Saturday, February 23, 2008

Listening to DMB, Sheryl Crow and Mason Jennings with a Popsicle

Hey guys another week is down! I think there is only like three till spring break. Things are starting to look up and i think that this attitude also comes from the weather being a bit nicer. If I don't make any sense in this post it is because part of my brain is singing to Mason Jenning's Ballad Of Paul and Shelia Wellstone. I can't believe that that was more than five years ago. A girl in my grade mom was on the plane and she died as well. OMG NO JOKE NEXT SONG THAT CAME ON WAS THE FRIENDS THEME SONG.....life is starting to make sense again. "ILL BE THERE FOR YOU WHEN THE RAIN STARTS TO FALL ILL ME THERE FOR YOU LIKE I HAVE BEEN BEFORE!!!"

Moral of this week: The UPS man is out to kill me!

Monday- Well after I got back from Caribou I got ready for school and I was on my way out of my kitchen door when all of a sudden there was a long hard knock on the other front door. I contemplated whether or not to try and get it but then decided that i probably should, so i threw my shoes off and went running through the dinning room just fast enough that i wipped out and went smplat on the floor. I didnt even have time to brace myself for the fall cuz socks and wood floors don't go well. Well my knee slamed into a pointy edge of a wall and I had some choice words then realized whoever was outside could hear me and decided to suck it up and get up and get the door. I went to the door and opened it and oh there was just a package lying there and I looked for the UPS guy and he was already back to his truck. So still here tonight i have an ice pack on my knee and for most of the week my foot hurt so much that i was limping around school. I have a bruise on my knee that is the ugliest thing i have ever seen and it is about the circumfrence of a pickle jar. So then I went off to stats and that night i decided to suck up my pain and run outside. I got some crazy looks as it was 4 degrees.

Tuesday- Class and I can't remember if anything else happened. hmmm

Wed- Stats and then home and then i think i did something but i can't remember

Thursday- After class went over to Sarah's for our friends extravagenza. We didn't watch much this week cuz we started googling 90s shows like Gullah Gullah Island. It probably didnt help that she and I were reading "books". I went home late.

Friday- Babysat my little cousin at my aunt's house. It was so much fun. Then I went home got ready and met mike at comstock, but when I got there he wasn't done with his chem homework, so I went up to Andrew's room where Cedric and him were watching a movie before they went out, so i joined them for like a half hour. Then went back downstairs where mike still had one problem that Anna was helping him with and Brett came in, so Brett and I went back to his room to start getting ready for going out. Mike joined us a little after that, which i when we realized we had no idea where we were going and Mike was like I have the directions but they are on my facebook. Luckily, Paul was driving so we called Paul and he picked us up at like10:30 by then the boys and I were in a pretty good state. I had to lay across the backseat in Paul's car because Paul was driving and Brett and Olivia shared the front seat and then mike and two other girls were in the back so i just decided to lay across everyone. The concert was sweet. Out of Bounds was amazing! I can't wait to get the CD from mike because Ceasar is a kick ass rapper. The another band came on they were kinda like the red hot chili peppers. This is where I realized my life is pathetic because i was dancing with Brett and Mike. My gay friend and a close friend no random guys agg. Afterwards we went to Mesa pizza where I didnt want to go and I ran into my friend Arthur who was at the library and I could see him in the window. Then it was back to comstock, so i went upstairs went to say hi to Tallis, where I ended up staying for a long time talking, but then Cedric came home and that was really entertaining conversation that took place. Then I decided that their futon was way more comfy than Mike's so I stayed there and talked for far to late apparently tomorrow I will be tired for sure.

Saturday (Today)- Woke up with Cedric's alarm that he claimed wasnt his. Then to Tallis' alarm and finally got up at eleven. Went downstairs to get my stuff out of Mike's room and wake him up to say bye. Thats when he asked if we could go grocery shopping. So he and I went to Rainbow because he was making dinner for Anna. We had fun creating a meal and it was a good thing i helped him otherwise if was just going to be pasta. After that I came home for like and Hour then went to Jessie's where I helped her pack up Alexis and I drove them to the airport. Then we parked and I stood in line with Jessie just to make sure she could keep an eye on Alexis and not be too frazzled with all the baggage. Then back to jessie's to drop her car off. Then I went back to my place to pick things up for Mike that he needed for his dinner and took them to Comstock. Then I came back, made dinner, got ready and tried to make plans for tonight. Then I talked to Kysa and now I am here. After this I will be going over to Grand Marc where we are either going to a house party or a party at 1301 we will see. Damn now it is hitting me how tired I am.

