Swollen Lip, Crazy Kids

There's nothing a-brewing anymore, so I'm glad I didn't really say anything about that. Well, I did, but then I quickly removed my post. I thought my BF and I might break up, but we didn't and everything is happy and good. He said he would take me to the ballet soon. I can't wait! He also invited me to come with him to stay with his family out of state for Christmas, but I think he only did it out of guilt, because he forgot that he told me we would go up to Santa Barbara for Christmas, just the two of us. The idea of meeting so many new people at once for such an extended length of time (5 days) freaks me out. I'm way too shy for that. And the pressure! I would sweat bullets the whole time. I'll probably pass. I hope he doesn't take it personally.

Had a zit on the outside of my lip. Tried to pop it the night before, but woke up on Wednesday and the whole bottom, left side of my lip was completely swollen. It looked like I was stung by a bee or smacked in the face. I went to sub and all the kids stared at it. Kids don't even bother trying to be subtle about the gawking. It was embarrassing. My BF teased me and said they probably thought it was herpes or something... "Ms Lady Ma'ame had a dick in her mouth!" I assure you, that wasn't what caused my swollen lip! And no, I don't make the kids call me Ms. Lady Ma'ame, although I do like the sound of it. I just said it because I'm all anonymous and what not. Here's a photo I took. It's kinda blurry and doesn't show the full horror of it, but you get the idea:

Met some interesting kids this week. The subbing highlights:

1. One girl told me that her aunt got married to her cell mate in jail. Her aunt was released from prison and returned home to her... HUSBAND! She and the cell mate still write each other regularly. Her husband has NO idea, and the family is anxious because the cell mate gets out in two years. DRAMA! It will go down. There's totally a screenplay in this. I want to write it. Maybe I will.

2. Another 17-year old girl showed me a picture of her eight month year old daughter and her fiancee, a 28 year old man. She plans to marry him. Has been dating him for like four years now. That means he's probably been boning her since she was like 13 and he was 24. Hurl! I wanted to just shake this girl. She's crazy gorgeous and very sweet, and the guy is a total loser. And I'm not just saying he's a loser because he thought it perfectly appropriate to wear a du-rag in their professional family photo. No, but because he's a fucking pedophile. Her parents gave their consent because they think the damage is already done and he's stepped up and is taking care of his baby.

I had other things to say, but this is getting too long. I'll leave you with a photo. I took this in the parking lot of my local CVS store. I think this car belongs to the 40-something year old cashier woman. She wore two high piggy tails on either side of her head and was dressed like a fourteen year old. She popped and snapped her gum loudly. She was very sweet and friendly. A total character, as you can imagine. If you can't read the writing on the car, it says, "I Guess Ya'll [sic] Can Still Call Me a Lil Girl! Cause I Still Ride Big Wheels!" Apparently she's riding on twenty-twos...