No Picture Post

I don't have anything new or interesting to write today. I can tell you about my day yesterday though. I went to Core and did Body Attack at 5:30. Betty was teaching, and she is one of my very favorite teachers, although I think I might like Jamie a little better. Betty is very inspirational though. I hope I look like her when I'm in my 40s. Seriously.

Then I came home, showered and fixed my hair. As I was making breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen a little, I noticed that our recycling was overflowing. Like literally nothing else could fit. So I decided to add taking the recycling to my agenda for the day. Then I realized that I needed to go to Wal-mart because we were running out of dish soap, dishwasher soap, toilet paper and paper towels. I've been trying to pay cash for everything lately because I have a lot of it, and it helps me to save money if I use it for essentials. Less of it is wasted on non-essentials that way. Plus it really helps me remember to look for the best quality for the lowest price. However, I'm not a total cheapskate. I like to buy things that cost what they're worth. And I don't like things that fail in the quality department. So I looked closely at what I was buying and I think I got basically the best stuff for the best price. I also bought dryer sheets.

After I got home I had an apple and peanut butter. As I was eating that Talya called and asked if I wanted to help her stuff envelopes. Since I don't have a job at the moment (PLEASE LET ME GET THE CORE JOB!) I had nothing better to do so I went over to the office to help her. Then B-Rod called to ask if I could take her grocery shopping. I thought that wouldn't take long, but it took over an hour. She was very slow...but so am I, so I'm not complaining too much. Plus she gave me $30 last week when I helped her take her stuff to storage. I thought that was really nice of her. After that Talya called again and told me to bring B-Rod back to the office with me if she wanted to, but I had already dropped her off so I just went back alone.

Talya and I finished stuffing envelopes and then went over to my house to make chicken/mushroom/tomato stew stuff. We also tried to make a list of all the foods we're going to make this summer and next year. We want to plan menus so that we won't be tempted to go out or spend extra money. I'm looking forward to this because it seems so adult. :) It was kind of hard to think of healthy meals though, because we want to make REAL meals and not just like...I don't know, omelets and banana burritos. Those are for the days when there's no leftovers for lunch. So if anybody reads this and can think of good, healthy food we can make, I'd appreciate it. It has to taste good though. Talya wants to be able to cook good-tasting food for Keith when they get married. And I want to eat good-tasting food because I don't like eating stuff that tastes bad.

After we finished eating we went for a walk towards downtown. We went to the farmer's market, the Co-op, this little store called Vortex and another little shop with a name I can't remember. As we were walking I suggested we make a point to do something outside every day that it's nice this summer. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the outside and I wish I had a pet so I could have more excuses to go outdoors. Hopefully I'll take Cheyenne here for a visit for a few days.

Anyway, Talya had to take a test this morning so she went back home after our walk and I came back and went to bed. I don't know why I was so tired, but I actually went to bed before 8:00. It was crazy. And then I woke up wideawake at 3:30 this morning. I would like to wake up closer to 4:30 next time though. I normally get up at 4:45, so that's a little closer to my schedule. If I could have only known last year that I was going to wake up so early in the summer I would have thought I was nuts!

Re-Try

I tried to post this the other day, but I guess I put too many pictures in or something? I'm not sure. Anyway, I went home this weekend and got sunburned which hardly ever happens and really makes me sad. But oh well. I did spend all day Saturday outside. I took quite a few pictures. Some of flowers but a lot of Cheyenne too. I'll post a couple of my favorites. I'm a little irritated that some are a little blurry, but Cheyenne moves WAY too fast for my camera! Hopefully I can afford a nice camera sometime. I really enjoy taking action shots. Maybe I'll even get to take gymnastics pictures sometimes.

Cheyenne is so crazy, this is her rolling around upsidedown. Usually I have a really hard time getting her to look at the camera, but I guess I just snapped the picture at the right time in this one.

This one isn't really that good, but she was at least looking sort of towards the camera. And she's smiling, as much as dogs smile I suppose.

