Does that make me crazy?

Wow the UK seems SO long ago. That's probably because its been a good...two months since I've gotten back. School is in full fledge lets-kill-students mode, so I've been more than drained by that. It's mostly working the 20 hours a week that gets me. I can't imagine some of these kids that work 40 hour a week jobs and still have to deal with school work. I don't think I could handle that... I feel like I would get pissed off really easily. I'm already getting really frustrated with work. I've been making mad files for applicants, (I basically work for the College of Health Professions and make files for anyone applying to the OT program..which is about 500 people) so I've been making A LOT of files and it's driving me up the wall because I hate doing the same thing every single day for hours and hours.

It's really annoying and I would quit if it didn't pay so well.

Ugh now I really don't feel like writing this.

Maybe I'll write again soon.

Almost christmas

It's about another month, well actually a little less than a month, till christmas time. I am excited for christmas, but I'm even more excited for what happens after christmas. What happens, you might ask.
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IM GOING TO THE UK!

Study abroad for my journalism degree. Mega super dooper ecstatically excited. I leave on the third of January and come back on the 22nd. So it's just about a month. I hope I have a good time with everyone thats going. I'm a little nervous because I don't really know any of the people going on the trip that well, but nonetheless I'm going to have an AWESOME time.

School's been pretty cool lately. My journalism class is kind of a pain in the ass, but it's good experience. I've interviewed a lot of people, most recently a pole dance instructor, which was cool as shit. Then I took one of her classes and had a bad ass work out. My legs are so incredibly sore and I didn't even do that much. They have mad talent and muscles.

I'm in a sculpture class which is pretty interesting. It's a whole new aspect of art I haven't had to do before, but it's a fun challenge. We recently had to make something out of found art, so we did a Back River clean up and basically carried all of this nasty garbage out of a river. People throw the weirdest things into rivers. I managed to find the front of a dryer, the bottom of an office chair and my friend found a perfectly good sweater. Well not really, she washed it and then it looked brand spanking new.

I ended up making this:

Which was my verison of the world shoved in a fish bowl and then attached to the bottom of a bucket which was attached to the bottom of a lamp stand. Cool right? My professor was quite impressed. This is the kind of shit I get to do in class. Hells yes.

So anyway, schools been cool. I'm commuting next semester which I am actually really excited for because it means I get to sleep in my BIG bed instead of these tiny squeaky dorm room ones. I also have a lot more space to put all of my art shit out. That will be SO nice, especially since I won't have the obligation to clean it up asap.

=]
merry christmas. soon.

NEW YEAR (almost)

I haven't written on here in AGES. But I'm getting ready to move back to campus on Sunday and it sparked the old blogger in me so I decided to get on here and do it!

They created a facebook group for residents that are staying in the same building as me, and after perusing it for hours last night I got a random friend invite (which I assumed was from the group) which I accepted. Then that person sent me a chat and it turns out she's my suite-mate, which means we share a bathroom with her and her roommate. We talked for a little while and she seems totally awesome so I can't even express to you how RELIEVED I am that I wont have horrible suite-mates puking in the bathroom at 3 o'clock in the morning, and yelling at one another like they are in a football field.

I've met a couple of other people on our floor, but mostly other people that are in the building as well and I'm getting gradually more excited to move in! I started packing last night, and I basically have most of it done besides my clothes which I'm waiting until the last minute to pack.

My schedule includes 3 art courses, 1 art history course and 1 journalism class. It is going to be awesome. I went on ratemyprofessors.com and all my professors seem equally as awesome so I'm really gettting hyped up for a good year. (Not that I want summer to be over).

The family went on vacation last week to this rental house near Berkley Spring, WV. It was pretty awesome. There was a community like that was about 50 feet away from the house that we got to swim in everyday, and Matt got to fish. There was also a hot tub on the deck, pool table and air hockey in the basement as well as a Wii system and Cable. So, needless to say we never got bored. It did rain a lot, but even so, there was so much to do inside that it was no problemo.

Anyway, getting geared up for the new semester! Ye-haw. Can't wait.  Good luck to everyone else that's getting ready for school too!

Hey guys and gals

So I took Matt to a hot yoga class today. I will admit it totally made me feel better to see him struggling through some of it just as I was. I had honestly thought he would do amazingly and I would be so confounded by his utter awesomeness that I would be annoyed. But nope, he had a hard time doing a lot of the poses and by the end was drenched in sweat.

Hoorah. Go yoga.

Work was so super horrible today. Work at the preschool that is. These two girls decided to team up with one another and comit random acts of "we're not going to listen to Ms. Laura-ness". I got so frusturated with them because I would yell their names 5 or 6 times and they wouldn't do more than glance my direction but when Ms. Eileen went "RILEY" it was an automatic stop. I guess I'm too nice. Either way, I stopped caring because they obviously were out to get me. That's a joke.

