My goodness how time does fly. So here is a recap of the past two weeks.

On the third day of the trial I got so ill that I spend the third quarter of the day hoping I didn't throw up on the carpet. I spoke to the woman who takes care of the jury and she spoke to the Judge who decided that I should be sent home and retired from the jury. I was upset at missing the end of the trial but yet was quite happy that I was at home when I fianlly threw up. I spent that night and the next morning really sick and by the end of Thursay I was fine. Thank goodness it was over quickly.

Three days later (Sunday) the boy and I went to New York City and spent the day walking around looking at the stores. We saw Time Square and the Statue of Liberty. We also saw the tree. It was awesome. So many lights, at night it was so pretty.

Let's see, then came the chaos that was Christmas. I spent one day shopping, thank goodness I got most of my gift shopping dome in Florida. Then I spent the rest of my time at Wegmans making shrimp trays. I work two overnights and went home Christmas Eve morning very tired. I got four hours sleep then got up and decorated the tree with the family and had dinner. I then met the boy at a dinner after he had gotten out of church with his family. We all then headed over to his Uncle's house and hung out for a while. Christmas day was spent hopping from house to house, seeing friends and family.

The boy gave me some great gifts. He got me movie posters of all my favorite movies and a beautiful Amy Brown ornament. It was a great day.

This blog will now come to order.

I have been selected to be a juror in a civil case. And nerd that I am, I'm pretty excited about it. I've never even been called for jury duty, so this is a new experience for me. The case will probably go until Thursday if not longer. But I'm not supposed to talk about the details until after the trial. So until then.

Back in the Swing

Yes, I am home safely. It was a long and sort of torturous ride home in the truck. We Left Friday morning and hit Daytona beach around noon. We walked along the beach and then hit yet another Harley dealer where I finally found my shoes. I've been looking for these shoes for months. After that stop we just kept driving. We stopped around 9:30 pm and spent the night at South of the Border, a tourist trap somewhere along I-95. We woke up early and were back in the car by 7. You have no idea how hard it was getting back into the truck knowing I still had between 8 and 10 hours more to go.

But we made it and I'm happy to be home, but not happy to be back at work.

As soon as I get the motivation I will post some pictures from my vacation. Some, not all. I think I took almost 200 pics.

To those persons that I did not immediately call when I got home, I am sorry. I was just so happy to be home I kinda forgot about everyone else.

Vacation Days 9, 10 and 11

Well, we didn't go to Key West. Instead we went to Clearwater and walked along the beach there. I finally went into the water, it was cold, but I was wearing my swimming suit this time and was determined to go in. After we left the beach we drove around and found another Harley dealer. When we had gone the other day I had fallen in love with a shirt that the store around here had. Unfortunately they didn't have it in my size. But the store that we went to near Clearwater did, so I of course got it. We stopped for dinner and went home.

The next day was our last day at Disney. We started at Animal Kingdom and finished up everything that we didn't do. We went through Dino land which was really cool and saw a few other things we hadn't. Then we hopped parks and went back to MGM. The boy didn't get to do his stunt show when we went with his parents so we made sure he saw it. We rode the Tower of Terror again, the Rockin' Rollercoaster and Muppit's 3D again too. We walked around for a while and then went to Fantasmic again. All in all it was a great four days at Disney World. After we left Disney we went over to meet his parents who were at City Walk Universal Studios. The night life part of Universal. The boy and I saw Harry Potter 4, which I loved, regardless of the butchering of the book and his parents saw walk the line. Then we walked along and went into a few of the bars there. They were all dead, it was a Tuesday night.

Yesterday we went for a swamp boat ride. It was so cool. I finally got to see my Alligators in the wild and I got some good pictures of them too.

Today the boy and I are going to wander around Orlando. There were some shops we had seen that we wanted to go to, so we'll see what happens.

I will probably be leaving for home sometime tomorrow. We are going to make our way slowly back up the coast, so it might take us until Sunday to get home, but I'm hoping for sometime Saturday.

Vacation Days 7 (part 2) and 8

So yesterday I said I was going shopping, and boy did I. We went to downtown Disney where I found tons of stuff I wanted and bought a few Christmas presents for family. Then we went to one of the Harley Davidson shops that are down here. I got a lot of stuff for myself there. I now own jeans that say Harley Davidson on the butt. And I didn't even find the shoes that I wanted. Oh well, I guess I'll look when we go to the big Harley store in Orlando.

Today the boy and I rested for a while and then went for a drive to Daytona Beach where I got to walk in the sand and pick up some seashells. Unfortunately we rested a little too long and got there right before the tide was coming in. So tomorrow we should be heading either for Key West(todays original plan that got changed) or Clearwater.

Vacation Days 5, 6 and 7

On Thursday the boy and I started our day in Epcot. It was interesting and there were a few good rides, but most of it was different countries with all kinds of little shops. It was not something he and I were interested in. So we did what we wanted there and hopped over to Animal Kingdom. That was much cooler. It was a little like Busch Gardens. A kind of theme park zoo. Unfortunilty we didn't realize that Animal Kingdom closed earlier than the other parks, so when everything started shutting down we hopped over to Magic Kingdom. We rode Space Mountain and saw the Tiki Room. We finished both of those with enough time to see the lights parade (very cool) and the fireworks display (also very cool). When we got home we were exhausted.

Yesterday, the boy, myself, his parents, and his aunt and uncle all piled into the truck to go to Disney's MGM. We had a great time there. We did the Tower of Terror, the Star Wars adventure and Muppets 3D. Plus a whole lot more than I can remember. Then when MGM started to get busy we hopped over to Magic Kingdom where we did Space Mountain AGAIN,the Tiki Room AGAIN and the Thunder Mountain ride. We left Magic Kingdom and hopped back to MGM just in time to see Fantasmic. I can not describe how cool that was. A live show with acting, movie clips and fireworks. After that we came home.

Today the boys are going to the Good Guys car show and the girls are going shopping. YIPPIE!!!

Vacation Day #5

Today was Magic Kingdom day.

We did so much, I can't believe how much we got done. We went early and rode all the rides we wanted to before noon. The longest we had to wait was only 20 minutes. We went on:

Space Mountain
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Haunted Mansion
Jungle Cruise
The Enchanted Tiki Room
Swiss Family Treehouse
Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress

We didn't go on all the rides but we went on enough and like I said we barely waited for anything. We also had really expensive burgers and fries. And I got my picture taken with Mickey. We shopped a lot, but I tried not to spend too much money but there was a sweatshirt I couldn't resist. Oh, and we watched a parade too. I got a lot of cool pictures from that one. Even though I know there are three other parks to go too, and I want to do them, I wouldn't mind spending another day in the Magic Kingdom. It was a lot of fun. The boy and I had a great time today. Tomorrow we head for Epcot. Boy are my feet going to be tired by the end of this vacation.

Vacation Day #4

Once again the boy and I were up and ready to go by 8:30 but were not able to leave the house for some time because of everybody else. Thank goodness it's just he and I going to Disney or we wouldn't get there until they close.

Yesterday we went to the Kennedy Space Center and were unable to see everything because we got there a little late. (see above) But the tickets we bought yesterday were good for two consecutive days so we decided to go back today. One of the things the boys dad wanted to see was Choppers Inc. Choppers Inc. is where Billy Lane builds his motorcycles. His shop is located in Miami so we went there first. It was a long ride on the motorcycles but it was a good ride too. It was a little bit more cold than it had been the other day but with my sweater I was fine. The boys aunt and uncle, who reside in Florida were bundled up like they were ready for a blizzard. The shop was cool, we actually got to see Billy working away listening to his Ipod. I wonder what was on his Ipod? I didn't buy anything though, if i'm going to pay $30 for a t-shirt it's going to say Harley Davidson.

After that we went to lunch at a place called Coconuts. I had a lobster crab and shrimp wrap, it was ok, but I make better lobster and shrimp salad at work.

At long last we arrived back at the Kennedy Space Center and entered the astronauts Hall of Fame. It was interesting, but I expected to see a bigger display for the Challenger Spaceshuttle. In one part of the building there was a place with different experiments. One of the things was a ride that put you through G forces. The ride was a flight simulator and it went up to 4 Gs. And I foolishly went on it. There was a time when something like this would not have bothered me, but I have apparently grown older and near the end of the ride I was having a hard time breathing and got quite nauseated. Because of my sinuses my balance is usually off and when I stepped out of the ride I couldn't walk strait. But I'm happy to report I did not throw up. Yeah me!

