(day 40: tuesday, february 9, 2010)
This week has been incredibly lame, and it’s only Tuesday. Today I felt so miserable, both physically and emotionally, that I didn’t do a damn thing. I spent all morning feeling nauseous and all afternoon feeling pathetic. I’m just really tired of life’s ups and downs – it’s getting really old. So today, once I stopped feeling like I was going to puke my guts out I just laid in bed and played Farmville on my Facebook. I don’t know if you have ever ventured into the Farmville world, but it is insanely addicting. Today I re-arranged my farm, and I think it’s starting to come together nicely…well, minus the two plots I forgot to put seeds in.
(this serves as my picture for today – I don’t feel like getting the camera out.)
This week has just been the pits. Between school, one of my four brothers throwing his life away and erasing his family from his life, another one of my brothers (the youngest) coming down with a freakish illness, and my own new financial woes, feeling sick and just being tired of everything this week has just been a bummer. That stops now though, because history has proven that crap comes in waves and this wave is nearing its demise.
Besides, tomorrow I get to start my much anticipated painting of Bill Murray as Steve Zissou in painting class. I am going to paint this:
LOVE IT. I am so, so, so, so excited. Plus a new episode of “Lost” is on tonight and I’m making pork chops for dinner. See? Things are already looking up. Goodbye bad times and bad luck. I banish thee from my life now.
Time to start dinner before my favorite show starts. Until a BETTER tomorrow.
(day 39: monday, february 8, 2010)
Today was kind of a bummer day. Not much to report, just a gloomy and totally lame kind of Monday.
I do have an image of my “fabric study” from painting class. I think it’s ok, hopefully my instructor agrees!
Hopefully tomorrow is a better day.
I just made the BEST caramel corn, completely from scratch.
Matt referred to caramel as “culinary napalm” which resulted in a hearty chuckle from me.
“Come Pick Me Up” by Ryan Adams is quite possibly one of the best songs ever. Few songs make me feel the way it does.
I don’t want to go to class in the morning.
I can’t wait to go see my mom this weekend but feel like an ass for leaving Matt alone with his Xbox on Valendoom’s Day.
I have been meaning to write my mock trial brief for my media law class all day and so far have three lines to turn in to my professor tomorrow. I should probably get crackin’.
We put some old pillows in a big old laundry basket we don’t use anymore for Rocky to sleep in. He looks adorable.
I tried to give an old pillow to Baxter to sleep on and he got so excited he peed on it. It’s now in the dumpster.
Chinnie chirps when we clean his cage and it’s too cute.
I hope people don’t think I sent out our elopement announcements in order to get a gift or something. I sent them out because I didn’t feel like further explaining our good news to everyone and I thought the design was AMAZING. I hope they appreciate them, because $25 in stamps was expensive.
The sky has looked like fog tonight but there has been no fog.
We are leaving for our mondo trip in a little over one month!
I love The Cranberries.
fin.
(day 38: sunday, february 7, 2010)
Didn’t do much today – just cleaned, cooked and did homework. I even made homemade spaghetti sauce for Matt, which he loves. I’m pretty much the best (soon to be) wifey ever.
I used ground beef, tomato sauce, paste and diced tomatoes, chopped garlic and garlic powder/salt, chopped onion, oregano and basil flakes. It was pretty tasty. I prefer to eat mine with whole grain angel hair pasta while Matt likes just regular.
Watched a little bit of the Super Bowl and got bored so I left for the store to buy things for dinner and then cooked. While I didn’t pay much attention (neither team was really worth rooting for) I am glad that the Saints won. I really dislike Peyton Manning and the Colts, so watching them lose brought me joy.
I have this iPod case that I had bought on sale somewhere that has this big knob for a clip (that I took off) sticking out of the back. it drives me nuts because then the iPod won’t lay flat, so I have to fudge with it to remove the knob. It’s really hard to find cases for my iPods – I have a 1st generation iPod touch and an old black iPod video. Luckily this case fits, I just have this stupid knob to deal with. So hopefully I can remove it without cracking the case.
See? Annoying.
