christmas

Honestly, I'm glad it's over. It's great seeing everyone and giving/getting gifts, but it's just so darn much work. I came out of it with a lot of new stuff though.

My holiday collection:
The Office 2007 wall calendar
iTunes gift card
dress shirt
fleece jacket*
fleece hoodie*
fleece sweats*
t-shirt*
small suitcase*
Grey's Anatomy season 2
teakettle
coffee grinder
pillows
matted and framed pictures of my family
picture frame with a $100 bill put on display

All items with * behind them are olympic themed as my brother works for the US Paralympics.

Needless to say, was happy with what I was given. It seems like even though people say they're going to cut back I still got way more than I ever expected.

This upcoming weekend brings more chaos/traveling. I'm lighting candles at a friend's wedding this weekend, so Friday I make yet another voyage to the southern part of the state for the rehearsal/groom's dinner. Saturday is the wedding. Then Sunday I'm off to Rochester for a New Year's Eve party which promises to be a good time.

One of these days I might start looking for a job. It's on my to do list for tomorrow. Seriously, it is.

cuddles! what's your superpower?

It's true, I'm still alive!

Ok. First and foremost, I'm SICK of driving. I've logged something like 800 miles since last Thursday. Luckily, I have everything packed/moved with the exception of what still needs to be brought in from my car. My current location is Eden Prairie and hopefully will be for the next couple of days. This weekend I'll go back down to Dunnell to spend the Christmas weekend with my family...including my brother provided he can get out from under the 12 feet of snow they've gotten in Colorado Springs in the last 10 minutes. Tomorrow I'm going to run errands (more driving...yay!), hopefully have lunch with a friend, find a quasi-unevil bank and unpack. I might start looking for a job too. That should probably be higher on the priority list, but alas, it isn't. Friday will be a day of sleeping in and job hunting with the possibility of returning to southern Minnesota. We'll see.

Second, here's my seduction style. I needed to be cool like everyone else.

No surprise here, I'm awesome. The online quiz says so. :)

Third, if I don't make it back again within the next few days, have a great holiday weekend! Drive safe, drink responsibly and I hope the fat man in the red suit is good to you. Take care.

school's out forever!

As of 4:15 pm, I am no longer a college student. To be completely honest, it's kinda freaky. Now I'm just unemployed. Now I have to be a big kid and find a job. I've done some packing and will be making my first trip to Eden Prairie tomorrow. I like the idea of change until it's actually time to implement said change. Then I get a wee bit scared. I know it will all work out the way it's supposed to, but still. Luckily I have moving and Christmas to keep me sidetracked for a little while. So if you know any jobs that a fresh out of college, economics major with a business specialization would be qualified for, let me know.

Oh, and I'm jamming out to "All I Want for Christmas is You". Rock.

eek!

I just got back from buying my cap and gown. yay!

hee

I'm feeling pretty stellar. My paper of death is done. I have to proofread it, but that can be done tomorrow. It isn't due until 6 tomorrow night. And to celebrate my happiness, I'm posting this.



It'll give you a good laugh.

moment of zen

what a weird f'in day

Today started out well. I got to sleep in a bit. When I went outside to get in my car to make my way to campus, I noticed that at some point either last night or this morning, some jerk decided it was ok to scratch my car up and not leave a note or anything.

The rear passenger side door

Back right bumper

So I go to class and find out that I did a craptacular job on one of the tests I took last week. I come home, eat lunch and go to my class at 2. After class, I went and got tickets so I can go see The Full Monty this weekend. Then I was supposed to have some down time between class and the trip to Sioux Falls. I'm chillin in my apartment when Jess calls and says she thinks she's going to run out of gas before she gets to Brookings and she doesn't have her purse. So Ace and I hop in the car and go get some gas put in her Blazer. Then it's time to go to Sioux Falls. After picking up Kris and Canada, away we go. We get to Sioux Falls, more specifically, HuHot. We park the car and go in. Super Sarah walks in the door, makes eye contact and starts to frantically wave me down. Come to find out, my car decided to make a break for Mexico. After the crisis was resolved, we ate. After Super Sarah decided to go home, the rest of us decided to go to Champps for a drink. Post drink we went and saw Casino Royale. The movie was good. You should all go see it if you're into Bond films. Now I'm at home and I think I'm going to end this day before something else happens.

Good grief and goodnight.

anyone have spare ambition?

I'm out. All I want to do is lay on the couch and watch a movie instead of writing this frackin paper. I have a long way to go before it's due on Monday. I have a long time before I have to go to bed tonight. How much will I get done? A page or two if I'm lucky.

eta: now I remember why I don't have ambition to work on this. I got a little too over ambitious with the topic I chose and it's hard because it's relatively new. I think I may have shot myself in the foot on this one. Shit.

I'm the birthday boy or girl!

It's been a pretty great day. I got up and worked on homework for quite a while. Of course I was distracted most of the time by Facebook messages, emails, text messages, etc. After my class at 2, I stopped back home and discovered that my awesome roommate made me an awesome birthday cake. [will insert photo here soonish]. Ace, Canada and I went to the casino in Flandreau and I took my shot at the money booth. I walked out of it with $35 and what the casino calls a "players card". [another photo goes here] Then we came back and had birthday wishes in sugar form. I had night class at 6. We got done 35 minutes early and covered the most interesting topic of the semester. So really, today is going pretty well.

happy dance

It's my last day at work!

:party:

yay for monday!

It was a good weekend.

Friday: I went grocery shopping, watched Deal or No Deal, and then "watched" the first two Harry Potter movies. I say "watched" because I dozed in and out for most of The Chamber of Secrets.

Saturday: Slept in. Went to Happy Feet with Kris and Ace. Kris and I ordered pizza for supper and rented movies. We got Click and Heat. After Click, we went and got some wine. By the time Heat was over, we were both pretty out of it, so we decided it was time for bed. I decided a walk home was a good idea. Good grief it was cold out.

Sunday: Slept in. Went and got my car. Laid on the couch and watched The Aviator. I did some studying and work around the apartment (dishes, took out garbage, laundry). Ace and I watched the last two Harry Potter movies. Ace ran some errands and managed to pick up a puzzle as well as the first season of Smallville while she was out and about.

