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16th August 2009
2nd August 2009
: She had a world of chances for you, chances that you burned through
Life has an odd way of repeating itself.
Tonight I was driving down North Territorial in the Miata while wearing a sundress and thinking about Stephanie.
Almost exactly two years ago I drove back and forth up North Territorial in that same Miata, wearing an almost identical sundress, and dating a (detestable, drug-addled, lying, stealing, faux-lesbian) Stephanie.
Creepy. At least tonight I had on a cuter dress, and the Stephanie involved is the farthest thing from the one I once dated.
The second anniversary of Daddy's death is on Tuesday. I feel like a lot more has changed than has stayed the same. I have a much better relationship with my mother, I no longer spend my time with unworthy people, I'm mentally healthy and stable, and I don't give out second chances as freely. I miss him, but the world didn't stop turning when he died. It has been both the best and worst thing that's ever happened to me.
Honestly, when I think about it, the fact that he died doesn't make me feel nearly as sick as the things that went on following his death. Some of them were pretty horrible and did a lot of damage, but in the end they've served as valuable lessons and made me see my world a lot differently. Now that I've been down that road, I never have to go back.
In much happier news, Stephanie turns 18 on Thursday (it's driving me nuts that I can't be there), and she'll be shipping her things up here in the next week or so...and she moves up in 16 days OMG OMG OMG. This apartment is waaaaay too big for just me, and I know she'll make it feel like home. <3
Also, we're getting a kitten, which means we're one step closer to owning a gajillion pets and living on a farm. <3 <3 <3 I wanted to take pictures of the fattest cows ever for her while I was driving today, but it was already too dark.
Time to go.
Life has an odd way of repeating itself.
Tonight I was driving down North Territorial in the Miata while wearing a sundress and thinking about Stephanie.
Almost exactly two years ago I drove back and forth up North Territorial in that same Miata, wearing an almost identical sundress, and dating a (detestable, drug-addled, lying, stealing, faux-lesbian) Stephanie.
Creepy. At least tonight I had on a cuter dress, and the Stephanie involved is the farthest thing from the one I once dated.
The second anniversary of Daddy's death is on Tuesday. I feel like a lot more has changed than has stayed the same. I have a much better relationship with my mother, I no longer spend my time with unworthy people, I'm mentally healthy and stable, and I don't give out second chances as freely. I miss him, but the world didn't stop turning when he died. It has been both the best and worst thing that's ever happened to me.
Honestly, when I think about it, the fact that he died doesn't make me feel nearly as sick as the things that went on following his death. Some of them were pretty horrible and did a lot of damage, but in the end they've served as valuable lessons and made me see my world a lot differently. Now that I've been down that road, I never have to go back.
In much happier news, Stephanie turns 18 on Thursday (it's driving me nuts that I can't be there), and she'll be shipping her things up here in the next week or so...and she moves up in 16 days OMG OMG OMG. This apartment is waaaaay too big for just me, and I know she'll make it feel like home. <3
Also, we're getting a kitten, which means we're one step closer to owning a gajillion pets and living on a farm. <3 <3 <3 I wanted to take pictures of the fattest cows ever for her while I was driving today, but it was already too dark.
Time to go.
22nd July 2009
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I'm in my new apartment, leeching someone's internet.
I'm waiting for Stephanie to move up here.
I'm having a glamorous dinner of peach yogurt and taquitos.
I'm pretty good at my job.
I'm going to have a MASSIVE (like, $70 dollars more) paycheck in two weeks.
I'm getting my liver functions tested tomorrow.
I'm tired and sore, but very, very happy.
I'm waiting for Stephanie to move up here.
I'm having a glamorous dinner of peach yogurt and taquitos.
I'm pretty good at my job.
I'm going to have a MASSIVE (like, $70 dollars more) paycheck in two weeks.
I'm getting my liver functions tested tomorrow.
I'm tired and sore, but very, very happy.
26th June 2009
:
I haven't posted in forever...I used to post several times a day. Weird. Sooooo....
1) I have a job! I'm a "romance specialist" at Lover's Lane, and it's awesome. My coworkers are great, the job is so much fun, and I sold my first high-end vibrator yesterday. I love it.
2) I paid the deposit on my apartment with Stephanie the other day, and I move in on the 9th of July. Crazy.
