so. all these kids at school are figuring out their classes for the fall. and when i went to my mailbox today, there were a lot more people than usual at their boxes and all of them ripping open mail and saying things like "202" "7!" "no way" "45" .... housing lottery.

weird to not be a part of it.

also not weird to be real sad about it.

i'm exhausted

xoxo

last wednesday ... what a rough life :)

looking down from the 28th floor of our hotel at buildings the size of buildings in downtown worcester ... inside the pyramid

mostly, i have my scanner hooked up and installed again, along with my imaging program which is kind of required for scanning, and i have the ftp thing back. yep. geek time. oh well. i can share so many fun pics now :)

2 thumbs up to las vegas ... but now it's back to real life ... work, meetings, catching up on school :P

although it was much too cold, today was a good day. helena called at 945 to say work wasn't going to busy, so i didn't have to come in if i didn't want to. i decided i would rather make use of my day, than make $15 at work. somehow, i was fairly peppy and ready to go this morning, i had some breakfast, watched the golden girls, and went to the solomon pond mall. i didn't even see one thing in express i wanted to try on, let alone use my $15 free gift certificate for. boo to that. came home and cleaned out our refridgerator. had lunch at some point, napped for an hour or so, got ready for class. it was a long one tonight. came home, and aaron immed me. went to the blarney with him and sean. we got a pitcher of guiness, then aaron and i got guiness and stoli vanilla. i like how it tastes, but that is a killer beverage. it was fun to get out for a bit, especially since i didn't go down to sam's last night, and it was a good time with those guys. was home before midnight. watched felicity, talked to kate, and my good, but fairly uneventful day is up. i'm so sleepy, i'm going to bed.

got a taste of you, threw up all night

new template :D

so i broke the fast ... i met up with meliss and carl and his roommate at brew city last night, then hit lietrims. a good time was had.
work today was kinda busy, but mediocre money-wise. not bad, just mediocre. :P
the weather in las vegas is in the 70s all this week. lets hope it holds up. a week from now, my plane will be landing there. i love life. :)

oh man, there's a lot of fun in this coming week, mixed in with some very productive things like going to astronomy observations.
loving life.
xoxo.

"what are you, in detox?" - katew.

7 full days of no caffeine, soda, alcohol, beef, pork, and poultry. but today i bought a bottle of caffeine free coke classic and it was great. still holding out on the caffeine & meat, at least. probably holding out on the alcohol for the weekend, anyway ... but we shall see.

watched the four feathers .. pretty good. watched life without dick the other day, it was all right.

my sister hooked me up with a new winter jacket. i was going to attempt to steal hers, but she found it at the place she used to work for $20, and they gave her her old discount ... $14 for a verrrry cute down jacket? you can't beat that. especially since it was paid for by mum. :) I bought a vacuum yesterday. if i maintain my current ambition, it will be seeing some use later today.

made $110 at work last night ... i love life.

bought another plant today :) it's gorgeous out .. i love driving with the window down.

i'm feeling awesome after a whole week without all that bad stuff, and after several nights of amazing, lengthy sleep. mmmmmm

xoxo

6 days down, all successful.
my mum has pointed out that it's a little silly to quit all these things at once. she may be right. i think if i can hold out for a few more days, say through sunday, i'll be happy. i think i'll just have to seriously regulate my soda/caffeine intake. :)

so far at home i've:
.spent a bit of time at cingular, adding text messaging, upgrading my plan, and adding "family talk" lines for my mom and sis. they got new phones similar to mine, it's all super ooooohhh aaaahhh
.did a bit of shopping for my cousin's birthday but it was a nice opportunity to check out some spring clothes. ... i may have to hit up another mall on saturday, i think i have a bit of christmas/birthday $ left that could be used towards some new threads.
.watched simon birch, which i didn't realize till it started that it's based on a prayer for owen meany, by john irving. so i already knew the whole story, but i watched anyways. it was good. it was a great book. i watched legally blonde with everyone tonight, instead of the prez. i'd seen it, but it was still more fun than george. now i'm about to go watch life with dick because it has sarah jessica parker and johnny knoxville and i always see it at the video store, even though i'm not that interested in it, and wil probably see it on usa or something in a couple of years, but why not watch it since i got to borrow it from the library for free.
.shoveled the driveway tonight with my sis
.slept for almost 10 hours last night. i had weird dreams, which i only remember weird bits of. there were definitely swimming pools involved. so much sleep, though!

still to do:
.laundry
.read for culture & the news
.figure out how to steal my sister's jacket, successfully

have to go back to the beav tomorrow for work at 345 :P i think i could use one more day of peace in the lb .. but what can you do? i need the $ ... especially with vegas coming up, kids. (can't wait!)

xoxo

status: day 4, still a success.

+
.random QT with webster house people
.watching lots of movies
.free yummy pizza dinner
.the sundance channel - it shows entire movies, good ones, with no commercials. yeay!
.mo got the sink unclogged, so we can finally wash some dishes.

-
.waking to a room so cold i could hardly bring myself to get out of bed. the thermostat in the living room said 55. which means it was probably 45 in my bedroom. at least the landlords live across the street and were here within 20 minutes, fixing it.
.surprisingly competitive boss put a damper on the charity volleyball game
.stomach ache from pizza
.happiness - i know some may disagree with me on this one, and it's not that i thought it was bad, it's just that i haven't gotten past the depressing / completely strange part of it.
.still haven't cleaned anything. the sink is now unclogged but there are now 800 million dishes to be washed, including beirut cups from last friday. gross.
.i don't get you



position myself to be immune to you

status: 3 days with no caffeine, no alcohol, no beef/pork/poultry ... the caffeine thing is tough, but I'm going strong. almost got peer pressured by jamie mo and vin to have a casual beer at open mic tonight, like i usually would, but stayed strong, held out. i know one beer doesn't hurt anything, but it's just the principle of completely cutting it out.

+ :
spring break
getting lots of sleep
the life of david gale (awesome)
igby goes down

- :
not making money again at work sunday
how should i word it? ... lack of communication
my room is still a mess




i know you well enough to know ...
you'll never love me

+ :
the food network (watched for several hours a day)
sxe month (one day down ... although i had some soda, just to finish off what was in the fridge ... but that was balanced out by purchasing a box of decaf tea bags)
possibly seeing breaking pangea tomorrow
crossing things off my "to do" list
fed. tax refund is on its way, hopefully before the vegas trip
still all about takingbacksunday

- :
snow
impending caffeine withdrawal
not sleeping because i was lazy all day

+ :
taking back sunday
spring break

- :
raspy voice
not making $ at work