This is tearing me apart. I had dreams about leaving home all night. Everyone waiting while I pack.
I am so excited to go home again but it's just for tonight and then that is it. I won't see anyone again until May. I guess that's only four months now.
What makes it so hard is that the past three times I have said goodbye, I thought is was until May. Maybe that's a good thing. Maybe we'll come back before then. I doubt it!
On a more exciting note, I told our director of our show that I didn't think we would be returning. I didn't whine to him about all the things that nag at me about the tour, I simply explained to him about the money.We need more money if we are going to do it again. The offer we got was $50/week more. While that would be nice right about now, that's not worth it.
Without my parents I don't know how we would have survived the three weeks at home with no pay.
I think we kind of get screwed with the money part of all of it because unlike the other shows, we have this guys name attached to our show. I am pretty sure he gets paid every week as well for writing and directing the show. But the show was terrible when we got it. Some of our fables are verbatim out of the book. It is what it is because of us not because of him. So if we do this again, we have another well respected writer who is going to dramatize some stories for us free of charge. That way we can hopefully get paid properly for the work we do.
Bekah
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Friday, January 14, 2005
The moral is...enjoy being home while you can.
Aesop. Who was he? Why do we preach his morals to children everyday?
The answer is: No one really knows for sure. As far as I know, Aesop was a slave who used his stories to get both in and out of trouble. During Roman and Greek times, his stories were known by everyone. (Like "The Three Little Pigs" is known today.) The stories were told often but they were never written down.
When someone finally wrote them down, the stories were finally summed up in a moral, or a lesson. So the morals don't come directly from Aesop, most of them come from the editors that put Aesop's stories onto paper.
That is a little explaination as to why I assign morals to some of my writting.
Now that that is said and done, I want to talk about the choices we made today. There was much debate about whether or not to come home. Niether of us where really for or against a certain choice, but rather we both recognized the pro's and con's of our choices.
We left last Monday not knowing for sure if we would see our family again until May. When we finished our work today, we were 6-7 hours away with a 7-8 hour drive Sunday to get back to our Monday schools.
While today we knew that it didn't seem like a big deal whether we went home or not, we knew that in a month we would wish that we had. We see hardly any family on the road, it is so important to be with our family while we can.
Ok, gotta go! Speaking of, I think my family has come home for the night!
Bekah
The answer is: No one really knows for sure. As far as I know, Aesop was a slave who used his stories to get both in and out of trouble. During Roman and Greek times, his stories were known by everyone. (Like "The Three Little Pigs" is known today.) The stories were told often but they were never written down.
When someone finally wrote them down, the stories were finally summed up in a moral, or a lesson. So the morals don't come directly from Aesop, most of them come from the editors that put Aesop's stories onto paper.
That is a little explaination as to why I assign morals to some of my writting.
Now that that is said and done, I want to talk about the choices we made today. There was much debate about whether or not to come home. Niether of us where really for or against a certain choice, but rather we both recognized the pro's and con's of our choices.
We left last Monday not knowing for sure if we would see our family again until May. When we finished our work today, we were 6-7 hours away with a 7-8 hour drive Sunday to get back to our Monday schools.
While today we knew that it didn't seem like a big deal whether we went home or not, we knew that in a month we would wish that we had. We see hardly any family on the road, it is so important to be with our family while we can.
Ok, gotta go! Speaking of, I think my family has come home for the night!
Bekah
Thursday, January 13, 2005
The moral is...I just want to rant about my day!
How do I describe what we have seen today? I do believe James called it, "Back Woods." The teacher we spoke to at our second school, who lived in Petaluma, CA until she was in her late 20s, described it as "rustic." She compared it to Oklahoma saying that California was "manicured." What I think she ment was people don't throw their trash EVERYWHERE in California.
Ok, listen people. If you think about scheduling out program at your school, please do what is asked of you! It's not like we ask that much. Our show does not work as well when the kids sit in the bleechers. Hello! We've done this enough to know what works and what does not. Thank you! It drives me crazy when people don't allow their students to get the best show possible.
