lazy, lazy, lazy. i love being lazy

after the early-week shit show we encountered (which i will detail for you later), i am now fully recovered and fully enjoying my summer vacation. walking a thin line between jammies & clothes, trolling blogs, watching LOTS of csi re-runs, contemplating being productive, taking cuddly naps with the coolster, and leaving the house for at least 30 minutes for a trot around the block is definitly my idea of awesomeness.

here is a summary of my past month:

i started tucking my shirt into my pants and i love it

we went on a field trip to the zoo - classic! they were sooooo excited to go on the bus (I love the crap out of those kids)

but i was still thrilled to be done with that horrible place & get ready to move on!

we celebrated a friend's birthday with a, wait for it.......MURDER MYSTERY DINNER PARTY!!! this girl casie (in the black hat) planned it & set it all up (complete with dance contest) and it was the most fun ever. beware friends, this type of party is all i will accept in the future

(also, can we talk about michael's ridiculous beard?! it was a hit of the party)

mdt & i also went out for a celebratory "i-got-a-job" dinner. i drank a whole beer by myself and we had the saltiest french fries on the earth.
seriously, they were VERY salty.

and in other big news, i found a recipe to make your own oatmeal creme pies. they are fucking delicious.

i believe i also mentioned something about a "shit show". to begin, the internet at our house just stopped working on sunday. their so-called "customer service" line informed me that there might be some "connection issues" and they have "no ETA in these matters". if you know me at all, you know that i just about lost my mind.
additionally, over that same weekend, part of our basement was slightly flooded with rank-smelling water. hmmm. we call a plumber & they come on monday, tell us it looks like a bend in the pipe & not just a clog, recommend we get a camera to look at it, and take our money. 30 minutes later, we look at cooley and see this:

the bottom picture is an example of his regular face

yes, our dog got stung/ate/attacked (who knows?) by bees (we presume) and his face swelled up like .... i don't even have a simile to put here. it was unbelievable. we drugged him up with benedryl & he slept for a few hours and then he was back to normal. also, still no internet.

but those things alone do not a shit show make. on *tuesday* we have the plumbers come back with their camera. long shit show short, the main plumbing line that goes from our home to the city's sewer line is jacked up** beyond repair and we need to undergo a huge (read: EXPENSIVE) project to assure that we don't have random raw sewage chilling in our basement. fun. (p.s. internet finally returns, but only after i have already signed up for a different provider, because skybeam can kiss my ass)


thankfully, i'm fully recovered (see above where i mention how i'm spending my days this week). and i'm back to blogging. so yay. now comment bitches.


**"jacked up" is the new favorite phrase in the Till household. try it out - it goes with everything! i feel in love with it when one of my students used it a few months ago:

Me: There's a bumblebee in this book. Can anyone share how they can make a connection to that?
Boy: Oooh! One time, I saw a bumblebee on the sidewalk and he was all jacked up. He was [insert blech sound and miming being crushed]. His guts was all [insert belch sound and crush-miming again].
Me (trying not to die laughing & noticing my evil principals in the doorway): So this bumblebee reminded you of a dead bumblebee, yes?
Boy: No, he was Jacked. Up.
Me (still dying): Okay, but when you say 'jacked up' you mean he was smushed and dead on the sidewalk, right?
Boy: Yes! He was jacked up!

I bid you adieu, but be on the lookout for a new segment that michael suggested called "This Is Bullshit!"