i don't wanna grow up

Currently listening: "Coleman Stove" By Jalan Crossland From 'Moonshiner'

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Adam posted on his blog about all the shit that he has to do before he can graduate...and it got me thinking about all the shit I have to do before I can even move on to the next year!

• 3-5 page paper for history on a book read outside of class
  
• 1,000 word essay on the effects 9-11 has had on politics and public policy
• 5 page Review of Literature for Theory of Reading
• 3 lesson plans for Health
• 1 portfolio (with tons of stuff in it)
• and probably something else that I've overlooked...

And I had to pay $45 in parking fees today so I can register in the next couple of weeks. I can't believe there's only a month of regular classes left, plus finals week. ARG! I thought school would never end, but alas...it's getting closer, and I'm getting farther and farther behind. I'm starting to get Sundays off now because I'm working up at the service desk, so hopefully I'll be able to get some shit done, plus I don't work tomorrow night.

On the plus side, things with Aaron and I are going really well and I think about Wes less and less as time goes by. It's weird to think if Wes hadn't broken up with me on a Wednesday, I never would have met Aaron, 'cause Wednesdays are the nights they all go out for a drink or two. Oh well, enough of that, I have to get to work.

when're we ever going to find out???

So we talked to the boys about the freaky lady in the victorian house, and they decided that they didn't want to deal with it, either. So we thought it was going to be just the townhouse, but then Cody found something even cheaper that we might look at later tonight or tomorrow. After the new episode of Lost is over, of course. Not sure what's going on, but I'll let ya know. Forgot to take pictures. The lady at the victorian house freaked me out and followed us around like a puppy dog. I was scared she'd smack me or something.

The last month of school is going to be very overwhelming, I have decided. So I probably won't be on my computer as often as I have been lately. I have a lot of papers that are due at the end of the month, a class that JUST started yesterday, and it seems like we're going to have a lot of busy work in it, among finals. I'm going to have to lock myself in the library, I think. Jeez. This sucks.

ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Okay, plans may have changed. I looked at both the houses, and the lady who owns the Victorian-style house is very anal about EVERYTHING. White carpet means we'd have to take our shoes off all the time. The place ALWAYS has to be clean. She does not like college students, and has not had good experiences with them. No partying. No touching the wood-burning stove. She would prefer a family as opposed to 4 college kids living there. She's very touchy about everything, and foreign, so hard to understand. But we figured out she doesn't like college students and she would probably be checking in on us every few days, especially if there were more cars than usual parked outside.

Then we looked at the townhouse, and it's smaller, but a LOT less per month, and the lady there seemed really cool. She just let us wander around and take a look for ourselves, whereas the other lady gave us a very formal tour of the house, making us start at the front door, even though we entered through the back door. We wouldn't have enough furniture to fill the Victorian house, anyway, and the townhouse is a lot closer to campus. I really think we're going to go with the townhouse, which means I need to give my landlady my notice when I pay this month's rent. I'll pay the whole thing, obviously, but probably will move out halfway through the month. Not a big deal, though, with as much money as we'll be saving. I probably won't even have to quit Kmart if we're saving that much money.

But I just wanted to post that, hopefully it goes through because I've been having a hard time with Blogger this morning.

finally, the picture!

K, here's the long-awaited picture. Kinda hard to tell 'cause I have the big hoodie on, but I'll get something different. Dad took this picture while I was home for Easter break right before we went to church.



Also, Jill's boyfriend and his friend have found a couple of houses that we can perhaps live in over the summer, and even longer, because Cody, BJ's friend, won't have to move out at the end of the summer like Jill and BJ are going to do. It'll be cheaper than what Jill and I would pay per month here in this building, but not as close to the school. But if we're saving that much money, I wouldn't mind getting a parking pass and driving to school. Plus, if we get a house, we might get to PAINT! I love painting, and if we can...I think stripes are in order.

Jill and I are going to check it out today after my Health class gets over around noon. Today is the first day of class, 2/3rds of the way throught the semester. It's weird having to be somewhere on a Tuesday (or Thursday, for that matter) after not having to do anything the rest of the semester. Oh well. It's only for a month. Which means school is almost over for this semester. Which means I have some papers to write. Crud. Anyway, I gotta get ready for class. Woo hoo! I'm going to take pictures of the houses today when we go.

Also, Blogger is being dumb this morning, and it has taken me several times to try to post this. Oh, and this template, the springy one, is not going to last too long. I found a really pretty Devil's Tower template that I like a lot, but it requires a lot of tweaking and saving pictures, so I'm going to be working on that in my free computer time. It's pretty cool.

can't make up my mind

Yet again, another new template. It's actually the same template as my photo blog, but I really like it and think it's pretty and somewhat appropriate for the season, considering we just got a bunch of snow, but it's Easter. Speaking of Easter, my cat turned 15 years old today. Happy birthday, Smokey.

Hopefully this works on Exploder. I don't see why it shouldn't.

Easter Break

Well, I'm home for Easter break, and so far it's been pretty good. Got a lot of compliments on my haircut from people I haven't seen in a long time, including a good friend from high school/church who I haven't seen in a couple of years, so that was really cool. It's been nice to just sit home, relax, and watch movies with Mom. We saw "Robots" at the theatres on Saturday, then watched "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" when we got home, and THEN we watched "Lord of the Rings; Return of the King" the extended version tonight. Wow, long four hours. I think I dozed off and on through the first hour 'til there were some battle scenes.

