2010 Best and Worst

Top 5  Best and Worst Moments of 2010

Teaching Moments


Worst
5.  When bad things happen
4.  Not being able to find the new classroom on the day of new student student testing
3.  Student lifting his shirt up, burping, and rubbing his belly in class
2.  Explaining to a student with a terrible attitude why she was no longer allowed back into my class (she yelled at my teaching assistant, repeatedly disrupted my class, would not calm down to have a discussion and I thought she was going to punch me in the face) an hour before I left on vacation
1.  Day after the Super Bowl

Best
5.  Being called Teacher Lady and Miss Molly. And: Miss Molly, what are you making for Thanksgiving? You bringin' us a turkey?
4.  Singing Miley Cyrus with my boy Jemell. Correction: Almost any interaction with Jemell
3.  Learning the Dougie in class
2.  GED Graduation and watching students transition from GED students to college students
1.  My night class - They consistently worked their rear ends off and made me laugh.

Travel


Worst
5.  Saying goodbye to my parents after my vacay in August
4.  The drive back from Indiana in February when the weather got all scary and awful
3.  The demon bug in Florida that bit me and infected my leg when it swelled to the size of an eggplant. AN EGGPLANT. Really.
2.  The BP oil spill that made it nearly impossible to find an accessible beach
1.  Cancelling my Alaska trip because of a stupid stress fracture in my stupid foot

Best
5.  The 24 hour day with Nick, Noel, and Jennie that ended at the beautiful beaches of Mississippi
4.  Fourth of July weekend with Laurin and Sue
3.  Atlanta weekend with Caitlin
2.  Lafayette weekend with the Brocato's girls and Josh
1.  Indiana weekend with Trina and Britani

Guests and Our Adventures


Worst
5.  My house key dropped down the sink during Mardi Gras
4.  Minnie the Moocher/Stripper that lived next door
3.  Spilling nacho cheese on a stranger at Bayou Country Fest with Kate and Steph
2.  Getting into my first fender-bender just minutes after picking Melanie up from the airport
1.  The parasite that wouldn't go away

Best  (I'm sure I'll regret ranking my friends and family's visits later....)
6. Keeping it classy with Amy and Stephanie Colorado style.
5.  Taking Katie and Stephanie out in New Orleans, starting with the daiquiri shop....
4.  Elena. We saw sooo much cool stuff in Jean Lafitte State Park. Two water moccasins, nutria, tons of alligators, an alligator eating a nutria....2.  Annie and Ethan. We got someone barred for life. Just sayin
2.  Mom and Dad and Katie and John. It was really exciting to be able to show them where I work, live, and that I actually do know how to get around town! We ate good food, heard good music, had fun, went to the WWII museum and the aquarium, and I even took Mom and Dad to a bar!
1.  Melanie. No contest. She had food on the table almost every night that I got home, and she showered me with gifts. I don't think we ever stopped laughing. It also helps that wherever she went, there seemed to be a trail of gorgeous men that followed....


Things I Couldn't Control


Worst
5.  All those damn bug bites
4.  Having to wait eons to get a full-time position
3.  Stress fracture + the boot
2.  The smallest water heater, broken door knobs and fans, drafts that blew papers off coffee tables, sinks with bugs, not getting our deposit back, and the crappiest landlord of all time
1. Getting robbed

Best
5.  Good neighbors that provided plenty of entertainment
4.  Getting my wallet back in the mail after I left in a cab. Cash stolen, cards cancelled, but at least I didn't have to go back to the DMV!
3.  Finding an awesome apartment
2.
1. These awesome friends of mine

Soundtrack from this year in no particular order
20.  Tik Tok - Ke$ha
19.  Green or Blue - Jaymay
18. Wagon Wheel - Old Crowe Medicine Show
17.  Out Last Night - Kenny Chesney
16.  When a Man Loves a Woman - Jerry Lee Lewis
15.  Cash on the Barrelhead - Dolly Parton
14. Everything I Am - Kanye
13. Shake Fo Ya Hood - Ricky B
12. That's How Country Boys Roll - Billy Currington
11. Hell On The Heart - Eric Church
10. Roll With It - Easton Corbin
9.  House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
8.  All I Do Is Win - DJ Khaled
7.  Homecoming - Kanye
6.  Get Crunk! - Ying Yang Twins
5.  F*** You - Cee Lo Green
4.  Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine
3.  All Over Me - Josh Turner
3.  Teach Me How to Dougie - Cali Swag
2. As She's Walkin' Away - Zac Brown Band
1.  The Gambler - Kenny Rogers