Q: What's nicer than a husband who goes off to play poker for an evening with friends, letting his wife study and have some time to herself?

A: A husband who returns from poker the victor, marches straight up to his wife and plants a wad of cash in her hands.

Q: How should wifey spend such winnings?

A: Certainly _not_ on this or said husband will turn bright red with disbelief.

In other news...

I actually _did_ study today. You know what's sickening? I understand Org II more than I ever understood Org I. What the hell is that about?? This stuff actually _makes_ sense to me. That's sort of scary. I guess I should hold the celebration until after I write the test and see my grade.

Tomorrow (today) is more organic fun, and then it's onto microbiology. Shouldn't be a problem. If I don't know what the crap a mitochondria is at this point, after having to learn it in at least 3 different classes already - then I should just choose a new career path. Ok, so the exam won't be _that_ simple (and yes, I'm in the mood to use alot of _these_ because ..they're _fun_ ) but, the material he's covered thus far isn't awful. We'll see.

I think I was telling my mom that I actually don't dread taking exams (under normal circumstances - read: PCAT aside :P) especially the first ones of the semester. I'm always interested to see how each professor tests, and if they adhere to their notes or the text, or a mixture - and what kinds of questions they favour. With the first exam, there is still time to get back on track if you mess it up - but if you do well on it then, hey - that sense of confidence is great and can provide momentum for the rest of the semester (at least in that course).

I really need to be in bed. I'm a tad hyper though, just finished playing WoW. I realise there are many places in WoW I have not been, but tonight my friends and I discovered a place we did not know existed - and found a shit-ton of quests there, so many we had to abandon/scramble to turn in - some older ones. I love knowing that we'll have stuff to do over the next week or so (not sure I can play again until Thursday..boo) ..and after we're done with this area - then we can head to the next instance, I think Mauradon or Sunken Temple. Whee! So yes, it was sort of a rush to find that place...

Uhmmm - ok, off for real now.

Oh..

Jay - Jason decided to correct me when I called V for Vendetta a 'comic'. He told me, very sternly that it was actually a 'graphic novel' and seemed to be offended that I called it a comic. I told him I'd seen you use the term in reference to these things we're reading and that you're an expert on comics and how dare he. He countered with the fact that his friend at work enjoyed comics and called them the other. So, which is it? :)

...studying...

God, why am I such a procrastinator? It's horrible. Then I whine and bitch about how hard it is to get into pharmacy school. I mean, I have let's see - a 3.7? So it isn't like I'm a total slacker, but I know I could do better on some of these harder courses if I would just put the time and energy in. Instead, I play WoW all day. Nice. Even now, I'm waiting for a friend to return...I have about an hour, and yet - I'm typing in this instead of writing out notecards. Ugh. Every semester I swear to myself that I'll change...and yet...I guess it isn't as bad as every other semester, yet - as I still have sat and sun to go - generally I wait until the night before...then cram. That's so not the way to learn and retain. I also promised myself that once I actually got into a pharmacy school - I'd study the proper way, because that stuff will actually matter - whereas all this pre-professional crap is so general...

Anyway...let's see. Oh - finally unbanned from eBay - had to do a bit of begging and pleading, but ...phew. I mean, I don't use it a whole lot, but it's always nice to know it's there.

My mini-procedure is scheduled for March 13th. The first day of March break for me. Good thing I wasn't going to go anywhere. I also learned from my mother today, that whenever she's been put under, when she wakes up - she vomits incessantly. Last time, when she had a hysterectomy, she had to practically beg them to give her a shot of Gravol - which they did, in their own sweet time. So she suggested I mention that to them when I go in - and oh boy, will I. The thought of retching and spewing ...nothing, since I won't have eaten for sometime before - does not sound very appealing. Granted, I could be totally different from her, and I will definitely allow for such a possibility. Or hey, maybe it's just the crazy drugs those Canadians use *evil grin*.

Huh, I swear I felt like I had more to say. I'm beginning to think of other careers...Med Tech sounds semi-interesting to me. I also will apply to more than 2 schools next February. There is actually an online doctor of pharmacy program, out of Creighton U. I think I will also apply to Long Island U and Rutgers (min. gpa = 3.5) so I'd not wanna let that slip ...all the more reason my ass should be studying right now. Meh, Friedel-Crafts Acylation THIS ,,|,,

Also considering picking up some other courses that some schools want, such as physics I and II as well as Biology II. Not sure if I will or not. I think it's ridiculous that all of the pharmacy schools cannot decide on a core curriculm for pre-pharmacy students. Some schools won't consider you if you haven't taken say, in my case - physics, so by not taking it - I'm limiting my chances, but by taking it - I could be wasting my time, energy and money if I get into a school that doesn't care about it. A R G H. Ridiculous.

We went out for dinner, local mexican restaurant - it was delish. I had fried ice cream too! MMMM omfg.

I'm still working my way through V for Vendetta - enjoying it very much. Jason sent me a link to the trailer for it - he found it promising, but he hasn't read the comic yet. I shouldn't have watched the trailer, minor spoilers in it for me - if they stick to the comic anyway. Jay, you're right - I'm nervous, but at the same time - Natalie Portman, ...cmon. Gotta love her. Oh, and you have me all excited to read the Watchmen but Jason is all over that right now, I don't want to fight him for it - not when there are currently enough comics to go around for us. Once we're done though, I'm going to have to bug you for some more suggestions.

Alright, I think I will go now - maybe get a few things written out before friend gets home.

*sigh* I'm bored.

I actually enjoy Tuesdays and Thursdays except for this awkward little break between my two classes. I have micro lecture, a 45min break - then micro lab. Lecture is fine, I just sit there and try to type everything the man says...which is a lost cause really, but I try. Lab is amazing! I love it. My partner is a good friend of mine, and the teacher - I've had before, and she's soooo great. It's just really laid back. It's just this bloody break...

I have a couple of friends in the lecture, but not the kind ur like hey lets hang out for 45min. I did once, cuz one of em had to move his car - and we sat in his car and chatted...which was fine. I'm never usually hungry - and even if I were, things are crazy busy around here now - because it's lunch break, so no one has class. Then, there is this one person I try to avoid - so if I go directly over the science building, I risk running into said person. A r G h. So there.

Anyway - not much else going on. I need to start studying this weekend for o-chem quiz on Monday. Also, need to go through hastily typed micro notes and organize them. Oh and do o-chem homework for handin. Meh.
Sorry WoW, but 60 will have to wait. The rush to end-game raiding will just have to be put on pause. Ha - listen to me, yaaa right. I'll procrastinate until Sunday...oh well.

We have that dr appt tomorrow - though they called and rescheduled...only until the afternoon - otherwise I woulda lost it.

I went to the dentist on Monday - to get a crown...and I also had my gums lasered, a cosmetic thing...I've hated my smile...forever. When I was a teen - went to the ortho - he said sure, braces - for your bottom teeth....uhm, yeah w/e - you mean the teeth no one sees? So we did that...and yeah, great. I still hated my smile - ortho said sorry braces won't help...gee thanks. So it's taken until now for me to be able to do anything about it. My dentist has alot to do with it -because I really really really like him, and feel comfy asking him questions. Anyway, he didn't charge me for the gum laser thing - and the next step is like resin to fill in some little spaces - that apparently my own husband didn't realise I had *speechless* anyway. So this is the low cost fix - which I'm fine with. The real fix is porcelin veneers which go like 1k/tooth. Uhm, no.

