random things

1. my birthday is in two days... and (aside from the awesome trip to 6 flags) its one of the first birthdays in a long time that I am actually looking forward to. maybe my expectations are lower? I dunno. going to get a bite to eat and seeing X Men 3 sounds like a great way to spend my 25th birthday
2. I just got my first ticket last night. I really thought I was going to make it to 25 with a spotless record. Ive only ever been "involved" with the police one other time... and thats something I am not going to tell you about. So really, I got my first one last night, at 11:45pm. I was driving down Font towards my house and rolled a stop sign literally 2 mins away from home. Note: I rolled it. I did not blow it. I did not run through it without so much as a pause... I slowed down, but the car did not come to a complete full 3 second stop. sigh. But due to my nervousness and spotless record, he just gave me a fine ($109!!!) and no real citation or points on my liscense. So THATS good. But I was still kinda bummed. Lots of people completely blow the sign... it was late at night, very obviously no cars were there... he was hiding down a street with his lights off, I might mention. So yes. Cherry popped.
3. I bit a HUGE chunk out of my cheek yesterday and have bitten it a good 5 or 6 times since then. and I mean like a real chunk. it bled lots. and now its all goofy and swollen so I keep biting it. and when I am not biting it, I am rubbing it with my tongue... cuz for some reason, when you have a cut or whatever in your mouth and it hurts, you keep touching it anyway.... and I know everyone does that. its not just me. i hope.
4. I turned into Leslie. I am busy practically every day until I come back from China... rehersals for both Project Philly (which reminds me of Project Runway, just less fashionable or stressful) and China start in June... so its gonna be a lot of fun until I get back.
5. 3 people at work have cancer. One has had recurring breast cancer for years and it finally metastasized a few months ago. One has had cancer for 3 years, but did not know it, because the pathologists MISSED IT on her original biopsy 3 years ago, thinking it was benign. All of a sudden it cropped up again, but this time its worse. She has surgery today to take her an ovary, a lymph node, and her uterus... they think its level 4 leomyeloid leukemia. Her chances of recovery are extremely thin, esp if they confirm that dx. Shes only 36. The third has breast cancer found out on her very first mammogram at 40. They are doing a lumpectomy and removing a lymph node. as long as its not in the lymph node, she only has to radiation treatments, not chemo. Pray for them.
6. I am looking for a teaching job... its annoying. but I am trying. My plan is to get a full time teaching job, if I can. If I cant, i plan to sub, and possibly go back to taking classes for my masters in education. Whatever it takes to move out of my house, I plan on doing in the fall.
7. Praxis in June to get certified for general science (k to 12!) and the GREs in July right when I come back from China to look forward to.

I think thats about all the news for now folks... back to microbiology work.