TxTeach79

24 minutes ago, meskel503 said:

Well Tribe today we leave for our 14-day cruise on the Carnival Spirit.  We go to Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau, Icy Point Strait, Sitka, Valdez and Seward.  We haven't been to the last three so we are looking forward to those.  We enjoy the others also.  Hope you all have a great two weeks. 

Sounds amazing! Enjoy!!

25 minutes ago, Hogladyrider said:

I also have USPS informed delivery...it amazes me the amount of "junk"  mail!

I have it too. Makes me feel like I'm living in the future. 

39 minutes ago, Knights on the Beach said:

@Jamman54, @TxTeach79 and any other fans of the fabulous bartender Melissa, she is on Vista!! Good thing we're on a B2B because we just found her today. 🤦‍♀️

Oh heck yeah!!! Melissa on a B2B??!? I'm deliciously hydrated already!!!

31 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

@TxTeach79 Jack Leiter Rangers debut today.

Yup, I'm excited. Earlier than I expected given the rocky road up, but given the injuries, with Winn already up...... I'm happy for him. Hoping for good things. I'm NOT happy about the 12:10 first pitch. What's with Detroit going with all these midweek day games this season?

8 hours ago, Roscoe13 said:

But he likes Buffalo Trace...

Quick update…. After school on Tuesday (yes, Tuesday of all days) it was sunny and in the mid 80’s and with so much chaos and change at work right now it was time to get my summer season officially started, and we can only do that one way….. even if it’s a Tuesday. 
 

headed over to my buddy’s place for a few cold ones in the (moderately) hot sun…. Despite a weekend temperature plunge and four more weeks of school, I’m gonna deem this the official start of #PoolSZN. 

Oh, and a few days late but also kinda cool - apparently after the Masters win Scottie Scheffler, who’s from Dallas and still lives here, flew home in the exact same outfit he won the thing in - green jacket included - and spent the evening at a dive bar that was literally “my bar” for a stretch of several years. Blew my mind. Thought it was fake for a minute when they posted Sunday night, but it was all over social media by Monday. That private jet life…… side note, I’ve done some TERRIBLE karaoke in that place. Oh, and also, there’s a photo of LBJ looking down above the men’s urinal. Be advised. 
 

8 minutes ago, Stallion said:

You don't even like BISON

it’s a love/hate relationship 

3 hours ago, Hogladyrider said:

@TxTeach79...thought of you today.  I follow a You Tube channel, Cross Timbers Bison in Oklahoma.

 

The owner, Dusty, was a teacher for many years, when he realized he could support himself via social media You Tube and his love of raising bison, he gave up teaching and is doing what he loves and happier and more $$$ coming in.

 

Making a living off social media is doable if you are willing to put in the time and effort.  I am happy to just watch and enjoy and hit the like so they can earn some $$$.

If i had the time and the ability, believe me..... I'd strongly consider it 😂

3 hours ago, cruiserNC said:

Great review.

Thanks! Appreciate it! I may need to go back and relive it myself....  40 days til Venezia...

3 minutes ago, graphicguy said:

I think Kate Winslet is one of the top actresses working today.  I can't think of one thing of hers I haven't liked.  Same goes for Denzel Washington, Billy Bob Thornton, Merryl Streep, or Leonardo DiCaprio.

Agree. Recently, Mare of Easttown was ELITE. 

State testing day, so naturally the wifi, wired internet, and phones went down for the better part of 7:25-12:45. It came back up just long enough to convince people that we should start testing, then immediately crashed again. Chaos. Had to cancel testing and will try and complete it on the "makeup" day Thursday. 

Meanwhile, since 6th graders weren't testing, and I didn't have the ability to print (their assignments are all online) or play a video, I improved a trivia "game show" using my phone and breaking them into groups. One sweaty half day of going lo-fi and wrangling about 100 11-12 years olds later, I've been asked to cover ISS (in school suspension) on my lone off period, so we've got ourselves a day! At least I have this moment of zen during advisory (study hall) to check in and disassociate. And it IS a beautiful day outside (from what I hear - I don't have windows). 

It USED to (as in one year ago) be $15, otherwise I wasn't charged the $3 overage. I've seen it in Pig & Anchor on the Vista and Excel class ships and in the steakhouses on Conquest and Spirit class ships. Drank it so much on Glory last March they gave me the little horse when the bottle was gone 🙂

57 minutes ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

@TxTeach79

This morning, Andrew's middle school was evacuated twice before school started. He was there early for his weekly French horn private lesson. I thought for sure they were finally having one of the toilet disasters your school has every other week, but no, it was just a faulty smoke detector. I asked him about the bathrooms, and he says the stuff you deal with hasn't happened in his school - yet. We live in Lewisville ISD. 