So today I completed and filed my 2009 taxes, which makes me ELATED. I am getting back enough money to help with moving expenses and getting a new place in May/June when our lease is up. I am SO excited because I was worried about how much money we’d have after our trip in mid-March. This gives me hope that we can finally move out of this crappy apartment and hopefully into a little house with a yard. : )
Well, I’m going to go crochet a little bit before I go back to working on my mock trial brief for my media law class. Here’s a peek at what I’ve been working on with my new Crochet Lites…
(Sorry for the crummy quality – my new camera does not like taking pictures indoors at night.)
Anyway, hope you have a great week!
(day 37: saturday, february 6, 2010)
It was a beeeeeeeeeeautiful day today. Shockingly beautiful. After so much grossness it was actually nice to see the sun shining in the big blue, cloudless sky. It was so nice that Matt and I sat inside and didn’t do a damn thing for most of the day. This afternoon I took Rocky to the park (Baxter stayed home since he’s been acting a little wonky these last couple days) and had a good romp. I also discovered that he’s a great car dog and loves sticking his head out the window.
Speaking of my vehicle, I really need to clean that thing out.
Anyway, since I don’t have much to report here are some random pictures from today.
Siblings that don’t respect their mother. I have one who is failing in a big way and my respect for him is dwindling by the second.
Unnecessary family drama and lies.
Dog farts and dog allergies.
When Mr. Chan chews on the bars of his cage instead of eating his food or his chew toys.
How a better brand of dog food costs $15 for a maybe 20 lb bag while the cheap stuff costs the same for 50 lbs.
Hearing people brag about weddings when they know our reasons for eloping. Keep it to yourself, no one cares.
The parking situation at my apartment complex.
Mud.
When people don’t support us when they very obviously should.
When people can’t get over things.
My anger and thinning patience.
Facebook.
Terminators, although the scare me more than annoy me.
When my trashy downstairs neighbors come home after the bars close and stomp and scream and yell for the rest of the night.
This year’s Superbowl teams.
The price of my power bills lately.
The fact that a lot of the time sometimes it seems like people who should care about us and be happy for us don’t.
That I started biting my nails again.
Chicken thighs and dark meat. Especially when you find them in the freezer and go to cook them thinking they’re chicken breasts and then remembering that time you bought the thighs instead of the breasts on accident.
The fact that we don’t have a real car.
Now that I have all of that off my chest here are things that bring me joy at 2 a.m. …
The way Baxter’s fur feels right now.
The way that my mother always cares about Matt and I and loves us unconditionally, regardless of what we choose to do with our lives.
The fact that I was watching “Terminator Salvation” and wasn’t so scared I wanted to pee my pants.
Giving my dogs the nasty chicken thighs that I cooked and couldn’t eat without vomiting.
Matt. I don’t think it’s possible to love anything or anyone as much as I love him.
The thought of moving far away from this place.
The future.
That I’m going home to see my mom in less than a week (although I’m miserable about being apart from Matt for three days).
My BFF the C-Monster.
The song “Eighty Steps Away” by The Good Listeners.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox’s clicky whistle noise he makes.
This blog that my mom shared with me.
The way you feel when you finally get warm after freezing for a while.
The possibilities that come with new crochet hooks.
The thought of Matt and I and our babies one day.
Knowing that I get the last laugh.
Knowing that Matt and I are going to have a more memorable and meaningful experience on our trip than anyone can have with a wedding.
(day 36: friday, february 5, 2010)
Today was quite possibly the most ridiculous day I’ve encountered in a while, and I mean that honestly. It was just unnecessarily stressful, which resulted in me eating nearly an entire box of chocolates to calm myself down.
So, I woke up this morning excited to get my elopement announcements (all 50 of them, although I doubt I’ll use them all) printed. I made the final fixes and got them printed – only cost me $5.30 for all 50 because the two women who work at the school’s copy center are quite possibly the sweetest, nicest and most bad ass women ever. So after that I thought that today was going to be pretty ok.