Plans for tomorrow : Sleep and homework and run.

Things are picking up here and i dont feel so bad about stuff. I realized that even though some close friends are away doesnt mean that I can't make more close ones who stayed back. There are more people than you know who care about you.

Well guys give me good vibes so the good things keep coming!

Love and miss you all!

Monday, February 18, 2008

I Know its not a Saturday

Hey everyone, I know it is not a saturday, but I thought I would write and let everyone know how much I miss you all.

I am sitting here at caribou because this is where I turn in my stats homework and it was due today at 1pm. I had a wonderful weekend with Jessie. She and I had a ball on saturday! I forgot how much fun it is hanging out with people who don't care if you don't shower and who know you so well that you just feel free and uninhibited. Interesting high school drama unfolded with other people, but she and I just laugh at how ironic life is. Why is it that people care when you don't even talk to anyone anymore. It is almost like Saint Paul has become a small town.

Well you guys who are abroad I miss being able to pick up the phone and hear your voices.

Cal- I miss arguing with you and having you know the answers to my stupid questions
Zeke- I miss you being like my older brother and telling me that I am "Fucking Crazy"
Hannah- I miss complaining that Winston is gay and talking about random things and you pulling the funniest comments out of the blue
Kelley- I miss our stupid talks about what is going to happen in the future and how pathetic we are you still crushed my confidence, I laugh everytime I think of you choking
Johanna- I miss talking about the packers and other sports and laughing at how the guys are acting
Joe- I miss you being Mr. Mom and cleaning everything and you making everyone laugh
Katrina- I miss how you laugh about anything super easily and how fun the times that you hung out with us were

Well guys, I am feeling better about life, but I just can't wait to get out of college I want to be in California so bad.

See you on saturday!

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Another Week Down

Hey guys another week is down and I am so ready for spring weather and summer! Thats really depressing to say now, but whatever.

So starting with last saturday night- Holy crap what a good time with the boys! Mike and I enjoyed finishing off the peppermint stuff and other things and at one point we decided we want to make a chocolate cake. So we went to lunds and bought one, but word to the wise never go shopping with mike because he got so distracted by everything and ended up taking a swedish flag off some product and when we got back he duct taped it on himself. So we made the chocolate cake and suprisingly it turned out well, but I didn't have the patience to wait for the cake to cool before I put the forsting on and of course it was white frosting so little black chuncks got in it, but whatever. Then mike gets out a pizza cutter and cuts the cake with that. I was just happy that he actually cut it even though it was a 9 X 13 pan into nine peices. Then he takes his hand and pulls out a peice and tried to stuff the whole thing in his mouth at once so chocolate cake got spurted everywhere. Then he and I ran around my place attacking eachother with water and frosting. Paul and Olivia were watching us and I am sure they thought we were insane, but it was so much fun. Everyone left after we watched the rest of blades of glory, but mike stayed and helped me upstairs then he went and crashed on the couch while I got in my pjs and in bed, but at one point I wasn't feeling so well so I called his name from the top of the steps and he said the next morning he heard it but didn't want to get up, so I took a rolaid and went to bed.

Sunday- laundry day at my aunt's and I got to play with emily who i had a ball with.

Monday- I feel like it was a good afternoon! The morning I went to caribou to submit stats answers then went to class and it wasn't the greatest cuz I was still feeling exhausted from the rollercoaster of the weekend. That afternoon I came home and listened to sugarland and it made me feel better and I talked to kysa on the phone for a while and that lifted my spirits a bit and Sara made cookie dough!

Tuesday- Kinda the same as monday but i watched the Biggest Loser and hung out with Sara then I had to call people about half price apps for the next day and had some good converstations that made me laugh so I felt better and my spirits were high again.