I've gotten crazy into listening to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. I actually love their music videos. It makes me want to create music videos so badly. Though it seems you'd have to be on some serious drugs to make an Edward Sharpe video equally as awesome.

I just felt like writing for a little bit. I'm reading this book called Love in Translation so I'm actually looking forward to reading it a bit before I go to bed and I've got to wake up early in the morning for work. SOOO, good night, don't let the bed bugs bite.

PS. My birthday is next week =] yay

Mono mono ho ho ho

So the other day I noticed that my lymph nodes looked something like Frankenstein's screws in the side of his neck. When I went to do yoga with Beka on Monday night I told her to feel them, her automatic response, "Dude, I don't need to. I can see them from here." I wasn't really worried about it, I just kind of assumed it was strep or some weird flu-ish thing. Nonetheless Beka told Mommy dear and I got a call that night from her telling me I should go and see the doctor tomorrow.


When I woke up the next morning they still felt huge so I called the Doc's Office and asked when I could some in. After work, around two, I went there and they were able to take me within the hour. She did some preliminary tests like blood pressure and what not. She also tested for strep and mono. Once she was done she told me to grab a seat in the hallway and the nurse practitioner would come and get me in a moment. When she called me in she was really nice and just kind of asked me where I was from and what not. Then she goes, "Well, okay. You were positive for mono. Come up to the table and let me look for some signs." I was like you must be shitting me. I just got into doing yoga, I am sooooo close to getting crow position down. She told me I can't do yoga, can't go to the gym or do any physical activity really until the end of the semester. I wanted to start crying. It took every ounce in my body not to. I'm also not allowed to have tylenol, alcohol or kiss.

Later when I saw Matt we ran up and hugged each other and I was like "I have some bad news" he said, "what is it?" ....."I have mono." He wasn't even phased. Not at all. I told him we wouldn't be able to kiss because we could get his mom sick and she recently went through some rough surgeries. Not that he cared of course, later that night he went "Laura, I'm simply going to tell you. I'm not not going to kiss you for four weeks, it's physically impossible." I don't think I've smiled so big in all my life. That really made my day. So we slept together and I had to get up early for class.

Funnily enough I feel pretty okay today. Matt some how calmed me down and I'm not walking through campus crying about the fact that I basically can't do physical activity (because my spleen could rupture) when bikini season is literally next month. I am pretty pissed about that. Apparently, I have had mono for the last like month and just have been unaware of it. Corrine is freaking out, all worried she will have spread it to everyone she's been doing hookah with and sharing her Rikaloff with as well. I was like "Corrine, you probably don't have it. I have it. Ya need to chillax."

So..this is my life. Doc says next week will be the hardest. I already took four naps yesterday. I don't have time for naps today because it's Beka's birthday and we're all going out to dinner right after I get out of class this afternoon. Then we are going home to open her presents and then I am going to plop right in my BIG huge non-dorm sized bed and pass the fuck out.

On top of everything, it's raining.

Oh, also I gave my speech today about the brutal killings of dolphins in Japan. The class seemed interested. Not that I give a shit what they think about it. It's obviously horrible and from the look on my professors face she thought so too and that's all that matters.

I can't remember if I mentioned it already or not, but I'm taking Matt to NYC for his birthday since he's never gone before. I'm super psyched about it because I've been to NYC but not really for just tourist reasons. So i definitely want to hit up times square, Rockefeller center and all that mumbo jumbo when we go. He doesn't know I'm taking him, so I had to keep it on the super down lown which involved calling in at his work to get time off for him. His boss seemed understanding. Eeeee. So excited.

Anyway, I'm at work so I'll keep you all posted on my mono status as time goes. Don't expect much from my disease body though. (joke.)

