Ok, so i'm determined to make it to 100 post...even though techincally, i should have made it...but for those posts i deleted after i found out "they" found my blog....ol...well, now i can laugh about it, then it was embarassing...
I work in a pre through elementary school...it's private, it's Montessori and it's expensive...infact extremely expensive if you think about the current state of the economy. Anyway, it's a known fact and most of staff members here constantly joke about the fact that all the parents are under the largest income brackets and yet we staff members are poor people....
You see, there is a certain amount of money that private schools are entitled to every year from the state. One of the things i do is making sure the school gets its fair share of the money...of-course we have to prove that we need the funds... In doing this, one of the forms we get from board of education is a survey that has to be sent out to all our parents and a part of it is to indicate their annual gross income:
18,130 or below
18,131 - 24,419
24,420 - 30, 709
30, 710-36,999
37,000-43-289
43,290-49,579
49,580-55,869
55,870-62,159
62,160-68,449
68,450-74,739
74,740-81,029
81,030 and above
Honestly, almost all of our parents fall under the very last bracket...of-course we get the few who are under state vouchers/subsidies so we capitalize on those ones....neverless, we never get good share as long as i'm concerned, all we get is the change left....
Anyway, we're currently enrolling for the new school year and today we had a few potential parents come in....Amongst them was a Medical Dr, another that is a Director at the state department of agriculture, and another that works for the FBI.
The current joke now is that we're all in trouble...we have a bit of diversity here and many times we joke and say americans are not into Montessori , hence we foreigners...(espeically the indians and the phillipinos)a lady here now mentions that she hopes all out papers are in order because the FBI lady is going to go run all our records up...maybe we all do need to go check ourselves out....lol...
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
dress
Ok, so i went to a wedding in one state and wore this fabulous dress...tleast i thought it was...i've been wanting to wear the dress for the longest time...i got it last december (on some nice sale too) to wear to a wedding in chicago, unfortunately, the zipper broke and i had to get another dress in chicag....fixed the zipper finally just a few weeks ago.... the following week after the wedding i wore it to, i went to another wedding in another state and wore the same dress...
So i didn't take any pictures at the first wedding but i've been taggedas i've been spotted inside someone else's picture.... I know fashio people say it's not cool to do it...but really what if it was my only dressy outfit?lol
They were two completely different states....not even drivable to each other...ok, maybe someone can drive it sha....two different time zones....
I even made sure i didn't spot anyone from the first wedding at the engagement for the secod wedding so that i have an idea who would be at the weddin..lol...
Anyway, it's all done...yes i wore the same dress two weekends in a roll...
(this post was just something to make me fall asleep...i was sleeping peacefully before i was called to come try to fix the tv...now i'm awakw again.)
So i didn't take any pictures at the first wedding but i've been taggedas i've been spotted inside someone else's picture.... I know fashio people say it's not cool to do it...but really what if it was my only dressy outfit?lol
They were two completely different states....not even drivable to each other...ok, maybe someone can drive it sha....two different time zones....
I even made sure i didn't spot anyone from the first wedding at the engagement for the secod wedding so that i have an idea who would be at the weddin..lol...
Anyway, it's all done...yes i wore the same dress two weekends in a roll...
(this post was just something to make me fall asleep...i was sleeping peacefully before i was called to come try to fix the tv...now i'm awakw again.)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Friends
I was talking to someone at work today and she reminded bout a post i should have put up a really long time ago...Not sure if it's a guy thing or i'm actually the ignorant one...
Ok, so i'm not the most friendly person ever but i do have friends. My friendships are simple....i can do with or without my friends....I not one to keep very close friendships but i can say i have one or two really close friends....and i don't have a problem with my friends coming together....the more the merrier.
The Mr. on the other hand, has two seperate set of friends and i've always thought it was interesting and funny.
Friend Group 1 are those ones who are all coupled up and we occassionally plan an outing with or schedule whose house we're going to spend a friday or saturday evening at. Nice group of people and rather great gentle conversations regarding nigeria, relationships, growing up, to politics are usually on the table...we'll all even watch a movie or play a game....without being rude, i want to say these are the "proper" friends.... as in, u have to be abe to make intelligent conversation and all...and oh yeah, all of them work with coperate america...
Friend Group 2 are those friends not included in friend group 1....lol....ok, can't explain them without sounding rude again, but they are also a nice group of people....these are the group of friends where pidgin english is the form of communication and i must say they are rather loud....Not all of them are coupled up but among them is one who is engaged and another in a serious relationship...well besides the Mr. and I. Interesting enough, in this group of about 6 guys, i can say 4 also work in coperate America so they are also pretty intelligent....The conversation among this group also includes nigerian politics but not as polite as friend group 1 discussions....these ones are loud and argue...rather than inform each other about happenings....lol...The only thing that actually bothered me about this group was one time we were all chilling, they started to talk bout sex rather openly and somehow i felt it was rude....i'm not prudish or anything, but i just didn't think it was approriate for them to talk bout females they had slept with like that in front of me...i was the only female there and left shortly after....