So yeah...errr. I think we're going to see The Matador this weekend, it looks good. A great new independent theatre has opened near us - you can take your own food, buy alcoholic drinks - comfy freaking seats (imported from Aussie!!) and yeah...though Jason whines about the sound system being kinda crap. Oh well.

I'm waiting for my friend to call me, to discuss plans for this weekend - but if she doesn't call soon then...eh, well anyway - I wanted to have plans cemented before lab. I'm going out for lunch with another friend after lab - I'm pretty excited, been craving BW3's for awhile now - mmm omg. Boneless wings and wedges with cheese. Eeek - my mouth is watering just typing that.

OMG - so...my ebay account got suspended cuz of Jason! That ass. He wanted to sell his precious PSP so he could buy this ridiculously priced mp3 player...well hey, whatever. So he lists it on ebay - and when he isnt getting enuff bids, he freaking logs into my account and bids on it. Ok - so whatever. Did either of us know it was illegal?? Hm, possible he did but I dont know. Anyway - apparently we are 'shill bidding' and blahblahblah. Well that sucks, cuz I was going to cave and buy a mini-pullip and I hit the bid button all happy with my decision - and OMG YOU SUSPENDED!!1!oneone....

Meh. So Jason told me to wait for 7 days and see if I get unbanned. I'm still annoyed. Typing about it has made me more annoyed.

I get all paranoid typing in here sometimes - like someone will do a search for this name, which I've used for sooooo long....and see all this ramble...and there are ppl I don't want to see this.

Ooh look 15min til class, time to head over to the other building...yay!

...since I've hit that update link. Here I sit, faced with this intimidatingly large field in which to type my entry. I suppose, though I think not much has happened - that since it's been so bloody long, I should be able to even fill this thing...

Heh, I last updated when I fell at school. Niiiice. Yeah, that was great. My left big toe is still recovering - the toenail fell off eventually...yummy yumyum....and I have a scar on my hand, as well as my arm. Dumbass /sigh.

Fall semester was - ok I guess. I had taken Anthropology - Prehistory (A+), Mythology (A+), English Lit (A - should've been a plus, I just don't think the prof likes dishing those out for some reason) and then my favourite EVER: Organic Chemistry I Lecture (C+) and Organic Chem I, Lab (A-). Hmm Organic Chem Lec, I can't really even believe I got through it. Like, I just pulled stuff out of my ass and drew the molecules and would switch a functional group or two depending on the reagents etc...anyway for whatever insane miracle was at work, I got through it. Definitely not with the grade I desire, but fuckit - whatever. My GPA is still good like a 3.7 or so...so if the school I want into, doesn't want me - then it looks like I'm going to try to find a different career. Actually this is more than true...

See, for certain pharmacy schools you have to take whats called a PCAT. Now, not as grilling as the MCAT I am sure, but - still not fun. 5hr long test beginning at 8am on a Saturday. I sat for mine in October. It's given 4x/year. I had to apply to pharmacy school in Feb - so I thought, ok - I'll take it in October - if I screw it up - I'll retake in January - to fix whatever I needed. Yeah. So, wrote the test. There are 5 sections: Verbal Ability, Biology, Reading Comprehesion, Quantative Ability and Chemistry - they've also thrown in an essay section but they call it 'experimental' so whatever. So - the school I'm applying to wants these scores to be at least 50. Now, 50 is the percentile - so out of all the ppl who sat for that test that day, I had to be at least as good as half of them. Fair enough. I figured I was screwed on the math, since I hadn't yet taken calculus, and that despite my many chemistry courses - I could be hurting there also. The results arrived the day after Thanksgiving.

Verbal Ability - 83, Reading Comp - 85, Math - 50 (Frickin' A!!!) and Chemistry - 82. Oh wait did I leave out something? Yes, yes I did...and for good measure - Biology (deep breath) - 28. W T F!~!!!~@@!!@

Ok - I love biology. I have gotten A's in biology, I thought the Biology section was EASY!!! ...Wow. Just wow. So. What does this mean? Whats the big deal - I just have to retake it in Jan to get that score up - and hey, maybe this time I'll study. Uhm...no. I realised that my school would not accept scores from the Jan sitting for Fall 2006 admission. I had a near breakdown.

So now here's the deal - I have to wait to apply until next February, for Fall 2007 admission. I will have had my pre-reqs done by the end of this current semester...and then, and then - what if, I didn't even get in. I'm only applying to one school. There is another in this state, but it's too far for me to drive on a daily basis - and we don't want to sell our house. Also, it's ridiculous because - these two schools have different course requirements for transfer students - so not only would the other school not look at my application because I'm missing classes they want like physics (wtf) and calc II, but even if I did apply and got in - the strain that would put on my marriage...uhm, I don't think it's worth it.

As of right now, I have come to terms with the situation - but it has taken me a long time. What in the holy hell went wrong with that biology section? It's scantron crap - so it's possible I bubbled a whole row in wrong...but I tried to double check. I could've asked that testing company for a recount...for 30 dollars, but theyre like - our testing methods are rarely wrong - and what? so they come back and say hey - too bad, but it looks like you bubbled them in wrong? Grand - it doesn't matter, it's too late.

I am still in classes this semester. I did drop calculus - and I'll pick it up in the fall. I am just so tired of this. I swear to god, and I've said this many times before - but if I had known just exactly _how_ competitive it is...I would've either A - chosen a different career to pursue, or B - worked harder :P. So my naiveity and my stupidity (see realising couldn't sit for Jan PCAT too late)...has cost me a year in my wonderful pursuit of this degree.

Right now the plan is - finish this semester, get a job. The job I want, and that I think I can get it - is at a children's hospital in Indianapolis called Riley. My friend works in the pharmacy there. So we'll see. I'd love to see how a hospital pharmacy works...and Riley - man, I'd feel..proud to work there. I'll apply around May. I have to take courses next year, to keep the student loans at bay - so I plan to take that nasty calculus course in the Fall and then a beginners guitar course, or science fiction, in the Spring.

This semester I am taking, Cultural Anthropology (with one crazy-assed teacher), Microbiology Lab and Lecture, Org Chem II Lab and Lecture. I am concerned mainly about O-chem, but we'll see. The teacher is pretty cool. Lab will be alright. Micro is fun, I really like it. Which leads me to believe that if this whole pharmacy thing goes...awry any further, ok as in - I don't get accepted next year - then I'll pursue something in Biology (so stfu PCAT).

Let's see - ok. Other than academically - I'm good :) Hubby is wonderful. We had a good, quiet Christmas. He bought me these boots that I had been lusting after - and it was such a surprise...man. I love them. I've never had footwear that expensive - it's something a girl could get used to. He still loves his job. Oh - we did get this game for the ps2 - well I guess I 'got' it for him, but we kinda just got it for each other - but it's called Guitar Hero. OmFg...I love it. :)

Still not pregnant. Have tried a medication a few times - it isn't working out. We had begun adoption from S.Korea procedures, but after reading in their application packet that if we became pregnant we had to put everything with adoption on hold and money isn't refunded at that point - we decided to wait another year and give the fertility doctor more of a chance. So, we see him next Friday - and I have had a shift in my ..attitude towards treatment. I had always said that I didn't wanna go too far, like take injections etc - because I didn't want to end up a 20/20 special with pentuplets or some crazy shit. So I had been taking just tablets, and we weren't very aggressive. You know though - I'm kinda...I just, I really want a baby. I want to see what our baby would look like - whose nose, whose eyes...so yeah. We see him next Friday and are going to express our wish to 'bring it on' and see what happens. Wish us luck :) oh, and not anything above twins :P

I think I've rambled quite enough - if you've managed to get this far, then I applaud you, hehe.

