life happens

so i love jennifer aniston and aaron eckhart, and i expected sooo much more out of this movie.

but

the plot line was completely deceiving. given my uneasiness with death, i did not like this movie. eckhart's character was a motivational speaker who helped people move on from the loss of loved ones. of course i cried the entire movie. it's up to the brave to see that one.

anyway,

recently in life, i had a great weekend! dad's weekend was so much fun. did a little roots n blues n bbq, a little comedy show, a little gambling, and a lot of golf. im a little burnt out. i don't know how people play golf all the time. maybe if i were good it would actually be fun.

(dad's weekend 2009)

this week is full of lots of papers, prepping for midterms (next week!) wish me luck! today is rather ordinary.

actually no! it feels like fall! that isn't ordinary. broke out the uggs today, but the sun was shining and it was gorgeous! what else....not much. miss my mommy. that's normal though.

october is happening soon. that's crazy.

oh i've been working on pete's belt a lot! sooo cute! i cant wait till its done.

that's it for today!

God's blessing of the day: the cool crispness of fall! a lovely phone call from my mother. and the building anticipation of going to spain next semester. i also may be in a treat to see peter this weekend, but we'll see!

thank you God for it all. i'm so blessed.

happy september!

so i haven't posted in awhile, but last week was super busy!

i have had tons and tons of school work, and i think i did a great job last week of staying on task with it. then i had this CRAZY idea that i would get work done over the long holiday weekend....my books didn't even come out of my car. oh well.

so parker's birthday was last saturday, which is crazy. he is 17. what happened to the time? where did it go?

peter ended up coming in town for the long weekend and it was exactly what i needed! 

thursday night before i went home the next day, schmee and i went out and had a night on the town. i think we needed it hard core! not sure if i have time for a repeat but roomie bonding over wine and shots was a good time just the two of us! 

friday night, i drove home. made it to dinner at the house with aunt laurie (in town for hs reunion), aunt carrie and baba and dan. we had a good time. peter and i just hung out at the house and i went to bed early.

i woke up on saturday morning and it was GLOOMY. like disgusting outside. mom bribed me not to go to the football game, so we went shopping and had a fantastic time! we always have so much fun. im so lucky to have such an awesome mommy! saturday night, peter and i met up with some friends and then met his parents in clayton. it was a fun night that went too long for me. i am not good at staying up late. buttttttt it was still fun.

sunday was relaxing. connor and mom and i all went out to breakfast. then peter and i hung out all afternoon. that night we saw a movie with peter's dad and sister...extract...i don't really recommend it.

monday was filled with laundry and packing and saying bye to pete. then i left. BUT i left with someone with me....louie! louie is now a resident of columbia. he is staying with the two nicest guys in the world!! i am so lucky to have him here. i cannot believe how sweet those guys are to take in a dog....that's a lot of responsibility, and especially bc they didn't even pick him out. so that is just awesome. i am beyond lucky and blessed!!! 

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

now i have just been trying to catch up on work. i am beginning to feel buried in my homework. i'm gonna suffocate soon. i was going to try to make it to ohio this weekend, but at this point, it seems almost impossible. plus its a 7 hour drive. 7 hours on friday, get there by 10, stay there saturday night, leave early sunday morning to make it back to como by 1 or 5, depending on cc. 

anyway, today is off to a good start. had good classes this morning. i plan on doing work until my 1pm, and then i have volunteer tutoring at 3:30. hopefully i can make it over to see lou tonight. busy busy busy.

God's blessing of the day: so far, at 10:12 am, i would have to say, the sole fact that i know louie is in columbia. God gave me a HUGE break by putting those 2 guys in my life to take care of a sweet little dog. that's actually like the blessing of the month! maybe even semester!!