So there we were sitting at the table and putting together the puzzle watching Smallville when everything went black. I've never seen it so dark in all my life. It was 12:20 am (technically today). Luckily, we have quite a few candles in the apartment and as a result, several lighters laying around. So we lit the candles and sat in the living room and played War. Then we wanted to see how much of town was without power so we hopped in the car. There were stoplights out, streetlights out, everything....dark. It was a little creepy to be honest. So we got back and were sitting on the living room floor playing cards when the power decided to come back on at 1:40. Tired, I went to bed. I also decided the power going out was a good reason to sleep in a little. So I didn't get up until 8 and came into work an hour late. Good times.

oo de lally, oo de lally, golly what a day

Reasons why it's a good day:

• I'm about half way through the list of crappy stuff.
• It's my last Friday at the bank.
• The first two songs played by my iPod this morning were the Cheers theme and "Oo de lally" from Robin Hood.
• I might get a full night of sleep. :tired:
  
• I don't have to go to my class at 2. I can take the test online in the comfort of my own apartment...probably in pajamas.
  
• Happy Feet comes out today.
• eta: I get to talk with Rachel about The Office.
  

Have a stellar weekend!

checking in....and out

Wow. Life blew up on me all of a sudden. I'm still alive and well...just busy. Unless something happens that I can't live without telling you, this will probably be my only post for the next week or so. Here's what is going on in the next week:

Tomorrow: work, donate blood, class, work on presentation
Thursday: give presentation, class, exit exam (woohoo!), study for test
Friday: work, take test, possibly drink obscene amounts of booze
Saturday and Sunday: weekend...yay! I'll use it to study....boo.
Monday: work, class, break, 3 hour class, study
Tuesday: test, test, make carrot cake
Wednesday: last day at work(again...woohoo!!), class, go to MN
Thursday: Thanksgiving - my absolute most favorite holiday
Friday: Family get together.

So that's what I'll be doing. Enjoy your week.

everybody's working for the weekend.

I'm getting shafted today. I don't have school because of Veteran's Day but I'm at work....at the bank. If they let school out, shouldn't banks be closed? That's my opinion anyway. I personally would prefer to honor the veterans. I could have been in the cities last night hanging out at my sister's place but no, I have to work this morning. I did come in for a couple hours yesterday and I'll be able to leave at 11 this morning as a result, but still. I'm really not that bitter, but it kinda sucks.

Oh well, on to happier things. As previously mentioned, I'm going to my sister's this weekend. Her birthday is on Sunday and her husband is at drill for the Army Reserves all weekend. So I'm pretty antsy and ready to leave. My roommate Ace is also going up to spend the weekend with her family so we're going to carpool. That will make the drive go a lot faster. Hopefully we'll be on the road by 11:30.

Only two and a half hours to go!

hot sauce

All right peeps, I just got back from the concert presented by his hotness, Roger Clyne. Again, the man and his Peacemakers put on an AWESOME show. The floor was thumpin, we were all drinking a lot and the music was stellar. I didn't take my camera with but he looked a lot like he did in these pictures, only with a black shirt and no jacket. I took couple of pics on my phone, but they probably didn't turn out well. Some dude bought Suz, Sandy, Kelly and I a drink, which was super. There will be a new RCPM album out soon, so I'm excited for that. And due to hungriness, Ace and I hit up Taco Juans on the way home. We've consumed the taco juans and there are abortions for those who choose to have one...the world is right again. Goodnight.

score!

Ace and I are going to try to get tickets to go to Disney on Ice December 7th. Wheee!

eek!

I just told my boss that my last day is November 22nd. :excited:

wow

This weekend exceeded my expectations. It was a blast. I got to see/catch up with a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time.

Friday everyone was in town by about 7. Then we went out for Chinese. After supper, we came back and started the festivities. Highlight: I learned how to blow fire. It was cool.

Saturday started at about 5:30 when I got a text message...thanks Krispy. :) So I was up and ready to roll for kegs and eggs at 7. There's nothing quite like a screwdriver at 7 in the morning to set the mood for the day. Breakfast was great. Then we went to watch Canada's 5k race. He finished 11th out of a field of what I would guess to be around 200. I saw a couple more people I hadn't seen in a long time at the race. The parade started at 9:30 and we had some really good hot chocolate with mint chocolate bailey's and peppermint schnapps to keep us warm. The parade was good, but quite lengthy. It didn't get over until about 11. Then it was back to the apartment for pizza and beer. We left for the football game at 12:30. From the game I directed Sarah to the nearest Woodchuck distribution center and talked to my brother. Post-game we headed to Perkins for some food and headed back to the apartment for some down time. One viewing of Sorority Boys and a short nap later, we were ready to go again. We played some games and then headed downtown around 11. Mass chaos was a good way to explain the atmosphere. There were so many people it was hard to get anywhere. During the long wait for drinks at the bar, I got to witness my first bar fight. Many drinks and 4 hours later, we made our way home. The bars were open until 3 am due to the time change. Highlight: Cat tail fight on the walk back from the football game.

Sunday was pretty calm. I was woken up by another text message...but this one wasn't until 9:15. So I got up and laid around the living room. We got together for lunch at Perkins and afterwards, everyone headed out. The rest of the day was spent being lazy. Highlight: Butter explosion at Perkins.

Photos will be posted later.

hoboween savings rodeo weekend

+++ = Hoboween Savings Rodeo Weekend!

I haven't been this excited in a long time. This weekend is Hobo Days, which is my school's homecoming. For 2 days, Brookings will be the home of the biggest party in the midwest. And just for fun they decided that it would be fun to have Hobo Day and Halloween in the same weekend. Don't forget to set your clocks back on Saturday...the extra sleep will be great. There is also a rodeo in town which attracts a lot of people. Plus, Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey will be there. He's the monkey from all of the Taco Johns ads.

Hobo Days pack all of the hotels in town...there are people everywhere. All of my college friends will be back for the weekend and it's going to be a stellar time. The fun starts tonight when the car from Rochester gets here. yay! I'm sure we'll probably all drink more than we should but it'll be great.

Tomorrow starts bright and early. Skinner's is having "kegs and eggs" starting at 7. We'll be there for that. Then there's the parade at 10 am. All we have to do is walk out the door of Skinners and we'll be on the parade route. The football game is at 2, so we'll have to get back to campus by 12:30 for that otherwise we'll get super crappy seats. Then we'll probaby head to the bars for more drinking. Due to the time change, some of them are open for an extra hour.

Sunday will be spent recovering.

