Spring break is finally here!

I'm officially in the middle of spring break and it is nice. I have a list of things I want to accomplish in the next few days, but it's just nice to know that I don't have to turn anything in or make a time committment (class) for another week. Last night, Kelly and I sat up far too late watching movies and neither of us felt bad about it at all. Rather, we enjoyed the relaxation.

LA was a good time. We spent a bunch of time in the car, but when we were out of the car we were walking on Hollywood Boulevard (where I purchased a really cool Gucci rip-off purse), catching the end of the LA marathon (which was touching), and eating yummy food. I had been hoping for dramatically better weather than we've had recently in Boise, but there was only about a four degree difference. Plus it was overcast and rainy for much of our time there. Weather aside, though, it was great to hang out with old friends and to make new ones. It really reinforces my belief that all my friends who are scattered across the nation should move to Boise.

I get to work at the shelter this week. This really is the coolest working environment ever. We have some kids right now who are BIG into drama. It's sort of cooling off now as we rotate kids, but for a while the drama was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Now we just have a bunch of boys, all of whom think they're the bomb diggity. It cracks me up to hear a bunch of 15-year-old boys talking about the best way to have sex because I know for a fact that because they're boys and because they're 15, they know NOTHING about sex. It's just funny.

LA or Bust!

We're going to the City of Angels tonight for a few days. I cannot wait! I'm not taking any work or worries on this trip. I'm leaving it all here to disappear in my absence. It will be great!

Ski Bunny

Kelly and I went skiing at Brundage on Saturday and at Bogus on Sunday. Sunday we took my siblings with us and a good time was had by all. Janessa didn't get along with her snowboard very well, but skis worked out much better for her. Denisha is still young enough that she has no fear, so skiing came as quickly as walking for her. Theodore also still has no fear and since he likes skateboarding, snowboarding was a piece of cake. I saw him fall pretty hard a couple times and was just relieved it wasn't me. TJay is impressive on a snowboard. I think that he could be really phenomenal with some fairly regular practice. Me, on the other hand, I freaked out on the back side of the bunny hill. I think I need to stick to the easiest trails possible.

My Birthday: September 2, 1981

I found this fun site on Crystal's site. You just put in your birth date and it spits out birthdate information. Here's mine:

Your date of conception was on or about 10 December 1980 which was a Wednesday.
You were born on a Wednesday under the astrological sign Virgo.
Your Life path number is 3.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 2, 5 & 11.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 4, 7, 8 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444849.5.
The golden number for 1981 is 6.
The epact number for 1981 is 24.
The year 1981 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/5/1981 and ending 1/24/1982.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster.

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 19 April 1981.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 4 March 1981.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 7 June 1981.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 June 1981.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 29 September 1981.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 19 April 1981.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 3 March 1981.

As of 3/3/2006 8:12:39 PM EST
You are 24 years old.
You are 294 months old.
You are 1,278 weeks old.
You are 8,948 days old.
You are 214,772 hours old.
You are 12,886,332 minutes old.
You are 773,179,959 seconds old.

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.50215264187867 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)

There are 183 days till your next birthday, on which your cake will have 25 candles.

Those 25 candles produce 25 BTUs, or 6,300 calories of heat (That's only 6.3000 food Calories!).
You can boil 2.86 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1981 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US.
In 1981 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.
In 1981 in the US there were 2,438,000 marriages (10.6%) and 1,219,000 divorces (5.3%)
In 1981 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000).
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

Your birthstone is Sapphire.

Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Sapphire is used for clear thinking.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone: Agate, Moonstone, Lapis Lazuli

Your birth tree is the Pine Tree, the Particularity.
Loves agreeable company, very robust, knows how to make life comfortable, very active, natural, good companion, but seldom friendly, falls easily in love but its passion burns out quickly, gives up easily, many disappointments till it finds its ideal, trustworthy, practical.

There are 297 days till Christmas 2006!
There are 310 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were born was waxing crescent.

Gross!

This morning after yoga I went to the bathroom to change into my non-yoga clothes. I could hear another woman in the bathroom with me. She finished her business, flushed the toilet, and exited the stall. Then I heard her walk to the sink and run her hands under the water for approximately two seconds before leaving the bathroom. At that moment I knew - I knew - that in order to get out of the bathroom I would have to touch the now-wet door handle covered in her dirty, sticky wet germs.

Who did not teach people these days to wash their hands? Was that a mishap of the 80s when people didn't know about things - or at least didn't want to admit to things - like AIDS and fashion sense? How did it become OK to run your hands under cold water for less time than it takes W to smirk about public health care and count that as "washing"? If you're using soap - as the age-old mother educt dictates you should after using the bathroom and before eating a meal - it should take at the bare minimun ten seconds to rinse, lather, and rinse again, thus killing the germs on your hands instead of moisturizing them in preparation to leave an imprint of them on the bathroom doorknob.

One more thing to all those drunk people who visit Pita Pit: Stop tearing the bathroom up. Property damage is not cool; it's rude. When you rip the sink off the wall and cut the piping to the toilet, I can't wash my hands before enjoying a nice, delicious pita. You're a jerk.