Guys, Weight Watchers is my best friend. I know I keep saying it, but that's because it's true. I'm still kind of in shock that it's working and that it's continuing to work so well. I've been with WW for three and a half months now and I have lost 27 lbs! I got the little blue "25 lbs" milestone star added to my weight tracking graph today, but my grand total is 27. It's amazing and I continue to just feel so good about myself that it's ridiculous. My friends are taking notice, not just family, and my mom is so cute she is just freaking out all the time. She says she had sort of lost hope for me to ever do this but that she is so proud of me, of my willpower and of everything I'm doing this year. And so am I.

Immersion came and went, and I can honestly say I have found my place. I LOVED the PCH ED. SO MUCH. I love the nurse I was working with, and we got along great, and I loved all the other people on the unit and I loved the unit itself and OH GOD I WANT TO WORK THERE SO BAD. Luckily, PCH has a GAPP program (Graduate Advancement Program in Pediatrics) that is specifically for New Grad nurses, and they should be hiring for that soon, and I kind of already have an in since I know the ED Clinical Manager and left my resume and two cover letters, one from me and one from Amy, my nurse, about her time working with me, and I really hope they hire me. That would be just the last piece of the puzzle to fall into place. I was sad that I had to stop going there, but my mom said it was a good thing it was my last day on Friday because my scrubs are humongous on me now! I could put a baby in there with me and still have room. :D

That's a weird thing that's happening now, my clothes are all not fitting, and in the best way possible. Mama and I went shopping and I HAVE SKINNY JEANS NOW. whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. Haha. But the one thing I'm upset about is that in December I found this great dress at Macy's that I loved and with Christmas money I bought it for my graduation dress. AND IT IS WAY TOO BIG NOW. Dammit. I tried to return it, but I didn't have the receipt, and they wanted to give me just $40 when I paid well over $100 for it. So now I don't know what to do with it.  But I guess these are the good kinds of problems.

Okay I'll stop talking about all this now. I just felt I had to get out my excitement. Also, GRADUATION IS IN 24 DAYS!!! AHHHHHHHHH SO EXCITING. And I only have 3 more days that I have to show up to things between then and now. The rest of my time is being filled with writing final papers and vacation planning and looking at cars. :) And if you don't hear from me till graduation, just know that it's being a crazy busy but totally awesome 3 weeks. 

So I know I promised y'all a full recap on my Disney trip but there just isn't time for all of that. For I am currently taking a small covert study break because I just feel sad that there is nothing lately on my LJ. So here's the most important stuff you need to know about what happened while I was there: 

• Had an awesome fantastic time with all my Disney friends. 
• Got to meet and be the first person to successfully hug Darth Vader at Star Wars Weekends. 
• Went to Jellyrolls, the awesomest piano bar on the planet, for the first time on my last night there. 
• Spent an awesome morning at Typhoon Lagoon chilling out and getting a little sunburned.
• Broke my pinkie.

And that's about it. Yeah, that last one kinda made y'all go "BUZZAH?!" right? Yeah whatever. Broke it at work at the Jungle Cruise on my first of two days back there while putting the boat's throttle into forward and slammed my pinkie into the boat's dashboard. Excruciatingly painful. It was also a pain in the butt because I spent half of the rest of my vacation running around trying to satisfy the Disney doctors. They still aren't satisfied as it is, I have to see a specialist here at home. Even though knowing that it's a chip fracture and that it needs to stay in this SEXY splint I've got for 4-6 weeks is good enough for me, it's not good enough for them. Worker's comp wooooo. 

So that's that. Let's go quickly go over the other important goings-on of my life of these last two weeks. 

Alex is officially back in Philadelphia. *tears* Luckily he was still here when I got back. I beat his dad here woohoo! And I got to see quite a lot more of him than I actually thought I was going to get to, so that was lovely. Of course it was also heartbreaking at the same time, and when he finally left on Monday night, I was a royal mess. Tears everywhere. I swear, I'm surprised there isn't water damage to the inside of my car since I was crying the whole way back to my house. The good news is he will be back very soon. First week of August. I'm already counting the days. 58. In case you were wondering. And he should be here for a good chunk of time too. So yay. Also I met his dad, who seems to have taken to me much better than his mother did. Thank god. 

And other than that, there's my summer class. BIO 201 Human Anatomy and Physiology. It might just kick my ass, since I'm taking it in 5 weeks instead of fifteen but so far so good. Except for the part where I have an exam every Monday (hence the studying right now and this here study break), three lab practical exams in the next 5 weeks, and quizzes in all of the labs on days which I don't have an exam (labs are Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays). So I'm working really hard, but enjoying it. 

Oh and I'm sick. Like killer sick. I've got this thing that my whole family had last week, and I thought I'd avoided getting by spending time with Alex, but I was wrong. Still got it. Sore throat, stuffed up nose, coughing up stuff, and just really tired and blahhhhh you know? So I've been feeling like dying all week. And I don't feel remotely over it yet. I suppose we'll give it a couple more days and I should be good, but I really didn't need this the first week of school. I just keep sleeping, when I should be studying. So not cool. Also, it's hard to make friends in class when you're sick. Everyone's like one step removed because you're like sniffling and hacking up a lung. No bueno. 

