Lack of Posting

Since school has started, I've been a bit busy. I only go twice a week but still that's five hours on Monday & Wednesday's. I'm taking Environmental Biology 119 and Math 118, and at the moment Math is harder. I know that comes with the territory when taking another math class but.. man, it's about Logic at the moment.. and no use numbers yet which is driving a bit nuts. Besides my life has hardly any real Logic in it.. Make some sense is all I ask.

Biology is interesting though.. I just find it kind of funny that the professor looks like an artist or an art professor who I'd expect to see walk into my parents Gallery when I was a kid.

Emotionally, I've been kind of blah.. but really, really am missing yoga. I've been searching around for some DVDs to possibly buy and get back into the groove of doing Yoga again.. I don't know if I'll actually be able to commit to it and I know it'll lack the better feeling of being in class.. but I'm desperate.. I'm a poor college kid, work with me here, folks!

I did find a class in Hatha yoga that's at our school. Tomorrow I'm going to work on contacting the school or stopping by to see how I can sign up for it.. and if financial aid pays.

Otherwise, the building I live in is doing a newsletter and I'm on the committee. It's kind of nice to be a little involved here. I should do that in school as well - I need to work on signing up for tutoring so I don't fail either one of my classes this semester.

Mom's Cooking

Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the lovely meal she made for me on Friday night. But I do have a photo of the mess she left behind:

When I added hot water to the pot after adding the soap.. it made a nice heart shape..




Saturday I did nothing but sleep. So today I got up to clean that mess of hers.. And Viola:



Today, unfortunately I'm feeling really crabby.. not sure why. But I do intend on remedying the crankiness by heading out for a long bike ride after I shower.. I just put on a much more comfortable seat because the one the bike came with does not do well on long rides.

Fun stuff huh? I have a week left before school and it's driving me nuts sometimes because I've been having some crazy dreams lately.. Probably the stress of it all.

Inspection

So I passed inspection, thankfully. The funny thing was, I had a bunch of deaf friends over and we were chatting and I was scanning some stuff.. all sorts of things. Of course it made the waiting game a bit long but it was worthwhile.

I can't believe how tired I feel right now when I went into a deep sleep from about 10am to 3 or 4pm? Lisa, her son Andy, his girlfriend Yesi and I were all going to go play Paintball but the weather was predicting thunderstorms by early afternoon, and it was ugly that morning. Then we decided to cancel and go tomorrow.

Then I went back to sleep and just loved being in a deep sleep. I don't sleep too deeply very often and just wanted to stay there. I haven't been feeling all that great either so I thought "oh for god's sake, leave me alone!" but then by 4pm, I was up and actually doing pretty well.. Now I'm tired again.

I'm betting it's the storm that's on the way otherwise.. I'm all good.

I know I sound incredibly boring but I just can't get over how fast time is going and school starts in two weeks! YIKES!

Guzzling coffee again

So, I got up an hour ago.. really reluctantly since I turn off my alarm when I set it for.. 8am [it's past 11 now as I'm writing this.] Yes, I'm very behind for the finishing touches. My girlfriend and I made a ton of progress and I vowed to finish it.
I'm also playing on the eMac my girlfriend and I traded.. She's taking the iMac, I'm taking the eMac. Wow! I have a bigger screen! It's pretty wild on this eMac.

So, I'll take some pix of my progress and.. hey, it's fun Shannon! Get the kids to do it, they'll learn to love it at some point :D

I'm actually nervous but since the current manager was finally Fired, there's a little less tension in the air.

Guzzling coffee

I'm not one to guzzle my coffee down - even on my busy days, I just can't drink it down like water.. but today I am because I NEED TO CLEAN! Later I'll post a messy picture.. and then a clean picture. Sound good?

Sure it does! Cheer me on here folks!

EDIT: PICS AND A QUICK VIDEO.. I've never posted a video before so this is my first time... hope it's okay and not too boring! The music you hear in the background is a bootleg of tori amos concerts from a gig she did in Chicago back in 2003 on August 10.. and I believe I was there? I can't remember at the moment.. too much coffee in my system to think straight. But I think I was.. because it was the Auditorium theatre which I despise.

Never mind, there was an error in uploading the video.. ah well. the pix are enough.

My Birthday Was A Good Day.

I've definitely had one of the best birthdays in a long while.. There wasn't anything planned. The weather was great though! Lisa and I headed to Baskin Robbins for my free birthday scoop. Then to Starbucks for a Mocha Frappicino and she got a Carmel Frap.

Then headed to my place so I can wash up, change my shirt.. take my meds so my feet don't bother me too much. Then went to mom's house. My mom can be a bit funny because as I was heading down Keeler, I called her and said "I'm almost there, hope you're dressed.." She suddenly said "But I was going to come see you..!" "Mom, I love you, but you never come when you say you will." Anyway.. I got some birthday money that I haven't spent on tattoos or anything. Took my beloved Rocque [pronounced like Rocky] for a walk. I have to get him a new leash and collar and a new name tag. Apparently he got loose sometime recently and instead of giving the dog to some other woman with his leash and collar, she took it off! Why, I have no idea.

Anyway, I didn't have any major expectations for my birthday.. especially with gifts. Of course, there are things I want like.. the Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series Collection and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection.

Those two things were on my birthday wish list.. Otherwise, the best gift was having a girlfriend and.. just having a relaxing day outdoors and around the city. I did try to see Jackie but there were some communication errors and nothing panned out.. She neglected to tell me that the hospital her father was in.. was in Maywood. If I knew that in the first place, I would never have gone out to Loyola University, assuming the hospital was there..

Anyway. It's all good. I'm keeping a cool mind. I didn't take any pictures though. My camera is just such a pain.. takes forever to get it going and it just feels exhausting to carry it around. I'm so shy with it around people..

Turning 28 on July 28 in 2008

Wow, wow, wow. I can't believe I'm 28. It doesn't really feel real..yet. And I have no plans whatsoever. I'm so used to just not having surprises.. or a party.. or friends clamoring around to wish me a happy birthday. I want a nice one of course, well wishes are always fun to hear and read..

My girlfriend is going to surprise me with some activity. I have no idea. I don't give great hints because it's kinda hard. I wish she would be creative.. and think outside the box but whatever she does for me, I'll love it just as much. I guess its just different when I'd love to do anything kind of fun but I'd also like to see her enjoy it and not run to the corner and play games on my sidekick.. I'm a tiny bit more of a social girl with her around but when she's hiding, then I feel bad she's not involved.. I don't know how to explain it. I'm a shy girl too and go through times where I'm too afraid to talk to people so I just .. go in the corner and hide.

Anyway, I went to a great social tonight at Mary's Attic on Clark. I'm really bad with neighborhood names so when I realized we were in Andersonville, I was a bit shocked. The main reason for going was for me to finally see Paul Glasor from Gallaudet. We were both freshmans way back when.. and it was just great to see him after years of not seeing him. We chatted a few times -- I told him that I finally passed math.. not at Gallaudet but still in college - I FINALLY made it to college level math! Plus, I helped him in English because his skills weren't great while he helped me in math. I still failed math..

Otherwise, I slept a ton today but still felt tired.. did my laundry.. forgot to call a friend on Ojo. But I'll get around to that.

Otherwise, I intend on visiting mom for a few birthday hugs and maybe some spending money. I need to check on her anyway.