The Power of Mint

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.

Created By MintIceCream

and now i remember why i hate crayons

yesterday while i was bowling i ended up drinking 3 cups of soda. i wasn't paying much attention. i'm not supposed to have caffeine at all! and i was stupid and drank 3 cups!!!! i wasn't able to get to sleep until 2 in the morning and i have a horrible headache to go along with my exhaustion today. but thankfully that's all i've had to deal with today because of my stupid mistake yesterday. could be worse.

i managed to convince dad to go to church with me today. he rarely goes, so it was nice. and tomorrow vbs starts so there were a bunch of the decorations up. out theme this year is new york city, 'big apple adventure'. it was cool. but my class i teach went horrible. (and my kids are kindergarteners) they were yelling and jumping in the hall during bathroom break because a teenager they recognized walked by. then back in class the boys were fighting over who got to sit where and a couple started to kick and hit each other. then during the game they fought over the blocks, and were super loud during the lesson and craft. so i decided they were not going to have snack today. they were upset but i was fed up with them by that point. but i do have a partner now. i usually have a new volunteer that works with me each week, but there is a fellow college student on summer break named jessica who will be with me all summer. that will be nice, having someone consistent with me.

i came home and napped, then had to go back to church to decorate my room for vbs. i'm doing preschool recreation. my partner was late, so an hour job turned into 2 1/2 hour job because she wanted me to color windows on her big boxes to look like skyscrapers. i hate crayons. they take forever. but 2 kids who were bored and just there cause there mom was there helped me. so the boxes got done quickly. otherwise i would have been there 3 1/2 hours. i'm so tired. i wanted to be home quickly to watch the criminal minds marathon, but i missed most of it. >.<!!!

i love bowling

slept in really late today. i think it was because i stayed up till 11 last night. usually the latest i stay up is 10. but i spent the whole morning doing nothing. reading fanfiction, crocheting and listening to my zune.

dad and i ran some errands before heading to the bowling alley. we went to michaels, and i got a new calligraphy pen that came with 8 different tips. i can't wait to try them out. and i got some more colored parchment paper. the book i have has only 2 colors of the 6 left, so i needed more. then i had to go to walmart to get more ink for the printer. but then we were finally able to head to the bowling alley.

i love bowling. it has to be the thing i love most. if i could find a way to make a living just by bowling then i would. but i was frustrated today. i was having a hard time getting strikes. dad said i needed more oomf to my throws, but there is a problem. i can't get oomf with 8 pound balls. i should be using a 10 pound. but the finger holes on the 10 pounders are to big and to far apart. i have small hands, so i can only use the 8 pound. and i can't get any oomf with it. >.< i'm seriously starting to consider buying my own personal ball. i had one before but i outgrew it sadly.

after bowling we came home and mowed, showered, relaxed. dad called mom to check up on her and they got into a fight. really loud and bad. mom hung up on dad once even. i called ryan and talked with him some to make sure he was okay, and he is. but what frustrates me the most is neither mom or dad is willing to sit with the pastor or anyone! i guess i'm going to have to be the adult in their relationship and get them to talk and agree to at least try. then if it doesn't work, then at least they can say they tried.

why won't you leave me alone

my cold has not lessened at all. ugh. i hate going to work and being sick. thankfully i can hide it from the customers well enough as to not freak them out. but it was a slow day, and twice i got stuck on register 5. it was so frustrating! all the other registers were busy and i stood there with no customers to help. i hate being useless. 5 was my unlucky number today.

funny thing, i wake up in the morning and lay in bed and fell awake and rested. but the minute i walk into work i feel tired, fatigued. if my coworkers left me alone i would fall asleep on the bench when i'm waiting for my turn to help a customer. i would sleep the whole day away. and now, i'm at home. and am i tired? not at all. >.< why can't i be tired at home and awake at work?!

my mom decided to go to visit grandparents to get away from my dad for awhile, and ryan went with her. they left earlier today. i miss them. mom wanted me to come too, but i have to teach my sunday school class, and vbs starts next week so i have to help put up decorations sunday night. and i didn't want to leave dad alone. he and i have actually made plans. tonight we went out to smash burger for dinner, then went to lowes to get paint. tomorrow we're going to repaint our railings, and then go bowling for lunch! i can't wait. he and i love bowling. sunday i'm going to try to get him to go to church with me, and we have to clean house and mow the yard.

there are 2 things i want to write in calligraphy with my ink on my parchment paper. i have it written lightly on the paper in pencil, and got my colored ink out, but i can't find my pen. i prefer to do calligraphy the old fashioned way, with a dip pen and an inkwell. it's my favorite pen!!! and i can't find it. i looked in my art tote, tool box, pen cup, and where i store my inkwells but it's no where! i even cleaned my room this morning. i can think of 1 more place to look, but if it isn't there i might have to break down and buy a new pen. i do need more pen tips anyway. i lost all but 1 of mine anyways. maybe i'll be making a trip to michaels tomorrow as well.

and i did it without getting lost!

today was my orientation. i did go to work for a few hours before it though. work was very interesting. first the machines decide to be tempermental and decide not to accept debit cards. awhile later they decide they don't like credit either. whic...

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so we talked

went back to work today. i'm exhausted now. it totally wiped me out. but i got a call while at work that the book i had asked to borrow from another library arrived at my library. 'arthur and the invisibles' yay!

after work i headed to my church to talk with one of the pastors. i was with him for about 1/2 an hour, things went well. he told me he would be willing to talk to my parents, and if he couldn't help them then he knew some people he trusted that he could refer them too. when dad gets out of the shower i'm going to talk to him and mom together. i hope they will agree to meet with him.

other than that today wasn't all that exciting. i'm just trying to finish up filling out the paperwork i need to fill out before i can attend orientation at the university tomorrow.