Our second show today was a nightmare. (The school referred to in the audio blog.) On one side of the gym was a few rows of regular bleechers and on the other side was the side were they keep score, etc. There was a big wooden desk type structure and a set of bars that ran the entire length of the gym.
Our show is VERY interactive. If we are isolated from the kids as we were today, our show doesn't work very well. Change is ok, people. Really, I promise. It will be ok to do things differently for once.
As I am sure you have figured out, the kids sat on the OTHER SIDE. AHHHHH! It drives me crazy.
Ok, one more thing to rant about. James and I went to GOODWILL today. I found an awesome sweater I liked. $5! What, I don't think so. That really wasn't that big of a deal, I just like a good deal. The big deal was that they had very few t-shirts and the ones they did have were $4.25. If I wanted overpriced used clothes, I wouldn't go to Salvation Army or Goodwill.
What is going on with Goodwill anyway. Has anyone been to one of the "fancy" Goodwills? It's rediculous! What's happening?!!
Bekah
Ok, listen people. If you think about scheduling out program at your school, please do what is asked of you! It's not like we ask that much. Our show does not work as well when the kids sit in the bleechers. Hello! We've done this enough to know what works and what does not. Thank you! It drives me crazy when people don't allow their students to get the best show possible.
Our second show today was a nightmare. (The school referred to in the audio blog.) On one side of the gym was a few rows of regular bleechers and on the other side was the side were they keep score, etc. There was a big wooden desk type structure and a set of bars that ran the entire length of the gym.
Our show is VERY interactive. If we are isolated from the kids as we were today, our show doesn't work very well. Change is ok, people. Really, I promise. It will be ok to do things differently for once.
As I am sure you have figured out, the kids sat on the OTHER SIDE. AHHHHH! It drives me crazy.
Ok, one more thing to rant about. James and I went to GOODWILL today. I found an awesome sweater I liked. $5! What, I don't think so. That really wasn't that big of a deal, I just like a good deal. The big deal was that they had very few t-shirts and the ones they did have were $4.25. If I wanted overpriced used clothes, I wouldn't go to Salvation Army or Goodwill.
What is going on with Goodwill anyway. Has anyone been to one of the "fancy" Goodwills? It's rediculous! What's happening?!!
Bekah
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Monday, January 10, 2005
Sunday, January 09, 2005
The moral is...give us your money!
An update on the car. Our company glady paid for or repairs. Isn't that nice! BUT, WE GLAGLY GET TO PAY THEM BACK!
Here's the deal. We get paid a certain amount every week. With that money, we can do what we please, but we have to get from place to place. That means GAS. Then, we have to eat everyday, that means FOOD. Although we have a camp stove that we use for dinners, we have to eat out for lunch due to time restraints in between shows. Then, we have to have shelter. We've slept in the car before, but we choose to do the HOTEL thing. Occasionaly, we have had family to stay with and a principal invited us into his home, so that saves money. After 3 weeks of NO pay, any money we had is gone.
From week to week, we budget our money trying to stay in hotels that are around 50 dollars. The more you travel, the more you find that that is kind of impossible. There is always Motel 6 but for another 10 bucks you get a pool, gym, and free breakfast, etc.
Alright, so we struggle financially. That's ok. We do fine, but now we have a huge amount of money we owe our company. (Jim Bob on WWR gave me a good idea, so here it goes!) For anyone who has a little extra money laying around that wants to help out please let me know.
bekahandjames@gmail.com
Or if you want to be anonymous, you can mail our company and explain my poor pathetic plea for money!
The Bureau of Lectures and Concert Artists, Inc.
123 West 8th Street, Suite 205
Lawrence, KS 66044
Well, we are back on the road tommorow. I am getting a little teary thinking about having to say goodbye to my family once again. Hey, at least our car is running well!
