I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor

I love weekends off.

I get to go to church and jam with the family.

Get things done in the apartment - laundry, dishes, homework, etc.

Yesterday was nice cause I got to sleep in and do all that fun family stuff, today was similar.

Went to late service church where I was surprised to run into my college roommate Myers (even though she's married now and has a different last name and i was in the wedding she'll always be Myers) who was there because our high school friend's baby was being baptized.

We also went to high school together before rooming together in college.

Many memories were made that year.

Moving her massive futon and then dropping it because of the shock from hearing Avril Lavigne singing in a different language was one of them.

No, we had a lot of fun. Watched a lot of Gilmore Girls. Ate a lot of chips and cheese.

We weren't so social with our hall neighbors.

Mostly because our hallmates were very like, preppy?

Yeah, preppy, let's go with that.

And we clearly are not the preppy type.

Anyway, was not expecting to see her this morning so that was exciting. So she sat by us and I got to hold her cute baby.

And of course Squirt is sitting right next to me and he was making faces at her, it was super cute.

It was kind of like a high school reunion there we had Myers, Beej, Bryan, JoJo, Amos, Michael, Kelly, Ben, I'm sure there were more but I'm blanking.

After church went over to Oldest Sister's for burgers.

Which Squirt grilled.

And Bubby made the mac-n-cheese.

So proud.

He also had to show off his Soda Stream machine.

Mmmm cream soda.

Tempted to buy one, cheaper and healthier...cause I drink a lot of pop.

We watched Red and jammed out 'til about 3:30.

After which I had to head home and start on some homework for this week.

Along with putting all those books on the new shelves.

Which, may not take as much time for an average person as it took me.

But I'm a shelver at heart, so if I get a fiction book with the last name starting with an A I have to shift them all over so that it's shelved correctly.

These new ones are nice because the shelves are taller and there are more of them - I actually still have space so now I have an excuse to buy more books - but I was also able to put out my writing binders.

I took a lot of writing classes in college, so there are quite a few of them.

This is the final arrangement.

For now.



With holes for the Harry Potter that Oldest Sister stole, Revolution that Smo stole, and David Sedaris that Second Sister stole.

So now I have four bookshelves, and it's amusing because just like the library there's like a whole James Patterson section. I have 20+ of his books, though since he writes like 5 a year that's not even half of the amount published.

I can see my floor again!

Though that whole open space by the balcony thing has failed because now instead of a foosball table there's a giant empty box.

Ugh.

Will take it out tomorrow.

I was excited to find those writing binders though cause I was flipping through them and ran into this life timeline activity.

Here was mine:

Birth
Baptism
Kindergarten
Grade School
Confirmed
High School
Driving
Graduate
College
Graduate
Get a Job
Get Married
Adopt a Kid
Retire
Suffer Endlessly - there was a big space after that one
Choke on a Jawbreaker

Can't remember if that was a Juwanna or KJ reference but I found it entertaining.

So far I'm good on the list, next up is that whole marriage thing.

Though that would involve him proposing.

Which I'm starting to think really isn't going to happen for a very long time.

Mostly because his sister is getting married so he gets to hear all the wedding talk nonstop and that has frightened him off.

But we shall see.

Watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives again.

Gotta clear it out of the DVR so it can add more.

Dang those marathons, you cause overcrowding!!

Anyway, it was a good day - jamming with Myers, eating with the family, finishing my bookshelves and watching some DDD.

Hoping tomorrow will be good.

Squirt is coming in to work on her library golf hole in the morning, which reminds me that I need to email Superwoman.

Alright, on to the music and I'm out.

Another Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Don't Bring Me Down - ELO

will be sad when my free trial xm is gone, but not enough to make me subscribe to it.

got my ipod i rarely listen to the radio anyway.

alright, i'm out.

i didn't eat my soup or my bread, just the bunny.

Ah, Easter.

Huge day.

Woke up and headed out to the boyfriend's.

Got there earlier than planned so stopped and picked up flowers for his mom and mine.

They were excited.

Went to church with them and ran into my old college roommate.

Who I haven't seen since her wedding.

Which I was in.

And now she has a kid.

So a lot has changed.

It was amusing though cause her husband and the boyfriend's sister's fiance used to play baseball against each other so they were talking after the service.

Boyfriend's sister's fiance, you follow all that?

Also ran into an old drama buddy from high school.

Reunion central.