The ride home was a might bit chilly, but we are now home safe and warm.

Tomorrow the boy and I plan on going to Disney, so we'll see what happens.

Vacation Day #3

Today, with the threat of thunderstorms we decided to put off Disney and go to the Kennedy Space Center. Even though the boy and I were up early - yes you read that right I was out of bed before 8 - we did not leave the house until 11. It would seem the other people in the house think that because they are on vacation they should get to sleep in. Oy what wierd people. Also because of the threat of the coming storm we decided not to take the bikes and instead all pilled into one of the many trucks down here. In any case it was an interesting experience. Space is not really my topic of choice but it was interesting seeing the launch pad and seeing the loader they use to transport the shuttle to the launch pad. We also saw a pretty cool 3D Imax movie, lots of things jumping off of the screen. Other than that it seemed like a bunch of stuff that looked a lot like the stuff at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I hear the sounds of a table being set and I smell something that resembles food. So I will hit the road for another day.

Vacation Day #2

After a very long car ride (19 hours) we arrived in sunny Florida. It was 25 degrees in PA and was 80 degrees when we arrived. We went to a wedding last night, no one we knew, just someone that the boy's aunt and uncle were DJing for. This morning we got up and set out for a very long Harley ride. I don't know what time we left I didn't even look. I'm on vacation, why should I care what time it was/is? I am already sunburned. I brought sunscreen but forgot to put it on. Luckily one of the riders that was with us has spf 30 that I could use. Her daughter is allergic to aloe too, so she didn't think it unusual that I was. I saw a lot of places I wanted to stop like Daytona Beach and the Kennedy Space Center but we were riding with a large group of people and couldn't just stop whenever or wherever we wanted. At the end of the ride it started to rain but it wasn't too bad. There is and 80 percent chance of rain tomorrow so I don't know what we'll do. But I'm sure we'll find something.

Knock and the door will open.

Oh my goodness... two blogs in one day... NO!

But yes, it's true. I had to share these guys with you. A little birdy named Mouse(??) told me that Hot Topic had the Door Knockers... yes THE door knockers from Labyrinth. And I just had to have them.



I also obtained a Labyrinth T-shrit as well

Oh my, I'm in nerd heaven right now.

Wagons! Southwest!

Song: Breathe (2am) - Anna Nalick

So what is going on in my life? Well, a little bit of everything.

Last weekend the boy and I went four wheeling. There were quite a few of us this time and no injuries to speak of. However, one of the guys that went with us brought his girlfriend. Normally I wouldn't care, it's nice having another girl along. Except this girl apparently did not know what she was getting into and spent most of the day complaining (loudly and often) about all of the dirt and mud. - "Oh my god, it's going to take a week to get all of this dirt out of my pores." ::::much eye rolling here:::::

The rest of the week was rather un noteworthy except for a friends birthday dinner at the Texas Road House. I've never been there, it's quite a journey for just food, but it was quite good.

This past weekend the boy and I spent at the cabin with his parents. Unfortunately I spent most of those days trying to remember how to breathe. My asthma kicked in and left me feeling like a had a person sitting on my lungs. I had felt myself starting to get sick on Thursday and started popping echinatia and vitamin C. Well it seems like the cold almost past me by, but then decided to settle in my lungs. At this point I feel like I'm getting over a cold that I never had.

I need to get over this cold NOW. Friday night the boy and I are leaving for a two week vacation in Florida. We will be staying with his Aunt and Uncle who live down there. We are going to go to Disney and hopefully do a swamp boat tour.

To much to do to be sitting here for too long.
Bye now!

Sometimes

Sometimes I worry.
Sometimes I get upset.
Sometimes I worry and get upset about things that I know I don't need to.
Most of the time I think too much.
Sometimes I'm really selfish.
Sometimes I think about walking away from everyone and everything I know.
Most of the time I get scared about losing the ones I love.
Sometimes I look with green eyes and see things that aren't there.
Sometimes I'm as pig headed as they come.
Some days I just want to hide under the covers.
Some days I wonder why life is so difficult.
Sometimes I wonder why love make things so damn complicated?
Most of the time I know I'm where my heart will always be.

Welcome

Song: Beverly Hills - Weezer
Quote: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. - A quote from Star Wars a New Hope, restated by a pirate at the PA Renascence Festival

What a busy weekend. It started with a Halloween parade on Thursday, trick or treating on Friday, the Eastern State Penitentiary on Saturday (yes we made it) and the Pennsylvania Renascence Festival on Sunday.

I, the boy and his parents all went to the Halloween parade, and even though the parade was really long, (over three hours) we had fun. I spent Trick or Treat night giving out candy to the wee ones, and not so wee ones, with me mum on the porch.

Saturday night the boy and two friends rushed to Philadelphia in order to go through the Eastern State Penitentiary. What a let down. It's a real prison set up to be a Haunted Prison. The real prison looked so much more interesting than what we saw. We all decided we wanted to go back for the historical tour sometime.

Early Sunday morning we all got up early to go to the (said in an old English accent) Pennsylvania Renascence Festival. All but one of us (the boy) got dressed up for the event, so he took the picture of us. That's me there on the right.



We all had a really great time. It was the last day of the festival for the season, and it seemed like the actors enjoyed themselves as much as the audience. Although I think that by next year I'm going to try to put together a pirate costume. I think that would be a wee bit more comfortable than the corset I was wearing.

how do I look?

Ta Da!

The new look for my blog. Yes I did get bored enough to change it. I'm not sure if I like it. It's kind of got a rainy feel to it. Of course it goes with the weather we've had around here lately. I had originally intended for all of the gray to be white, but that was rather harsh on the eyes so I grayed it down. Now it's easy to read, but it looks gloomy.

Unfortunately rain ruined our plans for Saturday night. A group of friends were supposed to go to the Eastern State Penitentiary for their haunted prison tour. But it was raining so hard that no one (except me) wanted to go.

Of course by the morning the sun was out, so the boy took me for a Harley ride. A very chilly Harley ride, but a ride none the less.

So for now I leave you with my new look. Hope you enjoy it.

Spooky Thoughts

Quote: Hubba-hubba-wha? - Kermit the frog
Who are these weird people? - Sam the Eagle

Once again I have been yelled at for my lack of blogging. Apparently people actually read this thing. Who'da thunk it?

It seems that my wonderful soft top for my jeep was not designed for the torrential downpour that we had last week. I think I must have shop-vaced almost three gallons of water out of my jeep last Sunday. And that was only after two days of rain. For the rest of the week we still had rain and my car never did dry right. Now there is a little bit of a smell. Hopefully it will be gone before I put the hard top back on it.

My 28th birthday came and went without much of a bang. My list of gifts:

An iPod
The Muppet Show Season One on DVD
Fraggle Rock Season One on DVD
Hot Topic Gift Card
Two art Dragon books by Bob Eggleton
2006 Pressed Faeries Calendar signed by Brian Froud
Two Dragon Statues
An Faerie painting by a friend

Halloween festivities have already begun. Last Saturday the boy, myself and a friend went to Shocktoberfest. We had a great time. The boy and I don't get scared, so it was nice to go with someone who did. This weekend we are going to The Eastern State Penitentiary.

Should be fun.

The road less traveled

CD: Ten Thousand Fists - Disturbed
Quote: But then one day a really strange feeling came over me. My feet got real itchy, and I couldn't sit still, and I began to see the road in my dreams. ... That road. Out there. I saw it stretch out before me, and at the end I saw high mountains with snow on their peaks and green valleys covered with wildflowers and dark spooky forest cities with high walls and castles shining in the sun, vast seas with foam flecked waves. The dreams were wonderful, and when I woke up and found myself surrounded by four walls, I was so sad I'd almost burst out crying. - Brothers in Arms, Weis and Perrin


My weekend started with a haunted hayride. The boy's parents invited us to go with them. Basically it was a group of people going on a private hayride. We went somewhere out into the wilderness and got on this hay truck. The truck took us through all these back roads and we ended up at a bar where we all had dinner. Then we got back onto the hay truck and wend driving. We ended up at another bar and by this time most of the adults on the ride were drunk. Oh yes, did I fail to mention that these people also brought their own alcohol? So there were some very drunk people. And some bratty kids, but that's beside the point. After the last bar the wagon drove us around a little and then took us back to our cars. The only problem was that I was freezing. This journey was kind of a surprise to me and I was not fully prepared for how cold it was going to be. But the whole night was actually a lot of fun. I got to cuddle with my boy in the cold air and it was quite funny watching all of these people get drunk. When we finally got back to the boys house it was after midnight. I laid down, fully dressed, on his bed and fell asleep long before he got out of the shower. I woke up around 5 and got ready for bed.