3) Stephanie and I hit the 6 month mark for dating last week <3 <3 <3 She is everything I could ever want in a girlfriend, and then some. She flies up to visit for two weeks in a week, and I seriously cannot wait. I miss her so much. She moves up about a week after that.
4) She's also coming with us to my family reunion in mid-July at a resort up north...which means I get to come out to my incredibly religious grandparents. I'm not too worried though, I know that they love me, and they are literally the only people in my entire extended family who don't know.
5) I still miss my friends from school a lot, but I LOVE my friends at home. They're amazing.
So, basically, my life is awesome. Halle-fucking-lujah.
1) I have a job! I'm a "romance specialist" at Lover's Lane, and it's awesome. My coworkers are great, the job is so much fun, and I sold my first high-end vibrator yesterday. I love it.
2) I paid the deposit on my apartment with Stephanie the other day, and I move in on the 9th of July. Crazy.
3) Stephanie and I hit the 6 month mark for dating last week <3 <3 <3 She is everything I could ever want in a girlfriend, and then some. She flies up to visit for two weeks in a week, and I seriously cannot wait. I miss her so much. She moves up about a week after that.
4) She's also coming with us to my family reunion in mid-July at a resort up north...which means I get to come out to my incredibly religious grandparents. I'm not too worried though, I know that they love me, and they are literally the only people in my entire extended family who don't know.
5) I still miss my friends from school a lot, but I LOVE my friends at home. They're amazing.
So, basically, my life is awesome. Halle-fucking-lujah.
18th June 2009
20th May 2009
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Wow, it's been 12 days since I updated last. That has to be a record for me.
Life is fabulous. I'm still looking for a job. I clean the house a lot and watch a LOT of Maury and Law and Order.
Stephanie and I have applied for an amazing two bedroom apartment together in a complex with a couple more of my friends. I cannot wait for that, it's ridiculous. I'm just counting down 'til I can see her again.
Oh, and it's 5 months today <3 <3 <3
PS: I'm blonde now... ( Pictures! )
Life is fabulous. I'm still looking for a job. I clean the house a lot and watch a LOT of Maury and Law and Order.
Stephanie and I have applied for an amazing two bedroom apartment together in a complex with a couple more of my friends. I cannot wait for that, it's ridiculous. I'm just counting down 'til I can see her again.
Oh, and it's 5 months today <3 <3 <3
PS: I'm blonde now... ( Pictures! )
8th May 2009
5th May 2009
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I'm withdrawing from the rest of the quarter at K, because I just can't stand it there.
I'll be driving back tomorrow to withdraw and have them send my transcript to Eastern, and try to say goodbye to my friends. I sent a text to the closest 15 of them so I'll be able to see them before I leave....not sure what I'll do about the rest.
I'm still in shock that I have so many friends to begin with- it's the same feeling I got when I put together the guest list for my 20th birthday and realized it was massive. It' so weird.
Still looking for an apartment for Stephanie and I. Still missing her like crazy. It's more tempting every day to just pack up my car and drive down to her. We might get a cat. <3
So for now I'm cleaning the house and looking for a job. Hallelujah.
...and I just ordered a makeup brush set. I'm reorganizing/cleaning out/trying to build up my makeup collection.
Oh hey, time for Law and Order: SVU.
I'll be driving back tomorrow to withdraw and have them send my transcript to Eastern, and try to say goodbye to my friends. I sent a text to the closest 15 of them so I'll be able to see them before I leave....not sure what I'll do about the rest.
I'm still in shock that I have so many friends to begin with- it's the same feeling I got when I put together the guest list for my 20th birthday and realized it was massive. It' so weird.
Still looking for an apartment for Stephanie and I. Still missing her like crazy. It's more tempting every day to just pack up my car and drive down to her. We might get a cat. <3
So for now I'm cleaning the house and looking for a job. Hallelujah.
...and I just ordered a makeup brush set. I'm reorganizing/cleaning out/trying to build up my makeup collection.
Oh hey, time for Law and Order: SVU.
30th April 2009
: RANDOM LIFE UPDATE
Hokay, so...
1) I've decided to transfer to EMU and give up on singing.
2) Stephanie is moving up here and going to WCC.
3) We're getting an apartment together.
4) She's going to visit for a week after she graduates, but before we move in together, and I seriously cannot wait to do all sorts of fun Michigan stuff with her (She's never swam in a lake! Which I guess is understandable because she lives in a desert, but still...)
