Hello!
I forgot to remind Julia that it is August. FAIL. I'll have to remember to remind her tomorrow. I'm not sure that I will (remember) because my brain is ALL OVER THE PLACE right now. SO MANY THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
Tomorrow is my last day of chemistry (YAY!). So I'm studying for that final. Luckily, I only need a 64 to maintain my A in the class. BUT STILL. I have to study because I hate doing poorly on tests. MEANWHILE, I am also PACKING because I am moving back up to school tomorrow! My job starts on MONDAY, so I've got to get up there about 2 and a half weeks before classes start. ALSO this weekend, there is a REHEARSAL DINNER and WEDDING to attend. One of Eric's good friends is getting MARRIED this weekend, and he asked Eric to be in the wedding. And I'm his date, I suppose. But the place where they're getting married is MANY HOURS away, and Eric has to work this weekend. SO. So much running around! While I'm trying to move into my new place! YEAH.
Oh, speaking of which, I won't have Internet access for a few days after I move. Not quite sure HOW long it will take. There was talk of my dad doing it, but that would mean that he'd have to come back up. I bet Eric could do it though. THAT COULD WORK. Anyway, hopefully soon because I REALLY do not enjoy lack of Internet access. Makes me SAD. I mean, what if I need to check the weather? Step outside, you say? NAY! I shall not! Not when I could just access a website and have it TELL me!
Okay, I am going to end this now so that I can get back to studying. I've set a CUT OFF point for myself at midnight because I don't want to be too tired for my drive tomorrow.
BYE!
-Leah
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
A Very Lonely BEDA
Hello?
I've been trying to convince Julia to do BEDAugust with me. She said she would, but she may have forgotten that it is now August. I will remind her tomorrow, and hopefully she will join me! If not, this will be an extremely LONELY and SAD blogging adventure, and I'll probably stop within a week. Full disclosure.
ANYWAY. This must remain short because I have a test tomorrow that I'm currently cramming for. There will be a LONGER post tomorrow, probably. And it'll be all update-y and stuff. MAYBE.
Oh oh oh! Before I go! Today it has been six months since Eric and I OFFICIALLY became a couple. I tend to like to count our anniversary or whatever as the day of our first date, but still. I wasn't calling him my boyfriend until the 1st of February! But yeah. It was a bit SAD because we didn't get to spend the day together (being in different cities at the moment). BUT we will likely do SOMETHING to celebrate this weekend. Perhaps. I hope!
Okay. Happy August!
I've been trying to convince Julia to do BEDAugust with me. She said she would, but she may have forgotten that it is now August. I will remind her tomorrow, and hopefully she will join me! If not, this will be an extremely LONELY and SAD blogging adventure, and I'll probably stop within a week. Full disclosure.
ANYWAY. This must remain short because I have a test tomorrow that I'm currently cramming for. There will be a LONGER post tomorrow, probably. And it'll be all update-y and stuff. MAYBE.
Oh oh oh! Before I go! Today it has been six months since Eric and I OFFICIALLY became a couple. I tend to like to count our anniversary or whatever as the day of our first date, but still. I wasn't calling him my boyfriend until the 1st of February! But yeah. It was a bit SAD because we didn't get to spend the day together (being in different cities at the moment). BUT we will likely do SOMETHING to celebrate this weekend. Perhaps. I hope!
Okay. Happy August!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Hogwarts Houses
Hello!
I told Julia that I would finish my blog about Houses, so I am DOING THAT. Initially, I was going to put this on the bedabuds blog, but I didn't want to since the last few posts have been mine, and I want to give someone else a chance. SO. Here I am.
ANYWAY. Onwards.
Remember when I first got into Pottermore, and I was sorted into Gryffindor? And I was SHOCKED by this outcome, but I initially came to accept and even embrace it? WELL. I did something BAD. I got a second account on Pottermore because I was CURIOUS if I'd be sorted the same again.
I wasn't.
This time, I was sorted into Ravenclaw. I already HAD a mini identity crisis when I was sorted into Gryffindor, the one house I didn't think I would be in. BUT. I finally reconciled myself to the Hat's decision. AND NOW. WHAT?! RAVENCLAW?! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!
I have been thinking about this a lot since it occurred, and then Julia texted to let me know that she was sorted into SLYTHERIN, which came as a surprise because she's always considered herself to be very HUFFLEPUFF.
And, after thinking about it, I have concluded that people CAN fit into more than one House. ACTUALLY, I'd say it's MORE COMMON than people fitting into ONE HOUSE PERFECTLY. Honestly, I can see myself in ANY of the Houses. I've got the belief system of a Gryffindor, the curiosity and love of learning on a Ravenclaw, the love of giving gifts and strong bonds with loved ones of a Hufflepuff, and sometimes the ambition of a Slytherin. But, for now, I'll stick to discussing the two houses I was sorted into and why I think I COULD belong to each...and what would keep me from each as well.
AS FOR GRYFFINDOR. Honestly, I'm not brave enough to be a Gryffindor. At least, not most of the time. My brain tends to override my instincts so that I don't often do brave things. I was the BIGGEST CHICKEN EVER as a gymnast. STUFF LIKE THAT. But one thing that I AM very Gryffindor on is my work ethic, which tends to consist of saving everything to the last and then powering through it. Of course, I'd say MOST college students have this work ethic, but living with my Badger Sister has shown me that not ALL college students are like that. She does NOT like to save everything to the last and then power through. And then there's my belief system, which I'd say is pretty Gryffindor. I TEND to be a little black and white on what's right and wrong, although I'm actually WORKING ON THIS because it's not a good way to be all the time. Like, I like having strong moral guidelines for my OWN life, but it's important to realize that not everyone has the same ones and stuff. And, really, I'm not so bad about this anymore. Although, really, I don't understand ethics classes.They ask the most RIDICULOUS questions about what someone should do in a situation. It is SO OBVIOUS what the right thing is. I really don't understand the dilemma. So maybe I have NOT gotten better about that black and white thing.
