More Than You Ever Wanted To Really Know...

How perfect does this work out for me???

2006-05-06T03:00:46Z

So I stole this from Nikki's livejournal, and it totally fits me. I mean I have always been a Chevy girl....

I'm a Chevrolet Corvette!

You're a classic - powerful, athletic, and competitive. You're all about winning the race and getting the job done. While you have a practical everyday side, you get wild when anyone pushes your pedal. You hate to lose, but you hardly ever do.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Long time, no write...

2006-04-28T19:25:43Z

Okay, so I realized that I haven't written anything in a couple months now, so I figured that it was time to update. As of today, I have only 6 days left at school this semester. It's been quite a year....a lot has happened, and a lot has changed, but I wouldn't change any of it for anything.

I met Matt. Man, do I consider myself lucky for meeting him this year. I don't know what I would do without him there. This summer is going to be so very hard. He's going to be staying down at school to take some classes so that we can graduate together next May. That way we will be together here for our last semester before student teaching. And we will be student teaching and getting jobs at the same time. It's exciting, but as of right now, I just think about how hard this summer is going to be without him. I see him everyday here, and I don't know how I'm going to handle it. Hopefully I will be working my butt off this summer and I will be so super busy workling and saving money that I won't even have time to think about how much I miss him.

In other news, classes are over. All I have left to do is 2 tests and one take-home final. It shouldn't be too bad, but my grades for my senoir seminar are reasting on the results of this test. If I can pull a 90% on this test, and did get at least an 85% on my lanuage test, I will have gotten straight A's for the first time in my life. I know, waiting until I only have 1 semester left of school is like the best time in the world to do that. But hey, it could happen, right?

But I really don't have much else to comment on. School is almost over, and summer is just around the cornor. This is going to be there summer of working and weddings. I have several weddings to go to this summer, and that's a good thing because Matt is coming with me to all of them, well I guess it would be me going with him to his brother's wedding...:)

Wow.....and we're only 4 weeks in...

2006-01-31T01:07:28Z

Okay, so I haven't updated my journal in like forever and a day, so I figure that it's about time. The 8 am classes every morning aren't as bad as I thought they would be. It's just getting up early enough to shower before class thats the really tricky part. I have just given up on looking cute for class and shower whenever I damn well please.

As for any of you who don't know by now, last Thursday, January 19, 2005, Matt and I got into a car accident on our way to Mattoon. We were driving westbound on 16(Lincoln Avenue)and an 81 year-old woman didnt stop at her stop sign and we slammed into her. Matt slowed down enough so that neither one of us was badly injured. Matt's right hand was bruised and he had some burns from the airbag. I had muscle strains down my neck and back and was on muscle relaxants for 5 days. The driver of the van was rushed off to the hospital and we've still yet to hear how she is doing. I hope that she is okay. As of now, we think that everyone is okay and we are dealing with phone calls and paper work from insurance companies.

I felt inspired on Saturday. I wrote for the first time this semester. It was fantastic!

Depite the one poem I wrote, I have a huge case of writers block. If I could only put all of the things going on in my head into words and down on paper it would be much easier. I guess that you would have to be a writer to understand; it's one of the most frustrating things in the world. I have so much to write for all of my classes that the stuff I enjoy is blocked by all the crap I need to know to pass these stupid classes. I mean how much do I really need to know about freedom of expression laws in England? How is that going to benefit me later in life? It won't! And there really is only so much math and language arts skills that one really needs to teach 8 year-olds.

Thats all that I have for now, but leave me some love. Or even better, give me something new and exciting to talk about...

First post of the year

2006-01-07T17:56:30Z

So this year is already a week old and I haven't even thoought about updating my journal until now. Break has just flown by, and I'm back to school tomorrow. Needless to say, this has been quite an eventful break. In addition to working at least 40 hours a week, there have been a few surprises along the way. Nothing too bad or anything, but not at all things that I had expected.

Tomorrow I move back down to school, and with much more than I came home with. I'm bringing back with me furniture and appliances to fill up our suite room. We are one suitemate down this semester, so its important to bring back the things that she took with her. It'll be nice though. The four of us get along great and are going to have an awesome semester.