We've been apartment hunting online together, and I'm going to look around when I go back home this weekend. At this point I think we're both mentally checked out from school. She graduates June 3rd, and I wish so badly that I could be there. I miss her terribly. <3 <3 <3
One of my friends has mono and I might have a sinus or ear infection, but otherwise life is wonderful.
Hokay, so...
1) I've decided to transfer to EMU and give up on singing.
2) Stephanie is moving up here and going to WCC.
3) We're getting an apartment together.
4) She's going to visit for a week after she graduates, but before we move in together, and I seriously cannot wait to do all sorts of fun Michigan stuff with her (She's never swam in a lake! Which I guess is understandable because she lives in a desert, but still...)
We've been apartment hunting online together, and I'm going to look around when I go back home this weekend. At this point I think we're both mentally checked out from school. She graduates June 3rd, and I wish so badly that I could be there. I miss her terribly. <3 <3 <3
One of my friends has mono and I might have a sinus or ear infection, but otherwise life is wonderful.
12th April 2009
: You make me crazier, crazier
It's Easter, I'm at home, and Kyle and Bob came over for dinner with the dogs.
I also have mild food poisoning, courtesy of the school cafeteria food. Pepto Bismol is my BFF right now.
Speaking of BFFs....Mattie contacted me and wanted to hang out and "try for the 8,000th time" to be friends again. I told her that I wasn't sure, and she said she'd call me when she got off work the next day. I'm glad she didn't end up calling, because after that I realized that I'm really, really happy right now and I don't want to get mixed up in any drama and mess it up. Plus, I already have the best friend I could ever want.
Aaaaand, speaking of Ryan, we took his 5 year old niece Brianna to see Hannah Montana: the Movie, which was awesome. Ryan told me I was great with kids. <3 <3 <3 And his niece was so cute and fun and well behaved, and I loved getting to meet his older sister and her family.
I didn't get the internship at the Met, and I'm secretly REALLY relieved. It also means I don't have to make every LJ entry friends only anymore.
That being said...I am moving to Phoenix for the summer come hell or high water. Stephanie's parents have invited me to live in their spare bedroom and I'd pay them rent and work down there. My mom's not too pleased, but I think I'll be able to work out all the details.
Time to watch the Rock of Love Bus finale. Mindy FTW!
It's Easter, I'm at home, and Kyle and Bob came over for dinner with the dogs.
I also have mild food poisoning, courtesy of the school cafeteria food. Pepto Bismol is my BFF right now.
Speaking of BFFs....Mattie contacted me and wanted to hang out and "try for the 8,000th time" to be friends again. I told her that I wasn't sure, and she said she'd call me when she got off work the next day. I'm glad she didn't end up calling, because after that I realized that I'm really, really happy right now and I don't want to get mixed up in any drama and mess it up. Plus, I already have the best friend I could ever want.
Aaaaand, speaking of Ryan, we took his 5 year old niece Brianna to see Hannah Montana: the Movie, which was awesome. Ryan told me I was great with kids. <3 <3 <3 And his niece was so cute and fun and well behaved, and I loved getting to meet his older sister and her family.
I didn't get the internship at the Met, and I'm secretly REALLY relieved. It also means I don't have to make every LJ entry friends only anymore.
That being said...I am moving to Phoenix for the summer come hell or high water. Stephanie's parents have invited me to live in their spare bedroom and I'd pay them rent and work down there. My mom's not too pleased, but I think I'll be able to work out all the details.
Time to watch the Rock of Love Bus finale. Mindy FTW!
5th April 2009
: SOS
Dr. POW said at my appointment on Friday that I have to spend 90% of my energy just to make sure that I'm functioning and somewhat stable, and that I only have 10% left to keep trying to learn and move forward.
I am definitely in the wrong discipline for that. I'm starting to think more and more that there's no realistic way I can do this and stay healthy. That it's just not possible. It's only the end of the first week of the quarter, and I feel like I'm drowning just thinking about everything. I sincerely doubt that I can do this.
I know at this point that it's not just a lack of confidence- it's a realization that, if I attempt to do everything I have to do, it will make me very, very sick.
I just want to run away. I want out, and I want out now.
