beast mode

that's what my hair is in.

For picture day?  Grit face, yes?


i really love how black my hair is. i'm never dying it. unless i can get that blue superman gleam...

hair? check.  now if only we can get my skin on board... COME ON 27!!

Wow

Have I really let so many days go by without posting?? I kinda forgot. I'm so enthralled by tweets and FB (of course) that I forgot to post!

While in undergrad, I could post everyday, twice a day. Now, I have nothing intersting to share. Sorry.

27 school days left. twenty-seven. My class and I are on a mission. After Spring Break, I get them into promotion mode. All you children on the bubble, get on it!!

on Friday, I had them trace their hands and write, 'PUSH FOR PROMOTION' on some construction paper. I told them to put that paper on their fridge at home and work it out. Today, I let them pick their favorite color paint, got their hands all colored and let them "push" a banner I have titled, "PUSH FOR PROMOTION"

It's not a game. If you aren't reading a level B independently, writing at least 2 sentences, and recognizing your 25 sight words, you better get on it! I have no problem keeping children back. You will NOT go to 1st grade and disgrace me!

I met Desy!! We had sushi at a restaurant near downtown. City Place! Then we went to Narnes and Boble and talked about how expensive books are, what we have and want to read and knitting. In the crafts and hobbies section, there are books and books about knitting. French Chic knitting to be exact (I think). Yeah, I need a productive hobby. One that would yield something tangible.

Wednesday is picture day. I soooo cancelled my orthodontist appointment made 8 weeks ago for a hair appt made today. It's not a game. I wonder what I'll wear. I'm thinking a zebra wrap dress with a fuschia satin sash belt. Also, I need her hair


we shall what happens tomorrow

oh HAIL NAW!

the letter below gets not a hell no, but a HAIL NAW!

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Dear [Adei von K]:

Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience at the West Palm Beach Red Roof Inn. I am sorry that your experience did not meet your expectations; please allow me to express my sincerest apologies.

At Red Roof, we strive to provide a superior service experience for every customer; therefore your feedback is very important to us. Please rest assured that we are taking the appropriate measures to address the problem and prevent future occurrence.

We appreciate you sharing your concerns, and it is our hope that you will give us the opportunity to better serve you in the near future.

Sincerely,
D.G. Dembeck
West Palm Beach FL
General Manager
Red Roof Inn

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WORD?!

Now granted, I wouldn't stay there for free but... it would've been nice if he offered to make up for our horrible stay!!! RIGHT??

Even more reason why you can't patronize foolishness.

If for some reason I felt my tv balance was too blue at the Westin, please believe something more than a wack ass, generic ass reply would've been given. Shoot, even if I couldn't get another night, I'd get dinner at the Sun Dial! Sheesh!!


Garbage ass motel, you ain't shit...

Two Stars no more

Since our weekend was cut short, (see two posts below), Drew came up yesterday. We hung around the house for a minute; chatted it up with Stan's wifey and kicked it with Russ and Koke. I knew he wanted to stay over but the twin beds in our (the girls) room wouldn't be getting it. Shoot, the double bed I had at the Palm Club was too small for us! Seeing how Drew is 6'2 240+ and sleeps like a starfish, we need a Queen or more.

Wait, is there a difference between a double and a full? I feel like there is...

Anyway, I called up the hotels close by to see where we could lay our heads. Courtyard Mariott was my cup of tea so I looked up the one right by my house.

the reservation agent told me $129. Do I really need to spend that much money just to fall asleep? Nah, maybe next time.

I check the new Mariott Residence Inn that is also down the street... studio style rooms for $149

*sigh*

Okay, there's the Wred Roof In that we've stayed at before. It was actually nice and Drew kept on saying, "let's just go there. I can get a hotel room in south beach ON ocean drive for $170 so why would I pay $150 for one on 45th street?"

True.

I call, I reserve, we check in for $59.

The 1st room smelled so bad. We walked in and walked right out. I don't want the room to smell like phillip morris had a taste test in a sauna. Humid cigarette smoke. no.thanks.

2nd room didn't smell so we took it. I try to sign on to wi-fi and realize I don't have the pin. Call the front desk, "Hi, I don't have a PIN to get on-line..." "Oh yeah, I was supposed to give you a card. Okay, I got one for you *click*" "ummmm... ok?"