Don't forget to listen to Whole Wheat Radio. If you haven't checked it out yet, you should know that I am dissapointed. So go there now!
http://www.wholewheatradio.com
Bekah
Here's the deal. We get paid a certain amount every week. With that money, we can do what we please, but we have to get from place to place. That means GAS. Then, we have to eat everyday, that means FOOD. Although we have a camp stove that we use for dinners, we have to eat out for lunch due to time restraints in between shows. Then, we have to have shelter. We've slept in the car before, but we choose to do the HOTEL thing. Occasionaly, we have had family to stay with and a principal invited us into his home, so that saves money. After 3 weeks of NO pay, any money we had is gone.
From week to week, we budget our money trying to stay in hotels that are around 50 dollars. The more you travel, the more you find that that is kind of impossible. There is always Motel 6 but for another 10 bucks you get a pool, gym, and free breakfast, etc.
Alright, so we struggle financially. That's ok. We do fine, but now we have a huge amount of money we owe our company. (Jim Bob on WWR gave me a good idea, so here it goes!) For anyone who has a little extra money laying around that wants to help out please let me know.
bekahandjames@gmail.com
Or if you want to be anonymous, you can mail our company and explain my poor pathetic plea for money!
The Bureau of Lectures and Concert Artists, Inc.
123 West 8th Street, Suite 205
Lawrence, KS 66044
Well, we are back on the road tommorow. I am getting a little teary thinking about having to say goodbye to my family once again. Hey, at least our car is running well!
Don't forget to listen to Whole Wheat Radio. If you haven't checked it out yet, you should know that I am dissapointed. So go there now!
http://www.wholewheatradio.com
Bekah
Thursday, January 06, 2005
The moral is...life on the road is not good on your car.
Our car was supposed to be in the shop for the next two days, getting the clutch replaced. Haha, guess what, it's not the clutch, it's the worse possible thing ever...that's right, you guessed it. It's the Transmission! We scheduled this in advance and now here we are, having to be in Texas on Monday with no way to get there.
We began the tour in September. Since then, we have managed to put nearly 20,000 miles on our car.
In case you didn't know, actors don't make very much money. We didn't get paid for the three weeks we were home so we REALLY don't have any money.
This should be a very interesting day!
Bekah
We began the tour in September. Since then, we have managed to put nearly 20,000 miles on our car.
In case you didn't know, actors don't make very much money. We didn't get paid for the three weeks we were home so we REALLY don't have any money.
This should be a very interesting day!
Bekah
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
The moral is...listen to Whole Wheat Radio
Ok, so if you know me, you know that I have been encouraging people to check out podcasting. Tonight, Jim Bob from Whole Wheat Radio talked about this blog on their 24 hour stream. You can imagine how excited I was! James says I'm a nerd. I am! I get it from my dad! (Dad, you know I mean that in the most sincere way possible.)
When we began our tour in Sept., James and I left behind our almost new desktop PC and my ibook from 1999. We didn't think we would need it, and we don't really, but it makes it easier to pay bills, keep in touch with friends and, now, since my dad introduced me, listen to podcasts.
We picked up the ibook, Ruphus, when we came home for Thanksgiving. When we leave again on Sunday, we are taking the ibook with us again. We hope to start a podcast soon from the road but are unsure of whether or not it will hold up to the challenge.
HOWEVER, the first thing I tested Ruphus on, was whether or not it could handle the 24 hour stream of Whole Wheat Radio. It does, and I am so excited. No matter how far away I am from home, two things will always remain the same: I will have James by my side and WWR in my ears!
Please check out www.wholewheatradio.com
I promise you will love it!
Bekah
When we began our tour in Sept., James and I left behind our almost new desktop PC and my ibook from 1999. We didn't think we would need it, and we don't really, but it makes it easier to pay bills, keep in touch with friends and, now, since my dad introduced me, listen to podcasts.
