migraines, march, marriage & massachusetts

buongiorno amici...

it's currently 2:38 in the morning, and i do plan on attending class when the sun comes up. yet, here i sit, greatly affected by the caffeine in the three excedrin that i had to take to get rid of my second migraine of the weekend. i never knew i was prone to migraines. i got alot of headaches in the fall, but my doctor and i decided that was caused by spending plenty of quality time with first-graders and not enough quality time with my bed. but this weekend, i had two bouts with the ailment. yesterday wasn't too bad, but tonight, i couldn't move. i managed to drag myself to my room, put a mask over my eyes and fall onto my bed. i layed there stationary for hours, waiting for the pain to go away so i could write a paper on my inductive study of the book of esther (haman really was a tool, wasn't he??). well, three hours and two excedrin later, i was able to start the paper. it's done now, but i am since i never drink soda or coffee, i am WAY affected by caffeine and so i'm up for awile. i feel like right now you are REALLY bored, because this was a dumb story. i'll move on.

it's the end of march...thank goodness. the end of march means that may 5 (my ever-elusive graduation date) is drawing closer and closer. for those of you who might be tempted to tell me: "you finally did it" or "it's about time" or "it took you long enough" or similar, here's a hint: please keep it to yourself. i know that people who graduate from college 7 years following their high school graduation usually have alot more letters after their name. i also know that people who have been saying these kind of things to me probably don't read this petty little blog.

may also brings the marriage of my brother and the lovely erin. i'm awfully excited to have a sister. i'm excited about their tiny little ceremony, too. i've been getting to know my extended family better at weddings in the past few years. it used to be that we only saw each other at funerals. this is better.

my plans for after graduation most likely involve the east coast. i have signed with a nanny agency in boston, and it is their job to place me with a family that meets my specifications. i (and my mother) feel much more at ease about picking up and moving to the east coast, now that i am with this agency. they have assured me that they have never found one of their nannies floating in the hudson, or any other river! so that's good. i will hopefully find out this week which family i will work for; the where and the when as well.

i feel like this is such a boring post. i don't feel clever at 3 o'clock in the morning. i'm sorry friends. don't quit reading my blog. please. ok, thanks.

buona notte amici

back in the saddle again...

hello friends!

i'm back in the blogger saddle again. actually, after the horse ride of death i was taken on while in the virgin islands...it looks like this will be the only saddle i will ever sit in AGAIN. i promise you that i rode a 50 year-old horse STRAIGHT UP and then STRAIGHT BACK DOWN a rocky cliff. no, i did not enjoy st. john from the dangerously high view-point. no, i wasn't sure if i was going to make it and NO, i was not happy that i had signed a waiver releasing the con artist from any responsibility if i should die.

i'm sure many of you are wondering just how i got so lucky as to find myself on the back of such an animal in the first place. well, let me tell you. i am employed as a nanny by the most generous family in the whole wide world. they took me along on their family vacation to st. john in the u.s. virgin islands. while i was there, i fed iguanas, went on a submarine dive, swam in the ocean, rode LOTS of boats and ate amazing fruit. i also went on the aforementioned horse ride from you-know-where with my little ella and her father. that was the low-point of the trip for me. but i did make it with only minimal tears shed.

the weather was amazing. i am sad to tell you that it was during your coldest week in the midwest. but i thought of you often as i sunned myself on the beach, whilst being brought exotic drinks and fruit right to my lounge chair. mind you, i did watch the kids. but i was basically just the fifth child, since i have never been anywhere so amazing. or expensive. i promise you that we never spent less than $95/person to do ANYTHING (and there were 7 of us, total). boat ride to st. thomas: $100/person, submarine ride: $250/person, horse ride: $95/person. well, i take it back...i think we usually ate for around $40/person. yeah, not a place i will ever be able to afford on my own.

it was wonderful. i am so thankful for the opportunity to have gone.

welp, i guess we'll find out who still reads this! more to come...i promise!

ps...i tried to post pictures, but it was just too difficult. too bad.