I go to the front desk (2nd time) and get my card. Drew and I go get dinner around 6pm and run some errands (walmart, the house, etc) then come back to the hotel. Actually, we were in the MOTEL part cause our door led to the outside instead of a hallway. not a fan. i know that we were there b/c i used my triple a discount and they give crappier rooms to discounted guests.

anyway, we watch family guy and during a commercial, we realize its hot. raggedy ass A/C has it either freezing or hot. really?? in the renovated room?!?

*sigh*

all the water I drank at the new sushi rest drew took me to had my bladder full. i pee, flush and notice that the toilet doesn't flush!!!

REALLY!?!?!? IN THE RENOVATED ROOM!?!?

"Hi, Stace in room 127 again, the toilet doesn't flush" "Really? Okay, I'll be down there"

5 minutes later, Ron comes with plunger in hand. He's working it out in the bathroom while Drew and I are just sitting on the bed looking like, "wooooow..." We hear a flush and Ron comes out triumphantly. "There, its good."

*face*

We finish Family Guy and go to take a shower.

WHY ARE THERE NO FUTHERMUCKING TOWELS!?!?!?!?

No face towels, no bath towels. Just that one you put on the floor to serve as a mat and the two hand towels by the sink OUTSIDE the bathroom!!!!!

AAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!

I tell Drew to call this time. "Yeah, we don't have any face or bath towels..." and here comes Ron with TWO towels. Stingy with the towels aren't we?? I don't even bother. I go on my rant about freaking red roof and why this wouldn't happen at a mariott or embassy suites!! Drew tries to play me to be this bougie bitch and I said, "no sir! top shelf only! i settled for this mess and look at what we've been dealing with!!" Mind you, this was after going to the new walmart that is already ghetto as hell. as we were standing in the check-out line, we both concluded that we would drive whatever distance to go anywhere besides walmart. i believed I tweeted that... I threw that back in his face, "Ok, Mr. 'I'll pay extra at publix if I didn't have to smell and see what we did at walmart'!!!" Oooh, your girl was hot!

So I went to sleep. I didn't want to take a shower in a place that didn't even have a fan switch or shower caps.

Woke up this morning, used a towel as a turban wrap and took my shower. I'm looking for the ironing board and iron so I can... iron (lol) and guess what? red roof's monkey-ass, business class, upgraded renovated room doesn't have either. that means I have to leave the hotel that much earlier to go home and either iron or find something else to wear.

i can't

Yeah, I resorted to my staple/back-up outfit: skinny jeans, fitted tee and some badass heels. today's pick (to match the punk ass weather): ash gray tee, dk gray jeans, gray, patent leather, peep-toe d'orsay pumps, holla!


needless to say, as with EVERYTHING in life,

DON'T SETTLE!!

garbage ass hotel...

Jazz Brunch

dancing to the live jazz band

before the guests arrived

Samm Trio

Me and Mom Dukes. My bro wanted to know when she started wearing "tight clothes" LOL

"Sex! Sex, sex, sex!"

*Face! Face, face, face!*

read the tweets to fully understand!

please go to FB to get ALL the pics! and be nice with your comments cause one of the maids is a FB friend!

one of 7 groomsmen + sister/maid

one of 2 ushers who didn't know what was going on. cream tux, white belt and I didn't have the heart to get the white loafers

20 y.o pregneesha with 10 month old and twins on tap

flowergirl/child of bride & groom. peep the drop curls. in her defense, that is her hair

hostesses. the one with the long, drop curl got out of her shoes the minute she got in the car and before she got to the reception site. they are the ones who told us to sit down when we weren't supposed to. father got us right on up!

1 of 4 junior bridesmaids. drop curls in a pony.

holding the mic to the boombox. please peep the face.

transformers! more than meets the eye!

"did I just get my new cole haans stuck in some sand??" she didn't say that but I think that caption is funny. oh yeah, peep Diego's face!

(christmas) lights, camera, HOLLYWOOD!

SMH. you don't have to look raggedy to be a caterer

fronts and johnny gill haircut. johnny hit on me

3 bites and I was done. oh yeah, handing out water bottles str8 out the box

the lilac linen suit looked soooo much "better" in person!

Please?

Can I have this look??

I had it once, in Tally after a jaunt in the JCPenny at the nice mall...

*sad face*

I just want to be fly.

Hotness

The Record Dish has a new post. It's short and sweet.


Plus, read the previous post and thank me later.



The lumberjack plaid I called out has finally made its way into the malls of So.Fla.

*sigh*


Men, break out your gingham.


AM I REPEATING MYSELF!?!?!?