Other than that, I'm happy. I love my friends, I love my family, and I miss my girlfriend terribly.
Dr. POW said at my appointment on Friday that I have to spend 90% of my energy just to make sure that I'm functioning and somewhat stable, and that I only have 10% left to keep trying to learn and move forward.
I am definitely in the wrong discipline for that. I'm starting to think more and more that there's no realistic way I can do this and stay healthy. That it's just not possible. It's only the end of the first week of the quarter, and I feel like I'm drowning just thinking about everything. I sincerely doubt that I can do this.
I know at this point that it's not just a lack of confidence- it's a realization that, if I attempt to do everything I have to do, it will make me very, very sick.
I just want to run away. I want out, and I want out now.
Other than that, I'm happy. I love my friends, I love my family, and I miss my girlfriend terribly.
27th March 2009
: You make me crazier, crazier
Okay, sorry for the double update...
So I'll find out by April 10th if I've been accepted for the Met internship, and if I'm not then I'm going to start looking for jobs online in Ann Arbor...and Phoenix.
I'm seriously considering moving down there for the summer and working, and Stephanie's mom has offered to let me live in their guest room.
Also, I'm trying to kick Stephanie's butt into getting her license, so we studied for her permit test a little today and looked at the Kalamazoo Valley Community College website. She might end up there next year (there are two programs of theirs that she likes, and she doesn't want to go to a community college full of her high school classmates), which means we might end up living together. Crazy.
I also think that I'm going to start running next quarter, and I found a really good "running for idiots" type workout plan that I want to try. I'm also going to build an hour a day into my schedule every weeknight for practicing, since I have my junior recital coming up- and no more hanging out on weeknights and procrastinating.
Spring quarter's going to kick my ass, so I just have to bite the bullet and bring it.
Okay, sorry for the double update...
So I'll find out by April 10th if I've been accepted for the Met internship, and if I'm not then I'm going to start looking for jobs online in Ann Arbor...and Phoenix.
I'm seriously considering moving down there for the summer and working, and Stephanie's mom has offered to let me live in their guest room.
Also, I'm trying to kick Stephanie's butt into getting her license, so we studied for her permit test a little today and looked at the Kalamazoo Valley Community College website. She might end up there next year (there are two programs of theirs that she likes, and she doesn't want to go to a community college full of her high school classmates), which means we might end up living together. Crazy.
I also think that I'm going to start running next quarter, and I found a really good "running for idiots" type workout plan that I want to try. I'm also going to build an hour a day into my schedule every weeknight for practicing, since I have my junior recital coming up- and no more hanging out on weeknights and procrastinating.
Spring quarter's going to kick my ass, so I just have to bite the bullet and bring it.
Current Music: Crazier - Taylor Swift
15th March 2009
:
I should be studying for my Old Testament Wisdom final (tomorrow morning at 9 AM, followed directly by my piano hearing, during which I will surely crash and burn). Instead I'm reading Tina Fey's twitter. And somehow I feel more productive....and human.
I fly out to Arizona on Friday. Nervouuuusssss.
I fly out to Arizona on Friday. Nervouuuusssss.
11th March 2009
:
So I finally stopped running a fever and was able to sleep today. Still, I'm coughing like crazy and I'm so sick of laying in bed with nothing to do. I can't even eat, because my appetite is inexplicably gone. Urrrrgh.
Stephanie's with her parents at their cabin in the mountains til Friday with no internet and crappy cell phone reception. It's weird not being able to talk with her too, because my voice is totally gone.
Still, 9 days til I fly down and see her. I seriously cannot wait. <3 <3 <3
Stephanie's with her parents at their cabin in the mountains til Friday with no internet and crappy cell phone reception. It's weird not being able to talk with her too, because my voice is totally gone.
Still, 9 days til I fly down and see her. I seriously cannot wait. <3 <3 <3
8th March 2009
5th March 2009
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I just found out that one of my exes is a Republican now. LOLWTF?
I took the best nap I've had in 2 years today on Andy's heavenly bed.
On Friday I'm taking Andy, Jordan, Roxy, and Holtzman with me to Ann Arbor for adventuring and debauchery (and hopefully Sushi.Com). I CANNOT WAIT.
Tomorrow (or rather, today) is going to be excruciatingly long, and at some point I have to sing a solo at the choir concert (8 PM, Stetson, BE THERE). I'll be singing about death. In German. And hoping that my boobs aren't trying to make an escape when I'm onstage.