I'm ready to roll. My party shoes are on and work can't get over fast enough.

eta: I almost forgot! My sister called last night to tell me that we got a pair of Twins tickets that we wanted from a charity auction. They are 4 rows behind the Twins dugout and are for a game against the White Sox next season. It's going to be frickin' awesome!

The Prestige

Go see it. It's fantastic.

The plot was great. It was complex, but you don't get lost. In a way, that's surprising given all of the mind numbing things you see on TV and at the theater these days. There are a lot of twists and turns and when you think you've got something figured out, it changes again. It is visually and intellectually stimulating. I was still thinking about it all when I left the theater and once I got home. That hasn't happened in a long time. When the Oscars roll around, I'm pretty sure we'll see this one on the list of nominees. Several times.

Overall, the acting was great. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Sir Michael Caine were amazing. They became the characters, which I realize is their job but this seemed to be acting on a different level. I saw Rupert Angier and Alfred Borden, not Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. And if that isn't enough, David Bowie is in the movie too!

Christopher Nolan's directing pulls you into the Victorian Era. The movie is about magic, rivalry and obsession. For me, it was like being a little kid at the circus, minus the clowns. I was entertained, mystified, shocked, confused and intrigued. Mostly it can just be described as magical.

Seriously. It's worth your $8.

someday I hope to take a picture this awesome

This is one of National Geographic's best wildlife photos of 2006. There are 5 photos in different categories. You can see them here. Turtle dude and fish associates won the category for Animal Behavior.

Public Service Announcement

This, my friends, is why you're supposed to be careful when cooking with/around hot objects:

ouch.

"A bargain is anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on"

-Kin Hubbard

Ace and I went to Movie Gallery to rent a couple of movies yesterday. We ended up walking out with 10. And we rented "Over the Hedge" for my Gamecube. The 10 movies we walked out with, we now own. It turns out that the video store was having a stellar deal on previously viewed movies. These are the five I ended up with:

Oceans Twelve
The Island
Red Eye
The Day After Tomorrow
Around the Bend

The beautiful part? It ended up costing me a grand total of $21.20

boring

Not much is going on with me right now. Last weekend I went to Sioux Falls for some fun. Other than that, I'm not fun at all. I'm just working on papers and projects and anything else involved with school.

Mostly I'm just counting the days until I'm done with work and school. Less than two months until it's all over and I go onto "bigger and better" things.

root beer mystery revealed

The reason the question was asked in my previous post is because Jess and I are trying to plan a graduation party. Because we're nerds, we wanted a theme. We picked root beer (we're getting a keg!).

Our plan right now is to have root beer pork sandwiches, root beer floats (instead of cake) and root beer barrels (instead of mints). In regard to the sandwiches, the root beer is in the sauce (which is spicy). Since not everyone can do spicy, the sauce will be on the side and there will also be BBQ sauce available. I'm sure we'll also have chips and salad so everything isn't root beer.

Consider this your unofficial invitation(they'll be coming in the mail sometime later - provided I have your address). The party is on December 9th, early to mid afternoon (time TBA). I understand that the majority of my loyal readers would have to drive a fair amount to get here, but if you'd like to make the trip, you're more than welcome. Without a doubt, we'll be going out that night for drinks. Of course, everyone is welcome take part in that portion of celebration as well.

If Sarah makes the venture up, I'll have some Coke on hand so she can have a Coke float. If there's any way to accomodate others with concerns about the menu, I'm sure there's something that can be done. For example, my mom doesn't like pork so I suppose I'll have to figure out something for her to eat.

Ok, enough rambling for now.

root beer

What are your feelings on the subject?

friends and football, who could ask for more?

Ok, so maybe I could ask for friends and baseball but this is as close as it gets until next April.

On a happier note, here's me and Ike at the football game last night:Nifty picture, eh?

as much as Dawn likes shoes....

I'm never going to run a shoe company. I'm preparing for a long afternoon of reading reports on financial data and take an online, 20 question, 90 minute quiz. I might be done by 7. I already had to go buy a new printer cartridge because printing out all of the reports killed the old one. Time to break out the calculator.

Maybe I'm just bitter...

Update: It's almost 5 hours later and I'm done. I printed out 42 pages of information to take a 20 question quiz. That's 2.1 pages of information per question. The darn thing took me 65 minutes, and I got 18/20 correct. Good enough for this kid. Now to spend the third day of my fabulous 3-day weekend studying for a test in the same class. Boourns.

ah, the playoffs

GO TWINS!!!

"And if this were my career, I'd have to throw myself in front of a train"

...my TV boyfriend Jim Halpert from The Office.

I hate it when I wake up in the morning in a good mood only to come to work and have my day take a complete 180 in less than 30 minutes. I really don't like this place or the person I work for and I can't get out of here fast enough. I don't like to complain about it publicly because I know that gets old rather fast. So sorry about this.

The absolute latest day I will be quitting this job is November 23rd and that's less than two months away. Thank goodness. Then hopefully I'll be on to a part of my life that doesn't suck so much.

out on the town

I went downtown with friends Friday night. This is the first time in a long time I went out and had more than a couple of drinks...if you know what I mean :) I ran into a lot of people I knew and it was a blast. As posted on Jess' blog, she got a new camera. We decided it would be smart to take it for a test run. Here are a few of the highlights:

MMM...Boulevard with an orange (none of that lemon crap)

Me and Ike with our german chocolate cake shots...delicious

Andy and Me...we played softball together this summer. He works for the same bank that I work for.

Possibly the best group shot taken in self-portrait mode. Cy, Jess, Nick, Heath and Me.

Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.

-William Cullen Bryant

Autumn is my second favorite season, after Spring. Here's why:

• Hot tea
  • I make the switch from iced tea to hot tea...I love it.
    
• Hoodies
• Probably the most comfortable article of clothing ever invented.
  
• Baseball Playoffs & World Series
• Does this point really need explanation? Rarely am I ever so excited and nervous at the same time, especially when the Twins are involved.
  
• Trees
• Possibly the most beautiful thing on earth is when leaves on the trees start changing colors.
  
• First snowfall
• It's like the first, warm rain in the summer. It's simply beautiful.
  
• Awesome going for walks weather
• Not too hot, not too cold. It's so easy to just grab the iPod and go.
  