Cats and Dime bags

At work again. I've only been here an hour but I have nothing to do. I brought homework but I really don't feel like bothering with it. I have a math exam later that weighs pretty heavily on my grade for the class which I should definitely be concerned about but since I abhor math I just can't bring myself to do it at 10:00 in the morning. I wish I was sleeping.
I watched Black Swan last night. Very intense movie, but not so much what I expected. The final performance/conclusion of the movie was fantastic though, I couldn't stop watching. They did a good job tying all the bits and pieces together. Natalie Portman is a good actress too even though I heard about all the hype from her winning the Best Actress Award, and how the actual ballerinas were pissed.
Anyway, I went to bed at like 11:00 so I don't understand why I am so ridiculously tired this morning. I feel like my eyes are really droopy and I have no incentive to do anything. I was walking to return my movie this morning and some girls were behind me being really loud. For some reason, that was SUPER irritating. Maybe it's because it's supposed to rain today and its been nice out the past couple of days so rain just seems very day-ruining. I also have to do perspective drawings later *barf*.
Nonetheless, going to a club tonight, yeah yeahhhhhh. And I don't have class tomorrow, double yeah yeahhhh. AND, I'm going to a yoga convention with Beks tomorrow and might possibly win an under armor shirt (which I normally can't afford to own). This will be the third time this week I have done yoga, except this is going to be SUPER long tomorrow (two hours). I went last night and the teacher was Sid, who is the owner of the whole facility. He is much more laid back about the yoga. Which means he tells us stories about his cat finding dime bags on the street while we are suffering in downward dog. Anyway it was a great workout by I am super sore today and I feel like a big bloated whale for some reason.
Maybe I should try a liquid diet...just kidding.

Sweet Jesus

Dear sweet Jesus I am so freaking bored at work. I have been here since 8 AM. Since then I have managed to do absolutely nothing. I finished reading my book yesterday and literally have no homework. Well, I have homework just nothing I can do while sitting in this office.
I actually have to make a video narrative, silent style. I have been thinking and researching ideas all day long but I still haven't found an idea for something I like yet. I'm really annoyed because I've had fantastic ideas in the past for videos, I just never wrote them down or thought they would come to use. So now, I am stuck and it's my own darn fault. We're supposed to have video to work on in class tomorrow....I hope I can muster something up by then.
I'm also doing some pine cone drawings for my other art class. They're pretty cool. At first I thought pine cones were insanely complicated and I had no idea where to begin drawing them since they essentially look the same all over. But it's pretty easy once you just start doodling. Hopefully my final piece will look good for when its due on Thursday.
Super excited cause I get to see Matt tonight! I called him while I was walking over to grab some lunch earlier and he was like, "So..whats Corrine doing tonight?" and I was like "She actually has plans!" and he was like "well..I don't suppose I could come over then?" and I was like, "You can ALWAYS come over. In fact, you pretty much should always come over. Come over now." Well, okay I lied. I didn't really say that whole last sentence but nonetheless, he's coming over. I'm excited. What are we going to do? I have no idea. I don't think that there is anything fun and interesting happening in the University tonight. He gets out of work around 9.00 so that means he will be getting here around 9.30. So, yeah I don't know what we will do.
Beka and I did hot yoga again last night. I really need a picture of us in our yogi gear to post. Alright, that is MISSION OF THE WEEKEND! I will get a picture, I will, I will.
Really odd though. One of my favorite poses to do is the tree pose (mostly because it's like the one I am super good at). Right after we did Eagle the instructor was like "okay, now take a breath with your eyes shut to regain your breathing" and as soon as I shut my eyes I started to black out. So, of course, I opened them again and everything started to phase out like when your donating blood (or at least when I donate blood) and there's just not enough oxygen in your system. So I had to not do tree pose and go into child's pose so I wouldn't fall over in front of Marcus...which would be very very very embarrassing.
I got up again though because I didn't just want to leave yoga. I think the reason I almost passed out might have been because I had really only eaten an abundance of fruit that day, and I didn't drink coffee except for 3 sips at Trader Joe's (because they had free samples of Fair Trade coffee...with Stevia. How could I resist?) right before class. So I think my body was like wiggin out about that.
We're going to this yoga convention my school's putting on that sponsored by Under Armor. I'm really excited to go. It's going to be like 400 or 500 people I think and its from 6-8. So two hours of yoga in a huge room with tons of other people! Really excited to try  it out. There's something about having to try when other people are in the room that makes me keep on going, and pushing to hold a stance better. For example, last night I was having fo real problems holding "dancer" (which ill show a picture of) with my left food grounded. But as soon as we switched to the left side, Marcus was like "kick kick kick. There you go! Perfect." and I was like "dammmmnnnnnn right its perfect. BOO yah bitches." And so that made me feel better about failing on doing tree.


Sorry this blog is so long winded. I am just so distressed at not having anything to do at work I have to preoccupy myself with something.

My boss was supposed to be back in the office tomorrow but his flight was delayed and so he probably won't be in until the afternoon. Even then, I think he's crazy for coming in. He is flying from South Africa, to Baltimore and then coming to work. That's quite a long commute, don't ya think? Why not just take a little extra time off to relax and destress before coming back to a crazy office full of notes that your assistant (*cough me cough*) has been taking all week and most likely screw ups as well?

Oh boy. I can't think of anything else interesting to write about. So I guess this will be the end of my oh so interesting blog for today.

Go, do yoga.