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What the random international hits...shrug, small world apparently.
It's starting to set in-the home duldrums-not that it's bad being home, i luv it just....I don't do well without some kind of structure and here there is zero to speak of and i'm in a lazy mood right now so forget me creating my own schedule of things to do. Lots of thoughts buzzing around the brain with nothing to do never equals a good mood for me-leaves me feeling restless and useless. It seems one of the most productive and respectable things to do a lot of is read. If you watch too much t.v. or too many movies it's no longer respectable and people start to judge you/think you have no life, but reading-reading seems to always be safe. I'll be in trouble if that ever goes. And today started out so good...babysitting, walking the dog, going on another walk... I guess it's off to read until the game...

According to my presents I was pretty nice this year...

I got lots of itune gift cards-cha ching and a carraba's card. But the HUGE gift-the big one was....are you ready? I don't think you're ready.....ok, but i'll tell you anyway cause i'm still glowing over it: THE COMPLETE SEASONS of GILMORE GIRLS!!! my roommates will be soooo excited!

I was pretty surprised because that's a lot of money but oh i will get my money's worth out of it!!!

Also, got lots of other movies and some really interesting books that i can't wait to get into-tho i need to finish the dan brown book first. I got a way cool shawl/scarf thing from eric from iraq and lots of other great odds and ends. It was a great christmas and it will go out with a bang with our Thanksgiving dinner tonight (shrug, mom didn't get to make her turkey meal this year yet-score!)

Well we made it.

So I think we made pretty good time- we left around 8:30 am Sunday morning and got in around 9:00 am Monday morning, and I didn't even have to drive-Carley's hubby was hardcore and drove half the time.
The roads were clear and all and all it was a pretty smooth trip just insanely loooong.
So once again i'm "home" which strangely feels less and less like home and more and more like a nice trip down memory lane but a trip that I know won't last too long-just a nice lil short respite from the day to day. The weather has definitely welcomed me appropriately with gloomy clouds today-Sugar Land always knows just what I like ;)
It's funny but being home it's always interesting to see how people fall into their old pecking orders- i mean, i guess technically less teasing than there used to be when we were little but not by much 8)
800 miles...that's not too far right? compared to the trip i just made it's nothin.
Well hoping all made it home safely for the hollidays wherever home is and that all are watching the vegas bowl tonight!
Go Cougs!!

so we're off....if you don't hear from me in 24 hours....send a search party-we'll be somewhere between utah and texas.

IT BURNS!

So in case you were wondering, the warning in red around this contact solution is there for a reason. "Do not rinse with Clear Care prior to insertion"
Last night I ran out of contact solution so I figured I'd use a squirt of my roomies' and without thinking used this kind. Fast Forward six hours- i'm putting my contact in and INSTANTLY my eye shuts and starts BURNING like you wouldn't believe and I start flushing it out with water but not before my eye was way red. Oh the pain, oh....the pain.....
So apparently this solution is supposed to be poured into this lil case thing that has a medal contact holder in the middle and there's a chemical reacton with the medal thing and it cleans the contact and instead...it had a nice lil chemical reaction with my eyeball.
O-O-OUCH, but all is well that ends well and by the wedding it wasn't obvious-at least people didn't think I was crying so that's good.

It was a BEAUTIFUL sealing and a niice luncheon.
On to the reception!

p.s. got a new winter coat-and am so exited about it! Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow! (only...just a lil cause i gotta drive home on Sunday)

57 reasons why...

tonight was a great night:
-making a unique dining experience in the back of a hyundai
-discovering a new favorite group: The Classic Crime
-getting a pack of rook cards that I will NEVER throw out no matter how old and tattered they get.
-beautiful lights on temple square
-seeing a goat-dog (technical name: doat or gog) (rare but they do exist apparently in the east).
-seeing some trees of no account and some with account.
-magical snap shots near the not so creepy dead marshes
-making a wish
-58 post-it notes.
-taking virtual tours of sugar land and atlanta (who knew they looked so similar to I-15,small world)
-finding paper bags with russian and korean on them side by side
-being creepers in other people's photos
-wearing my gloves for the first time
-the way he looks at me
-my malchik (ok so this one has a few repeats...ok, 35 repeats to be exact)


P.S. I CAN'T believe that drea is getting hitched tomorrow....wow...."another one bites the dust!" It'll be fun though with my roommates and spaz there. Believe it or not after all my friends getting married this is only my second wedding to attend-i always knew I'd be the last to go (not in a negative way either, just felt that it would turn out that way and was ok with it-i enjoy my personal time table.)