We picked up the ibook, Ruphus, when we came home for Thanksgiving. When we leave again on Sunday, we are taking the ibook with us again. We hope to start a podcast soon from the road but are unsure of whether or not it will hold up to the challenge.
HOWEVER, the first thing I tested Ruphus on, was whether or not it could handle the 24 hour stream of Whole Wheat Radio. It does, and I am so excited. No matter how far away I am from home, two things will always remain the same: I will have James by my side and WWR in my ears!
Please check out www.wholewheatradio.com
I promise you will love it!
Bekah
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Shopping
As I drove to my parent's house tonight, after a brief shopping adventure with my sister before she went to work, I fingured out something about myself.
The last visit with my best friend in Albuquerque, I found the typical shopping we used to do was horribly uncomfortable. As we have gotten older, we have become very different. She more girl, and I like to get my hands dirty. Why spent $20 for a t-shirt? It's a t-shirt!
My sister reminds me more and more of my friend everyday. She is much more materialistic that I. She was talking about how she NEEDED a new purse(I made her two before I left), and I couldn't help but think how there are people that NEED food and shelter right now in India.
My sister and I grew up being very close. Now I can't even get her to spend time with me and when she does, it's like pulling teeth to get her to talk about her life of her dreams or anything. But she can call me up when I am on the road and rant for thirty minutes straight about how bad her life is.
Ok, so what I figured out about myself...
I get irritated when I get teased about liking to shop by my husband. I figured out tonight that when I'm getting teased about going shopping, I've got images of my friend or my sister running through my head.
It's no big deal. I just like to get a good deal. I couldn't imagine paying $40 for a denim jacket. I can barely make myself pay that much for a crappy down coat for our trip to MN and WI.
Bekah
The last visit with my best friend in Albuquerque, I found the typical shopping we used to do was horribly uncomfortable. As we have gotten older, we have become very different. She more girl, and I like to get my hands dirty. Why spent $20 for a t-shirt? It's a t-shirt!
My sister reminds me more and more of my friend everyday. She is much more materialistic that I. She was talking about how she NEEDED a new purse(I made her two before I left), and I couldn't help but think how there are people that NEED food and shelter right now in India.
My sister and I grew up being very close. Now I can't even get her to spend time with me and when she does, it's like pulling teeth to get her to talk about her life of her dreams or anything. But she can call me up when I am on the road and rant for thirty minutes straight about how bad her life is.
Ok, so what I figured out about myself...
I get irritated when I get teased about liking to shop by my husband. I figured out tonight that when I'm getting teased about going shopping, I've got images of my friend or my sister running through my head.
It's no big deal. I just like to get a good deal. I couldn't imagine paying $40 for a denim jacket. I can barely make myself pay that much for a crappy down coat for our trip to MN and WI.
Bekah
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
The moral is...CALL ME!
Ok well I am "home" now for a while so if you are reading this and live in the area, you will know where to find me. Happy Holidays!
Bekah
Bekah
Saturday, December 18, 2004
The moral is...If you have to introduce a presenter, check to make sure they are there first.
Christmas. Family. Home. They all have taken on a different meaning for me now that I have left and returned home again.
I walked through the neighborhood where I onced lived, looking at christmas lights, crying with frustration. Having a home can mean somethng as simple as having a place to feel safe taking a walk in.
It makes me tired not having a be of my own. Well I do have a bed but my sister is borrowing it since we were going to be away so long. And now I wish she hadn't. My back and neck hurt from sleeping on the floor and crappy mattresses in mid-range hotels.
My brother and sister are seniors in high school. They manage to make everyone around them unhappy. Isn't that the job of every seventeen year old. I got yelled at today beacause I asked one of them to hang out with me. It is so loud here. I can't stand it.
We had a strange week last week. Thursday we cancelled our first show because we were so ill. The second show our boss finally came to see our show. We were worried he was going to cancel our show or something. Nope. He just came to see our show and tell us we were doing a good job.
Friday we went to Liberty, MO. We performed for a group of 90 Third graders who made comments like, "That's not funny!" Tough crowd. Well i would have been tough too if I had to wait as long as they did for our show to start.
We had called in way ahead of time and said we had hit bad traffic in Downtown KC and we would be arriving late. No one checked to see if we were ready and so when they announced us I was still in the bathroom changing. Please note: If you have to introduce a presenter, check to make sure they are there first.
I'm tired, frustrated, sick, etc. and I have no where to go to escape from it all and have a moment to myself.
AHHHHHHH!
Bekah
I walked through the neighborhood where I onced lived, looking at christmas lights, crying with frustration. Having a home can mean somethng as simple as having a place to feel safe taking a walk in.
It makes me tired not having a be of my own. Well I do have a bed but my sister is borrowing it since we were going to be away so long. And now I wish she hadn't. My back and neck hurt from sleeping on the floor and crappy mattresses in mid-range hotels.
My brother and sister are seniors in high school. They manage to make everyone around them unhappy. Isn't that the job of every seventeen year old. I got yelled at today beacause I asked one of them to hang out with me. It is so loud here. I can't stand it.
We had a strange week last week. Thursday we cancelled our first show because we were so ill. The second show our boss finally came to see our show. We were worried he was going to cancel our show or something. Nope. He just came to see our show and tell us we were doing a good job.
Friday we went to Liberty, MO. We performed for a group of 90 Third graders who made comments like, "That's not funny!" Tough crowd. Well i would have been tough too if I had to wait as long as they did for our show to start.
We had called in way ahead of time and said we had hit bad traffic in Downtown KC and we would be arriving late. No one checked to see if we were ready and so when they announced us I was still in the bathroom changing. Please note: If you have to introduce a presenter, check to make sure they are there first.
I'm tired, frustrated, sick, etc. and I have no where to go to escape from it all and have a moment to myself.
AHHHHHHH!
Bekah
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
The moral is...check the schedule.
Today was an interesting day. Once again, we weren't made to feel very welcome at our first school. We had a great show, however, and afterward the teachers that were cold when we arrived became our best friends.
The PE teacher asked us if we ment to get the kids as wound up as we did. YES! Of course! They made the show a lot of fun. The show was fun for me again today. It's always fun but today it was really fun.
We went home to Topeka and returned our rental car that we got for our Colorado trip and went for a relaxing luch at our favorite reseraunt.
With 45 minutes to spare we began the 20 minute journey to our second school. My friend Chris was coming to the show and I was thinking about how he had said in his e-mail that he would see us at 1pm. It was 12:45pm. Why would he be there so early when our show started at 2pm.
I asked James if he was sure our show started at 2pm. He said he was and I picked up the schedule and...NOPE. It started in 15 min. We are so sleep deprived that we got our shows confused.
After some convincing, we got Chris(also an actor) to give us some advice. He made some really good points. I look foward to trying some new things tommorrow. It was awesome to have a familiar face in the audience and to get some feedback on our show.
Bekah
The PE teacher asked us if we ment to get the kids as wound up as we did. YES! Of course! They made the show a lot of fun. The show was fun for me again today. It's always fun but today it was really fun.
We went home to Topeka and returned our rental car that we got for our Colorado trip and went for a relaxing luch at our favorite reseraunt.
With 45 minutes to spare we began the 20 minute journey to our second school. My friend Chris was coming to the show and I was thinking about how he had said in his e-mail that he would see us at 1pm. It was 12:45pm. Why would he be there so early when our show started at 2pm.
I asked James if he was sure our show started at 2pm. He said he was and I picked up the schedule and...NOPE. It started in 15 min. We are so sleep deprived that we got our shows confused.
After some convincing, we got Chris(also an actor) to give us some advice. He made some really good points. I look foward to trying some new things tommorrow. It was awesome to have a familiar face in the audience and to get some feedback on our show.
