Tomorrow we leave for Washington! I'm so excited to get out of Ann Arbor and can't wait for the day to be over. We're leaving at about 6 am so hopefully, tonight I'll actually get to bed early. Despite our trying to get to bed before midnight lately, it hasn't exactly been working out that way. I blame the TV. I think that Patrick and I need to turn the TV off a lot earlier and perhaps study or read instead of unwinding by watching Adult Swim or Emeril Live. I think that once we are home this will be a lot easier since there isn't a TV in our bedroom.
We stopped looking at homes for a while because, for me at least, it is making me antsy and aggravated that we can't just buy and move in right now. Besides, we have at least 5 or 6 more months before we can even seriously start shopping. I really want to get my credit card balance down before we try to get pre-approved for a loan amount. Last night I sent my mom the information on the home builders we are interested in so hopefully she can shed a little light on which would be better to seriously consider.
At the end of March I will start applying to a couple of places in Albuquerque that will hopefully pay a decent salary. My first choice is TriCore Labs, they are affiliated with UNM and offer educational benefits (yay!) and flexible schedules. Other than that, I haven't really looked at too many university administrative positions because I really don't want to be behind a desk all day. I'd rather stare into a microscope and learn something useful.
Joanie turned 21 this past weekend. Her pregnancy is apparently going well and according to her, she is "huge". I think every mother to be feels that way though. Tia's birthday is on Tuesday, with Stephanie's a month from today. At least they aren't all during the holiday season - I'd go broke. Speaking of birthdays, Stacey's birthday is on Tuesday as well so Adam and I got her a gift card to a movie theatre as well as a bouquet of flowers and a fruit tart from Whole Foods. Patrick and I went to Whole Foods to get the tart and flowers and as is our pattern we wandered around the store, sampling some of the cheeses that they put out for sampling. We get to one sample station and Patrick backs off because, apparently, it really stinks. I, of course, don't know this. A man that was there eating the cheese says that it is "really good" so Patrick hands me a piece of the cheese and I put it in my mouth. Patrick throws his away (but makes sure I don't see that he does this). As soon as I bite down on the cheese I start to gag. It is absolutely AWFUL! It tasted rancid and rotten and so I spit it out into my hand and go in search of a garbage. In order to get the taste out of my mouth I start picking my favorite olives out of the olive bar and I eat about 5 before the taste goes away. Patrick laughs hysterically as I am shoveling olives into my mouth. Then, to top it all off, I stink from the cheese. But the fun part was that I got to chase Patrick around the store demanding a kiss on my stinky cheese lips.
13.2.05
Hair cut irony
A few days ago, I decided that growing my hair out to donate was becoming a very challenging endeavor. One I didn't think I wanted to keep undertaking. My hair had grown to just past my shoulders and it was driving me nuts. Because it is so strait it doesn't really have any body to it. So my options were to just letting it hang (so it looked like a mop) or putting it up all the time (which could damage it - making donation impossible).
So, I decided to cut it.
I now have very, very short hair. Although my neck is a little cold, I'm very happy with the outcome.
The irony in this whole situation is that while I was having it cut, a woman next to me was there to have her hair cut off for donation. The student who was cutting her hair put it in pony tails to cut it when I told her that she needed to braid it. They asked how I knew that and I explained how I was planning to have my hair donated until it started driving me nuts. Patrick said that this ironic twist happened so that I would know that there are other people out there that are able and willing to donate their hair. Even though I am not.
I think I am just a short hair girl and will leave the hair donating to other people.
So, I decided to cut it.
I now have very, very short hair. Although my neck is a little cold, I'm very happy with the outcome.
The irony in this whole situation is that while I was having it cut, a woman next to me was there to have her hair cut off for donation. The student who was cutting her hair put it in pony tails to cut it when I told her that she needed to braid it. They asked how I knew that and I explained how I was planning to have my hair donated until it started driving me nuts. Patrick said that this ironic twist happened so that I would know that there are other people out there that are able and willing to donate their hair. Even though I am not.
I think I am just a short hair girl and will leave the hair donating to other people.
3.2.05
12 weeks
Twelve weeks until we are free to go back to New Mexico. While, granted, I have learned a lot here I find that I'm ready to get away from the sense entitlement that plagues this campus. I just want to finish school and get into my career, I'm tired of babysitting these people.