• Winter bedding
• Ah, easy sleeping. Flannel sheets, fleece blanket and a thick comforter. It makes a bed a safe haven of coziness.
• Last semester of college
  • This makes the list this year because it's the last time I'll ever go back to school on a full time basis. December 9th I get the heck out of here! :)
    

I gotta go Julia, we got cows!!

This weekend there were some pretty bad storms here in eastern South Dakota. Imagine my surprise when I got out of the shower and heard the tornado sirens going off. So I turned on the good ol' tv to find out we were in a tornado warning and there was rotation over the SDSU campus (4ish blocks west of where I live).

I live on the top floor of my apartment building. It's a flight and a half of stairs to get to my floor. I understand that during a tornado you're supposed to go to the basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of your dwelling. In the basement, even if the house or building is ripped off of the foundation, you're still sitting on the ground. So you don't get sucked out of your home and shot half way across the county, but at the same time, why would you want to go to the basement and risk being crushed by 3 floors of debris? I'm not sure which is worse.

I'm boring

But I'm still alive and less sick by a lot. yay!

It was a quiet weekend spent in Brookings with friends. I played Yahtzee, went to the movie Invincible, watched a few Twins' games, and went out to lunch with Ike. Some may consider that boring, but it rocked my world. Oh, and I slept a lot...which was also super.

I'm expecting something in the mail towards the middle of the week. My brother called Saturday morning asking for my address. He didn't say he was sending anything, but why else would he want my address. I'll let you know if it's anything cool because I'm sure you're all dying to know. hee.

it's probably because I don't have tires

being sick is stupid.

goodnight.

observation

As I was sitting in my social problems class, we were talking about the three day weekend coming up. The class was Sociology 150, so as you can imagine, most of the people in the class are freshmen. So when our professor asks who is leaving town for the weekend, 80-90% of the hands in the room go up. This baffles me. The majority of them just moved here 5 days ago and they're already going home.

The point of this? I decided today that when my kids go off to college, they're going to be told they can't come home for at least a month. Part of going to college is meeting new people and getting used to a new place. You can't very well adjust if you're not there.

Did you know that when it's 11:11, the hands of a clock form a 91 degree angle? Now you do.

the sun is shining and the grass is green...

...under the three feet of snow I mean

Why I have that song in my head, I have no idea. And I don't have it on my iPod, so it'll be stuck in my head for a while.

Classes started this week. My last semester is finally underway. I've been to three of my four classes thus far. They seem like they'll be ok, if not interesting and maybe fun...especially my social problems class. The fourth one I go to this afternoon. It's going to be lame. I have no idea why I need introduction to computers as a business econ major, but the powers that be have deemed it so. It'll be an easy A, but it'll be hard to sit through 3 times a week. It's computer science 105. My two "real" classes (Industrial Organization and Business Strategy & Policy) are probably going to be a lot of work but in terms of the material we're covering, they should be ok. In industrial organization, two of the topics we're covering are gambling and the beer brewing industries. yay!

I'm hoping classes don't cause a whole lot of stress this semester. I'm stressed out enough the way it is. I'm just ready for it to be the middle of December so I can get on with my life. There are a select few that I will miss here in Brookings. But I can always come back and visit.

heaven is a place on earth

This is my proof:

Ace and I split one of the vanilla ones when we got back from softball, they're delicious. They will be absolutely perfect with my coffee in the morning.

There's something wrong with the world today...

...I dont know what it is

I got to work at 7:59 and punched in. Then I got caught up with my normal morning reading. After that I ran payments because people like it when their bills get paid on time. So I come back to my desk and am trying to get some work done. It's been hard enough to get anything done this week because there have been other things on my mind but I just couldn't figure out what was missing. All of a sudden the lightbulb turns on. It's absolutely silent. I hadn't plugged my iPod in.

I'm slightly saddened that I'm so dependent on it. I'd like to think that I'm not dependent on a whole lot of anything. It's no secret that I love little gizmos and gadgets. But my iPod is in a whole different league. I have an unnatural attachment to the thing. It's the best $300 I've ever spent.

ah, monday

Well, I can't say it was a good weekend.

Friday night I went to the all night softball tournament I explained two posts ago. It was a lot of fun and there are many, many drunken pictures from the evening. We got back around 5 am

10 am Saturday was wakeup time. Then I made the incredibly boring, 4 hour drive to Rochester. Saturday and Sunday were spent there at the hospital with Mom. I'm happy to report that the doctors are planning on moving her out of ICU today. Her doctor is also trying to pull some strings so she can get the evaluations for the lung transplant she needs done while she is there this week. At her consultation in June, they told her she would have to wait 6 months before they can do the tests. So if those evaluations get done, she'll get on the list a lot faster than she would have otherwise. :crosses fingers:

I got back to Brookings around 1:45 this morning. It makes for a pretty sleepy Monday, but things could certainly be worse.

I lied

This is SO not the greatest day.

My mom is in Rochester at the hospital. I have no idea how serious it is and I'm absolutely freaking out waiting for a phone call.

this is gonna be my greatest day...

It's my very favorite day of the summer. Tonight is the all night softball tournament. Our first game is at 7:20 with games following at 10:35 and 2:15. There may be more games after that, it just depends on whether we win or not.

Not only is it a good night of friendship and drinking, it also is a fundraiser. Every year, the entry fees plus all profits from the beer garden help defray the medical costs for a person who really needs it. I'm not sure who it is going to this year but it will no doubt be a worthy person.

Most of tomorrow will be spent recovering. Maybe I'll rent some movies tonight to help me get through the day. Any suggestions?

that's not a mojito!

After the game Saturday night , we checked into our hotel, then my posse and I went out for drinks. We ended up at The Local which is a very cool Irish pub. Their special that night was one of the tastiest things ever. A "Big Ginger" is Jameson whiskey and ginger ale, garnished with lemon and lime wedges.

Oh! And while you're there, see if Briañ is around. It seems that I missed him by a few minutes.

new toy

Thanks to the Missouri tax free holiday event last weekend, I picked this up at Best Buy. I have to admit, I felt bad for spending so much money on a spontaneous purchase, but the pictures it took at the game Friday night made all of the guilt go right down the drain.
So far I'm loving the camera. Now I just need to get out and find excuses to take pictures with it. I might have to go see the sights in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area when I'm there this weekend. I'll try to upload some KC pictures tonight.

feels like home

The new place is rocking my socks off. I love it there.