This morning we woke up around noon and decided to go for a drive. We headed north and just kept going. About three hours into the trip we decided to head for the ocean. So we headed east to Jersey. For some odd reason we could not get to the ocean. We drove all around New Jersey, and boy let me tell you how wonderful that was. We missed an exit and ended up driving through Newark airport. We kept joking as to whether we should be incoming or departing, national or international flights. We then somehow found ourselves looking at the New York skyline. Oh did I mention that this trip was complicated by the fact that neither one of us brought any cash with us and we didn't even have enough money to pay toll fees? Eventually it started getting late and dark. We couldn't really see the map anymore so we had to turn around and find a highway we knew so we could get back home. We never did find the ocean. We did however accomplish our goal of taking a long drive and wasting a tank of gas. Oh and we had fun. Of course after seven hours of driving, my butt was not very happy.

I leave you with a picture of the NY skyline, a NJ road sign, and clearly visible bug smudges on my windshield. Enjoy.

All right, time for bed.

grumble grumble grumble

Argue argue argue... that is all these people ever do. You'd think patrons of a library would be... I don't know... more agreeable? But apparently not. Last night every fine was disputed:
"I've never had an overdue item in my life".
Yea, and if I had a dollar for every time I've heard that.
People argued with me over rules that have been in place since before I worked there. I had a woman "not argue" with me for ten minutes about our limit rule. She stood there and even though she argued with everything I said she kept insisting she wasn't arguing. She was mad because we limited the number of books on a subject that she could take out. Her daughter had a report to do and couldn't understand that there might be some other person who might need books on that subject.
Woman: "I've been coming to the library for 20 years and had never seen that rule or you for that matter any of the times I've been here."
Me: "Well I'm sorry ma'am but that rule has been like that since I started here and I've been working here for eleven years. Unfortunately there is no one else here tonight who has worked here as long as I have to back me up on this."
She also wouldn't hear that her daughter could use other sources for her report like the internet. She swore that she would get a lower grade if she used the internet. Myself and another employee said that we had both been honor roll students in high school and on the dean's list in college and we both used internet sources. Somewhere along this non-argument argument this women asked me what exactly my degree was in and when I told her I graduated with a degree in 3d design and computer animation with a 3.85 GPA, she seemed to get quiet.
Why do people always have to argue?

Name Game

Due to the fact that I was accosted for a name for my griffon this morning I'm here to let everyone know that his name is Fizgig. The name was taken from the movie "The Dark Crystal". Now that that is out of the way...

I went to the Celtic Classic this weekend. Twice. Once with the boy on Saturday night and the second time was Sunday for most of the evening with some friends. Unfortunately I had hoped to spend a very quiet day with the boy, but the call came in for him to make some money and who am I to say no to that. Especially considering that I told the boy that this year he had to buy me a birthday gift.

Movies watched:

Longest Yard - I'm not an Adam Sandlar fan, but I did enjoy this movie. It probably had more to do with all the wrestlers that were in it.

The Muppets Wizard of Oz - Who doesn't love the muppets?? However, not only do I miss the sound of Jim Henson's voice as Kermit but now it seems that Frank Oz is no longer the voice of Miss Piggy or Fozzy.

Sleep and Movies

I wish I could say my life has been terribly exciting and adventurous these past few weeks and that is why I have not been blogging. Unfortunately that is not the case. ::::said in a whiny voice:::: "I just don't feel like it." So to quickly get everyone all caught up in what I've been doing these past few weeks.

The boy and I went off roading two weekends ago. I was able to get some awesome footage of the boy jumping my tracker. However due to camera malfunctions I lost most of the pictures and video. I'm also out one memory card for my camera. I can't get the stupid thing to read or take pictures anymore.

This past weekend the boy and I went up to his parent's cabin in the woods. There is something about going up there that makes a person extremely lazy. All the boy and I did was sleep. We went to bed around 10 pm and woke up around 10 am. Then we were so tired from all of our sleeping, we decided to take a two hour nap around 2pm. At least he got his truck washed; I on the other hand, accomplished nothing.

As for the rest of our time, we normally spend it hanging out with some friends and watching movies. Movies we've watched:

Sin City - Very good. Recommended to anyone who likes any Quinton Tarantino movies.

Sahara - Another good action flic with the gorgeous Matthew McConaughey.

Cat Woman - Decent fun. Nothing to take seriously though.

Cellular - Good suspense film, with that cool guy from The Transporter.

My New Pet

This is a picture of my new pet griffon. He followed me home from the renaissance festival on Sunday and I decided to keep him. He hasn't told me his name yet, so I'm just being patient.

I had a really good weekend. I went to the fair on Friday, saw Tim McGraw in concert at the fair on Saturday, went shopping with friends on Sunday and went to the renaissance fest on Sunday.

The boy and I were invited to the ren fair by some friends. I had never been to one and I really wanted to go. It was not something the boy wanted to do, but he went because I wanted to go. Amazingly he had a really good time. I think he was surprised too because he kept saying on the ride home "I had fun today". I was really into it, I got dressed up. Unfortunately, even though I own a lot of renaissance type clothing, most of the clothes are made of velvet and are quite warm. I ended up buying a cheap peasant shirt to change into because I was so hot. Then I bought my furry friend. So I ended up spending a lot of money that I don't have.

If you are interested in buying a furry friend of your own, visit Imaginarium Galleries.

living room songbird

Quote: Look dude, I'm happy for you. You be gay. It's a good thing. Unfortunately I've got my own shit to take care of. So ah, best of luck. Yeah! Go gay! And I'll see ya. - Cursed
Song: Call me Al - Paul Simon

Once again, bad blogger. It would seem that the only time I am a faithful blogger is when I should be doing school work.

If you have read my blog before, you know that the boy is a karaoke fool. We would go to the bars and I would sit with the boy's dad and watch while the boy and his mom would take turns singing. And guaranteed, the question of "what are you singing?" came up every time. His family even has a pretty expensive karaoke machine. This whole thing is pretty big in his family. Apparently it all started with his uncle, who passed it on to his wife, then the boys mom and so on. But for more than a year I swore I wouldn't sing. I wouldn't even sing on the home machine. But his aunt, who lives in Florida, said that when she came to visit, she would get me to sing. I swore I wouldn't. It's not that I don't like singing, I sing with the radio all the time, or even that I don't have a good voice, but I don't like getting up in front of people and doing anything. I was even in chorus in middle school, but I was surrounded by other people and I never did a solo. When I was in college, it took me forever to get used to giving reports in front of class. I get so nervous that my voice starts to shake and I forget to breathe. And as I pointed out to the boy, breathing is pretty important while singing.

Well two weeks ago his aunt and uncle came to visit. His aunt brought her hundreds of karaoke CDs with her. (She and his uncle used to do shows.) I really like his aunt. She's the first one in his family to completely understand my situation with my dad. It seems she had the same sort of time with her parents. She also has an amazing voice. And on Sunday, it so happened that she and I ended up at the boy's house alone together. The boy had gone on a quick errand and I hadn't wanted to go. So I decided to sit in the living room and listen to his aunt sing. She told me how she had never wanted to sing either and one day her hubby put her in for a song. After a shot, she sang and got a pretty good round of applause from the bar. From then on she was hooked. And somehow, without her even asking, I said I would sing a song. My first karaoke song was "Hard Luck Woman" a Kiss cover by Garth Brooks. I did a couple more. And somewhere along the way the boy got home and listened to me from the porch for a few songs and then made his appearance in the living room. He was so happy; he had a great big grin. And for the rest of the night we took turns singing with his aunt and his mom.
It will take a very long time before I'm ready to move from the living room and sing in a bar. If ever. But for now, my boy is so happy that I'm singing at all.

Shame on me

Song: Mother - Danzig
Quote:
Shannon Hamilton: You wanna say something?
Brodie: Yeah. About a million things, but I can't express myself monosyllabically enough for you to understand it all.
- Mallrats

I know, I know. Shame on me, I haven't blogged for almost two weeks. Once again, it's not like my life has been boring, it's just I haven't been at the computer for great lengths at a time recently.