Just a short entry...

School sucks.

I hurt my back last Thursday from one of their cheapo-desks and have been hobbling around all weekend.

Yesterday, I tripped on the sidewalk in front of about 100 people and fell. I was bleeding from 5 different spots, but I didn't want to miss Organic Chem lecture so I stayed at school. Go me. Yeah, so the fall didn't help my back - and I have org lab today - I am skipping my first class, English. It's just Yeats anyway...

I can't really complain much more than that, especially now that Abby is on my mind so much.

Still waiting to hear if we were accepted to the next round of adoption. Also waiting to see if the new meds the doctor put me on for this month worked.

Other than that, I'm a godmother - as of Sept 1. Lotus Faine - she is gorgeous, but yeah - I'm biased. Anyway. I'll post a pic sometime.

I'm going now.

from maih:




kbye

Can you believe it? Me, updating...wowee. Or whatever.

We're back from our Canada, then New York trips. Currently, my mother and her new hubby are visiting until next Tuesday (they arrived last night). She is still tired, so it taking a nap and he is watching tv - and probably going to take a nap so I thought I'd just come up here to see what's going on ..or whatever. Then I was struck with the urge to update my journal.

Canada was great. We stayed there two weeks, which is something we don't normally do. The first week we spent with my mother's side of the family - mainly staying with her and her hubby *SO hot - but we found an air conditioner for the window = SCORE* anyway - then she got married, which was beautiful. She looked so amazing, so did he. I really am very happy for them, they're so amazing together. The second week, we got to see my dad, whom I hadn't seen in 4yrs. We followed him around to whichever houses he was staying at - and got to see quite a few members of his family, which was also nice. We also got to see my grandmother twice, she came by after her chemo. All in all, a great trip - but as usual, it's nice to get home.

Home to contractor bullshit, once again. Let me mention that yes - the job is finally done, and I wrote the final cheque two days ago. He finished it about two days before we left for New York. About half an hour after he left, I took my first bath with the jets. Erm - but I sorta went nuts on the 'foaming bath' and ..before I even turned on the jets, the bubbles were up to my shoulders...and after the jets were on - well, I was laughing and laughing - they were like, over my head...I had to turn the jets off. So later, when Jason got home - I offered to run him a bath, and I put less bubble stuff in - or so I thought. Still too much, and he didn't find it as funny as I did - apparently. Anyway, live and learn - we'll see. Oh and yesterday while cleaning, I found the instruction thingies for the tub, and it says not to use bath oils or bubbles...wait, the wording was, "we recommend.." - so uhm, thanks for the recommendation but ..why the crap else did I get a jacuzzi tub?

Randomness - Snagged from janette's journal:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal...along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the "coolest" book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

"But we are talking about something very different when we say that rings can flip."

Nice! Can anyone guess what that is from? If your first guess was "Organic Chemistry as a Second Language" then you win a GOLD star. Actually a silver star cuz I like silver better than gold, even though traditionally silver stars rank lower than gold, in Kristie-land - they rank higher. So here - SILVA STAR FOR YOU!

Anyway - back to ...whatever.

I finished my online courses....recieved A+ in both - whee, cmon back up GPA. I think I'm at a 3.689 or something. Stupid C+ *mutters* I hated physiology. School starts in 6 days for me. I'm ok with it - looking forward to my last two semesters as pre-pharmacy. The spring semester is going to kill me though: Organic Chem II with lab - Calculus - Microbiology and Anthropology. Ok - so the anthropology isn't so bad, but come on...the others? Glutton for punishment much? I have to sign up for the PCAT soon, for the October sitting...wonder how I'll do - and if I'll have to retake it in January....

New York was AMAZING. I love that place. The only thing that wasn't at all enjoyable about that trip were the flights. According to Jason they were nice smooth flights. According to me, well - no. I hate flying. I don't want to be that person - that person who is afraid of flying, because she is semi-clausterphobic, afraid of heights and can be somewhat of a control freak. Seriously, I have NO idea how I could get through a flight longer than this one, which was about 1.5hrs. Our good friends are going to move to England in January - and they expect us to visit. I need therapy or something, well - that or some drugs *legal of course* - cuz a 6hr flight + Kristie = not a good plan. We'll see.

We saw Spamalot on Broadway - it was AWESOME. What was even better - was that one of the actors from Firely was in it - and he was AMAZING. He played three roles - Lancelot, the taunting French soldier and the head of the Knights of Ni. He was astounding. I <3 him. We also went to a bunch of comedy shows. The day we arrived, we went to a place called The Upright Citizen's Brigade. It was great - it's a small, run-down theater type setting, in the basement of a grocery store ...I mean you don't have to go through the store to get to it, but yeah. Not sure if many people know this guy - but in front of some movies, they had a thing with Inconsiderate Cell Phone Guy - well, his name is Rob Huebler, and he was there. The next day, we met an online friend of mine - he took us to Caroline's - where we saw Jim Gaffigan (whom we've seen before, in Chicago) - and that was funny, and the food was great. That same night we went to see a movie called the Artistrocrats...which was, interesting - but was something Jason really wanted to see.

We went shopping at a cool clothing store for me (www.torrid.com) and ate at a very expensive steak place (I've never had a 31 dollar steak before - and it will be a LONG time before I will be able to rationalize such an action again) - but it was delicious (it had better have been). Another night we went back to the Upright citizen brigade and that was good. We also saw March of the Penguins - great movie. Uhm, walked around NYC a ton. It was amazing. We met that friend again, he took us to a nice Italian restaurant named Carmine's - it was delish! Went back, yet again to Upright Citizen's...but it sucked, and that was Friday night - the night before we left. Got up the next morning, ate - then left.

I no longer feel like writing in here - so, adieu.

Man. Suuuuuure I thought I would have all this free time when I didn't have to actually drive to school anymore. Suuuuure online courses will be a frikkin' breeze and renovating a bathroom would be a cinch. Sure.

Anyway - whatever. I'm actually ...doing good. I think :P I feel happy....even finding myself dancing around the house like an idiot at times - so busy, but happy?

We leave for Canada tomorrow - and you know what that means? Yes, that's right - I'd better post soon!! Intimidating looking at the other posts :P They're soooo good and I just feel pathetic....argh, I'll do my best and hope I improve...so bear..bare...with me guys :P

So, want to see our bathroom? Nah...why would you? It isn't like I've been ranting about it for like...ever.

...well ok, you convinced me. Here are some pics - be warned, it's one page with a shit ton of pics - sooo, it may take awhile to load for some.

http://home.insightbb.com/~syldena25

WOO HOO!! :)

It isn't quite done yet - because, even though he had about an hour's worth of work left - the contractor decided it was vacation time and isn't going to be here until the 26th. Niiice. Whatever, I'm so over it. Never. Ever. Again. (I hope).

Erm, what else - not much really. I need to pack. I need to do a wash before I pack. Wow, and here I sit - doing this, planning on writing a post...and uhm responding to some emails...not good. I can't believe we're going for 2 weeks. It seems like a long time.

