Sweater Season!

All is well. $7 to my name, but sub work finally came in this week (Sept is usually slow), so things are starting to roll. Just pinching pennies until next month's paycheck rolls around. I registered in the hood, too, so that should bring more work as well. It's not as scary there as it was a few years ago. Most (definitely not all, though) of the kids have exchanged their gang attire for bleached mohawks and quasi-emo gear. It's so fascinating how music can transform a culture. Gangsta rap and the gangster lifestyle just aren't as glamorous as they once were, and therefore less appealing to youth. As much as people rag on Kanye West, it's amazing how much positive influence music- especially his (and artists like him)- has on kids. And if his snatching young women's VMA trophies is the price society has to pay for decreased gang violence, then so be it. But to those who got their panties in a bunch about that whole affair, I say it's all razzle dazzle. The rumor I heard is that Swift and West actually have the same manager. Coincidence? I think not. These things are almost always planned. Even the Bruno/Eminem stunt was planned (Eminem admits it). As I heard was the Justin Timberlake/ Janet Jackson stunt. But I digress...

Spent the weekend with my BF and his son. I'd met his kid before, but it was the first time we all spent the entire day together. It was nice : ) When we picked up his son from his now-remarried ex-wife (and she has a new kid to boot), she was wearing short spandex shorts and a thin tank top. She had worked out earlier that morning, but apparently always likes to wear short shorts; every time I've been over to her house she's worn noticeably short garments. They're not hoochie, but I think it's hard for people to not notice whatever she's got going on. Granted, I'm a prude, but it just rubs me the wrong way. It seems inappropriate to wear that around your ex-husband, and I wonder if she's (sub?)consciously trying to tease him. She left him, and he says it's so over and there are no residual feelings, but you always wonder. She made some comment to him about recently losing weight after cutting breads and being afraid to lose more weight in fear of turning sideways and disappearing. She's a fine, beautiful and healthy woman, and I don't like to judge other's bodies, but frankly she was in no danger of disappearing. She had her last baby two years ago and given her stomach bulge with that comment, it was at least an eye-roll inducing moment. But of course I just smiled politely. What was she trying to prove?! I think she wants him to still want her or something. That's all I can imagine, given her choice of attire and her comment.

I turned my English paper in late. I'm so mentally checked out of this class, and her syllabus is so messy. She said on the first day that all our work is due Sunday night, and that the due dates on the syllabus are merely pacing suggestions, but apparently that wasn't true for the biggest paper of the semester. It was due mid-week of last week. She wasn't very clear about it, and I had to find out the hard way. What. Ever. I don't even know why I'm still in that class. I decided last week that I'm not getting my RN at that school anymore anyway. Everything is just so janky there. Going to do the private school option next semester. Just sticking with this course because I already bought the books and I hate being a quitter! Lame reason. I know.

The weather is finally starting to chill out. I love fall weather! Most of my wardrobe is built for the fall, so I can't wait to rock the boots and sweaters.