Current mood:	thankful
Current music:	Jonathan Coulton - "I Feel Fantastic"

Wow
I was just reading back entries of my LJ and realized how much I've slacked in updating in the past couple of years. I really do need to work harder at updating more because not only is it fun to look back at what was going on in years past, but it can be useful for retrieving information that may have been forgotten (cat's birthdays for example). I realize that Facebook is currently way more popular (and admittedly easier for sharing pics), but it's not that great for blogging. Myspace is a bit better for blogging (especially for longer stuff like my book excerpts) and sharing music, but it's still not as good as something like Livejournal that is specifically designed for it. I'll probably continue to use the other services, too although I've been using Myspace less since I've started using Facebook), but I'm sticking with LJ for most of my blogging needs (blogosphere heaves a sigh of relief). Still don't think I'll ever use Twitter, though, I could never keep up with that! For those of you who use mutliple sites, what do you like best about them and what do you mostly use them for?

Summer school is wrapping up at my school, and once again I'm very relieved to have been signed on for another year. Enrollment is still down thanks to the economy which has hit the economically depressed area the school is in especially hard, and every year I'm sure is the one the principal is going to tell me they just can't afford to keep me on full time, but they always do. Since it's such a struggle for parents to afford to send their kids to a Catholic school, I'm even more motivated to do all I can for these kids, and every year I get a little better at it (I hope!).

Stuff I'm looking forward to this summer:

Mom's visit
Bruno
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Venetian Pool
Beach days
Snorkling
(Hopefully)new bed shopping at IKEA

Beyond that, I'm trying to decide when to use my free ticket for Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure. It's good for up to 7 consecutive days, and while there's no way I could use all seven (for one thing, I couldn't afford that long of a hotel stay), I'm sure I could manage at least 3 days. I'm dying to try out the new Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster that will be opening any time now, and I am off all next month, but July is just tooo hot to be walking around theme parks. I'm toying with the idea of going to Halloween Horror Nights again this year. I'd have to pay separately for HHN of course (about $60 for admission and another $60 for a much needed express pass), but it would be cooler in October. They just announced some of the themes for this year's HHN houses - so far there will be a Wolfman house (to promote the new movie no doubt), a Saw house, and a Chucky (Child's Play) house. Doesn't sound quite as cool as last year's all-original house themes, but still could be a lot of fun.

Ok, enough boring rambling - my mp3 player should be fully charged by now, so I'm off to run. Have a great day/weekend everyone!

Love,

"Kay"