Bekah
The moral is...check out podcasting.
I'm getting so burnt out. I think it's all the traveling in the midwest. We haven't taken pictures or used our camcorder since we came home for Thanksgiving. We are home off and on this week. It makes me feel even less motivated to go to work every day. No...I think it is just the eighteen hours of driving we had to do in the last 36hours that is making me so cranky.
My dad burned some CDs for James and I of this young, hip couple in Wayne, WI. They have this podcast that can be vulgar at times but is really funny. So if you dare, check them out.
www.dawnanddrew.com
They've saved us from the boredom of the road.
I'm keeping it short today because we still have to drive an hour to our first show. Check back later. I might post again tonight.
Bekah
My dad burned some CDs for James and I of this young, hip couple in Wayne, WI. They have this podcast that can be vulgar at times but is really funny. So if you dare, check them out.
www.dawnanddrew.com
They've saved us from the boredom of the road.
I'm keeping it short today because we still have to drive an hour to our first show. Check back later. I might post again tonight.
Bekah
Friday, December 10, 2004
You get two today!
My memory of which school was where fades rather quickly. I can't remember from day to day where we were the day before. I'll say James, "What school was that?" He will start describing it and the memory will come back.
While some schools are clearer than others, it's mostly a big blur of schools in my memory. A constant blur of hotels, restraunts, gas stations, grocery stores, and scenery flashing by in the window.
The more I think about this, the more I don't want to do it again. I'm back and forth about it. I am so much happier from day to day than when I was going to school and working around such a negative, unhappy person all the time. I would be referring to my manager at the coffee shop, who has since been let go because of her negativity.
There's not very much to have to worry about out here. Well less than when we were home. James and I have so much fun together. While it's too cold to swim in Topeka, we swim several times a week. We don't have to make our bed.
The company we work for sucks the fun out of it. The kids put the joy back in it for us. So you can see why I would be back and forth about wether or not I want to do this again.
If we return next year, we are doing American Tall Tales. There are reasons we like our show so much. The kids are familiar with our stories, which are funny, and they laugh the whole time. People are always telling us how much our show stands out from the other assemblies. We keep the kids, of all ages engaged for the entire show. There is something to be said about that.
Do we keep this as a nice faded memory? Do we do it again and hope we enjoy our show next year(if the pay is right)? Do we wait and try and do it on our own in a few years? What should we do? I need your comments people.
Bekah
While some schools are clearer than others, it's mostly a big blur of schools in my memory. A constant blur of hotels, restraunts, gas stations, grocery stores, and scenery flashing by in the window.
The more I think about this, the more I don't want to do it again. I'm back and forth about it. I am so much happier from day to day than when I was going to school and working around such a negative, unhappy person all the time. I would be referring to my manager at the coffee shop, who has since been let go because of her negativity.
There's not very much to have to worry about out here. Well less than when we were home. James and I have so much fun together. While it's too cold to swim in Topeka, we swim several times a week. We don't have to make our bed.
The company we work for sucks the fun out of it. The kids put the joy back in it for us. So you can see why I would be back and forth about wether or not I want to do this again.
If we return next year, we are doing American Tall Tales. There are reasons we like our show so much. The kids are familiar with our stories, which are funny, and they laugh the whole time. People are always telling us how much our show stands out from the other assemblies. We keep the kids, of all ages engaged for the entire show. There is something to be said about that.
Do we keep this as a nice faded memory? Do we do it again and hope we enjoy our show next year(if the pay is right)? Do we wait and try and do it on our own in a few years? What should we do? I need your comments people.
Bekah
The moral is...don't cancel shows when you need medical assistance.
My fever is gone, I'm on antibiodics, and I am feeling better. I still have a sore throat but I can tell that is getting better as well. I think just the thought of getting to see my family in a few days is helping my recovery.