Dad's sending me home with 5 pounds of ground beef, which is like, 10 meals for me, some more pork chops, potatos, leftover lasagna from Easter dinner tonight, along with some french bread. YUM! I won't have to buy a lot of groceries for a while, which is good because I'm so freakin' broke this pay period.

I had more to say, but I seem to have forgotten it. It was actually kinda interesting, too, I think, but then Mom started watching this new show on ABC called Grey's Anatomy, which is really good so far. Oh, and Wednesdays on ABC are going to be awesome. Lost is all new, and it looks great!

Oh, I think I'm going to switch to a different template (again), because as much as I love this one, it doesn't work on Internet Exploder, and I can't figure out for the life of me why. Since most people use Exploder and don't bother to download Mozilla Firefox (it takes THREE CLICKS), I guess I'll go back to something that's compatible with Exploder. *sigh* Template searching sucks.

random bits of news.

So my sister came to Spearfish on Wednesday, we went out to the bars that night with Aaron and his friends, got really drunk for the first time in a long time, for me, at least, and she's here again tonight. Last night I made us some Hamburger Helper...mmm mmm good hahaha. But tonight is a FEAST! I am preparing chicken parmesean! (In the toaster oven.)

I had to call my dad up before I started cooking, otherwise I'd screw something up, more than likely. So now it's cooking, I have half an hour left.

Before I went to work, Ashley told me she was going to do some shopping, head over to Wal*Mart and check it out, see some of the girls she used to work with back in Gillette, and whatnot. She also said she'd pick me up some toilet paper since I was out and forgot to get some myself...and she also bought me more milk, because mine expired a week ago, but I still used it to make my scrambled eggs this morning...hehehehe. If I get sick, we know why. She also bought me some plastic plates and forks/knives/spoons because she thought it was sad that I had to wash dishes before I ate/prepared anything, and that I shouldn't have to do that. Ha. What else...she did something else...Oh! Got some mozzerella, parmesean, and spaghetti sauce for dinner tonight.

I didn't think I was going to get to cook 'til about 10pm, but I got sent home early 'cause it was super slow due to the bad weather, we had WAY too many people up front than we needed to have (which is a first), and my sister was sitting in my apartment, bored out of her skull.

Also, my friend Adam sent me a bunch of Weezer covers by Japanese artists. It's awesome. Makes me laugh. "On an isrand in the sun, we'rr be praying and having fun!" Oh...cute. Thanks Adam!

ninety two

We took our Foundations of Theory & Reading midterm last week, and got to correct the T/F slash Multiple choice questions right after the quiz, but the essay questions had to be graded by her, obviously, so we got those back today. I got a 92% on it! YES! Finally, the first test that is for my major that I actually got a good grade on! I've been getting As in Astronomy and Philosophy, but I don't need great grades in those...just decent grades.

My sister is in town for the night. Needed to get away from the hometown, I think, and wants to do some bar-hopping here tonight. Fortunately I don't work 'til 1:30 tomorrow afternoon, so it'll be okay. She's over at Amy's right now. Don't figure she wants to come back over here and wait around for me to play trivia, watch Lost, and all that jazz. She hasn't seen Amy in a long time, anyway. It'll be good for 'em. Okay, so they say eachother a couple weekends ago...whatever.

I guess at work we're losing a lot of people, and gaining a lot of people. So that'll be nice because new blood is always welcome...especially when the old blood starts getting on my nerves.

Anywho, I was just really excited about my Reading midterm! She wouldn't let us take the tests home, though! She said they go in the shredder. I tried the approach of "This is the first good grade on a test I've gotten all semester, I just want to hang it up on my fridge" tactic, but she said, "Oh...TOUGH," and snatched it outta my hands. Hrmph. (She wasn't mean about it, that's just her nature, and that's just how things are...I knew I wasn't getting out of the classroom with that test in my hands.)

YAY!

Rob Thomas has a new solo album out!!!! I was watching VH1 before I headed off to class this morning, and there's this new video out. I can't tell if it's Rob Thomas or the guy from Three Doors Down 'cause of th angling of the knew the Three Doors Down guy has a solo album out, too.

I'm so freakin' excited. I've been in love with Rob Thomas since 7th grade. Now if that's not a crush, I don't know what is.

That's really all the news I have. AWESOME.

wes dream

Currently listening: "Run Through The Corn" By Jalan Crossland From 'Moonshiner'

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Last night I had a dream about Wes. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm still not over him. Although, if for some reason he called me up and said he wanted to start again, I'd say no...even though I miss him terribly, it's not worth it again. Anyway, onto my dream.

Wes had come to visit me, and I was staying at my parent's house instead of in my apartment. He had broken up with me a few days into his visit, but was still staying with us. He and my sister were in the kitchen at the table, eating breakfast, and I walked in to do some dishes. He was talking to me as though nothing had happened, and it was really pissing me off, and as I was scrubbing the pot in the sink, every word he said just made me more and more upset until I couldn't stand it anymore. I turned around and screamed something at him, but I don't remember what it was. He got up in a huff and went into the basement.

I tried to continue what I was doing, but couldn't concentrate, so I started making a grilled cheese sandwich, but couldn't do it, I was so upset. So I threw the chunk of Velveeta at the television in the kitchen and sat down at the table and cried. Then I went down to the basement to find Wes, thinking he'd be fuming and pacing around, but he was laying down on the floor with something covering his eyes to block out the light. I sat down next to him and told him about my explosion in the kitchen, and we talked for a little bit, and we walked back upstairs together, and thing seemed okay.

I woke up depressed this morning.