I feel like I work at Jeffery's

(best.skit.EVER!!!)

Under Full Sail

Today's lesson taken from The Upper Room

For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.
Psalm 62:5-8

The day was warm and muggy as I eased my sailboat out of its berth toward the open water of the lake. The engine purred along, and my plan was to get the boat to a place on the lake where the winds were high enough to make use of the sails.

Soon I realized there was little wind on the lake. I stopped the engine, raised the sails, scanned the water's surface, and looked for any sign of wind. Sitting there in the sweltering sun, barely moving, I felt frustrated and bored. But I had listened to the weather reports earlier and heard that winds were to increase throughout the day, and so I waited. Before long I was enjoying the day with God's breath as my propulsion system.

That experience made me think of how we sometimes get frustrated and bored with our lives. During those times, we often turn to worldly diversions and other people to make us happy. We forget that if we trust in God as our true wind, the lull we experience can be followed by the exhilaration of moving forward. We will experience God's promise.

Dear God, help us to be patient during the boring times in life and to remember that wonder is ahead.

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How fitting is that? I promise you everytime, EVERYTIME I go to the Book for a message, it is eerily right on target. I can't even count days when I don't feel like going to church but make it and the Word was emailed straight from God to me thru Father Thomas/Wright...

This message is for my restless 20-somethings. Our lives haven't even begun yet :-)

Is It Friday Yet?

I think it's cause we last got paid on Spring Break Friday...

this has been the looooooooooongest two week span in my LIFE!! I've been trying so hard not to touch my savings account; especially since I haven't done anything with my tax return...

I moved $150.00 into my checking but I have a $100 check coming out soon. and then spent $50 at the hairdresser a week after spending $53.00 at the hair dresser, TWO weeks after spending $100+ at the hairdresser...

See what I'm talking about??? To be spending so much money on my hair, that thing should be FIRE!

no, FI-YAH!

or like my sis would say, "FIE"


Do I have to go back to not even having a figure in my bank account!??! I want to be in the 4-figure range!! in my checking account!! all the time!!

Come on, Friday!! get here!


Okay, let's talk money.

- I need a roth IRA yesterday

- I need to increase my 403(b) contribution

- I need to figure out how grad school is going to be paid for

- I really should consolidate my online savings accounts.... them bitches started off with the gangsta 4.5% and have dropped down to 1.something% but are still bragging about having the highest percentage. Maaaaaaan, I'll sooner put it in a CD.

I need, I need, I need my money right!

lo siento

i haven't been in the best of moods. i'm sure you can guess why...



if you guessed my hair, you are right.

i just don't know what the problem is. it just can't get right. is my hair really that coarse and unruly that hair styles last for all of one, maybe two days?? really? get your hair done friday afternoon and have to be late to church cause you're trying to make it somewhat presentable??

its like i have pipe cleaners for strands. except i can't mold them the way i want them.

there really is no such style that is easy. natural, relaxed, long, short, medium...


i miss the days when mom used to do my hair. and she made my appointments and paid for something that i always liked. like, half up half down. the top half with candy curls and the bottom half with a bump. don't let me have a bang either...

i went to HU and my hair was done every two weeks. i found a hairdresser that was WALKING DISTANCE from campus!!

While at FAM, it took a while to find a chick but if you look thru FB albums, you'd see i stayed with the ill hair cut.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=30198300&id=45000449

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=3&aid=2013024&id=45000449#/photo.php?pid=30489134&id=45000449

so now what's the problem? i think my body chemistry is changing. matter of fact, i know it is. my skin is showing its ass too. what used to be oily is now sensitive and dry.

*exasperated sigh*

i have literal patches of extremely dry skin. like, almost a scab, its so dry. ON MY FACE!!! I stopped using clean and clear cause i know they are more for teens with that gangsta acne and oily/sweaty skin... i've done proactive and my skin is over that... oil of olay smelled weird and dried it in a weird way... i'm bout to try ahveeno or cetafil.

is 26 over yet?

Talking with our Hands

today's text convo

Adei von K: how do we feel about french mani-ed toes? French pedis?

Dani Colored Glasses: ha ironically, I'm getting them done now

AVK: LOLOL! SHUT UP! I take it they are a "go"! I was worried cause I've seen too many acrylic big toes with french and was nervous...

as I sent that, she sent this:

DCG: I'm really particular about them cause they can be so hood... as the woman next to me is getting a giant french tip on her toe... (sigh)

ADK: can you pleeeeeaaaase get out of my head?!

