I feel like I haven’t written anything in a long time, which is weird because there has actually been a lot going on.  First of all, I finally got a consistent job!  A lot of you know I’ve been subbing in Albuquerque, but sometimes that can be a little scary because you never know if you’ll actually have a job everyday.  So, a job opened up at a really good school in a good part of town for me to be an automatic sub.  That means that every day I will show up at that school regardless of whether they need a sub or not and they will put me somewhere so that I can sub for a class or just help out a teacher.  It’s a really great deal because I get to know the school, staff, students, and I have a consistent job.

Secondly, my mom just came in town for about 5 days, which was AWESOME.  It was so nice to have a familiar face, especially family around.  I got to take three days off of work (ok, I took 4) and we pretty much did everything I want to do in Albuquerque that I never have time or money to do (i.e. shopping, Old Town, grocery shopping haha, hiking, and casino).  Speaking of the casino, I just want everyone to know that my mother will officially be moving to Vegas pretty soon and taking over.  That woman is stinkin’ awesome at gambling.  Haha, maybe not a character trait to brag about, but we sure did have fun.  Quote from Sat. night at the casino “Allison, this is fun!  <whisper> Do you think they’re open on Sunday?”  HAHAHA.  It was too funny.

So, we went a couple of times while she was here and we lost some, then won some, then broke even.  It was up and down the whole time.  But last night mom, Justin, and I went together and all played Roulette at the same table.  We all won around $50!!!  Not too shabby for the last night in town.

Also, while my mom was here, I decided to do my spontaneous hair change again.  A lot of you may remember I cut my hair short last summer.  I HATED it because the cut was just bad and I immediately started growing it out which was even worse because it was in that awkward stage for about a year.  So, it was finally starting to get long again and I decided to cut it again.  Aaah!!  I don’t know, I guess I just wanted to get my hair short just one time where I actually liked it.  I walked into the salon, sat down, and this 40/50-something year old man covered in tattoos with crazy hair walks up to me.  “Allison?  I’m Dave, I’ll be cutting your hair today”.  Aah, I’ve never had a guy cut my hair before and definitely not one covered in tattoos.  I was a little nervous, but let’s be honest…people that age with tattoos working in a nice salon are usually actually pretty good.  So, I got back to his station and turns out……..the man lived in SC for TWELVE years!!!   Are you kidding me?  How perfect is that?  He lived in Irmo and Myrtle Beach, and we ended up talking about the good ol’ south the whole time.  It was so much fun and I actually loved my hair when he was done.  My mom got pictures of the whole thing, so I’ll post them when she emails them to me.

p.s. – Dave is awesome and if you live in Albuquerque, you should go to him!

It feels like I’m finally starting to get comfortable here.  If anyone else wants to visit let me know!!