Day 80! (Wednesday)

I have been so terribly exhausted this week that I'm a titch behind. Like I literally started typing this last night and woke up on my phone with blogger still open. Forgive me?

After a mournful Bruins game, I decided to cheer myself up with some EPIC Kitchen Dancing.

This mix is aces! I blasted the music and cooked up some chicken for salads and chopped fruit. It was cathartic.

Plus, who doesn't like singing loudly to kind of embarrassing music while drinking scotch?

It was that or cry. I get a little emotional about hockey. (That's probably the biggest lie ever) I am proud of my team but also still sad that our season is over. My West Coast boys are still in it, so let's do it.

I need sleep.

Day 78! (Monday, publishing glitch)

Today was rather long and exhausting. Work had both good and rough parts. My walk was nice, albeit chilly to start.

I had fun getting all decked up in Bruins gear and heading out to cheer on the Bs at Buffalo Wild Wings!

The game was atrocious, however. My food was tasty and I had a great waitress, though. I'm glad I went to Bangor because I picked up some new shorts. I just really wish we had showed up and pounded Montreal last night.

Alas, game 7 awaits. Who's surprised? No one.

Day 76! (Saturday)

Everything about today was amazing.

The day began with going to the gym with Alexis. Following a short drive to my brother's and an interlude of petting his roommate's fluffy cats, we travelled into Boston. We hit up North Star and then headed to the Garden for the Bruin's game!

We might have been way up there, but the game was PHENOMENAL!

The garden was rocking and the energy never abated. Seeing us beat the Canadiens in a playoff game was just unbeleivable.

That night I even met up with friends at the game and for drinks afterwards.

It was a fantastic day and evening!

Day 74!

I AM FULL OF EMOTIONS OF JOY AND EXCITEMENT!

That was seriously the most intense hockey game I have seen in a long while and seeing the Bruins win was a special kind of HELL YEAH. It capped off my night.

Other highlights: there is a DUNKINS coming to my town (OMG DUNKINS), my day was productive, my night class was fun, and the day was beautiful.

My happy moment of today actually happened first thing.

My view walking the 1.8 miles to work. I will never tire of it.

It just got more gorgeous:

Today was stunning.

It was just one good freaking day, man. It was an early release and my kids were focused. My meetings went really well and my mentor and I got a lot done.

Also, my family is the freaking best. All four of a had a thread going troughout the game with reactions and jokes and EMOTIONS. It was beautiful. I'm glad I made die hard hockey converts out of the lot of them.

Now it's Go Kings Go, but mostly Go Bed Go because zzzzzz. 

Day 69!

Today (I'm going back to sleep, so I'm saying today) was busy and fulfilling. It was very strange today to be in a room again, taking the SAT...well, administering it, but when you're reading and scribing, it's impossible not to mentally take it as well.

With the extended time, it was a long day. Thankfully, the school bought pizza for the special ed students and proctors to have at a break. Our testing went from 7:45 - 2:45; we needed that lunch break.

The rest of the day went uphill from there: THE LAST PERIOD OF THAT BRUINS GAME! I shouted and cheered and was so, so proud and happy. I was super glad to see the Kings take Game 1 over Anaheim as well. Thanks, hockey gods!

This photo below, though, takes the cake at summarizing my day's happiness:

This was taken from the town beach, on my walk; it's just a few minutes from my house.

Winter and snow and ice were around for so terribly long that I almost forgot how incredibly beautiful my town can be. The lighting last night in the hour before sunset was absolutely stunning. The fresh air cleared my headache away and took away the chill I was feeling, and the walk was very stress relieving.

I wish the rain would let up some so that I can have more afternoon's like this one!

Day 67!

So this thing happened, called the Stanley Cup playoffs and 2OT hockey...so I took my picture and forgot to post because I completely passed out. I barely made it into my bedroom, haha. My couch is too comfortable, as anyone who has slept on it can attest.

In any case, happiness is big rivalry hockey!

