My first week back...

Okay, so I haven't had students yet, but I've had a full week of meetings and a computer tragedy. I also squeezed in some fun times at an Old 97s concert on Wednesday night!

Monday was a good day of friendly fun meetings until the afternoon arrived and I had to get my username changed in the system. All the work I did over summer vacation to prepare for Creative Writing and my English classes was lost in the process and no one has had any luck recovering it, so I have resigned myself to the fact that it's gone. I was so devastated that I cried all the way home. It is SO frustrating realizing that about 30 hours worth of hard work just vanished into thin air...poof! There have been additional stresses this week, but probably not things I'd want to put out on the internet, so I'll keep them to myself. I just wish people were easier to work with. I always try so hard to be a team player who makes life easier for others by having a pleasant demeanor and kind spirit. Apparently some people don't feel the same way, but I guess that's life, and I have to learn to deal with it.

On a happier note, the concert at the Wiltern was tons of fun. Ben & I met up with a couple friends and rocked the night out to Josh Ritter and the Old 97s. Just a little personal history on this. About three weeks after Ben and I started dating, he gave me four CDs to listen to of music that he likes. On one of them, the first song was "Question" (Old 97s). The song is all about how someday someone's going to ask you a question "that you should say yes to once in your life." When I heard that song the first time on the CD, I wondered if it meant anything...did he already think I was "the one"? I thought about that a lot until after he proposed and I asked him. "Yes," he had told me. He knew by our 3rd date.



Funny thing is it was our third date that I knew too. :)