Reasons Why I Hate Snow

I know, I live in Ohio. I grew up in Ohio, I went to college in Indiana, but I still hate snow and extreme weather conditions.
Here are my reasons:

1. I live in a small town. I think we have one plowtruck, MAYBE 2, for my entire town. My street is hands down, guaranteed the last one plowed. Not only is it the last one plowed, they only plow half- the opposite half of which I live on. So, not only is my part of the street not plowed, I have to drive over a ginormous heap of plowed snow to turn onto the side street I take out of town.

2. I live in a small town in the middle of the country, meaning lots of hicks (including ourselves I suppose) like to ride their snowmobiles. Fine, no problem, I enjoy it too, however...I also happen to live next to a large park. I'm sorry, but I don't like to hear your snowmobiles at 2am on a school night. Also, if you make a mess, aka ruin the actual part of the street that is plowed, I will hate you.

3. I drive a Honda Civic. Now, the good news is, it is front wheel drive. The bad news is, it's a little guy. So all these mounds of snow I'm talking about? Yeah, not so much.

4. Every single day this week I have left earlier for work than the day before and still managed to be late every day except one. Between Gina having to warm up before she decides she wants to go anywhere, wiping the snow off first and then scraping the ice off the windshield, and avoiding idiots on the highway, I have my hands full.

5. Idiots on the highway. This morning I was close to being in a serious accident as the F-150 going 60mph in the lane next to me hit black ice, swerved into my lane, did a complete 360, smoked the guardrail, and came directly towards me. I sped up enough for him to miss me after I slowed down quick enough so he didn't hit me the first time around. Thankfully the two semis behind us were able to stop quick enough as well. Now...if you drive a pick up truck and don't have 4-wheel drive, tell me why you are going 60mph when it's -8 degrees outside?

6. I work at a school, so I had plenty of opportunities for snow days this week. Counting Sunday and Wednesday night (working at church), I had the opportunity for 6 cancellations or delays. How many did I have? 1. How many should I have had? At least 3, ideally 4.

7. Tomorrow is the only day I don't go into school during the week. And guess what happened? They've already cancelled school for tomorrow.

Can you become a snowbird at the age of 23?

I'm movin' to Florida.

Confessions of a School Employee

Throughout the winter months, the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning is the possibility of a snow day. Not because I hate my job or even because I need a break, it is simply because there is nothing more wonderful than the pure joy of a snow day.

So here's to tomorrow morning...and every single morning this week for that matter!

Embarrassing Moments

This week I was remembering some of my favorite memories from college. Even when I'm old and gray, I never want to forget these amazing, highly memorable, and hilarious situations!

My freshman year of college, Stace and I used to hang out with our friend Joe and usually one of his friends til all hours of the morning. When spring rolled around, we loved to campout somewhere on campus, which usually involved the practice soccer fields or anywhere back in the woods area by the environmental building. On one particularly beautiful night, we headed out in search of a good spot, but the problem was there were so many people out that night, a good spot was hard to find. We decided to settle on a semi-covered area right next to the soccer field. The next morning we all woke up to the sound of people. All I remember is opening my eyes and seeing about four heads of soccer players looking down on me, to which Joe replied: "uh...Good Morning, soccer team!" I would also like to attribute this moment to Stacey and I getting a "bad reputation" our freshman year...we were innocent, I promise! I mean, we did live in English afterall...

My senior year of college, our senior sem. group had to plan a community project in which we helped some area of the community. We decided to have a spring cleaning day for the Real Life building where Craig and I worked with the kids every week. So, we got the football coach on board, and he assured me the majority of his team would be there. So as we are walking into the eating area to give instructions to a group of waiting football players, my dear friend Laci falls off the side of the ramp we are walking down and lands flat on the tile floor. I was laughing so hard, I thought I was going to die! All of the football players just looked at her like "is that girl okay?" and then a couple of them had to leave the room they were laughing so hard. Not only was I laughing hard, Laci was laughing so hard the football players didn't know if she was laughing or crying or exactly what they were supposed to do in this situation! I'm pretty sure a few of them even came over to help her up, but she was just laughing so hard, nothing could be done :)

Just for Kicks...

What can I say? I'm a sucker for peer pressure...

1. What time is it? 2:26
2. Name that appears on your birth certificate: Abigail Jane Baldwin
3. Nickname: Abby Jane, Abs, Gail, Abstar, Abbo, Abbilicious (thank you, Brad)
4. Parents Names: Dick and Barb
5. Siblings: 4, 2 brothers and 2 sisters
5. Number of candles that will appear on your next birthday cake: 24…yikes
6. Date that you will blow them out: September 29, 2009
7. Pets: Chiquita (my parents Jack Russell/Chihuahua/my annoying shadow when my dad's not here)
8. Eye Color: hazel
9. Hair Color: dark brown currently
10.Tattoos: no thank you
11. How much do you love your job? trick question...which one? I'd say a decent amount for both of them at times
12. Favorite Color: pink
13. Hometown: Millbury, OH
14. Current residence: Millbury, OH...fancy that
15. Favorite food: I like chicken
16. Been to Africa: yes...Gabon, West Africa
17. Been toilet papering: of course
18. Loved somebody so much it made you cry: hmmmm lame question but probably
19. Ever been in a car accident: yes...after a track meet in 7th grade, Rachel's mom got rear-ended, and we all just hoped we were sore enough to skip school the next day! Didn't happen.
20. Croutons or bacon bits: I'm not that picky
21. Sprite or 7up? Diet Coke
22. Favorite movie: Dumb and Dumber/Pride and Prejudice...it's a tie
23. Favorite day of the week: Fridays...really. I don't have to work usually!
24. Favorite word or phrase or action: "gina"
25. Favorite toothpaste: I'm a Crest kid...always have been, always will be
26. Favorite restaurants: authentic Mexican places, Johnny Carinos, Applebee's, Texas Roadhouse
27. Favorite Song: can't say...too many to list
28. Favorite pop: Diet Cherry Coke
29. Favorite sport to watch: Football
30. Preferred type of ice cream: Starbucks Java Chip
31. Favorite Sesame Street Character: Cookie Monster
32. Disney or Warner Bros: Disney
33. Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Taco Bell
34. When was your last hospital visit: hmm...senior year of high school
35. What color is your bedroom carpet: green.
36. How many times did you fail your driver’s test: 0
37. Who is the last person you got e-mail from before this: a volunteer
38. Have you ever been convicted of a crime: nope
39. What store would you choose to max out your credit card: I wouldn't max out my credit card, duhhhh...but if I didn't have to pay the bill...Target
40. What do you do most often when you are bored: take a nap
41. Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest away: hmm...my friends in Cali
42. Most annoying thing people ask me: "Are you seeing anyone? No? Why not- you are so beautiful!!" ay yi yi...
43. Bedtime: I'm not a strict bedtime type of person...but maybe 11ish?
44. Who will respond the quickest: not applicable
45. Who is the person that is least likely to respond: someone who doesn't read this
46. Favorite all time TV show: The Office or Friends
47. Last person you went out to dinner with: my family
48. Last movie you saw: Horton Hears A Who
49. Last book you read: On A Whim
50. Dream Car: one that doesn't include payments
51. Time when you finished: 3:12 (I'm multi-tasking...)

You know you are a workaholic when...

you get so bored that you start doing work!
Welcome to my life today:

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Praise the Lord it's done! Now, if I could just motivate myself to work on putting Christmas presents away and putting away all the laundry I did today...hmm.