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Name: Elissa
Country: United States
State: Wisconsin
Metro: Madison
Gender: Female
Interests: ESL and literacy studies; wine and good food; sleeping in late on the weekends; board games, card games, and party games, but not mind games; Latin dancing and music allsorts
Expertise: grammar guru,
domestic diva,
sultry soprano,
enlightening educator,
lascivious linguaphile
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
9/14/2005
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| NewsJust in case anyone hasn't been filled in...
I'm pregnant! About four months along, expecting in late September. Very happy. 
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| I think maybe I'm over Xanga. Or maybe it's just the whole new grown-up job thing.
Work is good. UW school stuff is fine. Family and friends are well.
That's it! 
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| We got 10" last night. How about you?
Heading to Chicago for a baby shower, then our good friends' for a pre-Christmas "Christmas." I have school Monday and Tuesday, then we're off to Cleveland for the holidays with Chris's family. Hello drama. I am looking forward to seeing his folks and a few select relatives. And I am getting excited about Christmas. I wasn't for the longest time, but suddenly now I am. Must be because I got my shopping done. =)
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| In Case I Haven't Said It Yet...I am very excited! =) We were in downtown Madison to watch the election results, which was a great vantage points. Very happy, partisan crowd. At one point, I heard a rendition of "America the Beautiful," and upon trying to drive home shortly after midnight, we found ourselves caught in the midst of a spontaneous demonstration of happiness by thousands (yes, thousands!) of people spanning from the campus to the Capitol. It was wonderful.
Only one thing gives me pause. I heard some people translating "Yes We Can" into "Yes We Have." Not yet, folks. We have done something wonderful as a country, something we couldn't have imagined just a generation or two ago. In January we expect another peaceful transition of government, one of the great strengths of this democratic nation. And we should feel hopeful and happy because of these things. But we have by far the toughest challenges ahead of us yet. Let's not get the feeling that we have done our job by voting, and now we can sit back and wait. It is now that we are needed.
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| My jack-o-lantern's taller than your jack-o-lanternLousy couple of weeks. Bank troubles, oversleeping, and it snowed today. And tomorrow the supervisor from my UW class is coming to observe me. This cannot go well.
On the flip side, my assistant principal came two Fridays ago and it went great! She even said my principal mentioned that they really want to find a way to keep me -- a BIG vote of confidence since my contract is a one-year limited term at the moment.
Other than that, just pressing on. We did a chapter from McCain's memoir and a chapter from Obama's, so today & tomorrow we're working on comparison-contrast. Then Wednesday are PT conferences. I wonder if any of my parents will come. It's not usually their thing, for a lot of complicated reasons, many of which are on the part of the school. I always get a little nervous when my Spanish gets a real test.
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