FIRST POST!

So this is my first post...and I'm excited. I haven't updated my other site in quite a while. But, it wasn't suiting me anymore anyway. Needless to say, it was time for a change.

This is going to be used to update family and friends on my life and to get feedback on those things. I love feedback, in fact I thrive on it. And blogger.com offers a much easier way for people to give me feedback versus Tripod. You don't have to be registered or anything! So there should be NO EXCUSES! Haha. Just kidding. But really though, there shouldn't.

Now, I honestly don't know how long I'll be able to keep this up...but I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will be consistant with this. Unless blogger.com suddenly starts advertizing a ton and bombarding the pages with ads, then I hope to maintain this blog for a long time.

Eventually I will get a new, faster, computer that won't repulse me, which should help keep me motivated to update. In the meantime though I know I will be diligent because it's going to be my main way of keeping my boyfriend updated with my life.

So the first order of business: who do I address my blogs to? I mean, is everyone I mention in the 3rd person? Or maybe I should pick someone I'm always talking to? Or maybe I'll address the blog, like "Dear Blog..." I haven't decided yet...For now I'll stick with the 3rd person idea until something better comes along. So, what do YOU think? (and we're off!)

Today is December 31, New Years Eve. And it's possibly the saddest NYE I've ever experienced, and we're only 4 hours in! See, I'm missing my b/f a lot right now. I mean A LOT, A LOT! Like I've never missed anyone before (excluding you Ma). I can't bring myself to eat hardly anything...I stay up really late so I am sure to fall asleep at night...I sleep on the couch...I stare at his picture constantly...I check the answering machine light practically every hour, to be SURE I didn't miss his call...but what I find strange is that, despite all of those aformentioned things, I can still manage to remain in denial about how long it's going to be before I see him again. I don't think I would be able to get through my day(s) if I allowed myself to focus on any of that. So, as far as I'm concerned he's coming back in a day or so. I tell ya, I definitely didn't expect to be THIS affected by his absence, not anywhere close. The ONLY good thing from this situation is the that it has forced/allowed me to evaluate our relationship, and how deeply I feel for him. I'm pretty shocked with the results so far, if you couldn't tell...

Okay, onto the days events (well, technically yesterday now; Sunday 30 Dec)...I woke up at 9:30am to a phone call from my friend Amber, asking if I wanted to go eat brunch. I said sure, but I would need more time to sleep first. So we changed the meeting time from 10 to 11. I got about an extra 45 minutes to snooze. Believe me, it was necessary. The alarm went off at 10:20 and I was in the shower by 10:40. Now, you might be thinking, "10:40? And she's supposed to meet Amber at 11? She'll never make it on time!" Well, you'd be correct in that assumption if you were thinking that. I showed up at 11:13am. But, Amber showed 5 minutes before I did, so I wasn't TOO worried about it. Anyway, for the next hour I proceeded to battle with my stomach over which foods were going to get passed the gateguards. Items on the list included: 1/2 waffle, 1/2 slice of french toast, a biscuit, some penne pasta w/ pesto and broccoli, and egg nog. It could have all easily fit on one plate, too, but I don't like my pasta to taste like syrup, or vice versa. So the Butler O Club definitely made out like a bandit off me today.

After brunch I went to the Foster BX and bought my own exacto knife so I could return the one I borrowed from Jess yesterday. I saw them there coincidentally, so we made plans for later in the day. I was to go over there to get ideas/help on the Christmas cards I'm preparing for the fam(s). In the meantime I worked and finished the card I had started for the "in-law" parents. The Hours was playing while I was making it which got me distracted quite a few times. So, I finished the card then finished the movie and immediately called my mom. I had to discuss the movie with her because I couldn't remember doing it before. She initially said that she remembered the movie as depressing, but I said it didn't make me depressed. I believe it's actually meant to be comforting. After about 20 minutes of explaining why, I think I turned her over to my side. Everyone should watch that movie. It's great.

Anyway, so then I went to Jess's house and worked on the MY parents' card while she cooked stuff. Then she helped with a couple small cut-outs of holiday-y things until I finished. To top it all off we watched 2 episodes of CSI: Las Vegas (the ONLY one worth a poo). Then we said our goodbyes and I trecked off to my car, which I was startled to see had received a new partial paint job. The color: Bird Poo! Yeah, a lots of it. I'd say I had no less than 13 craps on my car, of all consistancies. I was pretty mortified. Needless to say, I'm hoping we get rain in the next day or so!

Alright, well that was WAY too long of a post. I sorta just rambled on. In the future I don't believe they'll be that long. Here's hoping! *crosses fingers*

With that, I'll leave you with

this --->

Yeah, laugh it up. :)