I think we screwed ourselves pretty badly. We cancelled some shows to come home and get James' tooth fixed. If we had just done one more show, I think we would have gotten to spend this weekend home. Instead, we get to drive back to Colorado this weekend to make up our shows we missed. Although we would prefer to be home, I'm ok with that. I don't want another group making up our show for us. I don't think that is fair.
When our employer told us that he was sending us back, he sent me a TYPED fax saying that he was sending us back but would be more than happy to help us with gas.
James talked to him yesterday and it's amazing, somehow, he forgot he said that. Oh, but he'll reluctantly give us $50. That's so nice. That will get us there and not back.
Really, that isn't what I am upset about. That's typical. What I am upset about is that after our three shows in Colorado, we have to drive NINE hours to Emporia for a 9:30am show.
Our empoyer says the drive is only 5 hours, 6 at the most. We made the drive home and with us driving a little over the speed limit, it took 9 hours to Topeka.
On the other hand, we picked up a show in Emporia the Tuesday, Dec 21 and he is going to give us almost all of the money he get from that show. Can we get an advance on that so we can get home from Colorado? Just kidding, that just means one person in our family might get a Christmas present this year. Everyone put your names in a hat...
Bekah
I think we screwed ourselves pretty badly. We cancelled some shows to come home and get James' tooth fixed. If we had just done one more show, I think we would have gotten to spend this weekend home. Instead, we get to drive back to Colorado this weekend to make up our shows we missed. Although we would prefer to be home, I'm ok with that. I don't want another group making up our show for us. I don't think that is fair.
When our employer told us that he was sending us back, he sent me a TYPED fax saying that he was sending us back but would be more than happy to help us with gas.
James talked to him yesterday and it's amazing, somehow, he forgot he said that. Oh, but he'll reluctantly give us $50. That's so nice. That will get us there and not back.
Really, that isn't what I am upset about. That's typical. What I am upset about is that after our three shows in Colorado, we have to drive NINE hours to Emporia for a 9:30am show.
Our empoyer says the drive is only 5 hours, 6 at the most. We made the drive home and with us driving a little over the speed limit, it took 9 hours to Topeka.
On the other hand, we picked up a show in Emporia the Tuesday, Dec 21 and he is going to give us almost all of the money he get from that show. Can we get an advance on that so we can get home from Colorado? Just kidding, that just means one person in our family might get a Christmas present this year. Everyone put your names in a hat...
Bekah
Monday, December 06, 2004
The moral is...being sick blows.
When we arrived home for Thanksgiving, we felt as though we were about to get sick. We felt sickish the whole time we were home and even had to brake some dates with our friends because we weren't feeling well.
Now I am blaring a fever. Either I am still sick from two weeks ago or I managed to pick up something else from a nose picking kid in the front row. MMMmmm...let's see, my bet is on the nose picker.
I was up again last night but only for about an hour or so. I ate lots of cold ice cream to sooth my aching throat.
For those of you that have never lived with me, I should tell you that ever since I was little my skin hurts when I get a fever. I don't understand it, but there's no need to take my temp. when my skin hurts because that is a given that I have a fever.
When I was a freshman in college, I went to the school doctor at Washburn because my skin hurt. I didn't think my fever was that high yet but I wanted to get meds before I got any worse. The doctor took my temp. and said I just needed to exercise. I was angry. I knew I was sick. What did he know, he's just a doctor. I didn't need a speech about exercising, I was getting plenty. By the time I drove the four miles home, I had a raging fever.
So last night I woke up. Not because I couldn't sleep but because James kept touching me. I skooted to the edge of the bed and when he rolled over closer I got a nice tap of the elbow and that was it. I moved to the chair and watch Elimidate, the trashiest dating show out there. Poor James doesn't even know he kept me up all night. He won't even remember telling me, "I'm not touching you," and going back to sleep.
It felt like my fever was so high last night that I am concidering looking for a doctor. Thank God we only have one show today.
Bekah
Now I am blaring a fever. Either I am still sick from two weeks ago or I managed to pick up something else from a nose picking kid in the front row. MMMmmm...let's see, my bet is on the nose picker.