Fav lyrics from the classic crime:

"I left you last week and you told me, "Go on and follow your dreams,"
I think about that lately, still I don't know what it means
Becuase you're what I dream of when I wake alone,
as I drift away as we talk on the phone,
you're all that I want and that's all that I know,
And I still just can't wait to get home"

"If you haven't been tested, you certainly will,
And I promise it's going to kill."

"my head feels fuzzy..."

quote anyone, anyone?
I haven't felt this "jet-lagged" since Scotland. I guess that's what I get for staying up late and getting up early for two days in a row. Well Russian is over and it wasn't too bad having drifted off a million times while cramming and there's just hum350 left to email in which...i dunno...maybe i'll wait to do it when i'm more coherent tomorrow-yea...kuddos to using my head.

Dinner is going to be good 8)

i like it times 4

hmm...i feel like i should blog but when it comes down to it i'm just not feeling it...i won't make you suffer through a non-sincere post, congratulations you just got a free 10 minutes of time back-don't spend it all in one place.

slam dunk and a boo-ya!

So I had my "final" for dictation today and miracle of miracles (no, seriously) it went REALLY well. So far I had a 85 average on all the tests and with this test I got a 100. This is especially good because if we do better on this last test than the others combined then it will count as 60% (and if it would have been less than it would have counted 40%). Needless to say this makes Whit VERY happy and grateful-no seriously i'm not an amazing diction....ist? and got a lot of help from upstairs on this one.
Now it's just memorizing art slides and one more class at three and then i'm done with only three finals left-one of which i'm getting over with on Saturday 8)
You gotta luv the wind down of the semester, AND i'm way excited cause my creative juices/ideas are starting to flow for christmas presents and i luv doing stuff like that-i feel so mischievous doing something secret for someone it's great-highly recommend it.

Happy Holidays

It's amazing how fast it can suddenly feel like Christmas. All you need are a few million frozen pieces of water and a string of lights and you're ready for some holiday cheer. Today was a good day. One of those days where you feel warm fuzzies-yes, today i was living in a hallmark card. Of course it wasn't warm and fuzzy for everyone, in fact, for some it was down right cold and hard-I saw three people biff it today hardcore. We're talking classic slipping gags you see in the cheesy comedy movies where they flail their arms and land on their back etc. I grimaced every time-it's only a matter of time people.
While I was waiting for our ward party to start I meandered in the bookstore and found crime and punishment for five bucks and figured since i hadn't read any of the classics from dostoevsky or tolstoy i should start, AND found a book that has been on the best-sellers list that i've been meaning to read- something about three cups of tea? anywho, I got them and am sooo excited to start them!
For our ward party we had dinner from zupas and then went christmas caroling( one l or two?) to some less active/non members around here and it was so much fun! I don't mean to brag but our group sounded good 8) Then I got to watch one of my favorite movies with my favorite spaz over hot cocoa.
Tomorrow is gonna be fun too-if Dad manages to get in tomorrow we're gonna go out to eat and then to the bball game!
Here's to sleeping all snuggled up in your bed while snow is falling outside.

cycles are funny things and I have to wonder if you ever can progress. I mean, technically you eventually get back to where you were right? But then again it could be like a wheel-yea you're going through the same full-circle of whatever but you're moving forward at the same time....shrug, i dunno, random thoughts-we were also talking about marriage a lot etc. and how there's ups and downs/cycles etc at Drea's bridal shower-maybe this is where it came from.

Well i'm sitting here when i know i should be doing homework but i can't help but not want to. Argh, i stink/don't enjoy at revising/rewriting-which is what i have to do with my paper,meh. Maybe i'll try my hand at my music theory assignment.

o yeah...
and it's snowing 8)

today's revelations:

Despite the fact that I complain about all the stuff i have to do, in the end i'm sentimental about classes ending-not that I don't want them to end just...giving up that routine and getting a fresh one.

It seems like I re-realize this every month but I love visiting teaching-especially when i get to do it in russian (it's seriously like being back on the mission!)

I am not able to stretch my hand/fingers so that my pinky and thumb are straight across from each other/or form a sort of line-that's crazy!

I'm introverted (well, I already knew that but more specifically: i'm an introvert who has somewhat mastered and can put into practice certain extroverted traits when it's absolutely necessary).

I found Miles Davis' "It Never Entered My Mind" (luv this song! check it out-it's the last one on my playlist-the perfect chill relaxing song.)

When I'm tired I often fight it-put it off and ignore what my body is telling me....sheesh, my body must hate me-i need to get better at listening to my body.

I'm very lucky with my malchik 8)
That'll do for now