But then there's the Ravenclaw side to things. While I have the strong belief system mentioned above, I'm VERY INTERESTED in learning about the beliefs of others. Actually, I'm VERY INTERESTED in learning about pretty much anything, which is very Ravenclaw. One thing that is NOT very Ravenclaw of me is that I sometimes get frustrated with intellectual yet hypothetical discussions. Questions like, "If you had an unlimited amount of money and unquestionable support of all world governments, what would you do to stop climate change?" First of all, that's a stupid question because it would be impossible to stop all climate change, but ALSO it's just a POINTLESS question. I get that it's useful for MAKING YOU THINK or whatever, but I can think without being asked to discuss stupid questions. AND I hate comparing grades, which I feel like people in Ravenclaw probably do a lot. I DO NOT APPROVE. Oh, and I'd never be able to get into the common room...I can't solve RIDDLES every time I forget to grab a book for class.
And then there's the things where my Ravenclaw and Gryffindor tendencies COMBINE, which I think are MOST INTERESTING. It's things like the kind of assignments I like to do for school. I'd much rather write a paper than regurgitate facts I've memorized, which I'd say is pretty Ravenclaw (likes to think). But then there's the type of assignments I like BEST, which are kind of creative (like writing a paper would be) but also serve a PRACTICAL purpose beyond helping me to remember whatever information. Id say wanting it to be PRACTICAL is quite Gryffindor. And I show this mix of characteristics in LOTS of ways...like maybe my first reaction to something is more Gryffindor (emotional), but then I back up and THINK about it as a Ravenclaw. YOU KNOW?
Anyway, I think that's all I have to say about HOUSES right now. I need to study for my remaining finals, finish up my laundry, and start packing my things. AHHHH!
-Leah
I told Julia that I would finish my blog about Houses, so I am DOING THAT. Initially, I was going to put this on the bedabuds blog, but I didn't want to since the last few posts have been mine, and I want to give someone else a chance. SO. Here I am.
ANYWAY. Onwards.
Remember when I first got into Pottermore, and I was sorted into Gryffindor? And I was SHOCKED by this outcome, but I initially came to accept and even embrace it? WELL. I did something BAD. I got a second account on Pottermore because I was CURIOUS if I'd be sorted the same again.
I wasn't.
This time, I was sorted into Ravenclaw. I already HAD a mini identity crisis when I was sorted into Gryffindor, the one house I didn't think I would be in. BUT. I finally reconciled myself to the Hat's decision. AND NOW. WHAT?! RAVENCLAW?! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!
I have been thinking about this a lot since it occurred, and then Julia texted to let me know that she was sorted into SLYTHERIN, which came as a surprise because she's always considered herself to be very HUFFLEPUFF.
And, after thinking about it, I have concluded that people CAN fit into more than one House. ACTUALLY, I'd say it's MORE COMMON than people fitting into ONE HOUSE PERFECTLY. Honestly, I can see myself in ANY of the Houses. I've got the belief system of a Gryffindor, the curiosity and love of learning on a Ravenclaw, the love of giving gifts and strong bonds with loved ones of a Hufflepuff, and sometimes the ambition of a Slytherin. But, for now, I'll stick to discussing the two houses I was sorted into and why I think I COULD belong to each...and what would keep me from each as well.
AS FOR GRYFFINDOR. Honestly, I'm not brave enough to be a Gryffindor. At least, not most of the time. My brain tends to override my instincts so that I don't often do brave things. I was the BIGGEST CHICKEN EVER as a gymnast. STUFF LIKE THAT. But one thing that I AM very Gryffindor on is my work ethic, which tends to consist of saving everything to the last and then powering through it. Of course, I'd say MOST college students have this work ethic, but living with my Badger Sister has shown me that not ALL college students are like that. She does NOT like to save everything to the last and then power through. And then there's my belief system, which I'd say is pretty Gryffindor. I TEND to be a little black and white on what's right and wrong, although I'm actually WORKING ON THIS because it's not a good way to be all the time. Like, I like having strong moral guidelines for my OWN life, but it's important to realize that not everyone has the same ones and stuff. And, really, I'm not so bad about this anymore. Although, really, I don't understand ethics classes.They ask the most RIDICULOUS questions about what someone should do in a situation. It is SO OBVIOUS what the right thing is. I really don't understand the dilemma. So maybe I have NOT gotten better about that black and white thing.
But then there's the Ravenclaw side to things. While I have the strong belief system mentioned above, I'm VERY INTERESTED in learning about the beliefs of others. Actually, I'm VERY INTERESTED in learning about pretty much anything, which is very Ravenclaw. One thing that is NOT very Ravenclaw of me is that I sometimes get frustrated with intellectual yet hypothetical discussions. Questions like, "If you had an unlimited amount of money and unquestionable support of all world governments, what would you do to stop climate change?" First of all, that's a stupid question because it would be impossible to stop all climate change, but ALSO it's just a POINTLESS question. I get that it's useful for MAKING YOU THINK or whatever, but I can think without being asked to discuss stupid questions. AND I hate comparing grades, which I feel like people in Ravenclaw probably do a lot. I DO NOT APPROVE. Oh, and I'd never be able to get into the common room...I can't solve RIDDLES every time I forget to grab a book for class.