My mother in law now has a key to our house. Not sure...how that will be - but I'm sure it will be more than fine...

Frikkin' Joey's health certificate - so he can get into canada and back into the US - was 70 dollars. /sigh - that's just crazy.

Speaking of 70 dollars - want to see my new haircut (got it this morning) and colour?

Other than that - uhm. Yeah. Oh, I'm playing Final Fantasy XI again. Actually enjoying it quite a bit. People that played when we first bought it - are still playing!! It's crazy to see them there, but it's fun - though some of them are annoying. Ya get that with every online game though. Whatever, for the most part they're helpful and fun.

I've lost 25lbs+ now. Go me!

Ok - well I think that is enough wasting time...need to get on with my..day.

I'm still here, I haven't ripped out all of my hair or been jailed for torturing contractors :)

Let's continue from where I left off:

I went to bed, and actually slept very well - I slept in our guest bedroom in the basement and woke up a few times due to loud banging etc, but it was fine. Jason had moved our sun-blocker-boards (just regular boards u buy for like presentations at Target or whatever) that we usually keep in the window across from the TV to avoid the glare, and put them in the spare room...so it made it nice and cozy and dark. The plumbers and contractors were here on time and worked on the problem.

Jason woke me up at about 1:30pm - the plumbers had left and the contractor guy had gone out for lunch. Sooo yeah. The plumbers replaced our pressure release valve and the other..valve thing that cuts off all water supply to the water heater (they said it shouldn't have been running all night) then Jason overheard them telling the contractor that they had put the toilet on wrong...which caused the whole problem. Niiice. See, when I heard this I was like I knew it, but ..whatever. So the contractor tells Jason, and then adds, "At least it was only one night's sleep". Uhm, pardon? .... *rolls eyes* I was annoyed, cuz seriously, had it been any other night - then really it wouldn't have been the horrible situation it turned out to be. Anyway - I really was glad to wake up and find we had water etc...that actually made my day.

Sooo, I got up - and then we started cleaning the house up - the contractor returned and worked on some other stuff, I had hoped he would be gone by the time our guests arrived, but he wasn't. He wasn't here that long though - and he is almost done. I'm not sure when he's coming back, but that's ok. All he has left to do is to hook up the electricity for the motor for the bathtub and then make an access panel for the motor (otherwise the makers of the tub won't cover it if it breaks). Anyway - so yeah.

Once our guests got here, we went to dinner after the contractor left -we went to Don Pablos - and while we were being seated, like all this panic started at another table. Three little boys were screaming and running around frantically yelling 'mommy' and at the table, what appeared to be a husband was holding up his wife by the back of her neck - she appeared unconcious - he was yelling CALL 911!! CALL 911!! Someone took the kids outside, and put the woman on the floor and she eventually woke up and left with a neck brace on. I felt _so_ helpless...it was the kid's bday party - they all, the entire table - had this hat made of balloons attached to each of their heads (adults too) that sat at the table...it was cute - but yeah, then that happened - how awful :( At least she was ok - she walked out, aided - but still.

Uhm - yeah, then we got home - hung out...watched some tv, played air hockey - then played cards and dominoes - Jason and I were pretty tired by this time, so we went to bed...as did the others. The next day, we had planned to start painting/tiling - but that changed. We were going to see bewitched, then the others wanted to come - which was fine - so we went to do that...and came home - and just eh, didn't have the energy...so they left - and Jason and I watched tv, then went to bed.

Yesterday - we went and got groceries, then got more tile. We came home, I felt like absolute crap and fell asleep on the couch, which annoyed Jason because I was supposed to start painting - but he was cutting tile so like, whatever. I woke up - we ate dinner, then the painting began.

Once upon a time, I claimed that painting was FUN - that it wasn't HARD - and yeah. What the hell kind of crack was I smoking??? My God. I HATE PAINTING!!! I mean, I love the end result - the price, the effect it has on a room - the choices and styles - its the best way to decorate I think - but...I seriously, don't want to paint...ever again. Which is doubtful, but you know - it has to be said...so that when I whine and bitch the next time I do it - no one is like 'but you said you loved to paint'...yeaaaaahhh..

Today I woke up and pissed around the net for awhile, then went and painted most of the ceiling cuz it was beige *gag*...there are sections I cannot reach, so Jason will have to do that. The good news is that the ceiling appears to only need 1 coat. I have about 2 more coats to do on the walls...I'm going to try do another in about an hour. I should take a pic of the bathroom now. I have been taking pics on and off - not that I have a webpage anymore but maybe I'll post em somewhere.

I need to call a few friends that have been trying to get in touch with me over the weekend. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood to talk, ya know? I'm pretty...I don't know - a homebody...and with the bathroom project - I'm rather focused on that, so I don't want to make plans.

Not this coming Friday - but next, we are going to Canada for 2 weeks. Crazy - it seems like it got here so fast...not that I'm complaining at all. I hope this hot weather continues :) Not on the 16th though, cuz that has to be a nice cool sunny day for my Mom's wedding. Oh that reminds me I need to find something to wear this weekend....

I got my marks from first summer session: Speech: A- Math (Algebra/Trig II): A+ !! YAY! Soo, going into that semester I had a 3.6 - but after I have a 3.85 !! YAY!!! Hopefully I will get A's in both of the online courses I am taking - so it will boost it even further. Take that you nasty human physiology course - you thought you could deny me getting into pharmacy school, well SCREW YOU! So there. Ok, so there is no guarantee of getting in - but still...I feel better now that my GPA is creeping upwards again. Let's hope that Organic Chem in the fall isn't so bad - though many people say it is. I have a friend who did it last semester, summer - and she got a B - so I'm hoping I can pull that off ..though an A would be better - pharmacy school loves that organic chem... :P

Ok - well I'm going to take off...not sure what I'm going to do - maybe see if there is any work posted in my online courses.

..it's strange, because I just wrote yesterday and like, how could i have a bunch of stuff to write already. Well - I'll start with..this statement. I haven't slept for about 23 hours.

Alrighty. Let's see. When did the fun start? Ok - so yesterday, as I wrote - was tiring, I was feeling crappy and was having contractor woes of a sort. Fine. The plumbers were here for a few hours, the main contractor who is doing all of our dry walling etc - wasn't here. Ok - great. (Though he did say he'd have the bathroom done yesterday - what a joke) ..so the plumbers leave, say everything is working except the sink, which just needs a part - which the main contractor guy will bring and attach at 4pm. (It was about 2:45 when plumbers left).

Jason got home, that was fine - I went out and ran all my shopping errands. When I got home, he said he went downstairs into our laundry room (which is under our bathroom) and found out that our water heater was now leaking. Interesting, since it wasn't leaking at all ..the day before and the plumbers had been in that room to work on the pipes under the bathroom..hm.

Well - we had those movie tickets - and I HAD to be at the theatre because we sold a ticket on ebay...so I had to give it to the person. What were our choices? Well, he called the main contractor at about 5:00 - who did come over, around 6:00pm - and looked at it and said that it wasn't the plumbers fault - that the pressure release valve had mysteriously (coincidentally) was broken. He told us to call the place we got it from. So Jason called whirlpool - they said some bullshit about how they 'support the water heater unit, but because it was the pressure release valve which is on the exterior - that wasn't their problem, and we should call the store that installed it'. Nice. So we call Lowe's - well, by now its near 7pm - and we need to leave by 8. I needed to take a shower, but there was now no hot water, and we had actually turned off the main water supply to the house - in hopes of just getting the bloody thing to stop running so we could go to the movie and deal with it Friday. Ha.