I was up again last night but only for about an hour or so. I ate lots of cold ice cream to sooth my aching throat.
For those of you that have never lived with me, I should tell you that ever since I was little my skin hurts when I get a fever. I don't understand it, but there's no need to take my temp. when my skin hurts because that is a given that I have a fever.
When I was a freshman in college, I went to the school doctor at Washburn because my skin hurt. I didn't think my fever was that high yet but I wanted to get meds before I got any worse. The doctor took my temp. and said I just needed to exercise. I was angry. I knew I was sick. What did he know, he's just a doctor. I didn't need a speech about exercising, I was getting plenty. By the time I drove the four miles home, I had a raging fever.
So last night I woke up. Not because I couldn't sleep but because James kept touching me. I skooted to the edge of the bed and when he rolled over closer I got a nice tap of the elbow and that was it. I moved to the chair and watch Elimidate, the trashiest dating show out there. Poor James doesn't even know he kept me up all night. He won't even remember telling me, "I'm not touching you," and going back to sleep.
It felt like my fever was so high last night that I am concidering looking for a doctor. Thank God we only have one show today.
Bekah
Saturday, December 04, 2004
The moral is...when the lobby smells, find a different hotel.
Join in our laughter and check out our goofy pictures:
http://minnelusa.ops.org/index.cfm?app=about&subcat=12&hiid=47&rand=42855879
These pictures were taken at Minne Lusa Elementary, 12/02/04, in Omaha, NE.
We are now in Souix Falls, SD for the next two nights. There was a severe lack of hotels in the area closest to our schools on Monday and Tuesday. So we drove about half an hour out of the way to feel comfortable again. We spent the begining of the week in Best Westerns that were nice and clean and reasonablly priced. Last night we found ourselves in a Super8 that was slightly over budget. They wanted to charge me five dollars more so i could redeem points for our stay. Yeah right. I don't think so. The hallways smelled funny and our room smelled as iff a kid had wet their pants and forgot to tell somebody. It was nasty. We went to Walmart to spend that five dollars on a can ouf Oust, air sanitizer. It helped a little but not much. The room itself would have been fine had it not stunk so much.
When we were looking for a room today we were pretty picky. There were places that were nice that were closer to our Monday school but they wanted $62 and $75 a night. Nice try. so we drove a little bit further and found a Days Inn, near an airport, that was only six dollars over budget, taxes included.
It is amazing how comfortable you can feel in a clean room vs. a stinky, kind of dirty room.
Well that's all for now. I'll write more when James isn't bothering me!
Bekah
http://minnelusa.ops.org/index.cfm?app=about&subcat=12&hiid=47&rand=42855879
These pictures were taken at Minne Lusa Elementary, 12/02/04, in Omaha, NE.
We are now in Souix Falls, SD for the next two nights. There was a severe lack of hotels in the area closest to our schools on Monday and Tuesday. So we drove about half an hour out of the way to feel comfortable again. We spent the begining of the week in Best Westerns that were nice and clean and reasonablly priced. Last night we found ourselves in a Super8 that was slightly over budget. They wanted to charge me five dollars more so i could redeem points for our stay. Yeah right. I don't think so. The hallways smelled funny and our room smelled as iff a kid had wet their pants and forgot to tell somebody. It was nasty. We went to Walmart to spend that five dollars on a can ouf Oust, air sanitizer. It helped a little but not much. The room itself would have been fine had it not stunk so much.
When we were looking for a room today we were pretty picky. There were places that were nice that were closer to our Monday school but they wanted $62 and $75 a night. Nice try. so we drove a little bit further and found a Days Inn, near an airport, that was only six dollars over budget, taxes included.
It is amazing how comfortable you can feel in a clean room vs. a stinky, kind of dirty room.
Well that's all for now. I'll write more when James isn't bothering me!
Bekah
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