And then there's the things where my Ravenclaw and Gryffindor tendencies COMBINE, which I think are MOST INTERESTING. It's things like the kind of assignments I like to do for school. I'd much rather write a paper than regurgitate facts I've memorized, which I'd say is pretty Ravenclaw (likes to think). But then there's the type of assignments I like BEST, which are kind of creative (like writing a paper would be) but also serve a PRACTICAL purpose beyond helping me to remember whatever information. Id say wanting it to be PRACTICAL is quite Gryffindor. And I show this mix of characteristics in LOTS of ways...like maybe my first reaction to something is more Gryffindor (emotional), but then I back up and THINK about it as a Ravenclaw. YOU KNOW?
Anyway, I think that's all I have to say about HOUSES right now. I need to study for my remaining finals, finish up my laundry, and start packing my things. AHHHH!
-Leah
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
What happened to BEDA?
HELLO.
Clearly, BEDA was a HUGE fail. I mean, I'm not even doing the wrap up blog until what is technically May 2. SO. Yep. FAIL.
BUT BUT BUT.
Birthday week is going QUITE WELL, I'd say. Yesterday (Monday) I brought him lunch at work. Then that night we had the Annual CSC Fish Fry to attend. The fish fry was fun (even though I'm not a HUGE fish fan). I've started to enjoy hanging out at the CSC much more this year. Perhaps I should have started attending social functions at the CSC BEFORE this year (I started this year because I wanted Alicia to come to church with me, and she's very social...therefore, social functions instead of just Bible studies and church like I used to do for the most part). BUT YEAH. I think next year, I'll end up hanging out there a lot in between classes and stuff since I'll be living off campus and all. It will be a good place to do homework and maybe to take the occasional nap on the couch.
Anyway, I got WAY off topic. I didn't give Eric a gift on Monday because we went straight from the fish fry to his apartment, which meant I had not chance to pick it up. And ACTUALLY I think I've thought of something BETTER to do with the gift that I got for him (something that he will enjoy more than if I just gave it to him). SO. I'll see how that works out, maybe.
Oh, and Julia. Do you remember how I texted you asking you to keep me from buying the thing I wanted to buy? I haven't bought it YET, but I'm totally going to. And it's going to be AWESOME. HOPEFULLY.
But yes. Today, the last of the gifts arrived, which was an EXCITING EVENT. I still need to wrap it. Perhaps I will do so once I've finished this. AND I need to finish up the Sekrit Project (that is not so secret anymore) and get something that I've thought of to ACCOMPANY it.YEP. PLANS. I have them.
Annnnnnd. Tonight was REALLY GOOD (in my completely objective, third party opinion...BONUS POINTS if you get that reference). We went out to dinner at the same restaurant we ate at for our VERY FIRST DATE. There was some reminiscing, especially since today was our three month anniversary for OFFICIALLY calling each other boyfriend/girlfriend. AND for his gift today, I gave him a PLANT (it's like FLOWERS, except it hopefully won't die) and these games where you ask people questions (Loaded Questions and Would You Rather?). I got these originally because they were QUITE CHEAP and I thought it was sort of funny because of how much trouble we had with asking questions and keeping conversation going when we first started dating. He ended up bringing one deck of the cards with him to dinner, and we had some fun asking and answering the questions. And we just had some GOOD CONVERSATIONS in general. YEAH.
Anyway, I don't have anything TOO EXCITING planned for tomorrow because a lot of our evening will be taken up by church. I am planning on bringing him lunch at work again. UNFORTUNATELY, I failed in my goal for him not eating pizza this week (he ordered one today because I couldn't take him lunch due to exam). SO. That's sad. But I'm still going for MINIMAL PIZZA CONSUMPTION.
But yes. I'm having a lot of fun with birthday week. I'm sorry about failing miserably at BEDA. Maybe I'll blog some in May to make up for it (or I'll AT LEAST blog on bedabuds). Oh, AND ALSO. Eric wrote a blog post about our hiking adventures, so you can go read that if you want to. Mostly it's pictures.
OKAY. Response to your comments now. Sorry it took me so long!
I STILL haven't found a place to live for next year, but it's in the works! The thing is, I'd REALLY like to have the place for the summer so that I'll have somewhere to stay when I come visit Eric. BUT it's not looking like that's (getting an apartment) going to happen until MAYBE mid-June. WE SHALL SEE.
Sydney DOES seem to go through a lot of stuff, yeah. And ACTUALLY she says she wasn't sad, like, AT ALL when she broke up with her last boyfriend. She said she had MAYBE a day of being sort of sad, but then she felt fine about it. WEIRD. I don't see how you can care SO MUCH about a person and then just STOP CARING. Maybe she never really did care SO MUCH? Maybe she's lying when she says she wasn't sad? Or MAYBE...I have no idea.
I'm glad you don't mind day blogs since they seem to happen a lot! HOPEFULLY less now that BEDA is over. BUT. I actually LIKE when you do day blogs as it allows me to keep up with your life! JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I DO indeed get upset. KIND OF often, actually, The thing about me being upset is that I GENERALLY get over it quite quickly (unless I'm just in a SAD mood, which does occasionally happen). But yeah. I've been getting upset more often lately than I used to, which I think is as a result of having a boyfriend, to be honest. BUT. I think it's ACTUALLY because I'm still getting used to things about him, but we're also spending a lot of time together. PLUS, there are all of these expectations on things. Anyway, I'm GENERALLY a happy person, but I definitely get upset sometimes. I get in funks sometimes. You know. These things HAPPEN sometimes.
