Geez Louise...

My last post was a while ago, huh? Well, that album is indeed amazing and I've been listening to it pretty much daily. So, yeah. Full circle.

I'll post my road trip blog eventually. I just never feel like sitting and typing it up. I hardly pick up my laptop when I'm home anymore. Even as I type this entry I'm simply bored at work. Tuesday mornings aren't really that busy, as I'm sure you can imagine.

But, AH! I've forgotten. I never even blogged about this job before! So let's just sum this bitch up and move on:

1. After we returned from the road trip, I packed up and moved back to Jersey.
2. During/after all that, I was interviewing and crap to be Duddy's co at the Journeys Kidz store in the Woodbridge mall (my current blogging location).
3. Got the job, started in late August. But, alas, I will not be staying here. I'm simply in training to get my own store. The Kidz store in Monmouth.
4. This promotion might be happening at the end of this week. That's scary/exciting.

Now I have to put this on pause. The AT&T guy is here to fix the store's DSL.

I don't have any more time to do this today. ...That's a lie. I do. I just don't feel like getting into anything right now.

Tah for now.

September 29th.

I am ridiculously excited for this.



That is all.

Almost forgot!

I didn't update this thing with some big news that has happened recently:

A: I had a slight hair malfunction. And when I say "slight hair malfunction" I mean my spontaneous tendencies finally backfired and I completely fucked up my hair.

I was at the East Brunswick Square Mall by myself during a weekend in Jersey. I stopped by the salon by JCPenney on a whim (which was a bad idea to begin with, since everyone knows that salon is bad news) and asked "What's the loosest, biggest curl you can achieve with a perm?" You can see where this story is going. The woman I talked to was the manager and seemed very knowledgeable about perms and what sort of results I was looking for. So I booked a perm immediately, ran home to tell my mother (my cell was dead and I ended up having to call her from the house phone 'cause she wasn't there, anyway) and ran back to begin. The woman that ended up actually doing my hair was not the woman I originally spoke with- this one was Asian and I think there was a misunderstanding or mistranslation of my request- and she ended up giving me a spiral perm and cutting off only some of the length. I had asked her to cut it much shorter, but she kept saying "I like it long," which is never a good sign when your stylist doesn't listen to you. Long story short, I'm glad she DIDN'T cut it as much as I wanted because I ended up having to cut off all of the length I had worked so hard to grow out:


Anyway. I guess I'm a okay with it because I'd been craving a big change anyway and I washed a lot of the curl out as soon as I got home from the salon. It's just ballz (see previous post on correct usage of this term) that this whole deal was meant to make my life EASIER on the road trip because I wouldn't have to spend so much time on my hair. Which is exactly the opposite of the result. Now I'll have to spend a bunch of time either fixing my curls or straightening it. And I can't really throw it up anymore. And I don't know how I'll style it to be cute in Vegas.

Speaking of Vegas... Vegas dress/outfit:

FUN FACT: This was post-perm and pre-hair cut.

B: Remember that "ghetto" apartment I saw on the day I went to see 9 to 5? Well, after going to see it a second time, we've reached a deal. I'll be moving in on August 1st! Here's my original pros/cons list with some updates in italics:

Pros:
Spacious studio (My mind had remembered it bigger, but it's still a good size.)
Can paint all walls (He's going to paint it for me! Sweeeeet!)
Nice kitchen on two walls
SWEET 50+ year old retro fridge
Dishwasher
Friendly, nice landlord (He is seriously the NICEST guy and apparently, has a 22-year-old son that loves kids and animals. God, I hope he's cute.)
Good location on Matchaponix Rd. (Let me revise- GREAT location.)
Privately owned, so I wouldn't need a credit check
Good price ($900 including all utilities) (We actually got him down to $850!)
Landlord more than willing to put in shelves and basically anything I ask him to install
Two nice, big windows and one smaller window
Patio (though this could also be a con because it's concrete and ugly) (This is definitely a pro because I found a great outdoor carpet and I'll find some cute outdoor furniture- maybe a hammock- and some outdoor lighting to make it adorable!)
Small yard (also could be a con because there's really no fence and there's debris and we saw a garden snake slithering his way around...EEK!) (I'm still undecided about the pro-ness of this)
Lucy would be allowed
Long wall with closet bar all the way across (I have SO MANY HANGERS to buy.)