I also found out that my sole exam is on Monday morning of finals week, which means I can pack up and be home by Tuesday and then decompress a little before I fly out to Arizona on Friday.
So basically, life is still so awesome I can barely stand it.
PS: I have a sugar daddy now. Ryan buys me candy and cheap paperback novels when I drive him places for errands.
PPS: Ryan's also trying to get me to sing a duet with him for the spring concert in German, and I guess I'll do it because I love him and he's graduating, but what's with all the German lately? I want some goddamn Italian.
I took the best nap I've had in 2 years today on Andy's heavenly bed.
On Friday I'm taking Andy, Jordan, Roxy, and Holtzman with me to Ann Arbor for adventuring and debauchery (and hopefully Sushi.Com). I CANNOT WAIT.
Tomorrow (or rather, today) is going to be excruciatingly long, and at some point I have to sing a solo at the choir concert (8 PM, Stetson, BE THERE). I'll be singing about death. In German. And hoping that my boobs aren't trying to make an escape when I'm onstage.
I also found out that my sole exam is on Monday morning of finals week, which means I can pack up and be home by Tuesday and then decompress a little before I fly out to Arizona on Friday.
So basically, life is still so awesome I can barely stand it.
PS: I have a sugar daddy now. Ryan buys me candy and cheap paperback novels when I drive him places for errands.
PPS: Ryan's also trying to get me to sing a duet with him for the spring concert in German, and I guess I'll do it because I love him and he's graduating, but what's with all the German lately? I want some goddamn Italian.
4th March 2009
: That party last night was awfully crazy, I wish I'd taped it
Today was awesome.
I might be bringing 4 of my friends along with me when I go to Ann Arbor on Friday.
I love that Stephanie is like, physically incapable of taking a picture without making a funny face. And never stops making ridiculously cute nicknames for me. <3 <3 <3 16 more days!
Time to read and then sleep.
Life is good. And I LOVE COLLEGE.
Today was awesome.
I might be bringing 4 of my friends along with me when I go to Ann Arbor on Friday.
I love that Stephanie is like, physically incapable of taking a picture without making a funny face. And never stops making ridiculously cute nicknames for me. <3 <3 <3 16 more days!
Time to read and then sleep.
Life is good. And I LOVE COLLEGE.
1st March 2009
:
I've had a really nice, relaxed weekend at home.
On Friday I came home, finished my application for a summer internship at the Met (yes, THAT Met, in NYC), and watched TV with Mumsy while we ate Chinese food. It was exactly what I needed.
I went and visited Kyle on Saturday, and because she's still healing from her foot surgery (and riding around the house on on ridiculous scooter) we just kinda chilled. We looked at crafting blogs online, I watched her sew a scrap-material mockup of a vintage dress. Played with the dogs and Mimi (one of their cats), ate homemade pizza, and talked. After that I came home and patched my favorite pair of jeans so I can wear them again.
Now I'm just watching America's Next Top Model reruns and trying not to think about school.
19 DAYS TIL PHOENIX OMG OMG OMG
On Friday I came home, finished my application for a summer internship at the Met (yes, THAT Met, in NYC), and watched TV with Mumsy while we ate Chinese food. It was exactly what I needed.
I went and visited Kyle on Saturday, and because she's still healing from her foot surgery (and riding around the house on on ridiculous scooter) we just kinda chilled. We looked at crafting blogs online, I watched her sew a scrap-material mockup of a vintage dress. Played with the dogs and Mimi (one of their cats), ate homemade pizza, and talked. After that I came home and patched my favorite pair of jeans so I can wear them again.
Now I'm just watching America's Next Top Model reruns and trying not to think about school.
19 DAYS TIL PHOENIX OMG OMG OMG
26th February 2009
:
God, my life is so comically awkward. Today I got locked out of my room, half dressed and without shoes, for 30 minutes because there were no RAs to let me back in. WTF.
I spent most of today passed out in bed and popping ibuprofen. Awesome.