DCG: lolol!
So out of sheer budget, I'm forgoing the hands but why do I feel I'll be back in the morning getting them done?

ADK: here's my plan. Throw some polish on at home and go in for a polish change. WE'RE IN A RECESSION! But we still have to look good ;-)

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I still don't have a dress.

I need a break

I should've taken a break from my break. Can we talk about tired!? that's what I am! I literally did a tour of florida. Well, minus the west coast but honestly, not really the biggest fan of west-side "beaches". When you live on the east coast, why would you drive to swim in gulf water? No thanks, I like my ocean to be Atlantic sized.

So, I left here for the 'ville and hung out with Jam Rock. We ate WELL and made cool things for our siblings. We were supposed to go to Tally but Kitty got back to me too late and Jam already re-arranged her week. I got there a day later than planned, handed in my app and hung around longer than planned. I wanted to be back in SoFla by Thursday so I can defrost for a day before heading further south. Yeah no. I left Saturday, stopped by the crib for a change of clothes and kept it moving to Hollywood. We had fantabulous sushi and I crashed. Being on the road for 6+ hours will do that. At least I didn't get lost this time.

Sunday, 8am service that was much longer than planned cause of the Passion reading. Yeah, I don't really like yelling, "Crucify him!" cause that's not what I would've said if I was around back then, you know?

Got my church in, picked up my pictures and some dental floss cause my teeth/gums have been hurting. Have you ever flossed with braces? Do you know how time consuming that is?! OMG, I spent half car ride to Big Pine Key flossing my teeth!? They did feel much better though :-)

So if you tweet, you'd know I was at a reggae fest yesterday. It was so cool! Lots of hippies of course but they are a loving, peaceful people. I saw old men with sun bleached blond hair down their back vibing. Chicks with tiny locs and Loving Day babies all over. So cool! In my haste to get further south, I didn't pack a bathing suit. Oh well, I got in to my knees then splashed water all over myself and let it sun dry. I don't think I got the tan black I was yearning for... I think its so cool when you can tell someone had a serious vacation by their tans. A couple of my kids came back ruddy faced and bronze. So cute!

I decided I was going to be "mean teacher" while Drew and I were coming back to Hollywood. The kids didn't even let me be her, they were so good! I even gave them a star *tear*. 10 stars and they get a themed party. If the prin gives them a compliment, that's 3 stars. AP, 2. An adult, 1. Or, if everyone stays on green all day. Yeah, my class was so focused today, I was impressed and gave them a star myself!

So excited this is a 4-day work week! Thinking about doing Maundy Thursday vigil and I'm def doing Good Friday's Stations of the Cross even though it usually makes me cry... Holy Saturday and EASTER SUNDAY!! YAAAAY!


Wait. I don't have a dress.


T o be continued...

New Post!

i had to do one cause that sushi was KILLING me!! now i know why desy and vdizz wanted to lick the computer screen! i want to take a bite out of that blood red tuna...


too much?


so i'm here in tally and as you read from my tweets, i applied to grad school. you know how i can be impulsive; just one day decide to take the GRE with 6 days before the test, drastically cut all my hair off, things like that.

so anyway, the deadline was wednesday, april 1 and i was here wednesday, april 1st with letters, applications, and personal statements in hand. hand delivered to the associate dean of education/former professor who was too excited that i was coming back. ummm, just let me know i got in and i'll be excited with you, thanks.

i'm sure i got in... my fave prof and most respected teacher in the GEC (gore education complex) wrote a letter of rec for me. her letter alone is grounds for getting in!

yeah, i can't believe i did that. grad school is in my future. no more talking about it, i gotta be about it!

i told dreezy what i did and he said, "cool!" not sure that was the reaction i wanted. we women are so funny. i didn't want him to be excited! cause upon admission, i'd have to move to tally! and by moving to tally, i'd obviously be leaving him!! GOSH, Drew!! you should be tormented that i might leave your side!!! Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

anyway, we'll see what happens come summertime. oooh, i guess i should let my principal know...

okay, i'm up! its time to hit the road! but, i promised the baby sis we'd go out for breakfast. naturally, even though she kept me up till 2, i'm up and she's knocked out. i tried waking her at 732am. very cognizant and coherent in her sleep, she said, "you want me to wake up now? at 730 in the morning??" then she scoffed and faced the wall.


and this is where i'd call her a toothless b!tc# (thanks dani!)