This semester is going to kick ass! I'm starting practicum, which means I'm so close to being done with school that I can taste it! Also, I wil be turning 21 and enjoying all of the perks that go along with that. In addition to finally being of age, I wil be going to Las Vegas over spring break with my aunt! It's gonna be great.

However, there is a light downfall to this coming semester. I will have 8am classes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. But no Friday classes. That's how I know that I will get through these next 16 weeks of classes.

This year is going to be different. I can just feel it...

Needing to update...it's a long one.......

2005-12-21T03:54:25Z

I've been home for a while 5 days now, and it seems like a lot has happened in such a short time. I'm glad that this past semester is done and over with. It was definately pretty tough to get through and many of you know why that is. So let's just say I'm looking forward to a fresh start next semester.

So these 3 weeks at home are supposed to be a break, right? Well then how come I find it that when I need to come home to relax and ease up on the stress levels that all I do is get a different type of stress? I mean I haven't really had all that much time to just sit back and relax.

Here is what I've been up to since Thursday:

Thursday: Finish packing, pack up Matt's car, drive home, have dinner with the family and Matt, My family proceeded to make complete jerks of themeselves which was not at all what I wanted to happen. I wanted Matt to see that my family is good at times and they didn't really prove themselves. I know that all families have their own oddities, but I wanted to seem like I had a nice and normal family, just for a night. Then Matt went home it was sad. Then I went to work to pick up a schedule and screwed myself over for the week.

Friday: I didn't get to see Matt at all today, that was quite sad. I really miss him, even when its just a day that we spend apart. However I did get to talk to him on the phone, so that helped out a little bit. I went over to see my Grandma during the day and spent a good 4 or 5 hours talking to her and helping her out around the house. Then a little later, I went out to dinner with my friend Doug who graduated from good old EIU this past May. We went to Olive Garden. It was nice to catch up him. I haven't seen him in awhile. After we got done eating we drove around for a bit and Doug showed me a bunch of "interseting" places arounf the Tinley/Orland area. Then he hung out around my house until a little after midnight and he and my dad showed off their presdiditation skills...and for all of you normal people who dont know what the hell that means, its like magic. That's right, my father and by friend were doing card tricks until after midnight! I know weird people, and half of them I'm related to...

Saturday: During the day I actually got somewhat of a break. Well, I went back to my Grandma's house again after I spent a few hours shopping with my sister. I got to help her move some stuff around and bake. How does that not sound like a grand old time. Then I went out to Naperville so that I could have dinner with Matt, his dad, and his stepmom Patty. This was the first time that I got to meet Patty, and I know that she wanted me to so that she would have met me before Christmas Eve. It was a little nerve-racking, but the night was pretty fun. Patty is really nice, and I'm beginning to feel more comfortable around Matt's dad. This is a good thing because I plan on staying with him for awhile. So now I have met and like Matt's mom, Matt's dad, and Patty. Now all I really have to worry about is meeting Matt's cousins and other family on his dad's side. I'm nervous because I want them all to like me. I guess I'll need to work on that...

Sunday: Sunday was a really long day in my opinion. Matt got to my house a little after 11 to go to my extended family Christmas party. He is such a trooper. There were over 40 people there, and he had only met 3 of them previous to the event (not including me of course). I am so proud of him. I know that he must have been so nervous, but he was awesome. I would have been terrified if I had been in the same situation. But I know that my family knew that he is important to me because he is the first guy that I have ever brought to a holiday thing before. And he is really important to me, and so is my family, so I want for all of them to get along. The party didn't get over until around 6:30 or so. Matt left my house a little after 7 and called me around 8 when he got home. I like to make sure that he gets home safe. I want to keep him in one piece.

Monday: Got my grades in the morning. My GPA went down 0.01 point. I know this it isnt't that bad, but I want it to go up, not down. Oh well, I guess I just need to get my ass in dear. I worked from 10:45am until 9:10pm. It was a long day (and way too cold) to be at Wal-mart.

Tuesday(Today!): I got up before 8am to go get breakfast with my daddy before going to work. Bad news, we went to this place called the Pancake Cafe out in Lemont. It had good food, I'll give it that, but very greasy. Both my dad and I were sick within 20 minutes of eating. I had to be at work by 10:45am again today. I was feeling a littler sick until about 11:15 or so, but got better so I could actually work my shift. However, I didn't get to stay until 9:00pm as planned. One of my managers gave me my lunch an hour early so that my register locked me out at 8:05pm I was supposed to be there for another 55 minutes! I was not a happy camper. One of my other managers had me do a few odds and ends for her until 8:35, but then I had to punch out. I lost 25 minutes of pay. Grrr...stupid Wal-mart!