Ryan and I got to have hangout time today, which made me feel much better. We went to Steak'N'Shake and Meijer. He wanted to buy me jewelry, but I let him buy me a book and some Sour Patch straws instead. <3
On the drive back we talked about how I spend 99% of my friends-time with boys, and he spends 99% of his friends-time with girls. It makes sense that I would gravitate towards boys- I'm into geeky shit, and after dealing with underhanded bitchiness through middle school, high school, and the first year of college, it's just more comfortable to deal with boys. They're less manipulative, more upfront, and don't mind that I'm weird and rowdy. The only other two girls in the group, Roxy and Maggie, agree. Ryan gravitates towards girls for the opposite reason- they're not as brash and insensitive as boys.
Tomorrow's going to be so long, I should try and sleep.
...also Joseph just sent me a death metal remix of Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown. Not quite "METAL AS FUCK", but hilarious nonetheless.
I spent most of today passed out in bed and popping ibuprofen. Awesome.
Ryan and I got to have hangout time today, which made me feel much better. We went to Steak'N'Shake and Meijer. He wanted to buy me jewelry, but I let him buy me a book and some Sour Patch straws instead. <3
On the drive back we talked about how I spend 99% of my friends-time with boys, and he spends 99% of his friends-time with girls. It makes sense that I would gravitate towards boys- I'm into geeky shit, and after dealing with underhanded bitchiness through middle school, high school, and the first year of college, it's just more comfortable to deal with boys. They're less manipulative, more upfront, and don't mind that I'm weird and rowdy. The only other two girls in the group, Roxy and Maggie, agree. Ryan gravitates towards girls for the opposite reason- they're not as brash and insensitive as boys.
Tomorrow's going to be so long, I should try and sleep.
...also Joseph just sent me a death metal remix of Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown. Not quite "METAL AS FUCK", but hilarious nonetheless.
25th February 2009
:
Today was wonderful and bizarre. I love my life.
...except for the part where a blood vessel in my nose burst and sprayed blood all over the shower wall. That was less wonderful and more painful, plus I almost passed out and was late for choir. But otherwise, I give today an A+.
Also, I can now add Czech the list of languages I can fake decently.
...except for the part where a blood vessel in my nose burst and sprayed blood all over the shower wall. That was less wonderful and more painful, plus I almost passed out and was late for choir. But otherwise, I give today an A+.
Also, I can now add Czech the list of languages I can fake decently.
24th February 2009
:
OMG OMG OMG
Stephanie has an old brown Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Charlie. I am freaking out. It's like Mrs. Dog the remix.
Pardon my obnoxiousness, I'm still in "ZOMG BEST GIRLFRIEND EVAR!!!!" mode.
Tomorrow is going to be veeeeerrry long, but I'm finally going to meet with my Czech tutor.
And I'm currently about 80% done with my application for a summer internship at the Met...yes, that one, in New York City.
Stephanie has an old brown Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Charlie. I am freaking out. It's like Mrs. Dog the remix.
Pardon my obnoxiousness, I'm still in "ZOMG BEST GIRLFRIEND EVAR!!!!" mode.
Tomorrow is going to be veeeeerrry long, but I'm finally going to meet with my Czech tutor.
And I'm currently about 80% done with my application for a summer internship at the Met...yes, that one, in New York City.
18th February 2009
:
I just wrote for an hour and a half straight (essay exam with 3 essays). My hand feels like it got crushed under a very heavy suitcase. OWW.
Things have been up and down lately, but my friends are still awesome and my girlfriend is still amazing, so that helps a lot.
Also, I'll be in Phoenix in exactly 30 days. I'm getting ridiculously excited. <3 <3 <3
Things have been up and down lately, but my friends are still awesome and my girlfriend is still amazing, so that helps a lot.
Also, I'll be in Phoenix in exactly 30 days. I'm getting ridiculously excited. <3 <3 <3
11th February 2009
: And I am the luckiest
Today was pretty awesome, minus the whole part where I've been having a bad reaction to the amoxicillin I was prescribed.
I sounded really good in my voice lesson, and I walked out feeling pretty solid about things (plus I booked the auditorium for my junior recital, which was a big relief). Then Roxy, the boys, and I drove to Grand Rapids to eat dinner at her mom's house and swing dance in this crazy museum downtown. I got some pretty hilarious footage of Andy trying to line-dance to Cotton Eyed Joe, and I LOVE Grand Rapids.
Oh, and on the way there I got really randomly patriotic. I was all, "Dudes, this is America's heartland, and it's sunset, and I like where I live, you know? OMG check out those sweet grain silos!"
