i held out on changing to S2 for a while, because i like making my own styles a lot more, but the new styles LJ posted are actually really nice. i didn't put a lot of effort into checking whether or not they're customizable, but they are somewhat, so i decided to go with a prefab layout. it feels so strange, but it's a nice change because the one i just got rid of was over a year old, i think. changing ANYTHING from the default style was a humongous pain in the ass, but i figured it out and feel good that i was able to bust out some coding skillz since i haven't written any in a very long time.

VA was nice, as usual. we didn't get to stay long because my brother had to work on monday, so we sorta just dashed down there and came right back. but i wanted to give my dad the ugly hat pictured above, and the ugly lumberjack socks from a few weeks ago. he loved them both, and even though he's my dad and that's what parents are supposed to do, he put the hat up on top of his head as expected (he wears his hats right up on the top of his head like a weirdo), and wore the socks to bed. i was really happy. i wrote him out this really nice card, too. so it was a very good time.

he's trying to get me to move to virginia when i'm done with school and i'm thinking of it more and more. there are a ton of teaching jobs available down there. but i really enjoy being around civilization. we'll see. now that i'm thinking about it, i think my mom would probably never want to talk to me again. she hates my dad and hates me a little for having a relationship with him. think hard before you have kids and get a divorce! you'll ruin lives.

student teaching starts next week, and i've said on numerous occasions i'm not looking forward to it. maybe it'll turn out to be assloads of fun, but right now i'm just dreading it with every ounce of my being. i just don't want to teach high school. ugh. sigh. groan. all of this complaining to say that i can't post about it publicly here, so if you want to be in on my experience, let me know and i'll put you on the filter. this is mostly for you new friends, or those of you i don't actually talk to a whole lot - everyone i know pretty well will go on it automatically. let me know.

i miss yarn. i think i'm going to go to the yarn store tomorrow or thursday depending on whether or not my bro wants to take a ride. i have a small number of unfinished objects floating around but would like to start on something else i REALLY want to make. most of the other things were for practice, and got rather tedious. i actually have a very secret gift i need yarn for and can't decide if i want to spin it or just buy it. so i need to shop around a bit.

i'm so tired but so not. i hope i can get this sleep thing under control quickly. the night i got to my dad's my back was killing me from the drive, but i went right to bed instead of stretching it out and i suffered all night and the next day for it. my schedule's been awry since then. sigh.

goodnite, even though i'm not going to bed!



ps - i think i'm just going to crosspost from my LJ from now on. it's a lot easier, and i won't keep forgetting to update here.