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It's official...I'M GOING TO LONDON BABY! I got the acceptance letter in teh mail the other day! WOOOOT WOOOOOOOOOT! I'm very excited. And the best part is that Min will be there around the same time I am! Holla at the partial K3 - if only Lisers were going too...but she's going to Hawaii w/o me so I'm going to London w/o her ;) 08:36 p.m. Work was extremely hectic tonight!!!! Rachel Ray (from the food network) was signing her cookbooks and everybody and their mother was there...literally! I can't belive how packed that store was tonight. I was working at info and I would say only 5 of the phone calls I got tonight were about looking up books in the store, the rest of the 15648946354684352 calls were all about RACHEL RAY!!!! "When will she be there?" "Is it tonight or tomorrow?" "How many books is she signing" "My daughter *loves* her...do you think I can just meet her without having to wait in line?" "How come you changed the time of the signing without posting it online?!!!" "How can I get to your store from Rt. (insert random number here)?" I kid you not. My favorite question of the night had to be...."Do I have to buy the books first?" DUHHHHH. YES YOU DO! Anyway, it was an eventful night to say the least. And I got to leave like 4 hours early because I'm getting sick. Leaving early was the good part, being sick...eh, not so good. I have a sore throat and I'm really worried that my mono will relapse...booo mono. So, tomorrow I'm driving all the way home (since it's the last day of the semester and classes will be over for me at 11:30am) to go see my doctor. Besides, I really miss my family. I'm getting sick of Keswick... 12:09 a.m. I'm home...in good old C-Well. Lisa bobisa was home last night toooo!!! So we went out! We went to Emma's for some quality Texas Hold 'Em and I won!!! I came home with $20 after a $5 buy in. I was so excited. Afterward Lei and I went to a bar and walked out b/c it had a $7 cover charge...WHAT IS THAT?! So we ended up going to Versailles for some coffee/tea and fooooood. I paid b/c I was her sugar mamma for the night because of my poker winnings! All in all, it was a mucho fabuloso night w/ my K3er!!! 05:54 p.m. I'm going to be philosophical for a minute. Everything in life is a learning experience...EVERYTHING! Sometimes you learn things the hard way (and we ALL know what that's about) and other times you learn as you experience life. I'm still learning. Learning about who I want to be, what I want to accomplish, who I want to spend time with. That's it. I'm still learning...and sometimes it really hurts. 11:30 p.m. I just got back from Nationals in Kansas City, Missouri! I had so much fun!!!! It was a really nice vacation with my volleyball girlies. I took over 100 pictures...make sure you look at them on my webshots! You won't look at them...YOU WOOON'T! 11:23 p.m. Spring break was really good. Relaxing and a lot of fun. It was too short though. On that Thursday and Friday my parents and I drove up to Boston to look at grad schools. I LOVE THAT CITY! I fell in love with one particular school - MGH medical institute for health professions. It's a really good school and I want to go there soooo badly! I just don't want to go through the GRE thing or the application process (more specifically...the rejection process). Getting into grad school is really hard and I'm freaking out about it. Hell, I don't even have to apply for at least 6 more months, but I'm already stressing. But that's what I do, right? 09:38 p.m. Spring Break is here!!!!! I think we all needed a break...and belive me I'M TAKING IT! Although, my week next week is anything but relaxing. I have a very ubsy week ahead of me including skiing, tons of doctor appointments, an interview, and a trip to Boston to look at grad schools with my parents. It will be a fun week though and I really don't have much homework to do. Yayyy. Katelynn, Beckie, and Malorie are in NY at Malorie's house for a few days and they're going to Canada. I really wanted to go but I can't afford it since I'm most likely going to England for a month in the summer! Yea I'm probably going to study abroad and I can't wait! Min is going to be there then through NYU so we'll get to hang out and stalk people for an entire month! I seriously can't stop thinking about it!!!!!! :D YAYY 01:51 p.m. Not having a good day...or weekend for that matter. I won't bore you with the details, don't worry. So I'm on a campus computer now and I check my e-mail, and my mom sent me an e-card. It's so cute...I'm going to make all of you look at it Thank goodness she made me laugh, it was the highlight of my day so far. 01:55 p.m. This past weekend was a lot of fun. On Saturday, Phil and I went skiing at Mountain Creek! We both hadn't skied in 2 years so it was really refreshing to get back out there. The weather wasn't that great, but we managed. It kinda flurried the whole day and the slopes were really icey. I fell 3 times...haha, and I *NEVER* fall. I had a great time though. We get to go 2 more times...and I can't wait.
On Sunday, Phil and I celebrated Valentine's Day early at a nice Italian restaurant. It was kinda small and they had live music so it was hard to talk to each other, but the food was absolutely delicious! I'm so sick of 2005!! This has been the worst year and it's only 6 weeks into it!! So, my mom's surgery was about a month ago and she's still is a lot of pain. She had to get a CAT scan to see what's wrong with her. The radiologist told her she had these absesses (forgive the spelling) on her stomach. And according to him the only way to get rid of them is to drain them w/ a needle or have surgery again. My dad took her to the doctor that performed the surgery and he didn't believe what the radiologist said. He sent her to St. Clare's Hospital (where she had the surgery done) to the emergency room so she could see another surgeon and their radiologist. They looked at the X-Rays and disagreed with what the previous radiologist said. Soooooo, they said she has a big tumor (filled with fluid) on one of her ovaries and that's why she's in so much pain. So they gave her medicine to help the infection and if that doesn't help within a few days, they're going to figure out what to do next. I just can't take this anymore. If it's not one thing, it's something else. I just want her to be okay. And there's nothing I can do! It sucks being so far away from home. BAHHH! I just hope she won't have to have any more surgeries. I've been researching graduate schools for speech pathology. So far I've looked at Boston University and the University of Texas at Austin. I have a lot more looking to do...I never thought I'd have to do this stuff again. It's kinda fun though... 04:55 p.m. Phil and I saw PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in the movie theater last night. It was absolutely phenominal!!! I would venture to say it was better than Broadway. I had chills throughout my body the *entire* time. The music. The singing. The acting. EVERYTHING! I can't stop thinking about it and I permanently have the songs stuck in my head...I can't stop humming. SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!! I can't wait to get the soundtrack AND the movie when it comes out on DVD. I recommend you go see it - freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PS - "All I Ask Of You" is officially going to be my wedding song...screw Aerosmith and "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" (haha if you know me, you know my obsession with that song!!) 10:07 p.m. This has been yet another hectic week. My grandmother went into the hospital again on Monday. She's had a bad cold for a few weeks now and when they took her blood work they noticed that her kidneys were failing. It turns out she was severely dehydrated. That's a good thing considering what the alternative would have been. If they couldn't fix it by rehydrating her, she would have had to go for dialysis 3 times a week. I can't stand it when she's in the hospital, she gets so depressed and just sounds aweful. Thank God she's in high spirits because she just needed to be rehydrated. I wish I was home so I could visit her, but she won't let me...she wants me to stay at school. Poop. 11:19 p.m. This week feels like it's taking an ETERNITY to pass. I don't know if I've mentioned it in here before, but a few months ago Maryellen's mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the end stages. Sadly she passed away early Tuesday morning in the hospital. Her entire family was in the hospital room when she died and since they knew it was the end, everyone got to spend time alone with her to say goodbye. Mel's mom is no longer suffering from any pain and now she can rest peacefully in heaven. Tonight was the first viewing; Malorie, Beckie, Katelynn, and I all went to the funeral home. It was so sad but at the same time it was uplifting. So many people showed up to honor her memory. The line was out the door. Beckie and I got up to the casket, said a prayer, and then started down the family line to express our condolences. Maryellen's father was so sweet and thanked us for coming (of course we would!) and for the food we made them and dropped off last night. I started to get teary eyed and then I hugged Mel's sister and they started to fall. Once I got to Maryellen, we both started crying on each other's shoulder. I just want to be there for her and help in anyway I possibly can. After we went through the line, everyone regained their composure. It was honestly amazing to see all the people her mother had touched during her life by how many people were there to honor her memory. Tomorrow night is another viewing that we're all going to and Saturday is the mass and funeral service. I haven't updated in so long because all of this ish has been going on, and I just haven't been able to make the time. So, if everyone who reads this could take a few moments and just say a prayer for Maryellen's mother, her family, and her. I love you Maryellen! 11:30pm Well all I can say is that this past week was HELL!!! My mom had her operation on Tuesday (the 11th). All was ok, besides the fact that she was in a lot of pain, but there were complications after her surgery. She started running a really high fever. Nothing was helping her, and the worst part was: the doctors didn't have any idea what was wrong with her. At one point, her fever got as high as 104.1!!! Let me tell you, it was the scariest thing I've ever had to go through. She was in the hospital until Saturday morning (3 days longer than she was supposed to be in there). I went to the hospital everday (for 12+ hours each time) to keep her company and help her recover. This past week was so physically and emotionally draining, I'm still exhausted. I'm just glad to say she's home *finally* and recooperating nicely! Phew. I'm also back at school now. Classes started today. So far, I've had 2 and I have another one tonight at 5:30. It's my longest class (4 hours). I'm hoping I'll be done fairly early since it's the first day of classes. Goal this semester...bring up the GPA! WooT WooT!!! 04:40 p.m. I had a great weekend! On Saturday, my parents threw a surprise birthday party for me! I had absolutely NO idea! It was a week after my actual birthday and they completely fooled me!!! I had a great time! All my school friends, home friends, and faimly were there. Yay. I was so shocked, I started crying! It was absolutely supurb. On a more serious note, my mom is having her surgery tomorrow morning. So I'll be praying for her and I hope all of you will too. I'm sure she'll be fine, but surgery is a scary thing. 09:32 p.m. Happy belated birthday to me!! I'm 21...I can drink (legally)!! I had a great birthday. The night before, Min, Andy, Sarah and I went out to Applebees and I drank at midnight (1 long island iced tea, 1 tequilla shot, and 1 lemon drop shot). The next day, my family spent time together. My parents got me a shot glass chess set, tickets to "Movin' Out" on Broadway for next week, and a beautiful diamond crucifix necklace. Then my whole family went out to dinner together, we did kamakazi shots and drank a lot more. My Aunt and Grandmother got me a bunch of stuff I needed/wanted: the best include the Tiffany's heart ring I was dying for and tickets to see "Mama Mia" on Broadway with my aunt. It was a great birthday. At night, Phil and his parents came up, we did some more exchanging. Later that night, Min, Andy, Sarah, Gina, Phil, and I went into NYC to Min's apartment. Sarah and I power houred and got smashed (as did everyone else). It was a great night. We watched the ball drop and it was so much fun. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday! :-D 11:58 p.m. Phil bought me a diamond necklace for Christmas! It's beautiful!!! I love it. This is a nice addition to the other jewelry my family has bought me in the past! I'm a happy girly!! YAYYYYYYYY 08:52 p.m. Life has been to incredibly hectic! I've been home since last Saturday, and I still haven't unpacked all my stuff yet!!! Maybe I'll get it done today. But I've been working and babysitting every chance I get because I really need the money. Buuuut...Christmas was great (even though it really didn't feel like Christmas at all). Christmas Eve was dinner at my cousin's house and lets just say I drank too much ;) I was doing vodka and tequilla shots with my cousin (my mother was matching every one) and it was a good time. Christmas Day was equally as awesome! I got a digital camera! WOOT WOOT and I got a new printer (because my Epson sucks) that is also a scanner and i can plug my memory card from my new camera in and print out my pictures! I'm so excited. My 21st birthday is in 3 days and as of right now the plan is to go to NYC and go bar hopping and then spend the night at min's apartment. We'll see what happens. I'm sleeping over Phil's tonight because I have to babysit in Montgomery tomorrow. So we're going to exchange our Christmas presents...I can't wait to give him mine! Yay! 12:04 p.m. This past weekend I went home for our Christmas party. This year we decided to have a tree decorating party, which was a lot of fun. Phil came home with me too and it really was a great weekend!! I just loved being able to sleep until whatever time I wanted to (and I think I slept more this weekend than I did the past 2 weeks combined)...it felt great! I love Christmas time! It's so festive and fun! And now I'm back at Keswick getting ready for finals. I have one on Thursday and a big presentation on Friday. I'm just so happy all the stress is over! 12:22 p.m. I'm fed up and done. I'm just done with it all. 08:46 p.m. I CANNOT wait to go home! ....17 days. 11:30 p.m. Good news...my toe is not broken! I got the x-rays this morning and they were negative. I guess when Phil stepped on it, he just bruised it a lot. I'm so relieved. It still hurts a lot, especially when I'm on it for a while. But I'm so happy it isn't broken! YAY FOR X-RAYS! We decorated for Christmas at the house tonight...it looks so festive...I LOVE IT! 12:39 a.m. What a week I'm having. On Sunday, I worked for 8 hours and then stayed an additional 3 to get homework done for a class that I don't care about at all. So I was at Barnes & Noble for 11 hours straight. THEN...when I got home, I fell in the driveway because the leaves that weren't raked were wet and slippery. So I ripped my pants and scraped my knee. THEN...last night, Phil accidentally stepped on my pinky toe with his shoes on and as it turns out, it's broken. It hurts like a bitch and I have to get x-rays tomorrow. I feel bad for him because he feels bad about breaking it. It was an accident. I just cannot wait until these next 2 or 3 weeks are over. UUUGGHHH! On a happier note...today is Phil's 21st birthday! yayyy! 02:28 p.m. I'm hoooooome. I had a great night too. Jes and I went out for coffee at Starbucks (as per our ritual) and talked for hours. I think 2 hours into it Min and Nikhil came in and ambushed us and we talked with them for a while. I drove Jes home and went to Min's house and hung out for about 2 hours and we watched that MTV thing "la vida bam" or whatever it's called. It's realy funny though. The Andys came over too for a little bit. Now I'm home, at 2am, not really tired because I took a 2 and a half hour nap today...so I'm gonna get some magazine reading done...very theraputic. I should be doing homework, but sometimes I need a little "me" time. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 02:04 a.m. OK. I'm going to try and make this entry a non school or stress related update! Yesterday was Malorie's 20th birthday and since everyone has so much work to do because it's the end of the semester, we all went out to dinner at TGIFridays. It was a lot of fun. Well all reminisced about freshman year and laughed at the insane things that happened. I've actually been thinking about freshman year a lot lately...I don't know why. Probably because life seemed so much easier then, not at much drama or school work - UH OOOPPSS...sorry no school talk. But it was a good time. There's only 39 days left till I get another year closer to dying. LoL...I've turned into this morbid person about birthdays and age. I promised myself I would never do that, but I can't help it. After this birthday, there's *nothing* to look forward to. Oh boy. At least I'll be able to drink....legally. Haha. The most important thing, of course! I've been getting these massive headaches lately. I feel like Lisa, but she's had hers for longer. One day I had a headache/migrain for 12 straight hours. Nothing helped. I took advil, nothing. I tried to eat, nothing. I took a nap, nothing. I took 2 excedrin, NOTHING! It's just such a pain. Literally...mwahaha. Tonight we're having elections in volleyball. I'm running for vice president...I even wrote up a speech...DORK! :) That's me! 05:49 p.m. I cannot believe Thanksgiving Day is next week! Unreal! Where does the time go? Tomorrow (today actually) is Jes' birthday...her 21st birthday. She's the first of my friends to have the big 2-1. Min's birthday is coming to and followed by mine in about 40 some-odd days! WooT WooT. All I have to say to my bobisers is that she better be home for my birfday and not doing crappy RA stuff at Bing! There's only 3 weeks left of the semester until finals start and that means it's crunch time. I have papers and presentations out the ass. The stress from the beginning of the semester kinda of dissipated, but now it's back -- full blown!!!!! Maybe the tryptophan hormone in the turkey next week will make me sleep until Christmas so I can skip everything in-between. That's the wish I'll make when we break the turkey's breast bone....if only... 01:01 a.m. This past weekend was the official KEY THREE reunion! Min and I drove up to Binghamton to visit Lisa on Friday and we stayed until Sunday afternoon. I had a great time with my girls. We even drove to Syracuse to go to The Carousel Mall (which I might add was huge). We did some shopping and just hung out for 2 days straight. I missed my girlies so much! check out da peeeectures!!!! Yesterday morning my phone rings and it's Phil. He called to say good morning (I was still in bed) and then tells me that I need a "jolt" to wake up and to answer my front door. I couldn't believe it! He drove all the way up to my house to see me for a few hours! I was NOT expecting that at all! He always does this to me and I never know!!!! He's so great. Really put me in a good mood yesterday. Yay for Phil! PS - HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY DAD!! 11:17 a.m. What a night!! Yesterday was the beginning of Fall Break (after 2 fugly midterms in the morning). So I packed up my ish, packed up the car, and told Phil I had to get gas on Route 1. So he gets in the car with me and I just keep driving, get $5 worth of gas and keep going North and he's all like "what's going on?". So I told him to get the white envelope out of my purse and he opens it and is all excited because I surprised him with tickets to see Metallica (his *favorite* band) as a really early birthday present! He was soo cute and soo excited. So we drove to my house, watched the high school volleyball county quarter finals. Afterward, we drove to Continental Airlines Arena for the concert. It really was great. GodSmack opened - and they were AWESOME! And then Metallica....wow...that's all I can say. I'm not a huge fan of their music, I can tollerate it, but I really really really enjoyed the show they put on! I think they played for 3 hours and answered 2 encores in addition to that!! Great show. Plenty of people smoking weed all around us, pulling out pipes, joints, etc...drunkers all over. Awesome. Period. This is just one weekend full of surprises. I surprised Phil, tonight we're having a surprise party for my dad's 50th birthday and my mom is surprising him with a trip (next week) to VEGAS! Coolness. 05:03 p.m. I have 2 midterms tomorrow - back to back...one at 8 and one at 10....oye oye oye. I've been doint constant homework this week. Buh. So, I'm going to try to pick up an extra day at work somehow. I babysit every other Friday, sooo I was thinking that I can work every other Friday as well (obviously inbetween the weeks I have to babysit). It just comes down to the fact that I need money....and I AM accepting donations if anyone is interested. Just make the checks out to "The Brianna Needs Money Foundation" (oh and I only will accept monetary amounts that are three digits or higher. THANK YOU! 11:26 a.m. It's the middle of the semester and I'm so stressed out. I'm tired. I'm cranky. I'm fed up with school! It's ridiculous that a good portion of the week, I'm up before the sun rises getting ready. I go to bed so late and wake up so early that the bags under my eyes are PURPLE and as big as my face almost. POOOOOP I'm sorry this entry is such a downer... 04:51 p.m. phil... Phil... PHIL... PHIL... haha...happy now? 09:42 a.m. The amount of homework I have is steadily increasing each week. Every time I think I can have a break, I realize I have to read 100 pages for this class, or write a paper for that class...it just doesn't seem to end. I honestly cannot wait for winter break. I miss reading books for pleasure (and I have tons of books lined up for the first spare chance I get), and I'm already behind on my Cosmos! It's just so hectic! I can't wait until Min and I go visit Lisa at Bing in a month...I miss my girls and just need to hang out! 12:09 p.m. Well, the presidential debates were last night. The girls and I sat around and watched them with our wine and cookie dough (lol). But seriously, I was a Kerry fan, and then I wasn't sure...but after last night, Bush really seemed come on top. I don't have time to discuss my opinions about last night because I have to go to class, but I really did not like what Kerry was saying or how he was debating. I really thought Bush was the better advocate last night. I have no idea who to vote for! I guess I'll be weatching next week's debate as well... 07:32 a.m. This weekend was such a waste...I hardly got any work done and I know this week is going to be crazy - I have two 7 page papers due...one on Tuesday and the other on Thursday. Pray for my sanity. I just wanted to say that I'm here for you if you need/want ANYTHING at ANYTIME!! I love you girl. MWAH 01:53 a.m. it's been a long time since i've updated (too long) but i've been very busy. school has completely taken over my life. and it is difficult to juggle the homework i get, plus volleyball, babysitting, work, clubs, friends, family, and phil...but i seem to be managing. i'm actually kinda getting used to the hectic days. it just takes time for a person so get used to functioning on 6 or less hours of sleep each night. i think i've gotten this cold because of it as well. oh well, what can you do? everyone gets sick at one point or another. This past weekend was the fireman's convention in wildwood. it was a lot of fun, a bit different paced than last year, but fun non-the-less.
tonight was a vball mixer with the boys hockey team. i had to work until midnight so i went there afterward and stayed for about an hour. i didn't drink (because i was driving) but i still had fun. it was cool and i came home to find this on my computer: KEY THREE REUNION NOVEMBER 6TH & 7TH IN BINGHAMTON!! 02:17 a.m. I have just seen the BIGGEST and UGLIEST bug...and I survived to tell the tale. I came home tonight and was about to go downstairs when I saw this bug on the wall. Katelynn said she'd kill it for me (since I don't do well with insects.....ewwww). Then she starts to flip out because the thing was MASSIVE and had really long antennas and like 100 legs! So Maryellen and I decide to go to our neighbors and see if a boy would come over and do the job for us. We ultimately decided not to do that and kill the damn thing ourselves. So we keep trying to smash it with my shoe but it's really fast and keeps running away. Finally I try to kill it and it hides between a little gap between the carpet and the wall against the basement stairs. So we spray the hole with an air freshener (for what reason, I know now...we were freaking out and it sounded like a good idea at the time) and then my mom told me to block the hole with a tissue. I have a sneaky suspicion that we have a family of thse creatures in the house since my mom killed one a few days ago and I've been killing smaller ones. My biggest fear is that I'll wake up in the middle of the night and it'll be on my face......UGHHHHH. Just thinking about it makes me want to vomit. PS - I already hate school - and I will be complaining about the work load for the rest of the semester...enjoy! 12:29 a.m. Check out Great Adventure Pictures! I can't believe how much homework I have already. I'm constantly reading out of these damned text books! Bahhhhhhh 10:12 p.m. This first week of school has be hell (already). I have so much work to do and it's all reading assignments. I don't have time to do all this! Ugh. Beckie's birthday was yesterday (the 4th) and the girls + Kegan went to Great Adventure for the day. It was a blast. For some reason there were hardly any people at the park and the lines were completely tolerable. I love it there! We did practically every roller coaster and Nitro twice!!! That is absolutely my most favorite ride of all time. It realy was a great day. We ended it with a party at our house. It was our first party here....again, tons of fun. We played hold 'em (I did well for a while and just got cocky and lost all my money). It's just money though - not too much damage. 03:09 a.m. Classes start tomorrow! Oye...I have mixted emotions about this folks... 10:54 p.m. Ok, so being the bookworm that I am, I have to tell you about The Da Vinci Code! Now, I know it's been a bestseller for a little over a year now, and I'm late on reading it, but it has to be one of the best books I've ever read! The entire plot and concept behind the story is so interesting and controversial...it's just amazing. I'm going to attmept to explain what the book is about without screwing it up (no promises though)......So, basically the story deals with an ancient secret society which guards the "truth about Jesus Christ" and his life. According to historians (in the book), Jesus was not the messiah when he lived on Earth. People regarded him as a prophet, not the son of God. Therefore, he was not considered divine and was treated like a mortal human being. Thus, having the ability to get married. They say that Mary Magdalene was his wife and after he was crucified bore a child of Jesus'. The explanation the book gives why this is not common knowledge among people is that in the 4th century, Constantine got rid of all the written accounts about Jesus that did not show him as the son of God. Constatine then took other writings and formed The Bible with the pieces selected by himself and members of the Church. Now, these secret (and discarded) documents are hidden by the secret society that I mentioned before. They are waiting to reveal the truth to the people. These documents are supposedly hidden with the Holy Grail. But according to this book, the Holy Grail isn't the cup of Christ...it's the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene because before Christ died, he assigned her to be the head of his Church (not Peter). And the "chalice" that everyone refers to as the Holy Grail is actually a metaphore for a woman...Mary Magdalene. The book is about the conspiracy between the Catholic Church and this secret society that has been going on for centuries. They had a truce that the Church would leave the sect alone if they kept the documents hidden. But in the book, the time has come for the people in the secret society to reveal the truth...the only problem is that the Church has missionaries hunting down the members who know about the secret and killing them. The book is full of suspense because the two main characters were entrusted with the information "accidentally" by one of the dead members, and now they have to find the Holy Grail and keep the Church from destroying history. This concept is utterly mind-blowing. I mean, the book even gives details about how Leonardo Da Vinci was a member of the secrety society and gave clues about the Holy Grail in his paintings. They say that in "The Last Supper" the person painted next to Jesus at the table was Mary Magdeline and that if you look closely at the portrait, you can see how the person strongly resembles a woman. In addition, there is supposed to be a hand holding a dagger in her direction but if you could the arms in the painting, it belongs to no one. I can't even fathom what this would mean if it were true. Can you even imagine? Wow. I mean, whose to say that it isn't a slight possibility? I've always wondered who wrote The Bible...and it's true that history is written by the winners and whose to say that information was put in there and stuff was left out to protect the Church? I really wish you would read the book...I'm not lying when I say it's amazing! Sorry about that synopsis, but it's all I'm thinking about now. So so so so good. I give it two thumbs, way up! 08:27 p.m. I got back from a week vacation in Cape May today. The week was fun, but the weather wasn't that cooperative. It rained a bunch of the days I was down there. I still had fun though! Tonight, Beckie and I went to see Bryan Adams at the Art Center - he was amazingly good. He really was! And the songs I didn't know, were easy to listen too and I wasn't bored once! He is such a little cutie - and the entire band wore the same exact thing....black fitted T-shirt with jeans. It was aweswome! As you can tell, I really enjoyed myself! :) 12:22 a.m. I got my car! Yay! My parents and I drove to Oldbridge yesterday to pick it up. It's the cutest thing!!! I absolutely love it! It's a 2004 Honda Civic, V4 engine, dark blue with grey interior, and it's awesome! Phil and I actually drove it to Delaware last night. Haha. We drove down 95, hit Delaware and turned around again. It was so much fun. I haven't had the car for 24 hours and it's been to 3 different states and already has 170 miles on it. Hehe. I'm working tonight 4-close (midnight) and then I'll be heading down to Cape May for a week. Hopefully I won't be too tired driving all that way. And next Friday, Beckie and I are going to see Bryan Adams at the Art Center! WooT WooT...tons of stuff to do! PS - I got the CO (certificate of occupancy) for my room...I can officially live there! YAYYYY! 01:30 p.m. Ok, my car died (yes its official...it's dead - fried transmission, broken water pipe, and seized turning belt). My dad knows a guy at work who is trying to sell his daughter's car. It's a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse and it's very cute. However, I'm not *in love* with it. Anyway, my parents put a $100 down payment on it just incase. But, since then, my aunt had a good idea...she thought it would be better if I leased a new 2004 car instead of buying an older one. My mom found a Honda dealer who leases cars for $4,000 down and $99 a month for 3 years. So it comes out to be the same price that we were going to pay for the Eclipse...and I get the added bonus of a new car that I actually *love*. We're even getting it tomorrow morning. I can't believe this is happening, I'm getting a new car. Wow. My parents are paying for thge $4,000 and I'm responsible for the $99 a month, which is completely fine by me. Besides, it'll build me credit which will help in the future. And after the lease is up, I can either take out a loan and pay it off to keep it or lease another car...which is always nice. By then I'll be out of college so hopefully I'll have the mulah! :) This is too cooool. 02:11 p.m. Today is mine and Phil's year and a half anniversary! WooT WooT 12:33 p.m. Heylo...The past few days have been so incredibly hectic - I can't even begin to explain...but I shall try! On Sunday Phil met me at work to go out to dinner. After that we drove (in his car) to Princeton to walk around. When we got back, he dropped me off at my car which was still at work. So we're driving back to PA and all of a sudden my heat (I had it on b/c it was rainy and I was so cold) turned really cool. I didn't know what was happening. Well I look at my temperature gauge and it just SHOOTS up into the red zone. So I pull over to the shoulder of the highway (THANK GOD PHIL WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME). I look up and see that my hood is smoking. So I jump out of the car and call AAA while Phil calls the state troopers. So this NJDOT guy comes and checks under my hood. He's guessing its the water pump but he's not sure. So AAA comes and my parents want him to tow me up to Caldwell so our mechanic can take a look at it. This AAA guy is the nastiest person I've ever met and he did not like the idea of driving 1+ hours but I didn't care. Thankfully, Phil drove with him in the truck and I took Phil's car home. So we drop it off and sleep at my house. The next day (Monday) the mechanic says he thinks its the timing belt and that he might be able to fix it but he's not sure. My car might be dead. This is horrible. I really feel like I have a relative in the hospital. I LOVE THAT CAR!! And I really don't have the money to buy a new one. I dont know what we're gonna do. Thankfully, my aunt said I could ust her car for as long as I needed to (don't forget, I'm living and working down south). She's a God-send. And as of now, we're just looking for a new car because it seems to pointless to put more money into this one. On a happier note, my room in Keswick is done! Now all I'm waiting for is the town to come in and check it out! Yayyyy! 04:45 p.m. I now remember why I did NOT like my job at Barnes & Noble.... 