Just a reminder for me to update. I'm going to try hard to update tomorrow, given that it is the last day of June '08. I thought I'd make it tonight, but I just got hit with sleepiness. And trust me, June deserves my undivided attention.

A sneak-peak:

1) Camp stories
2) Obsession news
3) CD review
4) Music/movie recommendations
5) New stuff
6) I wonder how the heck July will be

...among other things.

In the meantime, I finally uploaded about 100 new pictures to Facebook. Mostly they're of camp, but in all fairness, camp did take up 1/4 of the month.

I got eaten alive by mosquitoes walking home from Qdoba tonight. But it was a good quesadilla. And it won't stop me from taking more walks. I'm on a roll.

Aww crap, I forgot to do laundry tonight. It'll be old scrubs for me tomorrow!

An excerpt from one of two conversations with Mandy and a Bennith today:
Mandy - "Are you on the phones tomorrow?"
Me - "Is it June?"

At least it's a shortened week. Hooray!

Peace out.

<><MoMo

How can I sum up the month of March?

First I'll start by saying that compared to the last few, March 2008 was decent.

I'll start with the rough stuff--My home nursing job stressed me out a bit. More back-and-forth-BS between the family and the doctors... and I get stuck in the middle. To put it simply, LET IT GO. Ugh. Leave this family alone. They've gone through so much and for what they have gone through, kudos to them for taking care of their kids. Honestly. If things go to court, you know whose side I'm on.

Yeah, enough about that.

Matt and I gave up our house/condo search. I might've already mentioned that--my apologies. We decided that with the medical bills and Matt's lack-of-a-promised-promotion and tax situation and my indecision to go back to school that we'll wait at least another year. Since that decision: a) Matt and I opened up an IRA. Big words. Makes us feel very old. b) Matt now has to "apply against" someone for the job they promised him in December. c) I've decided to go back to school to become a pediatric nurse practitioner and work at Forest View. Hey, I'm already a lifer. :D

Mandy and I roadtripped to New Hampshire. Big mistake: we worked the morning we left and drove straight through. Never again! You should've hear the stuff coming out of our mouthes as we made it through Massachusetts and New Hampshire those last few hours... whoo! :P It was well worth it, though. Chester College--where Mandy is officially going to be going this fall; congrats again!--is absolutely beautiful. I'm excited for her. Joey's friends at school are awesome so I know Mandy will be in good hands. We drove home less than 2 days after we got there, but stopped in Pennsylvania (at Joey's 'rents' place) for Friday night. Saturday night into Sunday we drove (through mountains, might I add) home to WI. Thanks to God, we had perfect weather. OH. I got "pulled over" in Ohio for stereotypically looking cool. Just ask--I'll tell you details. At the time it was a bit nerve-wracking; now it's just funny.

***

I've been having a good time working at Forest View lately. It's possible that our new nurse manager is bringing us closer together, but not in the typical way you'd think and expect a nurse manager to. We're just not sure what's going on. Anywho, I've come to the conclusion that I'd like to work there long-term. Even if I don't go back to school, I'll stay as a nurse. I enjoy it. Except the phones... although the last few times I've been on the phones it's worked out: one "snow day" (because we haven't had enough in Wisconsin this year--to all those non-Wisconsinites reading this, we've had the 2nd Snowiest Season ever, and it's only the end of March) and we all went home early--but not before we all dug each other out in the parking lot during a blizzard--and a string of other nice, short days on the phones. Ugh, sorry, I'm getting tired and probably not making much sense.

So. Things are good.

I'm going to be Myranda's camp counselor at the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) camp this June. I'm pumped! I have to fill out 13-some odd pages of forms, but I think I'll pass. That'll be June 8th through the 14th. Don't worry, I'll take pictures. B-)

I had a solo in choir on Easter morning. It was scary. I believe I was actually shaking. The church was so dry so I thought my voice sounded nervous and crackly, but everyone said it sounded beautiful. Allrightythen! :)

April is officially here, which means many things: My sister's wedding, probably the biggest event, is the 19th. I finally have shoes and my dress etc. Let's hope I still fit. :P After that, I have an entire week off... at least at Forest View. I was asked to take "voluntary" vacation time. Oops, and now I have none left. Aw well. I'm going to use that week as a time to "reboot" myself--clean the apartment, paint the bedroom, look further into schools, draw, write some music, and relax. Get things back on track.

