afternooon dreams

So I take a nap this afternoon, mostly because I started reading a book for my history class in bed and fell asleep. But I had some funky-ass dreams. I only remember two, so that's what I'll share.

The first dream had to do with air thermals and the way birds use them to float and fly with little effort. See kids, science can lead to cool dreams! Anyway, I was back home in Gillette, in the backyard. It was late late in the day, as the sun was setting, and you could see the goldenness settling over everything. I was wearing a very baggy shirt, and dinking around in the yard. Somehow I got it in my head to jump up in the air and spin around.

Sometimes I could spin around once, sometimes twice, sometimes my jumps would send me very high in the air. One jump even sent me higher than the house and wind generator (Mom and Dad will know what I'm talking about, so will Jill). I finally realized what was making me do this: pockets of warm air from the sun shining down on the ground and roof all day. I was able to jump up, and by moving my arms left or right, steer myself around. Sweet! So I jumped up from the ground, did my spinny thing, and steered myself over the roof of the house, which was storing quite a bit of thermal air, and sent me even higher. I thought, "I've had dreams about doing this with gliders, but now I'm actually doing it!" I soared around over the backyard, returning back to the roof of the house for a pick-me-up.

Then I was accompanied by a falcon. He was apparently my friend, because he was talking to me, and giving me tips on how to fly by moving my fingers ever so slightly, like a bird would move tiny feathers to change his flight pattern. Every time I would launch into some kind of dive, I would lose sight of the ground, and wouldn't know if I was flying up, down, or just level, and it always freaked me out a little because I didn't want to be flying straight towards the ground!

Okay...now for the next dream. This one's not quite as weird, sorry.

I was hanging out with some friends, I think in Oregon, because Lacey was there, and Matthew showed up all of the sudden, only his hair was dyed blonde with red highlights...it was weird. He'd come in the room just as I was doing a backwards handspring, and as I did, I almost landed on a kitten, and scared the crap out of it. I managed to pick him up before he ran away, and he had a little collar and tag on him, with an email address: elfinelf@hotmail.com. (My brain made this up, I doubt it is a real email address folks.) I was really excited that the cat had an email address for some reason. Then Lacey was commenting on my red hair and I said I was going to dye it brown soon.

Oh, that reminded me of a third dream, with the kitten, sorry.

I had gone back home for the night or for dinner. My bed was still at home, and for some reason my sister was laying in it with the window open, and there was a collander of spaghetti noodles sitting up by her head, needing to be drained. Trying to be helpful, I picked it up, and all this water came leaking out of the collander, rushing towards her hair. I tried blocking it, but there was no use, and she had to sit up to avoid getting wet. Hmmm. Then I heard something outside my window on the back deck, and saw a baby raccoon! There's a small hole in my window screen from my cat a long time ago, and I was sticking my finger out the screen to try to pet the raccoon, and he let me and even stuck his nose in the hole so I could scratch it. Ashley was getting mad at me and left.

Then it was time for dinner. Dad had the spaghetti, and apparently I hadn't done a good enough job of straining the water out of it, because he took the pot of spaghetti, opened the cupboard below the sink, and tried draining it that way, losing several noodles in the process.

Then I was telling Mom a story from across the table, and she just stopped me and said something like, "I can't talk to you with that stuff on your face!" And I didn't know what she was talking about, so I was feeling around my face, trying to find something, but I couldn't. Then she came over and proceeded to pick a bug off my face and out of my hair. Gross. And I shreiked, "It's because Ashley leaves the damn window open all the time!!!"

Oh, one more. Sorry! This is going to be a super super long post, and I apologize, and congratulations if you've made it this far.

I was in some kind of house, and living on the third floor. Might have even been this apartment building, because I do live on the third floor. Anyway, the first set of step leading up to the third floor had collapsed, so you had to grab ahold of the rails of the final flight of steps to the third floor, and hoist yourself up the steps, using your legs to push around on the walls and stuff. Some guy who lived there showed me how to do it, but then went back downstairs and couldn't get up. Or maybe I couldn't get up after having done it once.