I'm excited for May to get here also because I'm going to get scuba certified the weekend we leave to go back. Instead of going through Chicago we are going to go down to Lexington so that Ed (the same person that taught Patrick) can teach me. Afterwards, we'll just head for home. While it is exciting, it's a little scary because it is not exactly the safest thing in the world to do, but I think it will be worthwhile. It will be worth it if Patrick and I are able to scuba dive together the next time we are in Hawaii.
For the Super Bowl, I think Patrick and I are going to watch it at the FIJI house. Although I would be just as happy watching at my apartment, I think it would be fun with a big group of guys. That is, if they even want women around for it. It depends on if they are having a "brother hood" event for it or if it is open to girlfriends.
Class is moving along. We had our first tests this week and, while I don't have my grade yet, I think I did fine. I'm very proud of Patrick who got an A on his first pharmacology exam! Not the easiest subject matter and he did great.
Right now, in Microbiology, we are talking about genetics which is all review for me. After cell biology, I don't think it can be any more complex. Nutrition is, for lack of a better word, a cake walk. We are talking about really interesting things such as trans and cyst fats and exercise. Things that are pretty practical. Unfortunately, Patrick has a stringent academic teaching his class, so his isn't as interesting as mine is.
Family life seems to be moving right along. Apparently I owe some woman, who owned a video rental place in Moriarty, $100. The ironic thing is that I haven't rented from this woman in over seven years, not since we first moved to Moriarty from North Carolina! She called my mom and told her that she, Joanie, Mike, and I all own large amounts of money to her for late or never returned movies. She said she would call my mom back with a listing of the movies but still hasn't. She also didn't leave a number for my mom to contact her. She says that she will take us to court (over $100!!!) - which I find interesting because she hasn't sent us to collections. Personally, I'm not too worried. Because I can prove that I lived out of the city for the last seven years and for the majority of that time I didn't have a car that would allow me to travel to Moriarty to rent these movies and then never return them. I will, however, be livid if I find out that one of my siblings rented them under my name and then didn't return them. I still shouldn't be liable for the cost of them not being returned, but you never know.
We get to leave for DC in just three weeks! Gemma thinks that she will be able to come late on the 3rd and stay for that Friday and Saturday when we will leave. I'm really looking forward to getting out of here for a week.
I'm excited for May to get here also because I'm going to get scuba certified the weekend we leave to go back. Instead of going through Chicago we are going to go down to Lexington so that Ed (the same person that taught Patrick) can teach me. Afterwards, we'll just head for home. While it is exciting, it's a little scary because it is not exactly the safest thing in the world to do, but I think it will be worthwhile. It will be worth it if Patrick and I are able to scuba dive together the next time we are in Hawaii.
For the Super Bowl, I think Patrick and I are going to watch it at the FIJI house. Although I would be just as happy watching at my apartment, I think it would be fun with a big group of guys. That is, if they even want women around for it. It depends on if they are having a "brother hood" event for it or if it is open to girlfriends.
Class is moving along. We had our first tests this week and, while I don't have my grade yet, I think I did fine. I'm very proud of Patrick who got an A on his first pharmacology exam! Not the easiest subject matter and he did great.
Right now, in Microbiology, we are talking about genetics which is all review for me. After cell biology, I don't think it can be any more complex. Nutrition is, for lack of a better word, a cake walk. We are talking about really interesting things such as trans and cyst fats and exercise. Things that are pretty practical. Unfortunately, Patrick has a stringent academic teaching his class, so his isn't as interesting as mine is.
Family life seems to be moving right along. Apparently I owe some woman, who owned a video rental place in Moriarty, $100. The ironic thing is that I haven't rented from this woman in over seven years, not since we first moved to Moriarty from North Carolina! She called my mom and told her that she, Joanie, Mike, and I all own large amounts of money to her for late or never returned movies. She said she would call my mom back with a listing of the movies but still hasn't. She also didn't leave a number for my mom to contact her. She says that she will take us to court (over $100!!!) - which I find interesting because she hasn't sent us to collections. Personally, I'm not too worried. Because I can prove that I lived out of the city for the last seven years and for the majority of that time I didn't have a car that would allow me to travel to Moriarty to rent these movies and then never return them. I will, however, be livid if I find out that one of my siblings rented them under my name and then didn't return them. I still shouldn't be liable for the cost of them not being returned, but you never know.
We get to leave for DC in just three weeks! Gemma thinks that she will be able to come late on the 3rd and stay for that Friday and Saturday when we will leave. I'm really looking forward to getting out of here for a week.
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