Cons:
Purple carpet (Kind of a dark plum color, which, I must admit, has kinda grown on me the more I think about it) (In reality, it's a tad lighter and brighter than I remembered, but still decent.)
Bathroom separate (I'd have to go out a door and through a little entryway that the upstairs girl uses to the washer/dryer area)
NO SINK in bathroom (This baffles me. The guy said he'd put one in for me, but still) (He's going to put in a cute pedestal sink once he gets back from a weekend away this week. :D)
Weird linoleum that covers about half of the apartment (Just the kitchen area would be fine, but it's a little too much) (After a second look, I've decided the design isn't that bad and, besides, I got a cheap chenille carpet from Urban Outfitters for where I'm putting my bedroom area.)
Outside looks like crap (This is okay. It'll make it that much more of a pleasant surprise when visitors actually go INSIDE and see how cute I've designed it. :D)

All in all, I'm really happy about this decision and I can't wait to move back to Jersey! I'm moving on August 1st, so we'll have the whole of August to clean up this apartment in order to get the security back. It's all working out and I'm so excited.

I'll be sure to do an interior design brainstorming post. :D

Ballz.

I don't know why I made the subject "Ballz." I just did. Lately, I've been using it as slang for "oh, that sucks" or "man, that's awful." It's been a word Laura, Maggie, Duddy, and I have been using, so I guess it's going to be around for a while since we all usually influence each other that way.

Anyway. I didn't go to my cousin Sharon's annual 4th of July BBQ (which, funny enough, was held on the 3rd of July this year). I didn't go last year. Actually, I don't know if I was even invited last year. Hm. Besides that, I've gone a few times and this year I finally decided to NOT deal with the awkwardness. Here's why:

At every family function, I am in the middle. If I had gone to this barbeque, I probably would have been the only person there under 30 and over, say, 16, depending on how old my cousin's ex-step-daughter is now. I never have anyone to talk to other than my mother, brother, brother's girlfriend, aunt, and cousins, and it's always the same questions when I do talk to them. Where am I going to school? What classes am I taking? How is it going? Are you working? Which, I'm sure, is how most people's family gatherings are like at this age. But after those questions have been answered (Sanford-Brown, yeah it's just a technical school; right now I'm taking Medical Coding & Billing and Psychology; it's going well, I have a 4.0; no, I'm not working, but I hope to get a job at Journeys after I move back to Jersey), there's nothing left to talk about. I end up just watching everyone else's conversations about their kids and grown-up lives and Sharon and her husband's joking around with their volleyball friends. It's just weird for me to be there. I'm not one of those people that can jump into everyone's conversations flawlessly. I fall flat on my face if I even attempt being that person. I accept that. So this year, I didn't even go.

Would have been nice to have some free food, though.

...Maybe next year I'll go. Even if it's only for the cheeseburgers.

Don't take the bulimia thing seriously, folks...

A girl that follows me on Twitter copied and pasted my music artist list from my myspace page onto her own...

Kellie Rooney 1:40 AM
I'm gonna leave a message on the girl's profile: "Wow, I didn't realize we have the EXACT SAME music tastes. Weird..."

Kellie Rooney 1:40 AM
LMAO

Maggie Farrell 1:41 AM
LMAO... weird

Kellie Rooney 1:41 AM
Yeah, right?

Kellie Rooney 1:41 AM
So weird.

Kellie Rooney 1:41 AM
I've noticed that she did take out some of the musicals, though. I guess she's not as into theatre as we are.

Kellie Rooney 1:41 AM
Sad, really.

Maggie Farrell 1:41 AM
What's wrong with kids these days?

Kellie Rooney 1:42 AM
So sad.

Kellie Rooney 1:42 AM
There's nothing we can do about it.

Kellie Rooney 1:42 AM
I feel helpless.

