Same Stuff

There is a little bit of everything going on...nothing new though. Frankie, Jenn, Claude, Amanda, Bill, and Alison (myself as well) all got together to go out last weekend. It was so much fun. I wish Keith could have been there. I was sort of the odd man out since I wasn't drinking. I was designated driver which is fine by me. I like to know that everyone can get home safe...that's always important. We just went to the usual place but it was a lot of fun. I've never been out with Bill. Boy he definitely has 2 different sides. When he's sober he's quiet as can be and super shy...not when he's had a few! He was hitting on my sister (Alison) which was disturbing considering she's engaged but she was good and didn't reciprocate. That would have been a complete disaster. Last week was pretty uneventful. Honestly I can't remember much of what I did. I think it comprised of doing homework and being at the house as little as possible. I can't wait til I'm out of there! Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later. This past weekend was uneventful as well. I stayed at Keith's over the weekend which is nothing out of the ordinary...we were going to go to the movies Friday but a couple things happened at that just wasn't going to work. So instead we went on Saturday. We saw Reno 911: Miami. It was hilarious. Well it wasn't the funniest movie I've ever seen but it wasn't disappointing which was all I was hoping for. I still have a lot of school work I have to get done. I need some sleep too! Good sleep. I'm dragging like you wouldn't believe!

Valentine's Snow

Well we got some snow (more ice than snow) yesterday which gave me yesterday and today off. I'm about bored out of my mind. At least the night before I stayed at Keith's so that was nice. I hate being home with nothing to do. So now I have to head to Home Depot for a decent shovel and some halite. Then I have to go to Petsmart for dog and cat food as well as some more rawhide for Keela. She goes through that stuff like water but we have to do something to keep her from chewing everything up. I mean she does it when she's mad but more often than not she won't chew if she has something good to chew on. So now I'm bored out of my mind since I cleaned my room and got my laundry done. Music helps break up the monotony though. Currently this is what I'm listening to:

"Misery" by Soul Asylum: this song was in Clerks II and I just adore it.

"So Close" by Hall and Oates: yes I'm feeling a lot of 80's music here lately which will be noticed as this list goes on.

"Everytime You Go Away" by Hall and Oates: see above.

"My Love" by Justin Timberlake: I don't care what people say about him I think he's great and his music makes you wanna dance.

"How Forever Feels" by Kenny Chesney: I'm not into country but for some reason I love this guy.

"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" by Kenny Chesney: Once again I just like him a lot...I know they're his older songs but I like them nonetheless.

"There Goes My Life" by Kenny Chesney: I like the story...it's so sweet because it's true. There are a lot of people out there who experienced something like this and it totally changed their lives.

"When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean: This song's from "The Jewel of the Nile" which is a great movie I remember from when I was a kid.

"I Can't Hold Back" by Survivor: go ahead and make jokes about Survivor (yeah they did "Eye of the Tiger" but try and forget that as hard as it may be) but this song is awesome!

BRRRR!!!!!

Good Lord it's been cold! I mean it gets cold around here in the winter but never really this cold. I should be happy that it's all done and over with as far as the bitter cold but still. We got some snow overnight which always makes the drive to work in the am fun. I guess winter is playing catch up with us. We had a mild December and January so I guess it's only fitting that we get a good cold snap to remind us that it is actually winter. It is pretty though when it's quiet and you see snow on the ground. It makes you just want to snuggle up with a blanket and look out the window. That would never happen in my case but it's nice to think that probably someone somewhere is doing just that. Maybe when I'm retired (which probably won't be until I'm 90 if I live that long) I'll have that chance. Nothing really going on. I have some school work to do but other than that it's quiet for the time being. I don't feel like studying at the moment. I have a test in history this evening and I don't know what to expect. Well I do and I don't. I know what we're being tested on but I don't know how she wants us to answer the questions. I know it's not going to take the whole class to take the test so it should be short answer or something along those lines. I would love for this one to be multiple choice but I know it's not gonna be.

I have to find something to occupy my time this weekend. I don't care about during the day but at night it's gonna be difficult. This will be the first weekend that I won't be at Keith's since Christmas. That's gonna be weird. He's going to Philly to do some work. I'm glad he has the chance though because something good has to happen to the guy! He's always getting screwed over when it comes to work. He does the work and never gets paid. The one guy he's been doing work for wants him to have this one house done this week which would be possible if he had people other than himself working on it but since he's the only one, it's all on him. I wish there was a way for me to help him but since I have no electrical knowledge whatsoever, I can't. Oh well. I'm just happy that he's getting this. He's been trying so unbelievable hard to get ahead it's only right that something goes his way. I don't know...I'll just have to work it out. I'm sure there is other stuff I could be doing, right?

Developments!

Two new developments for the week. The first is that the new Harry Potter book will be coming out on July 21! I'm a dork and I'm ok with that but I'm really excited and sad at the same time. I want the next book to come out but I know it's the last one which makes it sad because now what am I going to read? Just kidding I have other books I read it's just going to be sad. When I was little I read the Anne of Green Gables series and when I got to the last one I was sad. I still have the whole set though. If I ever have kids and one of them or more than one, you know what I mean, is a girl, I hope to pass them along to her. It's just sad when a series ends no matter what it is. At least I have the Earth's Children series. That's a great one too. I've only read three of the 5 that have been released. Hopefully she'll release the next one soon. It's been a while since the release of the last one. Then I don't know what to do. I know that I want to read "Forever Odd" by Dean Koontz. If anyone likes reading, they should definitely read "Odd Thomas". I absolutely adore that book. The main character is just so likable. You really get a feel of what he's about from the start which I like.

The second development is that Frankie is on his way home from Iraq. His mom called my house while I was at work yesterday to let me know what's going on. He should be coming home sometime around Valentine's Day and then he has to go to Fort Dix for a bit. I don't know why but he does. I haven't talked to him since about the week before Christmas. I feel bad because I didn't write to him or anything. It's not like he would have gotten the letters anyway since he didn't know if he gave me the right address. When he was stationed in Korea, I wrote him all the time. It was weird I don't know why but looking back on it it just was. Over the years we've kind of grown up and away from each other. There was a time when we were inseperable. Now you're lucky to get us together because of conflicting schedules, etc. I don't know. It should be interesting. I know he's probably going to have something snide to say about Keith but what can I do? It's hard to explain the dynamic we had. If you'd have seen us a couple years ago you would swear we were together. That's all changed though. When people ask about him I say we have a love/hate relationship. I love him to death but at the same time I can't stand him. I don't know how else to say it. Regardless of how things are with us, I don't want to see him get hurt. I want him to be ok and get on with life you know? I want to see him happy. That's all. As long as he's good then everything's kosher. I'm just happy that he's coming home and he's out of Iraq. I don't think any soldier should have been there but that's another story. He's coming home so we're going to all have to go out and have some fun. With Frankie though you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes he can be a lot of fun and sometimes he can be a real jerk especially when he's been drinking which I'm sure he'll end up doing anyway. Oh well....that's a while off. I don't know when he's coming back from Fort Dix and I believe he said he was thinking of moving to Arizona. Who knows though. Arizona apparently is the place to be. I might be going there over the summer myself. Keith's brother lives out there and he asked me to go with him so I'm going to take a couple days off and we're going to go out there. I don't know if we're going to drive or fly. I kinda like the idea of driving because it would be a road trip and I'd get to see a good portion of the country. That's something not everyone gets to do. We'll see though. Nothing's set in stone as of yet.