So. Jason calls the main contractor back and explains that the other shower in the 2nd bathroom upstairs isn't working either - so it has to be something the plumbers did. So the contractor says, "Let me make a few calls" ..its about 7:50 at this point...I had a breakdown - I was crying, couldn't believe this was happening. I've been keeping alot inside lately - but more on that in a minute (since I'm in such a tell all mood, and since I can't go to bed for another hour and a half...hey why not journal?) Ok...so lets see where was I ..oh yeah, so I had to get ready and go because I had that persons ticket. So I did. The plan was Jason _would_ be there NO MATTER what. I made Jason call the contractor back before we left because I wanted an update as it had been over 40 minutes...and the contractor said he was still trying to call people, uhm ok. Nice chain of..communication for emergencies. Anyways - so in the mean time, Lowe's calls back - and someone tried to help over the phone - they were nice, but it wasn't adequate enough. So I left. Got to the theatre, gave the person her ticket and stood in line (right behind her and her friends - they were cool) Anyway. So I'm standing there, curious and scared - wondering if the pressure in the water heater is going to blow up my house...and worrying about my husband and my dog - and alternately being so fed up with this renovation shit, and anticpating how the plumber is going to try and say it wasn't him and yadda yadda yadda - so yeah.

Jason called - said that he was getting a neighbour to come and empty the bucket that we had holding all the water, every 30 min or so. Now, the movie was at 10pm and Jason left around 9 - and he got there, and we saw the movie and it didn't end until midnight and there was a special event afterwards (more on that later) and so yeah, the neighbour had been really tired already and so he had been calling to ask when we would be home - so after the movie, jason called him back and said we were on our way home. Now, I didn't want to leave Joey in the house when this mostly-stranger is going in and out of the house to empty the bucket...soo Jason brought him in the car, left windows open for him and a big bowl of water available.

So - here I sit. And why? Because someone needs to empty the bucket every 30min or we will have a flood. One should ponder how much water is in a water heater, and there shouldn't be that much - like that it's been draining since the plumbers left at what? 2:45pm?? So like 16hrs now? Thats fing insane. I don't have an answer. We turned off every freaking valve - even asked the Lowe's guy if he knew how to turn it off - and apparently its a great mystery that makers of these water heaters like to keep to themselves. Now, Jason offered to stay up - then he switched it to him setting an alarm for every 30-45min...which I thought was silly. I suggested we stay up together, cuddle and watch Lord of the Rings movies or Harry Potter. He initially seemed to go with this but then changed his mind and said he wanted to lay down for an hour and a half, at which point we would switch. Well, I watched 2 DVDs and figured - what the hell, let the man sleep. Sure thats what kind of wife I am...but in reality a part of it is - I am waking him up in time for the contractor to arrive because I don't want to hear excuses, I don't want to hear how it wasn't the plumbers fault - I don't want to hear any of that shit. They took last night and ruined it for me, regardless of the fact that we both got to see the movie - but like, there was so much stress and rushing and confusion and tears - all because the plumbers fucked up. Nice. Anyway - so yeah, I want no interaction with them...

Let's see. So today, we have Jasons mom, aunt and cousin's daughter (she's about 9) coming over around 5pm - to spend the night. Neat how I have no hot water, oh wait - how currently I have no water. I have to pee so bad...god. Anyway...and we have to clean the house, get the bedroom set up properly cuz it had turned into a junk room...and so yeah. Wow - what a day it's going to be.

Uhm - ok I mentioned up there I'd been holding stuff in a bit lately..well, this past Monday - I talked to my dad (cuz I forgot to call him fathers day) ...and we chatted, and it looks like I will still see him in July but we won't be renting a cottage or anything fun like that, instead they are staying at one of their old neighbour's houses...joy. I mean, I don't care overly much because bottom line is just that I want to spend time with my dad. Anyway - so we talked about that, then he says, "Grandma has cancer" and is silent - as my dad sometimes does. How the fuck to I respond to that?

I love her, she's my grandmother, but we were never close. Divorce does that to a kid - you live with one parent and are close with that family - and only see the other parent and their families on certain holidays. Well, so anyway....grandma is I don't know. She can be such a sweet woman, caring and sharing and supportive....but I know she can be horrible, like she was to my stepmother a number of years ago, or how I feel guilty for not staying in touch with her all these years, but she can pick up the phone too (as my mom keeps reminding me) In any case, so after a bit of silence, and a few 'oh my gods' from me...I begin to wonder why I'm not crying...and wonder if my dad expected me too. I don't know what to say, his father died a long time ago - and now his mom has cancer, and one of his sisters died of cancer while I was in highschool. I asked, "what kind, where, whats the deal?" Well she had a kidney removed a few years ago - and apparently a tumour has decided to call that space home. It's also decided to reach its malignant tentacles out and wrap around her spinal column. Nice. Oh and because of her age - the doctors won't perform surgery, so its chemo and radiation. Alright, so when does she start that? Oh - well she is WAITING to get an appointment at the cancer clinic to SCHEDULE those. My god.

When I got off of the phone, i was quiet...not sure..I don't know, I knew I was going to tell Jason and again wondered if he would think it's odd that I wasn't crying...so I told him anyway...and tried to talk out my feelings - and I couldn't. I don't know. Denial? I don't think so. Shock? Maybe a bit. I am just FED UP with the SHIT God has thrown my families. I AM TIRED OF IT!! DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME GOD!? IM TIRED OF IT!!! I know I'm lucky in many aspects, but I'm telling you - when it comes to sickness and death - I am fucking over it. From my infertility woes, to the depression (in two cases, that led to suicide) that ravages my moms side of the family not to mention the empyshema (I cant spell that and I dont want to look it up because I don't respect the disease enough to give it anymore effort than this sentence), to the cancer, diabetes and heart disease on my dads side...like, why am I even here? I should just like make a roulette wheel and spin it and be like which one will I get.

God I am sounding so sorry for myself. I didn't mean for this to..turn out like that. If I'm offending anyone - then I don't mean to. This is how it's coming out at this particular time.

....I need to empty the bucket....

I need to move on from the former subject I was discussing because I'm getting angrier and angrier as I type...I don't feel better. So. Let me talk about the movie.

Serenity. I don't know if any of you know what Firefly is (was) - but, like if you can spare money for 1 ticket on Sept 30th - please go see it. Please, just once? For me? At worst you will hate it - but the popcorn may be good, and you will be warm in the knowledge that you helped me support a cause I believe in (the resurrection of Firefly in TV format ideally, but other movies would be good). You may love it and want to borrow my DVDs....the DVDs are much more...character oriented, obviously because they have more time...but anyway.

So - the theatre was full, it was great to have that many fans in one room. We sang songs from the series, and even sang Happy Birthday to the creator, Joss Whedon because it was his 41st bday - and we signed this big poster thing for him, like a giant birthday card.