Like I said when I started this journal--March wasn't bad. Mandy celebrated birthday #22 and we explored the money-sucking world of gambling at Potawatomi. Yep, won nothing. Needless to say, it was a short trip. By the way... what ever happened to regular old church-style, elderly people bingo? I want to play some of that. XD

I'm in a musical funk. Can't find something good to listen to. This is always frustrating. I refuse to listen to the radio, but I hear 102.1 is playing stuff I'd like. Hooray! I was just about to give up hope of Milwaukee radio for several reasons, too.

Last, a little big lesson I learned today: the best things in life are, indeed, priceless. You'll see. I'd love to write a song about today, but here it is in plain text:

4 AM I wake up to the first Spring thunderstorm. Matt wakes up, too... we're such weather buffs. I find Trinity, the smallest and most independent of our 3 cats, curled in my arms--something she hasn't done since she was a kitten. The storm and the night roll on, and I dream a repeated dream of wandering into strangers' houses yet I don't get in trouble. I then dream about being consistently late for a class, an interview, etc. I try waking up early and fail. Then, thinking of the dreams, I blissfully realize I'm the late nurse and I can sleep in an extra half hour. I shower, dress, head to work in the mist and fog, skipping breakfast but consuming the best mint-mocha-from-powder-drink I've ever made. I get to work with Dr. Z, my personal hero for over a decade now, and the day goes by ridiculously smooth. I go to lunch in the pouring rain, but it's warm out so I don't mind getting a little soaked. :D Once the last patient is gone, one of the Dr. Dorringtons exclaims that the Brewers won their first game in extra innings--baseball season has officially begun. We all get out of work on time and so I go to my parents' house before choir practice. My dad comes home right before I leave and then my phone rings--before I answer I know it's Mandy telling me she got her acceptance letter from Chester. Deciding not to go to choir practice, Mandy and I run to the mall, get dinner, and take some fun pictures on yet another infamous night drive. We both get that indescribable feeling while driving through random parts of Wisconsin we swear we've never seen but somehow end up back on a familiar road that leads us past Frankenstein's lighthouse thingy. The whole way we take more pictures, talk about how we'll miss each other while listening to Jimmy Eat World and the Postal Service, secretly wishing they'd get together and collaborate on a CD. I get home and post/blog/comment on dA while simultaneously type up this journal. March is over, it's gone like a lamb. It smells, finally, of Spring, and I can keep the windows open tonight because for some reason it's getting warmer even though the sun went down hours ago. In a few minutes I'll get ready to sleep, throw on my Lyle Overbay jersey, and crawl back into bed with Matt and the cats. Full circle. Tomorrow I'll try to start April off the right way.

***

Besides maybe the food, nothing cost a thing. Indeed, we all have a priceless life.

I'm back!

I've let my life get way too crazy this past month, with Matt being in the hospital and being sick again and falling and screwing up his knee and getting the cold shoulder at work... poor Matt! And all the bills are just lovely, coming all at the best time. But that's enough complaining. I'm determined to not dwell on things much. :)