Here’s a peek at the announcement…
Matt and I left campus around 12:30 when I got off of work and and swung by Michaels real quick for me to pick up to more Crochet Lite hooks (at that amazing bargain price) before going home to get the dogs ready to take them to visit the house in the country where we were looking at boarding them. Unfortunately it was pouring down rain so I was getting a little anxious about taking them out because I knew they were going to get all yucky.
We got them into the kennel that we had taken apart and then assembled in the back seat of the car and they were already a little wet. They whined for the 15 minutes it took for us to drive out there, practically off-roading up hill on some wet dirt road outside town before we got to this woman’s place. She was nice, but the place was definitely a little hectic and I immediately knew I was going to board them elsewhere. I accidentally called Rocky’s standoff-ish-ness “aggression” and then I could tell from that point on that she wanted nothing to do with us. We had them both off their leashes and running around this woman’s house with a big overweight Australian Shepherd (it’s what she wanted us to do) while a young Chocolate Lab puppy kept getting in Rocky’s face. They both acted fine (and Rocky wasn’t even standoffish) but in the end were just riled up and COVERED in mud. She told us we couldn’t board them there over spring break because she had been “booked since Christmas” which is funny, because she told us over e-mail that we were filling her last spring break spots. Oh well. I was more annoyed than bothered.
So we drove home, got their muddy butts out of the car and went to get the kennel out but couldn’t because one of the neighbors has a guest parked in the spot on the other side of our two cars. So the muddy kennel that reeks of wet dog gets to stay in the car overnight, which leaves me pretty un-pleased.
Once inside I ended up tying Rocky to the front door and dragging Baxter to the bathroom to give him a bath first. I couldn’t have either of them running around soaking wet and caked in mud, so bathing was the only option. First, Baxter REFUSED to stand up in the tub, which was odd and definitely not normal. I don’t know if he was tired or what, but he kept sitting down and I couldn’t wash off his underside, which was the dirtiest part. I couldn’t get him to stand up and it was frustrating the hell out of me. Then, as I grabbed the shower nozzle (it’s one of the hand to hose ones) down I noticed a HUGE crack in the connection, and later the handle/shower head completely broke off, getting water EVERYWHERE.
(le sigh)
So I finished washing and then blow dried Baxter, noticed that he has a food allergy rash on his belly that was disgusting, threw on some clean clothes and got ready to leave for Wal-Mart to buy a new freaking shower head/hose/thing. Matt was practically comatose from lack of sleep so I wasn’t going to let him drive and get me one. I stopped by the post office to get some stamps for the announcements first and the woman at the counter told me that because the announcements are square shaped when folded they will cost $0.64 a piece to mail them. I ended up buying $25 in stamps (for 40) and left grumbling because I wasn’t expecting to pay so much for postage.
I got to Wal-Mart, bought the stupid shower thing and then decided to gift myself a box of chocolates. As I walked by the toy aisle (go figure) something else caught my eye and I decided I was going to gift myself something else as well…
I am always looking at Bratz and Barbie and Hannah Montana and other dolls to see if their clothes are cute enough to buy and stick on Blythe. Well, today I found THE CUTEST doll clothes…these Moxie Girlz dolls. I am completely enamored but they’re kind of expensive, which is the downside. I don’t like the dolls, but they also sell individually (and each doll comes with her own) these Moxieminis, which are TO DIE FOR! So now I want all of the Moxieminis and a whole bunch of other weird stuff like Moxie Girlz cupcake pillows and all of the actual Moxie Girlz doll clothes (for my Blythes) and their little Moxieminis. I gifted myself one Moxiemini and she’s PRESH!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!
They’re so kawaii and adorable and I want them alllllllllll….they’re perfect for my toy shelf and like I said, the doll’s clothes are going to look ADORABLE on my Blythe girls. They had a couple non-Moxie Girlz dolls that had cute clothes too.
I wish I had a million dollars.
