HELLOs. MintIceCream here(MIC for short) tis a world about me, and the crazy antics of my 5 cats that just love to drive me nuts.

Age-20
Job-substitute teacher
Gender-female
i recently graduated from college with a BS degree in education, certified for art (I'm an art teacher). i currently sub teach while i shop for a job in my content area.

Mindy-my cat, she's a white cat with tabby splotches all over. She's 15 years old, nonsocial, phychotic, and crazy. But i love her all the same.

Texa-my dad's cat primarily, he has a tuxedo style coat. black with a white strip down his belly, on his paws, and the lower half of his face. he's also a manx(no tail) and very talkative. a gentle giant, very lovable, although he doesn't really like me to well. he's 11 years old. (he's also kind of a cranky old @$$)

Bogart-mom's cat. and mine sometimes. the very fat one of our family. he's 7 year old. a brown tabby who loves to raise chaos. he loves to terrorize the adults, and chew on everything. he's also a big pig and will eat anything. even though he's my mom's cat, he loves everyone. he's quite the ladies man. he prefers the company of women over men.

Sammie-Ryan's cat. 7 year old. he is all gray, with thick soft fur. the sweetest cat in the whole world. he isn't all that smart though, and kinda slow. definatley not our brightest bulb, but we love him all the same. he will do anything for a tidbit of human food, so i have managed to teach him a few tricks. his favorite food is gold fish. we try to tell him it's not a real fish, but he doesn't believe us.

Augustus (GUS for short)- everyone's cat. the newest addition to our family, we rescued him from a cousin who should be banned from owning animals. he was 5 weeks old when we got him, so tiny. he's now 3 years old. he is a miniture norwegian forrest cat. all black, orange eyes, and EXTREMLY fluffy. he is the baby of the family, and res1sident ninja/trouble-maker. he is also quite dog like. he will sit and shake paws for a treat, likes to play fetch, loves meeting new people, and go for walks on a leash and harness.

anyways, have fun, and enjoy the power of the minty-ness.

sick

last night after bowling i started feeling slightly queasy, and my body ached. last night i hardly slept at all. mom says i'm starting to come down with the flu. but here i am, at school. i was going to stay home and sleep, but then i remembered the drawing project i need to get started. my paper (teacher makes us use fancy paper) is at school though, and i don't have any classes tomorrow. so here i am, at school despite my acheness and chills.

on a sadder note, mom and ryan headed back to where my grandparents live to go to my great grandma's memorial service.

she's dead

we got word this morning that my great grandma died this morning. my mom called me when i was at work. my parents went over to see my grandma and aunt, but they snubbed my mom. they were mad she wasn't there when my great grandma actually died. but we don't live in town, we live a few hours away. and gas is expensive. so mom just came home. but i just can't believe i will never see my granny ecer again. it makes my stomach hurt.

Backpack Disaster

this morning, i get to school, and am sitting in the hallway waiting for the painting studio's doors to unlock. i forgot my card, so i was unable to unlock them myself. then i noticed that there was a clear puddle next to me, and it was growing. >.< my water bottle's lid had come uncapped and had leaked it's entire contents of water into my backpack. luckily none of my books or paper were drenched. so with my janitor friend, we cleaned up the puddle and dried my backpack the best we could. then she unlocked the painting studio early to let me sneak in, and i set my damp folder on one of the tables to air dry while i painted. later when i had to go to class i gathered everything up, it was nearly dry, put it back into my backpack, and headed off to class.

when i got to class i discovered that there was paint in my backpack, which confused me. i had hung my backpack up in my locker where there wasn't any paint, so where did this paint come from? i wiped it up, then got my paper organized on my desk for class. later i reach back into my backpack to get my tablet out, and discover MORE paint. ARGH! where is all this paint coming from?!?! later, in my printmaking class, i discovered yet more paint. but i also found the source. evidently, when i had put my damp folder on the table to dry, i had set in somebody's palet, and the paint had gotten on my folder. when i put the folder back in my backpack, it got smeared all inside my backpack. so i got some mineral spirits and cleaned it all up. so far i haven't run into anymore mysterious paint, so i think i finally got rid of it all.

death

i went to see my great grandma. the doctor says that her kidneys are failing, and she's refusing treatment. so it's only a matter of time before they shut down completly. so she's dying. it was heartbreaking to think that this may be the last time i may ever see her. my aunt and grandma have been calling us for a few days telling us what is going on, but none of us really realized how serious it really was, so we went to spend the day with her today.

but i do have some good news. last week was spring break, and i spent it working my tail off to save up to buy a tablet. i had a hard time though because i wanted one that had a usb port that wasn't a piece of junk. i did manage to fin one, it has a keyboard that has two usb ports. so it's like having a touch screen laptop. and its name? the ice cream sandwich. now i just need a name for my tablet. i want an ice cream flavor name, but a cool one. any suggestions?

productive

i had a very productive day today. i got to school early and got both of the two remaining papers for my EDUC class, got the permission code necessary to finish signing up for my summer classes, finished the cat, skull, dagger, and hat finished on my drawing, as well as the scarf and started the head wrap, and i am nearly complete with my lithography stone. the only thing i have left to do for my stone is perhaps some last minute details i may decide to add on before i print. i think i'll be all of tuesday morning in the print shop printing. i also was able to go the my school's circle k club meeting. it was nice to see everyone again. and when i got home, mom had made chocolate caramel cake, with a crunchy whipped frosty. delicious.