FIRE!!

I almost forgot to blog about the most eventful thing that happened today: a fire.

Just as we were dismissing the students from Summer School, the house right in front of our school caught on fire. At first we thought someone was just burning brush, but it turned out to be WAY more than that! At least 3 fire engines came to put out the blaze. Of course, the kids thought it was the coolest thing they had ever seen in their lives...

It was so sad to watch the dreams and lives of these poor, helpless people just burn up right in front of them. One of the kids that lives there is a student at my school. Sad.

I hope everyone was able to get out alright. I believe they did, but I'm sure it was a VERY scary moment for everyone involved.

Corey and I came home one night after eating dinner, to find 3 fire engines in our front yard - along with the rest of the ENTIRE neighborhood!!! Talk about having the shheeet scared out of you! Lucky for us, it was the house across from us that had caught on fire - unlucky for them. However, they were eventually able salvage the frame and rebuild the house. They got bigger and badder stuff in it, too...We can see their GIANT flat screen TV mounted on their living room wall when their front door is open. Of course, if my house burning down was the only way I could get that TV, I would definitely choose another option! They deserve it with all they went through...

I wouldn't wish that type of catastrophe on anyone!

Sprucing up and the YMCA...

First off, I changed some stuff around on here. I got tired of looking at everybody's blog to see if they had updated anything everyday, so I added a blog roll that will update me when someone updates their blog! Yay! Also, I added the graphic of my name above, which I thought was super cute - thanks Dusty - I totally stole that from your myspace! I moved the header to the "About Me" section, which I'm sure nobody ever read anyway, but just in case, now you know where it is...

Now, on to the YMCA. Yeah, I joined. Just for the rest of the month and July. I am going to go to the H2O Aerobics classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for the rest of June. Then, when I'm finished teaching Summer School, I will try to go Monday through Friday in the mornings. There is another teacher friend who goes to the Y to work out, so maybe we can get together and go sometime :-)

I'm not a big worker-outer. I mean, have you seen me?! However, my mom has recently lost about 100 lbs in the past year and she is a faithful participant in her water aerobics three days a week. She also has done Weight Watchers and I'm super proud of her! And I'm super even more jealous of her! Scrawny ass! So, I joined and hopefully I will have at least SOME of the success she has had.

I had a little issue with the folks at the Y. It seems that the people who work there have NO freakin' clue what you need to bring with you in order to become a member. I am surprised that they don't ask for your first born child! Anyway, after going back and forth from the Y to my house because of stupidity on their part, I finally told them that if they needed ONE more thing from my house, I was going home and NOT coming back. Apparently, everything that I brought the second time was PLENTY of information after making that point! HA!

Wish me luck! Perhaps I should put a weight loss ticker on my page...nah - that would mean people would be looking and holding me accountable. Now, we can't have that can we?!