12:56 a.m. BOSTON WAS GREAT!! I had so much fun! Thursday night, I arrived around 11ish and Jes was waiting for me at the bus station and then we took the T (kinda like the subway) to our hotel. (We stayed at a hotel because her apartment has bed bugs - thanks to the guys across the hall - and Jes' dad was nice enough to put us up in a hotel with his frequent flyer points from work). Well we were talking so much on the T that we missed our stop and had to walk like 30 minutes to the hotel and my bag wasn't the lightest thing in the world but it was all good because I was with my Jes!!!! So we *finally* get to the hotel and are completely surprised when we find out that it's a suite! It had a living room (with a pull out couch), a kitchen, big bedroom, and biiiig bathroom. It was sooooo nice! So afterward we went for coffee and then walked around for a little while. The hotel was in Cambridge so we did some exploring until about 1:30am. The next day (Friday) we completely slept in and then went to Harvard Square and did some shopping. Both of us made out like bandits at Urban Outfitters and just spent money. It was so great! Then we took the T into Boston and Jes showed me the Boston Common and the Gardens...they're like smaller versions of Central Park, but sooo much nicer! The whole city was so much nicer than NYC - and so much cleaner! After that we walked down Newberry Street which is lined with stores and stores and stores. We did some window shopping and went into really neat places. She showed me where she works (American Eagle) and finally we went into Condom World and bought "penis pasta" for dinner (since we had the kitchen in the suite)! So then we went to her apartment and I got to see where she lives. And to tell you the truth, I really liked her place. It's a really nice 4 bedroom apartment on Commonwealth Ave. Ok, then we went back to the hotel and cooked dinner when her boyfriend came over and I FINALLY got to meet him (after almost 2 long years of hearing everything about him). The three of us went in the hotel pool and jacuzzi...so relaxing. On Saturday, Jes and I woke up earlier and went downstairs to the continental breakfast and then checked out of the hotel. We dropped our stuff off at her place and then went to Quincy Market and ate at Cheers!! It wasn't the original cheers but it was close enough. Then we did some more walking around and finally it was time for me to go. So she dropped me off at the bus station and we said our goodbyes. All-in-all, I had an amazing weekend with her! I'm already planning on going back with Phil in January! I can't even begin to tell you how much fun I had! I guess I didn't realize how much I missed Jes and it was a good treat for her to see him since she's having all those problems with her apartment that seeing a familiar face was comforting for her. And she had a little minivacation too...I love that girl! On Sunday, I had to work at Barnes & Noble from 10:30-6:30 and Phil met me there and we went to see "The Notebook"! I absolutely loved it! I feel bad for him since it was a MAJOR chick flick, but he survived somehow. Since it's been so long since I've read the book, I was kinda fuzzy on the details but from what I remember, it was mostly accurate to the story line. I'm such a big fan of Nicholas Sparks....I think I've read all of his books to date...he's wonderful! I cried like a baby in that movie...any girl would, seriously!! Well that was my weekend in a "nutshell" - it was great and I loved every second of it! 11:09 a.m. I leave for Boston in 3 hours! YAYYYY 03:00 p.m. What a week. My class was supposed to start on Tuesday but when I got there, the professor wasn't. We wait for like a half hour and he never showed. The head of the english department came in and told us all to leave and just come back today at the same time. So, I go today and we actually have class and its just not something that I'm interested in. I only signed up for the class because I thought I needed a LIT class and there was only one offered in July...so I took it. The class is supposed to meet each week (Monday - Thursday) from 10:30am - 12:45pm and it goes on for 4 weeks. Well, today my professor said that we have class this Friday for whatever reason. I did NOT know this (I don't think anyone knew that it was a college rule since we missed Monday because of the holiday) and I had already purchased bus tickets to visit Jes in Boston for this weekend. I didn't know what to do. I spoke to my professor after class and he basically said that he'd understand if I decided to go to Boston and skip class but that I'd receive a zero for the day. So I didn't know what to do. Considering the fact that I didn't even like the class, I tossed around the idea of dropping it. So I met with the head of the GenEd department and he told me to just drop it because the Literature requirement is coupled with a Performing Arts requirement (under the new transformation credits which I'm a part of) and I could just take a performing arts class later on. So I did. I got a 100% refund on the class and all the money for my books back! I'm so happy. I'm not a literagure girl, I'm really not into analyzing the theme and mood of writing...phew. Now I can still go to boston! I really thought I needed to take this LIT class to graduate on time but thankfully that's not the case! 04:06 p.m. Well I'm at Phil's house now in good old PA. I just finished unpacking and I feel a little more relaxed now. When I started unpacking all my ish I started to tense up and then the crying came. I'm *really* homesick now. It's weird. I haven't felt this homesick since my last trip out to Vegas (or even when I was a little girl and I went away from my mom for a few days)...it's nothing like moving back on campus - this homesickness is a lot worse. And as I tried to explain that to Phil, I realized that I can't. I don't know how to explain the difference or why this time it's worse. I guess it has something to do with the fact that I feel like I can't be myself where I am. I felt like that ALL the time in Vegas and I guess I feel like that now. But that's not all of it - of course I miss my family, pets, and house, but it goes a little bit deeper and I can't seem to find words to describe it. I know these feeling won't last forever, but for the time being, it sucks. I also think the homesickness is exacerbated by the fact that I'm not in my own house. I'm in a "foreign" element and its just odd. I'm the type of person who likes things in order and in their own place and not being in my own room adds to the negative feelings. But, as I said before, this too shall pass and I'm out for the count. Good night all! 12:14 a.m. Due to a very slow township, my room in the Keswick house is not done, nor does it look like it will be completed anytime soon. Since I start my summer class on Tuesday, I have to go to PA to live with Phil for the time being. Hopefully it'll only be for about 2 weeks, but the way the town is moving, I doubt that very much. It'll be cool living with him for a little while but I'm nervous we're going to absolutely kill ourselves (it's a possibility ya know) and the idea of living with 3 other boys kinda worries me lol. Let's just say that they live in a typical guy's house. That is all. But they are being very kind to let me stay there until my room is done, so I must thank them. I'm kinda getting homesick (it started last night). I'm really going to miss my family, pets, and house. This summer isn't like the other ones because I'm going back so soon after I got let out. Usually I have until August to get sick of everything here and can't wait to leave, but this summer I didn't have those problems and I'll be sad to see it go. Oh well. P.S. - HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!! 09:12 a.m. I had a great weekend! On Friday, I got to hang out with the ENTIRE Key 3! The last time we did that was in January I think. It was cool to catch up and chit chat and all that jazz. On Saturday, my family and I did a little shopping (and I spent way too much money). That night I went to the First Aid Squad's wet down which was fun until Lisa called to see if I wanted to go to a party in Wayne. Obviously I said yes and off we went. The party was at her blind date (Brad) friend's house. We got there and I started playing beer pong with Brad and after a few games we actually started winning! Can you believe that?! I WON 7 GAMES OF BEER PONG IN A ROW! haha. Who would've thought?! It was so much fun and everyone was so nice. I had a blast. On Sunday, I went to the little BBQ for the priest at my church and then went to Hillsborough to see Phil. We went to play softball with his friends who work at CVS - it was the pharmacy vs. the front of the store (we played on the pharmacy team). It was so much fun to get back out there and field balls and get behind the plate and wack the shit out of 'em! Needless to say our team ended up winning 26 to 7 or something like that! It was great! Phil and I decided to rent Die Hard because I had never seen it before and he was in the mood for something that "blows up". Let me tell you, I fell in love with that movie and I had to finish the trilogy! So last night (we came back up here) and rented the second one and my dad recorded the third one for us on replay TV and we finished that one this afternoon! I love those movies! They are awesome! "Yippie-ky-ay motha fucka" MWAH Bruce!!!!! The only sucky thing this weekend was my car. On Monday (yesterday), Phil and I wanted to drive to Keswick to take a look around and all of a sudden it started making this loud noise and we pulled over. Turns out, the pipe leading to my muffler disattached itself from the muffler which is what caused it to have that horrible sound! Sucks. My dad had to drive all the way down to Hillsborough to attempt to fix it and then follow me home to make sure it didn't do anything on the drive up north. Tonight, I think, Jaime is going to take a look at it and we'll see what he has to say. I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed this won't cost me too much money. 04:12 p.m. Hi my name is Brianna, and I have a shopping problem! I seriously do! I just spend money like it's nothing, but I manage to convince myself that I *need* all of the things I buy. And this is me with a part-time job....I can't even imagine what I'll be like when I have a real job! Oh boy. 03:44 p.m. Let me just start out by saying...CAPE MAY WAS AWESOME! I had so much fun with everyone. Too much happened to talk about everyday down there, but trust me, it was great! So, today, I'm at work and at 4:00 I hear the front door open and close, look up and see Phil standing in front of me with a single rose in his hands and he was all dressed up! He apparantly called me out of work this morning so my boss would let me out at 4 so we could spend what was left of the day together! I had absolutely NO idea he was doing this...what a surprise...a very good surprise! Ahhh....goooooooooood night :D 10:53 p.m. I'm leaving to go to the house in a few and then sleeping at Phil's and then tomorrow we go to CAPE MAY for the week! I'm so psyched! This is going to be awesome! 06:59 p.m. Ok, so I'm leaving work today and as I'm getting into my car I look on the ground and I see something moving. I could not figure out what I was looking at for a few seconds until it hit me...there were 2 baby birds that must have fallen out of their nest in the parking deck. They were so young that their eyes hadn't opened yet and they had no fur or feathers. It was so sad to see them there that I just burst into tears and scooped them up and took them to the emergency animal hospital in my town. In the car, they were sliding around (I had them on a paper towel I had in my trunk - it was the best I could find) and they were chirping because they must have been hungry. They were lifting their heads up and opening their mouths to be fed...it was just like little kids' picture books. And I could NOT stop crying. I felt so badly for them even typing this up now I'm still getting teary-eyed. So anyway, I park in the lot and bring them in, fill out a form, and then I'm told to leave. That was it. I called a few hours ago to check up on them and the people there said they were doing fine for now and that a bird specialist would come to get them so I really wanna keep up and see how my birdies do! I can't even begin to explain how tiny these little guys were. So incredibly small and helpless. I feel so badly for them...and I can't stop thinking about it. Poor little guys. And their mother! She was probably watching from the nest and couldn't do anything to help them. Ugh....so I know it might sound corny, but please pray for these little survivors! I know I will! 10:40 p.m. Hola. I'm trying to think of cool stuff that's happened. Um...Last Thursday, Lisa and I went to see HARRY POTTER: And the Prisoner of Azkaban....and let me tell you, it sucked. Horrible. Terrible. Nothing like the book. And it was just not good. The book was 10 million times better. They cut out so much and I can't even express how much I disliked it. Not only that, but the new Dumbledore (since Richard Harris died) sucked as well. He wasn't right for the part and he didn't depict the character the right way. I really wonder if anyone who participated in that movie actually read the book at all. It's really upsetting becuase that's my favorite book out of the series so far...so I was really dissapointed (so was Lisa). Saturday was move in day. And my room isn't done (won't be for a while), so I had to move my stuff all the way up to the top floor and then I'll have to move it back down when I finally do move in at the end of June (I hope). It was really cool thought, because slowly, the house is turning into a home. Cool, cool, cool. Sunday, Phil and I saw SHREK 2...it was sooooooooooooo good! And sooooooooooo funny. Phil and I were just laughing our assess off the entire time. It was a very good investment. Yay. And finally, today, Lisa and I did some *mad* shopping. I bought like 6 pairs of shoes, some tanks, t-shirts, a skirt, and a really awesome shirt that I love! Then, tonight my mom and I did more shopping and I got 4 bathing suites because next week is the week that we're going to Cape May with the TCNJers. I spent soo much money today...I think it's time to cool it a little with the spending. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 11:21 p.m. This turned out to be an interesting weekend...Saturday I worked and then went to my family picnic at my house. That was a lot of fun! I love my cousins! It was fun fun fun. Sunday my family and I went to NYC to see FAME on Broadway. My dad has a friend on the fire department who is a stage hand for the show and he got us free tickets. And apparantly its Fleet Week in New York, and those sailors were nice to look at! :D The show was good too and we got to meet some of the actors backstage after the show! It was a nice day in NYC! Afterward, we went to Ikea and I got a *tall* dresser! Yayyyy. Except we didn't get it...lol...they were all sold out so my parents are actually there now picking it up while I'm at work. This morning, my mom, aunt, nonna, dog, and I went to watch the parade. My dad was driving the fire truck so Sam got all excited to see him and almost pulled my arm out of its socket. Haha. I'm moving all my stuff into the house (at school) on Saturday...it's going to be so exciting! I can't wait! But right now, we're having a little "crisis" concerning the lease and the landlord not really following some of its conditions. Here's the deal, my room is in the basement, and the landlord was doing construction down there - creating the bedroom, adding a living room, and a full bathroom...and it was supposed to be done TOMORROW, but it won't be done until Saturday - it's a good thing I'm not moving in until then. Drama, drama, drama. 01:44 p.m. Ok, after saying this I know you will all think that I am a complete nerd...but here goes......I've found out tonight that balancing a checkbook is actually kinda fun!! LoL - Just by going through all my old receipts I try to remember where I was that day, what I bought, and all that fun stuff. Haha. Ok. I'm done. 11:15 p.m. Today my Phil had surgery. He had a bone spur in his ankle (it's when you have a growth of bone on your bone...) and he had it removed. I'm so upset that I can't see him until tomorrow. I wanted to be there while he went in to surgery, but I couldn't. He just text messaged me to let me know that he's back at home and he's going to take a nap now...poor thing. I'm going to see him tomorrow and I'll sleep over to keep him company while he just sits on the couch watching TV. I bought some stuff for him as a get well present yesterday with Lisa and tomorrow I'm going to surprise him with "Rocky" since we've never seen it before. I'll rent it on my way down there. So, if you're reading this and you know Phil...give him a call to cheer him up because as we all know, surgery sucks! 01:23 p.m. Well house stuff is moving along...slowly, but surely. The girls and I just need to call the electric, water, and cable companies to have everything set up and we're good to go. I can't wait to live with them in less than 2 weeks! Actually, I'm not technically moving in until The end of June...my summer class doesn't start until July 5th or 6th, or something like that. Last night, Jes and I went out for coffee at Starbucks. She came home for a couple of days and I got to spend time with her! We actually got comfy couches and sat there for liek 3 1/2 hours just talking! We saw a few people we knew from high school, talked with them for a little bit, but mainly talked about us and our lives and compared notes. It's amazing, but Jes and I are practically the same person - lol...we always agreed on tons of stuff but now it seems that we do similar things as well. It's really funny. I guess our lives are going in the same direction. She's such a sweetie ... I just know we're going to stay friends for a very long time and that makes me HAPPY! 11:32 p.m. Ok, so on Monday my boss sent me home because my back hurt. So I went to the doctor. He told me that I sprained the ligament between my hip and butt bones. Yayyyy (note sarcasm). He also said it is going to take several weeks to completely heal and I can't do Tae Bo until then! That's the worst news I think I could ever get - I love doing Tae Bo!!! Anyway, my back has been hurting me a lot, actually today is the first day that it isn't hurting that badly. Usually toward the end of the night it gets worse, so we'll see how today goes. I've been taking prescription strength motrin and that's been helping a little bit. I'm going to the gym today - it'll be the first time I've worked out since Saturday...I hope my back can handle it because Cape May is in a little over 3 weeks and I really wanna go to the gym! PS - according to Lisa, I AM a bad person and going to hell....oh well, at least the view will be nice! hehe 10:00 a.m. First of all, I threw my back out. Yupp. And I did it doing Tae Bo. Unreal. I've been doing Tae Bo for YEARS and this has never happened before. But it hurts, so I'm drugged up (on advil) and trying not to let it affect me. I have to work today from 10 to 6 so we'll see how i feel later. Oye Vey. Saturday night I went to visit Phil in his new house in PA. It's really nice. There are 3 boys living in there. Just being in that house really is making me antsy for 124!!! I cannot wait to live with my V5! It's going to be insane! Yeesssssss. 08:56 a.m. Ok everyone has to try this out...I got it from Amy's live journal. Just spell out your name and use the phrases (below) to describe YOU! I dunno if it works....but here try....