On Saturday went to New Hope with my boy. We had been invited on Friday by some friends. I was supposed to work and the boy had the day off. I had intended to go to work, really I did, but at 6:30 am Saturday morning I decided to call off. I'm really glad I did. I spent way too much money and at the end of the month when the bills start rolling in, I'll regret it, but for now I had a great time. Actually all I bought were two tops, but they were both rather expensive. We also all went out to dinner while we were there, so that added some expense too. We left at 10 am and didn't get back until 10 pm.

So this morning the boy and I slept until 11, got up for a little while and then took a nap. We went over to his cousin's house for dinner and a movie. "Alexander", some hottie guys but not really a good movie. And because we had such a strenuous day, I am now having a hard time falling asleep.

I think if I get up early enough I might go see "March of the penguins". I'll go by myself cuz it's not really a movie the boy would enjoy. Plus I like going to the movies by myself and it would be a treat.

Finally Finished

I just finished Harry Potter. I will not ruin the book for anyone who has not read it, but it is common knowledge that someone dies in this book. And I must say, I have not been so saddened by the death of a character since Tanis died in Dragons of Summer Flame.

Hair

So my boy cut his gorgeous long blond hair. He called me and teased me about it today because he knows how much I didn't want him to cut it. I haven't seen it yet and I'm afraid to, because I know he buzzed it all off. A few of my friends asked me how he would feel if I threatened to cut off all of my hair and I had to tell them truthfully that I had a long time ago already suggested that to him and he told me I could do whatever I wanted to my hair because he loved me and not my hair. Awww how sweet right.

So maybe someone else can explain his logic to me, because I don't get it. The reason he cut his hair was so he wouldn't have to wear a hat to keep his hair out of his face. However he cut his hair so short that he now has to wear the hat to keep his head from burning in the sun. Does this make sense to anyone??

Currently Reading

Sorry, I'm too busy reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
I spent a quiet weekend at the boy's parents cabin. I was able to read a little but I didn't get as much reading done as I wanted so I'm off to read now.

It's a girl!!!!

My niece just had a baby girl!
That means I'm a great aunt. And my mother is a great-grandmother. I'm not sure I'm old enough to be a great aunt. Well I guess that's what happens when my niece is only six years younger than I am.
I suppose this means my sister doesn't have to return all of the pink clothing they bought.

ooops I did it again

So I rolled another vehicle. This time it was the four wheeler. We went out four wheeling on Sunday and all was going great until I came to a hill. Now I'm not terribly fond of hills to begin with; especially since the whole rolling the tracker thing. But I've never really liked heights either so that might have something to do with it too. In any case this hill we got to wasn't really that steep. What made it difficult was the rut that ran right down the right of it, along with all the rocks that jutted out of it. So the boy goes down the hill on his dirt bike first. He gets off to talk me through it. Well, I got the left tire stuck on the rock and apparently (according to the boy) I turned the wheel the wrong way and ended up running out of suspension. (Exactly the same thing that happened with the tracker.) After that, everything just started to go down hill fast. (little joke there) There was a split second when I knew what was going to happen and I braced myself for impact. Basically I curled up into a ball and went with it. I wish I could say I knew what I was doing but it was just animal instinct to protect my head. And it was a good thing I did. The boy said if I hadn't tucked my head in the way I did, it would have been smashed between the steering wheel and the ground. (no I wasn't wearing a helmet and I don't want any lectures thank you) And then that horrible little rut that started this whole thing saved me. When I rolled with the four wheeler I landed in that rut and that's what kept the weight of the four wheeler off of me. I ended up with some bad road rash on my back, shoulders, and elbows. I have a bruise on my hip and the back of my head from where they hit the ground and two of my fingers are banged up from where the handlebar landed and slightly crushed them. But all in all, things could have been a lot worse. Apparently the little angel that keeps watch over me was there again on Sunday.

Needless to say I scared the living hell out of the boy. He who never wears any protective gear of any kind, on any vehicle and has never asked me to wear any, has asked me to please wear a helmet the next time we go; for him. So I will. Because he wasn't the only one who got the shit scared out of him. I did however make him proud when a few minutes after the crash, I climbed back onto the four wheeler and kept on going. He told me he knew a lot of guys, who if they had taken a fall like that would never have gotten back on. I got back on for two reasons: one, if I hadn't gotten back on then, I might never have and two, we were in the middle of nowhere with no one to spare to drive the four wheeler back to the truck. That and we were headed to Wal-Mart anyway and the thought of a real bathroom to clean my wounds was very appealing.

Of course when we got home I could at least say that this time I didn't hit my chin.

Unanswered Prayers

So it finally happened. I ran into him. (11/15 old ghosts) It was kinda weird because I was thinking about him today; not in a missing him kind of way but more of an old memories way. I and a bunch of friends from work decided to go bowling tonight. And of course the boy went along. We got to the bowling alley, got our shoes and sat down at the lane. As I'm putting my shoes on, I look up and there he is sitting at the table at the lane right next to us. I couldn't believe it. I looked at one of my girlfriends (one who knew the whole story) and said "look who's behind us". She was just as shocked to see him as I was. But that was all I felt, surprise at seeing him. I went over to him, said hi and hugged him. And I felt nothing. I won't lie and say it wasn't a little weird having him there but that's all it was, was weird.

(He) was the one that I'd wanted for all times
And each night I'd spend praying that God would make (him) mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talking to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

And as (he) walked away and I looked at my (life)
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

- Unanswered Prayers, Garth Brooks

Mini - Vacation

Another wonderful day in DC. Yes, I, the boy, and two of my friends once again ventured to Washington DC. Learning from the last trip, we decided to leave all children at home and leave the night before. The plan was to get a hotel right by the metro station the night before and the next morning, bright and early, take the metro into DC and see tons of stuff. That was the plan. And like the best laid plans of mice and men, it didn't quite work out that way. We left around 10 pm. In good traffic DC is about 3 hours away. We made excellent time and got into DC around 1 am. Where we tried to find a hotel. Emphasis on tried. We could not find a hotel in DC to save our lives. And this wasn't even in downtown DC, this was on the outskirts. So we had to backtrack a little ways down the highway and find a hotel there. By the time we found one, it was 2:30 am. We all shared a room; cheaper that way. By the time everyone got settled it was after 3. The boy had to take a shower because he hadn't taken one, so while my two friends were snoring away I was laying in bed listening to the shower, trying desperately to fall asleep. I don't sleep well anywhere but in my own bed. I can sleep at the boy's house, but not as well as at home. So even after the boy crawled into bed I could not fall asleep. He very quickly joined the others in their slumber. (Sometimes I think he's got an on and off switch, he falls asleep so fast.) I did finally fall asleep, but I didn't sleep very soundly. We all woke up around 8 am, without the wake up call that we were supposed to get, and went down for the free breakfast that the hotel offered. By the time everyone was showered and ready to go, it was 9:30. To make a long story a little shorter, by the time we reached our first destination it was about 11 am. The same time we got there the last time.
We did a quick two hour tour of the zoo, and left for downtown DC. We spent about 3 hours in the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. This put us at 5 pm. Everything in DC closes at 5:30 so we decided to walk around and see some more monuments. We saw the Washington Monument, The World War II monument, The Lincoln Memorial, The Korean War Memorial, and The Vietnam Memorial.
I had no intention of buying any souvenirs for myself, but I ended up having to buy a cheap t-shirt because my shoulders got so badly burned that I had to cover them up. Yes, I tried to use sun block, but the only kind I could find that didn't have aloe in it was stuff my dad had from years ago, and it only had an SPF of 6. Why does it matter if it has aloe in it you ask? Because I'm allergic to it and I break out in itchy hives. And I have already mistakenly used stuff that had aloe in it and I ended up with the aloe burned into my skin, because I burned anyway. You don't even want to know how badly that itched. (So if anyone has a brand of sun block that doesn't have aloe in it, with a high SPF, please let me know.)
The best part of the day for me, was when the camera shy boy let a friend snap a few pictures of us in front of the Pennsylvania wall at the WWII monument. I got tons of great pictures, but my favorite picture was one I didn't even take.


MY GIRLS


BEST PART OF THE DAY

Things that make me smile

1. The song "Should have been a cowboy" by Toby Keith. Especially the line "go west young man, haven't you been told, California's full of whisky, women and gold."

