What do you really know about me?-stolen from ratckrycek

This could be interesting.

Post this in your journal, asking your friends list (or whatever stranger that happens to wander by) to respond with whatever they know about you. It can be as matter of fact as "Your name is not actually marathoner452," or as random as "You are left-handed."

A week later, write an "about me" post to fill in the gaps in your friends' knowledge.

Have at it.

~Bethany

PS-As a side note, I'm still wondering what "meme" stands for.  It just seems like one of those things I should know but don't.

I'm just thinking out loud here

According to the American Airlines website, I could leave for New Orleans on 9/25 and come back on 10/12 and it would only cost $172 round-trip.  It doesn't get much better than that, esp. not because I have a $200 voucher from being bumped on my way home last time.  That way I could direct the Bachman Valley 1/2, spend 2 1/2 weeks gutting houses in New Orleans, and get back in time to volunteer at Baltimore and still be bumped on the way home if I got the chance.  It's a possibility.

The director of my summer running program might be offering a fall running program for $25 a month/$60 for 3 months to get in speedy shape for a fall race of my choosing.  That also sounds like an appealing way to spend my fall.  It might be a good idea to wait until hurricane season is done to go to New Orleans anyway.  Cooler and drier and less dangerous and I could get away from winter.

I'll make $75 a day as a degreed substitute teacher, before taxes.  I could make what I make now on 3 days a week and still have time to take the prereqs for a master's in elementary education.  I could also use the subbing to decide if that's even what I want to do.  That way I wouldn't sink a bunch of money and time in only to realize that while kids are fun when you're teaching them about tornadoes, a full-time job in teaching them is not my thing.  I've thought I knew what I was doing before, after all, and it came back to bite me.  I want to be careful this time.  Confident but still careful.

I could take out loans to cover school and use my AmeriCorps money to take a three-week Outward Bound course in Alaska.  $3k or so for tuition, plus airfare and supplies, for 3 weeks of kayaking and mountaineering in The Last Frontier.  That would be amazing.  Obviously that would have to wait until next summer 'cause Outward Bound ain't running courses in Alaska in the winter.  :-)  I could also do an Outward Bound Swap-Ya, but unfortunately those coming up conflict with my last week of work, which I would like to skip at this point based on how I feel about certain people but I do feel an obligation to finish what I started.  And I want my education award so I can go to grad school/Alaska.

I'm done thinking out loud now. 

~Bethany