I don't KNOW what's going to happen in June as far as my birthday is concerned. I mean, I've already told him that he doesn't have to do anything because of Fake Birthday, so I'll PROBABLY just celebrate it with my family and stuff, especially since it's on a Wednesday, meaning he will be at work. But, you know, I'm sure he'll wish me a happy birthday and stuff? I hope the Birthday Week stuff doesn't make him feel OBLIGATED to do anything for my birthday because that's not the INTENTION of Birthday Week, you know? The objectives of Birthday Week include: 1) Celebrating 25 years of Eric, 2) Creating some fun shared experiences between the two of us, 3) Making Eric feel special and loved through the celebration of 25 years of him, 4) Giving Eric ALL THE THINGS I've seen and thought he would like, and 5) Entertaining me. THAT IS ALL. The objectives do NOT include making him feel like he has to do something somewhat insane for my birthday.
OKAY. I think that's all. Goodnight!
-Leah
Clearly, BEDA was a HUGE fail. I mean, I'm not even doing the wrap up blog until what is technically May 2. SO. Yep. FAIL.
BUT BUT BUT.
Birthday week is going QUITE WELL, I'd say. Yesterday (Monday) I brought him lunch at work. Then that night we had the Annual CSC Fish Fry to attend. The fish fry was fun (even though I'm not a HUGE fish fan). I've started to enjoy hanging out at the CSC much more this year. Perhaps I should have started attending social functions at the CSC BEFORE this year (I started this year because I wanted Alicia to come to church with me, and she's very social...therefore, social functions instead of just Bible studies and church like I used to do for the most part). BUT YEAH. I think next year, I'll end up hanging out there a lot in between classes and stuff since I'll be living off campus and all. It will be a good place to do homework and maybe to take the occasional nap on the couch.
Anyway, I got WAY off topic. I didn't give Eric a gift on Monday because we went straight from the fish fry to his apartment, which meant I had not chance to pick it up. And ACTUALLY I think I've thought of something BETTER to do with the gift that I got for him (something that he will enjoy more than if I just gave it to him). SO. I'll see how that works out, maybe.
Oh, and Julia. Do you remember how I texted you asking you to keep me from buying the thing I wanted to buy? I haven't bought it YET, but I'm totally going to. And it's going to be AWESOME. HOPEFULLY.
But yes. Today, the last of the gifts arrived, which was an EXCITING EVENT. I still need to wrap it. Perhaps I will do so once I've finished this. AND I need to finish up the Sekrit Project (that is not so secret anymore) and get something that I've thought of to ACCOMPANY it.YEP. PLANS. I have them.
Annnnnnd. Tonight was REALLY GOOD (in my completely objective, third party opinion...BONUS POINTS if you get that reference). We went out to dinner at the same restaurant we ate at for our VERY FIRST DATE. There was some reminiscing, especially since today was our three month anniversary for OFFICIALLY calling each other boyfriend/girlfriend. AND for his gift today, I gave him a PLANT (it's like FLOWERS, except it hopefully won't die) and these games where you ask people questions (Loaded Questions and Would You Rather?). I got these originally because they were QUITE CHEAP and I thought it was sort of funny because of how much trouble we had with asking questions and keeping conversation going when we first started dating. He ended up bringing one deck of the cards with him to dinner, and we had some fun asking and answering the questions. And we just had some GOOD CONVERSATIONS in general. YEAH.
Anyway, I don't have anything TOO EXCITING planned for tomorrow because a lot of our evening will be taken up by church. I am planning on bringing him lunch at work again. UNFORTUNATELY, I failed in my goal for him not eating pizza this week (he ordered one today because I couldn't take him lunch due to exam). SO. That's sad. But I'm still going for MINIMAL PIZZA CONSUMPTION.
But yes. I'm having a lot of fun with birthday week. I'm sorry about failing miserably at BEDA. Maybe I'll blog some in May to make up for it (or I'll AT LEAST blog on bedabuds). Oh, AND ALSO. Eric wrote a blog post about our hiking adventures, so you can go read that if you want to. Mostly it's pictures.
OKAY. Response to your comments now. Sorry it took me so long!
I STILL haven't found a place to live for next year, but it's in the works! The thing is, I'd REALLY like to have the place for the summer so that I'll have somewhere to stay when I come visit Eric. BUT it's not looking like that's (getting an apartment) going to happen until MAYBE mid-June. WE SHALL SEE.
Sydney DOES seem to go through a lot of stuff, yeah. And ACTUALLY she says she wasn't sad, like, AT ALL when she broke up with her last boyfriend. She said she had MAYBE a day of being sort of sad, but then she felt fine about it. WEIRD. I don't see how you can care SO MUCH about a person and then just STOP CARING. Maybe she never really did care SO MUCH? Maybe she's lying when she says she wasn't sad? Or MAYBE...I have no idea.
I'm glad you don't mind day blogs since they seem to happen a lot! HOPEFULLY less now that BEDA is over. BUT. I actually LIKE when you do day blogs as it allows me to keep up with your life! JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I DO indeed get upset. KIND OF often, actually, The thing about me being upset is that I GENERALLY get over it quite quickly (unless I'm just in a SAD mood, which does occasionally happen). But yeah. I've been getting upset more often lately than I used to, which I think is as a result of having a boyfriend, to be honest. BUT. I think it's ACTUALLY because I'm still getting used to things about him, but we're also spending a lot of time together. PLUS, there are all of these expectations on things. Anyway, I'm GENERALLY a happy person, but I definitely get upset sometimes. I get in funks sometimes. You know. These things HAPPEN sometimes.
