Bad Blogger Bad.

Oh man. I'm so sorry. Life has been crazy.

California was f-ing amazing. Without it, I'm not sure I would have made it through dead week and finals.  Either way, the week before finals (dead week--which is supposed to be the week of nothing but ironically is the week that everything is due) was crazy.  So many papers etcetera were due.  Finals week wasn't so bad, but I spent the whole time working and cleaning my freaking house so that I could have TWO parties. Yeah I'm a  badass host.  Take that parties!  

Thursday night was a PJ party with the work people.  Too much drunkeness ended with Krystals.  If you don't know what they are you should.  Exactly the same thing as White Castle, but more incredible.  Just kidding.  I've never had White Castle.  Good party though.

The bf graduated Saturday... SCARY... grown-up time!  So of course, there was a grad party with a keg.  Good party.  Me and 15 other guys.  I'm a pimpess!!! Lots of drunken time.

Sunday, more drinking.  I love rummy (the game, not my nickname for Rum, just the game).  

Monday.  Work party.  Whoa.  Progressive Dinner and lots of alcohol.  Needless to say, I needed a ride home, 6 different types of alcohol----wine, champagne, vodka, beer, jack,vodka.  It was quite intense, but quite awesome the next day... cause NO HANGOVER!

So I immensely apologize for my absenteeism.  I've drank way more than I should, but had an awesome past 2 weeks.  My reader is on overloaded so much so I've started using a different browser.  There just hasn't been TIME! Curses.  

I promise more  blogging to come.  And this time, I promise, these aren't empty promises! 

I really plan on blogging more because it's such a stress reliever.  I definitely have catching up to do.  I hope that everyone's Thanksgiving was great... and I hope everyone's holiday season is fab too!!

Going home next week.  Get to see the bestest.  It's been so long...Woo!

Have  lots to update about the BF.  Hopefully starting serving after the holidays... money money money!  Working out more with a good friend from work...nickname later.  

Love you all!

Wow.

Where exactly has this year gone?  

I can't believe that Thanksgiving is this week and in a little over a month we'll be celebrating the new year.  WTF?

Again, I'm sorry for the absentee blogging thing.  I suck, I know, don't need to remind me! :) 

What have I been doing?

Lots of working.  Lots of school crap. Lots of sleeping.  

Still recovering from the plague, but feeling lots better than I was last weekend.  I gave up my shift tonight so I could work on homework, but in pure procrastinator fashion, I haven't started on any of it.  Instead, I've been cleaning.  Much needed cleaning.  My living room is now, the only room in the house that is completely clean, save vacuuming the carpet.  

The BF and I got a new entertainment center a few months ago and it has become a crap hole for....crap.  So, I spent the evening listening to good ole' Miles Davis and dusting, relocating, and organizing things.  I also tackled the mantle over our fire place, which also becomes a crap shelf.  Moved some furniture around and am now enjoying a nice glass(es) of a Shiraz Cabernet blend while cleaning my computer room.

So productive!

The BF is cooking dinner tonight.  Steak, Sweet Potato, & Asparagus....Mmm.  

Will probably be spending the rest of the evening by myself after dinner.  Man-Poker-Night must ensue.  But, I don't mind at all, I'm not as productive when he's around! Love him, but it's the truth!

Hope the weekend is going well for ya'll!

More blogging at the request of Classy, I promise.

Date night!

Last week I asked the boyfriend to take me on a date sometime soon. I know, you're wondering, "Why do you have to ask for a date?" Well, seeing as how he and I have been together for 2.75 years, we've gotten into a routine as all couples tend to do, and we don't really do things like that very much. We seem to always find time to go to Wing Night with all of our friends and we used to go to $7 Pitchers of Beer Night over the summer. Somehow, though, time with each other, where we aren't sitting in front of the tv or sitting in separate rooms, is nill. It's sad when spending time together turns into not.