All in all, things are good. Matt and I are officially pre-approved, meaning we got the green light to make offers on houses, condos, etc. The search continues! Just waiting for that good deal to come along... and if it doesn't, we're content on renting another year. We'd rather not, but we will if that's how things go. Work is going well--Myranda, my 12-year-old ball of energy from Plymouth, is doing well but had a setback the other week. Came down with a nasty cold and even needed to go back on her ventilator (it's cute, the kids in her class, especially the one who she's kinda got a crush on, calls it her "breathy thing"). Unfortunately for her this means she won't get her trach out for at least a few more months. And it pushes back her big surgery (a spinal fusion to straighten out her back) until further notice. Jaden is doing excellent in my opinion, but sadly my opinion (and the family's) supposedly doesn't count for much. I went to a check-up with him earlier this week and it did not go well. The poor family keeps getting the runaround from his "medical team" and even I can sense that something just isn't right. This makes me want to fight harder yet quit the medical profession at the same time. Which leads me to the ever-present dilemma of wanting to go back to school and what for. I'm (be quiet) actually liking Forest View right now and if something goes wrong with Jaden (and now I'm definitely getting nervous) I wouldn't have a problem asking for more hours. Of course it's the one time in history that they're "overstaffed." Who knew. But GAH, I'd love to do SOMETHING else. Everyone's doing it--peer pressure! :D Seriously though, I'd love to continue nursing, but have it be on the side. I want to do way more. I'm praying I get some sort of clue as to what it's going to be. Either way, I'm excited.

Speaking of being excited, our road trip is coming up--FAST. Less than 3 weeks, I think! Which is a huge motivator to get things done. In fact, although it won't surprise anyone, I've made a to-do list of things I need to get done before the trip. And I made one for this weekend. And because I lose just about every piece of paper I write on nowadays, I'm putting it in my journal so I don't lose my mind. :P

But before that, what else can I update on... My sister's getting married in April. I go for my dress alterations today. I'm not over-excited about going (and am regretting having the entire can of raviolis this morning, hehe) but it has to be done. Or else there'll be room for everyone else's boobs in there come April. :D Yeah... she had her two bridal showers this month. Ours got it's ass kicked by her fiancee's side's shower... hands down. They literally got everything off their registry. Now they get to go register for more stuff. Lucky lawyers! Completely off-subject: Matt's playing a bowling game on his PS2 right now and I got the urge to go midnight bowling. Oh! And Matt finally has allowed the cats to come back into the bedroom at night. If they step on his tummy it's okay now. XD

Alright, time for the listageness. (Oh, come on, listageness isn't a word?!)

To Do Today - Thursday, February 21st 2008:
1) Work out
2) Shower
3) Transfer music
4) Cancel Verizon internet
5) Lost & Found
6) Paint pictures for grandparents
7) Put honeymoon pics onto a CD / print out
8) Clean out car (vacuum, car wash?)
9) Check dA (that'll take awhile)
10) Dress fitting
11) Taxes
12) Call in hours for Myranda, mail nursing notes
13) Make hoodie

To Do This Weekend:
1) Pay bills
2) Work Saturday
3) Clean!
4) Search for classes?
5) Transfer more music
6) Hang out with Kristin
7) Museum with Mandy
8) Go to the mall - Joan's gift
9) Write Laura

To Do Before the Road Trip:
1) Clean car and apartment (again)
2) Draw and post on dA
3) Make fun stuff for the trip... ;)
4) Make CDs
5) Software?
6) Write notice re: leaving or staying at apartment (due 3/15)

There was a total lunar eclipse last night. It rocked! I remember the last one when I was a wee child... it scared me because it was red and creepy. I think I cried or had nightmares or something (hey, I was 3) but then proceeded to write/draw a story about it. I think my mom still has all the "books" I made when I was little... I should look through those some time for a good laugh.

Speaking of which, I busted out some of my old sketch books from high school (like, when I first met Mandy--aww!) and realized that I think I drew better then. Am I losing my skills?! Only one way to reverse that... draw more! :)

Matt has the window open. It's like 3 degrees outside. I have no idea. Yet, somehow, and this makes absolutely no sense, it smells like spring and it's refreshingly cool in here.

My head's all stuffy. I think I'll go shower now.

Have yourself a merry little rest of your Thursday.