A - You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind. I'm home...finally. It's been a long day, but I finally made it back (in one piece). My final this morning was not as hard as I thought it would be. Malorie and I were up really late last night studying for it, and we knew our stuff! So hopefully it paid off and when we get our grades we'll be happy, if not semi-happy. I have loads and loads to unpack tomorrow - and then repack and put in boxes to go to the house in 3 weeks! And that's all I have to say about that! 11:40 p.m. It's finals week and also hellish week! I had one on Monday, two yesterday, and I have one more on Friday. The one on Friday is my hardest one, so I'm a little worried about it. We shall see what happens. It has been so long (too long) since I've updated. But the truth of the matter is, I just haven't felt like it. So much has been going on in my life, my brain is fried from thinking so damn much that the thought of "thinking out loud" on here just repulsed me. Maybe I also didn't want to admit my true feelings to all the random people who read this. But, now that my head is clear I'm ready to write. I just want to say a big THANK YOU to my V5 ladies...with out you guys I think I would have lost my head and driven myself crazy. I love you girls. 12:41 p.m. Ok, so here's the deal. I'm on my way home this morning and I'm like 5 or 10 minutes away from my house when my car just dies in the middle of route 46. Left lane, at a red light...just dies. Ridiculous. So, I call my parents and they come to help me. We push it to the side of the road and as soon as my dad tries to start it up....IT WORKS!!! wtf!! I tried like 5 or 6 times to start it up while I was waiting, but it wouldn't budge...now that he tries - BAM - it starts right up. Always happens with him. Oh well. So now I'm mad at my car...we're having a fight. She's not being good to me like she used to be. We'll see what the prognosis is. Oye Vey. Well I'm home for Easter...can't wait - love this holiday! ps - Peculiar .... hehe - still can't do it! 10:38 a.m. I got to talk to my Lisa Bobisa Shortz today! She text messaged me at work and I called her when I left. She's in beautiful Florida right now, spending her Passover holiday with her sister, parents, and grandparents. Lucky ducky. I miss that girl! She always makes me smile...my DDD partner in crime! Beckie alerted me to the fact that we only have 3 more weeks of being here! WooT WooT. My last day of class is April 27th (I think) and then I'm out on May 7th. SOOOOO wonderful! 12:44 a.m. Well I just watched the most depressing movie ever...it was Boys Don't Cry with Hilary Swank. I had to watch it for my abnormal psych class. The movie is about this girl who believes she's a boy and all the problems she encounters. It's really sad, but wonderfully done. Since we're studying gender identity disorders in class this movie was assigned. It was based on a true story and the thought of that actually happening to a person is horrifying. Wow. I just can't get it out of my mind....jeeze.
one year ago today.... 01:57 a.m. I can tell this weekend is going to suck 03:03 p.m. Well I didn't update last week because there was a lot of crap going on. My grandmother was hospitalized last Wednesday. She's been very sick lately and when she went to the doctor he found that her blood pressure was very low. She's also been very anemic lately but they couldn't find where she was losing the blood. So they hospitalized her for that too and transfused 2 pints of blood into her. She stayed there for 4 days and 3 nights. I feel so bad for her. She's so tired and week. But the general conclusion about her anemia was that its been happening because of the pills she takes. And I think they think it's from her stomach. So they are going to alter her medications and hopefully it problem will go away. It was a very scary week. I went home on Saturday to see her (she went home that day) and she was just so upset. My poor Nonna. I just keep praying she will get better because I need her. Also last week, I had tons of homework and 2 huge tests that I studied my ass off for...we'll see how that worked out. Last night was absolutely amazing! My parents, Phil, and I went to Continental Airlines Arena to see the DEVILS vs. Rangers game!!!!!!! It was soooo much fun! My parents weren't in the same section as Phil and I, and we were one row from the very top. But that was a-ok because you can see the whole rink from up there. It was sooo good! 1st period...nothing...no scoring...boring. 2nd period....during the first power play the DEVILS scored!!! Then they scored 2 more times in that period. So Phil's boss was also at the game (on the lower level - in the 10th row) so we went to go visit him. Turns out, he had 2 extra tickets that he just gave to us! So for the 3rd period we sat down there with him and his brother for 2 more goals by the DEVILS!!!! It was so much fun! So the final score was 5-0 DEVILS. The only thing I would have changed were the fights. There was ONE .... that's it. I was expecting to see a lot more...c'mon....it was against the rangers. Oh well. It was my 1st Devils vs. Rangers game and I definitely plan on going to many more! WOW I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!! 11:08 a.m. what a horrible week... 01:32 a.m. I had a lot of fun last night. I haven't drank in a long time (since New Years Eve to be exact) and it was just fun to do it again. On Monday the girls and I decided which rooms in our new house we were going to get...I got the basement (which wasn't my number one choice, but I'll deal with it). The basement is being finished by our landlord...so I'll have a little living room and a full bathroom plus my bedroom. So, that's cool. And, after a year we decided that we'll switch rooms, so I'll get the room I originally wanted. This is such a fun process though. I get to paint my room, buy new accessories, and live with my girlies! I can't wait! We move in in less than 3 months. Yaaaaaayy! 02:08 p.m. I'm back at school after a very uneventful spring break. It was nice to be home, and it was very relaxing, buuuut (there's always a but) I wish I went someplace exotic. I want a tan! Haha. Nah, my break consisted of me working Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and runing endless errands on Thursday and Friday. The good things were: I got to see my favorite Jes, I saw Lisa bobisa, and of course....I saw my Philip two times! Not for long enough, but I still got to see him. Let me tell you though, it was very nice having home cooked meals every night though...very nice. Now that I'm back here, I just don't want to eat anything....yuck. Other that that, I just stayed in and relaxed most of the week - like I said...nothing exciting. Oh well. I'm really looking forward to Cape May now....the 1st time with my TCNJers in June and the 2nd time with my family in August! Yaaayy for Cape May! WooT WooT 05:35 p.m. Well my friends and I have a house! It's ours!! WooT WooT! We can move in around June 1st. I can't wait to live off campus next year. Yaaaaayyyy. I know it's kinda corny, but one year ago today, is the first time Phil and I said "I love you" to each other. Haha...I'm such a nerd that I remember things like that. But it's important to me. I LOVE YOU PHILIP! 08:25 p.m. So my friends and I are looking for houses to live in next year - instead of on campus. What a stressful experience. There are so many opportunities and houses we need to look at. So between tomorrow and Sunday we're going to look at 6. Haha...that's a lot. But I'm excited; house shopping is something I've always wanted to do. I can't wait to live with my V5 girlies! Yaaaay! 11:51 p.m. This entry is dedicated to SEX AND THE CITY. Because I don't get HBO at school, my wonderful Dad sends me each weekly episode in the mail so I can watch them on my computer. I just watched this past week with the roomie and I have to admit I'm a little disappointed. I mean, the idea that Big has *finally* come around and realized that he and Carrie are meant for each other is GREAT and all, but at the same time, with only one episode left in the series, it seems too rushed and not real. This show reeks of real life and I only hope the producers don't ruin it with a fairy-tale ending for Carrie Bradshaw. We all knew that she and Big worked so well together, but never thought it would happen because he's a stupid ass. After watching this episode, I was giddy (as any girl would be at the thought a man who loves you dropping everything and flying to Paris to tell you he's madly in love with you, wisk you off your feet, and bring you home), but then I realized that life just doesn't go that way. I must also admit that I was shocked when Miranda proposed to Steve (even though I ADORE him) a few weeks ago. For the past 6 years this show has been about real life...now it seems that because the series is ending there must be some wonderful, happy closure for everyone involved. Let me just say, if Charlotte gets pregnant in the next episode...I will be extremely angry - LIFE DOESN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY. Samantha has a stead boyfriend...what the hell is that?! Now, don't get me wrong, I still LOVE this show, I really do. I just don't want the meaning behind it to be ruined by the dream of living a fairy-tale. And on that note...I'm going to miss this show so much! I can't believe there's only ONE episode left and I have NO idea how it's going to end. At least there are the Season DVDs... 12:14 a.m. It's been too long since I've updated and there's too much to tell to do a total recap...so, I'll just say what's important. I made it to the next round for Ambassador! So now I have an interview on Tuesday at 12:30...it's the personal interview so wish me luck!!! This past weekend was Valentine's Day. Phil and I got to celebrate on Friday night because he had to work all day Saturday. But when he got out, I picked him up and we went to Applebees with his friend (from home), Kevin. We had fun. It's been a long time since I've updated. And a lot has happened over the week. Last Friday night, Beckie, Malorie, and I went into NYC to see Dane Cook. He was hysterical (as usual). We've been looking at houses but not finding any....we're hoping that this one house (when we finally get to see it) will be the one. Yesterday I officially picked my minor - Speech Pathology. I'm real excited about that! I start in the Fall Semester and before I graduate I have to take 8 full classes to go toward my minor. It's exciting to know what my life will be like for the next 5 years or so. After I graduate from here then comes 2 years of Grad school for my masters then 1 year residency for cyf which will enable me to practice on patients. Awesome! I'm a happy gal. 07:12 a.m. wow 01:01 a.m. Ok, here's the thing....last night it was freezing rain and snowing for a long time. I talked to my mom on the phone and she told me she didn't want me going into work today because the roads were going to be bad. So I got it in my head that I didn't have to work....well I wake up this morning and it looks ok outside. So I call my mom and she said I could go to work. But since I already had it in my head that I wasn't going, I told her that I was going to tell my managers that my car wouldn't start. So that's what I did. I lied. Twice. I talked to one of my managers and told him it wouldn't start and he said to call him in a little while after I try again. So I did - I lied again. Now I feel horrible. But I've never called out before, and I know that's not an excuse, but I can get a lot of work done now. Ugh...I feel so badly for lying. And the thing is...my car does have a hard time starting in the winter, but it always picks up at some point or another, and I'm sure the roads are ok....I HATE MYSELF FOR DOING THIS!! I know it won't matter in a week or so, but it matters now. That was not the best choice I could have made. :( 11:09 a.m. After coming back from a boring 8am class this morning, I slept for 2+ hours and had *the BEST* dream ever. Let's just say that it encompassed everything I want out of life. I can't stop thinking about it! I hope I get to finish it tonight...that would rock.