I know there are other activities that we can do that don't cost money and we do those things! We go hiking and camping every now and then, we walk the dogs together a lot, we make meals together, watch movies, etc. However, sometimes it is really nice to go out to dinner and enjoy time that way. A lack of money probably has something to do with the frequency of activities like this, so that's why when we actually do have "Date Nights" it makes it extra special! Ohhh life as a 22 year old.

So tonight, the boyfriend got his shift picked up, and we are going on a date! Dinner at a good local Ribs place and then afterwards a piano concert on campus (which is technically an assignment for a class, but one can always use a little bit of Culture). :)

Meme

I have been tagged TWICE by Meika Musings and bodelou

Here are the Rules:

1.Link to the person that tagged you
2.Post the rules on your blog
3.Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4.Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5.Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6.Let your tagger know when your entry is UP.

Six Random Things...


1. I hate being cold. So much so I get angry in the winter because of it. The boyfriend bought me sheep skin moccasins for our anniversary in January because of this.

2. I'm in love with my dogs. The boyfriend and I have two and I have two at home. I'm a sucker, but they are my babies.

3. Chinese food is a huge weakness of mine. I've finally found a place here that slightly compares to my Chinese place at home. The place at home knows me by name. She even asks about my family when I go home to visit.

4. I hate same side sitters. Even before I started working in a restaurant I hated this. No offense if you are one of these people, but it's just weird, C'mon!

5. I have a secret passion for musical theater. I always wanted to do it, but I never had the guts to try out! Plus it was like a club. Everyone was already friends and I'd be under constant scrutiny. I guess being in the choir was enough.

6. I love tea. I bought a teapot last year and anytime I find it, I buy loose tea. I wish tea-time was a staple in our culture here!

Six More Random Things because I was tagged twice!

1. I have a secret crush on Justin Timberlake.. mmm

2. I talk to myself when no one is around. I also talk to my dogs like they are humans, but for some reason I feel like most people do this, so I don't feel bad about it!

3. I've always wanted to learn to play an instrument, but have never had the determination to do it. I'm a singer, playing an instrument should be like that, natural.

4. I have no idea what I want to do with my life! Eeek!

5. Even though I'm a Sociology major and a Women's Studies minor I still really really want an engagement ring (one day!)--even though it is a symbol of so many horrible things! :)

6. I secretly find pleasure in others' misery...sometimes! Obviously depends on the misery---not people losing loved ones or anything like that. I'm a creep!

ANnnnddd.. hopefully you got some enjoyment out of those fun facts. The last 6 were a little more difficult! I am not playing the game by tagging others, because it's too much effort to go to each person's site and tell them they are tagged! I know, I'm lame!

Addendum to "Oh No!! The fights out.."

I found out that Lipstick Jungle and Private Practice didn't show that night because of the debate...

Good news: I was able to watch the rerun of Project Runway before finding out who won!

"The human race is going to become extinct..."

says the boyfriend. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I haven't been here all day and this is what sent you into a great depression this afternoon????

First of all, I'm a great optimist (or I live in a fantasy world and as the boyfriend says) and he's a great pessimist. Why are we together you ask? Well, you can't really have the extreme of both because either you'll turn out like him, extremely depressed about the economy and people or you'll be like me who (sometimes) doesn't have a care in the world except for what's right in front of me.

The boyfriend says the economy is collapsing.

Okay, I say, but we survived through the Great Depression, we'll survive this one.

The boyfriend says, "the human race is going to become extinct and the only solace that I find is that I won't live forever" (I know super depressing shit).

I say, Don't you think Thinkers, Philosophers, Scientists etc. have said all of this before? It's cyclical. Everything will be okay.

He says "That's the kind of thinking that isn't going to change anything and that's why we're going to die."

It will all be okay. For reals. Just go with it. I say.

Poor guy. While I'm stressing about the 3 papers and 2 exams I have over the course of the next week and a half, he's reading BBC news. I came home to him lying in bed with a depressed look on his face. He says, I'm thinking.