2. Knowing that the boys think of me as one of the boys, and yet still notice when I look pretty and smell good.

3. The boy reaching out for my hand while listening to the song "I'll try" by Alan Jackson. "I'll try to love only you, and I'll try my best to be true..."

4. Soft sheets, soft pillows, warm covers and air conditioning.

5. Rambling voice mails from best friends.

6. My brother bought a hat for my boyfriend.

7. Mini-vacations.

8. Knowing that she knows that I know. And that I let her know I knew in front of people who had no idea about what we were talking about.

9. New book smell.

10. Funny redneck tan lines.

11. Russell Crowe.

12. Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man.

13. Free deserts from friends who work in dinners.

14. The Neverending Story.

15. Playing games on Pogo.

16. And uh... Russell Crowe

Good Times

Song: Should Have Been a Cowboy - Toby Keith
Quote: I can believe in a whole hell full of ghosts and goblins or a heaven full of angels before I can believe I'm better off being ignorant about anything. - Low Red Moon, by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Yawn... boy am I tired. And boy am I going to be sore tomorrow. We went four wheeling again today, and I was at the wheel. I somehow managed to smack my chin once again. Now I have a bruise on the underside. Doesn't look too bad though, you wouldn't notice it unless I pointed it out. Right now my body is so tired but I can't get comfortable in bed so I decided to play on the computer. I was actually trying to fall asleep at the boy's house, but I could not get comfy in his bed tonight, so I came home to my bed. Sigh. I really wish that my bed was big enough for the both of us. Hell, his bed is barely big enough for the two of us and he's got a King. Uh, kinda got off subject there. My brain is apparently tired as well. What was I talking about? Oh yea, four wheeling. We had a great time. I was able to do more stuff this time, I was a lot more comfortable driving the four wheeler. I still have a thing about going down hill. I don't mind going up hills, I just don't like going down. I wouldn't say I have a fear of heights, it's more a fear of falling from them. LOL. As long as I feel like I'm not going to fall, I don't mind heights, but if I'm standing on a drop that doesn't have a wall, I get scared. So whenever I would go down a hill, I would look down and all I could think about was falling off the front of the four wheeler and going tumbling down the hill. Or rolling the damn thing, cuz lord knows I've already rolled a car; seems to me a four wheeler would roll a lot easier than that. Anyway, my favorite thing to do on the quad is to go all out on almost level ground. I like going over the little whoop de do's too.

Yawn. I think I'll try going to bed again. I will however leave you will a great picture from last Saturday, when myself the boy and a few friends went to the bar to see Emily's Toybox.

Falling Water

So, another week gone by. Well a little more than a week, but who's counting? What happened this week? Well on Wednesday night my car got broken into. Whoever did it was nice enough not to ruin my beautiful (expensive) soft top. They just popped the snaps and undid the Velcro far enough so they could unlock the door. I'm saying they because there have been a string of incidents in my neighborhood involving a gang of young men... so I'm just assuming. They went through my glove compartment and my cup holders. Now here is where it gets weird. They didn't take the radio, they didn't take my easily removable speakers, the case of cds under the seat, or go through the center consol. The did however take the little case of cds sitting in between the seats. A case that was filled with burned cds that were so badly scratched none of them played completely through. So, whoever did it, either got scared away before they could finish, did it just to prove they could, or were just really stupid crooks.

In more cheerful news my Sunday with the boy was excellent. We woke up late and didn't care and then spent another half hour in bed. Wink wink. When we finally got out of bed we headed off to Bushkill PA. I drove my jeep with the top back and the wind blowing through both our blond hair. Actually I had my hair in a pony tail and the boy was wearing at hat, but you get the point. When we got to the falls we went on our chosen trail... the red trail... the longest and most difficult trail they had. The red trail went to every fall in the area. Actually it wasn't that hard at all, the worst part was all of the steps. After the hike the boy made me one of those smooshed penny things that imprints a picture onto the penny. The picture I chose was one that said _I survived the red trail - 1267 Steps - Bushkill Falls PA". Yep, you read that right - 1267 steps. And most of them went up. But the boy and I had a really great time and I took some awesome pictures.





See... told ya... great pics.

After Bushkill he and I went driving around the Poconos to see what else there was to do and decided to go to the Flea market and Bazar. We walked around for a while, had some ice cream and were on our way. Then we went home and layed around for the rest of the evening. A great day.

Cool Air

Song: Some Girls Do - Sawyer Brown
Quote: Mos Eisley space port. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. - Obi Wan Kanobi

All right, so I haven't done much since I last blogged. All I've really done is gone to work.
I did go price shopping for a small window air conditioner for the boy's room this morning. He had asked me to go check the price at a small little store that usually has cheap stuff. Well the lowest priced one was $129. Which to us broke folks is far too much. He can only really afford about $50 but unknown to him I am willing to donate to his cause. I recall how last summer his room was much like a sauna. Last year at this point our relationship was just beginning and I didn't spend many nights at his house. But since I've been sleeping at his house more, I want to be comfortable. Another wonderful fact is the boy radiates heat. A feature that came in handy all winter. But during the summer, it's not such a great thing, so I want the bedroom as cool as possible so we can still cuddle and not stick together.
Tomorrow after work he and I will go shopping, and hopefully find a really cheap one.

All righty, going to watch a little more Star Wars A New Hope before I go to bed.

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought."
"Nice"

Star Wars, Skirts and Harley Davidson Shoes

Song: Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big and Rich
Quote: If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from. - Luke Skywalker

One week gone by already? My how the time do fly.
I've seen Star Wars a total of three times now and the last time was with the boy at the drive in. Believe it or not, I've never been to the drive in before. We went in his truck, which has a sound system better than some theaters I've been in. The seats are comfy, but I was a little bothered by the bird doo in the corner of the windshield that the wipers just couldn't reach.
I've switched my days at work so that I now have Sunday off. This means as long as the boy isn't working we will have a full day together every week. This Sunday we are planning on going to Bushkill Falls. Next Sunday we are going four wheeling and the following Sunday we are going to the Washington DC zoo with two of my friends. Should be a fun month.
I don't know what's gotten into me lately but I'm making fashion decisions I wouldn't normally make. I actually went out and bought a skirt. Now this may not seem like a big deal, but if you know me, you know I'm not much of a girl. LOL The skirt is pretty long, goes down to my ankles. The store called it "bohemian" but Hawke and I have always called them broomstick dresses.
Of course after I bought the skirt I realized I really didn't have any shoes to wear with it because I actually haven't owned a skirt in... oh about ten years or so. Plus I really didn't think my Harley Davidson boots would go really well with the skirt. So I went out looking for a pair of black sandals to wear with it. And of course after much searching, I decided to go with a pair of... Harley Davison sandals. Hawke saw a picture of them and decided that they were very me. I'm not sure how well they go with the skirt, but oh well. I saw them and had to have them.
Now I REALLY sound like a girl.

R and R

Song: One Year Of Love - Queen
Lyrics: Just one year of love is better than a lifetime alone. One sentimental moment in your arms is like a shooting star right through my heart. It's always a rainy day without you. I'm a prisoner of love inside you. I'm falling apart all around you. My heart cries out to your heart, I'm lonely but you can save me. My hand reaches for to your hand; I'm cold but you light the fire in me. My lips search for your lips; I'm hungry for your touch. There's so much left unspoken. And all I can do is surrender, to the moment just surrender.

With that said, Sunday was the one year anniversary of the day I met the boy. We didn't do anything, I gave him a card and he chuckled at my need to do so.

