Thank You

I feel so happy right now. This day has been, truthfully, a really shit day, but has also showed me that there are people who really, truly care. After getting the shit news RS took me to the park and we sat on the swing-set and jungle gym and talked, then got coffee. Ate lunch with three of my Sponsees, JS, JC, and NB. Got multiple offers of hit-man duty. Met up with RS again and he bought me frozen yogurt and cheered me up immeasurably. Just now, KTBZ and CM came by with lots of chocolate, jumped into my bed, and talked for over an hour. Again, I feel happy. Thank you all for making me feel so good on an otherwise shitty day.

Schedules

This week was a week of over-scheduled craziness. A couple of weeks ago I set up an Ical on my new computer and it has done three things: 1) appeal to my slightly fanatic love of organization/list-making, 2) given me an extremely useful/helpful/color-coordinated way to see what my week looks like at a glance, and 3) freaked me out because it has caused me to realize just how much of my time is structured and just how little of it is free. This past week, as I said before, was particularly over-scheduled, mostly because of various meetings/interviews/deadlines for my head sponsor application. This coming week is deceptively nice-looking, though it does have a big, fat paper due at the end of it. Meh. I guess it never stops, but c'est la vie!

Yummy

I just cooked up some basmati rice and dal from Trader Joe's and am eating it while watching Top Chef. Mmmmmm.

Concert

In other news, I went to the House of Blues in Anaheim last night for the Ska is Dead tour. So much fun! I didn't really know much about the bands and I definitely wasn't one of those kids who fit the "scene" but I had a great time nonetheless. Good music, good friends, fun dancing, what more could I ask for on a Tuesday night?

Tonight are auditions for the ballroom dance team, so I'm helping out, getting people organized, partnering with the boys who are auditioning, etc. It'll go pretty late into the night, so I'm bringing homework and hoping to be somewhat productive during the down time.

Back to my reading...

Sweet!

I thought my mom and sister, avid bakers both, might like this one:



from likecool.com

You are getting sleeeeeeeeeepy

Oh man, I am sooooo tired....I really need to be getting more sleep. That being said, I am going to a concert tonight. Stupid Lauren. I'm about to have lots of coffee....

Friday I'm in Love

This was on a cool blog I read, likecool.com
It made me smile.

BLARRRG!!!

SO MUCH WORK!!!! I'm a terrible blogger, I'm sorry! This semester has me pretty blindsided so far as I try to work out classes, dance, scheduling, work, applying for new jobs, friends, etc. GAH!!! I apologize again, I hope to get back on track soon and back to blogging as well. Hang in there!

100th post!

So, this is my 100th post. Woohoo! Here it is:

First, a quote:

"It's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you're not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again."
--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Second, classes!
My first class was great, but I'm waitlisted on it, so I hope I get in! I have a pretty good chance, so we'll see. Next up is a class I am signed up for but will hopefully drop if I get into the other class. That's in half a hour, so I better get moving!

Tomorrow

School starts tomorrow. I have things mostly in order, but these sort of things make my anxiety/OCD go all kinds of crazy, so I'm freaking out quite a bit internally. MEH!!! I don't like this feeling at all---for the most part it is out of my life but things like this can definitely trigger it again. I'm eating some of my mommy's delicious homemade applesauce, listening to relaxing music, and burning a yummy-smelling candle all in hopes of calming down a bit, and I think it is working. I'm going to try to go to bed soon because I'm waking up at (gasp!) 8:30 for my 9:35 class tomorrow. Good lord, that is early for me....hahaha. Alright, I'm off to get a little bit more done and then hopefully go to sleep! Goodnight!