On another note, my Bio class was cancelled tonight because of the weather ANNND it was also cancelled for Thurday because the professor can't make it. How awesome is that! WooT WooT. Hopefully, I won't have to go to work tomorrow morning (10:30-6:30) - my mom really doesn't want me to go b/c the roads are most likely going to be bad. We'll see. I'd love to have a full day off so I can get work done...or lounge around the room with the "suities." Last night Phil and I got to celebrate our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Since he had to work (in Hillsborough) we didn't do anything till about 6:30. We went to Applebees and then to a bowling ally, but got lost in Trenton on the way. We finally figured out where we were and found he bowling ally by accident. It was a lot of fun. We played 2 games - I sucked both times and Phil did not. Haha. I love bowling even though PHIL WON. It really was a great night. Sigh. I didn't want it to end... 09:02 a.m. HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PHIL! It's been the best year of my life. I Love You! 11:19 a.m. Well I'm back at school. It feels great! I missed my suitemates so much. And, my college decided that today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day would be an excellent opportunity to start classes...so that's what I did. I had one boring lecture, one interesting class, a lot of relaxing (since there isn't much homework) and a nice trip to the gym. Today was good, but I have a funny feeling that the rest of this semester won't be as easy as last one. Oh well. I'll get through doing the best I can. I'd like to keep my GPA up since I did real well last semester. So I'm going to try my hardest. 5 days till school! WooT WooT 11:02 p.m. I played volleyball with Lisa tonight...haven't done that in a looong ass time. It was a lot of fun. I miss the Monday night crew at Washington School. Sigh. How does one know when to say something or keep one's mouth shut? 12:51 a.m. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! It's 2004...wow. I can not believe how fast this past year went by. Craziness. Yesterday was my birthday. The big 2-0 and I don't feel as depressed/old as I thought I would. But when you really think about it...20 is half way to midlife. Scary. Well if I have to get old I'M TAKING ALL OF YOU WITH ME!! Mwahaha. My birthday was fun though. Phil came up early in the morning and we chilled...did some errands...ate Wendys for lunch and then went out with my family for dinner at Charlie Browns. I love when Phil comes out with us. My family is so important to me. After all they're permenant in my life. But the fact that Phil can be a part of that is wonderful. At night I got my presents: a beautiful necklace from my mom and dad, more jewelry from my aunt, and money from my grandmother. Then Phil and I went to Nikhil's house for the New Years Eve party. I had so much fun. I got to see so many people from my high school that I haven't seen since graduation. It was great. And I had a blast. Around 11pm, everyone came upstairs singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me! Min and Lisa made me a cake and I got birthday cards from both of them aaaandddd Nikhil and his friend from PennState (Vanessa) picked out another card to have everyone else sign it. It truely was great...and I had no idea what they were up to! I seriously think that was the *best* birthday/new years eve I've ever had! This was also the first year I had someone to kiss at midnight. That made me the happiest girl. Phil makes me the happiest girl! Oh man. What a great time! 11:07 p.m. Jes and I went out for coffee and a drive last night...fun stuff. We talked forever about ish. It feels good to talk to someone (besides Phil) about whats on my mind! 06:09 p.m. What a weekend! Saturday night Phil, his parents, and brother came over for dinner to meet my family. And it went very well. VERY WELL. I'm so happy about that. There were hardly any awkward pauses and the conversation just flowed. His parents are just so sweet. Sunday, Phil and I (he slept over) went to the mall and I got suckered into buying this nail kit. Haha. I am my mom's daughter....love to shop....love a "good deal" haha...but I think I'll get good use out of this nail thing. Wednesday is my birthday...and after *many* dilemas I think we finally found a place to party. Thank God. Originally we wanted to go to Min's cabin up in New York state, but that fell through. Then Phil's friend wanted to get a hotel room or suite for a bunch of people, but THAT fell through. Then we tried to find a place around here to crash a party...but no. Then Min's mom finally said we could use the cabin....yay!! Then Nikhil said he probably would have a party at his house, so instead of driving 3 hours to a cabin, we're going to Nikhil's. I'm happy as long as I get to kiss Phil at midnight!! Haha...my simple specifications. Well I have to get ready for work. 09:00 a.m. Merry Christmas! I hope all of your holidays were wonderful and exciting. Mine was! It was great. I love Christmas! It's a time full of happiness and giving. People are in good moods (except at the malls) and kind to each other (again, with the exception of malls). It truely is the most wonderful time of the year. It's so sad that it only lasts one day. On Christmas Eve, I worked until about 3:00 and then went to Victor and Kathy's house - they're my cousins. Christmas morning, my mom and I went to 7:30 mass and since my dad was exhausted from wrapping his presents all night, he just slept. When we got back we all opened our gifts and then had breakfast. Around 4:00 our company came over. It was just a great day! And Santa treated me very well too. I got a flat screen monitor for my computer, a video camera, a gorgeous white gold and diamond bracelet, and some other things on the side. I'm a very happy girl. Very good Christmas, I got everything I wanted. And I got to spend time with my family! Phil and his parents are coming over for dinner tonight. It will be with my family as well, so it's the first time meeting them...actually my parents met his on move-in day back in August, but that was only for a few minutes. This is the real deal. My grandmother and aunt will be here and Phil's brother is coming too, so it should be a fun night. PS - I saw "Mona Lisa Smile" tonight with Min...it was really good and I'd want to see it again! 12:55 a.m. Well since I've last updated, I have come home from school for about one month for winter break. And I've been working everyday and doing the lsat minute Christmas shopping etc. You know how it goes. Actually, I did VERY well in school this past semester, so I'm very happy. Today is Phil and my 11 month anniversary...and I can't believe it's been that long. WOW. One more month 'till our one year! I've been thinking a lot about what was happening last year at this time (between me and Phil) and it's really weird how things work out in the end. He had originally asked me out and I said no (while we were still at school) and then over winter break we talked a lot on the phone and he came to visit me a few times and I went to see him as well and...I dunno...I changed my mind. Lucky for me he didn't hate me for turning him down. LOL. But since then, it's been a great ride. 11 months is a long time, but I'm hoping for many many more anniversaries to come our way. Friday night my mom pulled my dad and I aside and gave us early Christmas presents. She bought us (plus my grandma and aunt) tickets to see CHICAGO on Broadway for Sunday (yesterday). It was so exciting. Anyway, we get to the theater and my aunt is flipping through the play book and sees that PATRICK SWAYZE is in it. We didn't realize that he would be playing a major roll in the play that day. We later found out that he would be there for 2 weeks. He was amazing (so was the rest of the cast) and we were sitting in the 3rd row, so you could see EVERY DETAIL! It was great. After the play, I really wanted to wait and see if he would come out to sign autographs....well HE DID! He signed two things of mine...took a bunch of pictures and actually had a conversation with me!!! And the best part....I HUGGED HIM - TWICE!!!!!!! PATRICK SWAYZE! Needless to say that was the best Christmas present I've ever gotten. But he was so nice and personable. He took pictures with everybody and autographed everything. It was nothing short of amazing. He was telling me about a new movie of his that was coming out in the Spring and that he has been "working his hiney off" (exact words from PATRICK SWAYZE) - and what a cute hiney! I could barely hear what he was saying, I kept "yesing" him to death and just staring at him. Oh man....he's wonderful! 11:03 p.m. I've gotten so bad at updating this thing! Whoops. But I guess no one can be perfect like Smelly Lisa who updates AT LEAST every other day. Bolluks to her (yes, I'm trying to be English now). Phil and I went home last night to spend time with my family. We (the four of us) ended up seeing The Elf with Will Ferrel! Haha. I really liked it! AAANNNDD....we saw previews for Shrek 2 and some other good ones that I can't remember what they are (lol I'm getting old). Speaking of which...18 days till my birthday and 12 till Christmas. BOOOOOO don't want to turn 20! Anyway, back to my story...this morning my family, Phil, and I went to PA to choppity chop chop our Christmas tree down. We ended up buying the 2nd one we saw and it's perty! And I get to decorate it when I go home on Tuesday. YES...that's right, the semester is over already! I only have one more final (Monday night) left...wow how it FLEW by! I don't think anything exciting has happened recently...very stressful time...finals. yes. Beckie, Katelynn, and I are going to watch It's A Wonderful Life in a little bit, because that's the BEST Christmas movie ever! WooT WooT 09:32 p.m. I only have 3 classes left until the end of the semester! WOOT WOOT! So today rocked for many reasons: So it was a really good day, complete with yet another crazy night with the girls. I got work tomorrow at 8:30 am...I'm out. 12:14 a.m. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL Yea, today my boyfriend is an old fart...the big 2-0. Eh, I'm close behind though lol...only 31 more days till my birthday. Bahhh. So last night, I went over his house and his friends and the two of us went bowling. It was a lot of fun. I won a free game too! Yayyyy! I've never done that before. Actually, I shouldn't have because it was my second roll. I got a gutter ball on the first shot and then hit all the pins down the second time (for the spare - woot woot) but the lady didn't seem to notice so she gave me a free game! :D That made me happy....and I almost broke 100 on the first game - 91...soooo close. I never break 100. Oh well, I have accepted my suckiness at bowling. So for the boy's birthday I got him a version of a pecoat from Old Navy, and he seems to like it! So thats a plus...besides he looks good in it! Oh, random...but this is my last week of school at TCNJ...then finals start next week. Where did the semester go? It flew by! Oh boy. 10:06 p.m. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Today was filled with food and I feel like I'm going to explode. Around 2 o'clock, my mom, dad, and I went to my aunt and grandma's house. And they cooked food for about 20 people, but there were only 5 of us. Let's just say that we'll be eating left overs for a long time. Happy Fridaaaaay! I'm watching Passions now, and nothing has changed over the past few months. Its the same story line and same plot and it is completely ridiculous! Haha. Beckie and I are hooked though, can't help it. Anyway, I had to register on Monday at 6am, and thankfully it was quick and painless. I got all my classes in the first try! Yay! It isn't the best schedule but its not that bad. This may sound a bit odd, but for some reason I cannot remember what I did last Tuesday. I remember Monday and Wednesday (and everyday after that) but Tuesday is a blank. It's driving me crazy! Seriously. It's like a day is missing out of my life. So I guess I'm asking any of you who read this to tell me what I did on November 4th (last Tuesday)!! Thanks!! 12:52 a.m. Friday night, Beckie and I saw LOVE ACTUALLY with Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Natasha Richards, and other great people....it was GREEEEAAATTTT!!! Now Beck is a Colin Firth fan and I take credit for that! :D I can't wait to see the movie again. WooT WooT. Saturday, my parents, grandma, aunt, and cousins came over for the TCNJ football game (which we lost). Then Phil joined us for dinner at TGIFridays. My mom wanted to see where I work so Barnes & Noble is in the same mall that Fridays is. I got my paycheck and bought some books for the family. When we left the store, everyone went home and Phil and I decided to walk around Quaker Bridge Mall. I had so much fun with him. We went into the Christmas store! And now I'm real excited for the winter season! I love it! We just chilled in the mall and when we got back, Min and her roommate (Caitlin) from NYU came to visit for the night. When they got here, we went to see Adrienne (Min's cousin) who algo goes to my school. We hung out there for a little bit and then went to Dennys for midnight snack ish. Sunday was lazy day, complete with napping, watching TV, hanging out, watching DIRTY DANCING with Beckie, and just chilling. It was great. 06:03 p.m. Halloween was fun. As I said we went to the Mabel House and got a lil drunk. Who am I kidding? We (especially I) got VERY drunk. Let's just say I won't be partying for a while now. But dressing up as an 80s girl with Beckie was so much fun! I actually am a semi-80s-fan now...lol I made a "Totally 80s" cd and I can't stop listening to it.....yay! Good tunes, not so good clothes...we'll see where this goes. Aaaaaanywayyyy...I've been feeling a little nostalgic. I miss the Key Three and all of the other C-well peeps. Only 3 more weeks 'till Thanksgiving! WooT WooT....so I get to see everyone then. !!!HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! It's finally Halloween, and surprisingly I'm dressing up as an 80s girl. I know you must be thinking "80s? But Brianna HATES the 80s!" Well I do, but it sounds like fun and i get to mismatch my clothes, so it'll be great. Beck and I are dressing up together and we're all going to the Mable House for a lil partaaaaaay! WooT WooT!! I had work on Tuesday night from 6 to midnight. Well around 7:30 the fire alarms go off in the mall part, and everyone just ignored them until the fire marshall told us we had to evacuate the building. So we waited for about an hour outside in the freezing cold and rain (we were covered though) until about 9:15 when the managers said we could go home because they didn't know how much longer we'd be outside. Apparantly there was an actual fire in the food court section of the mall, but we didn't see any smoke or smell anything in Barnes & Noble so I guess they contained it very well. But that made my night! So Malorie, Maryellen, Sara, and I went to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre at like 10:30pm and we were the ONLY people in the movie theater. It was terrifying! But the movie was good. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. 01:18 a.m. I think the best thing to find (and all you girls will agree with me) is a four year old JCPenny (or any other store) gift card that still has $70 on it! YEA..THAT'S RIGHT! I was at the mall the other day with Beckie, and when she was paying for the dress she's going to wear to the wedding this weekend I checked the balance of a JCPenny card I had in my wallet forever...no exaggeration. And she sales women goes "Yup, it's still valid" and hands it back to me with a receipt with 70 some-odd dollars on it! WooT WooT! I can buy so many shoes with that! Oh boy, this is going to be great! I can't wait to go shopping with my new (old) card! Yay. I think I got that card for Christmas Sophomore or Junior year of HIGH SCHOOL. Fantastical! Halloween is on Friday, and I think Malorie, Beckie, and I are going to be Charlie's Angels - kinda over played, yes I know, but it should be fun! 01:30 a.m. OK, this is really weird. Last Friday night I updated my journal but now when I go to look it isn't in there. And that's incredibly odd because I even read it on my webpage and I think Phil did too. So I lost an entire entry from last week. Sucks. Anyway, since I forget what I talked about, I'll just do a quick update: My first and only class today is at 5. It's my Developmental Psych class. I think I would say it's my favorite. Except the professor is such a flake. LoL. She knows what she's talking about, but she's so out of it. For our midterm. She took questions from our study guide book and put them on the test. The exact questions I studied which is all well and good, but some of the study guide questions were wrong. The answers at the back of the book were published wrong. But did she think to look over the test? NOOOO! She just slapped it together. She hasn't made any of our tests herself. And it seems like she never reads them over. OK, that's the first part. Secondly, she has US grade them. You just pass your test to the person behind you and he/she will grade it as the professor goes over the answers. COME ON! We're not in high school anymore. OK, I'm still not done. THEN....when the tests are returned to their rightful owner, she goes "ok, does anyone want to change their grades?" meaning 'lets go over these tests and see how many extra points you can get'. So we go over the test and all the questions and students complain about what the right answer should be because the test questions sucked. So she looks at it and goes "oh, yea you're right....so the answer for #2 can either be a, b, or d." This is what happens when a professor doens't proof read the test given out....FOR A MIDTERM! She really gets on my nerves. And it's sad because after taking this class I've realized that I want to major in Developmental Psych...obviously not because of her, but because the material is interesting. So that's what I have to look forward to tonight. And not to mention a new episode of FRIENDS! WooT WooT! Aight, I'll let you go...you've been reading this for a long time. TTYS. 11:01 a.m. Hola. I have some fun and exciting news....I made the club volleyball team here! I'm so happy about that. And (it gets better) the regular off-setter is studying in Europe next semester so the coach said that since she has a main setter already she's looking at me for the off-setter position. This means that I might play opposite the real setter and hit on the right side. I've never played that way before because I've always been the setter but I'm definitely willing to learn. So that made ma really happy. I love playing and I didn't realize how much I missed it since I've started again. The girls on the team are really nice too. Right now, Beckie and I are listening to Christmas songs in our room! I can't wait for the winter holidays!! They're so much fun!!!! And that means my 20th birthday is exactly one week after Christmas Eve. WooT WooT 01:52 p.m. I can't believe its October already! This year has really flown by. Before you know it, it'll be Christmas and then MY BIRTHDAY!! Anyway, the Yankees game was good...they lost though. So that sucked. It was a really boring game at first because NY was up 2-0 until about the 8th inning (or so) and it was 2-2 (btw - they played the Orioles). The yanks had a few opportunities to score, but they didn't so the game went into extra innings and the Orioles scored one run and NY didn't so that was that. It still was a lot of fun. I hadn't been to a professional baseball game since I was about 6 or 7 so it really was a great time. My dad, mom, aunt, "step"-aunt, Phil and I went together. It was cool. On Tuesday I had 2 exams, one in Bio and the other in Spanish 3...we'll see how I did. I studied my ASS off so hopefully it'll have paid off. I can't really think about anything else thats going on. I have volleyball practice tonight, I'm looking forward to that but I just got back from work so I'm really tired. I'm sure I'll wake up soon. Anyway, I'm gonna go play boxerjam. TTYS 07:09 p.m. It's FRIDAY!!! Last night was the primier of FRIENDS which was so funny. Malorie, Beckie, and I watched it in our room and laughed our assess off. I really *love* that show! It makes me sad to think that this will be the last season - I'll be living on re-runs for the rest of my life. Beckie knows exactly what I'm talking about...I mean who else could direct any quote from the TV show to any aspect of regular day life? Only the bobsey twins - Beck and Brizzy - known as Bsquared! Where to begin? Well if Thursday night wasn't enough drama...Friday sure as hell takes the cake. I was in my 9:30am Bio class and we were about to start a new lesson, when all of a sudden the lights go out. My professor kept us for about 10 minutes just in case they came back on, but they didn't so she let us out. Then Phil and I went out to breakfast because the dining hall was closed. The campus wellness center was using flashlights to examine people - haha that was funny. At noon, all classes were officially cancelled. Apparantly there was a down tree somewhere and cut our power. Ok, so what do you do when you're on campus with absolutely NO power? You can't watch TV, can't go on the computer, can't turn the fans on, you pretty much can't do anything. So Beckie, Sarah, and I went downstairs to play cards. Finally when we come back up stairs, Maryellen walks into my room and goes "Hey, did you hear?" They she proceeds to tell us that the entire campus is being evacuated because there are no lights. So everyone is walking around aimlessly trying to figure out what to pack. I'm on the phone with Wegmans trying to get in touch with Malorie to tell her to come home from work. It took us forever to get to her. Finally it's time to go. Pissed as hell, I trek home. On the way, I hear this weird noise when I push on the breaks in my old car. So I call my dad and he tells me to call Jaime (Andyboy's dad) to have him check them out on Saturday - my parents were in Vermont for the weekend. OK, so I get home and basically mo-chillax the entire night, only to find out that the power at TCNJ went back ON around 8:00pm...about 45 minutes AFTER I left...what luck! So on Saturday I drop my car off to get checked and finished watching SEASON THREE of SEX AND THE CITY. Jamie had a lot of ish to do, so I didn't get the car back until about 6ish. It turns out that he had to replace my front brakes - so in the end I guess it was a good thing I came home for that night. Then I had to visit my grandma, fill up the tank with gas and head home to TCNJ pissed as all hell and in one bad mood. Luckly when I got here, Phil intercepted me and calmed me down A LOT and talked me through what was bothering me. So THANK YOU PHIL! Yesterday, (Sunday) I had to work from 10:30-6:30. And I really don't mind it. It's not that bad. but around 1:00 I'm walking down the fiction section when someone grabs my arm and pulls me toward them.....yea it was Phil. Scared the absolute shit out of me. LoL. So he waited around for about an hour till I was on break and we ate lunch together. Then the rest of the work day was boring, I was at the Information Center and was on my feet for a good 8 hours. At 6:30, when I got off, Phil and I went to Applebees to cash in on a free dinner I got when I complained about the one near my town for the rude hostess. So we ordered a $30 meal for free - haha...what joy! Then we went to the movies at 10:15 to see "Cold Water Manor" with Dennis Quade. It was really freaky and I think I tore Phil's arm off during the scary parts. LoL. And then we came back to TCNJ after he drove around to show me the georgous houses of Hopewell. And we did all this because today is our 8 MONTH! So HAPPY 8 MONTH PHIL! I had a great time last night. I love you! 09:29 a.m. Hahahaha...Hurricane Isabel is taking out her anger on New Jersey! We just had a power outage for about 20 minutes. I was going to visit Phil, and as soon as I got outside there was a big flash in the sky and then total darkness. It was really freaky. The generators turned on so I could get back into the dorm but we were sitting in blackness for about 20 minutes (minus the generator lights in the hallway). It was mad cool. And now that the power is back on, I have to do homework. BAHHH!
