Thursday (uh but it will be a day late because I checked it out from Lackawanna Co, and I won’t be there until Friday)

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I haven’t blogged or posted to LJ in a good while, mostly the prep for back to school, then the actual back to school sort of ate me alive. Had a great first week back, even though I was at the school that made my head spin last year (no time to get things done) they gave me a part time aid for an hour a day, which sounds like not much, but has been a life saver. I start my first week at my second school tomorrow. Maybe this work one week in one school, then go to the other school will make more sense to me this year, it was tough to keep my lessons flowing when I don’t see the kids every week and my teaching assistant can’t do the admin or lessons side of things. Still getting things down, but in general I feel more calm. I think it’s because last year I came in after having about 400 kids I saw every week, to now 2,000 kids every other week, and who I did not know AT ALL. This year, I know a good amount of names, and if not the names the personalities. Plus already the kids have told me I look prettier this year (I lost weight) and that I’m “The funny person, the funny library teacher!” meant in a HAHA funny way, I promise

I’ve been curling my hair, every day, we’ll see how it keeps up. Usually I chop my hair for the start of school to look professional and teachery, this is the first year I’ve gone in with long hair. I’m rather enjoying it though, I feel more like myself with med hair like this, and short cuts and bobs make me look more like a student than a teacher.

I bought new Librarian glasses yesterday, I never did plastic frames before, or square-ish ones because I have a small, but ROUND face and they never look right, usually are just too big. These matched my hair, so I went with it. I took those extra grad classes so I get a little raise this year, decided to use it towards glasses.

I’ve been helping clean out my grandmother’s house. This tuesday they put it for sale, by Friday a woman had made an offer, on Saturday my dad accepted the offer, sometimes these things fall though, but in general, 5 days to sell a house is INSANE. My grandmother was in the hospital for 5 days too, so this quick AHHH WHAT IS HAPPENING is a trend to this situation.

Saturday was my grandmother’s birthday as well. While mom and I were out to Red Lobster to celebrate my grandmother (it was her favorite place to go with us, just us girls) the call came in about the woman officially wanting the house, so I am guessing this is all a good sign.

I brought Sadie to my grandmother’s house to hold her there until my Landlady comes in monday and tues with someone to fix my sink, apparently my dad failed to mention this, as the woman was started to find a cat in the closet when touring the house on saturday. Yeah, oops. I also had to give a tour to the woman’s sister and father who came over to look at the house last night, which was upsetting. I was 100% in chipper tour guide mode, but before and after I felt very low, my poor dad hasn’t even been in the house since they listed it for sale. Everything is happening so fast.

So Now I’m cleaning up a storm before they come, trying to pretend that my apartment ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE THIS. I also got bleach on my new purple dress because I lack common sense.  My bedroom still needs much help, the never ending clothes pile is trying to eat me, I tossed everything on top of my bed, this usually makes me buck up and get it done so I can sleep, but I have a feeling some of this monster will end up being placed ever so nicely (TOSSED) into the closet.

I attempted to restart running last night, but it was mostly a no-go, I took a month off and now I feel back to my old RUNNING IS SCARRYYYY mind set, I was actually starting to enjoy it for a bit there. I’m going to join the ladies from work with their after school T and TH exercise club, running the track, and doing exercise tapes and such, should help, plus I should probably use that expensive machine I bought myself with my money from working After School Program at HCS when I worked there. I hang my clothes on it to dry…