Okay, so I know that this just went on and on and on, but I needed to get it all out. I wish that I had a day to just sit and relax, but I dont know when I'll get one of those again. I work at least 9 or 10 hours a day all week. Saturday is Christmas Eve and I'm going to Naperville (or Aroura) to spend it with Matt's family. So hopefully no working. Then after Matt is done at his Mom's house on Christmas monring he's coming over again! This coming weekend really gives me something to look forward to. Not only do I get presents, but I get the best present of all: seeing Matt!

Thanks for sticking it out till the end of this. I give any one of you who did tons of credit. I'm sorry you had to listen to me ramble, but I hope that your breaks are gonig great!

Getting shit done...

2005-12-05T19:14:42Z

So this weekend has come and gone and I actually accomplished more that I thought I would. I finished and turned in everything for my student teaching packet on Friday. That was a huge weight off of my shoulders. Then I got 4 out of my 6 papers done! Only 2 4-6 page papers left! I am very excited. And I found out today that my Englis final is a take-home. That means that I only hvae 2 actual final exams to take! That could not make me more happy than I am right now. Things are falling into place this semester. I would like to thank Matt for making me do my homework this weekend. Now all I have are a couple papers and some book notes to finish!

"This is the best day I can ever remember, I'll always remember..."

2005-11-26T05:52:56Z

Today was supposed to be one of the worst days since I've been home. It's the day after Thanksgiving, and work was packed! And that part of my day did really suck. I mean they put me on the floor for most of the day and I only got to ring for like 2 1/2 hours! It's bad enough when I have to work the floor normally, but today, with all the sales...I had no idea where anything went! It was quite frustrating, but I got through it. I had motivation to keep me going.

After I got off of work today, I got to go and visit my MattMatt. I haven't seen him in exactly a week, and I missed him like crazy! It was killing me that I didn't get to see him for an entire week. Since he and I have started dating we haven't really spent more than 2 days away from each other. I mean, let's think about this...At school, we live directly across the hall from one another. So we practically live together, but have seperate bedrooms. When its time to go to bed, he'll either tuck me in or give me a goodnight kiss...EVERYNIGHT! I have missed that so much. I miss him being able to hold me, but most of all I missed him. No matter what anyone says, talking on the phone with someone is nothing compared to being with them and just talking. Being able to look into each other's eyes and all that jazz. When one of the most important people in your life is taken away, even if for only a week, it sucks. Fortunately, Matt is being me back to school on Sunday, so I will get to see him in less than 36 hours from now. It's great.

Now to tell you a little about today...I got to Matt's house around 4:30 this afternoon. As soon as I got there and was almost at the door, Matt came outside and gave me a huge and wonderful hug. I missed being in his arms so much! Then we went inside and warmed up a bit. It was snowing out when I got there, so staying outside in the cold was probably not the best idea. After a short while, we put in LOST. Since Matt was busy and I had to work, neither one of us was able to watch it on Wednesday night; so my daddy taped it for us, and we still got to watch it together. We also watched INVASION...okay, well Matt watched it, but I was there too. Other than that we just got to spend time together. Spending time with him is like my favorite thing in the whole wide world, so what better to do? We had dinner with his mom, aunt, cousin, and brother. It was Chinese...it was very yummy. It's not really something that I every get to have, so it was a nice treat. Then Matt pretended to call my dad and say that he told him that I could stay over there tonight....what a liar...but at least his intentions were good. ;) We went to Walgreens so that Matt could pick up a couple things and get some pictures developed. It was an expidition. His workplace was empty and tiny compared to where I work. I mean there were only 4 people working and only 3 other people came into the store. Sometimes I wish Wal-mart was like that. Anyways, at 10:30, I had to be on my way home. I didn't want to leave, and I know that Matt didn't want me to either. But we said our goodbyes, and I drove off. Don't worry, I remembered to call him after I got home so that he knew I was safe and sound.

