Lesson learned.

In case you were every wondering about killing two birds with one stone and using a lint roller to not only get the hair off of your back, but also nab any other hairs almost ready to grace your back by ever so gently rolling the lint roller across the bottom of your hair... don't. It does, in fact, grab those hairs, but also grabs all of the still attached hairs. And rolls it multiple times over the roller. And hurts like a mother trucker.

Happy Spring Break.

Ahhh.... Spring Break. A week off from work and only two months left before summer vacation after returning.

Ryan and I went to NYC this year for 4 days instead of 2 which was a stellar idea. We stayed with my old roommie Laura whom I adore and miss like crazy. We met her boyfriend who got a thumbs up, wandered around the city, met up with Jared, ate frozen hot chocolates at Serendipity's, went to the MOMA, the Cloisters, the Guggenheim, and the International Center of Photography. And, it goes without saying, shopping at H&M and other various favorites.

Laura and I.

At Serendipity's.

At Madison Square Park. This picture is kind of sickeningly cute. Like we should have matching outfits on or something.

We also got to meet up with Kyrssie and Afua, two of my former students who I've kept in touch with. They both live in the South Bronx and while Afua is typically pretty shy and quiet, Kyrssie was loud and hysterical, providing an apt introduction to Ryan. Kyrssie told him to make sure I was dressing nice because "those are YOUR properties now," told me that she's flying out to my wedding so she can meet a "cute little white boy with blue eyes," said that I needed to gain some weight or Ryan wouldn't be happy with such a skinny girl, and yelled at everyone in McDonald's to stop staring a little boy getting into trouble by his dad. We went into some of the bodegas to look for some white Chinese slippers for the wedding, but to no avail, and Kyrssie called one of the workers a d***sucker in Spanish when he said he couldn't go into the back and look for any.... However, despite the ridiculousness, I love both of those girls and it was really nice to spend some time with them.

Kyrssie, me, Afua.

I've now been home for a few days and I have cleaned my house. Every inch. It's so freaking clean here. Things being clean and organized makes me very, very happy. Also, new clothes from H&M make me happy. It has been a happy week.

The end.

Another unabashed family plug...

My cousin Nick and my Aunt Camilla frequently travel to Afghanistan to do teacher training, help to improve education, and provide school supplies to the war-torn country. They are there right now and will be for about 5 more days. They have a great site: http://classroomsacrosscultures.wikidot.com/gifts where you can go to purchase items from Afghanistan such as scarves, hats, coins, or spices and they will bring them back for you. It will help provide them with some much needed monetary support as well as support the local economy! Go buy something, but do it quickly since I was unfortunately negligent in getting this up sooner!