I don't KNOW what's going to happen in June as far as my birthday is concerned. I mean, I've already told him that he doesn't have to do anything because of Fake Birthday, so I'll PROBABLY just celebrate it with my family and stuff, especially since it's on a Wednesday, meaning he will be at work. But, you know, I'm sure he'll wish me a happy birthday and stuff? I hope the Birthday Week stuff doesn't make him feel OBLIGATED to do anything for my birthday because that's not the INTENTION of Birthday Week, you know? The objectives of Birthday Week include: 1) Celebrating 25 years of Eric, 2) Creating some fun shared experiences between the two of us, 3) Making Eric feel special and loved through the celebration of 25 years of him, 4) Giving Eric ALL THE THINGS I've seen and thought he would like, and 5) Entertaining me. THAT IS ALL. The objectives do NOT include making him feel like he has to do something somewhat insane for my birthday.
OKAY. I think that's all. Goodnight!
-Leah
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Oops
HELLO.
I know. I KNOW. I'm sorry. SO MUCH HOMEWORK.
Anyway. Birthday week has officially STARTED. On Friday, I couldn't really do too much because he was having friends over for a video game party. I got some cookies for everyone, but that was all I could think of to do. And the party turned out to be SURPRISINGLY fun. I mean, there were boring stretches when not much was happening in the game and stuff, but I had a good time overall and was glad that I went.
Then Saturday is when things REALLY started. Okay, so on The Plan, I'd written "Day of Adventure (?)" for Saturday during the day. I mentioned this to Eric, and I guess it got him THINKING. And he decided that Day of Adventure (?) meant a HIKE. So that's what we did. It was really fun and pretty and stuff. TIRING though. But after we got some Don Pablos, which I felt bad about because it's HIS birthday week and he doesn't even like it there. BUT. I did enjoy it. Then we went back to his apartment and enjoyed that day's GIFT, which included popcorn and this cheese powder stuff he likes to put on popcorn, chewy sprees, and Emperor's New Groove. A movie night in a box!
And then TODAY I gave him a bunch of ART SUPPLIES for painting. I was a bit NERVOUS about this gift because I felt like it was a BIT far-fetched and I wasn't sure if he'd like it. BUT. He'd MENTIONED that he'd like to start painting, so I just WENT FOR IT. And he SEEMED to like it. I also brought him some cheesecake and whipped cream, which when combined with a brownie led to a stomachache later in the night. OOPS.
For the rest of the week, I don't have anything TOO exciting planned. It's kind of SAD because I don't have a very good gift to give him tomorrow. Then on Tuesday I'm TAKING HIM OUT (on a date) but also don't have a very good gift for him. And WEDNESDAY I don't either. TheThursday gift is okay but I'm not sure if he'll like a PARTICULAR aspect of it. I plan to give to him that night along with a home cooked meal...which I'm sure I will have NO TROUBLE preparing. At all. RIGHT!? And then on FRIDAY, it's his ACTUAL birthday, and I unfortunately don't have some AWESOME FINALE GIFT to give him. But hopefully he'll like what I DO have for him. Plus, I'll finally be giving him the Not So Secret Sekrit Project.
ANYWAY.
Ending this now. SORRY FOR THE NO BLOGGING THING. And I'll get back to you on comments TOMORROW hopefully. SLEEPY NOW.
I know. I KNOW. I'm sorry. SO MUCH HOMEWORK.
Anyway. Birthday week has officially STARTED. On Friday, I couldn't really do too much because he was having friends over for a video game party. I got some cookies for everyone, but that was all I could think of to do. And the party turned out to be SURPRISINGLY fun. I mean, there were boring stretches when not much was happening in the game and stuff, but I had a good time overall and was glad that I went.
Then Saturday is when things REALLY started. Okay, so on The Plan, I'd written "Day of Adventure (?)" for Saturday during the day. I mentioned this to Eric, and I guess it got him THINKING. And he decided that Day of Adventure (?) meant a HIKE. So that's what we did. It was really fun and pretty and stuff. TIRING though. But after we got some Don Pablos, which I felt bad about because it's HIS birthday week and he doesn't even like it there. BUT. I did enjoy it. Then we went back to his apartment and enjoyed that day's GIFT, which included popcorn and this cheese powder stuff he likes to put on popcorn, chewy sprees, and Emperor's New Groove. A movie night in a box!
And then TODAY I gave him a bunch of ART SUPPLIES for painting. I was a bit NERVOUS about this gift because I felt like it was a BIT far-fetched and I wasn't sure if he'd like it. BUT. He'd MENTIONED that he'd like to start painting, so I just WENT FOR IT. And he SEEMED to like it. I also brought him some cheesecake and whipped cream, which when combined with a brownie led to a stomachache later in the night. OOPS.
For the rest of the week, I don't have anything TOO exciting planned. It's kind of SAD because I don't have a very good gift to give him tomorrow. Then on Tuesday I'm TAKING HIM OUT (on a date) but also don't have a very good gift for him. And WEDNESDAY I don't either. TheThursday gift is okay but I'm not sure if he'll like a PARTICULAR aspect of it. I plan to give to him that night along with a home cooked meal...which I'm sure I will have NO TROUBLE preparing. At all. RIGHT!? And then on FRIDAY, it's his ACTUAL birthday, and I unfortunately don't have some AWESOME FINALE GIFT to give him. But hopefully he'll like what I DO have for him. Plus, I'll finally be giving him the Not So Secret Sekrit Project.
ANYWAY.
Ending this now. SORRY FOR THE NO BLOGGING THING. And I'll get back to you on comments TOMORROW hopefully. SLEEPY NOW.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
HOMEWORK.
Hello!
Sorry for the LACK OF BLOGGING and stuff. HOMEWORK. That is all. Just HOMEWORK. SO MUCH. And that's actually what I'm doing tonight, PROBABLY all night. Julia, I'll get back to you on your comments either tomorrow or the next day. SORRY! And also ANOTHER apology because this blog is going to be one of those BORING working all through the night on homework blogs.