Wed- SNOW! half price apps were so much fun. We had a great group it was Cal, Kysa, Myself, Amy, Kelli, Kyle, Tallis, and Sam. I love jsut sitting around a table with people and laughing and talking. It snowed quite a bit and I had an interesting time driving in it but it was still fun. When we all left I took Kysa and Sam home and said goodbye to Cal. Apparently, according to Cal that was the fourth time we had said goodbye. That night I came back and realized valetines day was the next day and I went to bed being like shit i don't want to deal with that. Oh and I am now obsessed with Taylor Swift's "Picture to Burn" it is a great pick me up song that is the story of my life!

Thursday- Coffee at starbucks before class and I chatted with Jason who works there. My group of girls from high school used to have a crush on him and he and I chatted and flirted and I laughed to myself because he must be so old cuz he worked there when we were sophomores in high school, but it was fun at the same time. Class was fine, but I woke up with a serious headache and felt like crap so the whole day i was exhausted. Then that afternoon Cedric and I were convinced that some barber shop singers went into a classroom to sing and then I saw some guy walking around with roses and I was like hmm maybe in a few years I will have a good valentines day. That night I came home and walked in on Sara and Mike about to kiss and I gave them shit it was so fun. They were making sugar cookies in heart shapes and homemade frosting so I had me some of that. Then I went upstairs and the Parent Trap was on Tv so I watched that and went to bed cuz I had to babysit and nine am the next morning.

Friday- Holy cow what a long day. I got up at EIGHT AM can you believe it I surely can't. I was in Edina by nine and babysat the girls until three thirty. It was so much fun we colored and played doctor and babies and grocery store. We watched part of high school musical and built a fort. For lunch we had tortilinis and talked. Then I came home and got noodles for dinner and went over to Jessie's. She had a rough week this week, so we watch superbad and her brother was over so he entertained us with some weird stories. Then around eleven Jessie and I feed Lexi a bottle and she was cranky and exhausted, so I told Jessie I would rock her back to sleep so that she could go crash on the bed. It was absolutly adorable. Lexi just conked out in my arms while I was watching letterman and Jessie seriously passed out in her bed. I did that for like an hour and a half then I put Lexi in her crib and turned the lights out and left. Got back home came up here and was exhausted by how many kids I hung out with that day. Then talked with my mom, they were still up cuz they were going out for valentines day that night.

Saturday (today)- Woke up made myself some homemade oatmeal and had my cup of tea. Watched some tv and now I am blogging while watching the weekly count down on GAC right now Carrie Underwood is singing "So Small". Today I think Jessie and I are going to go to lunch and Jimmy John's and visit our friend and I think she may come over here and nap while I go to my cousin's for dinner. Jessie is getting the day off because she just can't take it anymore. I couldn't imagine doing all of that on my own.

Sunday- DAYTONA 500 the best day of the YEAR I AM SO SO SO SO SO EXCITED! My guy has won two preraces this year so tomorrow should be a good day for him, but I have to babysit from 1:30 to like 5:30 so I am going to miss the ending! Maybe tonight I will figure out how to tape it oh that would be so great than I could rewatch it all week when I am bored.

Here are the realizations I have had this week. I want to get out of Minnesota asap. I hate being in this state because I drive around and think about things that happened here and there and I hate bringing up past memories and it is too damn cold here. I can't wait to get out of college and move out to California. I wish I was there already. I know where I want to live and what I would do in my free time and how I would meet people my age. People are so happy out there and nice. OH Carrie Underwood had the number two and number one spot this week. I love her "All American Girl". I also realized that I hate valentines day not just because I was alone, but because even when I have had a boyfriend it was shitty. I mean Juinor year Jimmy and I had a fight because Paul gave me flowers and he was the asshole who didn't get his girlfriend anything, but that weekend he took me out and gave me flowers. I wish I would have known back then that its not about the flowers it is just spending time with the person you care about. Then with David last year I know we went out before valentines day, so I can't even remember what happened on Valentines day but I cant assume that we got in a fight like we did almost every other freaking day. So, I guess I am on this cycle where everyother year I have a valentine which gives me hope that next year I will. Actually it doesn't matter me, It just hurt this past week because of everything last weekend. Oh well this next week is going to be busy with school work, so it should be a quick blog next week. Oh and I realized there are no nice guys in Minnesota or if there are they don't have balls to do anything about anything!!!!!!!!!

