Here's to a beautiful day!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

This morning I set my alarm for 7:30 a.m. because I was actually pretty excited about the day; it was supposed to reach at least 70 degrees, I was about to use some coupons and make a couple purchases at Walgreens that were actually "money-makers" (free, and additional money given back to you), I was going to clean and wash my car, Josh and I both planned on skipping school in order to enjoy the weather, and we were going to take a friend of ours to dinner and a movie.  So, of course when my alarm began beeping, I sprung out of bed when I would normally continue adding 15 more minutes.  I could not wait to take on the day.
Guess what happened when I took my car out to vaccuum it?  I began sweating!  Something small and actually pretty gross, but it felt so good!  The sun and heat haven't made me sweat since like, I don't know, last August!  In addition to the awesome day, I am currently sitting at the rip-off school that I graduated from.  After Josh gets out of his meeting, I am going to go down to Student Records, demand to talk to a particular individual, rip the paper in half and cause a scene that will embarrass both her and me.  Okay, maybe not.  I do however, plan on going down to the office and seeing what happened and if they tell me anything about a stinkin' policy, I will begin the process of speaking to the next higher individual.  :-]  Like I said, I will get that high-quality sheet of paper. 

Well, here's to a beautiful day and doing nothing except for what I want to do!  :-D

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. . . these are my struggles . . .
Monday, March 29, 2010

When you're away from your blog for quite some time, bad things happen.  And by "bad things," I mean that you miss many opportunities to write about important things.  I have so busy the past week and I haven't even been able to visit any other blogs; it definitely saddens me.  What have I wanted to blog about?  Well, let's see . . . the gorilla (yes, gorilla, not monkey) on my back that keeps reminding me of my past, my bitterness, and my stubbornness, or about the awkwardness Josh and I experience since we are an interracial couple or how weird it feels for us to walk into pricey stores, or about the biggest struggle I face almost everyday, or about the awesome deals I have been getting and how much better I am at couponing.  Those are just a few to name. 

As you can see, I have not written one of those.  Maybe it's me just rebelling against myself and refusing to blog about those kinds of things because I would rather not face those giants at the moment.  OR, maybe it's me just being busy.  Yeah, I'll go with the second one.  :-] 

I will not be ignoring my blogging nudges anymore!  This area is for me to express myself and to possibly be an encouragement to others or even tick others off.  But, these are my struggles and this is my blog. :-]

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An at home Spring break
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

I know, I'm a little late on writing this, but hey, better late than never, right?  :-]  I shared with you that Josh I were going to spend some of the weekend in Chicago for my birthday and an "at home Spring break."  These are some of the views from our 17th floor room.  It was so beautiful!  We had a corner room, so 2 of our walls were basically made up of windows.  Big windows.  While we were looking out of the windows, we were spying on people in other buildings.  We found a girl that we named Tracy.  She should feel special because we dedicated about 30 minutes to watching her.  Creepy?  Yeah, I thought so, too.  BUT, she had curtains and was walking around in her underwear, bra, and at one point, her towel and she never pulled the curtains . . .so.  haha!  It was fun.   


The following morning, we opened the curtains and were slapped in the face with a mini snow storm!  Kinda sucked!  But, we didn't let that stop us from enjoying the day.  We walked to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast and then caught a cab to the Shedd Aquarium.  When we got there, there was a looong line.  This can't be the line to get in.  It's too cold.  Sure enough, it was the line to get in.  Right on the lake, bad winds, snow storm and all.  We waited in that weather for an hour and a half to get inside.  We both admitted that if we knew it would have been that long of a line, we would have just gone elsewhere.  But, we enjoyed ourselves even though it seemed like every single elementary and junior high school in Chicago was there, too.  After we were done there (about 6 p.m.), we caught a cab back to our car and headed home to have dinner with my family at Lonestar.  The whole weekend was very enjoyable and relaxing.  :-]  It's funny to think that last Spring break, we were in 90 degree weather, sitting in the sand in Southwest Florida, getting our tan on . . . 10 days straight.  Not to sound cheesy, but any Spring break is a great Spring break, no matter where I am, as long as I'm with my Lover.  I told Josh You know, these past two birthdays of mine have been the best two birthdays and he made a point, "That's because these are the only two birthdays we've been able to celebrate together." 

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