Anyway, a bunch of us were hanging out on the landings, one on second floor, one group on third floor, and I ran into the kitchen on the second floor and filled up some ice cube trays to give to somebody on the third floor to put in the freezer. I think it was for the guy who showed me how to get up the stairs. I'd done it once, but couldn't do it the second time, but I think I ended up just dangling from the railing and scared I was going to fall. After everyone left, I decided to try it one more time, and was successful. Then I realized if I really wanted to make it to third floor, all I needed to do was go to the OTHER end of the building, because I'm sure the stairs were intact there, and just walk down to my end of the hall, which was by the broken stairs.

Okay, done! I'll be quite suprised if anyone kept reading and made it this far. Congratulations, you are one of the few, the proud, the bloggers.

dinner and a movie

Currently listening:
"There's Always Someone Cooler Than You"
By Ben Folds
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Last night was dinner night at Aaron, Lars, and Henry's. And boy was it good!
Aaron and I went shopping for stuff for dinner, and he just kinda pulled all of the ideas out of his head for what we should put in it. He'd originally said it was going to be something like baked enchiladas, but there was no enchilada sauce, just taco seasoning, so they were baked soft-shell tacos, basically. But man, it was good. Then we got a movie called "Kitchen Stories" which is a Swedish movie, with subtitles about a company studying single Norwegian men in their kitchens, in order to build more effecient kitchens. Yes...very weird, but Aaron picked it out. It was actually kinda interesting...but weird, nonetheless.

I got a 22 out of 25 of my "Effects of 9-11 on Politics" paper for my Government class, which equates to an 88%! I really needed that, and was really happy when I got my paper back. I was actually pretty scared to get it back because I never like the way my writing turns out, and I didn't think it was very well written, even though I didn't wait 'til the last day to do it, like usual. Because this teacher knows everything there is to know about politics and is very smart, so I was scared it would look like I didn't know what I was doing, mostly since all of my sources were from the internet. Anyway, YAY! I was really happy.

I also turned in my paper for History, which I think I did a pretty good job on, so hopefully I will also get a high score on that. I got a B on his last paper at the beginning of the semester, but I always have a hard time writing papers for stuff I'm not interested in slash don't know much about.

Anywho, I think I'll get my Review of Literature paper back on Wednesday when I take the final for that class, and hopefully I did well on that, also. I think that was a well-written paper, for me, anyway.

But, it is time for me to wander off to work. Toodles.

WOO HOOO

I am now done with homework! Turned in my lesson plans and crap, and finished writing my Hisotry paper this afternoon. I have a three day weekend coming up after Friday's classes are over for studying. Oh, except I work on Monday. But a true 2 day weekend is fine with me!

Um. I don't really have much more to say. The guys and I went out last night, and I got happy drunk and it was a good time. I was celebrating "No More Health Class!" Until I woke up this morning with a headache and queasyness. Which went away later on in the day after Aaron and I went out to lunch. Chinese food! I haven't had Chinese food in like, 4 months. It was super yummy.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again: the new Weezer CD is amazing. Buy it when it comes out next month.

Oooh, Wyoming is on the Weather Channel! lots and lots of snow on the southern part of Wyoming and most of Colorado. Neat. But nothing here! Thank goodness. Rain is okay, but it's almost May!!! C'mon weather!

one more assignment...and then finals.

Currently listening: "Freak Me Outt" By Weezer From 'Make Believe'

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Okay, I believe I have my Health crap done. I emailed my teacher a draft of the lesson plan and the assessment. I know it's a little late at night, but I've been busy working on the lesson plan and the assessment and the rubric that are all due tomorrow, plus I've been working a lot lately, and blah. I explained it all to her in the email I sent her and apologized if I seemed like I was being short with her the other day when I was emailing her, but that I'd had a bad day (didn't mention she was part of the reason WHY I was having a bad day, but she doesn't need to know everything).