:)

Hi!
I'm sorry it's been so long! Was my last post about our "apartment fire?" Or whatever it was that we still don't know about? OK. A lot's happened since then. To be brief:

Matt had surgery (his appendix wanted out) a week ago. He had to stay a night in the hospital and naturally I was there. I would explain in detail the less-than-par care he received, but I'm trying not to think about it. Discussing it would further piss me off, and I don't think I've cried about it yet today and it's a few hours to midnight. OK, to be honest, I'm fine. I'm well past the upset stage. There is no use in me getting mad about something that's in the past. Matt is alive, and that's all that matters. I need to learn to get over things a little better--this has always been a weakness--and maybe a little quicker. All too often something nasty will pop into my head and instead of thinking of something else to divert my thoughts, I dwell over the bad. Gotta stop! "Life's too short to be pissed off all the time." I forget what movie that's from, American History X, maybe? Sure! Actually, yes.

ANYWAY. Matt's fine. He'll be off work for a few weeks. He's already getting bored. I'm now playing nurse 24/7. :D Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for a good recovery. THanks!!!

As for me, not much else is new. Busy as usual, reading a lot of Death Note thanks to Mandy (both of which helped keep me sane over this last week). I hung out at 6th grade with Myranda today and worked on her "Christmas present" all day at school--a drawing I'm really excited about. And if I ever get back on dA and caught up with everyone else's masterpieces, I may post it! XD Myranda will get the original, though.

There seems to be a rule that whenever I travel outside 20 miles of my home, there needs to be some sort of disgusting weather. I'm pretty positive that every snow storm we've had this year has fallen on a Tuesday or Wednesday night when I'm coming home from work in Racine. And every time I think I'm smart by taking the side streets versus the freeway... maybe the next snowstorm I'll learn? Like, #742 of the year? I'm waiting for the weathermen to be wrong for once! :P Tuesday night was a blizzard with white-out conditions so bad that I pulled over on more than one occasion. Today, the 1.25-hour trip to Plymouth was complimented by a 2+ hour trip home from Plymouth due to... you guessed it, snow! :D Hoorah. It's actually quite beautiful, now that I'm inside. It's comin' down! And YAY, I'm the late nurse tomorrow at Forest View. That means I get to sleep in a whole 30 minutes! I'm pumped.

We're all getting excited about the road trip to New Hampshire--42 days tomorrow! Tomorrow... is February. LENT is starting soon?! Crap, gotta think of some things to give up. Shouldn't be hard, it never is. 0:-D For some reason, that just made me think of Dane Cook. I watched some of him the other night on Comedy Central and it made me giggle. I wish he still did stand-up comedy. Uggh, all these cool no-name-people-turned-movie-stars... same thing happened to George Clooney. What? Yeah, no, seriously. I loved him on ER. I still can't take him seriously in any movie... I expect him to bust out his stethoscope and save some poor drowning child or something. XD

Speaking of ER, I may or may not have purchased the 8th season today from Target. I told myself not to spend any money on anything, but Matt talked me into it. I even used CASH. I know, I know, it's a shock. I can't remember the last time I used my debit card, which I guess is a good thing. Oooh, and hooray for tax time. Combined I think Matt and I had 7 jobs last year. It's going to be confusing.

Our house was sold... and not to us. :( Yet another reason I'm hoping January was my "March" of the year. That way, it'll be over tomorrow. Not that I'm uber superstitious or anything, but historically March is my worst month, for reasons unbeknown to me. Mandy and I agree, we hope January was "that month" and in less than 3 hours it'll be done.

So happy February! I can't wait to hang out with the Jedi tomorrow night. I'm experiencing withdrawals. Like, I'm doing handstands and craving apples. Wait...

XD

Once again, I'm going to bed early. Hopefully the next posts will be happier ones!

"I don't know how I'll get through this
But don't worry, I will.
Your words, they cut right through this
Please tell me you still care."
~Run Kid Run

God bless, and :)

PS. I want to see "Strange Wilderness" with Steve Zahn. The preview with the laughing shark makes me laugh uncontrollably sometimes. And yes, I just saw it. I also want to see "The Eye," just to cringe, and "Jumper."

G'night.

You're going to get a 4-for-1 deal today.

Saturday, January 13th 2008 --> Sunday January 14th 2008:
Worked with Jaden this weekend. He's doing fantastic. But he did wake up uber-early those days (like, 4-5 AM) so in turn went to bed early, too. I got some reading and drawing in, including a sketch of a picture for my other patient, Myranda. I get to color it tonight and hopefully Mandy and I will be putting together her Christmas present binder thingy. I see her tomorrow!