Maggie Farrell 1:42 AM
We should send her a video of our performance of Footloose. It will be inspiring.

Kellie Rooney 1:43 AM
Exactly. That's how Michael Phelps won all of those gold medals.

Maggie Farrell 1:43 AM
LMAO.

Kellie Rooney 1:43 AM
Aw, man. I'm gonna have to comment that on twitter. I'm not her myspace friend.

Kellie Rooney 1:48 AM
Okay, I twittered it. I tried to make it sound less bitchy. I included a ;p.

Maggie Farrell 1:49 AM
Now she's just gonna stalk you extra hard...

Kellie Rooney 1:49 AM
Haha.

Kellie Rooney 1:49 AM
Oops.

Kellie Rooney 1:49 AM
Next thing I know there'll be paparazzi outside my place.

Kellie Rooney 1:49 AM
And I'll be like "YES!"

Kellie Rooney 1:50 AM
Nothing inspires you to lose weight like paparazzi.

Maggie Farrell 1:50 AM
It's true. Look at Britney. Girl had to have been pukin' or somethin'...

Kellie Rooney 1:52 AM
I should try that.

Maggie Farrell 1:52 AM
Yeah, just brush your teeth a lot. That stomach acid is a bitch on teeth.

Kellie Rooney 1:53 AM
Thanks for the tip.

Kellie Rooney 1:53 AM
You're a good friend.

Iiiiiiiiiiinteresting.

So as it turns out, I am less likely to cheat on my diet on days that I have exercised. This is only based on two days of research and study, but is a surprising theory nonetheless. Far from my hypothesis, which was as such: I would feel better and less guilty about cheating because I worked out. Which is technically true because I had some Oreos before bed last night. But that's because it was after midnight and Thursday is the only day of the week I'm allowing myself to have Oreos. I am justified. So instead of cheating a lot because I somehow feel like I can because I've working out, it's just the opposite- I don't want to cheat because I don't want to cancel out the exercise. That's kind of obvious if you want to lose weight, but cheating on a diet has always been something that has come easily for me. So sue me, huh?

But what I'm getting at is my goal to work out 10 days in a row. I'm mostly planning on using my pilates DVDs and "The Firm" DVDs I got from Laura's sister at the yard sale*, but I could also take Lucy for a nice long walk at the park. I really just want to participate in some sort of moving around for 10 days in a row. I want to prove to myself that A. I can set a fitness goal and reach it, and B. Convince myself that I am capable of doing this weight loss thing. I mean, I know I can do it, I just need to learn how to be my own cheerleader and less of a "BOOOOOO! YOU SUCK!"-er.

*The Yard Sale. This is what I wanted to blog about earlier in the week, but I never felt like sitting down and typing it out. Right now I'm cooling down from my workout before I take a nice shower and then eat something diety, yet delicious. So this is an opportune blogging moment.

So on Friday I drove to Jersey with some shi- I mean, some valuable items that I didn't want to keep anymore. I got to my mother's house and we looked in her basement for some more stuff (we ended up finding more than I anticipated), loaded it in my car with a fold-up card table for the next morning, and I drove off to Laura's to pick her up for sign-hanging business. After sign-hanging, we went our separate ways and to bed. The next morning, I got up bright and early and drove to Laura's house, unloaded my car, and drove BACK to my mother's to pick up some stuff that wouldn't fit in with the first car load. So then it was back to Laura's. We set up, sold some stuff, played some Harry Potter Uno (<3), and had to pack up early because it started raining. Despite the rain, it had been a nice day temperature-wise and it was really fun sitting on a blanket on Laura's front lawn. I got a little color on the tops of my shoulders and made $54 that day. Good day.

Well, that was Saturday. Sunday was a different story. We set up a little later, which meant I got to sleep a little bit. We set up, but Maggie never showed 'cause she "didn't feel good" (ie- she wanted to sleep). So it was just Laura and me and we hung out and did a puzzle. Her mom made us tuna sandwiches for lunch (SO YUM) and we stopped the ice cream truck. It was such a nice day out and it took us HOURS to finish the puzzle (I left to go to my aunt's for coffee and then I came back and we didn't finish until 3am), but it was a really great day. I had a nice weekend. :)


To the right is around 6:30pm. We had been working on it for a very long time at this point and I had to leave. We ended up carrying it onto her back porch so we could finish it later.


