unseasonable

it was blazingly hot here in los angeles today.  despite notoriously hating sickly hot weather, i thought i would really enjoy the heat, as i basked in the gentle warm breeze that blew through the kindergarten yard at 8 am this morning.  however, what i should have realized is that when it is 80* at 8 in the morning, there's trouble on the way.  i'm not sure exactly how hot it was, but it was gross enough that even the screaming monsters that are the kids in my class sat quietly under the jungle gym and inside of the play houses during breaks and actually celebrated when i told them that recess was over.  i've also just added on a second job to my schedule*, so i'm sure i would have appreciated the warmer weather more had i not been forced to work in it for about eleven hours today.

*the new job!  i'd been considering adding more paid work to my schedule for a while, because as much as i love the kindergarten class, i don't work enough hours and am essentially paid in Lucky Charms and cold germs for the hours i am there.  thus, the idea of babysitting for a few hours after school gets out was born.  literally the first craigslist post i investigated was from a family, living two miles from the school where i work, that needed after-school help with their kindergarten son.  it was, essentially, perfect.  i sent in an email, interviewed and started working all within a week, and it's been pretty awesome thus far.  it's a bit of an adjustment, going from the insane structure of the classroom, where every second is accounted for, to the relative freedom of working with a family in their own house, but once i figure it out, it will be totally fine.  also, this family is super friendly and has a house that sits on a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean and is gorgeous and the situation just generally is really positive.

over the weekend, luke and i journeyed to (the only) target (in west los angeles, which is craziness) in order to get some big bins in which to store all our assorted projects.  while there, we came across some really beautiful, darkly stained furniture and, before we knew it, we'd bought a ton of stuff, assembled it and gone back for another huge load of pre-packaged decor.  we are now the proud owners of four new bookcases, a coffee table, two end tables, a tv stand and a new shoe rack.  i'm actually truly very proud of it.  all the furniture has a classic, expensive look to it and was all very, very much budget friendly.  plus, it all cozied up the apartment and made feel a little more like a home and less like a transitional place (which is what apartments tend to feel like, at least to me).

all in all, the last week and a half has been unseasonably productive (and warm).