As far as dreams are concerned, they came six-fold on Saturday night. Here goes:

1) I was climbing some sort of snowy, icy mountain thing with a few other people. It reminded me of something they'd have on American Gladiators or whatnot, I was competing against someone or was on a team and the mountain looked man-made. All we had were little ice pick things. Unknowing, I "found" someone's picks and removed them, which caused the other team to fall / slide / plummet down the mount.

2) I was at a mall or a school (you know, same thing) with an escalator. In my dream I thought to myself, "I usually take the stairs, but I feel lazy today so I'll take the escalator." When I reached the top there was a group of "popular" girls from Greendale High School. I used to be friends with one of them so I tried to say hi, but she blew me off / pretended like she didn't recognize me.

3) I was shopping at a mall (yes, actually the mall this time) and remember going past a Christmas Card Store. Not like Hallmark--it was actually a kiosk-type place and everything was on clearance so I bought a ton of cards for my mom.

4) OK, this one makes no sense; I'm not sure if I was the "mom" or if I was just someone listening in on the conversation in this dream... Some lady was "pregnant" and I / whoever was asking her if she had the baby yet because she didn't look pregnant anymore. She TOTALLY nonchalantly says, "Oh, I had a miscarriage." And then, with a laugh, "Yeah, she was way too early and didn't look right so no big deal. We'll try again." It was... odd. Like it was seriously no big deal.

5) I was listening to some baby's lungs with my stethoscope and concurred with a fellow nurse that the baby did not have any breath sounds on the right side. And it was fine.

6) I was at my parents' house making Mrs. Grass's soup (yummeh). All of a sudden Mandy comes up to me and says, "Come on, we're going to go play drunken poker." Supposedly I had promised her once that I'd play, but I didn't want to. I kept telling her I couldn't because I had to finish making the soup.

Yep!

Monday, January 14th 2008 (Happy birthday, Bobby!)
The day just started off strange. Matt woke me up at 6:30 with a grim face and says, "There's something wrong. *pause* With the smoke detector." Sure enough, it was beeping every minute. Matt told me he already attempted to change batteries but we didn't have a fresh 9-volt. He actually took it off the ceiling and unplugged the electrical cords from it, too (we live in an apartment so I guess it's all connected on a system of some sort), set it on the kitchen counter with no battery or anything and it STILL chirped. He had to leave for work. I figured I had another 45 minutes of good sleep left, but no matter what I did--closed all the doors, even our bedroom--I could still hear the beeping. (And no, nothing was on fire. We checked.) Finally, without being able to fall back asleep, I dragged myself out of bed, showered, and had some time to run to Pick-N-Save to get a new battery. I got home with about 2 minutes left until I had to leave for work and safely get there on time. Of course, I couldn't get the smoke detector open. Flustered, I rushed out with the thing still bleeping and left the cats to go insane. Neither Matt nor I would be home until around 9 PM. I got to work exactly at 8:30, punched in, and set up shop at Dr Z's podium. It's a Monday so naturally the phones are swamped; I grab my book and start picking up a few calls. Everyone's complaining about some big scheduling mix-up (one of the nurses got screwed into being on the phones when she was supposed to be with Dr D) so I went to check out the schedule myself--I'm the late nurse?! I didn't have to come in until 9?! I assumed that it was someone's error and no one told me they switched me from early to late. It's not a huge deal, but kinda unfair because I rushed around that morning when I didn't have to. I went to vent to a few of the other nurses when one of them pulled out her paper schedule from weeks ago: I was supposed to be the late nurse after all. Oops, my bad. I felt like a complete idiot! :P I laughed it off, as instructed by Jimmy Eat World and wound up having a pretty good day. Matt went home sick so was able to fix the smoke detector (it was just the battery), I ended up getting out at a fairly decent time for a Monday, 5:30. Things have their way of working out. Mandy and I had dinner and watched some Saved By The Bell--there was a "marathon" (a whole whopping 6 hours or something... hardly a marathon in my terms) on the N. It was good. That night I think we worked out at 10 PM, even jogged a little on the treadmill! Unfortunately, Mandy's foot hurt and when I woke up yesterday morning I could barely walk on mine. Grr-ness!