Have a splendid week!!!!

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Soooo much can change in a matter of two days

What a morning I have had and not in a good way either! I am so sick of everything going on in my life right now. I jsut want to take off and leave and start over somewhere else.

But before all of that here is a highlight of the week.

Monday- Can't remember (who actually remembers their mondays) all I know is that I went to class and came home and watched deal or no deal.

Tuesday- WHAT A FUN DAY! All day I felt like I was on top of the world, just jazzed about life. Classes weren't that bad. Tami and I went and got cookies and a muffin from the carlson eating place and the cute Kris was there again. He totally recognized me and he is so cute. Then after class I took Tallis to rainbow cuz he had to do some maketing thing. The dinner at comstock and after that I went and Caucused! How cool that was! I was even voted to be the secretary of the precinct and a delegate to go to the next level in march! I was so jazzed I love feeling like I matter! That night I got home just in time to see who was voted off the biggest loser! Perfect timing if I do say so myself.

Wed- I had to go to the travel clinic to get shots for China. FOUR OF THEM! My arms were sore days later. Then I grabbed a coffee for myself and sat and had a relaxing breakfast. Then off to class. Came home chatted on Skype then was off again for half price apps. Joe came and suprised us all. So that was fun, I love being surrounded by people who you end up having a great time with. Good company always makes me feel so good when I leave.

Thursday- Seemed like a crazy day but it wasn't. Class and then I went over to Sarah's for our thursday night friends extravaganza. During that time I got a phone call, but I didn't pick up and they left a message and called again. So from that I knew something was in the message and it ended up being a really shocking message and I was like do I seriously have to deal with this and I made the executive decision that I was not going to.

Friday- I met up with Tallis and Amy to work on stats. It went so fast then we stayed and talked and Justin joined us and it was just great company and we had some good laughs and Justin embarrassed me pretty badly. After that I came home saw Sara for like five min before I was out the door again to go over to Jessie's. We ordered pizza and went and picked it up. Holy crap did we have a good time. We laughed the whole way there and in the parking lot and on the way back my cheeks hurt and my abs were so sore and I could barely drive for laughing so damn hard. We got back to her place and laughed even more as we both failed to eat the pizza and I choked. Me made some drinks and started to watch knocked up but we ended up getting distracted and ended up just talking about stuff. It was also so cute cuz Alexis was so hungry we fed her so many bottles. When I left it I had a big grin on my face because can life really be any better than when you spend it with the person who probably understands the most about your life.

Saturday- Well today I got up and had my tea and watched the end of serendipity. Things like that never happen in life, when is hollywood or people going to realize that life is not that way. Relationships just bring hurt to people and there is no way that someone would be like oh I have a soulmate so not existant. Okay done with my jaded side. Then I went on and checked facebook. Shit what a message in my inbox. I thought I was done dealing with this shit it was so hurtful that I just started crying and asking God why I had to put up with this. I know it is a test to see how I will do, but I just want God's protection for once so that maybe one time in my life I don't have to walk into hurt. Luckily Kelley was on and she brought my spirits back up. I have no idea where I would be if I didn't have friends to back me up. I did some work for my mom and have been trying to not let things get to me too much, but it is pretty hard when life gets down on you without warning but thats what the Rascal Flatts song Stand is for and it made me feel better. Tonight Mike, Matt, Paul and Olivia are coming over to have some fun!

Tomorrow- Laundry day! Finally I haven't done Laundry since the middle of January!

On a bitter side note: I don't understand why people want to be in relationships when all the other person does the whole time you are in them is hurt you. I just don't think that I want to every be in a relationship again or even let someone be that close to you that they can hurt you. I have been hurt by everyone who was ever super close to me or to people who have meant alot to me. I also don't believe that there can be soulmates and love. The only love that exists is from God. People will always have hidden motives not matter who you are. Basically I just am done with guys being more than friends i really can't deal with it.