When I came back, Laura was playing Apples to Apples (ridiculously fun) with her brother, sister, and sister's boyfriend, so I joined in. We played for a little while, maybe an hour or two. I didn't want to stop 'cause I had never played that game before and I loved it, but eventually everyone else left Laura and me to our puzzle. To the right is the finished masterpiece. It's missing 5 pieces, but after I took this we found one underneath it. So technically it's a 996 piece puzzle. Still awesome.

Inspiration By Tweet.

I find myself checking back with my Twitter when considering what to write about here, so I've decided to just copy and paste my Twitter posts and supplement them a little bit.


Usually reading in bed makes me sleepy, but it's NOT WORKING. I have to be up around 6am. This is bad. I'll finish my book at this rate. :(
11:55 PM Jun 6th from txt
Saturday night. I read a bunch of The Mysterious Benedict Society, which is the first book in a children's series that I stumbled upon at Barnes & Noble. I tried to go to bed around 9pm because I had to get up in the morning to get cute, basically. I wanted to have time to curl my hair and spend a little more time than usual on my make-up. I couldn't fall asleep until about 4, I think. Maybe even later.

It's only 9am and I'm already up, dressed, hair done, and in Jersey on my way with my mother to see an apartment. Still to come: NYC.
9:12 AM Jun 7th from txt
Sunday morning. I actually got up and moving around 6:30. I did my hair, which took longer than expected, but I saved time because I had my whole outfit set out the night before. I should do that more often. I drove to my mother's house, so that we could go look at an apartment that she found. I'll do a pros/cons:

Pros:
Spacious studio
Can paint all walls
Nice kitchen on two walls
SWEET 50+ year old retro fridge
Dishwasher
Friendly, nice landlord
Good location on Matchaponix Rd.
Privately owned, so I wouldn't need a credit check
Good price ($900 including all utilities)
Landlord more than willing to put in shelves and basically anything I ask him to install
Two nice, big windows and one smaller window
Patio (though this could also be a con because it's concrete and ugly)
Small yard (also could be a con because there's really no fence and there's debris and we saw a garden snake slithering his way around...EEK!)
Lucy would be allowed
Long wall with closet bar all the way across

Cons:
Purple carpet (Kind of a dark plum color, which, I must admit, has kinda grown on me the more I think about it)
Bathroom separate (I'd have to go out a door and through a little entryway that the upstairs girl uses to the washer/dryer area)
NO SINK in bathroom (This baffles me. The guy said he'd put one in for me, but still)
Weird linoleum that covers about half of the apartment (Just the kitchen area would be fine, but it's a little too much)
Outside looks like crap


The guy wants to rent for July, but we just can't pull that off financially and I'll be gone for 11 days in July anyway. We told him, ya know, best of luck for July. If he can rent it, great, if not, we'll be in touch. But he'd have to install a sink and move out some stray furniture and clean up a bit before I move in. Even though, I don't know how he can plan on renting it out for July with all the work that needs to be done. He has limited time if he wants someone to move in July 1st. But we'll see. The cons are fewer than the pros, but they're important things. Needless to say, the hunt continues.

On the way to the train station. Nice day out. This should be a good day. PS- I might be moving into a ghetto apartment.
11:15 AM Jun 7th from txt
At this point, Duddy was driving, her mother in the passenger's seat, and I was in the back. The weather on Sunday was beautiful. A little hot, but we were walking a lot in the city and you can't expect an out-of-shape person like me NOT to sweat in those circumstances.

At 9 to 5: The Musical. Lights just went down in the theatre. Here we go!
2:08 PM Jun 7th from txt
Intermission. Amazing. Simply amazing. Now back to the show.
3:40 PM Jun 7th from txt
The show WAS AMAZING. I can't even explain it. The actors, music, and choreography were fantastic. It was funny and sweet and definitely FEMALE POWER. Haha. We loved it. I'd love to go see it again with my mom, 'cause I think she would love it, too.