Yea, so I meant to update about the Firemen's Convention, but I've been really sick and haven't had the desire to. It was a really fun weekend. Beckie and I had a blast and thinking about it just
Anyway....as I was saying....Beckie and I had a blast and thinking about it just makes me smile. We made a cute away message describing the weekend in a nutshell: I'm sick :( I've been taking all my herbal medication (that usually works) but alas I am still sick. And this weekend is the fireman's convention so that makes me sad. But it'll still be fun. I'm taking Beckie with me and we get to see Andy and Keith! I woke up depressed this morning. I had planned on going to my school's 9/11 memorial service at 8:30 but I woke up with such a sore throat that I just went back to bed. I hate myself right now for that. But, as I checked the away messages of the people on my buddy list today, so far I've seen 4 messages (including mine) about today. This upsets and angers me at the same time. This is a day of rememberance of those to lost and risked their lives to help our country after the horrific attacks two years ago. Just because time has pasted, it doesn't mean that we have to forget what happened. Last year, on the one year anniversary, everyone was sorrowful and pensive about the previous years occurance. What happened? Another year went by and no one seems to care...maybe thats just what I'm seeing, but it makes me very upset. We can't forget what happened, we must always remember. I looked at a link in my roommate's away message and started sobbing hysterically because it brought back so many vivid memories. I suggest you take a look at this link... I don't know if it's because my father is a fireman and this hits close to home but I will never forget the events that happened two years ago. And I'm asking all of you who read this to do the same. We cannot afford to lose our American Spirit. We have to stick together from now on because who knows what the future will bring, and it's just my speculation but I don't think this is the end. We need to have faith in ourselves and love our country or else we will fall apart. We have the privilege to live in the best country in the world. We take our freedom and other rights for granted. So please, look at that link I put in here and NEVER FORGET 9/11/01! 12:38 p.m. Yea I'm bad at updating while I'm at school. Maybe because nothing really happens. LoL. Friday night I had to work from 6-midnight, but ended up leaving at 12:15 because there was a lot more to do. Then I came back to the dorm to find that Alex and John (from home) had come to visit Frenchy and Tim so I got to say hi to them. We partied in the suite....drank a lot, had fun, you know how it goes. Saturday I slept practically ALL day and at night went back to Phil's house because on Sunday his church was having a picnic that his family wanted me to go to. It was fun too. And I've been doing homework ever since. Last night, though, Beckie, Malorie, and I watched Grease and decided that the V5 should be PINK LADIES for halloween. This is how it would work out: So that's our deal. 04:14 p.m. I am a walking mess. I woke up yesterday morning with a HUGE blister on my left foot and it huuuurts. When I was in the shower I cut myself shaving...its a gash about 2 inches long (give or take) and that huuuuuuurt too. AND...my "pointer" toe (the one next to my big toe) is really itchy and swollen - and this is all on my left foot. What the hell is going on? At least the DDD portion of my life has been plentiful - lol - LISA you'd be proud :D Last night, Phil and I went to see The Counting Crows and JOHN MAYER at PNC! The concert was amazing! I loved it! Woot Woot!!!!! I had such a fun time. I'm at school. We all moved in on Sunday. It took Beckie and I 8 hours to get situated in our tiny (but homey) room. I LOVE IT! The V5 is back and we're gonna tear it up this semester. 10:44 a.m. It's my last night at home and I'm sad. Well acutally, the night is over and I'm sitting on the downstairs computer at 1:39am thinking about the fun times I had at home and the fun times I'm going to have this semester. I can't wait to see all my friends at school, but at the same time I don't want to leave the ones I have here...buuuut I can't have it all, so I'm dealing. I didn't think it was going to hit me this hard this year. Come to think of it, I don't think I was like this last year...lol...things DO change I guess. Today is Phil and my 7 month anniversary! Long time...lol...love you sweetie! I am officially an an employee of Barnes & Nobel! Haha. Book discounts here I come! This is gonna be great! I have orientation on Wednesday from 1 to 7 - and I can't wait! Today was great! I went to my boy's house only to find a surprise waiting for me inside! He really is the BEST! I love you baby!
Last week I went to TCNJ to go job hunting and applied to four places: Barnes & Noble, The Gap, Victoria's Secret, and Pottery Barn. That day I got an offer from Victoris's Secret. A few days later The Gap and Barnes & Noble called me back and since then I've gone on interviews with them. In a nut shell...those two are offering me more money, but working in Vicky's would be great with ALL the discounts (there, Express, Limited, Express for Men) are GREAT!! So I'm waiting for Barnes & Noble to call me back - I don't want to work at The Gap - so then I'll make my decision. I'm only going to work 10 - 15 hours a week anyway...so it can accomodate my school schedule. Today was great! I went to my boy's house only to find a surprise waiting for me inside! He really is the BEST! I love you baby! I'm home from Cape May...it feels good to be back, but at the same time I miss it! My grandmother is doing much better (thank you for everyone who asked) and she just has to keep healthy. The weather down the shore was aaaaalright, nothing spectacular...I didn't even get my tan to its full capacity, but I'm still dark. Next year Phil, next year...we had a contest going on who gets darker, but since it rained a lot in Cape May I didn't get a chance to lay out as much as I wanted to. It was fun though - especially the ocean! Tonight I'm going to Lisa's to watch more Sex and the City - Season Three! Min will be there too so it's gonna be F-U-N! 05:35 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2003 OK, just a quick update (I'm still in Cape May - on my dad's laptop computer)...my grandmother had a stroke while we were down here and had to go to the hospital last Wednesday. She's ok now, but it's just been a very traumatizing ordeal. So I just wanted to ask everyone to keep her in your prayers. If you want details...I'll tell you more when I get home. See you in a week! 12:14 a.m. Well I'm off to Cape May today for 2 weeks. Hope the weather holds out for us. And maybe, just maybe, if you're lucky enough I'll send you a post card...that is, if I like you. ;) Last night was the Bruce Springsteen concert with my Phil, mom, and dad at Giants Stadium...it was a gooooood time minus the drunken middle aged women sitting behind us that kept spilling beer on our heads and telling us to get up during the songs....oye....I wanted to smack them. Thankfully some guy told one of them to shut up and watch the show! Haha...it was funny. But the concert itself was pretty good. When he sang "Born to Run" the entire stadium went nuts, everyone was screaming the lyrics at the top of their lungs...and that is DEFINITELY my favorite song:
In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dreams Yep, thats the song...and I LOVE it! Woot Woot. The only disappointing thing what that he didn't play "Jersey Girl" but its all good. Well, like I said, I'm leaving in a little bit for Cape May so call my cell if you want to chat...the number is 973.865.8408 and I'd love to hear from you! 11:05 a.m. OK, so Monday night I'm on the phone with Phil and we're talking for a while and all of a sudden he goes "Hey, do you want a hug?" and I'm like "sure" so he goes "ok open your front door!" Haha. He drove up and surprised me! It was awesome...because we wouldn't be able to see each other on Tuesday (our 6 month) he decided to visit on Monday and stay till after midnight. How sweet is that? Oye, that boy. .....BLAH..... Nothing has really happened this week. Worked. Last night I drove to Hillsborough and the boy and I rented Phone Booth - it was pretty good. Tomorrow I go to my cousin's house for a BBQ and then my mom, dad, Phil, and I are going to see BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN at the the Meadowlands. I'm really excited. THEEEEEEEEN.... on Sunday, I'm driving down to Cape May (by myself) because my grandmother and aunt Rie are going after the cousin's BBQ tomorrow. So I get to make the 3 hour drive alone. And I'm there for 2 weeks. So there. And to top it off...I think I'm getting a cold. So Garlic and Echanaccia (sp) pills it is for me! LoL 10:48 a.m. I had such a great time in the city yesterday with Phil. It was our early 6 month anniversary celebration. We took the 10:40 am bus into Port Authority and then walked to Central Park and went to the zoo! It was really cute. The Sea Lions and Penguins were my favorite. So cute! Oye, it was such a hot day though. We were in the park for a little while…went in the Plaza Hotel and looked around. Spent about half an hour or 45 minutes in FAO Schwartz just looking at toys. Then on our walk to the Empire State Building we stopped in Trump Palace (gorgeous) and Sacks 5th Avenue. I <3 NYC! So we get to the Empire State building and it was packed so we walked right back out. Then hailed a cab at Madison Square Garden (it was about 4 by then) and went to Washington Square Park. Ate dinner at Caliente Cab Co. and then walked around the park/village for a little bit. I saw Min’s old dorm. Then we took a cab back to Port Authority and left on the 6:45 bus. I fell asleep on poor Phil’s shoulder…and made him spend the whole ride home with me sleeping. He stayed until about 10 or 10:30 at my house, actually sleeping in my lap while I watched Sex And The City. He’s adorable! It really was a fun day though. 10:35 a.m. Spent most of the night at Lisa's watching some of Season Three of SEX AND THE CITY....and this is how pathetic we are: Hahaha. Welcome to the wonderful world of this dynamic duo. Take it or leave it! 11:05 p.m. Oye...today was such a hectic day at work. My boss is out for the week and I was in the shop by myself. Between 1 and 3 I was racking my brains out. It was like rush hour or something. Oh well...hopefully tomorrow will be better. I can't wait to go back to CaPe MaY next week! I leave on the 26th and don't come back for about two weeks! WOOT WOOT. I can't wait. My friend Matt is going to be there too...so that will pass some time. I met him two years ago (I think) and he e-mailed me to say when he's going to be there this year and it coincides with when I will be there too! Yay. Wow It's been a long time since I've updated. Too much stuff has happened to re-cap. Yea, so I've been *ADDICTED* to Sex and the City. I've been watching the first few seasons. Right now I'm halfway done with disc two (out of three) of Season Two. It's so good. And the shows are so true! I love it. It's not some fairy-tale story where everyone is happy. Speaking of which...lately I've been feeling weird. Don't know how to explain it. Just a lot of things have been bothering me and I need a place to let it all out. Granted talking to my friends is good, but it's not good enough. Oh I don't know. This is probably going to be one of my longer entries. This past weekend was fun. Let's see...what did I do. Oh, Friday night, Min and I went to see Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and we both really liked it. Then we picked up Lisa and the boys (Nikhil, Tristan, and Alex) and after some heavy pursuading we all went to Breakers to play some pool. My team (Tristan and I) sucked. Haha. But we had fun anyway. Which is cool. Saturday I had an EARLY ass nail appointment and then I did some chores until Philip came over to spend the night. Yea so randomly Billy (last years prom date) stopped by to say "hi" before Phil came over. I was NOT expecting that at all. When the boy got here We went to Keith Hatton's graduation party, Alex's beerBQ, and then the North Caldwell Fire Department wetdown. I had loads of fun. At that point, Lisa and Min went back to Alex's and Phil and I went back to my house where I "made" him watch Sex And The City and then we rented "About Schmit" which was a very depressing movie. I didn't like it that much. So he slept over and on Sunday, we went out to breakfast/lunch and came back to my house and washed our cars in the swealtering heat. Then we went in my "pool" (I've had the thing for 3 years and it was my first time in it). It was really refreshing. Then Phil had to go :( but I went to Lisa's to watch Sex And The City with her and Min. Then we watched "Donnie Darko" - I didn't really like that movie too much. Oh well. Oye - Monday was horrible. I realized how much I *hate* my job. I can't stand it. I work at a basket making place. I'm on my feet for like 8 hours a day and I always come home with headaches. Ugh. I swear this is my last vacation working here. I want to get a job at a Speech Pathologist's or Psychologist's office to get my foot in the door so to speak. I really hate my job though. Yesterday I had a REALLY bad day...everything was going wrong. And when I talked to Phil he said that I needed a hug and he was going to come up here to give me one - even when I protested saying it was too far for him to drive being he wouldn't be able to come until late and he has no money and work really early the next day, buuuut he didn't listen to me and came up here to give me a very big hug! :) We went for a drive, got kicked out of Eagle Rock Reservation because it was after 10pm. So I decided to take him to my high school. We went on the track...walked a lap and then sat on the bleachers and talked for like an hour or so. He's a good listener. And I basically told him everything that was on my mind. He's also a good re-assurer. Then we went to Upper Dunkin only to see Alex there with Katelynn (from TCNJ) and her friend. I had given Alex her screen name and they talked and decided to hang out. Cool, huh? Yea so that was my night last night. Today, I had to babysit at 6:45 am and I got home about 10 minutes ago. I got some really good reading done though. About 100 pages in my Harry Potter book. So that made me happy. And I'm off to do some Tae Bo... 03:47 p.m. Jes just came over. We watched Coyote Ugly! That's such a great movie. So yesterday I did the workout video "The Firm" and now I'm dying. My legs are hurting - I can't even walk without being in pain. But it's the good hurt...the "my muscles are forming" kind of hurt. LoL. NERD! Oh well. So we didn't end up going to the Patriots game on a count of stinky rain. We went to see The Italian Job instead - MaRk WaLbErG = HOTT! But I'm sure you already knew that. Then we rented The Terminator and went to bed. Six flags was fun, minus the crowd and heat. But Phil and I had a good time none-the-less. We both got a lot of color and now I'm happy w/ my tan...can go darker, but I need a sun break. Lisa and I are going out for a talk in a bit. YaY! TTYL 09:32 p.m. Here is your horoscope for Sunday, June 22: You expected boredom, but you get motivation. The Stars remind you why you chose this path and why you're still on it. After all this time, your core issues are still fresh and strong. Happy 5 month to my boy! I'm going to his house in a few minutes...going to a Patriots baseball game, sleeping over, and going to GREAT ADVENTURE tomorrow! WooT WooT! 11:02 a.m. Got the new HARRY POTTER book today! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm only one chapter in, but boy is it goooooooood!!!! :D 12:46 a.m. My grandmother's surgery was yesterday...a stressfull/traumatizing time for all of us. I kept breaking down in tears. Seeing her hooked up to those tubes (even though knowing she was fine) made me realize how important she is to me and I can't bear the thought of someday losing her. But lets not think about that right now. Unless you want me to start crying agin. Yea so we had a girls night tonight! Min, Lisa, and I went out to dinner at Chili's...YUMMMM. And then we went back to Min's house to see her Cape May pics and then to Lisa's to see her *sky diving* video and watch good/quality TV. Haha. The ride to dinner was great because all three of us bitched about "stuff." Basically we all have the same problem and it felt good to know that I'm not the only one....but GAHHH its driving me crazy! I can't take it for much longer. LoL. How much longer 'till school starts? Hmmm. Today is June 16th and I go back on August 24th....GRRRR not fair. That aint cool yo. Cape May was a blast! We all had a great time. One full week with my closest school friends....I wish I was back there! Min was there until Wednesday. Sara and her boyfriend came on Thursday for the night. All in all it was great! Every night was something different and I can't even explain the fun I had. Haha. We all got toasted on the beach on Monday but it was well worth it. Volleyball, softball, SPUD...etc...oye! "I'M THE VIKING!" "CLUCK, CLUCK" "Ladies, rub your tittays" sigh...I wish I was back there w/ my friends. Well, I do still have the house keys....LoL! 11:21 a.m. Ok, so nevermind what I wrote in that last entry! :) CaPe MaY is today! Phil is here tonight...sleeping over and laughing at me for hiccuping. Poo to him. But we love him anyway! MWAH....ok, so Cape May. TODAY! Can't wait. We're going to leave at 9:30...ppl are meeting at my house and then we're going to get Maryellen, Malorie, Catherine, and Mikey. GAHH can't wait. I'm still a little apprehensive about the number of people, but I'll live. It's not the end of the world. OK...I'm gonna go to bed soon because I got a long drive ahead of me. G'nite! 02:02 a.m. CaPe MaY is the day after tomorrow! WOOT WOOT I'm really psyched. I spent the entire night packing....thats a pain in the ass. Since there is going to be so many of us I really tried to keep things to a minimum....2 bags (for me thats GOOD) and not to mention the beach stuff...but I'm not so sure if we're going to be able to use them. Oh well. It's still going to be one hell of a week. Yay! My boy toy came up for the night and I "made" him play w/ my hair (but he didn't mind) ;) 12:54 a.m. I feel like I'm running in circles. LoL. Everyday its the same thing. Work out in the morning, work from 10-6, come home, work out (if I didn't in the am), eat dinner, tidy up the room, hang out with friends, come home, go to bed. Wake up the next morning and do the same thing. The only thing is...I haven't really been chilling with that many people because by the time I'm settled in at home I'm exhausted from working and standing on my feet for 8 hours straight. I feel like an old woman. I need this Cape May vacation. I'm getting a little worried though. All these people in the condo could be a recipe for destruction. We're not "bad" people, but still when theres drinking involved ya never know. I just thought I'd take a break from packing for this trip (yes, I know its Monday and we're not leaving till Saturday but I'm so busy for the rest of the week that this is the only time I have) and I thought I'd write in here and chill for a lil bit. Sigh. I'm back (in black) ;) MINE! Anyway, like I was saying....FINDING NEMO rocked the shiznit! It was so cute. I really liked it. Theres really nothing new going on. CaPe MaY is in 6 days and I can NOT wait! It's going to be tons of fun. GAHHHH sweetness I was informed tonite that the next HARRY POTTER book (#5) comes out on June 21st and its 896 pages! Haha! Thats awesome! I can't wait to read it. I saw Beckster today. She had her surgery on Thursday. She looks like a little cute chipmunk. Poor thing. Can't talk. And she's hurtin. I feel bad for her. But at least the worst is over and she's gonna lose a lot of weight. LoL. Uh, sign me up for that! But seriously, she should be feeling better soon and I'll go visit again when she is and we can watch movies or whatever she wants to do. Possibly Mario Kart for old times sake. BAH HA I gotta clean this room and then hit the sack 'cause I gotta wake up early tomorrow to run run run! G'nite! PS - sign the GUEST BOOK ---> located on the right side of the page! :) 11:36 p.m. I'm back (in black) ;) MINE! Anyway, like I was saying....FINDING NEMO rocked the shiznit! It was so cute. I really liked it. Theres really nothing new going on. CaPe MaY is in 6 days and I can NOT wait! It's going to be tons of fun. GAHHHH sweetness I was informed tonite that the next HARRY POTTER book (#5) comes out on June 21st and its 896 pages! Haha! Thats awesome! I can't wait to read it. I saw Beckster today. She had her surgery on Thursday. She looks like a little cute chipmunk. Poor thing. Can't talk. And she's hurtin. I feel bad for her. But at least the worst is over and she's gonna lose a lot of weight. LoL. Uh, sign me up for that! But seriously, she should be feeling better soon and I'll go visit again when she is and we can watch movies or whatever she wants to do. Possibly Mario Kart for old times sake. BAH HA I gotta clean this room and then hit the sack 'cause I gotta wake up early tomorrow to run run run! G'nite! PS - sign the GUEST BOOK ---> located on the right side of the page! :) 11:36 p.m. Allo. I saw Finding Nemo with Phil on Friday night....SO ADORABLE! I really liked it! Kids movies are the bestest. So that was my Friday. Saturday I worked and then went to Phil's house for the night...I gotta go thought, Andy's (not Andyboy) college graduation awaits me and mom. TTYS 01:58 p.m. TIRED IZ ME I'm trying to think if anything else is happening. OH! Beckie had surgery today. Poor thing. It was on her jaw and whole "mouthal-ish" area. So be thinking of her. She's in the hospital until Saturday night I think. She's going to be fine though. But her jaw has to be wired shut for 4 weeks. Talk about the miracle diet, right? LoL> CaPe MaY is almost a week away (one week from Saturday). It's going to be a fun time. A really fun time. I can't wait! :) I haven't seen some of these TCNJ people since school ended and I can't wait! Yay. 10:06 p.m. Parents came back on Saturday, my weekend of bachlorette-ness is over :( Oh well. In 12 days I'm going to CaPe MaY with the TCNJ crew. We're still 1 person short, so if you wanna go and have $145 bucks to spend let me know! It'll be a good time...I promise! Anyway....I've been working a lot, getting paid which is a good thing. BUT it would be better if this weather wasn't like this...we were supposed to go to the beach (point plesant to be exact) on Friday, buuuuuut that did not work out because of the rain. Grrrr. Ugh, and then last night I go to work on my scrap book and I can't find my scissors and pens and such. That made me really upset. Poop. I hope they turn up somewhere. Oh well. I'm gonna go tidy up the room. 12:50 p.m. Today is the 4 month anniversary. Phil's coming up after work and we're gonna watch Snatch and whatever else he wants to do. I'm excited! Haven't seen him in a couple of days! :) 12:48 a.m. I'm utterly exhausted. I've been going non-stop since about 9:30 am today. Wow. Went to work from 10 till 5:30ish then went to the mall and a few other stores...went to Min's house only to get harrassed by none-other than Andrew and Keith LoL, then shopping w/ her. Came back home, chillaxed, watched a movie...its my summer vacation and I'm going to bed at midnight only to start this whole process over again. Oh well. When the pay check comes in, I don't think I'll be complaining anymore
This past weekend was great. I had a lot of fun. Special thanks to a certain someone...you know who you are. I've realized a lot after these past few days. Just want to say I LOVE YOU. Just saw Matrix 2 w/ Phil, Min, and Dan. I liked it. I never saw the first one though, guess I gotta do that sometime! LoL. Tomorrow my parents are going to Florida...WOOT WOOT. The next week is going to be great....home alone.... Gotta love it! Um....trying to not look at the keyboard while I'm typing this because Phil is being an ass! :)Just JOSHING. Thats all for tonite....g'nite 02:35 a.m. Doctors appointment = OK...no more worries It's going to be a loooooooooong summer 12:53 a.m. I'm home now. Got home on Friday. What an ordeal. I didn't realize how much crap (key word) I had at school. Oye. I finally signed out around 7:30pm - we all had to be out by 8. So I've been chilling since then. Had my first day of work today...nothing special. It was really busy. REALLY busy. After Father's Day and Graduation things will cool down a lot. But until then its going to be hectic. I think 10 boxes were sent out UPS today and I made a majority of them. Doctor appointment 1 out of 3 today. LoL - story of my life, but this time it was better. Didn't feel like shit afterwards like the last time. Phil came up here tonight. He ate dinner with the family (lol it was cute) and then we met up with Min and Andyboy. Finally we rented Swimfan - it was ok, didn't really like it too much. Too weird for my liking. And now he's gone :( and I'm sad. BUT I'm going to see him on Wednesday and I think he's coming up on Thursday to see Matrix 2 with my friends from home. And then he's sleeping over on Friday. Hehe. My parents are going to Disney World next week, leaving on Sunday...soooo Phil is going to help me take them to the airport since my mom didn't want me to drive through Newark alone. That'll be fun. I haven't updated in a really long time. Things have been so hectic here with finishing all my school work, studying, and taking finals. I haven't had any down time. But I'm done now!m I had 3 finals yesterday and now I'm done! It's a great feeling....no worries until August. So I those 3 pesky finals. I had psych, spanish 2, and pre-calc all yesterday. I was fried. I found out my final psych grade for the semester --> A- I'm a happy girlie. OK, so I'm ready to update now. LoL. Thursday night was out of control. I went out to Sig Tau with Maryellen, Katelynn, Malorie, and Ken even though I had a 9:30 on Friday. So long story short, we get back, I fall asleep at like 3:15ish. At 3:50 my roommate goes "Bri, is that the fire alarm?" So it was, and everyone in the Travers building had to evacuate. It was utter chaos. Ken was yelling that he didn't want to go. It was great. So Jen, Amy, Beckie, and I all go to the Wolfe 3 classroom because it was cold outside. None of us had watches on so we definately lost track of time. Finally, Beckie and I decided to go and look for Maryellen, Malorie, and Katelynn. So we go outside and it was absolutly out of control. The only analogy I can come up with is the scene in Titanic after the ship sinks (sorry if I gave the ending away LOL) and everyone is in the water, flailing their arms. Yea thats what it was like. It was hysterical. So anyway, we didn't find them, but finally went back into our rooms (Beck: "Bri, we should tell jamie and en" haha). I can't fall asleep. So I decide to work on a Power Point Presentation until 6:15am. The friggin sun was coming up! Haha. Keep in mind I still have this 9:30 that I can't miss ... if we miss 2 or more classes we have to take a harder final, and I've already missed one. So I wake up at 9:00 and try not to fall asleep during the movie. OK, so the day goes by, I'm exhausted, no time for a nap. At 7:00 Andy and Keith come for the night. It was great! I love those Caldwell boys! We went to the "Jigga House" haha and I had a blast with them. The end of the night was out of control (I'm not gonna get into it)! Tonight I did my first power hour...haha it was great! Maryellen's friend, Jamie, came to visit and we chilled. And that basically brings us to the present. My roommates not here tonight (neither is the beau), so I have the room to myself! Woot Woot! G'nite all. 02:19 a.m. Volleyball: 6-0 woot woot! Awesome. Tuesday was Phil and my 3 month anniversary. We went to see What A Girl Wants and out to dinner. The movie was really good. Not only because COLIN FIRTH was in it, but it was a good story line. I had a lot of fun. I have a lot to say, but I'm too tired to type. LoL. Hectic weekend so far. 04:38 p.m. I'm back at school. It's great minus the classes and work ish. Didn't get much sleep last night...what else is new? LoL. But no one's fault ;) Volleyball game tonite, two actually....so far we're 4-0...woot woot 07:41 p.m. Sunday, April 20, 2003 It's Easter Sunday...just got back from 7:30 mass and breakfast with the family. I love this holiday. It's so great. It means summer is coming, the colors are pretty, and its just a good feeling. LoL. I'm a dork. I'm going to my grandmother's house for dinner later today and then back to TCNJ in the late afternoon. Last night was so much fun. Min and I chilled basically all day. We did some shopping, went to Eagle Rock Reservation, got some "stuff", went out to dinner w/ Nikhil at Mexicali Rose, met up with Jessie, Mary, Erika, Keith, Andie, and Andyboy. It was just a fun night and I remembered how much I missed my friends. I can't wait for summer! 10:30 a.m. I'm home for Easter weekend. Aunt Rie picked me up at school today. UGH....this morning, at 6:00 am I had to register for next semesters classes. Talk about a pain in the ass. I was planning on taking 4 classes for 15 credits, which is the regular amount I've been taking per semester. So, I log into TESS (the electrosic registering system at TCNJ) and I only get ONE class. The system is so slow, and I keeping getting kicked off. So I'm trying and trying, and by this time Phils done, and a lot of other people are too, and I'm jealous because its so frustrating. But everyone has to go through the same thing. So anyway, I finally got my spanish class. Then I had to walk over to Green Hall at 7:00 am because I had to get signed into one of my Psychology classes. BUUUT the guy told me he'd be there at 7, so I'm there on the dot and end up waiting 1/2 hour for anyone to show up. So I get my class. At this point I have 3 of them. Then around 10:30 I had to call the head of the Biology department so he could write me into "Principals of Biology" because its a requirement for Psychology majors. So I call Dr. FANGBONER (yea...thats his name) and he gives me attitude but essentially signs me into the class. So my horrible morning turned out not so bad. My schedule is: Tomorrow, my mom, aunt, grandmother and I are having lunch with my aunt and cousin (whom I haven't seen in ages!) AND my cousin is pregnant! She's due in June I think! Yay. And the best part is...she lives 5 minutes from my house.... [cough] baybsit [cough] [cough] I'll do it for free...I love babies! LoL. Beckie, Malorie, and I always joke about kidnapping one from the mall - ONLY JOKE - lol don't want anyone to think that I'm a kidnapper. But they are so cute! Especially Kenny Woo's daughter! (He teaches rhetoric at TCNJ) Haha. Anyway, I'm gonna get going. G'nite! PS - sign my GUESTBOOK! 12:58 a.m. Today was the most gorgeous day ever! 80 degrees. So nice. I went to the gym...burned 710 calories and then played VOLLEYBALL (we won btw - record is 4-0! woot woot) I'm exhausted. My arms and legs are killing me. LoL. But enough complaining. I gotz work to do! 11:22 p.m. BIG shout out to my bud, Bobby! He's having a rough week and needs a pick me up so I told him I'd give him a holla in here. (See Bobby - I even bolded it!) Everything is gonna work out, I promise...just be patient: Haha, yes I'm a nerd and live by those credos. LoL. Hold your head up high...you're a good guy (and not to mention an awesome lacrosse player!) 