The best part, besides all of that was.... OMFG A MEMBER OF THE CAST WAS THERE!!!! Dude - one of the actors!! He is from Indiana, and I was hoping maybe he'd show up - but thought it unlikely...but MY GOD!! HE WAS THERE. When he walked in about 5min before the movie and came in the front - the theatre was on its feet going wild - it was AMAZING. He sat like 3 rows in front of us...I kept staring at his head. Anyway...just awesome. He has talked/worked with the creator of BUFFY and ANGEL! OMG!!! He has touched the actors that I lust after, or long to be....wow. Anyway, so after the movie - he stood at the front and he let the audience ask questions. It was great. I felt like I was part of something special...they gave some poster-type deals away (ppl from Universal were there) and a keychain.

Uhm - so, yeah. How's that for an emotional post. Again, if any of it offended you - I am occasionally known to offend. I won't apologize for my feelings - because thats what they are. Whether I will feel like that in another day, who knows....

Wow, less than an hour then it's my turn to sleep - or try to, with all of the noise going on. God, you watch - they wont be here on time, and then it'll be 'oh ill come back around 4 with this or that' which really means 5:30 - which by then we will have guests ...so no. I hope Jason is firm. I am so tired of this shit.

I want to take a bubble bath - I want the contractors and plumbers out of my life. I want to sleep in.

And - that's it....or whatever.

Please. Let. This. Headache. Go. Away. NOW

Argh. I woke up and instantly had this headache. I had one last night too. Tylenol isn't touching it. So whatever. Maybe it's cuz I haven't really eaten. I had something small yesterday around noon - half a diet sprite, then water. Hmm, maybe that's it. I need food. Eh, I don't feel hungry though.

Sooo - update on Serenity ticket thing - wow ok. So we are going to see it...in Indy. We got the Chicago tickets then Jason found this lady who was in Chicago and had tickets for Indy so was looking for someone to switch - wellll hello :) Sooo we did. There was some...hiccups - but they all smoothed out so it's cool. I'm pretty excited....actually wayyyy excited here. I'm just feeling so crappy right now - it's hard to even believe I'm going. Maybe I'm in denial. I joked with Jason this morning that I could dress up as one of the characters (the 'geisha' type character) ha ha. Anyway...

Uhm, wow I'm tired. School is over. I had two finals yesterday. The speech one was hard - he didn't let us have open books, which kinda sucked cuz he had said probably it would be ok...eh but yeah. So I didn't study and I ended up with a C - but an A- in the class, so I'm FINE with that. Then I took the math final, again - didn't study as much as I was going to, but uhm - I was the 2nd one done writing the exam, and I thought it seemed really....easy. We'll see - I should get my math marks tomorrow or monday. So, now onto the online courses. I was happy to pickup the music books used - hadnt expected to. That teacher still hasn't put up the course info - which technically doesn't start til Monday, but still. Come on...my other online class has been posted for like weeks. I hope I get As (I should) but I want to boost my GPA. I am so bummed that it fell from a 4.0 - I wonder what it will be after these summer courses..hopefully I'll find out tomorrow.

I suppose I could work on some of that health course...it's just so...boring. I do want to have it all done by the time we go to Canada though...but eh, mebbe not start today. We'll see. It depends how long it will take the contractors today...they were here, went out to get supplies. I have to talk to them about a problem that cropped up *joy* when we took down the old lighting...we'll see how many days that adds to the project.

I felt like I had more to say...but I don't. I wish I didn't feel so crap - then maybe I could be more excited about tonight...though I do have a shit ton of things to do today: run to 4 different stores to buy a bunch of different stuff - prime the bathroom.... and take a nap :P I can't do any of this until they leave...

In other news - I fit into a shirt I bought but have never been able to wear :) Pretty excited about that. It's a Save Ferris tshirt that I bought off of ebay a few years ago.

Uhm - yeah, ok I'm gone...not sure what I'm going to do. I'm fed up with PSP Hot Shots Golf - it seems to have like gotten SO hard instantaneously. Like i was awesome, then I go up a rank and I'm being smacked around like ...well like something that gets smacked around. It's annoying, mainly cuz my natural instinct is to throw it across the room - and considering it's price, Jason..would freaking...wow, he'd be SO mad. I control myself but...man. Sore loser n all that, whatever.

Ok - I'm shutting up now, so I can go spy on the work the contractor did before he ran to get parts.

We got tickets to see that movie, Serenity, that I've been moaning about for over a week now! We have to drive to Chicago - and we aren't staying overnight. Still, it is _so_ worth it!!

Just wanted to share!!!

...gee, guess why? Could it be...contractor? Why yes indeedy! You know, contractors who say they will be here the night before to do something quick but then don't show up and call saying nah, I'll come tomorrow morning. Then when asked what time - they tell you 8am...yet here you sit at 8:30 with no contractor and no phone call. N i c e.

Don't get me wrong - I'm pretty excited...things are going well despite the time scheduling issues with the contractor. I mean, it isn't a huge company...so yeah, I think he just has too many projects he wants finished by the end of the month, he needs to be more organized - but it doesn't mean his work sucks. I should buy him a palm as part of the payment :P
Which reminds me, I have to pay him today - urgh, better find the cheque book - brb. (Yes, like you even knew I was away but still :P) Wow, I'm back like 1 min later and he was in the garage about to knock - neato huh :P

Hm just wrote the cheque - wondering like, when you write the amount out - like do you have to write the word dollars? I hope not, there isn't enough room. Eh, should be fine. If not, he can call me :P and I'll 'cut him another cheque'. Cut him a cheque. I've always wanted to say that.

Man, I could go for an egg mcmuffin right about now.

Speaking of which...I've lost a total of 19.5 pounds. Go me! Rah rah rah! Of course, all I had to eat yesterday was some tictacs, a low carb ice cream treat (actually very good) and 10 crackers with pb or cheese on them. Though, I did eat out on Saturday and didn't really hold back - no fries or anything, but we went to Don Pablo's and yeah...chips/queso mmm.

Let's see - oh! FINALLY speech class is almost over. I gave my fifth and final speech *of my life I hope* yesterday. It sucked cuz, as usual - I procrastinated and left it until the day before to work on it. When I did more research I found out that my topic had a serious flaw - the things I was trying to persuade people to support, were already in effect in Indiana. Go me. So what do I do? Give the speech anyway. Sure, wow that's an ethical speaker for ya - but then I don't expect people to be discussing medical malpractice law and the creation of health courts at dinner parties. Ya never know though. Besides, what will they do? Email me with, "You made me look like an ass" -well too bad. Do your own research. Regardless, I'm just glad it's done. I think I was under time, but screw it. The teacher realised that the guy who has been keeping the time kinda fucked up for our last, oh - 4 speeches by not showing us time cards so we would know where we were at...so he can't be too harsh on the time penalty thing. God I'm glad it's over.

I got my last math test back, I got a 91 +7 extra credit! Wow :) Proud of myself. I have the final tomorrow, but because it's comprehensive I think I'll do fine. I mean, they give you two hours to write it - and have to ask a semesters worth of material - so it shouldn't be too bad overall, though I'm sure they'll sneak in some trickies. Bring it. I already know I'm passing the class so I'm not super worried about it.

So what else - uhm...oh Serenity, that movie I have been dying to get tickets to the advance screening of - is looking like a possibility. Maybe. You never know with ebay. There are 4 auctions for 2 tix in Chicago - they end in about 4hrs. Jason and I are on pretty much the same page about it - except I don't think shipping should count. We'll see what happens. I'm a little nervous cuz the current method of shipment is like priority - but I need them here tomorrow so the guy will have to overnight them - I just 'contacted the seller' to see what he would charge for that - but of course, no response yet - I hope he responds or this could be disastorous. I would absolutely SHIT if the tickets were still in the mail come thursday afternoon when we need to leave.