After the show, we walked a bunch in search of PinkBerry. About 40 blocks later, we're at Ollie's and hopefully close.
5:50 PM Jun 7th from txt
I HAVE SERIOUSLY NEVER WALKED SO MUCH IN MY LIFE. Ollie's was the best Chinese food I've ever had.


@duddykins I luff you.
5:51 PM Jun 7th from txt
I was sitting next to Duddy at Ollie's and she yelled at me for twittering so much. She kept getting text messages from Twitter. Haha.

http://twitpic.com/6v22b - From intermission. We're pretty.
6:11 PM Jun 7th from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/6v6pz - A mocha devil's food cupcake and a caramel cupcake. YUM.
7:00 PM Jun 7th from TwitPic
PinkBerry was decent. I got green tea frozen yogurt with Fruity Pebbles, almonds, and granola. I probably would have enjoyed the original (vanilla) yogurt better. Magnolia Bakery was amazing, yet expensive. I'd really love to go there again. Also- the Upper West Side is beautiful.

Train home. Feet hurt. So tired. I can't even imagine how many miles we walked today. I still have to drive home tonight! :O
8:16 PM Jun 7th from txt
This was around the time Duddy's mom got grumpy. I'm not going to get into that here. I'd rather remember the good parts of the day.

Final stage of the day. Driving home. About an hour left and I'll be in my bed. Yaaaaaay.
11:17 PM Jun 7th from txt
I almost, ALMOST, crashed at my mom's while I was there to pick up Lucy. She spent the day at Gramma's and had tons of fun running around the backyard, chasing kitties, and swimming in the pool. But anyway, I'm glad I decided to get the drive over with. I got to pass out in my own bed, in my own PJs, with my puppy.

I am getting so good at predicting exactly how long it'll take me to get home. Geez, I amaze myself. PS- I love bed.
12:16 AM Jun 8th from txt
This was 59 minutes after I twittered saying I had about an hour until I was home in bed. I'm damn good.

$11.29 worth of deliciousness.

Hello, webernetz.

I typed the above two words before leaving for about an hour. I went to Checkers and got three orders of large fries, a chocolate milkshake, and a root beer. That should last me a couple of hours. Mmmmmm. Compare your dinner to mine and despair.

So I wanted to write about my day yesterday. I updated my twitter last night with the following: "T'was a looong day. Saw some apartments, did some shopping, went to dinner, played a couple board games, and hung out. Fun. Finally in bed." That was at 3:25 am. I was pooped.

I woke up between 9 and 9:30 and took a shower. I had gotten up a little late and had intended to leave around 9:30, but I ended up leaving around 10, I think. Maybe 10:30. I got to Duddy's place at 11:30 and watched her finish her Chamber of Secrets video game. Duddy, Pete, and I left and got in his van, which promptly had a seizure and kept trying to lock the doors even though they were already locked. So we switched to Duddy's car and drove to the Hunter's Glen apartment complex. We got there minutes before our 12:30 appointment, which didn't really matter anyway because the woman I talked to on the phone was apparently at a call center or something and didn't tell anyone we were coming. But a very lovely women took my information and showed us a sample one-bedroom.

Hunter's Glen (Plainsboro, NJ)
Pros:
Very nice apartments
Good size
Decent closet size (2)
Washer/dryer in unit
Decent price ($799/month)
Pool and fitness center for one-time $125 fee
Beautiful park nearby
Balcony/patio

Cons:
Farther away than I originally wanted
$300 one-time, $35/month pet fee
No utilities included in rent
Same awful beige carpets as current apartment
Can only paint one wall of each room

Next we saw a couple others, but they weren't even worth mentioning. The other apartment we saw that I'm considering is the same complex that Duddy and Pete want and plan to move into- Glenwood.