But that's all I really have to say for now. Talk to all of you guys later!! :)

So yesterday was noteworthy...

2005-11-17T19:18:43Z

Yesterday was a pretty good day in all. I had some classes, they went pretty well.

Also, it was officially mine and Matt's two monathaversary. Two months ago yesterday we went out on our first officail date. We didn't do anything too special, but we did have dinner together, just the two of us.

Tonight, however, is a different story. I got Matt and I tickets to go and see Harry Potter at midnight. And he told me that we are going to get milkshakes beforehand too. I am very excited!

On a sadder note, we go home tomorrow for an entire week. While Matt is doing the good boyfriend thing and driving me home, it's sad because I won't get to see him for an entire week! I love being at home because I get to see my family and friends that I rarely ever see during the school year, but I will miss Matt a whole bunch. Well, we will just have to see if we can arrange a time where the two of us can get together. But I will be working my ass off, so maybe it will help me take my mind off of how much I am going to miss him!

I stole this from George.....

2005-11-17T05:55:04Z

Put an x on all the movies you have seen.
If you have seen more then 70, you are a movie whore.

(x)Pirates of the Caribbean
(x)Boondock Saints
( )The Mexican
( )Fight Club
(x)Starsky and Hutch
(x)Neverending Story
( )Blazing Saddles
(x)Garden State
(x)The Princess Bride
( )Young Frankenstein
(x)AnchorMan
(x)Napoleon Dynamite
( )Saw
(x)White noise
( )White Oleander
(x)Anger Management

total here: 10

( )50 First Dates
( )Jason X
(x)Scream
(x)Scream 2
(x)Scream 3
(x)Scary Movie
( )Scary Movie 2
( )Scary Movie 3
(x)American Pie
(x)American Pie 2
(x)American Wedding
(x)Harry Potter
(x)Harry Potter 2
(x)Harry Potter 3
( )Resident Evil I
( )Resident Evil 2
(x)The Wedding Singer
(x)Little Black Book

total here: 12

( )The Village
( )Donnie Darko
(x)Lilo & Stitch
(x)Finding Nemo
( )Finding Neverland
( )13 Ghosts
( )Signs
(x)The Grinch
( )Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(x)White Chicks
( )Butterfly Effect
(x)Thirteen going on 30
(x)I,Robot
(x)Dodgeball
( )Universal Soldier
(x)A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( )Along Came A Spider
( )Deep impact

total here: 8

( )KingPin
(x)Never Been Kissed
(x)Meet The Parents
(x)Meet the Fockers
(x)Eight Crazy Nights
( )A Cinderella Story
( )The Terminal
( )The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( )Passport to Paris
(x)Dumb & Dumber
( )Dumb & Dumberer
( )Final Destination
( )Final Destination 2
( )Halloween
( )The Ring
( )The Ring 2
( )Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
( )Practical Magic
(x)Chicago
( )Ghost Ship
( )From Hell
( )Hellboy
( )Secret Window
( )I Am Sam
( )The Whole Nine Yards
( )The Whole Ten Yards
(x)The Day After Tomorrow
( )Child's Play
( )Bride of Chucky
(x)Ten Things I Hate About You
(x)Just Married
( )Gothika
( )Nightmare on Elm Street
( )Sixteen Candles
( )Bad Boys
( )Bad Boys 2
( )Joy Ride
(x)Seven (SE7EN)
(x)Oceans Eleven
( )Oceans Twelve
( )Identity

total here: 11

( )Lone Star
( )Predator I
( )Predator II
(x)Independence day
( )Cujo
( )A Bronx Tale
( )Darkness Falls
( )Christine
( )ET
( )Children of the Corn
( )My boss' daughter
(x)Maid in Manhattan
( )Frailty
( )Best bet
(x)How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x)She's All That
( )Calendar Girls
( )Sideways
( )Mars Attacks

total here: 4

( )Event Horizon
(x)Ever after
(x)Forrest Gump
( )Big Trouble in Little China
( )X-men 1
( )X-men 2
(x)Catch Me If You Can
( )The Others
( )Freaky Friday
( )Reign of Fire
( )The Hot Chick
( )Swimfan
( )Miracle
(x)Old School
( )Ray
( )The Notebook
( )K-Pax