Have a good week and I hope I will

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Morning thing

So as I haven't said anything in like a week, I figure this is going to be my saturday morning thing to do while drinking my cup of tea.

This past week was crazy!

Monday....I don't think anything exciting happened, can't remember

Tuesday... once again can't remember

Wed...was a good day, on my way home I saw Kari outside of carlson and beep like eight hundred times and she called me after and we had a good laugh! Then she said she was having people over for dinner on thursday and that I should come. That night Ellen came over and Sara, Mike, Ellen and I had a ball hanging out and laughing our asses off. Sorry Kelley and Johanna that was probably really annoying to talk to. Oh and Sara made some cookie dough and for all of you abroad it was amazing!

Thursday- classes seemed to go by really fast and Sid offically hates Kari hahaha. All class he was giving her dirty looks then we broke into groups to discuss an article and when we got back to the big group Sid asked us what we talked about. Kari raised her hand right away, but Sid went all around the room calling on everyone else. Then he paused for a while, so Lauren raised her hand and mid raise Sid called on her. To make it even funnier, Kari was one person away from Lauren. We all about died when that happened. Oh and there are new people manning the counter in the Carlson food area and Lauren and I went to get a cookie before HR and a super cute boy was standing behind it, so we talked to him for a while while we ordered and then she and I made the decision that every thursday we are going to get food from there to see him and start more convos with him. Oh his name was Chris. Cedric and my management class had to me moved to another room because a light bulb went out. So in the new room I sat on the end and he sat next to this cute girl on the other side. Right when class ended he turned to her and started talk like we have IDSc together and hahaha stuff. So as to not ruin his thing going on I was like I'll see you later because I didn't want to interrupt him hitting on some girl. I walked out of the class laughing. Then dinner on thursday night was amazing! Eric made homemade Lasanga and we had garlic bread, salad, and mandrain oranges (don't really know where those fit in). It was a great group that was there, Sam, Kysa, Kari, Eric, Drew, Austin, Madeline, Amy, Alex, and myself. It was definatly successful and great company.

Friday- So I had to run to proex because on our sheet for what to bring to the study abroad meeting it said to bring a passport sized photo. I was like shit I don't have that, so I ran to proex and they did it. In the mean time I bought a frame for my painting that I got this summer and I was super excited to finally put it up on the wall. As I was putting the painting in it, I heard a crack but didn't think much of it, but when I turned it back over I freaking broke the glass! I was like of course this would happen to me, so I think tomorrow I am running back over there and getting another frame. Then It was off to the study abroad meeting. I picked up Kari from Coffman, dropped her off at her apartment and parked my car. We decided we would meet on the bridge between carlson on grand marc, but I got there before her and called and she was like "I CAN'T FIND MY PASSPORT!" I thought it was hilarious because how many times has she lost that thing. The meeting was super worthless for the first hour and Kari and I were even late. It was like things may have changed since you last flew blah blah blah. But then we broke up into small program based groups and met the teacher and heard about what the class is going to be like and what China is going to be like. She and I are so jazzed about going now, it kind of hit us that we were going. So after that I went home and right when I walked in the door Kysa called and she and I had a nice long chat, so that was fun and then Sara and I went to dinner. It was the first thing we have ever done together that was outside the apartment and not picking up our cars. So at dinner the waiter was all out of sorts cuz it was busy and he looked tired, so we joked around with him and I think it made him feel good. I love talking to waiters and kinda learning about them a little bit and I know of i were a waitress I would love when people would talk to me. We gave him a pretty decent tip I think. Sara put some change on top of the tip, so then I went in my wallet and took out all the change I had, which was like a dime, two nickels, and two pennies, so we laughed that I gave him pennies. Then she and I played scrabble and hung out the rest of the night.

Saturday- well today we are going to 27 dress (by we I mean Sara and I) at 1 and then I don't know what is going on tonight yet

Sunday- Tomorrow, I am picking up Mike and Brett and they are coming over for the superbowl. Sara is going to make hot wings because apparently her mom knows how and she is going to find out how which is awesome and I think we are going to do take and bake from Papa Murphy's as well, so that should be fun.

Other than that nothing exciting is going on. Have a good week!