Busy Week Ahead

Stupid headaches. They make me hate being awake. So I sleep all day, and then have trouble getting to sleep when I need to. Like tonight. Since I have to get up at 8 tomorrow. Blah. Two weeks from day I will be off these narcotics, and then maybe I can return to a headache-free world.

Okay, so we don't have snow. This "snow" is just white ice. Trust me, I walked to Marshbanks for dinner. It's ice. Which is dangerous for someone as uncoordinated as me. And as of now, we just have a 2 hour delay tomorrow, which means all of my classes are still on since my first class is AT 10 am. Lord, protect me.

I have a test in French and a quiz in Western Civ tomorrow. I could have a quiz in Government, but he only gives pop quizzes, so I have no idea. I did my reading, though, so we'll see. I also get assigned my first essay in English Tuesday, and I have an Economics quiz either Tuesday or Thursday. (Again, my professor there likes pop quizzes. He told us which weeks the quizzes are, just not the specific day.) So it's gonna be a busy week.

I have a blog button now! Please feel free to copy and paste the code. It's right there at the top of my left sidebar. Thanks to Mandy, who also designed my blog, for it. :)

I did it! I managed to post every single day for a month.

I hope I started feeling tired soon. 8 am will come too soon. It will be super if I wake up and find out that all classes have been cancelled. ;)

Ed Gore Day

It was "Ed Gore Day" at the basketball games, so I spent 12:00-5:30 at the Convocation Center with my uncle and a bunch of strangers.  SO AWKWARD.  It would've been so much easier had my family been able to come. Stupid snow.  And we lost the games.  Boo.

For some reason, I feel like today is Sunday.  Don't really know why.  If it was, I certainly wouldn't be up at this hour because I get up at 8 on Mondays.

Miss America was tonight.  Miss NC didn't even make it to the Top 15 (through the first elimination), so I was rooting for Miss Kentucky...because her name was Mallory. :) She made 4th runner up.

That's about it.  My life is boring.

20 days to home.
42 days to Charlotte. :)

G'night.

Stupid snow.

I normally love snow. In Swansboro, it's such a rarity that, all my life, I freaked out whenever snow came because it was so exciting.
But right now? I'm mad at snow.
It's already started snowing, solidifying the fact that I will not get to see my mom tomorrow.
It probably seems stupid to all of you, but I am seriously homesick right now and I got so excited that she was gonna come and see me so that I didn't have to wait till February 19th to go home and see her (and everyone else).
So, yes, I am mad at snow.
Stupid snow. You couldn't have waited till Sunday?

My dad would be 48 today. RIP Daddy. <3

$167.90

That's how much stuff I bought at Wal-Mart tonight.
That's a LOT of stuff for me.
But I needed it.
The not-so-fun part was unloading it all.
The super fun part was seeing Holly for a little while.
What a sister, huh? Took a two-hour roundtrip just to take her sister to WalMart. Of course, I did give her $15 for gas and bought her dog food and dinner, so she said it was a good trade-off. :) It was good to have some family contact.

God, please please PLEASE don't let it snow this weekend. I really, really, really want to see my mom.

I almost skipped Economics today, because I was so tired. The fact that my professor doesn't take attendance made it even more tempting. But I didn't. I was a good kid and dragged myself out of bed. Such is life, right? Tomorrow is Friday, thank goodness.

I have horrible luck.

The one weekend my mom has a reason to come to Campbell, the forecast calls for several inches of snow. My mom won't drive two hours in the snow. Just. my. luck. :( She was also planning on bringing me a bunch of stuff I need for WalMart, so now Holly has to drive two hours roundtrip to help me. On the plus side, though, I get to see Holly! :)

Is it just me?

Or does anyone else feel like this week is ccccrrrraaaawwwwlllliiiinnnngggg bbbbyyyyyyyy?

It's probably because I'm so anxious for Saturday, but I am so unbelievably exhausted this week, even more so than before. My right foot started swelling today. I was stupid and decided to walk all the way to the post office because I thought it would be good for me and my back is still killing me, 7+ hours later. I still can't find my retainer (should probably give up on that). *sigh* Just not a good week in general.