So that's about it. Oh and I'm addicted to Glee. It's officially the soundtrack to my life and I am mostly caught up to all the episodes. But I'm watching with Mom and my sister, which is making it take a bit longer... we'll get there. But I'm a Gleek, and thank god, because I wouldn't be getting through this week without this perfect assortment of classics. 

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes I do.

And no, I'm not saying here what it is.

Okay LJ friends. I need your help! I'm trying to decide whether I should get my hair cut or not. Below is a picture of what it currently looks like. And by "cut my hair," I mean short. Like somewhere around my chin. A bob, or something like it. I don't know much about names of styles or whatever, but something short.

( Here's what I look like now. Minus the ears, of course.Collapse )

But I'm still undecided! Should I, or shouldn't I? This is not a decision a girl should have to make on her own.

So I have made a poll! Help a girl out, ladies and gents! And I want honest opinions!

To one of my absolute favorite fic authors (Deglazed is still in my Top 5 Fics list, I even shared it with my boyfriend)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY principia_coh!!!

May your day be filled will all sorts of wonderful birthday magic and fun, and just remember, what fun is it growing up if you can't be childish sometimes?

I was having a good day. It's Saturday. General rule is that Saturdays are good. Had to work, but that wasn't so bad. Was going to go out and have a nice lunch with Daddy. We'd talk about somethings I really wouldn't feel like talking about, along with somethings that I would, but mostly it would be bad things. Like my previously mentioned astronomical phone bill.

We didn't even make it to lunch. The conversation when he picked me up from work went as follows: 

Him: So are you taking me out or am I taking you out? 
Me: You're taking me out. I'm totally broke.
Him: So you're so broke that we couldn't even go to the T-Mobile store after lunch so we can put your phone in your name? 
Me: Weelll funny you should mention that because here's the thing, I'm not actually broke because I just got paid yesterday, but pretty much all of it is going to back to you to take care of this here phone bill.
*brakes screech, head for home* 

Where I was then yelled at and he took my phone and literally broke it in half with his bare hands. And then threw what was left of it at me and stormed off.

I am left shaky and upset, without a phone, without numbers for pretty much all the people I needed to have them for, (excluding those of you who were actually on my bill, including Alex, Brandy, Casey, Anne, and Claire). And we're going now to cancel the phone for good.

So don't try to call me or anything until further notice. Life's just great right now. How's your's?
 

The change’ll come round
Tomorrow
Bet your voter’s ballot that
Tomorrow
He’ll have won
 
Just thinkin’ about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs
And the sorrows
Till there’s none
 
When I’m stuck with Red
I dread
And want out
I just stick out my chin
And grin
And shout
Oh!
 
The change’ll come round
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on till
Tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
Three cheers for Obama!
You’re only
A vote away!

To be performed for the first time by the Time Twins LIVE at Orycon, November 21-23.

See that little number up there? 360? It should be 3334 tonight.

BUT IT'S NOT. Because I am made of epic fail and have been completely IGNORING my poor little NaNo novel. I've been working and doing homework and being sick and spending time with my boyfriend and not drinking coffee. So I don't even have a whole freaking page yet. But my opening is done, and let's just say my novel starts off with a bang. Or rather, three bangs. And people screaming bloody murder.

My one bit of consolation is that by this time last year, I hadn't even started my novel yet. Sure, I'd only just learned about it, but I still won the damn thing with 59 minutes to spare. And since I sort of have an actual plot and I am determined to NOT LET MY CHARACTERS TAKE OVER THE STORY, (Yes, Jessica and Reg, I'm talking to you) I'm still confident I'm gonna win this thing. Just gotta put everything else on hold. Like breathing.

Which somewhat indirectly but still relatedly brings me to this. Randomly. Who remembers playing Pokemon? Anyone?

Anyway, it's 1 in the morning so really it's a Day 3 update but whatever. I'm going to bed. Will do some serious writing tomorrow. Today. WHATEVER.

A meme stolen from bergeronprocess. Because I really don't want to do my homework.

 Feeling: Unmotivated. To do anything.
 Wearing: Jeans and my Little Red Riding Hood shirt
 Wishing: I was at Alex's. It would be a lot easier to do my homework there.
 Missing: Lotsa people. Magpie, my dad, Alex...
 Thinking: About how much nicer the fuzzy pants would feel right now.
 Wondering: If I'm doing the right thing.
 Raving About: The '65 Plymouth Belvedere Alex is getting on Sunday.
 Ranting About: How much I don't want to be here doing this right now. This being the homework I'm putting off.
 Fangirling/Drooling Over: ... the Belvedere...
 Thankful For: My family's unconditional love.
 Planning: My sudden but inevitable world domination take over. Or at least seeing Alex tomorrow. And how to get out of work on Sunday so I can go to Prescott with him to get the Belvedere.
 Looking Forward To: Snuggles
 Dreading: This project
 Wanting: Alex. Snuggling me.
 Hoping: I don't fail this project.

A very special happy birthday to bethanyedwards. I know there's no way I could top Emma's birthday post, and we don't have inside jokes about potatoes or hot dogs or anything but have a wonderfully amazing 21st anyway! I have something for you, but I don't have the time to put it all together before class just now, so for now, content yourself with awesome bloopers from our favorite show.


"The hair is adorable, I don't deny that! The figure is svelte!" That fight is so great when screwed up.