I still have to buy some outfit for my moms wedding. I will probably do that the week before we leave - just take that Saturday and drag Jason around all day until I find something. I do have a dress I bought like 7 years ago, but had to buy it a size too small, so never wore it - it fits now, but like, it's sleeveless and...yeah, nope. Us bigger girls usually don't like showing off arm flab...I mean, mine isn't bad or whatever but I'm still very aware of it - so wouldn't want it to be in my mothers wedding pics.

I suppose I should..do something productive, but I'm not sure what that is. I could (and MUST) study today...but it's so e a r l y. I'll study later...n stuff. What to do now...oh, I should snag the PSP and continue kicking Jasons ass at hot shots golf. That sounds like a good plan.

You Are Subversion!
You are systematic and secretive. Sometimes even very calculating. Most everyone trusts you but they have no idea what really goes on in your head. You are capable of being nice or mean, whatever a situation calls for. You look out for #1.

What Naughty My Little Pony are you?

Yeahhh - I am. I'm bored.

Let's see - that movie/show I'm obsessing over - we didn't win the contest for the tickets. Gee, what a surprise. How in the hell did I let my pessimistic guard down, and allow myself to even hope that we had a chance to win it?! Argh - I should've known. In any case, the single tickets for Indy are up past 90 dollars. Yeah - so that isn't going to happen. I think I've kinda convinced Jason that Chicago is a possibility, but we'll see. The tickets for Chicago are only at 36 for 2 tix. So maybe - it's a 3hr drive there and back, but maybe worth it - we'll see. Jason is content to wait until it's released - I think I just want to be part of it - you know? Like to know that everyone there is there because they love the series, the movie, the cast, the director, the writer - that no one is there just cuz they had nothing better to do that night... maybe I'm just weird.

Other than that - let's see. I should be either sleeping right now, or writing my final speech...but instead, I'm writing in here.

The contractor came yesterday and took out our sink and cabinet, unhooked the toilet. It's a little frustrating cuz he didn't really give a time yesterday - I mean, Jason worked from home so it wasn't the end of the world - but it was our understanding he would be there either in the morning or at noon - and he showed up at 3. He left at 4 - we thought he was going to take out the bathtub/shower nastycombo thing - but he was like - I'll just do that tomorrow. See, I think that he just wants to get out of here before his mother, who is our next-door neighbour, gets home...but annoying all the same. This isn't a cheap endeavour and I'd appreciate some concrete times and answers. Needless to say, for my first foray into contractor-land - I'm very frustrated.

We've bought the tile etc - so should be a fun weekend. Ha. Hahaha. Jason is working late tonight - meh. He is also going to some ..F-1 qualifying race thing with his brother tomorrow. I was invited but its like 20 bucks to get in, as if - please. I hate nascar/racing etc - I even scowl and people who have stickers on their trucks - and believe me, that's a l o t of people in Indiana.

I had a math test yesterday, I think I did well - I'll see on Monday. So Monday, I give my final speech - which I had wanted to complete on Tuesday (ha)...and then math review class, then tuesday off - then Speech Final (100 multiple choice again, no open book this time) - then math final (urgh...not written by my teacher, so not sure what to expect). Then I get to bust ass on those online courses so hopefully not much to do while I'm in Canada.

So the contractors are supposed to be here today. When asked what time, it was: either first thing in the morning or at noon. Uhm ok - so that is part of the reason I couldn't get back to sleep after jason left for work - cuz I was like, what if they show up and I don't hear the doorbell (which is asinine cuz its loud and joey barks his freaking head off) so I got up...

Oh, I had this strange dream last night. I dreamt that we had sextuplets!! I was still in school, like ..we had them and I was like wow thats alot of babies - ok I have class. And I was in some weird medical class and we had to give presentations - and they were assigned topics and the guy gave me 'Kabal' and so I couldn't find much research but I did write something, then like - it was almost my turn to present and the guy behind me was like 'that chick doesnt know what kabal means' so we had a break and i asked the teacher, and he confirmed that what I'd found was correct so I was ok. And what I found was this: uhm its like middle eastern country - and like two cities fight each other and like - after the fight, the cities have these buildings they call kabals. Mmmkay. So then the teacher was like I'll show you - and we were in one of those cities, and he gave me a camel. The camel's name was Evy. I was happy. He took it away though, and gave me a younger camel named Abby (which is weird cuz the dog I grew up with was named Abby) so that was fine. So the teacher disappeared and I was in this defeated city - and I was walking through, and I had a camera with me (digital) and it had pictures of my 6 babies, so I had my camera, my camel and was walking through this city and there were kids there begging for food...they wanted to eat my camel - but I wouldn't let them, and kept walking, looking for the Kabal - and they stole my camera!! I went ballistic - they gave it back...then I was back home. For whatever reason - we had named one of our kids Shakira (I do NOT!!! Have NEVER!! been a fan of hers)...and when I got home jason was like, I think we need to name one of our boys Tubia (toob-ee-aah). I'm like 'what the hell?' he's like, look ...he dug out this newspaper article he had that showed some kid tuba player prodigy...(so weird, didn't realise he was obsessed with tubas)...and he's like, then he'll be a good tuba player. I'm like...sweetie, he'll get teased, he'll be called "tubs" or "tubby" - and jason was like 'maybe thats a good thing'.
Then I woke up.

Wow! How's that for a rambling, incoherent mess?! If you managed to read through it - then you deserve a star... I wanted to write it out more to look back a year later and laugh. Soooo yeah :P Strange dreams.

Man, I have a lot of math to do too- he gives all these extra credit things out - and like I have an A, but just in case I screw up the final - I want to get all the extra credit I can, but theyre hard :P Eh, oh well - I can try.

Maybe I should go now.

So here is last friday's five thing:

1. What do you wear to bed? Nothing :P

2. What side of the bed do you sleep on? On the right side if you're in bed, on the left if you're standing at the end..

3. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? Yes. I realise I'm 29 and I still sleep with a stuffed animal and to some that may be strange but that's just life. The stuffed animal is a rabbit - who I named Buttercup. I've had him since Valentine's Day 1996 I believe - my mother sent him to me as a present while I was living in dorms at my first uni in Canada. I didn't sleep with him right away - I had been sleeping with a bear named Peter - but I had to retire him when my mother and her husband divorced, cuz he was bought for me when they got their wedding rings - so anyway. Yes, Buttercup. I even take him to hotels.

4. Blanket/bed hog? I'm anal about my blankets. In fact, Jason has his own set of sheet/blank and I have my own set. I don't share blankets. Drives me INSANE. I think it's ridiculous to get a shitty night sleep just cuz you're fighting for blankets all night. Also, I don't like sharing...smells under the same cover - I know that seems childish - but for some reason, I'm very sensitive to smells and like I always read after he's asleep..anyway - don't misunderstand, he isn't some nasty farter guy - just like, a normal person or whatever but yes, I'm anal. *pun intended*

5. Do you make your bed everyday? Hell. No. Can I say that again: HELL NO. What. Is. The Point?! Sure, its kinda nice to get into a made bed - but with the whole 2 sets of blankets or whatever, that involved shoving one set into the closet, just to drag it out when it's bed time - and for what?? It's just Jason and I - we don't get many visitors - and certainly NONE that we don't have at least 2hrs warning about - so we just make the bed when they come over.


