The Dead Sea

Lee went to Israel for work. It's really great for him, to get to go on a trip like that to the factory outside of Tel Aviv when he's still pretty new with the company. Because I'm needy, I didn't really want him to go, but of course wasn't going to stop him. He left on Friday morning and will be back next Saturday. The week is going to drag without him here, but it will be so exciting to pick him up from the airport next weekend.

I still enjoy work, and feel really fortunate to be teaching where I am. My 7th graders are working on a 9-week long math/science project that involves a formal presentation to both me and their parents at the end. They're determining the effect of plant population density on plant growth height and using Fast Plant seeds, which I didn't know about before. They grow really fast, hence the name, so data can be collected two weeks after planting. I love the whole project, and wish my students last year had the structure and skills to do something like this. It makes me sad that they're probably not even learning any science right now.

I went to my parents house tonight and my mom made me bring home my two prom dresses. Of course I tried them on when I got home, and was happy that they still fit. I really think I had the two best prom dresses, and am really surprised that I was able to make good decisions like that as a crazy 17 and 18 year old.

On Tuesday I have to go to court for my leash violation. I'm really upset about it because it's scheduled on the worst day possible, but if I don't show up a warrant for my arrest will be issued. Apparently the maximum fine is $2500, but I'm hoping the judge realizes how ridiculous the whole thing is and cuts me a break. It's not like it will ever happen again - I don't even own a dog!

Tuesday is also the first day of my last semester at ASU. I cannot wait to be finished with my Master's program, and am probably looking forward to this graduation more than my undergraduate graduation.

On Friday I saw The Book of Eli. It wasn't a movie that I had even thought about seeing, but my friends were going. I slept through most of it because it started after 10 and I will always fall asleep in a movie if it starts after 10, even Avatar. Then we sat at IHOP until 3 am and I wasn't even sleepy. The movie seemed fine, but it reminded me a lot of The Road, which I didn't see purposely because the book was sort of only OKAY. I'm reading this great book right now called The Glass Castle which is partially set in downtown Phoenix, blocks away from my work. I recently finished The Heart is a Lonely Hunter which was sort of boring and anticlimactic until the very end, and even then it was just depressing. There's this site called Shelfari that Matthew made me join where can keep track of your reading. Here's my profile, Annabelle.