total here: 3

( )Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
( )Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( )Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(x)A Walk to Remember
( )boogeyman
( )Hitch
(x)The Fifth Element
(x)Star Wars episode I The Phantom Menace
( )Star Wars episode II Attack of The Clones
( )Star Wars episode III Revenge of The Sith
(x)Star Wars episode IV A New Hope
(x)Star Wars episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(x)Star Wars episode VI Return of The Jedi
(x)Troop Beverly Hills
( )Swimming with Sharks
(x)Air Force One
( )For Richer or Poorer
( )Trainspotting
( )People under the stairs
( )Blue Velvet
(x)Sound of music
(x)Parent Trap
(x)The Burbs
( )The Terminator
(x)Empire Records
( )SLC Punk
( )Meet Joe Black
( )Wild girls
( )A Clockwork Orange
( )The Order
(x)Spiderman
(x)Spiderman 2
( )Amelie

total here : 14

(x)Mean Girls
(x)Shrek
(x)Shrek 2
(x)The Incredibles
( )Collateral
(x)The Fast & The Furious
( )2 Fast 2 Furious
( )Sky Captain Of The World Of Tomorrow
( )Closer

total here: 5

(x)Titanic
(x)Saved
( )Bowling For Columbine
( )Fahrenheit 9/11
(x)The Sixth Sense
( )Artificial intelligence (AI)
(x)Love actually
( )Shutter
( )Ella Enchanted
(x)Princess diaries 1
( )Princess diaries 2
( )Constantine
( )Million Dollar Baby
( )Envy
( )Eurotrip
( )Malibu's Most wanted
(x)Big Daddy
(x)Black Sheep
(x)The Breakfast Club
( )West side story

total here: 8

( )A Christmas Story
( )Spanglish
( )Pulp Fiction
( )Sleepover
( )The Evil Dead
( )Killer Klowns From Outer Space
( )The Seed of chucky
( )Vanilla Sky [Abre los Ojos]
(x)Nightmare Before Christmas
( )Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
( )Interview With The Vampire
( )The Crow
( )Purple Rain
( )Reservoir Dogs
(x)Wayne's World

total here: 2

(x)Wayne's World 2
( )21 Grams
( )Blow
(x)Edward Scissorhands
( )Clerks
(x)Beauty and the Beast
( )Guess who
(x)Monster in-law
( )Elf
(x)stuart little
( )stuart little 2
( )Mall Rats
(x)Chasing Amy
(x)Dogma
( )Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

total here: 7

(x)Beetlejuice
(x)The Last Samurai
( )The Amityville Horror
( )The Aviator
(x)Romeo and Juliet
( )Barbershop
( )Beauty Shop
(x)Legally blonde
(x)Legally blonde 2
( )The forgotten
( )Confessions of a teenage drama queen
( )the grudge

total here: 5

Grand Total: 89

I am a movie whore

My Boyfriend is a Butthead....(pronounced but theed)

2005-11-12T23:38:38Z

So Matt has been bothering me for the past few days about not having updated my livejournal lately, so now I am. For Matt, not myself. This is so that he stops complaining.

Lately I haven't been doing too much of anything. Just getting my school work done and spending time with Matt. He is a big dork, but I am still crazy about him. Oh well, I'm off to dinner now!

What a night....

2005-11-05T04:08:27Z

Okay, so today started out much like any other Friday. I got up, went to class and all was well. I had a test this morning that I think I nailed, and then Don Smith's class which is anything but fun. But I got through it, and the day was typical.

After I got back from class I decided that it was time to try and make Hershey Kisses using my Hershey Kiss maker that I got at Walmart a few weeks ago. It was messy, but still fun.

Then Matt and I finished watching Chicago, that we started watching like a week or so ago. I enjoyed the movie, I hope that he did too. It really does have some great music in it.

Matt's dad is currently visiting this fine university. He got here around 6/6:30 this evening. I was thouroghly nervous and scared about his arrival. His dad kinda intimidates me. I don't know why, he just does. Anyways, so around 7 or so, Matt and his dad came over to invite me to go to dinner with them. The three of us ended up going to Cody's in Mattoon. The food was good. However, I was a bit uncomfortable. I was nervous the whole time and felt like I didn't have anything to really say. I didn't want to sound rude or stupid so I ended up not saying all that much. I mean this is only the second time that I have ever met the man; I really want for him to like me. I mean I am dating his son and plan to for awhile. I don't need anything stupid like him not liking me to get in the way of me spending the rest of my life, or at least a good long portion of the rest of my life with his son.

