About Me
Name: Mandy
Where I Call Home: Georgia
Birthday: February 6, 1980
My Support System: Mom, Stepdad, Dad
Stepmom, 3 brothers, 1 sister, a stepbrother, a stepsister,
and a partridge in a pear tree
Pets: 3 cats- Murphy, Abbey,
& Little Cat
Free Time: reading, writing,
dancing, singing, listening to
music, musician (French horn)
Education: Graduate from
the University of West Georgia
(UWG) Class of 2005! Mass
Communications Major/English
minor
Favorite Color: purple!
I would like to travel to Europe and Australia. I love music! It's my passion. I am currently a substitute teacher and I love what I do. :)
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Today, I am in McComb, OH. I am visiting with my friends Chris and Lindsay. I got to Ohio on Friday. I got to spend a day with my grandparents and we actually got everything done that I wanted to do! Major major props to Jeni's Ice Cream. I saw them first on the Food Network. When I found out that they were located in Columbus, I told my grandparents that I reaaaaallly wanted to go. So, they found a location and we were able to get ice cream! Let me rewind a bit though...
I got off my plane and found out that my luggage didn't make it up on the same flight on which I had flown. They said it would be delivered to my grandparent's house. They told me to call and find out if it had made it up on the 12:15 flight. The flight would be to Columbus about 2. It did make it up, but they said that the delivery service had a 12 hour window in which to get the luggage to Grandpa and Grandma's house. When I told Grandpa that, he said we could go back to the airport and pick it up. This was after a lovely breakfast at Bob Evans and a visit with Jeff and Kelley to see baby Bella. Then we went to Jeni's and then we went to pick up my luggage. It was a fun day!
That night, Grandpa took us to a Chinese Buffet to eat. This was in lieu of the Fish Market, which was booked because of Valentine's Day. All the same, I LOVE Chinese food, so it was okay. :)
Then we went to Greg's house and I got to see him and Gary. It was a nice night!
So now I am at Chris and Lindsey's and things are good. :) More later!
Posted at 07:06 pm by MandyParsons
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Friday, February 05, 2010
Wow, wow, wow! What a day!!
Okay, so today is the day before my 30th birthday. I had such a cool day today! I get to sub for three spanish classes for two whole weeks. I just completed my first week and what a great week it was! The kids are so nice. They worked so hard this week without being able to verify with their teacher understanding on their assignments, so I gave them some arts and crafts time yesterday in class and also we had gatherings today. They brought in food, drinks, snacks... pizza, etc etc. We had SUCH a great day!
The kids in my first block class bought a card and they all signed it for me. I think that is one of the most touching gestures I've ever had done since I've been subbing. I will most definitely miss these kids after I go. I am so honored to be with them; I feel so blessed. Thank you students for making my week so wonderful!
Now the reason I am subbing for these classes is because the teacher who I am subbing for was going home to be by her dad's side while he was on his death bed. They were expecting it, she just wanted to be down there with the rest of her family. The department head came in to confirm that she lost her father yesterday, on Thursday, the same day we were having arts and crafts time. I told the students that they were going to make sympathy cards for their teacher. While they were doing that, I decided to teach them about funeral processions and traditions in Hispanic countries. While I am not fluent at ALL in Spanish, I at least wanted to be able to leave something with them with these two weeks that I was with them. I didn't want these two weeks to be wasted time.
I am a firm believer that while I am just a substitute teacher (not forever!!) the kids shouldn't be "babysat." I want them to learn from me. I want to bring them knowledge. Even if I can't teach them exactly what they are learning, I want to bring something into it that makes it more enjoyable. Two weeks would be such a wasted time if all I allowed them to do were their worksheets. So we had some celebrations, we had some culture time, we had some poetry, and we had a little more fun than we would have. My goodness, I love what I do. I am so incredibly blessed.
My heart is full of joy.
Posted at 03:13 pm by MandyParsons
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
They never really did say what kind of love you need. The Beatles. They never claim whether or not it's romantic love, family love, platonic love. And I don't believe for a minute that family love and platonic love are enough for a person.
I think there are some people in the world who are just not meant to be with people. I have no idea if I am one of them or not. There are some who are terminally single, but they LIKE it that way! I want children one day. I want children, with a man who is married to me and that I can have a lasting relationship with.
I was talking to my grandfather on the phone today. We were talking about his old friends. Unfortunately, as my grandfather and grandmother are very old, they are watching their friends leave this earth one by one. It's a blessing to say you have lived that long of a life. However, it's hard when your friends have not been given the same blessing.
Anyway, grandpa made reference to a friend that was in his first wedding. The only reason that grandpa ever had a second wedding is because my grandma had passed away. I told him, "That's what I want, grandpa. If I have a second wedding, I do not want it because I got divorced from my first spouse." I also told him that I had the wrong morals for this generation. He replied by telling me that everyone should have morals like mine. I love my grandpa!
I think of all the people I've liked and have put myself out there for. My first love, who I mentioned so many times in my earlier blogs, ended up getting divorced finally. When his divorce was complete, I told him I wanted to be with him. He told me he had me at one time. Basically, what he said was summed up to he didn't feel the same way. Not only had he led me on while he was married, he's now dating someone else.
I don't even know what is going on with my ex-fiance and I don't care.
JK. His initials. Not sure where he is in his life. Liked him tremendously. Never liked me back the same way that I know of.
And the most recent, my last boyfriend. We were together a little over a year. I almost gave myself up to him. Really glad that we didn't get to that point. I would have felt guilty in the end. Tremendously guilty. He's too young, too naive and has no idea what this world is made of. He still lives with his parents. He complains about them constantly being in his life, but then doesn't hesitate to live off of them. You can't have it both ways, young boy. You will learn this someday. You have no life, no ambition, no motivation, and no drive. You can't hack school. I just feel sorry for you. I still remember one line that summed up the end of our relationship. I said that I had given you too much credit for your age, that I had had experiences that you wouldn't have until you were older. Your response? "You said that I never open up to you, I never let you in. What if I had experiences that I never told you about?" A very naive statement, young man. I'm not talking about experiences you can have at any age. I'm talking about growth, I'm talking about milestones of years and ages. Even though I am not much older than you, it's enough to drive a huge wedge of understanding between us.
I'm watching people around me get married. I'm watching people around me find love and happiness and I'm starting to think I've been overlooked. Dear God, I'm just holding on for the ride.
Night, World.
Posted at 01:12 am by MandyParsons
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