So that was my day. I am ready for a relaxing weekend – at least until I can get that kennel out of the car to clean it and then to write my brief for my media law mock trial. I apologize for all of the bitching lately – I’ve just been so stressed! I think the worst is over now so I’m ready for the good times to start rolling, especially in March when we head off on our MONDO MARRIAGE ADVENTURE TRIP! Plus next weekend I’m heading home to see my Mom and my family, which I’m really excited about.
Anyway, until tomorrow!
(day 35: thursday, february 4, 2010)
Man, I just keep blogging later and later each day but at least I haven’t missed one!
Today was a pretty good day. I exercised my graphic design skills in a big way and did a perfect job on my geology lab. I was able to identify all of the igneous rocks correctly on my first try, within an hour, without any help. The instructor was pretty surprised – she said few people get them all right on the first try like that. I was pretty pleased.
I also found something SUPER SWEET at Michaels today…
Some more Crochet Lite hooks! Luckily they were on clearance for $3, which is a steal, but unfortunately the grips are different than the ones I already had. My old ones have the little oval grip while the new ones have the chunky, wrap around, lined grip. Since I’m so obsessive compulsive it makes me wish they were all the same but oh well. I am going to have to go pick up some more tomorrow (and some Knit Lites) since they were so unbelievably cheap.
I got my “wedding” (elopement) announcements made today and tomorrow I’ll get them printed and the next day off in the mail. I’m really excited because they look amazeballs. Also tomorrow I am taking the dog out to the boarding house to see how they’ll do, so wish me luck.
I’ve also decided (thanks to my Mom) that I am going to take a stronger initiative in losing weight and getting healthy. I am pretty unhappy with myself physically, and the only one who can do something about that is me, so I’m going to start eating less and healthier. So here’s to me!
(day 34: wednesday, february 3, 2010)
Wow! Blogging so late again! Long days I guess.
I had my mock trial today and I think it’s safe to assume I kicked some ass. I sucked at the arguing part, but otherwise I think I was fairly ok. I didn’t even stutter all that much, which pleased me.
I went to an event in our administration building auditorium and snapped these pictures – the room is just so old and beautiful. These really don’t do it justice.
I also took my first night shot with my new camera. It’s just alright.
Anyway, sorry I don’t have much to report…I’ve just been busy, busy, busy with school and feeling seriously stressed out. Hopefully the rest of this week and the weekend feel better! I now need to go eat some food!
(day 33: tuesday, february 2, 2010)
I’m totally losing my mind. Who would have thought school could be so rough? This semester is proving to be the worst yet – so stressful I think my hair may be falling out. Plus I have had to work on a group project for my media law class these last few days and I hate few things more in education than group projects. I think having to make sure everyone else does their work to make sure you get the grade you deserve is really unfair.
Here’s a look at what I’m buried in tonight.
On a much happier note, the season premiere of “Lost” is on tonight and I am SO STOKED. I have been impatiently waiting for like nine months for new episodes, especially after last season’s gut wrenching season finale. This is the last season ever, so hopefully it’s going to be as epic as it’s being hyped to be.
Matt and I booked our plane tickets for our MONDO MARRIAGE ADVENTURE TRIP Sunday night. It was a funny story actually, because we were so excited that two round trip tickets for us to be gone March 14 through March 19 only cost us $398, which is about $100 less than we were anticipating. So we were thrilled and I booked the tickets and after looking at the itinerary it says that I booked tickets for us leaving early in the morning March 19 instead of March 14 and returning late in the evening March 19. Well, the return part was correct but there’s no way we can do a weeks worth of travel fun in less than 12 hours! So I freaked out and felt terrible but luckily with this fare you could make one change to the itinerary within 24 hours. So I figured out how to do it on the Web site and 10 minutes later we were booked for the correct flights, but it cost us an $80 difference. So turns out we didn’t save that $100 after all. : (
We also got our hotels booked in Canada, and Matt has a friend who is hooking us up and he jokingly claimed that the reservations were first under the name Pee Wee and then under the name CoCo and Miss USA. This guy is a hoot.
Well, better get back to homework before I can squeeze in some “Lost” time and get up tomorrow and do it all again. Wish me luck on my (group) mock trial tomorrow! United States v. O’Brien should be a fun one…