3:01 AM- I've finished reading through all of my sources for this paper, but I haven't even written the outline yet...because I kept falling asleep while I was reading through sources. I did go downstairs to do homework with Nathanael and Alicia, and Alicia woke me up last time I dozed off. SO THAT WAS GOOD. But hanging out with them ALSO made me wish Eric could have been here to weather the all nighter with me. Nathanael kept reaching over and rubbing Alicia's foot and stuff, and it was sweet. ALTHOUGH I would actually feel REALLY BAD if Eric had to stay up all night with me, so never mind. ANYWAY. The goal is to get a DETAILED outline written by 3:45 and have a rough draft of the paper by 4:30. THEN I will spend roughly 30 minutes on a short ecology assignment. AND THEN I will spend a BIT of time on my water resources assignment, which is due tomorrow at midnight. These plans...no way they can go wrong. Oh, and after that I'll probably sleep for an hour (or maybe even TWO) before heading to the library to PRINT THINGS (the rough draft of my paper and the ecology assignment). I'll probably get some coffee while I'm there.
4:11 AM- Okay, so I JUST finished the outline. It took a bit LONGER than I expected, BUT...it's REALLY detailed. SO DETAILED. I should be able to get this thing done by 5:00 AM NO PROBLEM. A bit behind schedule but not TOO BAD. Sort of. 4:13 AM- My fellow kitchen inmate asked me to watch her laptop while she goes to the bathroom. *stares* Got to make sure no one comes in here at 4 in the morning to steal her laptop.
5:05 AM- WOOOOOHOOOO. I finished my rough draft! And, okay, it's only three pages when it's supposed to be 5-7. BUT. My papers always get longer during the revision process, which is going to happen tomorrow afternoon before class. SO YEAH. It's OKAY.
5:17 AM- Finished ecology assignment! That didn't take long AT ALL. Now I just have to do a BIT of work on my watershed project. Then I THINK I'll go to bed at 6...because then I can get, like, two and a half hours of sleep. No, wait. I have to get up early to print. BUT. Then I can get...two full hours of sleep. HOORAY.
5:45 AM- Got a bit of work done, and now I'm calling it a night. Starting to feel SLIGHTLY ill. Probably a combination of the coke and the sleep deprivation. SO. SLEEP! It's about to be a thing. GOODNIGHT!
-Leah
Sorry for the LACK OF BLOGGING and stuff. HOMEWORK. That is all. Just HOMEWORK. SO MUCH. And that's actually what I'm doing tonight, PROBABLY all night. Julia, I'll get back to you on your comments either tomorrow or the next day. SORRY! And also ANOTHER apology because this blog is going to be one of those BORING working all through the night on homework blogs.
3:01 AM- I've finished reading through all of my sources for this paper, but I haven't even written the outline yet...because I kept falling asleep while I was reading through sources. I did go downstairs to do homework with Nathanael and Alicia, and Alicia woke me up last time I dozed off. SO THAT WAS GOOD. But hanging out with them ALSO made me wish Eric could have been here to weather the all nighter with me. Nathanael kept reaching over and rubbing Alicia's foot and stuff, and it was sweet. ALTHOUGH I would actually feel REALLY BAD if Eric had to stay up all night with me, so never mind. ANYWAY. The goal is to get a DETAILED outline written by 3:45 and have a rough draft of the paper by 4:30. THEN I will spend roughly 30 minutes on a short ecology assignment. AND THEN I will spend a BIT of time on my water resources assignment, which is due tomorrow at midnight. These plans...no way they can go wrong. Oh, and after that I'll probably sleep for an hour (or maybe even TWO) before heading to the library to PRINT THINGS (the rough draft of my paper and the ecology assignment). I'll probably get some coffee while I'm there.
4:11 AM- Okay, so I JUST finished the outline. It took a bit LONGER than I expected, BUT...it's REALLY detailed. SO DETAILED. I should be able to get this thing done by 5:00 AM NO PROBLEM. A bit behind schedule but not TOO BAD. Sort of. 4:13 AM- My fellow kitchen inmate asked me to watch her laptop while she goes to the bathroom. *stares* Got to make sure no one comes in here at 4 in the morning to steal her laptop.
5:05 AM- WOOOOOHOOOO. I finished my rough draft! And, okay, it's only three pages when it's supposed to be 5-7. BUT. My papers always get longer during the revision process, which is going to happen tomorrow afternoon before class. SO YEAH. It's OKAY.
5:17 AM- Finished ecology assignment! That didn't take long AT ALL. Now I just have to do a BIT of work on my watershed project. Then I THINK I'll go to bed at 6...because then I can get, like, two and a half hours of sleep. No, wait. I have to get up early to print. BUT. Then I can get...two full hours of sleep. HOORAY.
5:45 AM- Got a bit of work done, and now I'm calling it a night. Starting to feel SLIGHTLY ill. Probably a combination of the coke and the sleep deprivation. SO. SLEEP! It's about to be a thing. GOODNIGHT!
-Leah
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Saturday
HELLO.
I missed blogging yesterday. OOPS. I didn't feel like doing it last night, and I justified myself by thinking that you (Julia) hadn't posted yet. BUT. I should have done it anyway.
YEAH.