Our living room has this amazing comfy/home feeling to it. It's nearly impossible not to relax while you're watching a movie, a baseball game or just talking. Not to mention the giant west facing window in the living room is great for watching random, really awesome sunsets. Or, in last night's case, being able to watch the storm roll in was pretty fun too.

We're still working on getting a good internet connection. Our current situation can best be described as wonky. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Hopefully once it's up and running my posts will become somewhat regular again.

That's all for now.

“The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.”

- Chuck Palahniuk

So how was your weekend? ;)

Mine was chaotic. I took Friday and Monday off of work. Thursday night and Friday morning I spent packing and moving random stuff into my new apartment. Then Friday afternoon I headed to Pine Island (a bit north of Rochester).

Saturday was wedding day. Wedding #1 was in Rochester at 6 pm. It was a beautiful ceremony at the Rochester Art Center. After that, Claussen and I headed to Fairmont to catch the dance portion of Wedding #2. Much alcohol was consumed and many good times were had.

Rach, remember when we saw that lady eating a Chipotle burrito in her car and we made fun of her? It's really not as hard as you'd think. Not only did I eat a Chipotle burrito while driving, but I was wearing a white skirt and came out of the experience unscathed.

Sunday was mostly a quiet day spent at my parent's place. Marvin and Sarah were home from Colorado, it was good spending some time with them.

Monday was spent driving back to Brookings, moving more stuff, and attempting to get settled in. I'm liking the new place a lot and I'll be quite glad when I only have to worry about one apartment. The end of the week can't get here fast enough.

"silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone"

~G.B. Stern

Thanks to those of you who made my weekend one of the best I've had in a long time. I appreciate it.

hooray for road trips

I'm not sure if this week could be any longer. Normally softball gets me through the week, but this week it didn't. On defense, I was just fine. Offense can only be explained with one word...assbat. It gets frustrating when you can't help out your team produce any runs. By the time our two games were over I was frustrated and feeling sorry for myself. Not good. I hate nights like that. The remedy: a mojito and bed.

Today work is dragging. I've been here for two hours and it feels like I've been around for a full work day. When I get off of work I need to clean out/pack my car with stuff to drop off at my parent's place this weekend. I need to pack more too.

Tomorrow I head to the cities to hang out with my peeps and go to a Twins game (Saturday is DQ hat day!). I've been taking short lunches and coming in early so I can leave early. So I'm hoping to leave b-town around 2. Sunday on my way to my parent's place I'm going to swing by my sister's place in EP and hang out there for a bit. Then it's off to Dunnell to switch vehicles so I'll have a truck for the move at the end of next week.

everybody's workin for the weekend

Yeah, I have a case of the Mondays. The day is going pretty well considering that fact. I'm just excited for the upcoming weekend. Since I rocked the socks off of my summer classes, I decided to reward myself with a trip to the cities. Friday can't come soon enough. I don't fully know what's on the docket for the weekend, and I don't really care. I'm just excited to be out of Brookings and having a bit of fun.

I'm going to try to work a bit extra every day so I can leave a little early Friday. They days will go by fast because there's a lot going on. On top of work, I'm playing a lot of softball. Co-ed starts this week so now I'm up to 6 games a week. Our co-ed games will either be Tuesday or Friday night. If the games are scheduled for Friday, I'll start co-ed league next week. Between softball and packing, Friday will be here before I know it!

Happy Monday everyone!

a mojito weekend

Class is finally over. The past five weeks have been five of the busiest five weeks in my life. I'm now six credits closer to graduation and will have a much easier fall semester because of those credits.

This weekend is my last free weekend of the summer. I have a lot to get done:

• make a dvd list for Dawn
• go to the liquor store, buy rum (I should do this at lunch today)
  
• make mojito bucket and put in freezer (also to be completed during my lunch hour)
• beat up the UPS guy if he doesn't deliver Nip/Tuck today (he lucked out. he stopped by friday)
  
• if Nip/Tuck is delivered, spend the time that I would be beating up the UPS guy watching it.
  
• start going through the multitudes of crap that I have and throw lots of it away two goodwill bags and a garbage bag later, I've made a good start.
  
• pack (eek! I'm moving in two weeks and haven't started!)** I started. yay for me.
  
• track down boxes to pack stuff in
• finish playlist for cd swapI have most of it figured out, it counts as a win
  
• stage an intervention - interventions are more difficult than you think
  
• drink multiple mojitos
• catch up on sleep
• watch the Twins sweep the Rangersso it wasn't a sweep, I still watched.
  
• talk Ike into taking the floaties to the lake for a couple of hours (there's not enough time)
  

**This is going to be one heck of a process. All of my stuff is mostly getting divided up into either "I can't live without this" or "I won't need this". The "I won't need this" pile will be going to my parents house so I don't have to move it three times in the next year. This step needs to be done by next weekend since I'll be dropping by their place on the way back from my trip to the cities to pick up the truck.

I confirmed yesterday that graduation is December 9th. That's just a touch over five months away. I can't wait.

What are your big plans for the weekend? I seriously doubt they're more exciting than mine :)

you know you spend too much time in the apartment when...

your roommate's mom tells your roommate to tie you up and drag you out to watch fireworks if that's what it takes. I went. My arm wasn't twisted very hard either. AND I got a free Diet Coke out of the deal.

I can't wait for Friday!!

lazy summer day

I took a break from homework. I slept in. It was great. I spent most of the day in the living room just hanging out and talking with the roommates.

This afternoon, Ike and I decided it would be a good idea to make sandwiches for supper. And I wanted to make salad. So we trekked on down to the HyVee and got the stuff: vienna bread, cajun turkey, lettuce, provolone cheese, and the stuff for salad. We came home and proceeded to make one of the biggest sandwiches I've ever seen. We split the loaf of vienna bread, lined it with cheese, added the pound of cajun turkey, then added the lettuce, more cheese and topped it off with ranch dressing. It was pretty much the most delicious sandwich. Ever. And the salad I made turned out good too. Needless to say, we didn't finish the sandwich but we made a good dent in it. We didn't get to the watermelon either. So.Much.Food.

While we were out and about, we also rented movies. So as soon as Ike gets back from playing tennis, we can start watching Failure to Launch or Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Maybe we'll be brave and get after the rest of that sandwich too. When I get to my other computer, you better believe I'll add a picture of the sandwich to this post.

Have a good holiday weekend everyone!!