If you are wondering, almost all of my texts to my dad were all caps, gibberish letters of feelings, curse words, and hockey emotions. It was an INSANE game and while I am so sad the Bruins lost (can we just about the shots on goal?! Damn you, Price!), it was hella entertaining hockey at the end.

In any case, I need a game 5 so I can use the ticket I bought! Haha

Day 62!

Any day that involved playoff hockey is bound to be exciting!

As I write, the Bruins have sent the wings packing and are gearing up to have a go at the Habs (boo hiss). LA is still hanging on by down right dominating San Jose 3 nil at the start of the third. If I weren't so tired, I would stay up to watch. I hope the Kings hang on and stay for another game. They're absolutely my West Coast team.

Today I had a great time at Buffalo Wild Wings with my dad cheering on the B'a!

It was a long day involving traveling back from Boston, the gym, a LOT of hockey, and doing paperwork, but it was a good day.

May it continue!

Day 60!

I could not be happier for the result of tonight's heart stopping hockey game! Overall, today was productive with getting work done, getting to the gym, and then being able to enjoy the game.

Dad & I watching the game!

While we'd planned to head to Bdubs, we couldn't get a table and blasted our way home. We made it right as the period started, ordered some pizza, and cracked open a beer.

It was playoff hockey at it's finest! What an OT goal to win it all!

Day 58!

Today was very busy and exhausting, but good!

I got to hit up the gym with Dad and then run a bunch of shopping errands with mum. By the end of today, all four of us have downloaded runkeeper and MyFitnessPal. Fingers crossed we can do this together. A nation divided shall fall but a nation united shall get fit!

I ended the night with Bruins after some tasty Chinese, drinks, and chatting with my great friend. It's so nice just to relax and chat and relax together. Beware Head Hunters at Szechuan's, though. Delicious but man did they make me SUPER tired!

Meet the newest member of our family, Joey!

Joey says "Hey, how YOU doin'?!" Like his namesake on Friends. :) He is now very happily nomming on algae. Yay Joey!

Day 56!

Sunday was a great and exhausting adventure day in Boston. I was glad to be able to make it down and spend time with my brother.

Us at the USS Constitution!

We checked out the Constitution, which was awesome to see again. I started a National Parks Passport! Hopefully one day I will get to see them all at some point.

We then watched the FANTASTIC Bruins game at the North Star bar near The Garden. The good was good, the beer nice, and the waitstaff good.

Next we headed for tapas at Tasca out in Brighton. It was amazing as before and the Sangria is top notch. We also had an orange flavored Creme brûlée which was very interesting.

We caught the last commenter rail back to his apartment and then I passed out, surrounded by kitties.

Day 48!

Today I did not want to wake up in the morning. I was definitely running a bit behind schedule (which gets me in 40 min early so no real worries). Saturday school days remain rough; thankfully, only one more to go.

Attendance was a bit lower than last time , but the weather was gorgeous and classes went quickly. We got to leave right after the students as well! While the snow is not quite gone (and god forbid, it may snow tomorrow), it felt like Spring.

I saw robins on my walk!

My day was made better by this:

Seeing the Bruins clinch the President's Trophy!

It was a game that was rough and messy at times , but nonetheless our game . I hope all injured are doing well now. Buffalo worries me because we always drop the puck but this time we nailed them. It felt good.

And on the college hockey front? Go Union!

Day 3!

It was my first day back at work today and I am completely knackered. My students were overall good, but it's hard to realize how much an illness takes out of you until you try to do what you are used to doing.

Luckily, I was productive while they took quizzes and can afford to relax this afternoon. I just hope this goes away really good.

Today's happiest part?

The Bruins are back! I love the Olympics, but I'm glad to be watching my boys in black and gold again.

Another really positive moment today was talking to the sophomore English teacher. I was all worried about how I'm doing and he was really, really encouraging. It's nice to have someone really believe in you and to realize the kids might whine, but they're believing in me too. Apparently they were asking where I was with concern and I honestly didn't expect that. Sometimes you get good things from bad times, right?

Ciao!