So yesterday was a PLEASANT one. It started EARLY (especially for a Saturday). I went to this place to do some volunteer work. WOW. That was SPECIFIC, Leah. MORE DETAILS: There's this church that has this house called Hope Central, where they serve the community there church is in. They do things like watching kids after school and giving things away and WHATEVER. Yesterday morning they were having a clothes share. I didn't know what they meant, but it TURNS OUT that it's a yard sale where you don't charge people for the clothes. So I went there EARLY IN THE MORNING and helped lay out clothes and stuffed animals and shoes and things, then hung around for a bit while people came to get stuff. BUT THEN it started to rain, and we had to take everything inside VERY QUICKLY. I got pretty soaked. AS DID ERIC. And, Julia, you know how I feel about men in the rain, right? RIGHT?! Eric looked FREAKING SEXY. But I managed to NOT jump his bones, so congratulations to me. However, I also did NOT manage to not look like a drowned rat, so congratulations to me are negated.
ANYWAY. After that, Eric and I met up with my parents, uncle, and sister for lunch at Don Pablo's (AIAIAIAI). My parents were in town to look at places for me to live next year (again). I couldn't go with them to look since I was at the clothes share thing. I don't know. I'm honestly just STRESSED about the whole finding a place to live thing. I just want it DONE. I want to KNOW where I'm going to be. BUT. I really shouldn't be that stressed because I'm LUCKY in that my parents are doing basically everything for me. YEAH.
ANYWAY. After lunch, I went back by my dorm to get my homework. I brought that to Eric's but didn't end up doing any of it because Sydney called me. She initially called to tell me that she's going to Belize, which she was really excited about. BUT THEN she started talking to me about some issues she's having. Yeah...it turned into a REALLY long conversation. A DIFFICULT conversation, too, because I was trying to NOT tell her how I really felt about everything. And I BASICALLY succeeded, although the truth SOMETIMES slipped out.
Then I had to go back to my dorm so that I could make myself pretty for the formal. Limited success on that. Then Eric picked me up. He helped set up the tech stuff. I helped a bit with food stuff...they were missing chips and plates, so I took a couple of trips to the store to get those things. Then the party started. We ate food. We danced (well, he danced...I flailed). We watched the slideshow (which turned out really well!). We sat for the senior superlatives. Danced/flailed some more. Then we left and hung out in my dorm room for a bit, then he left to go home. And then *I* did some work on the Sekrit Project (that is no longer a secret) and went to bed early (well...sort of...it was 1:30).
AND THAT WAS MY DAY. Yeah. I just did an about my day blog. SORRY. I just wasn't feeling INSPIRED. Oooh. I should have done Survey Sunday. SAD. Maybe I'll do Survey Monday instead.
In response to your comments:
Don't worry about not blogging on BEDABuds for two weeks! I still say you have a legit excuse for BOTH weeks. But I hope you'll come back this week! :)
THANKS for being SURPRISED that I'd be doing a lot of taking in my relationship. I'm a BIT surprised you'd say that, given how LAME I am in our friendship on a pretty regular basis. But I don't know...I know I definitely AM really selfish in our relationship. Part of it is because of those THINGS. You know, the social customs of what a guy is supposed to do for a girl. SO for a long time, he was paying for ALL OF MY MEALS. And considering how much we hang out, that's a BIG DEAL. But now I'll SOMETIMES pay for his meals, which is a good start in me being less lame and stuff. And then there's the simple things like holding open doors and stuff. AND ALSO. I'm always getting UPSET about stuff, and he's always having to CONSOLE me or whatever. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?! I should be HAPPY and allow HIM to be HAPPY but instead I get upset about stupid stuff so that he can't have fun when he's with me, YOU KNOW?! And then I'm always DEMANDING that he VALIDATE me or whatever. All like, "TELL ME WHY I AM AWESOME!" I should just tell HIM why HE is awesome, and be comfortable enough in myself to not have to demand that all the time, you know? Although there will be PLENTY of me telling him why he's awesome in the Sekrit Project (that is no longer so secret). And then there's all the LITTLE things that probably STARTED mainly because I'm always hanging out at his place. So, it's like the normal HOST things, like getting me something to drink or being in charge of cooking dinner or getting me a blanket or WHATEVER, but now that I'm more comfortable in his place, I should be doing things like that for him more often...at least as often as he does them for me. AND THEN there's just little stuff that I COULD do, but I usually don't. Like buying him something small, leaving him nice messages, giving him massages, ETC. I should do these things more! UNFORTUNATELY, I'm finding with this goal that I'm not very CREATIVE. I have trouble of thinking of things to do for him! WHICH IS NOT GOOD.
Yeah, I guess that's true. Like your brother, I'd be freaked out to see someone in the hospital. I'd probably GO (depending on how close we were), but I definitely wouldn't LIKE it or be COMFORTABLE with it. And you could try giving blood! I feel like your iron might be too low with the vegetarian thing you've got going, but you can always take iron or vitamins for that. So yeah...go for it! Personally, I'm way too chicken. I'm afraid it will make me throw up. I think I could actually deal with it if it made me pass out, but NOT if it made me throw up. That's another reason why it was nice to help Eric after...he was doing something that I SHOULD do but haven't and I was able to make the experience less horrible for him. I did TRY to give blood once. My iron was too low. ALTHOUGH. I really didn't WANT to give it anyway. I went out of peer pressure. #sadfacts
It wouldn't be so bad that he's IN the apartment if he stuck to his room more! BUT. It's okay. We're ADJUSTING.
Oh man. I feel like these comments back are forth are going to become like the crazy comments we used to leave each other on the ning. Remember how LONG those things were? Actually, I've still got a few of them saved to my computer. hah
ANYWAY. BYE.
-Leah
I missed blogging yesterday. OOPS. I didn't feel like doing it last night, and I justified myself by thinking that you (Julia) hadn't posted yet. BUT. I should have done it anyway.
YEAH.
