it’s a schwinn newport 50. it’s black. it has a maximum speed of 30 MPH. it’s faster than my bike. it’s cheaper than a car. it gets like 100 miles per gallon. it’s awesome.

we got it from a store called urban village scooters, and we actually bought it two weeks ago. some trubs with the dmv prevented us from riding it until today. well, at least we have it now.

my dad taught me how to ride it after work in the MCC parking lot (same lot i learned to drive a car in!). it’s not as difficult as i thought it would be, but my dad still wants me to practice more. hopefully i’ll be able to ride it to work by monday : )

today i subbed at FRES. except it wasn’t really subbing, because i wasn’t filling in for anyone. i was instead a TA (teaching assistant) for a teacher with a difficult to manage class.

at 8:45am i had a short meeting with the principal, mr. hall, who happens to have been my vice principal for my four years of high school. then he took me down to the class, which i knew nothing about ’til i got there. turns out it was a 3rd grade class, and they were effing rowdy, let me just say that now.

i spent the entire day with the students, except for at lunch when i obvs ate in the teacher’s lounge. really i just walk around the room and either tell students to quiet down or to sit at their desk and such, or i help them with what they’re working on. i also graded papers, which was a new experience. and at recess i played on the playground with a group of boys (mr. hall recommended i get involved in recess, which i had no problem with).

like i said before, the kids are rowdy as hell, and i can totally understand why the teacher needs some help. she’s a great teacher, but these kids are out of control. and they just rile each other up. mr. hall told me if the teacher feels i’m helping out enough (i’m also working tomorrow), i will be a TA for the rest of the school year. how great would that be? but i won’t get my hopes up.

oh, and i saw like five billion brighton rec kids, especially when i dropped the class off at lunch. that was a mistake. i’ve never had that many kids surround me at once, i swear. and i constantly heard “lanni!” or “pinky!” or “louise!” as i walked down the hall. hahaha.

9am-3pm: subbed at CRPS
3pm-6pm: worked at ASP
6pm-9pm: class at MCC

subbing was super cool. i had a packet of responsibilities and spent a majority of the day moving from one side of the school to the other (man have they added on a lot since i went there!) to switch to helping a different teacher. what exactly did i do, you ask? the following:

- made some copies
- washed some dishes
- supervised a class during lunch (for the same teacher i had for 1st and 2nd grade!)
- took a class out to recess
- helped cut out shapes for animals heads and bodies
- made some more copies
- supervised a class when the teacher had to go to a meeting
- made even more copies
- got a class ready to leave and brought them to the buses

i was a celebrity there, with my pink hair and all. sometimes when i walked past classrooms, students would run out into the hallway to gawk at me, before their teachers yelled to them to get back in the room. plus i saw a lot of kids from after school. they were all like, “lanni!” and i was all like, “yo, it’s miss m!” not really, but you get the general idea.

oh, and i’m working at FRES tomorrow and friday too! the sub caller left me a voicemail saying they needed me to fill a spot in a new program that doesn’t even have staff yet. she mentioned something about seeing if i’m interested in the position. hmm?

i had a pretty swell memorial day weekend. highlights:
- i got to see stevie on sunday! i didn’t even know he was coming back until i got to a party at my aunt and uncle’s house and he was there! and now would be a good time for a shout-out to all the schlitzer’s who read this — hey guys.
- i saw two movies in theaters with jon this weekend — forgetting sarah marshall and speedracer. both were equally excellent.
- i “cleaned” my room. cleaned is in quotes because, i’m not going to lie, it wasn’t dirty to begin with. yet i am still able to find ways to tidy up. life is grand!
- my debit card is hidden (to prevent me from overspending, summer is killing me already!).
- my hair is repinked.

i work for the brighton central school district now! for those who don’t know, that’s the school district that i went to for my whole K-12 education.

i’m a substitute paraprofessional. basically i fill in for anyone that’s out (besides teachers). andy from brighton rec recommended it to me, and i’m really excited to start. the substitute caller calls me around 6am when they need me, and i either go to council rock primary school (aka CRPS) or french road elementary school (aka FRES). so far i have gotten one call, but it was canceled an hour later. that kind of sucked, but the caller promised she’d put me at the top of the list for next time.

and yes, it’s only for a month until school lets out. but i’d be on the list to work any day of any break that i have off next year at geneseo. plus i’m now on the payroll for the school district that i’d eventually like to work at when i get my education degree. and for now they’re okay with my pink hair : )

- classic
- silver
- 80 GB
- refurbished

songs 4061 (out of 4065)
movies 143 (out of 270)
photos 2469 (out of 2505)
games 3 (out of 3)

it was epic. well, not as epic as raiders of the lost ark, but we all knew that already. the midnight showing was totally worth it. i pretty much loved this movie, and recommend it to all indiana jones fans. it’s more or less on par to the second and third movies, which puts it in a good place. especially considering it’s been 19 years since the last film! i won’t spoil it for anyone, as i assume many have not seen it, but i will definitely recommend it!

bones. house.

spoilers? yes.

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CALCULUS II: B
CHEMISTRY 103: B
HISTORY OF EDUCATION 203: B+
MATH 140: A
PSYCHOLOGY 215: A-

SEMESTER GPA: 3.35
OVERALL GPA: 3.44

i did considerably worse than first semester. i am .05 away from making the dean’s list. but i’m okay with all this, because i worked much harder than i did last semester, and i’m proud of my grades.

i painted five billion mini-murals at the middle school on saturday. and by five billion i mean eight. it was a mentoring club project (that took 7 hours, i’d like to add). turns out the high school members are kind of indolent this year and haven’t been involved in many of the projects. lucky for them lanni is always there to save the day.

today is my dad’s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

i also cleaned out the garage today, so that i could actually fit my bike in it. plus i have to make room for a super secret surprise!

1. i started up working at after school again on thursday. it’s been great so far. it’s nice seeing all the kids and my friends (aka the other staff members) again. i even got voted “favorite counselor” by not only the kids, but the counselors too. haha.

2. i mowed the front lawn today. i’m only mentioning this because it took me two hours (my family let it grow too tall while i was away so i had to mow high, rake, mow low, rake, and sweep). awesome.

3. i got to drive my dad’s new car today! it was effing awesome. nicest car i have ever driven in my life (before this it was the driver’s ed car i drove a few years ago). it was kind of weird having the shifter not being on the steering column, though. but the hologram on the window that shows your speed, the temperature, and the direction made up for this by infinity.

4. wednesday was the six month anniversary of something very important to me. i can’t say more, but it means a lot, and i’m happy that it’s been six months. i’m really only throwing this in here for my own reference.