hello!
 
first off, welcome back albert!!  =)  the mokroops missed you... =)
 
secondly...we need to decide some things.
1) spa day @glenivy is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, August 14th.  we need to decide what treatments [if any] we want to have and make appointments for them that day.  i'm assuming we want to go to the one in corona, and if that's the case be sure to bring/wear your bathing suit, flip-flops and money for the entrance fee into the many facilities there. 
 
2) celebration dinner!  i'm planning on celebrating [finally!] my new job at esperanza...i'm now more at ease with my decision and feel that it's right for me.  =)  with that in mind, i'm trying to decide on a restaurant that we can go to with all my friends to celebrate...here's what i'm thinking so far.
 
*Maggiano's
*Claim Jumper
*TGIF
*Bucca di Beppo
*BJ's
 
they all sound good to me and i'm not sure which to choose...it also makes a difference which place because some may or may not take reservations.  i'm aiming for thursday [8/12] or friday [8/13] for the dinner.  if you think there's a definite best restaurant or have a suggestion for me, then let me know.  the party is not exclusively mokroopal...i plan to invite some others as well, so you might want to keep a slightly larger party in mind.  =)
 
3) angels game!  we need to decide the best day to go for everyone.  i think just about any day in august is ok with me...except for 8/5 for sure because i know that i have an orientation meeting that day.  also the week of 8/23 might be good or bad because i know that i'm supposed to have trainings in the day...so if it's a night game i'm pretty sure it's ok. 
 
only 4 more days until summer school hell is over.  i love teaching...but i think these punkass kids i have make my hair fall out.  i don't know when it was that kids became the rudest, meanest, nastiest people ever...they've all lost their common decency.  today i had kids yelling obscenities at each other...thank goodness i stopped the spitwad madness, but there's one guy who thinks he's such a badass...he went from my best & hardworking student to being the biggest pain in the ass....now all of a sudden he's a drama queen and gets everyone all pissed at him all the time.  i'm pretty sick of him right now...and it's sad because he was once so good!  about half my kids are good-good and the other half are good-bad [they have the potential to be good but inevitably choose to be stupid and bad]  it's so stressful to put up with them...i'm glad it's almost over.  i know they like me...but i can't take kids who are so bad behavior-wise and do not care about passing summer school...which is so freaking easy!  it makes me feel like i'm a terrible teacher and i know i'm not...but i still feel that way. 
 
anyways, i think i've destressed enough by typing the above...so now i leave you.  =)