Anyway, i remember my b.day dinner earlier on in the year, the Mr. invited friends from Group 1 and not one single one from group 2. Apparently, word got out and someone from group 2 friends was upset about it because they had previously accused him of hiding me from them....lol....On another occassion, when the Mr's. family member had an event, friend group 2 was invited...lol...I finally asked him why his friends never come together and he simply brushed it off and said they would never get along....
Now he spends as much time with friend group 1 as with 2 and fits right in with either group...
So the point is, do people generally have 2 groups of friends or these people are just wierd? I can understand if your friends are of a different culture...but even then....
Ok, so i'm not the most friendly person ever but i do have friends. My friendships are simple....i can do with or without my friends....I not one to keep very close friendships but i can say i have one or two really close friends....and i don't have a problem with my friends coming together....the more the merrier.
The Mr. on the other hand, has two seperate set of friends and i've always thought it was interesting and funny.
Friend Group 1 are those ones who are all coupled up and we occassionally plan an outing with or schedule whose house we're going to spend a friday or saturday evening at. Nice group of people and rather great gentle conversations regarding nigeria, relationships, growing up, to politics are usually on the table...we'll all even watch a movie or play a game....without being rude, i want to say these are the "proper" friends.... as in, u have to be abe to make intelligent conversation and all...and oh yeah, all of them work with coperate america...
Friend Group 2 are those friends not included in friend group 1....lol....ok, can't explain them without sounding rude again, but they are also a nice group of people....these are the group of friends where pidgin english is the form of communication and i must say they are rather loud....Not all of them are coupled up but among them is one who is engaged and another in a serious relationship...well besides the Mr. and I. Interesting enough, in this group of about 6 guys, i can say 4 also work in coperate America so they are also pretty intelligent....The conversation among this group also includes nigerian politics but not as polite as friend group 1 discussions....these ones are loud and argue...rather than inform each other about happenings....lol...The only thing that actually bothered me about this group was one time we were all chilling, they started to talk bout sex rather openly and somehow i felt it was rude....i'm not prudish or anything, but i just didn't think it was approriate for them to talk bout females they had slept with like that in front of me...i was the only female there and left shortly after....
Anyway, i remember my b.day dinner earlier on in the year, the Mr. invited friends from Group 1 and not one single one from group 2. Apparently, word got out and someone from group 2 friends was upset about it because they had previously accused him of hiding me from them....lol....On another occassion, when the Mr's. family member had an event, friend group 2 was invited...lol...I finally asked him why his friends never come together and he simply brushed it off and said they would never get along....
Now he spends as much time with friend group 1 as with 2 and fits right in with either group...
So the point is, do people generally have 2 groups of friends or these people are just wierd? I can understand if your friends are of a different culture...but even then....
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Name calling-yoruba tradition
The yoruba culture dictates that a wife must not call her husbands siblings/family members whether older or younger by their names; there must be an "aunty" or "uncle" , "brother" or "sister" before the name as a sign of respect. Thank God for Western influence, alot of us have come out of this tradition (i think) especially if one is already very cool with the sibling or family member and make it better, the sibling or family member is either younger or the same age as one.
Some families on the other hand have stuck to this tradtion. While trying to establish my current relationship, i noticed that all the inlaws call the guy "uncle _____" and the other unmarried sister "aunty ______."
For some reason, this is somewhat funny to me. I honestly can't say i have a problem with doing it but it's really just wierd to me especially since "aunty ____" and i are not far apart at all in age....infact, one of "aunty ____" closest friends is a friend of mine as well and i call him by his name.
Done unconsciously i wanna say, but today something prompted the fact that i had to call "aunty _____." Before i called, i thought about it and realized that i had never called her name for any reason...which by the way was really funny to me...lol....Whenever i speak with her, i tend to switch to yoruba and use "e" which denotes respect in the language rather than the "o" in referring to an age mate. I remember clearly that Mr. had said one time, that it was a good thing i respcted his sister and thanked me for it, but he thought i gave hera little too much respect...but this was also on the basis that i always switched the conversation to yoruba when referring to her so it would end up something like this...
" se e ti jeun", "e ka bo o!", "so fun won", "se won ma jeon" (won also denotes respect even though it is also used for more than one person)
The thing is he may say its too much, but i bet the other family members don't think so because all the other sister in-laws who are probably older than her call her aunty....and you know what they say, you marry one, you marry the whole family...by the way, is that a yoruba thing or a nigerian thing in general?
Anyway, in the last 2 weeks, with the Mr. away, i've had to communicate with her to help him take care of some things but somehow i've pulled all of it off myself and i guess she did her's too and we never had to get in touch...even though he would say call ____ and tell her... or ask if i called ____and i was always quick to say "i didn't need to"....today was different...I had to call her...no choice...
for atleast 3 mins i debated over what i wanted to use - "aunty" or "sister"...lol....sister sounded to me like i was referring to a sister-in-Christ....and eventually went with "aunty."
Maybe now we can actually get close or maybe i can just start calling her and not feeling wierd about it....