So that whole plan of not doing anything for weeks after graduation? Yea, that didn't quite turn out the way I wanted. All of a sudden everybody needed something from me and since I had free time, I was glad to lend a hand.
Then on Sunday everything that I had been neglecting started to catch up on me. I woke up with a case of pink eye, caused by the fact that my contacts were WAY too old. So on Monday I went to the eye doc who gave me some drops to get rid of the bacteria infected eye. Tuesday morning I woke up and my sinuses were completely blocked. As to whether this blockage was caused by allergies or a cold, I have no idea, but I spent two days unable to breathe through my nose. Thursday morning I woke up and my nose was decently clear, but my left ear was blocked. Friday I woke up and sat in bed feeling quite rotten. I had lost my voice, a result of my sinuses draining over my vocal chords; happens every time the seasons change, both my ears were now blocked and the left ear was hurting quite badly. Somehow I got myself to work (I woke up too late to call off) where everybody said to me, "why are you here?" to which I replied with nothing much, because my voice was gone. Two hours after going to work, I went home. After changing I decided to go to the doctor. The doc took one look in my ear and went "Wow"... not a good sign. She then asked if I minded letting some of her students look at my awful infected ear. - Sure, why not? So I got sent off with a prescription for an antibiotic for the ear. You take these lovely red pills for five days. Two the first day and one every day after. The lovely card package these little pills came in told me that less than 1% of the people who take these meds have the side effects which include "stomach cramps, nausea, and diarrhea". Being a person who does not take meds often, they tend to affect me a lot. I will leave you with the fact that I have two of the three side effects and let you have fun imagining which two they are.
So what day am I on now? Oh yeah, Saturday passed by uneventfully as did Sunday. Sunday night the boy and I left for his parent's cabin in the mountains where we had dinner with them. This morning the boy dragged me out of bed at 8 ish and made me eat homemade pancakes that his mother made. After breakfast the boy and I snuggled back in bed, where I fell asleep again. Don't know when they boy got up, but around 11 he came back and woke me up with the lure of a ride on the Harley. Who could resist? We went for a ride and we stopped to go go-carting. When we got back to the cabin, I once again laid down and promptly fell asleep. Somewhere around 5 he woke me up and we got ready to come home. On the way home we stopped at an outlet shopping mall, where I bought myself some really good sunglasses for riding the motorcycle. (They will also come in handy when we go four wheeling - keeping the wind out of my eyes) When we got back on the road, I realized that I had spent most of the first entire day the boy and I had together in weeks, sleeping. I felt bad about it, even though he didn't really mind. But, like his mother said, "what do you expect after being sick for a week?"

Maybe next week I can actually relax?

Star Wars Horoscope for Libra

You are on a lifelong pursuit of justice and determined to succeed. You convey the art of persuasion through force. You always display your supreme intelligence. You have a great talent in obtaining balance between yourself and your surroundings. Star wars character you are most like: Obi Wan Kenobie

What is Your Star Wars Horoscope?

crashing in the dirt

Ow... I hurt. We went four wheeling again yesterday, but this time I drove a four wheeler by myself. I used the boys and he used a friends dirt bike. Within fifteen minutes I had crashed, banging my chin on the handlebars and hitting my left index finger on something. It is even a little painful to type this. LOL. But I had a great time. Muscles I didn't even know I had are sore and for some odd reason the fingers on my right hand won't stop twitching. Who knows. But like I said, I had a lot of fun. The only other problem is that somewhere along the line I got a case of pink eye. So I have to wear my glasses everywhere now. I haven't worn my glasses in public in about... oh... ten years.

Ah well. Must get going, have some errands to run. And hopefully my stiff body with loosen up with some activity.

Rise, Lord Vader

I just got back from the midnight showing of Star Wars Ep3 Revenge of the Sith. And it was everything I wanted. It totally made up for Ep2. The end had me at the edge of my seat. But enough for now. I need some sleep. I have to take my brother to the dentist tomorrow so he can have his wisdom teeth pulled. This should be interesting.

What a great day I had on Tuesday. The ladies at the library threw me a graduation party. And big surprise, most of the gifts were books. The best gift by far was a first edition copy of Brian Froud's book "Faeries", signed by Brian Froud himself. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Brian Froud's work, and how much I love this book. It was an amazing gift.

Oh yea, this was me.


Quiet Girl


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Sweet Revenge

Song: St. Anger - Metallica
Quote: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." - Star Wars

So, after the boy's little joke, I decided to play one of my own. As a favor, he'd asked me to take his truck and pick up some scrap metal for him. He was at work, and was unable to do it himself. I said no problem. On the way back to his house, I had a brilliant idea. As soon as I got the truck safely back to his house I two wayed him (Nextel phone walkie talkie feature).
I said "don't be mad, I'm so sorry, I'll pay for it. When I tried to park your truck, I misjudged where my jeep was and scratched the truck."
Boys response: "scratched it where?"
Me, sounding like I had started to cry: "I put a huge scratch all along the side. I'm sorry."
Boy: "Just don't move it, leave it where it is until I get home."
Me: "Ok, I'm so sorry"

I let him stew for about five minutes and then two wayed him again and said "Boy?"... "Gotcha"

When he responded I could hear his brother laughing hysterically in the background. I think I got him pretty good.

In other "revenge" news, I've got my tickets for the Wednesday midnight showing of STAR WARS. I will be going with a friend from work because no one else wanted to go. The boy would go except he needs to be up for work the next day and since he isn't a Star Wars freak like me, he doesn't see the need to loose sleep over the event.

small little joke

Song: The Ballad of Lucy Jordon - Marianne Faithful
Quote: There is someone in this land who has my heart, and where he goes, I go. Even if it is beyond the edge of the world as you know it. - Brian Froud, Lady Cottington's Fairy Album

It was a tiny little joke and that was all it was intended as, was a tiny little play on words. But it scared the hell out of me.

The boy called me tonight at work:

Boy: "I'm moving to Florida."
Me: "Yea right."
Boy: "I'm moving to Florida, my Uncle has a job down there for me."
Me: (finds a place to sit down) "You're lying."
Boy: "No, I'm not. My Uncle will pay $1,400 a week."
Me: (Getting a little upset) "You're pulling my chain right?"
Boy: "No"
Me: (almost crying) "Your joking right?"
Boy: "Of course I joking. But I could move, the job is real."
Me: (crying with relief) "You suck!"
Boy: "Why?"
Me: "You joke about leaving me, and you expect me not to be upset?"
Boy: "Who said you wouldn't come with me?"

A thousand and one thoughts ran through my head at that first sentence and I believe my heart fell into my toes, or at least into my stomach. I don't think he thought I would get so upset, because he wouldn't have done it then. I don't want anyone to think that he was intentionally trying to be cruel; I think he was trying to be funny and it failed miserably.
There are things that he and I have discussed about plans for the future and I think he thought those plans would be more than enough for me to realize he was pulling my chain. Or maybe it never occurred to him that I would think he was leaving without me. Because it's not like we haven't talked about how my career choices could lead to Florida, and how he has family down there, but I think my gut reaction was fear and fear of his choice of the word I.
Immediately following this, I was actually very shocked at how frightened I got at the thought of loosing him. I have a million thoughts running through my mind right now and they are all jumbled up. I think I will go to sleep now. And look forward to beating the crap out of the boy for this one tomorrow.

Say what?

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% General American English

25% Yankee

20% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Of course there were no questions that told me how much of my language was Penn. Dutch. Say der wunce.

SCHOOLS OUT

Song: School's out - Alice Cooper
Lyrics: No more pencils, no more books...

Weeeeeee Hooooooo! I'm done, I'm done. I finished on Thursday and just found out today that I got all A's and am graduating with a 3.83 GPA. I've been avoiding the computer, cuz I think I'm a little computer burned out. It's time to go outside and enjoy this beutiful weather we've been having. Hopefully tonight the boy and I will put the soft top on my jeep.

Time to go enjoy the sunshine.

Two More Days!

Song: 99 Red Balloons
Quote:
"I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure seeker, or a gunfighter Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am."
"And what is that?"
"I am a librarian!"
-The Mummy


I couldn't take it anymore... I had to blog. I have two more days and still a ton of work to get done but I felt the need to do something that had nothing to do with school work at this computer. Starting Friday I'm not going to do anything productive for at least a week. There is a stack of movies I want to watch, a stack of books I want to read and a ton of sleep I want to catch up on. That and my room needs to be cleaned... badly. I'm thinking of going with a scorched earth policy this time, but we'll see.

I've discovered a great author. Her name is Caitlin R. Kiernan. I don't know how to describe her writing, but it's sort of Stephen King-y, but without a lot of scary. More like his strange mental trip books. I don't know if this is coming out right, but they are definitely good. There is also the new Mercedes Lackey that is just begging to be read and a few James Rollins books too. It's also time for me too re-visit my friends at the Inn of the Last Home. In other words bring out my copy of Dragons of Autumn Twilight that has been read so many times it's falling apart.

I just got my soft top for my jeep, and by "just" I mean getting it after having to send it back twice and finally getting the right thing. The first time they sent me the wrong one and the second time it arrived damaged in the UPS box. I also got my tank top that reads "Jeep girls like it topless and dirty" and my two decals for my jeep that read "If you can read this roll me over" and "Jeep girl inside".
Ah well, guess I should get to that pesky homework of mine.

Two more days 'till freedom

countdown: 14 days

Good grief, 14 days till I'm done.

I'm still alive, just buried in homework. Not much to talk about except homeork. Oh but there is the frog. I'll have to remember to tell you about the frog.

muddy adventures

Ta-da! A blog entry... from me... who'd have thunk it? This isn't going to be long since I have way too much school work to be doing this. But I have a picture I needed to share. One of me and the boy after our four wheeling adventure this weekend. We both got a wee bit muddy as you can see and that's why he agreed to the pic. (camera shy boy) I have sunburn, but I had tons of fun. So till next time.

sleep tight

Song: In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Lyrics - Accepting all I've done and said. I want to stand and stare again, 'till there's nothing left out. It remains there in your eyes. Whatever comes and goes, I will hear your silent call. And I will touch this tender wall 'till I know I'm home again.

It's very weird to me, wanting to spend as much time as possible with someone. I'm not used to not getting sick of someone after spending so much time with them. I've found that I want to spend all of my spare time with the boy. With his new job, I don't get to see him as much as I used to. And because of my father, he is not welcome in my house so I have to go to the boy's house to spend time with him. (Long story, but let's just say my parents live in the dark ages.) I also have to spend most nights of the week sleeping at my house. (Again, dark ages) So last night, when the boy was falling asleep he asked me to stay at least until he fell asleep. I rolled over and he put his arms around me and we both fell asleep. I had told my mother that I was going to be home. I usually wake up around 2am at his house so I didn't figure me falling asleep would be a problem. Last night I woke up around 2, saw the time and fell back to sleep. Today the boy said that he woke up about forty five minutes later and poked me a few times to wake me up. He said when I didn't move much he figured I would just spend the night and he went back to sleep. But I did wake up a few minutes later and I went home. Tonight, he and I were watching Finding Neverland (good movie) and he fell asleep during it. He had told me if he fell asleep that I should wake him up, and by the end of the movie he was sound asleep. I decided to go home even though it was only 10. He has to be up at 6 and I didn't want to wake him, I really didn't have anything I wanted to do other than spend time with him. Plus waking him up is a pain in the ass sometimes. I whispered I love you and he smiled in his sleep. I then said I was going home and he asked "why?" and I told him it was because he was sound asleep. To which he replied to me by snoring. I wouldn't have minded staying with him, but I wasn't ready to go to sleep and all of my things are here, there was nothing there for me to do there except watch TV.

I guess there is no point to this rambling except that I love falling asleep with the boy and I can't wait to have my own place where he will always be welcome and I won't have to worry about falling asleep and not being home when I said I would.

sweet memories

Song: Memories - Elvis Presley
Quote: It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. -Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

I am a pack rat. I come from a long line of pack rats. And since I am planning on moving out by the end of the year, tonight I started to clean out my room, go through my closets and decide what I want to keep and what needs to be tossed.
I ended up with a few bags of clothing for good will, a box of books for the library book sale, two boxes of stuff to put on ebay (eventually), and about three bags of garbage. I threw out a whole bunch of things that I can't figure out why I kept. I also threw away a few things that had memories attached to them. It's hard to do but it needs to be done. I did allow myself one box of useless things, which included:

A wooden grasshopper toy that my father made for me from when he was still my hero.

A glass Carebear jewelry box that my sister V. got for me. It was broken when I opened the box and I cried and cried, but with a little glue my mother fixed it for me.

A small glass unicorn night light that my grandmother got me. For many years it kept the monsters away. And then when I got older it helped me read past my bedtime.

An old pair of pink plastic knitting needles. My mother taught me to knit one summer, and the needles make me think of cool-aid, air-conditioning and a never ending maroon scarf.

A plane ticket stub to Atlanta Georgia. A reminder that running away from your problems doesn't make them go away. And that you never move in with a newlywed couple. Even if one of them is one of the people you love most in the world.

creative witty title here

Song: Girls and Boys - Good Charlotte
Quote: Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits man nothing. - The 13th Warrior

So my boy kicked me out of his house today. Not without good intentions though. He's afraid I'm neglecting my homework. (Don't know where he would get that idea, maybe he reads my blog.) So like a good girl, I came home and worked on some homework.

On a happy note, it seems as though the boy has already gotten a job. We are just waiting for a call to confirm. If so, he will be doing landscaping, which is what he wanted. He loves working outside, rain or shine. A lot less money then he used to make though. Things will still be tight for him, at least for a little while.

So, the trip to the zoo went off without a hitch. We had so much fun. It was a little exhausting going with a 2 year old, but he was very well behaved. We are, however, planning another trip without the kid. LOL

We're off to see the wizard...

Well not really, we are off to the Washington DC Zoo. Myself, the boy, a friend of mine, and her son are going to the zoo tomorrow morning.

The camera's ready, there are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches waiting and I have to get up at five in the morning.

On a bad note, the boy got fired from his job on Tuesday. So today we went job hunting. Hopefully he finds something soon. I'm more worried than he is.

So tomorrow is the last expensive thing we do until he finds a new job. Money was usually tight for us, but now it will be even tighter.

bad blogger... bad blogger

Quote: Lo there do I see my father.
Lo there do I see my mother and my sister and my brothers.
Lo they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them,
in the halls of Valhalla,
where the brave may live forever. - The 13th Warrior

Ok, so I haven't blogged in a while.
I haven't done anything.

I've done homework and slept and hung out with the boy. Saw a few movies: Constantine, Boogieman, Ray and Sky Captain and the world of Tomorrow. First two good, third one was excellent, and the last one was terrible.

I have too much homework to do and no ambition to do it.

Today was the first day of spring break and I wanted to do something, anything. So the boy and I started driving and ended up in Harrisburg, PA. Somehow no matter where we go we end up at a mall. But this mall had a place called the Whitaker Center for Science and Arts. It was this cool place that was just a small science museum. There were all kinds of science experiment-like displays. Things that showed how sound and light work and how the body works. I'm not sure but it seemed like some of it was more geared toward children, but being two big kids at heart, the boy and I had a great time. There was also an IMAX theater. We saw a movie called Australia Land Beyond Time. It was a great movie. This is the second IMAX movie I've seen. The first was at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. That one was a 3D space shuttle movie. This Australia one was way better. It wasn't 3D but being the National Geographic nerd that I am, I loved it.
Ok, well I think that is a sufficient enough blog for now... sorry about not posting in so long.

still alive

So I haven't been blogging. No real good reason why, I guess I just didn't feel like it. It's not like there hasn't been a lot of stuff going on in my life, and it's certainly not like I don't spend any time on the computer. I guess I'm just feeling a little blah with this thing. I've got so much work to do this semester and I just don't feel like doing any of it. I can't wait until I graduate and get a real job. I want a real job so that I can make more money. It's not that I really care all that much about making more money; it's just that I need more money. Believe me, I don't have very extravagant taste and I'm the first one to say to the boy "don't waste your money on foolish little gifts for me" but I do want enough to live without worrying. And maybe a little extra, so that I know I can afford to buy things for myself.
Bah... I think I'll just post this and go to bed... I just thought I would let you all know I'm still alive and kicking
Goodnight

sick mind

Song: Broken Road - Rascal Flats
Quote: Every long lost dream led me to where you are. Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars, pointing me on my way into your loving arms. This much I know is true that God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you.

I really hope that I'm not getting sick. I'm hoping that this is just my allergies acting up again. The weather around here keeps changing. It's cold and snowy, then it's warmer and dryer. Every time the weather shifts my allergies act up. However there is a really bad cold going around here and it's quite possible that I got that too. Right now my head hurts from sinus pressure and my sinuses are quite blocked. I really can't afford to be sick, I need to much money and I have to go to my classes. Whenever I get sick I try to work through it, and then it takes me forever to get better because I'm not getting the rest that I should.

Blah blah blah... anyway enough with the griping. I have homework to do... maybe. I haven't even looked yet, so if I do have homework, here's hoping it's a small assignment.

And just for the hell of it, I thought I would post this cute picture that Hawke made. She said it looked like me and I agree. Blond hair, blue eyes, funky clothes and of course my wings - totally me.

My life as a Power Puff Girl

Design your own PowerPuff Girl or Boy

Hey, snow problem!

