I am really bad at Xanga posting... but at least I return phone calls and emails.  I think I would rather be one who keeps in touch using those modes rather than this one.  Nonetheless, I know I enjoy reading the emails of other friends posts, so I guess it wouldn't kill me to post again-- it has only been about 6 months... :)

So, what's new, you ask?

- I got bit by the travel bug this fall.  I spent an long weekend visiting friends from camp at Messiah College over Labor Day.  I traveled to Dallas to stay with Ashley and Daron and had the best birthday weekend of my life.  And last weekend I traveled to NC for the nuptial of Peter Hochstaetter and the Brittany formally known as Waggoner.  We dedicated at least 10 minutes of the trip to learning how to spell their last name.  I have enjoyed my traveling and have made several conclusions: the airport in Phili has fabulous bathrooms, the only good seats on plans are emergency exit rows and the very first row, and the Atlanta airport is just chaotic and should be avoided at all costs. 

- I was seriously considering moving sometime soon.  I looked into and applied to some teaching positions in Dallas, Raleigh, and Nashville.  However, I was recently struck with the realization that I am a New Englander and am not supposed to leave here just yet.  I only wish I knew why...

- I was offered a position at my school to be a long-term sub for Missy who will be having a baby around Valentine's Day.  I wasn't going to accept it because it was only 6 weeks and didn't really seem worth it.  However, when I asked MIssy some details about it she told me that she wanted to take 12 weeks, not 6.  The way that long term subbing works is that you make regular sub pay (not that great) for the first 4 weeks and then every day after that you start making more than double that.  I crunched the numbers and realized that I would make almost double what I am making now for those three months.  So, I accepted the position and am looking forward to teaching SECOND GRADE from mid-February to mid-May!!  There are a number of teachers retiring in my district this year and my principle has said he will work hard to get me a position for next fall, so hopefully that will work out!

- I am always busy.  I don't feel like I have that much of a life, but when it comes down to it, my weekends are always packed and I am perpetually exhausted.  I don't know how to remedy this.

- I bought a new car back in September and am quite pleased with her (still no name...).  My little gray '04 Civic treats me quite well.

- And last but not least, I am growing out my nails!  I have been a habitual nail-biter all my life and I have finally decided to try really hard to grow them out.  So far, so good, but we will see how it goes...

Katie McNeil said, Hanson, 20, and Tucker, 22, his girlfriend of five years, will marry Saturday in Atlanta.

"The couple is planning an intimate ceremony with close family and friends," McNeil said in an e-mail.

Hanson and his brothers Isaac, 25, and Taylor, 23, formed Hanson in Tulsa. They are best known for their 1997 hit single, MMMBop, which helped ignite the boy band craze.

The trio is now working on a follow-up to their 2004 album, Underneath.