08:32 p.m. Monday, April 14, 2003 This weekend was great! I don't even know where to start. Saturday, I went to the gym with Beckie and we "O.R.ed it up," honed in on my past softball skills with Phil since it was such a nice day out, and took a trip to the beautiful CAPE MAY! Phil and I went on a road trip at night and got to CM at like 11pm....we walked around a little bit, I showed him the sights and then came home. It was a short trip, but it made me happy. Then on Sunday, we went to Blockbuster to rent a movie they didn't have, and all of a sudden he goes "What do you have to do today? Do you have a few hours to spare?" So after I said that I did, he proceeded to "kidnap" me, not telling me where we were going. Went to the mall...and bought me HARRY POTTER 2 dvd for an early 3 month anniversary gift! THEN...he goes "oh, we're not done yet" and drove to Princeton (I've never been there before) and we walked around the campus and Nassau Street and did a lil "shopping." It was such a great day, and I got to spend it with my boy. It made me one happy little girl. My roommate's mother was in a horrible car accident yesterday in Florida. She ws the passengar and flew out of the windshield. She broke a few bones in her face and they speculate that she might be paralized from the neck down. Hopefully there is just fluid around her spinal cord and she'll be ok. Jen ran out of here yesterday and is in Florida now. I feel horrible. I wish there was something I could do for that family. It's just such a sad situation. I keep putting my self in Jen's shoes. What would I do? How would I feel? God bless that family and help them get through this horrible time. So, if you're reading this, please say a prayer for her mother and her family...howcome bad things happen to good people? It just doesn't seem fair... 09:42 a.m. All better now 11:32 p.m. You know somethings messed up when you talk to 9 other people about it and they ALL agree with you. I don't think I've ever been this pissed off...not even with my dad...and thats saying something. It's just so uncharacteristic and I don't understand it, but I KNOW I'm not over reacting...i have 9 people to back me up on that. Yea, so it's 2:52 am ... I have a 9:30 tomorrow morning (and I'm running on only 3 hours of sleep from last night's little road trip)... and I can't go to bed ... so I'm going to get as much homework done as I possibly can. GAHHHHHHHHHH p.s. - I can't wait for summer 02:54 a.m. As if gastroentrimitis wasn't enough...I'm getting a cold now. My roommate has been sick since before Spring Break, and now everyone else seems to be coming down with something. AND to top off my bad mood today...its fucking snowing. April 7th....SNOWING. Not cool! 12:38 p.m. Yea, so I've been on my death bed for the past few days. On Thursday I started to get these horrible stomach pains that wouldn't stop. And it hurt to move, lol even stay still. I can't describe it...it was the worst pain I've been in. UGH, just thinking about it....it was horrible. I'm still hurting a little bit, but not nearly as much. So I pretty much stayed in the whole weekend. Not a very long update, but I'm not really in the mood. 03:09 p.m. Well I just found out that my guest book wasn't working....sooooo I registered for another one! AND IT WORKS! woot woot. So by the next time I check it, there better be at least one new entry in there or else I will be sad, and I know you don't want to make me cry! I have a Psychology test tomorrow at 8:00 am (ps its 1:41 am now) and I've barely studied for it....buuuut the night is young and I still have a few more hours. Phil was in here before trying not to distract me, even though I knew it would happen. So he decides to disperse notes all over my room......"Way #52 That I Love You: Whenever I'm with you - no matter for how long - the world always seems right, regardless as to what else is going on." This is the addition to the previous 51 Ways I Love You letter that he gave me last week....how sweet is that?! I almost cried (and I know you're reading this Phil...and I can just see you chuckling in your room smoking a cig at the computer) That boy definately knows how to make me smile! Anyway, I HAD to add that in there...good night all...wish me luck on my psych test tomorrow! :) 01:40 a.m. Okay, its Wednesday....no bumps *yet* this very well could be a GREAT thing! 08:52 a.m. I should be writing an essay now, but what are another 10/15 minutes of procrastination going to matter? Besides, it has been brought to my attention that I "haven't had a real update in over a week" so I figured it was time. This week (got back to TCNJ after my spring break on Sunday) has been pretty good. Phil and I had a nice looooong talk on Sunday night. Basically about everything: past relationships, experiences, etc. I don't think he knows how much that meant to me....the fact that we can talk about nothing and everything for hours at a time. Wednesday night (after a full day of him acting as my nurse due to the WORST and most extreme hangover of my life - lol - if I died, it would have been great.....but my boy took care me) anyway, that night we went on a 2 and a half hour walk around campus and talked some more. He knows how to make me laugh and feel good (the list, ahem, ahem - haha). But seriously, there have been a lot of things running through my mind (especially after last weeks doctor appointments) and I've been thinking a lot about stuff lately. I feel better. Much better. Gah, listen to me ramble on and on. 78 days untill Cape May - OR has been slipping, but I'll get back on track. Aighty, I gotta go finish my essay (haha start my essay). Good night all! 12:20 a.m. I scored a 97% on the "How Jersey Are You?" Quizie! What about you? 11:41 p.m.
I had 2 more doctor appointments today (2 yesterday as well). The first one went well, got a little emotional after it, but what else is new. The second one...I got some horrible news. Well not horrible exactly, but upsetting to say the least. I don't want to go into too much detail (thats what the *real* journal is for - to pour my heart out) but after hearing what he had to say, I'm a little bit scared. But who wouldn't be, right? I guess we'll just hafta see what happens and play it by ear. Oye. I've just been bombarded with upsetting doctor visits over the past 2 days, thank God its over...don't know if I could take anymore of 'em. Leave it to me. This has to be the worst day so far, and this week hasn't been that great. My Athens midterm was due today at 5:00 pm in Bliss Hall. So being the IDIOT I am, I decide that I have time to go to the gym at 2:45....wrooooonngg! I haul ass back and finish that ish. So diligently working and all of a sudden its 4:50. So I write my conclusion in like 3 minutes print it and run (literally) run to Bliss - keep in mind that I have Spanish at 5 on Thursdays, but I was planning on skipping it because spring break starts tomorrow and it just seemed futile. So I'm walking into the main enterance to Bliss Hall when who comes out?! None other than my SPANISH PROFESSOR! He looks *right* at me (there was no way I could get out of this one) and gives me a puzzled look because I'm supposed to be in class! So I go "Oh, Professor Fernandez, I was going to email you. I'm not feeling that well, I just had to turn in this paper today, but I'm not going to class" and he gives me biggest look of disgust and I try again, "I'll get the notes from someone else!" Fucking A, he just walks away!!!! I can't believe this. I feel horrible. I also skipped Rhetoric on Tuesday because we were gonig to the library, and hardly anyone went. I really feel horrible! Its not like I skip class all the time (actually these were the 1st classes this semester), but I still fell horrible b/c he fucking saw me! ahhhh. This can't affect my grade that much - haha I'm such a loser. I still haven't decided if I'm going to email him or not yet. BAHHHHH. I'm very upset now. lol. Grrr. Oh well. I guess you live and learn.
Wednesday, February 26, 2003 Last night, at the Rat (the college restaurant/bar) this group called "Fab Mania" came to perform. They are an imitation BEATLES group. Beckie and I went...it was amazing!! The 4 of them each portrayed Paul, John, George, and Ringo perfectly...the manneristically, vocally, everything! We were in our glory. They played some of the older works and their newer stuff....amazing. I can't even explain it. I was singing along to practically every song. It was great! Sigh. So, today, I went on a downloading spree to get all the songs I possibly could! I'm so happy now. Haha. NERD. This weekend was fun. Andyboy came to visit on Friday night and stayed until today. So when he came down, we (Beckie, Malorie, Katelynn, Maryellen, Andy, Phil, Dan, and I) went to a party - haha - it was great. Saturday was a chill day...didn't really do anything except kick Andy's ass in "Dr. Mario" - yes, old school Nintendo! That night we (the V5 + Mikey, Phil, and Andy) went to see "Old School" which was hysterical! And we stayed up until 4:30am just talking and playing "truth" it was an awesome night! Today I worked on my rhetoric project all day. Thats about it. This weekend was a lot of fun. I really had a good time. Yea so, last night I was in a bad mood...a very bad mood. I actually went to bed at 9 - right after American Dreams. Got about 13 hours of sleep too. But as far as the bad mood goes, its the same old shit...just resurfacing as it ALWAYS does. I feel better now. School was cancelled today because of the snow...we got tons. So Jen and I decided to change our room around because we were getting sick of it...so now its all perty. Yup...thats about all I have to say for now... 07:31 p.m. Happy Valentine's Day! Yea, so I have a great boyfriend! I come back to my room at 7:00 this morning (so I could go to the gym at 7:30 with Malorie and Katelynn) only to find a bouquet of flower, balloons, and a bag filled with PEEPS on my desk! I did NOT anticipate that at all. Haha, at first I thought "oh, I wonder when Nick sent those to Jen" haha (my roommate and her boyfriend) THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! Got my psychology test back today....91 baby! I'm so happy! It definately pays to study hard! haha NERD! The other night, I pulled out my handy dandy credit card and bought the new cd that JOHN MAYER just put out - "Any Given Thursday" I'm so psyched to get that soon! Ahh. lol Long time no update. This past weekend was awesome. I didn't go to any parties....yes, contrary to popular belief, I am not a drunken lush. Friday night, Malorie, Mike, Beckie, and I went out to dinner at Applebees and then we saw "Final Destination 2" - haha it was kinda freaky. We had so much fun! Then when we come back (since it had snowed a lot that day) the parking lot was ridiculous) Malorie tries to pull into this one spot and then she gets stuck! haha and after seeing that movie and all the freaky things that happened, we didn't want to try to move it because we didn't want to die. Finally we got it unstuck. Then we came back to my room and played Balderdash....that is an awesome game! This weekend...wow. Thats all I have to say. Actually, I didn't do anything on Friday night, so the wow is carried by Saturday night. Haha. Friday, Malorie and I stayed in and watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - so funny! Its amazing how that parallels Italian life. Haha - I definately could relate. Phil also got "waffled" that night. Saturday was the official homework day. Then Mel and I went to a lacrosse game in Philly (first time there, ever) and when that was done - around 12:30, we went to the lax house and boozed it up. Basically I drank from 1-5:30 with out stopping, I was gone...g-o-n-e! But had major fun in the process! Beck -> one word, or two? Haha...insane. I ended up going to bed at like 6 or 6:30, woke up at 2 still drunk. And we're talking MAJOR hang over! But it was well worth it :) That was my weekend in a nut shell... I'm tattooed - haha - oye....I need to go shopping for new clothes ;)
I haven't been getting much sleep, and I'm exhausted...I'm debating whether or not to stay in tonite...I dunno. I basically fell asleep in my Athens to New York class this morning...not good. I'm talking to Lisa, my Dumbo, the smelly one, right now. She's having a blast in Disney...got her first hook up going with a kid named Derek...I gotta check him out, make sure he's good enough for my little girl! So, I've been talking to Lisa Panzano lately. It feels good to talk to her again. Basically, we've been catching up on the 2 years we lost. It just seems ridiculous to end a friendship that started in kindergarden. I mean we've known each other FOREVER, know everything about each other, so we're gonna try to get back to where we were, but as for now, we'll just take it slow and talk on line. That be all for now! Well I'm in Phil's room now and updating because he complained that I *never* mention him in my pita. Well here I am....Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil. There. Happy? Apparantly (according to him) I only post random ish in here...I'll try to keep my updates more interesting for all of the ONE person who reads this! Anyhoo...bye 04:20 p.m. Good morning. I just got back from my 8am psychology class. And actually, I don't mind waking up that early...I love that class! It's so interesting, and believe it or not, I'm able to stay awake during it....now with rhetoric I have a problem with that. lol. Today we talked about the Endocrine System and I was doing everything I possibly could to keep my self from doubling over with laughter. I just kept thinking about junior AP Biology w/ Lisa. Hahaha. And that *wonderfully creative* song we made up with all the hormones and functions - ha, like I remember ANY of it now! Haha. I wish I still had a copy of it! Haha...yea Lisa and I definatly had our creative juices flowing during high school. Give us a topic and we would make a song (or sonnett) out of it - haha....english the toe nail sonnett! hahah. Oye...that puts me in a good mood. I just wish I had those...I know they were in old journal entries, buuuuut....I lost most of them! GRR. Haha, let me tell you, they were quality though! Sigh...good times. I'm home for the night. My mom said that I needed to do somethings for her and she needed my signature for a scholarship. So here I am, in my computer room, freezing my ass off because my house is ALWAYS an icebox, and updating my pita because there are hardly any entries and it looks pathetic. Speeking of pathetic, I brought homework for me to do while I'm here, and I actually think I'm going to go do it...NERD ALERT! I should be back at TCNJ sometime tomorrow afternoon. And then we'll party it up somewhere since Amy promised she'd be my beer pong partner! I just got back from the gym with Katelynn. We did weights (upper body) for about a half an hour...I feel like my arms can fall off. Haha. Then I left and she stayed to do a cardio workout. I'd rather to Tae Bo in my room with Beckie...besides I like my gym at home better, and I can't get used to the one here. Oh well. We decided that we're going to do the weights every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday...so if Malorie joins in with us, we'll have 3 people pushing to go and stay with the schedule. That would kickass! Here comes summer - lol... 01:15 p.m. I told you I needed to update a lot to make the page look fuller...so this is #3 and its only 2:30. I forgot to mention that I received a letter in my mai box on Tuesday saying that "you have been chosen to continue in the College Ambassador Selection process"!! Uhhh-woohoooo! I have a group interview on Monday. I hope I don't botch this up. I really want to be an Ambassador. That would make me so happy. So wish me luck. Hahaha I'm a computer MORON! I was playing w/ pitas.com and accidently deleted all of my old entries *GAHHH* buuuut....I salvaged them in the "old entries" link you see on the right side of the screen. Haha, so if you're curious to see what my life was like BEFORE college clicky, clicky on that. When you get to that page you'll see two links: Good morning! I had psychology at 8am today...even though its mad early, I really like that class. I have it with Malorie which makes it even better! Its so cool because this is my first class toward my major (NERD) lol I'm so happy to be back at school its unreal. This semester is going to be tough, I can already tell. My goal is to pull up my GPA to a 3.7 - so I gotta work REALLY hard to achieve that. So no more lazy, lethargic Brianna and thats a promise! 10:09 a.m. |
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