Glenwood (Old Bridge, NJ):
Pros:
Good location (not too far, but far enough)
Heat, hot water, and gas included in rent
Decent price ($850/month for studio)
Studio has separate sleeping "alcove"
Hardwood floors
Large closet, small walk-in closet, and linen closet
Pete and Duddy would practically be my neighbors
Can paint all walls
Good size
Patio/balcony (great size)
Private entry

Cons:
Only saw the one-bedroom (there were no studios available to see yet)
No co-signers allowed (I'm going to try and talk to them about this)
Technically no pets allowed, either (though Duddy and Pete know someone who lives there and he says this isn't really a rule anyone follows)
No washer/dryer in unit
Kitchen on single wall in living room

At this point, I'm leaning toward Glenwood, but I really shouldn't be making that decision until I see the studio. Hopefully I can see one soon. I have plenty of time considering it's just become June and I'm not moving until September.

Anyway. After apartment hunting, we went to Marshall's. I bought a little glass rooster (I've named him Wallace) to go with the other two, a small teapot, and a bikini top that actually fits me. My receipt says I bought something else for $9.99, but I can't remember for the life of me what else I bought. It's been driving me crazy.

And after THAT, we went to the Rainforest Cafe at the Menlo Park Mall. Delicious and fun.

Then it was back to Duddy's house. Pete left, we picked Laura up after a while, Duddy's mother made us cake, and we played Harry Potter Clue (Laura won) and Scattergories (Laura won again). Then Duddy proceeded to fall asleep on the loveseat while Laura and I talked on the couch about road trip stuff.

Countdown to trip: 5 WEEKS. Exciting.

Alright, I suck.

I really meant to update this much more often than I have been. I don't know what to say about that. "Oops" should cover it.

On the right is a picture from a video chat with Laura. I don't like to post an entry here without a picture of some kind and this is all I got, folks. Laura and me being silly. This was probably in the late PM/early AM.

I recently went back through Maggie's old LJ and read a ton of her old entries from high school. It's funny how a word or phrase or simple mention of something can flood your head with a memory you didn't even knew you remembered. I can't think of any specific examples right this moment, but that's one reason I really wanted to start keeping a journal again. I really enjoyed going back and reading about silly day-to-day things we did back then. Things that might not have seemed important or special at the time, but now make me feel warm and fuzzy. And a little sad. Life was simple then and exponentially easier, despite the fact that we thought we had it pretty shitty. Haha.

I don't know if I have the determination or dedication to actually keep up with it, but I want to try to write SOMETHING every day. If not that, then at least one weekly entry to sum up my week. I want to have something to look back on and go "Wow. I thought THAT was shitty." Haha, but really. I love reminiscing more than probably anything. I keep every movie stub and take ridiculous amounts of pointless pictures for a reason. I could stare at them for quite some time. I study every inch of the glossy surface and just think about that day. It makes me smile. And smiling, to me, is basically the most important thing in the world. I'm gonna try to give myself this... future gift, of sorts.

So. Hi, future me. I know you're reading this.

PS- Up is an incredible movie and Pixar can take over the world, as far as I'm concerned. I'd probably be prettier in their world, anyway. Seriously, though, that movie is a cry-fest and a half. It's like in Temple of Doom when the guy rips his heart out of his chest with his bare hand. Those writers and animators knew what they were doing to us poor, unsuspecting moviegoers. It's totally unfair and a little mean and I loved every second of that movie. I <3 Doug. Also Kevin and her babies.

Um...Ew.

Kellie Rooney 12:12 AM

FUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

Maggie Farrell 12:12 AM

Fuck?

Kellie Rooney 12:12 AM

I think Lucy has her period. There's blood spots on my armchair and ottoman.

Maggie Farrell 12:13 AM

EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Stick a tampon in 'er!

Maggie Farrell 12:13 AM 

BTW, that's what I'll say when your daughter gets hers. Hopefully she won't get blood on the armchair and ottoman.

Kellie Rooney 12:17 AM

UGH. It won't come out.

Maggie Farrell 12:18 AM

I take it you'll be dyeing your furniture then?

Maggie Farrell 12:21 AM

It's hard to type when I can't keep my legs from moving... I think I'm losing it 

Kellie Rooney 12:21 AM

CRAZEH.

