oh, and

ted and i have been married for 11 months today.

summertino

summer school started last night. only 5 weeks! im sure it will fly by. ive got a lot of work to do today and santa was being a bummer and keeping me up all morning. but i had a dream i was a movie star and got hit by a mexican temple rock being blown up by aliens, so that was neat.

birthdaytino

It was my birthday on Tuesday- I had work all day and class, so Ted and I went to dinner at Amada on Thursday. That was after Happy Hour with newest addition Julie from my other class. We had margaritas that were pretty good, but not as good as Poncho Villa. Sometimes I miss that place, but then I remember the cold. Speaking of which, today was like 45 degrees or something, and it was awesome!

I won $5 during the Superbowl, but lost it immediately afterwards.

I'm so tired!!!!!!!!

INAUGURATINO

We went to the inauguration, and it was awesome. I haven't uploaded my photos anywhere, but when I do I will tell you where. My birthday was the other day, it was okay. I had work all day and class all night, and boy I am excited for tonight. I made a new friend, Julie, and she is coming to our Thursday night happy hour. Yes. I don't know where we are going yet. Any suggestions? West Philly preferably.

Yesterday I took the UPenn van home for the first time, and the driver was making a lot of noises and I almost asked if she should take a break. She sounded like she was about to pass out. Moaning and breathing heavily. It was bad. And I talked to the security guard who followed me home last week (last Wednesday a Penn security guard sort of forced himself on me to escort me home. I wasn't happy about it and felt it was unecessary because someone else out there probably actually wanted an escort). One of the reasons I waited for the van and just went home alone.

DANG

It's my boss's birthday so at lunch I bought some flowers and when I came back I was arranging them. Then the fire alarm when off. I threw down my scissors and ran outside. A minute later she was outside too, and there were some girls around without jackets. So she asked if I had anything to give them to keep warm. My office, the very first room inside the building had my sweater. So she ran inside and came out with my sweater and a scarf. Then I realized she probably saw flowers and the card, and probably realized that I'm giving her flowers for her birthday. So much for the probably surprise. DANG.

I moved to Philadelphia

OOOOOOOO it's been so long since I've written anything.
I live in West Philly, work at the University of Pennsylvania.
Starting grad school next semester there.

I married Ted Renner on August 8, 2008. That was great! Still is!

I have some down time at work and decided to start writing more in this.

Thanksgiving was this past weekend- I had almost the entire week off, and it felt like I was off forEVER. Ted had to work a lot, and I covered for someone for Saturday morning lessons. Oh yes, I work about 1-2 days a week at the YMCA teaching private swimming lessons. Right now I only have 1 student, Georges. He is old and kind and it sort of feels like hanging out with your grandfather but teaching him how to swim. Georges is one of my favorite students.

This weekend I was working on Christmas presents, I made my brother and his girlfriend potholders for their new apartment.

well

also i just opened up my laptop, and i really like it. its cold here today. it better be sunny in philadelphia, and warm. i found out my friend JO is from around the area, and her sister is in soem sort of med? school at one of the schools there. and JO just applied for grad school at UPENN, so there is a chance that she will be in the city in fall. thats SO GREAT! i am so hungover. for the first time in months i am going to call my penpal today, who knows if he is getting my letters, but he is so many time zones away, its unbelievable. i will have to wait ALL NIGHT. i may make more calls home today. i feel like i should tell people im leaving on tuesday, even if they are in the states already.

so it turns out im doing costume design for cirque de soleil this summer. thats cool. im also getting married, and am rubix cube champion. if you ask me why my czech is so bad i will leave your country.