ammogirl

That’s who I feel like right now, because I have been sitting down ALL DAY LONG, catching up on schoolwork.  Today my goal was to write three papers, and it took nine hours, but: goal accomplished!!!  Unfortunately, I…might or might not still have *coughthreemorepaperscough*.  

I have been pretty focused all weekend long, actually.  Friday night I hung out with the girls and watched movies while John went to a fancy work-related to-do.  Saturday I cleaned the house, enjoyed my new toy (John got me an iTouch for V-day), and also enjoyed the really awesome valentine’s dinner John cooked for us (um, yay for men who insist that v-day is purely a girl’s holiday, period).  Sunday we cleaned the house, including a two-hour floor-to-ceiling scrub down of my kitchen.  I woke up feeling cleany and I tend to take advantage of those times as they come few and far between.  However, cleany-feeling or not, that kitchen was nasty.  It was harboring terrorists in the corner, under the crumbs.  I even cleaned all the windows on the first floor, and I am not ashamed to admit that that particular chore?  Never been done in the over two years we’ve lived here.  But they’re clean now!  Also, I made kick-ass chicken and dumplings, quite possibly the best I’ve ever done.  It was tasty.  I’ll post the recipe.  Warning:  I use Bisquick.  I know, I know.  It’s probably one of the easiest things to duplicate at home with fresher ingredients but I just haven’t gotten around to it, okay?  Gosh.

Today I woke up super early (7…on a day off.  Sacrilege!) and worked out, started laundry, and hunkered down with these papers.  I can’t believe I let myself get so behind.  I am sad to say (and actually, unlike the unwashed window situation, in this case I AM ashamed to admit) I used my grandmother’s recent passing as an excuse.  However, in my defense, she passed right at the same time as the recent happenings were going down, and I really was distracted by all of it.

Yes, my grandmother died just over a week ago.  I told my mom (who was there at the time) that I really didn’t know what to say–of course, it was sad, yet, I knew her so little.  So I was sad, but not sad, and then guilty for not being more sad, and then confused about the whole thing, and then more guilty because I wasn’t sure how to console my mom, who I was ultimately the most sad for…you get the picture.  However, in the end, it really was for the best.  She was 92, and while her body was relatively healthy, her mind was not.  It really was no way to live, and she died peacefully, in her sleep.  So. Thank you in advance for your kind words.  I’m just so bad at true emotion (really.  I mean, beyond drama and excitement, I really am…sort of emotionally shy) that I won’t know how to gracefully thank you individually, and holy god I sound sort of stuck-up what with the blanket thank you to my imaginary adoring audience.  Never mind.  I loved my grandma, she had soft skin and made really great sausage rolls and I have her hands, and that’s all I’m going to say on the subject, the end.

Okay, awkward.  I really need to go.

Tschuss!!

I am standing in the kitchen making heart-shaped waffles for my fam because I looooovvvvveeee them.  Also because making waffles is my new favorite thing.  Who knew they were SO GOOD?  I didn’t, certainly!  The last time I ate waffles on a regular basis was when I was a wee girl and my daddy would make them for me for breakfast.  And we all know that THAT was a long time ago.

Anyway, did I mention my 20-year reunion is this year?  And I am going, and I am terribly excited for that.  It’s really weird to me how as I get older I find myself wanting the familiar.  Whatever, the point is the guy who is sort of heading this shebang up started a facebook group for us, therefore requiring me to obtain a facebook page, and OMG I’m totally addicted to facebook now!  There’s so many people from school on there, and I love being able to catch up with them.  However, it’s making me realize how little I interacted with…anyone in my school.  Like…VERY, VERY LITTLE.  Quite possibly (or maybe 100% true statement) I would’ve done well with an anti-depressant WAY BACK THEN.  Yes, that long. But!  None of that matters now, because today I am anti-depressed/anxiety/panic and just…really looking forward to hanging with my friends.  Especially Kori, HI KORI, I CAN’T WAIT TO HANG.

So this is what I want to do with my site.  I want to put a sidebar thing up that showcases the things I am totally digging RIGHT THIS SECOND.  You know, like Chagrin Valley Soap.  I’m trying to find a plugin for that but nothing is matching up with exactly what I’m looking for.  Also, I need to know what you guys would think about having to maybe log in to read? I don’t know about that because I know when I read blogs I don’t necessarily want to have to login and then have to deal with that.  You know what, never mind.  That’s a stupid idea.  

What are you up to this v-day?  Are you anti?  I really only celebrate it for two reasons:  1, Valentine’s Day 2000 was the very first time John told me he loved me (aww) and 2, v-day 2001 was when John proposed.  So. Also, red is my favorite color.  

Okay these waffles need to be eaten.  Enjoy your day!

Tschuss!!

Would you believe that my freaking laptop CRAPPED OUT last night?  I was like, surf surf surf, la la la, and then all of a sudden my screen got like a blue sheen to it, like iridescent, and then it froze up.  I rebooted, but the only thing that happened was all this crazy stuff popped up and then BLAM!  no laptop.  YOU GUYS.  Do you know how bad THIS SUCKS?  No laptop!  I am right now typing on John’s computer, and for the amount of money he paid for it, his keyboard does not rock.  Plus, I hate desktop computers!  I feel like I’m at work!

Anyhow, he thinks it’s the graphics card, and it has to be sent in to Dell, and god knows when I’ll get THAT back.  My whole life is on my laptop!  This morning I was in serious dire straits because I didn’t know what to do with myself during coffee drinking time.  It was awful.  

Bleh.  I can’t even focus right now.  I feel like putting new features on my site.  I’m going to go peruse plugins.

Tschuss!!