Kellie Rooney 12:21 AM

I'll cut your legs off for ya.

Maggie Farrell 12:22 AM

Cool. It's always good to have a friend.

Kellie Rooney 12:22 AM

IF you help me cut out Lucy's goodies.

Maggie Farrell 12:22 AM

No prob.

Something like :/ + :D + :p.

     

(You can see Philly in the distance towards the left in that first one.)

Great morning. Relaxed. This morning's park adventure was a blast. Sadly, Lucy gets to nap on the armchair while I have to tough it out and try to make it to at least 7 or 8pm before I pass out. That should fix my sleeping problems.

I have a Stouffer's veal parm meal in the microwave as I type this and I'll probably be knocking back another coffee or two soon. I can do it.

Aladdin soundtrack? Yeah, I'm all about it right now. There is no emoticon that can describe my feelings about this.

     

Wowzers.

It's been a long week. I mean, I have tons of time (much more than most, anyway) to just sit at my desk and bullshit on the internet. I just wish I was sleeping on some sort of normal/sane schedule. I've been going to class 6-11pm and then staying up until 7 or 8am (sometimes even 9). Like I said, I bullshit on the internet, lay in bed and listen to SModcast (trying desperately to sleep), sometimes work out a little bit. I guess I'll try to fix that now that I have a couple days off. I'm planning on jumping in the shower and finally taking Lucy to the park once the sun rises. Maybe I'll bring my camera and if there's no one there I can take some pictures or try to put together a youtube video.

Also- the five-hour school nights four days a week are becoming a little harsh. I finished up two classes- one Monday (EKG- A) and one Tuesday (Human Body: Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, & Lymph Systems- A). I still have a 4.0 GPA, thankyouverymuch. And Wednesday I started a new class (Human Body: Muscular, Skeletal, Nerve, & Integumentary Systems) and Thursday was yet another new one (Pharmacology & IV Therapy). These new classes are both classes I've had in the past, but either stopped going (because I was an idiot and didn't feel like waking up in the mornings) or accidentally went over my hours.

In a past blog I mentioned a new male teacher for the Human Body class I just finished. He's great. He's a sweetheart, knows his stuff, and tells tons of corny jokes and stories, but I feel like he gets off track that way. He sticks to highlighting in the book, reading it word for word. I definitely learn better when I take notes- it helps me organize my thoughts on the page- but his way has been fine so far. He seems to like me, too, so maybe when the time comes I can ask him for a recommendation letter for the National Honors Society. I really want that for my resume and it's convenient that I have him for my new Human Body class, too.

Pharmacology last night was...interesting. I'd practically finished the class last Sept/Oct, but I went over my hours. Basically, the objective for the class is to learn how to administer injections and you get three sheets- one for each type of injection. You have to administer each type ten times and document them on the forms, with your "patient" (classmates) signing it. I brought my forms from last fall to class with me last night. I had two forms completely finished and eight blanks left on my IM (intramuscular) sheet. Thankfully, once I showed them to my new instructor, she assured me that I won't have to re-do all of the injections. I can use my old forms. That was quite a relief because finding people to let you stick them is a difficult process, to say the least. It's basically a you-stick-me, I-stick-you policy. And I do NOT want to go through 22 injections that I've already had, thank YOU. I'll stick my 8 "patients" and sit around for the rest of the mod. Maybe I'll volunteer if I feel like I'm in a good mood. This is getting long, but I also want to mention how my teacher had almost NO lesson plans put together for the class yet and when I offered my old notes to her, she practically pounced on them. She used them word for word on the board and actually photocopied a few pages. I felt helpful, don't get me wrong, but completely and utterly bored. Though I can understand it's not her fault. She's seriously very nice and I'm pretty sure she got this class assignment at the last minute.

One more thing- I WILL STOP EATING SO MUCH. I WILL STOP EATING CRAP. NO MORE VENDING MACHINE FOOD AND CANDY AT SCHOOL. NO MORE MILKSHAKES AT 3AM. YOU NEED TO LOOK CUTE IN A BIKINI IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS JULY.

That is all.