After church we ate out with the boyfriend's family, grandparents included.

Awesome food, had the baked steak with vegetables.

They're vegetables.

I hate the word "veggies".

Too cutesy.

Drives me nuts.

"You can't fix stupid."

More Duck Dynasty, ugh.

After dinner we headed out to the farm.

Hid some eggs - not as many as last year but still a good stash.

Pastor, wife and kids came out as well.

With the combination of those four and our millions there was a lot of tiny children running around.

The baby still loves me best, totally favorite aunt.

She walked three steps from me to Squirt so that's big potatoes.

Ate far too much for supper, combination of that plus the big lunch zonked me out.

So basically stayed on the couch for the rest of the day.

We watched the epic finale of The Bible.

It was interesting, except we were picking it apart because of specific inaccuracies.

Oh well, at least they made an effort.

Now I'm back and exhausted so I'm gonna crash.

song of the night cause i'm eating one as we speak.

You don't know me, You don't even care.

I should have done extemp in high school. Totally pulled off the booktalk thing, made everybody laugh, now I can breathe easily. Well, for the rest of the night anyway, just one more week and then I'm done with homework until August! And, technically, since we don't have to show up on Saturday if I get my homework done - aka read 2 books, make wikis for them and write a paper on the teen event I went to - tomorrow then I will be done tomorrow. With the class. And homework. Until August. How's that for motivation?

Today was fun, tiring but fun. First was class - gave my booktalk, shared my news broadcast with a small group, listened to a dude ramble longer than I do about young adult books - he was amusing and swore a lot so I can see why young adults like him. After all that was more Graduate Assistant Training is what I'm going to call it as she put me in charge of evalutations and all that again. Already bringing her coffee and collecting papers, what happens when it's official? Ha!

After the joy that was class (cause I like class so it's a joy) I headed back to my apartment to change and eat lunch/watch an episode of Covert Affairs even though I have DVDs out that are due soon, then went to the bridal shower/bachelorette party for my college roommate. Pampered Chef party, as I don't cook I got stuff for my mom. Cause I'm a nice daughter like that. But also because I don't cook. That was in the church basement, we went over to her house for the party - they had some awesome bedazzling of shirts and games and food and drinking. Fun times were had. I love her sisters. They're hysterical and it's so funny because they all look so much alike and their voices are similar so that I have to pause before saying something so I know I'm talking to the right one. Realized tonight that I can't call her by her last name anymore - which is what I've done since high school basically, we've been friends for....oh man headmath on the fly August of 02 and it's June of 11 so almost 9 years. Geez. She will soon have a different last name. And it's not as catchy as her current one. Although, I still call the second half of Amber Squared by her last name and she got married...hmm... will have to work on that one as well.

So, tomorrow is going to go one of two ways, either I sleep in and watch the DVDs I have checked out on my account and I'm totally lazy. Orrrrr I get started on my homework, read at least half of one of the books and sort through all the camp applications I've gotten the past few weeks. My bet is on the former, but we'll see how it goes.

One of the books I have to read is on the Salem Witch Trials so I'm stoked about that as I've done a lot of research on it. Charmed has made me a Salem buff, the Mummy got me hooked on Ancient Egypt, listening to Percy Jackson brought back all these memories of Sophomore English on Mythology...I like history, but it has to be tied to something I care about or I forget about it. Does that make sense? It probably doesn't make sense. If I have a distinct memory linked to something I learned in school it helps me to remember what I learned. I'm not explaining this well. I think I just need to go to bed before I murder the explanation any more.
Okay, like, the Civil War, that was big, right? Yeah, no recollection of what year it took place or the generals names or whatever because, as I'm sure I've learned about it at some point in my life, I have no memory to link it with. I think that's why teachers make us do projects and presentations. Ohhhh, now school totally makes sense! joking. But it's true, if it's tied to our lives we'll have a better chance of remembering it for life. Or at least until the test.
Sorry, I get rambly when I'm sleepy. Ignore that paragraph. I'm gonna turn on something and konk out.
OUT!

woops, lied, song for the night:
"Boston" Augustana

give this one a chance. the piano is excellent, wish I could play it. love this song, but honestly laugh at the refrain because I just hear Leonard singing it on Big Bang Theory -

here:

yes those are cat toys.

But it was a cool video. There should be a tagline: this many pianos were ruined on the beach during filming.

now i'm out.