Song: Changes - David Bowie
Quote: Four wheel drive is not to get you to work. Four wheel drive is to get you home from work. - The boy

It's been a very odd week. Some bad news (very bad news) and some news that I think is good, but I'm not entirely sure how to feel about it. Unfortunately I won't be writing about either, because to put it bluntly, it's nobody else's business. But I will say it's been a rather roller coaster ride this week for my emotional stability.

Moving past all that, I had a blast last night playing in the snow. For those of you who don't know, yesterday PA was hit with a doozie of a snow storm. Most of the cities were in a state of emergency. It started to snow around 9am and they started sending people home from work around 11. I left around Noon and headed for the boy's house. Within an hour he and I were over at his friend's house. We got something to eat and then went driving around in the snow. Every part of me that is my mother was screaming at me that I should safe and sound somewhere and not driving around in a snow storm. And if my mother ever finds out what I was doing I'm sure her worry rate will increase 100%. We drove around until dark and then we went back and got my jeep. The boy wanted to see how it rode in the snow. So there we were at around 8, five of us, riding in three vehicles. My jeep, a tracker and... a Toyota Tercel? Amazingly, that Tercel handles really well in the snow. In any case, we drove around until the boys decided to go up to Bake Oven Knob. Once again for those of you outside of PA, Bake Oven Knob is a site along the Appalachian Mountain trail. The reason they wanted to go was because the road leading up to the Knob is very steep and curvy. They also were betting it hadn't been plowed. It wasn't. My jeep was the only vehicle to make it to the crest of the road without getting stuck. I, of course, was not driving. With my skills we would have ended up falling off the mountain. But the boy was very impressed with my vehicles abilities. The tracker, after getting unstuck, also made it up the hill, leaving the poor Tercel half way up the hill. Once reaching the top, we all turned around and made it safely home.

Today the boy and I ventured to the mall and then after he decided he wanted to drive some back roads and go "drifting". Basic translation: he wanted to try to get his truck stuck in the really high snow drifts. We didn't get stuck but we did get some stranger unstuck from a snowdrift. This stranger was out drifting with his friends, but instead of using a truck or some other vehicle with four wheel drive; they decided to use some little sporty car. My boy, to the rescue again. He chained this guys car to his truck and pulled him out.
Well I'm off to finish watching the movie Ned Kelly. Orlando Bloom and Heath Ledger, YUM.

temper temper

Song: I walk alone - Green Day
Quote: Boredom sets into the boring mind. - James Hetfield, Holier Than Thou

Grumble grumble grumble. I got pissed at the boy tonight. Well not exactly pissed at him, but he felt the brunt of my wrath. (and for that I feel bad). The day was great, it was the night that sucked. It all started when the boy decided to call off of work tonight. Granted he was actually a little sick, but he only called off because he felt like calling off. And he only felt like calling off because he suddenly realized that he had more sick time then he thought. So not a big deal. We decided to go driving around, which is one of my favorite things to do. However one of his friends called so we met up with him and went driving around in his car. As soon as the boy got into the other car he started falling asleep. So there I was in this car with his friend while he was sleeping. (and listening to terrible music to boot) I was bored out of my mind. I am rarely bored when I'm by myself because I can always think of something to keep myself occupied and if I can't, I figure my boredom is my fault. But if I get bored when I'm out with other people, I get pissed because I can think of a million other things that I could be doing. So finally I asked him to take us back to the boy's truck. I then asked the boy to take me to my jeep. (My jeep was parked at one of his friend's houses. (long story) We get back to my jeep and I ask the boy to let me follow him until I get to someplace that I knew. (I get lost in a paper bag and I was in unfamiliar territory) To which the boy replied: "Go to the stop sign make a right, blah blah blah and that will take you to Route 100". Then I got angry cuz I wanted to be able to follow him so that I could not get lost. Not to mention I wanted to follow him to his house so that I knew that he got there safely, he was still rather groggy. I tried to get this point across to him, and he was NOT GETTING IT. Finally I was like fine, I'll find my way. I hopped out of the truck and started my jeep and went to pull out. Well he managed to pull out in front of me and then turned the way I though I was supposed to go. I followed him for a ways and started feeling awful about my temper. So I called him and said I was sorry. He wasn't even pissed at me. So he took me back to his house, where I pulled in beside him so I could kiss him good night and say sorry for my temper. I told him that I had started to get pissed in the car and he said he was sorry for falling asleep, but he thought the reason he fell asleep was because he had taken some cold pills right before we left and they had just knocked him out. (Then I felt really bad cuz I'm known for having medicine do that to me.)
So the night ended with the two of us kissing good night and me coming home.
Damn my Irish temper.

Good Times

I had so much fun yesterday. I took the day off from work so I could go off roading with the boy. I wasn't sure how I would like it because I have never gone before but I loved it. We were going through huge puddles (small lakes) covered with almost an inch of ice, sliding through mud and going over rocks. We were out for almost eight hours. It was freezing outside and we had to have the windows open so we could talk to one of the boy's friends, who was on a four wheeler. My brain is a wee bit tired right now, but I'll write more about it later. For now I'll just leave you with some pictures.

Found it!

The site I was talking about in the previous blog was The Death Clock Enjoy!

quiz time

Song: Skulls - Misfits
Quote: We can't all, and some of us don't. - Eeyore

Tonight was a boring night at the library. Some of our teenage volunteers were playing on the internet and were looking at some page that told you when you were going to die based on your personality. It appears that because I'm pessimistic I'll die the day before my birthday in 2040. I'm comforted by the fact that one of the other employees apparently died in 2002. lol
Unfortunately I can't remember, or find address of this quiz. (I'll try to remember to ask the volunteers next week.) But in an effort to find this quiz I came across some other interesting quizzes. Here are my results.


"I will be stung by a swarm of killer bees

How will you die? Take the Exotic Cause of Death Test


Which "Natural Wonder" are you?a>


Take the Desert Creatures Test!

Movie: Troy
Quote: They have a cave troll. - Lord of the Rings

Ummm... what have I done lately? Nothing much, really. I've just been bumming around relaxing with the boy. I went to the movies twice. Saw Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events and White Noise. Lemony Snicket was ok. I'm not a big Jim Carey fan but the children in it were great. White Noise was incredibly disappointing. The previews looked so good and the movie was so bad. It was too long and they didn't explain anything. Today we rented Troy and Anacondas. Anacondas was good. Troy... Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. Troy, soldiers, big wooden horse. Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom.

One of my last classes this semester is my multimedia practicum. For this class I either have to do an internship or a final project. Being that I don't have time to do an internship I have to do a project. I have decided (as long as my teacher approves) to do an animated music video for one of Emily's Toybox's original songs. On Saturday we saw the band again and I was talking to Mike (singer) and asked him about doing it. He was all about it. He even offered to let me use his digital video camera to film some live footage. Hopefully my teacher approves this project because I'm really excited about it. Of course now that I've told the band about this project I have to make sure it's good, and that means a lot of work for me.

One ring to rule them all...

Song: Gypsies on Parade - Sawyer Brown
Quote: For three hundred lives of men I have walked this earth and now I have no time. - Gandalf, Lord of the Rings the Two Towers

Good grief, I'm mildly bored. It's very odd having this much time to myself. I honestly don't remember what I used to do with my free time before I started school. I can't go shopping, all of my money needs to go to my new vehicle. I really don't want to work any extra hours. All I've been doing lately is just sleeping and watching movies. I've spent a lot of time watching all three of the Lord of the Rings movies the extended versions. Right now the Two Towers is playing a lot on the boys satellite TV and the Return of the King extended version was just released.
Well, I did go shopping today for new work shoes. I really needed them. They ended up being a lot cheaper than I expected so I bought myself a nice pair of black slacks too. I was happy to find out I was a size smaller than I used to be. I kind of expected this because I've been needing belts on all the pants that used to fit, and all of the pants that used to be a wee bit tight now fit perfectly. I think it has to do with the fact that I really wasn't eating all that much the last month of school and that I was a little ill over the holidays. It also doesn't help that the boy's eating schedule is way off because of him working third shift plus the fact that he only really likes fast food; so half the time I don't end up eating that much when I'm with him.
I think I'll go watch Fellowship of the Rings and maybe clean this place up a wee bit. I really think I would like to live at Bag End. Or at least live in the house that is supposed to be Bag End in the movie. I love the round doors and the woodwork in it.