ETA:

10 days

That's how much longer I'll be hating fun. That's how many days are left until my summer classes are over. But once I get to that point, it'll all be good. I better get at it. I've got two tests to prepare for and three assignments to finish.

Oh, and I need to get back to watching Joe Mauer go 5 for 5. H-O-T.

So there I was at the HyVee

Ok, so I wasn't at the HyVee but I typed in "so" and that's what I got.

Drunkness factor: Johan Santana (for those of you don't follow baseball, 57%)

I had softball tonight. I SUCKED...and not in a good way. I had to pitch because our normal pitcher was gone. It was awful. I wanted to cry. I wanted to cry because I was so frustrated. We were playing a good team and my defense was sucking it up, but still, I hated it. We lost by a lot in both games. However, a guy asked for my number at the bar, so that was kinda exciting. (it doesn't happen often...go figure) And he's super sweet, but I'm sure nothing will come of it.
Anyway, nothing has updated in a while so I figured I'd throw something up here.

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More random thinking:
How are you good at something one year, and absolutley awful the next? I havne't done a darn thing all year in softball? I HATE being bad at stuff. My defense was never great, but it was nothing to shake a fist at either. My offense used to be awesome. Now it's shite. I could actually hit a ball out of the infield. Oh well, as well as it's fun it's ok, right? Most nights I have fun, but not tonight.

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Anyway, I'm gonna go put some food in my stomach otherwise it'll be an ugly morning.


goodnight and sweet dreams everyone!!

mojito

This post has nothing to do with mojitos, but there is a Bacardi mojito commercial on right now that's kinda cool.

Today I didn't do much of anything. It was fantastic. I slept in late which was a nice change from the several nights of 4 to 5 hours of sleep I got during the week. I drove Ike to her car around 3:30 and on the way back we stopped and got giant sodas at the HyVee gas station. Then it was back to the apartment to finish watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The game was on at 6. It was rockin' awesome to see the guys win their 6th game in a row and to watch Joe Nathan get is 3rd save in 3 nights.

Not knowing what to do at that point, I decided to go for a walk. There is a lovely park across the road from where I live. For reasons unknown to me, I've never taken advantage of it in the almost 2 years I've lived in this apartment. There is a gravel walking/jogging path that I may or may not have fallen in love with. It seems like you're out in the middle of nowhere . It was nice because no one could see my feeble attempts at "running". It was mostly a walk, but I'm trying to work up my running powers. I might get up and go again in the morning before it gets too hot. If I do, I'm going to bring my camera with and take some pictures. It's too beautiful not to share with everyone out there in blogger land.

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Random thinking of the day:

On the way back from taking Ike to her car, I saw a mile marker that I never remember seeing before and it got me thinking.

This particular mile marker was 412. I live on the eastern side of the state. Mile markers start at 1 on the western and northern borders of the state. I have no problem with starting at the north part of the state, rivers flow from north to south, etc. It's the western edge that I wonder about. How was it decided that it should start in the west and end at the east. Yes, I realize that books are read from left to right and from the top to the bottom of the page which fits the pattern of how this mile marker thing works.

Logic makes me think that the numbers should start in the east and and increase as one goes west. After all, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Also, this country was founded in the east. The first roads made were actually trails, but they were built for pioneers traveling west. It just seems that the natural progression in this situation would be to start in the east and work west. I'm thinking too much into it, I just thought it was thought provoking.

keeping the faith...

I help out church league softball team, I get help. hmmm

As mentioned in my previous post, I've been pressed for time. The 4 am bed time yesterday caused me to sleep through my alarm and not go to the two hours of work I normally go to before class (oops). The rain graced us with its presence today and softball was cancelled as a result. I got three extra hours to my day! I had the baseball game on while I was reading (another grand slam...are you kidding me!?!!!). I now have my individual and group assignments done and am ready to take one of my tests!

Tomorrow Today I take test #1 at 10:30. I think it'll be ok. Then work until 5. Then I come home and read during the Twins game and take the second test after the game is over as long as it's done by 11:55 pm. I could probably take it while watching the game, it's multiple choice. Then I sleep.

Speaking of sleep, I'm going to go get about 4 hours worth. I'm headed to bed a full hour before I did yesterday!

Cause I'm in too deep...

...and I'm trying to keep, up above in my head, instead of going under.

I'm starting to think that taking six credits worth of classes (in five weeks), working 25-30 hours a week and playing on two softball teams is a bit much for me to handle. Go figure.

Part of it is my fault. I’m too nice to say no. One of the guys I work with at the bank asked me if I would help them out at softball because he thought they would be short on girls. I said sure figuring it was just for tonight’s games. I get to talking with one of the coaches during the game and he said they were almost always short on girls and wondered if I was interested in playing with them every week.

I love softball. That isn’t a secret. The people on this team are great. They’re super fun and the whole system is really relaxed. There are no official umps and people are just there to have fun. I never pictured myself playing softball on a church league but it might just turn out to be great.

Then there’s school. It’s kicking my ass. I have two tests coming up in the next two days. The test for my internet class is due sometime between now and Thursday at 11:55 pm. My other test is in class on Thursday. I also have to get a group project finished, an individual assignment finished, finish the reading for my two classes (I have approx one chapter to read for each class), and prepare for the darn tests. I have softball again tomorrow night which basically means I’m busy from 8am to 9pm tomorrow (there’s work and class in there too).

Right now I’m taking a break from typing an essay for the group project previously mentioned. I suppose I should get back at it. Maybe when I’m done with this I’ll read one of those chapters and get to work on that individual assignment. I have a couple of long nights ahead of me.

losers quit when they're tired, but winners are tired when they quit

Believe me, I'm tired. For two hours everything in the world was right: the hum of the lights, the smell of sweat, dirt and bug spray filled the air, and the sounds of balls hitting bats and then hitting leather. We won both games. The first game we won 19-7 and the second we won 15-0. It was cool. Everything just clicked.

However, I was reminded how out of shape I am. I ran a lot at the games. Probably more than I've ran in like 5 years. Running and I don't get along. Regardless of our past, I think we are going to have to learn how to get along. I'm not going to be one of those run for fun people. In all reality, I'll probably go a couple of times and quit. We'll just have to see how it goes.

it's too hot to go to the lake

I HATE hot weather. Why? Because I can't sleep and then my sleep pattern gets all wonky. It's almost 3 am and it's still 76 outside. This is ridiculous. Yeah, I know, I'm a baby and I should just suck it up. I should find a location that is 65 year round. I'd probably be happy there (at least temperature wise).