So yesterday was a PLEASANT one. It started EARLY (especially for a Saturday). I went to this place to do some volunteer work. WOW. That was SPECIFIC, Leah. MORE DETAILS: There's this church that has this house called Hope Central, where they serve the community there church is in. They do things like watching kids after school and giving things away and WHATEVER. Yesterday morning they were having a clothes share. I didn't know what they meant, but it TURNS OUT that it's a yard sale where you don't charge people for the clothes. So I went there EARLY IN THE MORNING and helped lay out clothes and stuffed animals and shoes and things, then hung around for a bit while people came to get stuff. BUT THEN it started to rain, and we had to take everything inside VERY QUICKLY. I got pretty soaked. AS DID ERIC. And, Julia, you know how I feel about men in the rain, right? RIGHT?! Eric looked FREAKING SEXY. But I managed to NOT jump his bones, so congratulations to me. However, I also did NOT manage to not look like a drowned rat, so congratulations to me are negated.
ANYWAY. After that, Eric and I met up with my parents, uncle, and sister for lunch at Don Pablo's (AIAIAIAI). My parents were in town to look at places for me to live next year (again). I couldn't go with them to look since I was at the clothes share thing. I don't know. I'm honestly just STRESSED about the whole finding a place to live thing. I just want it DONE. I want to KNOW where I'm going to be. BUT. I really shouldn't be that stressed because I'm LUCKY in that my parents are doing basically everything for me. YEAH.
ANYWAY. After lunch, I went back by my dorm to get my homework. I brought that to Eric's but didn't end up doing any of it because Sydney called me. She initially called to tell me that she's going to Belize, which she was really excited about. BUT THEN she started talking to me about some issues she's having. Yeah...it turned into a REALLY long conversation. A DIFFICULT conversation, too, because I was trying to NOT tell her how I really felt about everything. And I BASICALLY succeeded, although the truth SOMETIMES slipped out.
Then I had to go back to my dorm so that I could make myself pretty for the formal. Limited success on that. Then Eric picked me up. He helped set up the tech stuff. I helped a bit with food stuff...they were missing chips and plates, so I took a couple of trips to the store to get those things. Then the party started. We ate food. We danced (well, he danced...I flailed). We watched the slideshow (which turned out really well!). We sat for the senior superlatives. Danced/flailed some more. Then we left and hung out in my dorm room for a bit, then he left to go home. And then *I* did some work on the Sekrit Project (that is no longer a secret) and went to bed early (well...sort of...it was 1:30).
AND THAT WAS MY DAY. Yeah. I just did an about my day blog. SORRY. I just wasn't feeling INSPIRED. Oooh. I should have done Survey Sunday. SAD. Maybe I'll do Survey Monday instead.
In response to your comments:
Don't worry about not blogging on BEDABuds for two weeks! I still say you have a legit excuse for BOTH weeks. But I hope you'll come back this week! :)
THANKS for being SURPRISED that I'd be doing a lot of taking in my relationship. I'm a BIT surprised you'd say that, given how LAME I am in our friendship on a pretty regular basis. But I don't know...I know I definitely AM really selfish in our relationship. Part of it is because of those THINGS. You know, the social customs of what a guy is supposed to do for a girl. SO for a long time, he was paying for ALL OF MY MEALS. And considering how much we hang out, that's a BIG DEAL. But now I'll SOMETIMES pay for his meals, which is a good start in me being less lame and stuff. And then there's the simple things like holding open doors and stuff. AND ALSO. I'm always getting UPSET about stuff, and he's always having to CONSOLE me or whatever. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?! I should be HAPPY and allow HIM to be HAPPY but instead I get upset about stupid stuff so that he can't have fun when he's with me, YOU KNOW?! And then I'm always DEMANDING that he VALIDATE me or whatever. All like, "TELL ME WHY I AM AWESOME!" I should just tell HIM why HE is awesome, and be comfortable enough in myself to not have to demand that all the time, you know? Although there will be PLENTY of me telling him why he's awesome in the Sekrit Project (that is no longer so secret). And then there's all the LITTLE things that probably STARTED mainly because I'm always hanging out at his place. So, it's like the normal HOST things, like getting me something to drink or being in charge of cooking dinner or getting me a blanket or WHATEVER, but now that I'm more comfortable in his place, I should be doing things like that for him more often...at least as often as he does them for me. AND THEN there's just little stuff that I COULD do, but I usually don't. Like buying him something small, leaving him nice messages, giving him massages, ETC. I should do these things more! UNFORTUNATELY, I'm finding with this goal that I'm not very CREATIVE. I have trouble of thinking of things to do for him! WHICH IS NOT GOOD.
Yeah, I guess that's true. Like your brother, I'd be freaked out to see someone in the hospital. I'd probably GO (depending on how close we were), but I definitely wouldn't LIKE it or be COMFORTABLE with it. And you could try giving blood! I feel like your iron might be too low with the vegetarian thing you've got going, but you can always take iron or vitamins for that. So yeah...go for it! Personally, I'm way too chicken. I'm afraid it will make me throw up. I think I could actually deal with it if it made me pass out, but NOT if it made me throw up. That's another reason why it was nice to help Eric after...he was doing something that I SHOULD do but haven't and I was able to make the experience less horrible for him. I did TRY to give blood once. My iron was too low. ALTHOUGH. I really didn't WANT to give it anyway. I went out of peer pressure. #sadfacts
It wouldn't be so bad that he's IN the apartment if he stuck to his room more! BUT. It's okay. We're ADJUSTING.
Oh man. I feel like these comments back are forth are going to become like the crazy comments we used to leave each other on the ning. Remember how LONG those things were? Actually, I've still got a few of them saved to my computer. hah
ANYWAY. BYE.
-Leah
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