Anytime this is uttered I know something must be wrong and I should leave the room pronto. Either I have done something to aggravate him or there is something wrong with the World. Today, there is something wrong with the World that needs deep concentration and thought.

He'll be okay, no worries.

Geez

Slacker Blogger

So, I've been out of the blog-world for a little bit. Been trying to catch up on housework. Ha! I finally tackled the bathroom which I was dreading doing because it was a disaster. The boyfriend feels that he needs every kind of medicine, bandage, ointments, creams, extra everything, toothpaste, shampoo etc. We have a tall cabinet where all of these are stored. Unfortunately, any time something new is purchased it just gets thrown in the cabinet. My cabinet was vomiting into the floor. Why do we need THREE bags of cotton balls and every medicine known to man? In case we need them, of course. He's been at school all day and so against his wishes I'm throwing out stuff that is almost empty. Obviously, we should recycle and that's what he'll yell about. I don't have time to rinse out all 20 something bottles though, so they are getting trashed. He is the king of all pack rats and doesn't understand why it's not okay.

In other news I started classes on Monday. MWF classes for me. Which means Tuesdays and Thursdays off from school and Work! Woo Hoo! They look like they are going to go well. This is my last year and for whatever reason I've saved 3 freshman level courses for the very end. That sounds easy you might say. Well, it will be, but the hard part is listening to Freshman who don't have a clue about anything. I am excited, though, because for the first time in a while I don't have a huge ass research paper due at the end of the semester! Waaaaahooo!!

Labor day plans for the weekend anyone? For me it's visit with the mom, the best friends and the rest of the fam.

It's Grandpa's birthday Friday, so birthday festivities will ensue. This should be an exciting event because my cousin who's my age is preggo with twins. Yay for babies you might say. Well, not when you're a single mom with a 3 year old and don't have a job! Either way there could be drama, but we're all positive except for her psycho-mom!

And of course there will be fireworks this weekend, I love fireworks.

And guess who's going to be visiting my house while I visit home? The lazy bastard. I've already threatened the boyfriend with "If I come home and the house is destroyed I'm killing you." Seriously, I will scream.

Hope all is well in your blogger world! Promise to post about the weekend, and promise to come up with something exciting to blog about soon!

No Apologies

I make none. I'm blunt and honest. Sometimes brutally honest, but hey, if someone isn't who will be?

The sole purpose of this blog is to be frank about the goings ons of life, that I can promise you. I'm a twenty somethings girl and have a love for life and here will reside the stories of what happens when the sun goes down.

No worries, I will not try to be a Carrie Bradshaw knock-off. I have no sex advice. I'm hours away from my best friend. I have a steady boyfriend whom I live with (which could make this anonymous blog thing interesting). I have 1 more year of college left and then off to grad school--- eeeek. I have a love for shoes, purses, clothes, good food and company. I work in a restaurant and probably drink too much because of it!

People you should know that I will talk about frequently are:

Classy Stiletto-- aka best friend who lives too far away. We've grown up together and share pretty much the same views on everything. No matter how many other friends come and go, she's one that I could never get tired of or lose contact with!
Classy's Long-term boyfriend-- he's pretty much your all-american guitar playing, heavy metal, head banging kinda guy.
My boyfriend-- I'll probably give this guy all sorts of nicknames some kosher and others not depending on the mood of the day! I love him with all my heart. He wishes he could be a full-time student. He's your modern day hippie kind of guy I suppose. He showers. :)
My mom-- She's an absolutely amazing woman. She's young and not your typical mom-type. She cusses a lot, consequently so do I. I'll probably mention her at some point.
Biologist friend-- she's a rock. She and I have many campfire nights in her back yard where we drink too much homemade wine and/or margaritas and talk about all the things your mother doesn't want you to know about or talk about.

This is my life. Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy!