I can't complain about life at the moment -- I officially changed my name on Friday -- I am now Kristen Marie Esgate. Zero was getting agitated for a while because I just ended up putting it off for one reason or another lately (unintentionally, I swear!), haha.

Been playing the WOWs again a lot. I have a 80 holy/shadow dual spec priest (currently 2175 or so bonus healing and 515/317 mp5) and my enhance shaman is also 80, but not nearly as geared as my priest...Mainly because I am a healer, and they are in demand! Its such a fun game, and I love the fact that they didn't try to be realistic. I think that is why I don't like EQII -- because they try to be realistic, and therefore it doesn't mesh well together. Anyways.

We have a puppy! The cats don't particularly care for him, but it makes sense seeing as though they don't get as much attention :> The puppy is a Pomeranian and we named him Geronimo! We thought about "bear" like names, but nothing fit. He's a black and tan and completely adorable, especially when he growls -- he's only 2 lbs!

Just got home from work and sipping on a rum and diet. Thinking of writing a Snape/Hermione fanfic, I have a wee bit of a plot bunny running through my mind...But I've never really written anything like that before so ehhh I don't know.

PS Zero said he'd dress as Snape for me for Halloween ;) I'm so going to be Hermione! Hhaahaha!

PPs Rocky Horror's anniversary is on the 25th. Yays! One year of Rocky!

a very pregnant brandi... shes due in 3 weeks.

So the engineering summer camp I was participating in as a mentor is over. The camp was on the base so no extra travel, but I did have to get up earlier which was rough. There is another session next week, but I was only signed on for one week. I probably could've done the second week, but I hadn't done it before and wanted to take it slow. I didn't know if I'd hate it or not. I might sign on for the stuff they do during the year. Maybe.

What it was:
-7th and 8th graders from area schools who volunteered. I think it was free/subsidized.
- Focus was on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
- Students got to meet engineers and scientists and build towers of balsa wood, water rockets, imagine a bio-sensor of the future, and program LEGO robots to complete "missions"
- A scientist or engineer paired with a middle school teacher as group leaders

My Group:
- A sullen-yet-loud 13 year old boy ("R") who would randomly start reciting video game levels...out loud. Or who, even though no one was listening, would start talking about how mean his teachers were or whatever. Are teachers trained to deal with kids like this? Did he need more attention or less?
- A quiet but very smart 13 year old boy ("L") who was also a boy scout. He was respectful and quiet but so helpful
- A quiet but very weird 13 year old boy ("J") who is totally going to be weird in high school and could end up evil...maybe not. He was just a little odd and there wasn't enough time to explore his issues.
- A loud and hyper 13 year old boy ("A") who had ideas but not much focus or stick-to-it-ness and was more interested in flirting with...
- A pretty and smart 13 year old girl ("M") who despite her "popular girl" look, was really nice and helpful. Seriously, I was so impressed with her. She was even nice to..
- A random 6th grader (11 year old) girl ("C") who was pretty sharp, but still younger than the rest. She seemed to hold her own though. (But still, I was SO impressed by M (the 13 year-old girl) because she could have made it really terrible for the 11 year old, but she didn't. She included the younger girl in everything and gave the boys the attention they were seeking but not in a way that made anyone uncomfortable.)

So four boys and 2 girls and they worked fairly well together. On the one hand they were loud and not very efficient, but when they did get going, they did just about everything very competently.

( And this is how the week went... )

And that was my summer camp experience.

looking for time mag! cant find it anywhere. rolling stone, life, and people mags commem. issues are all 10 to 12 bucks a pop! good thing those 3 are displaying until october... dont have to buy them all at once. im getting the weekly mags right now.

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getting some sun and having fun!