Yeah, things happen.. I'm familiar with the faulty smoke detector for sure...  we're the oldest building in my district still functioning as a school, so things especially happen here. Depending on how the upcoming bond election goes, we MAY have a new building in a couple years. We shall see! #fingerscrossed

6 minutes ago, Hogladyrider said:

Happy Monday Tribe!

 

Question - anyone familiar with the "Whats App" and if so do you recommend, is it user friendly, even for a senior gal?

 

I am hesitant on what I download in today's world, for many different reasons.

 

Thanks!

It's a great way to chat with people internationally, that's primarily what I've used it for over the years. Essentially a chat app without using your phone number to text. 

Sitting here watching the Masters and I keep smelling onion rings. I don’t have any onion rings. This says a lot about me as a person tbh. 

Little weekend recap out this way…. Spent all day (7-4) Saturday proctoring tests and wrangling my kids at the district Academic Pentathlon competition, which was a grind but ultimately rewarding seeing a couple kids get recognition for all the hard work they’ve put in studying this year. 
 

I was pretty exhausted (hadn’t slept well at all the previous two nights), but fought through it and hit a local burger joint with B for my Black & Bleu, which was insanely juicy and brought me back to life. 
 

lazy night in watching The Nice Guys (one of my favorites of the last decade easy) and catching up on some much needed sleep. Today, we slept in and hit a little diner/brunch spot a couple minutes from B’s… its inside this old building that was a greasy spoon I grew up going to, but has had quite the facelift 

we beat the crowds, there were people spilling outside by the time we left. Got some coffee and hit the weekly specials insert…

I went with the Chicken Bang Bang, and ol’ California B (fittingly) with the SoCal Sando. Both were awesome! We’ll definitely be back. 
 

then it was back home for laundry, planning the week’s lessons (5 weeks to go, not that I’m counting), and a cauldron of golf and basketball fun on TV. Let’s have a good one!

21 minutes ago, Hogladyrider said:

Holy crap you deserve a medal of honor for the job you do! 

At least it is Friday - TGIF, let Happy Hour begin!

Hey, it's never boring! For all the crazy, it's hard to imagine doing anything else. Besides, 45 days til I'll be on Venezia for 10 days, so I can handle just about anything for that long....

I've had COVID enough times for at least three of y'all, so it balances out. Then again, I work in an actual petri dish (today alone the 6th girls' bathroom is closed due to the devil's business being smeared on the walls and an actual plant was flushed in the 8th boys' bathroom, clogging it), so YMMV.

Oh come on. This is the LAST vehicle I need following me to work. Preaching to the choir, my man. 
 

45 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

Good afternoon Tribe Family! Patti and I have arrived at our overnight stopping point in Kingsland, Georgia. It was a fairly uneventful trip down. There were a couple of short construction delays up north, and then torrential rain from North Carolina south which slowed us down a bit, but we really only lost about 45 minutes.

 

Our room was ready upon arrival, but when we got there the toilet was leaking. They immediately got another room ready for us,  so all good. 

 

Patti is off to CVS and some other places,  so when she gets back, we'll go grab a bite to eat and some drinks. Then it'll be time to crash.

 

Tomorrow we'll head down to Port Canaveral for a couple of days before boarding the Vista on Sunday. We can't wait!!

 

Have a great day everyone! 😃

Have a fantastic time! Can't wait for the review to take me up to Summer Break!

6 minutes ago, WhiteOptima said:

I used Curb.  Once you get out of the terminal and cross the street there were taxis but some were reserved.  My guy was on the side street.  I wouldn't use Uber or Lyft unless you walk a bit to meet them.

Yeah, that's what I did last time to get to my hotel. Walked across toward Hell's Kitchen a block or two then met the Uber. I'll look into Curb! Thanks!

3 hours ago, WhiteOptima said:

We were in a taxi to LGA by 8am when we did Venezia.

How easy was it to grab a cab/Uber at the port? Only other time I sailed out of NYC I stayed in town a couple nights after, so I didn't have to deal with it... I'm leaning towards taking the chance

My return flight from LGA after my Venezia sailing just got changed from an 11am departure to 10:30am. I was already cutting it a tad close with the 11a, but i felt pretty confident I could flex that diamond debark group and be there in time. Now? With 10:30 on the table and the ability to change to any other SWA flight for free? Feel like I may need to make the change. Problem is, the next non stop to DAL isn't til 3:40. I've got half a mind to stay an extra day. Hmm. 

7 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

A friend texted me last night and said needed to try this new Whataburger burger.

 

Its good.

 

Had it twice already. Love it. I don't think it tops the Monterey Melt for my favorite special menu item, but it probably clears the A1 Thick & Hearty.

37 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

 having to send back the inch of meat. 😆

If I had a dollar..... Uh, I mean, yeah, feeble lobster, gross