Hugh Jackman nailed the opener! I think it was right up there with the best of Billy Crystal's openers. I'm keeping my hopes high that the rest of the show will be as entertaining.

Fashion-wise, I thought it was a bit disappointing. I really like Anne Hathaway's gowns, along with Miley Cyrus', and Marisa Tomei's. But what were Beyonce, Freida Pinto, Whoopie Goldberg, and Heidi Klum thinking? Yuck, yuck, and double yuck. And how much does the necklace Amy Adams is wearing weigh?

Since when do we get spring weather in February around here? It's been raining off and on since midnight-ish, and we are even supposed to have a chance of thunderstorms tonight. Crazy stuff. Due to the fact that winter and rain are like oil and water, and therefore do not mix, the roads weren't very nice before it warmed up this morning. That meant that I got to sleep in an extra couple of hours due to school being 2 hours late, and I only had to teach one class due to the other school canceling completely. It was a great day. The only part I wish I could have skipped was almost sliding into another car in the parking lot. I managed to stop with an inch or two to spare. Perhaps they could have sanded or salted, eh?

I am also excited to say that I have done my taxes and already received my refunds! I typically do them the end of January/beginning of February, but this year I did them extra speedily because I need the cash to pay for my x-rays a few weeks back. I'm also happy to say that I've met my deductible for the year. That usually takes until July, so I'm sure BCBS is happy with me... Not! I'm not looking forward to seeing what my rate increase is going to be.

1. Sofas that appear a dark moss green in the fluorescent light at the furniture store may arrive at your house brown. It's a good thing that it's a nice brown, and it goes perfectly with my curtains or it would be going back to Loren's!
2. Prednisone makes me bitchy, puffy, twitchy, and able to gain 5 pounds in 2 days. Boo!
3. Kids who you think will flake out on you at the most inopportune time for a meet, will. Double and triple Boo! I thought I was going to have a mental breakdown when 2 of my 8 team members decided to just skip our meet (and then have the gall to go to school the second half of the day when they were so "sick" that morning). We only had one understudy, so we had to poach from another organization on the fly. It was not pretty. I rewarded the kids with ice cream after it was all done for being so willing to step up to the plate.
4. If my 6th hour students arrive to class in a good mood, class will go well. If they arrive in a pissy mood, class will not go well. I wish that I could have lots of candy in class to bribe them with. Darn new healthy food laws!
5. The color on the box is not always the color your hair will turn. One would think that with as many years of coloring experience, I'd have remembered that when it comes to choosing a good shade of red. Now I'm more of a purply red. There's always next month!