Now, if I don't have to make too many revisions to that assignment, all I have left is my history paper. I have three and a half pages hand written about what I think some of the wars/battles are that I'm going to talk about, plus I'll need an introduction and conclusion...So hopefully that will work out just fine. Then all I have to do is study my ass off for my finals! Woo hoo! But I have this weekend off, so that'll really help once I have this paper out of the way.

WHEW! Need to have me some liquid relaxation tonight, 'cause I've been super stressed out about everything lately, and it's just not good for me. Makes me crabby.

this day just keeps getting better and better!

Currently listening: "Haunt You Every Day" By Weezer From 'Make Believe'

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WOW. Today has NOT been my day. First the lesson plan thing. (I have since emailed her and she gave me ONE WHOLE POINT more, which brings my grade up 3%.) Then I show up to work at 1:30, which is what my calendar reads. Andrew says, "What're you doing here? You're not on the schedule until 4 o'clock." WHAT? So I look at the schedule, and sure enough...4pm. I go back to the back where the current schedule is hanging up...1:30pm. Okay, now I'm confused.

So I talk to Sony about it, and he says, "Oh, they must have adjusted the schedule and forgot to tell you. Go ahead and clock in and stay here." Noooooo! I have homework I could be doing! Well, crap. And then, Sony gives me the most boring, tedious, redundant job possible, which takes me about oh...4-5 hours to do. I even brought homework with me in hopes that I could get something accomplished due to the lack of customers. Nope. Got a little time to read during lunch as I snarfed down some nachos.

THEN! Oh, it gets better, yes, it does. Somehow I end up with black, sticky crap ALL over the front of my shirt! And it won't come off! ARG! New shirt! Needless to say I was a little crabby today for the first couple hours of work. I get all worked up just thinking about it!

On the plus side, Aaron called me from work to say hi and see how my evening went, so that made me happy. And the new Weezer album is AMAZING. Incredible, love it. Almost makes you forget they released Maladroit.

But anyway, I'm going to try to get something homeworky done until Conan comes on, then it's bed time 'cause I have to make it to class in the morning. G'night.

omfg DIE!

Currently listening: "This is Such a Pity" By Weezer From 'Make Believe'

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Why is my Health teacher so stupid?! She tells us to do something, and then does the exact opposite. And then she tells us not to do something and do the exact opposite!!!!

I got my lesson plan back today, and she only gave me a 75% on it. I did EVERYTHING that I thought she wanted on there. I went through my last one and figured out the stuff I needed to change, and I changed it on this one. And then, she writes on my paper "needs indicator and benchmark" and my benchmark was right underneath it!!!! So I told her about it in class, and she looks at her rubric, and says, "Oh, that probably won't give you enough to make a 3 on the rubric," and just walks off. I don't care about the three! Give me more points! because somehow, she gives you a grade from the rubric, a 1, 2, 3, or 4...and then gives you another grade, out of 33 points. Just give me some more points! I'm emailing her. I'm pissed off.

And we get to do teacher evaluations on Thursday. Oooh, I can't wait for that. It's the only reason I'm going to show up to class on Thursday. Why are people so stupid? I just don't get it. She's so freakin' frustrating, and she's GOT to realize that everyone else in class hates her just as much. The eye-rolling, doing other assignments while in class, talking while she's talking. Doesn't that tell you something?? ARG!!!

dream

Currently listening: "Night Drive" By Jimmy Eat World From 'Futures'

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I took a nap this evening for some stupid reason. Probably because I was doing homework and couldn't make my eyes stay open any longer to read the horrible drivel that is my text. So I have this dream, and I'm not sure where it takes place, but from what I remember, it seemed to be at a bar on a beach, outside. I don't think it started out that way, because I remember something different, but I can't think of how it started. So anyway, I was at the bar with my dad and someone else, but I'm not sure who. Maybe Jill, maybe a friend from work. But I kept losing my dad pretty frequently, and was getting fed up with it, so I sat down to watch some TV at the bar.

Then I finally saw my dad; behind the bar, washing glasses. I guess he'd broken some glasses, and that's how he had to repay that...so I asked if he could get me a screwdriver. Yum. Then I ran into Trevour from work, and he was all super buddy-buddy with me, sitting next to me, playing with my hair. It was really weird. Mostly because he's friends with Aaron (outside of dream world), and knows that we're dating.