I've caught up on my internet reading, looked at some old pictures, written in my journal, watered the plants, and once I finish this post, I'll officially be out of things to do. I think I'll go lay in bed and read. Eventually I'll pass out...right?

I think it's going to be a long summer.

"it is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis"

-Margaret Bonnano

I don't know what it is...I'm just in a really good mood today. It could be the combination of my boss being gone, it being Friday, receiving word that I got good theater tickets and me not wearing shoes. Whatever it is, I don't care.

hi. my name is theresa...

...and I have a spending problem.

I just got my iPod a few months ago. At that point, I was debating between the iPod and a new digital camera. Using the logic that I already had a digital camera I went for the iPod (nevermind that I had an iPod Shuffle...I wanted bigger and better).

The shininess of the iPod is now wearing off and I'm left wanting the camera. And it's not just any camera, it's the holy grail of non-professional digital cameras. If you click on the link, you'll notice this is not a cheap camera. By the time I got done buying everything for it, I would easily be putting up $1000.

There is no way I can afford this right now. Somehow I need to stay strong and resist the urge to "buy now, figure out a way to pay later".

Maybe I can justify it after I graduate in December.

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

...or just learn a little about me. I would actually prefer not to be killed. Anyway, most of you know about this already. Here is the game and my answers:

Take a band/artist and answer the questions with song titles.
BAND: U2
Are you female or male: Grace
Describe yourself: Staring At The Sun
How do some people feel about you: Mysterious Ways
How do you feel about yourself: Running to Stand Stilll
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend: Gone
Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Describe where you want to be: Where The Streets Have No Name
Describe what you want to be: Even Better Than The Real Thing
Describe how you live: Some Days Are Better Than Others
Describe how you love: Everlasting Love
Favorite food: Wild Honey
Share a few words of wisdom: Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Your Hero: Pride

arts and crafts

Here's how the pot painting went. The transplanting wasn't so bad either.

From left to right: Fez (spider plant), Lillith (peace lilly), Lance (cyclamen)

ETA: my new cell phone is pretty stellar. I can put songs from my computer on it as ringtones. If there's a song you'd like, let me know and I'll take care of it.

what a day

Here's what I did today:

• I got up (it was quite an accomplishment).
• Headed down to Sioux Falls with Ike and Ace.
• Had lunch at the fabulous HuHot Mongolian Grill.
• Went to Verizon, got a new phone. We had a great time with the sales guy who was nice enough to transfer my phone book to my new phone for free!
• Saw "Take the Lead" at the cheap theater. I'm such a sucker for dance movies.
• Went to Petco so Ike could get a new fish. His name is Galahad (like the knight). He's red. We like to call him Gally for short.
• Trekked over to Home Depot. Purchased four flower pots, paint and paint brushes.
  
• Ike had a Taco Bell craving, so we had supper.
  
• Had to take a detour leaving Sioux Falls due to construction. Got a little lost but ended up on a nice, pretty road.
• Got some sass from three guys on mopeds. The guy behind them on the Harley showed 'em who was boss.
  
• Drove home.
• Painted three of the flower pots, the other one doesn't require painting. (Tomorrow I will transplant plants into the newly painted pots)
  
• Now I'm sitting at my computer while I'm putting songs onto my phone. I can't even tell you how excited I am. If everything works according to plan, the theme from "The Office" will be my new ringer. Rock.

That's all for now. Tomorrow I'm also going to Kris move (some of you met him at Matt's, Sarah has seen him twice), go to the DaVinci Code for the second time, and fill out my renewal FAFSA. It'll be a busy day. If I have time, I'll work on the music post.

we're talkin' homer, ozzie and the straw

My first two softball games are tonight!! I'm excited!

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"

The above is AFI's #1 movie quote of all time. Bonus points to the person who knows what movie it's from and doesn't cheat to find out. :)

Right now we're living in a time where the quality of television programs far exceeds that of movies being released in the theater. I've been begging the movie industry to make a movie that I really want to see on the big screen. Usually there is only one movie at the local cinema I'd be willing to pay for at a time.

This weekend something amazing will happen. Three (count 'em, three) movies will start showing that I'm actually excited to see. I don't know what to do. I'll have to try to space them out because as far as I can tell, it'll be back to crap after this.

Bring on the weekend...

"you're not my wife, but you'll do"

So says my friend TK at the wedding Saturday night. It was hilarious.

The weekend started out kinda shady. I worked a half day Thursday so I could do some shopping in Sioux Falls before I headed home for the wedding. I was completely surprised with my luck in finding a dress and new shoes. This never happens. I was giddy. While I was in Sioux Falls I stopped by the ghetto HyVee by Say Rah's to get mom flowers. I drove home and had enough time to get the flowers put in a vase by the time my parents got home from getting Marvin from the airport. Before I go to bed that night, I decided to take the bag off of the dress in my closet only to find that the lady forgot to take the f'in ink tag off of the dress. *grumble*

So the next day I call the store in Sioux Falls because I didn't have the time to drive back to Sioux Falls, nor did I want to spend $40 on gas to get the ink tag removed from a $60 dress. The lady I dealt with over the phone was extremely nice and found a store in a mall 25 minutes away who would remove the tag *relief*

After I got home from that little trip I got into an arguement with my family about supper. It was stupid but I managed to get really upset. You'd think that after 22 years people would remember that there are some foods you don't like and you probably never will.

Saturday brought the wedding. It quite possibly was the most beautiful wedding I've ever been to. The church looked great, the bride was beautiful, the reception was elegant and the dance was rockin. It was a party that combined my friends from high school and college. There was much drinking and dancing and all around a good time. The bride and groom are two people I've been friends with since childhood. I wish them the best and many happy years to come.

Congratulations Xmas and Mo!

