Good and Bad Karma

Note: Please enjoy looking at pictures of my fish from Thanksgiving while you read the post below that is unrelated to them!

Many terrible and good things just happened all at once. I never know how to feel when I am all emotionally-mixed. Anyway, the project I've been slaving away at (and the eventual presentation-giving that I was nervous about) doesn't even matter because my teacher just wrote me an email saying he was sick and canceling class. Also, I may not have to go into work tomorrow morning because the boy that I work with is also sick. That would make tomorrow the best day EVER because my only obligation would be Monday night trivia with the trivia team (family) I adore (and it really isn't even an obligation...more of a choice and dear love of mine).

These cancelations would free up my day completely and give me more opportunity to fix one of the bad things that just happened: I was walking to my car to bring a couple of my ceramic sculptures back to my apartment and dropped one. It was one of my favorites and one of the biggest ones I made for my thesis. It broke in like 6 or 7 pieces. I am very, very upset and brought it back with me anyway because I realized it isn't going to get glued back together sitting in the basement at home. It will get glued back together tomorrow at my apartment. Another bad thing that keeps happening to me are these darned allergic reactions. My eye is still really puffy and I keep breaking out in hives. I am starting to think I am allergic to life. It's either that or I'm allergic to being allergic. Wow.

Love,

Monica

Domestic Violence and Divorce

That's not what this post is about (but that IS what the homework I'm supposed to be working on is about). You may be asking yourself, "Monica, aren't you getting a degree in Art?" The answer is, yes, but none of that matters in my "Sociology of the Family" class.

And none of the aforementioned matters, either, because it's three in the morning (AGAIN, I know!) and I am procrastinating. I found these photos from May and they made me laugh. What am I even wearing (a dress and jeans at the same time)?

"Could we schedule a play date, Monica?"

Today I worked my first day at my new job. For those of you who don't know I was recently hired as a "Special Needs Facilitator" at Adas Israel's preschool called the Gan HaYeled. It is in Washington D.C. and merely a six minute metro ride from my new apartment. The kids that I am working with are mostly three year olds while some are four. They are so tiny and cute and funny and they all speak hebrew (aka very, very cute).

Some reasons why today was a great day:

1) I was playing with one boy for a while at second recess today and when we were walking back to meet the parents, he said, "Monica, I think you are beautiful. You are beautiful.". Sure, it's nice to hear that from your boyfriend, but when a three year old says it, you know he means it!

2) I have multi-colored finger nail polish on and the kids were looking at it. One of them, a teeny-tiny boy, was touching my fingers with his fingers and that's when I noticed that his fingernails were awfully shiny. I said, "Hold on a sec. Do you have nail polish on too?" And he was like, in a matter-of-fact tone, "Of course I do!"

3) I made really good friends with another teeny-tiny boy today. He gets my sense of humor and he is really serious and polite (he's like a business man in a toddler's body). At the end of the day, as I was leaving, I ran into him and his German nanny (a student, my age, studying in America for 2 years). I got to walk back with the two of them and the girl was so refreshingly nice and fun to talk to. We both went into the metro station and as we were about to take trains in the opposite directions, the little boy said, "Monica, I would like to schedule a play date with you. Could we schedule a play date, Monica?" He asked me in a very business-y tone.

4) The same boy from number 3 asked me if I had any children.

5) FREE FOOD! And not only that, good free food. Today for lunch they had falafel, pickled turnips, tabouleh, pita, roasted eggplant and lots of veggies.

6) Everyone is so nice!

7) I am getting paid money to have fun!

Facebook

Just wanted to let people know that Facebook has de-activated/disabled the account that I've been using since Spring 2006 (in other words, that is a lot of information that I have very suddenly lost access to). I tried to log in last night to check some important messages and it said that it was disabled. I followed a link that led me to a page that explained that I had been using an illegal name and that I would need to prove my identity in order to have my account revived. While I am in the process of doing this right now, I am not hopeful that I will ever get my account back and I am not too upset about it. It is a really big inconvenience, but not unmanageable and I kind of like the idea of being forced off of Facebook for whatever reason because it will prompt me to not use it as much (or at all) and move along in life.

So, contact me here or email me at either of these:

mhuang@elon.edu

Monica_Huang@corcoran.edu

It's kind of ironic, though, because the only way people found out about my blog was from it being listed under my "website" section on my Facebook profile. So...

Love,

Monica

P.S. I'm very excited about dinner tonight with a bunch of girls from my grad program (I heard rumors of sushi?) and then swing dancing afterward (I've convinced Eric to come and dance with me).

P.P.S. The other good news about not being on Facebook anymore is that I will probably have more time to make quality posts on this blog. Get excited, readers (Nichole and Mommy)!

Avadakadavra

Bzzzzz

Spring 2010, straight from the wacky minds of Ashley and Aubrey.

Honey Crisp

I went to the grocery store to pick up items that I forgot to bring to my new place (soap, shampoo, stuff like that). But, instead, because the produce section is always at the entrance, I zombied my way through the glorious colors of fruits and vegetables, picking my way between the free samples, and discovered the tastiest variety of apple that I was so inspired to blog about here.

I present to you the Honey Crisp apple. Here's, like, the official website.

Karaoke

Last Wednesday, Rachael, Christian, Eric, Eric (yes, two Erics) and I went to Solly's to partake in their karaoke extravaganza. I lost my voice singing "Single Ladies" with Eric, "Friday Night" with Rachael and "Gay Bar" with Joe and Christian dancing in the background. The only person who didn't sing was the remaining Eric. Here are some pictures, courtesy Rachael's blackberry, from the night: