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.
along with my toothbrush, i also forgot to take my retainers with me when i went to my grandparents. so yesterday there was a dull ache in my teeth from them shifting. and when i popped my retainers back in last night they were very tight and made my mouth hurt. it still hurts.
today was full of old trains. my parents, brother, gandparents and i went to 'train days' today. 4 museums plus a botanical garden, and they bus you to them. but it got all the way up to 113 degrees today, so we went to the garden first early in the morning. but mom got annoyed with me because i wanted to go tot he kids stations to do the crafts and games. at the gardens i made a bookmark. at the next musuem i made a postcard and played a game. there were 2 tables stacked high with boxes and letters, and 4 large bins. you had to find the zip code on the package and put it in the correct bin, and it was a race. my partner and i won. we got a real stamp, and a stamp on our hands. then i made a postcard to go with my stamp. i'm going to mail it to my aunt. yesterday she took louie (one of her cats) to the vet because he was having more heart problems. he had to be put down. i feel so bad for my aunt, she lost one of her babies.
for the other three museums we got to ride a trolly which was a lot of fun. i got a balloon animal, a monkey climblig a tree. but when we went to the next museum, they fire a cannon at the top of every hour. si went to sit in the grass to watch, and when i set my monkey next to me, he and the tree trunk popped. *sniffs* i hadn't even had him for an hour! but the top of the tree survived, and i found that if i adjusted the smaller leaves it looked like a fish. so now i have a fish which is starting to deflate.
i bought a new seat for my bike. it's a seat with no nose (the skinny part that goes between the legs). i'm hoping it will be more comfortable and i won't be so sore. i want dad to put it on my bike tonight, and my basket, so i can ride my bike to the gym tomorrow.
so finally i'm back home. but my grandparents followed us back home so i won't be able to visit everyone's worlds till they leave tomorrow night.
our trip thursday night didn't get off to a good start cause when dad went to close the windows he didn't check at all and closed my hand in mine. that definatly hurt.
friday grandparents had to work. so dad and i went to my aunt and uncle's house, they said we could borrow their bikes. we biked to my other grandparents house to visit them, then to maid right for lunch. to hyvee (cause i forgot to pack a toothbrush. i had use my finger the night before, but i really wanted a toothbrush) to menards to meet grandparents cause they needed dad's help finding a new tv. back to hyvee cause i wanted yogurt, back to grandparents to set up the tv. back to aunt and uncles for awhile. we biked approx. 6 miles all together. with lots of hills. -.-; my cousin hanna was napping so we stayed till she woke up so we could see her. but when she got up she was digging in her toys, and wasn't quite awake yet. dad snuck up behind her to tickle her sides, and scared her. she started crying.
later that night dad and papa grilled lots of meat (apparently there were 3 differnt kinds, but it was all red meat so i thought it all tasted the same). grandma and i made all the sides and set the table. my aunt and uncle and hanna came out to eat with us.
today we slept in. but they decided we were going to have a late breakfast, but i needed to take my pills. i can't take them on an empty stomach so i ate some strawberrys. but that wasn't enough apparently and i got REALLY nausaues. i went back to bed, and was woken up by hanna. they came out to visit a little bit in the morning. grandma and i made eggs and waffles and had that with leftover meat for breakfast. grandma and i then went to walmart to get supplies to bake, and i got a basket for my bike. dad and papa spent the day cutting holes in the ceiling trying to fix some electrical issue. grandma and i baked cookies and rice creispies. watched same movies (matilda and nanny mcfee), made lunch, then packed our bags.
trying to get out of town was difficult. grandma had some things she had to drop off at church. but then relized she forgot something, so had to go back home then back to church. we went to leave town, and dad and i lost sight of grandma and papa. turns out they had forgot some more stuff and had to head back into town to home to get it. dad and i ended up pulled over the side of road waiting on them. took forever to get home.
but i'm so glad to be home. i love my grandparents, but they don't keep their house all that clean. whereas my mom is a clean freak. but mostly it's the kitchen. grandma never wpies down the counters or picks up the food that falls on the floor. and she doesn't put dishes away. she washes them then piles them on the counter, which is dirty. *shudders* mom would KILL ME!!! if i ever tried that in our kitchen. i don't really like cleaning myself, but i had a huge urge to grab the dish rag and scrub her kitchen. my mom has brainwashed me.
for just a little while. dad and i are heading out tonight to go visit my grandparents. i should be back saterday, but definatly sunday.
work was good. i brought 3 shonen jumps with me today. i got at least a year behind on them because i was so busy with homework and crocheting blankets. i started back up on january 2010 to catch up, and now i'm on august 2010. it makes time fly at work, and makes work more enjoyable. why be at boring work when i can escape reality and live someplace so much more fun. though jenny and i got into a debate yesterday about naruto. she says sasuke is her fav character and i hate him. my fav is gaara, and she doesn't like him. it was a fun argument.
had to leave work early though today. had to pick up some healthy snacks for my trip tonight and drop some raisins off at church. i won't be able to teach this sunday so my partner jessica is taking over for me. i told her i'd leave some raisins for snack time in the room for her. i also let beth know that my room is missing our checkers game and our toy soldiers. we lost them in the chaos after vbs.
i should be packing my bag right now, but i'm procrastinating. i have everything set out on my bed. i'm just not motivated enought ot get up and pack it.
ashley didn't bug me as much at the gym today. she was walking the track and didn't spot me until i had only 10 minutes left. then i had to go to the pool for water aerobics. ashley said she forgot her suit, so she wasn't coming. we used noodles as torture devices today. it was fun though.
the up side to ashley being at the gym? she is now so tired from working out she doesn't stalk me at work. when she's waiting for a customer she closes her eyes and dozes off. peace for me.
work was okay. we finally got peanut butter snicker where i work!!!! yay! and i found some coupons for them and ben and jerry's ice cream. yummy.
i came home to discover mom had made her awsome sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting on top. which is AWSOME!!! mindy snuck some of the frosting off one of my cookies when i went to the bathroom though. that didn't stop me from still eating that cookie. ryan says it's disgusting when i eat something one of the cats has licked. but i've been sharing food with cats for as long as i can remember, so to me it's normal.
i just found out mom has also made a loaf of bread from scratch to go with dinner. i love her bread! and we haven't had it in forever.
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i've been seeing some others do this, so i figure, why not. what do you guys think i look like? any guesses?
my time at the gym is my sacred alone time. just me, the machine, and my headphones. but ashley sowed up at the gym today and hopped on the treadmill next to me. and it is impossible for her to keep her mouth shut. she talks and talks and talks and talks. my sacred time was disrupted. i love ashley, she is my best friend, but the gym is one place i hate socializing. she says she is going to do the water aerobics class with me tomorrow. but one rule in the class is absolutly no talking, or betina yells at you. i don't think ashley will be able to go that long without talking.
work was good. but for some reason i'm having a hard time hearing in my left ear. it feels like there is a wad of cotton in there. it's less now than it was earlier. it was frustrating at work when a customer would walk on my left side and try to talk to me. i just couldn't hear them.
but the good news is that mom and dad decided to get famous dave's for dinner. yummm. i love famous dave's, and right now i'm starving!
*sniffs* i hadn't even had him for an hour! but the top of the tree survived, and i found that if i adjusted the smaller leaves it looked like a fish. so now i have a fish which is starting to deflate.
