Points, Weddings and Ducks

Hey Loser,

So last week I finally finished my class (yay). But seriously, I wanted to hurt someone bc of how stupid this teacher is…when you ask her how much something is worth on the test she says, “14 points for each short answer…unless I decide to give you more.” WTF! The who point of a points system is that everything is worth a certain amount! This “flexible grading” was seriously the bane of my existence over the last few weeks. Case in point: I got a 120 on the second midterm, another girl got a 136…both of us got a B+. Yea that makes sense…or not. She couldn’t even say how much the test was worth bc of course the set number of points was not exactly known by anyone except her and her warped perception of math and percentages. I mean I got a better grade than I would have because of this system, but still I am not sure that it was worth the stress.

On a happier note, Beth got engaged! I am so excited for her and her fiancée Mike. This weekend we were all in RI and I gave them a bottle of champagne and The Wedding Crashers as an engagement gift. I thought that that was cute. I am just so happy that things are finally going well for her and that she gets to start on this new chapter of her life. They already live together in NJ (yuck) in a two family home with his grandparents. She also recently (within the last 6 months) got a job with Jonathan Adler. Who apparently is this really famous potter. http://www.jonathanadler.com/shop/index.php So everything is going really well for her and Mike and he is such a great guy.

My parents are going to RI tonight just for the day tomorrow (crazy) so I will be along on the 4th which I can’t decide if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. How much does it suck that July 4th is on a Wednesday? I mean this is just like the worst day that it could be.

Hell’s Kitchen? OMG I can’t believe how bitchy Melissa got…and crazy. (Did you see that hair?) I felt so bad for the bride and groom but I was so glad that they actually served everyone. When Jen had to say, “This is a duck breast,” it was probably the saddest thing that I have ever seen. I really wanted to pick Melissa, but I didn't think that she would be bad enough to get sent home. I was wrong. Also, did you notice that TWoP does a recaplet for HK?

On a health note I had a flexible spectroscopy on Friday…which is kinda like a half of a colonoscopy to finally figure out what was wrong. It was so gross the night before you have to drink this stuff and basically you crap until there is nothing left and then I had to do 2 enemas in the morning (eww) to which my mother said, “Did you have to drink them?” So that was an awful few days of prep for the test bc you could also only eat like chicken broth, jello, Italian ice, and hard candies. The test really was uncomfortable bc they put the thing in and then they pump a lot of air in and start scoping. When they go around the curve in the intestines it hurts and the nurse had to push on my stomach so that the pressure would be somewhat relieved. They were also like, “If you feel the need to pass gas just let it go.” To which I was thinking, “Yea I am really gonna be able to pass gas which a huge scope up my ass. Seriously. Finally it was just too uncomforatble so he had to stop. I only have hemorrhoids which I will have to have surgery to remove if the bleeding gets too serious. So at least I know what it is now.

Last night I cooked this pretzel-crusted chicken, which was AMAZING. I got it off of the Rachel Ray 30-Minute Meals show. It tasted so good and then I made some strawberry shortcake for dessert.

I have also been watching all these new shows. (which btw I realized that the shows at the end of the list that I made on the blog said June but are actually July bc they should be in order of premiere.) Leslye and I are watching Kyle XY which is actually really good and I thought that it wouldn’t be. I also caught the premiere of Burn Notice which is really good. Don’t turn it off after the first 10 minutes. That was a major problem and I am worried that it will get cancelled bc it really doesn’t grab the audience in the first few minutes. I haven’t watched the end of The Starter Wife yet but I really like that show and I hope that they turn the mini-series into something more.

Well, I am at work right now and swamped (or not) so I will talk to you later!

TTFN!