What if your kitchen fell off into the sea?

Wait, shouldn't I be doing lesson plans...

Nah, and as our Dublin taxi driver said, "Eh, we Irish just think, ah… we can do it tomorrow."

A great philosophy to embrace. Not just whim, but seriously embrace. YES! Especially for my thoughts on teacherhood b/c it's never really complete until May 23. You heard right, that's our last day of school! And don't get me started on how sweetly laid out our Christmas break is - coming back on Jan. 6th or 8th? (props to Matt's day).

I have no shame in the holding on dearly to our school breaks!

So, so, so you may be thinking, "How is Mary doing with....you know....all that getting up and being a human so early and for so long?"

2 A.M. bedtimes, 530 wakeups. Good times!

Diagonal naps! TAKE 'EM!

Large bed, sleep diagonally with swimming room! Only one blanket and one pillow. Pure stretchy, spread out good sleep!

Oh! So, lately my mind has been rollin', rollin', rollin' --- but not with school stuff. Book ideas, stories, funny things, quips of hey, hey, hey slow down brain I've got to write that down please!

Jammin' to the new Keane album here! Dad did I send you the pipettes yet? Shame on me if not, argh! What do you think?

Did anyone see SNL's pirate bit last Saturday. Anything Arrrgh! Peter Saarsgard, Arrrrby's, carrrrr, barrrrrr akdjfadfahdf hehehehheh. Pointless and brainless but enjoyable!

This is a great quote from Tracey's adventure:

"...golden, grassy land stretching as far as the eye can see, huge blue skies, (clear, starry skies at night), acacia trees popping up here and there, AMAZING sunsets, and animals going about their business.

...tons of different and weird-looking birds, buffalo, and much more."

And I was wondering if everyone else lumped birds into their own random and largely diverse category, b/c who wants to know each one's idiosyncrasies and purpose, feather and poop color, noises? I was thinking about that on the Fjords glacier tour we took last month. Well, the Lord certainly enjoys them! NICE!

Current Music Playlist:
1. When You Were Young - Killers
2. How to Save a Life - The Fray
3. Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games - Of Montreal (Outback Steakhouse used this song horribly on the radio today! Unbelievable! Hilarious!)
4. John Saw That Number - Neko Case
5. Why Did You Stay? - The Pipettes
6. Talk to Me - Crutches Soundtrack (Mike) an all time favorite!
7. One Way - Hillsong
8. Lesson No. 1 - Viva Voce
9. The Execution of All Things - Rilo Kiley
10. Synth - Ed Wamik
11. My Will - DC Talk (yeah, you heard right!)
12. Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
13. Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
14. Achilles - Michael Edwards
15. Set the Fire to the Third Bar - Snow Patrol (Good lyrics. Not as good as Mike's Two Bricks From Another.)

Mike Achilles is quite, quite good. Brilliant!

Other music: Regardless of overplayedness already even in Alaska, "Incredibly, the band (Killers) still make you want to believe that 'glamorous indie rock 'n' roll' can change your life."

"Burnin' down the highway skyline, on the back of a hurricane that started turnin' when you were young...when you were young"

And with that, now words especially to Matt and Tracey's brains, except all may enjoy:

It was a cool Bowling Green summer evening where 9 P.M., a jar of change, hopes and dreams hit the steering wheel! An epic trip that deserves to be preserved in words at least! You mean to tell me 2 pictures of a Mission Beach BMW squeeze parking are the only other relics of the trip? Not so, recollections! It was a commencement west!