Some families on the other hand have stuck to this tradtion. While trying to establish my current relationship, i noticed that all the inlaws call the guy "uncle _____" and the other unmarried sister "aunty ______."
For some reason, this is somewhat funny to me. I honestly can't say i have a problem with doing it but it's really just wierd to me especially since "aunty ____" and i are not far apart at all in age....infact, one of "aunty ____" closest friends is a friend of mine as well and i call him by his name.
Done unconsciously i wanna say, but today something prompted the fact that i had to call "aunty _____." Before i called, i thought about it and realized that i had never called her name for any reason...which by the way was really funny to me...lol....Whenever i speak with her, i tend to switch to yoruba and use "e" which denotes respect in the language rather than the "o" in referring to an age mate. I remember clearly that Mr. had said one time, that it was a good thing i respcted his sister and thanked me for it, but he thought i gave hera little too much respect...but this was also on the basis that i always switched the conversation to yoruba when referring to her so it would end up something like this...
" se e ti jeun", "e ka bo o!", "so fun won", "se won ma jeon" (won also denotes respect even though it is also used for more than one person)
The thing is he may say its too much, but i bet the other family members don't think so because all the other sister in-laws who are probably older than her call her aunty....and you know what they say, you marry one, you marry the whole family...by the way, is that a yoruba thing or a nigerian thing in general?
Anyway, in the last 2 weeks, with the Mr. away, i've had to communicate with her to help him take care of some things but somehow i've pulled all of it off myself and i guess she did her's too and we never had to get in touch...even though he would say call ____ and tell her... or ask if i called ____and i was always quick to say "i didn't need to"....today was different...I had to call her...no choice...
for atleast 3 mins i debated over what i wanted to use - "aunty" or "sister"...lol....sister sounded to me like i was referring to a sister-in-Christ....and eventually went with "aunty."
Maybe now we can actually get close or maybe i can just start calling her and not feeling wierd about it....
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Thinking - Random
Aunty flo is really mean...i've waiting all this while for her to come and then i'm going on vacation, planned on going to the beach and all and she comes! huff!
this my boss is very foolish...i'm away for 8 days and she's acting like i'm going for 4 weeks.... i defintely can't finish all the work i have to do and then still come to a meeting at 2p.m. it's 1:12p.m now, i'm not almost done and i'm blogging...and i'm still leaving at 4:30 to catch a flight...wa re hell! don't care much at this point....why is it now i have to do a new contract agreement?....
Never thought i could miss someone...but i actually do.... hmmm
Actually don't have money to spend on this trip but i'll enjoy it regardless....too much has already gone into it...including airline fare...why are they so expensive?
I do hope i can carry all my stuff on the plane...don't want to pay $15 to check it in....
Not sure if it was because i was expecting aunty flo and different hormones raging, or maybe i've just become a softee...but last week saturday i cried at a naming ceremony when they asked the parents to bless their child. The baby's mother took her son and prayed for him...and my throat got stuck...lol...
ok, going to get back to go finish up...before i can't leave at 4:30 for real!
this my boss is very foolish...i'm away for 8 days and she's acting like i'm going for 4 weeks.... i defintely can't finish all the work i have to do and then still come to a meeting at 2p.m. it's 1:12p.m now, i'm not almost done and i'm blogging...and i'm still leaving at 4:30 to catch a flight...wa re hell! don't care much at this point....why is it now i have to do a new contract agreement?....
Never thought i could miss someone...but i actually do.... hmmm
Actually don't have money to spend on this trip but i'll enjoy it regardless....too much has already gone into it...including airline fare...why are they so expensive?
I do hope i can carry all my stuff on the plane...don't want to pay $15 to check it in....
Not sure if it was because i was expecting aunty flo and different hormones raging, or maybe i've just become a softee...but last week saturday i cried at a naming ceremony when they asked the parents to bless their child. The baby's mother took her son and prayed for him...and my throat got stuck...lol...
ok, going to get back to go finish up...before i can't leave at 4:30 for real!
Friday, July 10, 2009
gosh...i've really not been here in a while...
what is the nicest way to tell someone you don't want to be in their wedding after the person told you excitedly how u have to be in the wedding...She didn't ask, she told me i'm in the wedding...
I don't want to be in the wedding for two reasons:
1. I'm scared of the bridesmaid dress...i've seen the babe dress...her sense of style...not too sure what the dresses will be....she still wears jeans with brown shades...
2. I promised myself no more bridesmaid for me...ever heard the phrase "7 times a bridemaid, never a braid."
So what shall i say?
what is the nicest way to tell someone you don't want to be in their wedding after the person told you excitedly how u have to be in the wedding...She didn't ask, she told me i'm in the wedding...
I don't want to be in the wedding for two reasons:
1. I'm scared of the bridesmaid dress...i've seen the babe dress...her sense of style...not too sure what the dresses will be....she still wears jeans with brown shades...
2. I promised myself no more bridesmaid for me...ever heard the phrase "7 times a bridemaid, never a braid."
So what shall i say?
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