Then, I was sitting with my friend who I mentioned earlier, and we saw my sister and her friend Bridgette sitting in the bleachers (not sure why there were bleachers or what they were watching from them), and my friend was wondering if we should wave them over, but I figured they'd see us eventually, and Ashley did see us eventually...but Bridgette was having a hard time finding us, and I think I'd woken up by this point.

In other news, Aaron got off work early tonight, so he's going to come over and hang out for a bit when he gets home and cleaned up from work. Yay!

I'd lost my cell phone Saturday night and haven't been able to talk to him since then, or return his calls, so I was all worried he'd think I was mad at him or something. But alas, Amy found my phone, it was in her car from when we went to Grand March, and all is well with the world.

a day in the life

I am all signed up for classes for next semester. I've requested time off to go to Mississippi with Mom and Ashley in May. I've told Aaron I probably won't be able to go to Minnesota with him for his friends' wedding because I won't have enough money from taking time off to Mississippi. I got most of my dishes done today, but left the rest of them in the bathtub. I got all but 8 questions on my take home test finished.

Woah. I'm really on top of things...so far. I've tried working on this stupid History paper...and it's just not coming to me. Hope I can figure something out by Friday!

I also went to the Grand March with Amy for the prom, and saw half the people I work with there at the prom...I didn't realize I worked with such young people! It was fun except for this rotten little girl who was sitting in front of us and kept bumping into Amy's and my legs, pulling on my jeans for some apparent reason, and staring at us when we talk. It was weird, annoying, and a little creepy. I wanted to smash her in the head with my purse. Afterwards, Amy and I went to Applebee's for dinner and ran into a bunch of Aaron's friends, so we talked with them for a bit (well, I talked, Amy listened) before we had our dinner. Riblets, yum.

I also found a really cool tomato plan that I want to buy for Dad. Mom told me Ashley was visiting on Wednesday, so I can send it home with her...I just have to keep it alive until then haha. That should be interesting. I did keep my Easter Lilly alive for a while, and those are just yearly bloomers...the leaves were still green and pretty!

Anyway, I'm going to try to get some sleep. G'night!

a raise!

I got a raise at work! I went to talk to Dawn about getting 40 hours a week during the summer, and preferably night shifts, and then she talked about my raise, and I put in a time off request for Mississippi in a month. I'm really excited, and was super happy about the raise. It's only $.50, but I'll take what I can get.

Chelsey at work wants me to go to the Grand March for her senior prom tomorrow night haha. She was pretty funny about it, gave me her phone number and her mom's phone number, so I could sit with her mom and we wouldn't have to sit alone. So since Aaron is working tomorrow night 'til 11, I'll probably go.

I'm really tired tonight, too. I hate working 8 hour shifts when I'm in school. Once summer starts up and that's about all I'll work, it won't be so bad, but for now, I'm used to shorter shifts and prefer them. Anyway, I'm gonna go watch Conan. G'night!

groceries

I went shopping tonight with Aaron at Safeway for groceries because I was running out of things to eat, and I was having to resort to eating out instead. So we got me some fruits, pears, grapes, and bananas, in an attempt to get me eating healthier. We made crude jokes to eachother in the checkout line, and I'm pretty sure the cashier and the people waiting behind us thought we were crazy.

And even though we were just grocery shopping, I had a lot more fun than when we go out to the bars. Not sure why, it was just fun and light and good.

I got my paper on the effects of September 11, 2001 done, I just need to print it up and show up to class tomorrow morning. My 9am in cancelled, thank goodness, so I don't have to be anywhere 'til 10am. Then I'm going to try to find the Dean of the College of Education to sign me into Middle Level Methods so I can be done with registration for next semester. I have ONE more paper to write, a take home test to finish by Tuesday, and a lesson plan on Thursday. Things are finally starting to wind down, and having less and less projects to worry about is fantastic.

I think I am off to bed, just to ensure I make it to class tomorrow. Adieu.