Plus it was pretty cool to go to a major Michigan city that wasn't slowly dying. They were building all kinds of new buildings, and people were actually downtown doing things- it's amazing what a 2 hour drive west can do. I guess it's because west Michigan is waaaay less dependent on the auto industry, but it was still pretty shocking to see the difference.
We also drove past Kendall College, which Stephanie has either applied to, or it considering applying to.
I have a super awesome Valentine's gift all planned out for her, I just don't know if I'll be able to get it done in time- I'm leaving for Indiana at like, 4 PM on Friday and won't be back til Sunday, so I'll have to make it, tinker with it, and mail it by then. I have a slightly less awesome backup gift in mind, but I would really prefer to send her the gift she deserves. <3
The weekend after this one we're thinking of going to Canada, because now Holtzman (the youngest) is 19. I love having debauched adventures with my friends. And we starting talking about road tripping out to Minneapolis sometime. I'm so excited.
The boys are back, Roxy's asleep, and I should probably be heading back up to my dorm soon.
Today was pretty awesome, minus the whole part where I've been having a bad reaction to the amoxicillin I was prescribed.
I sounded really good in my voice lesson, and I walked out feeling pretty solid about things (plus I booked the auditorium for my junior recital, which was a big relief). Then Roxy, the boys, and I drove to Grand Rapids to eat dinner at her mom's house and swing dance in this crazy museum downtown. I got some pretty hilarious footage of Andy trying to line-dance to Cotton Eyed Joe, and I LOVE Grand Rapids.
Oh, and on the way there I got really randomly patriotic. I was all, "Dudes, this is America's heartland, and it's sunset, and I like where I live, you know? OMG check out those sweet grain silos!"
Plus it was pretty cool to go to a major Michigan city that wasn't slowly dying. They were building all kinds of new buildings, and people were actually downtown doing things- it's amazing what a 2 hour drive west can do. I guess it's because west Michigan is waaaay less dependent on the auto industry, but it was still pretty shocking to see the difference.
We also drove past Kendall College, which Stephanie has either applied to, or it considering applying to.
I have a super awesome Valentine's gift all planned out for her, I just don't know if I'll be able to get it done in time- I'm leaving for Indiana at like, 4 PM on Friday and won't be back til Sunday, so I'll have to make it, tinker with it, and mail it by then. I have a slightly less awesome backup gift in mind, but I would really prefer to send her the gift she deserves. <3
The weekend after this one we're thinking of going to Canada, because now Holtzman (the youngest) is 19. I love having debauched adventures with my friends. And we starting talking about road tripping out to Minneapolis sometime. I'm so excited.
The boys are back, Roxy's asleep, and I should probably be heading back up to my dorm soon.
Current Music: Ben Folds - The Luckiest
7th February 2009
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This week was almost comically horrible. To top off everything else (sinus infection, raw sewage in my room, mother in the hospital), I got a parking ticket, a speeding ticket, and had some creepy guy slow down his car and obviously check me out while I was in the hospital parking structure. WTF???
I'm actually feeling really good, though. Everything else about life right now is so beautiful that I can't let chance happenings and bad timing get me down.
I came back after my doctor's visits and shopping with Mumsy around 12:30 AM and then went to the boy's room and had a super chill night. We watched Dazed and Confused, and talked, and then the boys went for a walk and I watched Eddie Izzard. Once they got back, Holtzman and I curled up like puzzle pieces on the couch and watched Perfume. I just got back.
Right now I'm in my comfy bed, a few inches from my open window, listening to the rain. It's pretty great.
Also, I'm seriously convinced I have the best friends on the planet. I feel like I have to pinch myself so I remember that they're real.
I'm actually feeling really good, though. Everything else about life right now is so beautiful that I can't let chance happenings and bad timing get me down.
I came back after my doctor's visits and shopping with Mumsy around 12:30 AM and then went to the boy's room and had a super chill night. We watched Dazed and Confused, and talked, and then the boys went for a walk and I watched Eddie Izzard. Once they got back, Holtzman and I curled up like puzzle pieces on the couch and watched Perfume. I just got back.
Right now I'm in my comfy bed, a few inches from my open window, listening to the rain. It's pretty great.
Also, I'm seriously convinced I have the best friends on the planet. I feel like I have to pinch myself so I remember that they're real.