On the upside, though, I love Wednesdays and Fridays. No class till 12? HECK. YES. And I ordered my and Holly's tickets for the Scarlet Grey show in March. Here's to hoping Blake doesn't decide to come that day; otherwise that'll be $72.50 down the drain. Hahaha.

200th Post

(Haha, how's that for getting out of having to come up with a creative title?)

Today sucked.
I've been burning up all day.
I got embarassed in French.
My Government teacher played a video that basically compared Obama to Hitler.
By Western Civ, I thought I was going to throw up and pass out.
I have a killer rebound headache.
And I still haven't found my retainer.
I'm considering just giving up looking for it, suffering the consequences, and calling to get a new one. I just have to wait till Mom repays me the money she borrowed this month. At least I know I'll still be able to buy the tickets for Charlotte with what she owes me.

Night.

Why?

Why does the same thing always happen to me?

I left my retainer in my dorm on my desk before I went to dinner tonight because I didn't want to bring it with me and risk losing it.

Well, of course I had forgotten about it by the time I got back.

8:20 or so I realized I wasn't wearing it, and it wasn't on my desk.

*ensue panic*

I've looked everywhere in this tiny room, and it's like the thing has disappeared into thin air.

I know it has to be somewhere in this room. I didn't wake up till 1:00 this afternoon (*smile*), and I left for dinner about 5:15 and got back a little after 6:00.

I'm begging God to help me find it.

These things cost $250 to replace, and I feel like I've let my mom down again. *Edited to add: My mom actually thinks they're $150. That's so much better! Especially since I'll have to pay for it. :P*

God, You have the power to show me where this retainer is. I know that You care about every detail of my life, no matter how small. I come to you because as miniscule as a retainer is, it is very important to me that I find it. Please, please help me find this retainer. You are a loving God, and I know you will take care of me. Amen.

An Amazing Unexpected Surprise

Okay, so I'm sure it's clear that I really miss my mom. Homesickness sucks. Well, last night my mom called and told me that Uncle Ed invited her, Chelsea, my grandma, and the whole family up to Campbell next Saturday because it's "Ed Gore Day" and there's this whole big shindig going on in the hospitality suite at the basketball game. And they're coming! SO EXCITED! Instead of having to wait 4 more weeks to go home for Chelsea's baby shower, I get to see them next weekend!

I've had a great day, too. Slept late, did laundry, hung out with Kari, went to dinner with her, and played pool. Too bad I somehow lost one of my favorite socks. It was part of my favorite, softest pair of socks, and somehow one sock got lost in the laundry. THIS is what happens when you have to share a laundry room with 120 other girls. ;)

TGIF

Maybe it's just because it was the first full week of classes, but this week felt sooooooooo loooooooooong. Glad it's over and that I have two days to sleep in. :)

Today was a good day. I, of course, had French, Government and Western Civ. My Western Civ professor was sick on Wednesday, and I don't think she was completely better yet, but she just did nothing but talk today. And I have my notebook from the first 7 weeks of last semester, so I don't even have to bother taking notes for a while. The only semi-bad thing about today was that I realized my Government professor is a hardcore Republican, and he spent basically all class period talking about everything that Obama's doing wrong in the world. Just slightly irritating to a strong Democrat like me. ;)

My advisor rocks. End of story. (Okay, so not. You know me!) But seriously, last Wednesday, the first day of classes, I saw him in the hallway of the building where he teaches and where his office is. He told me to "stop by", but all of his office hours are while I am in class, and whenever else I tried to see him, he wasn't there. So finally, yesterday, I waited for him outside his 11:00-12:20 class after I got out of English, and we agreed to meet in his office at 10 this morning. Turns out, he had completely forgotten that he wanted to see me, and so he thought that the meeting was my idea because I needed to talk about something. Even though 10-11 is usually class prep time for him for his 11:00 class, he gave up that time and talked with me for 30 minutes. He told me about this class/internship that Campbell does for juniors and seniors in my department at Georgetown University! DC is exactly where I want to go! I definitely want to do it, probably the summer before my senior year. :) That was really exciting to hear about.

Take note: I think I might be actually getting a little bit good at pool! Not easy for someone with so many coordination issues and so much nerve damage like me. :)