So now you have entirely too much information about my sleeping habits.

I am so aggravated right now. I wish I could put a face to it - so I could like spit on that face or punch it. The thing is, it's our (Jason and my) own fault so..whatever. The following story/situation may seem ultra geek to some, or just plain mental - but hey, shush..this is my journal...and I'm hoping that some of the frustration goes away by typing it out.

Ok - so if you didn't know, I am a huge Buffy the Vampire / Angel fan. Also, naturally - a HUGE fan of the man behind those series - Joss Whedon. Well, he created another series, Firefly - that Fox royally screwed. See, they didn't play the episodes in order, often pre-empted it, and then cancelled it half-way through the season. Well, I'm certainly not the only fan - and let me tell you, the fans were (are) pissed. So they unite, hit the message boards, sign petitions, send letters, even took an ad out in a newspaper - they gather money, donate to charities - pretty amazing. So is the show back on the air, nope - BUT - a studio saw the fan support and gave the OK for a movie to be made. Awesome! (My secret hope, as is reflected by one of the guys on the DVD) is that the movie comes out - it inherits all the homeless sci-fi fans from Star Wars and Star Trek - and is a HUGE success - which results in, well - the show coming back and NOT on fox - or at least two more movies. I'd prefer both, but if I had to pick - I'd want the show back. I haven't reached the reason I'm frustrated yet.

So - the other day, the 10th actually - I was bored, and since we'd been watching the series again I thought I'd check out some message boards. To my horrified surprise - I learned that an advance screening, on June 23rd was arranged - that 15 cities got it - and that tickets went on sale - THE DAY BEFORE - and sold out everywhere that same day. What's more - Jason works _right across the street_ from the bloody theatre!!!! Had I checked the message boards a day or two before - we would've had tickets!!!

Well, we've entered a contest - where this guy is giving away 3 pairs of 2 tickets - cuz he saw scalpers buying blocks of 20 and was pissed - and there are 4 tickets, being sold seperately - up on ebay. So I talked to Jason - got him to agree to paying 50/ticket - and we would bid not until the last hour or so of the auction. So things were looking up.

Yeah - then, the ebay tickets - 2 are already at 61 and the other two are at 41 - but the BEST thing about this - is that it is the SAME guy buying all 4 - AND he bought 4 for Chicago, he sold one for Las Vegas - uhm, obviously not a fan - just wanting to make a profit. The one ticket for Las Vegas sold for 130. There is NO WAY IN HELL Jason will agree to pay that per ticket - and though my heart is like 'pay anything, i want to be a part of this' - I know it's silly to spend _that_ much - when it was again, our own fault for not keeping up on it - and we could've bought them for 8.50 each had we known.

So, I'm aggravated. Frustrated. Livid. Pissed. Ashamed for not staying on top of it. I know I need to get over it - in the grand scheme of things, at least I'll get to see when it's released in September.

If you haven't heard of Firefly - and you liked Buffy/Angel - or if you like original ideas, funny dialogue, ensemble casts that work wonderfully together, scripts that amaze you each time you see the episode - then look for it :P Or let me know, I can try and get you an episode or something :P

OK ENOUGH OF THAT.

blaaaahhhh. I just, I shouldn't check ebay when I get up - it sets the wrong tone for the day. This week has been kinda frustrating so far anyway. The contractors are supposed to call today - thinking the tub comes in tomorrow, so they'll pick it up and come demo the bathroom and start fresh...what that means is that we have to tile our floor this coming weekend. Nice, but uhm - we don't have the tile yet. We bought the other stuff: pedestal sink, mirror, fixtures - but not the tile. Sooo - we've been looking - and we found the type we want:

...but it's special order from Lowe's, which takes 2 weeks. Charming. So screw that. Jason is checking out all of the tile places in Indy to see if they have the same type we like - if not, I guess there is this type at home depot...that is similar - but...eh. So that's irritating. If I don't get that type of tile - I will always look at my floor as inferior.

So, summer session I ends next Wednesday...I can't wait. Though, the online courses look rather crappy - I just will be glad not to have to drive into school anymore. I have one speech left to give next Monday - a test this Thursday - then two finals next Wednesday.

I still have to drop that math course and pick up anthropology.

This lady that Jason works with, that is adopting from the agency we want to use - gets her baby today. She was told 6 days ago that the baby would be here today. I am sooo happy for them! Once you get the phone call that your baby will be there in 6 days - man, I would have trouble sleeping I'd be so excited, and nervous. Jason thinks that she will bring the baby into work - I hope he takes a pic :)

Anyway - I think that's about it for now - I need to clean the house, and work on that stupid speech.

I thought it was time to try and customise my journal a bit. Not sure about these colours but I'll use em for a few days at least to see how I like them.

Nothing much going on here. Today I had planned to do an online speech midterm and some math homework. Well, I did the midterm last night before bed - as for math - eh, probably do some either later or over the weekend.

Tonight we're going to see Mrs and Mr Smith - I'm pretty excited. I love Brad and Angelina - so watching them together should be awesome. We'll see though...other than that - no plans tomorrow, and on Sunday it's open house for niece's graduation...so we will prolly go to lunch first, then hit that ...then I come home and study math for my quiz on Monday.

My back hurts. Thought I'd share. I'm also hungry.

I need a dress for my mom's wedding in July. She doesn't care what colours really - her dress is a patterned soft blue type deal...wait, I can get a pic of it.

So - she's like - whatever you want to wear is fine, we don't have to match. Their wedding colours are actually green and burgandy - I thought. Anyway - its a small wedding, and sadly alot of our side of the family won't be there for various reasons - which is SO disappointing for her... :\
So - I was looking around at dresses, and I found this one:

I emailed her to see what she thought, and she liked the dress but wasn't sure how it would look on me because of the polka dots.
Yes, I'm overweight - but this dress comes in a plus size, and like - maybe polka dots aren't the best thing, but I was kinda looking for a retro-type dress.
I found a couple of sites: http://mybabyjo.com/womenswear01.htm and http://www.daddyos.com/retro/retroldy.html - anyway, who knows. I'll probably just end up wearing a skirt and top from a local store. That's fine though.

Sooo yeah, other than that. I had such strange dreams last night - dreams I was like back in highschool, but like at home - the same family configuration I had while there...and I dunno - just odd. I hate having dreams about those years, just my family - cuz it's not like that anymore. My stepfather is no longer my stepfather - now he's just a prick that made my mother's life awful for a number of years after their seperation. Eh. Anyway - so when I wake up after dreaming that kind of stuff, I'm all reflective and I either get angry at him all over again, or just sad that things changed. Well, that he changed. Now, don't get me wrong - my mother is better off without him - she's become stronger and independent but...eh, anyway.

Maybe I should go eat some crackers. Hm.

I reactivated my WoW account - made an undead priest...but still playing guildwars mainly. Not sure that I have time or inclination for two games...but Jason and I have a deal where I can have 2 subscriptions -and since guildwars has no monthly fee, I only have WoW right now..so that's kinda cool.

I'm going to try to post the results as a ljcut - and also WARNING - if you go to the site, there are...over-breasted cartoons and not really safe for work or...people who don't wanna see that type of thing...so I've warned you...

( Not your typical quizzes... )