Anyway, Matt just informed me that his dad has a good opinion of me, at least as of right now. I hope that doesn't change, ever...Well, that's about all that I have to say for now. Leave me some love people.....:)

Happy Halloweenie!!!!

2005-11-01T05:39:44Z

So I haven't written anything is a few days, so I figure that I should keep the few of you who actaully read this up to date on things going on. This past Friday I went to Bartonville and Kenney with Matt for his grandpa's funneral. It wsa pretty sad, but I'm happy that I was able to be there for him. I hope that his family is doing better. I'm still praying for them all.

Saturday Matt and I hung out around Stevenson and didn't do too much of anything. It was a pretty uneventful day altogether.

Sunday was a good day. I slept almost ALL DAY LONG!!! Matt even let me take a nice long 3-hour long nap on his bed. It is sooo comfy. However, I didn't get a whole lot of homework done. Matt yelled at me, but he'll get over it. I mean I got to spend more time with him. Matt and I watched Dogma, a movie that I hadn't seen until last night. It was good, however not as funny as I thought that it was going to be. Oh well...Anyways, the food was gross that night so instead of going downstairs and eating gross food with me, he took the chance of losing his parking spot out front to take me to McDonald's so that we could eat something more edible. He really is the best. I don't want imagine what I would ever have to do without him. Hopefully I will be lucky enough in life that I will never have to experience that.

Today was okay. It is Halloween! A very scary day. I mean I get frightened just walking around outside on days like today. It was rainy and icky out, so all the poor little kiddies were getting rained on as they went out trick-or-treating. I hope that they all still got a lot of candy. I mean little kids need lots of candy. Ya know, to drive their parents crazy. Speaking of little kids, we saw a lot of them today. All in their cute costumes. I decided that I want one, but Matt said no. That made me sad, but I should have one by 2009 or 2010. I'm definately looking forward to 5 years from now. I wanna dress my kids up in the cutest costumes ever and dress up myself and get lots of candy for them. I would totally let them stay up late and eat candy until they get sick, but only that one day.

Wow, I've really seemed to ramble on and on. I appologize to anyone that had read this. However, I give you a lot of credit for getting this far without closing the box out.

OH, and on a side note. Tonight at my Bacchus meeting we played a bunch of Halloween games. Seeing as we let Dan create a lot of the games, they all were very sexual or dirty. That's where I got the Halloweenie from in my entry title.

I have nothing else to say, yet I am compelled to keep typing. I think now my main goal is to annoy Matt as much as I can. If you know him and get the chance you should ask him about man milk. Tell him that I sent you. He will be more than happy to tell you all about it and even more happy with me for telling you (whoever you are) to ask him. Okay I'm done now........(By the way, Matt, I'm sorry and am absolutely crazy about you!!!)

What a weekend...

2005-10-24T00:37:50Z

So the weekend started off with a trip on Friday afternoon to Jacy's house to go the biggset corn maze ever. Matt and I were not only the first people to make it out successfully, but we were the only people who hit all 10 checkpoints! We rock! We got pumpkins to carve, and then headed back to Jacy's house.

The rest of the night wasn't as much fun. The four of us (Dan, Jacy, Matt and I) drove out to Peoria so that Matt could visit his grandpa, who was in the hospital. He wasn't doing too well at that point, so we wanted to make sure that he could say goodbye. I'm just glad that we were able to do that for him. I know that it meant a lot to him, and that it is something that everyone should be able to do.

After we left the hospital around 11, we went to Steak & Shake to get some dinner. It was good, but I really need to learn not to eat that late at night. My tummy really doesn't like it. But anyways, after we got some food we all went to bed. A well needed night's sleep was had by all.