I LOVE lilacs. My mom has a row of bushes all along our backyard and they smell so pretty. I also love them because they usually bloom just before my birthday. They're a little late this year. Normally they bloom about two weeks before my birthday but this year they are only just a week before. I'm glad I came home to see them though.

Done with Finals, and Random Musings

Well I finished that essay last night! Whew! And I also finished my final this afternoon. I don't think I did so well on it, but at least it's over, right? My estimated grades for this semester are mostly Bs, definitely no Cs, and perhaps an A or two. My GPA should be above a 3.0 anyway. I'm hoping for at least some B+s if I don't get any As in there.

Now, some more random stuff:

I bought some flip-flops awhile ago that are the most comfortable thing I have ever owned in footwear. I HATE when my feet get hot, so sandals are my thing, and flip-flops are basically the only type of sandal I will wear. So anyway, I do have some issues with Old Navy flip-flops and any with a foam sole because I wear them so long and so hard that they smoosh down to basically nothing after a month or so! That is NOT good for the feet. My heels especially start to hurt. So anyway, I bought these flip-flops. You may have heard of Chacos? Well they are EXPENSIVE ($50 for the cheapest ones!) but they are so so so worth it. At first I got a brown pair. I own a lot of brown clothing.

But then I realized, my school's colors are BLACK and gold. So I bought a pair of black ones.

So I spent $100 on FLIP FLOPS! That is SOO not me. But I love my Chacos! :)

Also, putting me in a happy mood, I just got $85 for selling my books back. That almost covers the shoes, huh?

The Beginning

I probably shouldn't be doing this. I have an essay to write. I've known about the essay for quite some time now; it was assigned last Monday. For some reason though, I thought it was more important to a) spend time with the recruit we had on campus and b) hang out with Talya before she left for Florida for a week. So I put off writing the essay. Well, I put off part of it. I started it soon after it was assigned, but all last weekend I just kept putting it off. Now, I actually finished one of the questions, so I'm down to only 5 pages left to write before tomorrow evening, but sometime in there I've also got to study for the *final* final exam of the semester. Can I just say, I really hate school? I actually don't, but I'm so sick of writing.



I've never had to write as much as I did this semester. Altogether I think I wrote close to 50 pages. To some of you English-y types that might not seem like TOO much, but to me it was entirely too much, especially considering the bulk of it came at the end of the year. So why am I writing a blog? I actually have no idea. I think it might be one of my tactics to avoid finishing that essay, but I'm not sure. Considering I still have over 24 hours to crank out 5 pages, I'm not too concerned. Especially since I don't have anything at all on the agenda today. I think I might go to the store to pick up a few things (Hello, Hy-Vee! Anytime you wanna re-stock Kozy Shack rice pudding would be fine with me) but mostly I think I'll just be hanging out. I do need to go sign a couple posters I was SURE I had already signed, but whatever...I guess I didn't do it after all.



So besides doing stuff with the recruit, I also made a really quick trip home this weekend for Mother's Day. I mostly went to see my mom (obviously!) but I also missed my dog and my friend Carrie and her kid, Sawyer. Let me just say, Sawyer is an ADORABLE baby. I can't decide who is cuter though, Cheyenne or Sawyer. It IS like comparing apples to oranges though. LOL















In case you're wondering, that's Cheyenne on the top and Sawyer on the bottom. :)

So anyway, I really missed my dog but I did NOT miss her hair. There was dog hair ALL OVER the clothes I wore and I get the feeling it won't be coming off that easily. I think a couple times through the washer might do it, but still, NOT cool. I do think she makes up for it with her crazy antics though.

So to jump to a totally new subject, this week is finals and both Larissa and Talya are gone to Florida for JOs. Jeff is gone to somewhere too, but he'll be back tomorrow. Unfortunately I have a final pretty much in the middle of practice. Hopefully I can make it for the last hour or so. It's been extremely boring around here with no practice and no regular class. Add to that that the majority of my socializing is with either Talya or my teammates, all of whom are gone to either their parents' house or have locked themselves in to study and you can see that my social life has been pretty bleak this week. You'd think I'd have gotten more of these essays accomplished. But no, I went shopping instead. I don't think I'll ever learn. :P