so today, i got to school. went about my business. then jen said 'don't you drive a red kia with a 'peace' bumpersticker? you have a flat tire.' all day long, people i've never spoken to, and whom i couldn't name told me i had a flat tire. how do all these people know what i drive?!! it was a little scary, like i was trapped in a spy network or something. i hadn't noticed anything wrong at all with my car on the drive in, so i guess it just went all of a sudden in the parking lot, which is better than going on the interstate! i called my dad to help me change it, cos even with me throwing all my weight on the four-way, i couldn't get the bolts to budge. it was really stuck. my dad said he himself had to stand on the four-way and pull up on the other side to get any progress. sooo....i had to go after work to get two new tires. they said that the tires were so old and worn, there were falling apart from the inside out. the other one wasn't even salvagable as a full-size spare. so there went $165 we hadn't planned on spending :( stupid life with stupid cars and stupid flat tires.

thank god i have a dad who's willing to help me out like that, though. i went after i got my car fixed and stopped by his 'office' which is really just a windowless cubicle and gave him a hug and told him 'you rock!' and he smiled and said 'wow!'

i didn't need to worry about afternoon lesson plans because there was a play for us to watch today. which was good, cos i was so preoccupied about fixing the car, and n. was having a really rough day. we started out in fitness group with two other girls with special needs as well. one of them has very intense needs, and has some kind of fit whenever there's food around. she once had issues with it, because she just never knew when she would be given any, and so when it was presented, it was a huge stressor for her. she was doing fine for a time, but now she can't handle it again, and hearing anyone else crying or in pain really upsets n. and so for the rest of the day, she was really agitated and doing her 'crying' thing, and it was just so heartbreaking for everyone involved.

first day of debate is tomorrow. i was too distracted to properly remind everyone about it, so we'll see how it goes. i'm making brownies tonight to bring tomorrow to entice kids to come. i'm horrible like that. but people will only come if there's punch and pie, right? right.

i got home to find a letter asking me to take part in a study on intense pms, which if it is a study with reimbursement might not be a bad idea, but in the long view, i know i'm not the sort of person to put my body on the line for science. though i'm sure neil would think it to be a good idea for me to try whatever i can! hehehe. and i found my february martha stewart magazine had come.

so today:

-flat tire
-cars in general
+dads who help out
-forgetting to advertise
+martha stewart magazine

overall....it was just your average sorta day.....