When we woke up the next morning, we had an amazing homemade breakfast and then were off to St. Louis for the day. We went to the art museum and then ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. Good food, good friends, good times. We got back to campus around 10:30 or so Saturday night. Matt has pictures on his page http://www.livejournal.com/users/rosieuu

Shortly after we returned to campus it was bedtime. I went to sleep. It was fantastic. :)

Today started off much like any other. Woke up, went to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, got some food. I actually did homework today too! I'm super proudof myself. Anyways, around 3 I went up to Gen and Liana's for a party, it was tons of fun! When I got back from the party a little adter 5, the news wasn't so great. I went to see Matt when I got back only to find out that his grandpa died around 4 this afternoon. Please pray for him and his family. I'm sure that they could use all the love and support that they can get right now. That's all for now...

Thoughts on the Matter at Hand

2005-10-19T23:26:42Z

Hopeful and afraid
Terrified of what's to come
Praying to God that I'll get it all done

Floods of paperwork
Mountains of tests
Trials and tribulations to prove my best

Taking a breath
Letting it soak in
Trying not to quit before I even begin

I'm putting together
Everything starts to make sense
Then shit happens and it's at my expense

Attempting to relax
Beginning to let go
Still hopeful, but afraid, even moreso

Student Teaching???

2005-10-18T17:19:01Z

Okay, so last night I finally attended my Application for Student Teaching Meeting. The real scary thing is that I'll only have 2 more full semesters of class before I'm out teaching little kids!!! I didn't think the meeting was going to be that big of a deal. I thought they were going to tell us all the tests we had to pass and give us the paperwork to fill out so that we can request where we want to be placed. Oh no! There is so much more to it than that. In addition to all of that, I have to fill out about a million forms, write a resume, and a 2 page autobiography. They also told us that many placements in the Chicagoland area require much higher GPAs and are really competitive to get into. So now I'm totally freaking out over all of this stuff. Oh yeah, and by the way, I only have unilt December 5th to finish all of this stuff and turn it in. I know that 6 weeks might seem like a long time, but with all the other stuff that I have to accomplish I really am worried. Let's just hope that I can get everything done on time!

In other news, things are going okay I guess. School work seems to be piling up and stressing me out quite a bit. Also, Matt was sick last night and isn't feeling much better this morning. His roommate, Richard, is also feeling under the weather. Only he's really sick. Puking and all. I hope that the two of them feel better soon. With all the time I spend over there, I'm bound to get sick soon if they don't get better.

Chicken and a View

2005-10-17T03:53:23Z

Okay, so today was Matt and my one month-aversary! Shortly after I got up this morning (who am I kidding, afternoon), we went to grab something to eat at "What's Cooking?" (On The Square). We got some pretty yummy breakfast food, but did not eat all that much because I was planning on making dinner for the two of us tonight.
After we got back I had to go run and take care of some school stuff. By the way, I really hate it when a teacher gives you like no time at all to check-out a movie from the library and there are only 2 copies. Now I am out a worksheet for this class unless my teacher is sympathetic. Let's hope that an early morning phone call will make her more understanding.
Almost immediately after I got back from the dreded trip to the library, I ran up to the 10th floor to make dinner for Matt and I. I kept what we were having a surprise from him all week. We ended up having a meal which consisted of many of Matt's favorite foods. The menu for the night consisted of chicken parmesean over angel hair pasta, salad with lots of cucumbers, garlic bread, with pop and sparkling cider to drink. A word of advice to everyone out there, no matter how much your significant other says that he or she likes peanut butter on anything, do not believe him or her. No matter what, melted chocolate and peanut butter on warm cinnamon rolls is never a good idea. The flavor was, interesting to say the least. The dinner was filled with good conversation and even better company. The view was great from the highest point in Coles County, but the best part about the night was getting to spend time with my Matt. He really is the greatest guy!

:-)

2005-10-15T15:25:17Z

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very High
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	High
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

There's a first time for everything...

2005-10-14T02:12:43Z

Okay, so seeing more and more people having these things, I figure that it is about time that I jump on the bandwagon. However, I'm not used to writing about my day and whatnot, so I figure that I'll commence my Livejournaling by including something that I wrote awhile ago. It's not new and fresh, but it's me, so you're just going to have to deal with that. And since I'm stuck as what to write, this just seems fitting.

"I Need"
I need to write
I need to let it out
I need to scream
I need to yell and shout

I need some peace
I need some piece of mind
I need to think
I need to figure out what's going on inside

I need my rest
I need to calm down
I need you with me
I need you to turn my world around

I need this and that
I need to stop this downward fall
Please tell me what I really need
I don't know at all