I AM THERESA 'S DRUNK POSDT

I lovce you guys. Happy frekaing rgraduation. Me don'e wiht classes fo the mseester. Sorry I'm npyt nbetter at keepiongr in touch wqith everyone. It wase a long and chard semsetar. thanks fopr being graeat an awesome and for yoru support. it' means al ot.

much love to all of you. yall arew the best.

for the record, I wil myh stuffed to baca to my friend ginger.
We rodwe the durnk buyas a me casea (to my houser)

all about me

I AM: taking a break from writing a paper
I WANT: a pony, I want a party, I want to stay up, I want, I want, I want, me, me, me, mine, mine, mine...
I WISH: it were December
I HATE: the smell of cooked fish or the taste for that matter
I MISS: my brother (but I get to see him next week...yay!)
I FEAR: the death of my parents
I HEAR: The Daily Show wit Jon Stewart (and now the Colbert Report)
I WONDER: if I'll ever be able to pass the three CFA tests
I REGRET: not doing more stupid stuff when I was a kid
I AM NOT: going to bed anytime soon
I DANCE: when I'm downtown
I SING: mostly in the car, but around the apartment if no one else is home to hear me
I CRY: a lot more than I used to. At some point I realized it was ok to cry. Just don't ask me to cry in front of you, it won't happen and I'd get embarrassed. :)
I AM NOT ALWAYS: as strong as I'd like to be
I MAKE: my bed rarely
I WRITE: a paper on the analysis of a stock portfolio for my theory of investment valuation class
I CONFUSE: other people fairly often
I NEED: sleep
I SHOULD: put a DVD in and get this paper finished
I START: my car every day (I had nothing for this one)
I FINISH: most things just before it has to be finished. I'm a procrastinator.

L is for the way you look at me...

Rachel assigned me the letter L. Here's my list:

1. Limericks - who doesn't love themself a good limerick?
2. Lists- I dig lists. I make them all of the time.
3. Leaky Little Boat- Song by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. I was listening to it earlier and it reminded me of being at the lake. I love being at the lake.
4. Laughing- It always seems like I'm a little happier when I laugh. I try to do it often.
5. Legos and Light Brites- Two of my favorite childhood toys.
6. Lamp- I love lamp. Hopefully you all understand that.
7. Love- There are a lot of people who I love and who love me. I'm grateful for that.
8. Luck- I'm not very lucky. However, this means I get what I earn and I'm cool with that.
9. Learning- I doubt I'll ever stop learning. Right now I'm kicking around the idea of getting a CFA once I'm done with school.
10. Leaving- I hate leaving. Except South Dakota. I'm excited to get out of here.

Bonus L word:
11. Llamas- Goofy looking creatures, you've gotta love 'em.

spring

Here are a few reasons why spring is my favorite season.

1. Rain. It's one of the most soothing things in the world. I sleep the best when it's raining and I can listen to it through an open window. When it's warm rain, it's fun to play in too.

2. Baseball starts

3. Everything turns green. It's beautiful.

4. I can finally golf and play softball again.

5. The truck. My family has had the truck since the day I was born. When my Dad got ahold of it some 30 years ago, it was nothing but a big heap of rusted metal. Dad spent numerous hours welding, rebuilding, and fixing it up. I've loved this truck since I was a little kid. Spring is when the ol' girl gets to come out of the shed and get her first bath of the season. It's something I look forward to every year. We only drive it during the warm months of the year. She's 67 years old so we try to be careful with her.

Somehow, this is the only picture I have on my computer. This is my papa and his baby:

Unfortunately, I'm not going to have time to get it out while I'm home this weekend. However, I'm taking it to a wedding I'm going to on the 13th of May, so I won't have to wait much longer to get it ready to go.

hooray for me

I don't have the mumps or strep throat. Huzzah! I officially have "the crud". So now I'm on some medicine and it shall all go away soon.

This weekend I'm touring southern Minnesota. I'll make a stop at my parent's place so my dad can take a look at my car door. I can't open the driver's side door from the outside. As you may guess, this makes things inconvenient. Luckily for me, I can put down the windows from the outside using my key so it isn't too difficult. It's just annoying. So hopefully my resourceful father can do what he does and make it work. While he's taking a looking at it, I'll be on my way to Rochester with Claussen and Krispy. Claussen is signing a lease for a townhouse in Pine Island so I'm just going with for the ride. If I go home tomorrow night, I might try to sweet talk dad into getting out the old truck so I can wash it.

That's all for now. Make sure to watch The Office tonight. It looks like it'll be super funny.

suzy thinks I have the mumps

I'm still sick. I've had a sore throat since Monday of last week. I'm tired of it. Tomorrow I shall make an appointment to go to student death and get myself looked at. I'm starting to wonder if it's strep. I guess I'll find out in a couple of days. This is kind of a big deal for me. I don't go to doctors. I've never been to student death. The last time I went to the doctor was when I dislocated my knee in 2003. Even then, I waited a day before I went.

And now for something completely different.

At the beginning of February, my investments class picked 5 stocks to buy with about $11000 of my professor's own money. Since then, the value of the portfolio has gone up almost $3000. What happens to the profit? I'm glad you asked. 2/3 of it goes to the United Way. The other 1/3 goes to the class as a "management fee". This means that I'll walk out of class next Tuesday night with about $60 in cash. Our class will also be sending a check for almost $2000 to the United Way. This is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever done in a class. Not to mention we made a 25% return on investment in less than 3 months.

I wish all classes were that fun...

nifty

When I got my computer last fall, one of it's cooler features was that the monitor rotated 90 degrees so the screen was taller and less wide. Today I figured out how to rotate the image on the screen so I could actually read it when it was turned. It's pretty darn cool.

a lesson learned

I never would have guessed you could get a sunburn so bad that it swelled. My face is proof that it can happen. Ow.

ETA: My nose decided it wanted to blister. eew.

ugh

Well, I'm still alive...but barely.

Things got sketchy after all the good stuff earlier in the week. I now have three tests and a quiz under my belt. I'm glad that's over.

I've been sick all week. I've had a sore throat and stuffy head since Monday. I even skipped two classes, which is a lot for me. I've taken about 9 hours worth of naps since Tuesday, also a lot for me. Right now I'm at work and I want a nap, but no such luck for another 4 hours.

Fez had to go down the tunnel of no return this morning. The poor little guy had been sick since November. His little fishy gills just couldn't handle it anymore. *sniff*

Tomorrow I'm supposed to play oozeball. I don't know how I feel about it. It's SO fun, but I don't want to play and get any sicker than I already am. If I don't play, I leave my team a player short. It's a crapchute.

This weekend I also have to get to work on that stupid paper that I've been putting off. I'll be glad when that sucker is done. Then I can start working on the next one.

2.5 weeks until this semester is over. May 10th will be a very good day.

ETA: My favorite anti-bacterial lotion that I use at work is almost gone and I can only get the scent around christmas. Stupid seasonal lotion.