Tuesday, January 15th 2008
I had one long weird dream going into Tuesday. That's about the highlight of the day, too. Oh, but then there was George Webb's with Mandy and Mark where the collective time we spent there was over 3 hours. XD That was definitely fun. And that grilled cheese was perfection.

So this dream! My "car," a red Pontiac Grand Am or something, was parked at my parents' neighbor's house. Not in the driveway--outside on a balcony on the second floor. I had to get to some class or huge final exam by 7 or I'd fail at life. It was that important. Unfortunately, no matter what I did, I couldn't get up to my car! There was no ladder, no stairway leading up, nothing. I had to ring their doorbell and ask to be led through their house. I felt bad; they were having some yuppie-like tea party and I felt bad for "intruding." The house was enormous but followed what the actual house looked like inside fairly accurately (I used to baby sit for their kids so I've been inside many times), just bigger. I went through a winding stairwell with several options for doors and eventually saw a red "glow" so I knew my car was close. I somehow drove off but it was 7:02 so panic was all over me. The "test" I was rushing to then turned into a concert. I was relieved because I remembered the concert didn't start until 3, so I had plenty of time. I met up with Katie V, who ironically owns a red/maroon Pontiac Grand Am, at some diner which also served as the parking lot for the concert. I had to pay $8 cash to a man for parking and all I remember thinking was, "It's a good thing I broke that $20 bill this morning!" (Which I haven't done in awhile, so who knows where that came from.) Katie and I, being there so early, decided to take naps in our cars.

I don't know!

Wednesday, January 16th 2008
I can't remember any dreams but I know I had them last night. I've still only been getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night. But the long one I just mentioned came after a GREAT sleep because of working out. Not much going on here; I worked at Forest View this morning, came home and napped, then met up with my mom to try on my bridesmaid dress for my sister's wedding. Woo-hoo, it fit! A little large in the boob area, but that's probably because I lack in the boob area. I'll have to get it altered. Now I'm off to Mandy's--I'm going to color my picture for Myranda, post on dA, run out to the store for printer cartridges, eat dinner, and maybe work out. There seems to be something missing, but I'll think of it later.

Take care! :D

Just a reminder to meself: Update LiveJournal x3-4 days with eccentric dreams and stories.

That is all.

Good night and God bless.

~Me

(Windshield packages = keywords to remind me of my dreams... Matt's truck's windshield was smashed by who knows what in my dream; it was still attached but cracked. I touched it and somehow moved it up and down and it still didn't shatter. It was almost smushy. Then we left the truck and sat down in a field or the outside of an airport terminal--whichever you prefer. We watched as a UPS guy delivered a package of clothing? and just dropped it next to the curb. A USPS truck then rolled over the package and drove off, only to come back a minute later from the same direction it first came. The woman inside jumped out to deliver a package that wasn't exactly wrapped--it was a large ugly doll-like thing with one of those styrofoam peanuts on its nose. Aaaand that was my dream from last night.)

Worked with Jaden all day today and it was productive: he's getting so strong so we both got a workout today. XDDD He fell asleep early, too, so I got to do a bit of writing. As in to-do list stuff. I made a rough draft of my "bucket list" and then started a random likes/dislikes list. Touched up the master song list, too. Oh! Mandy, I finished Death Note 2. I'll need 3 and maybe 4. :)

Took a brief walk with the boy tonight and it was cold. Didn't quite walk off the spaghettios with meatballs that I ate tonight, though... yes, to clarify, I had a craving and the only can left was the "emergency" one in my car. :P

Hmm, short entry. I really felt like drawing, too, but I'm choosing sleep. Grr.

Wow, I haven't watched SNL in ages. It kinda sucks. At least the Shins were on. OK, and the iPhone thing was kinda funny.

God bless. Night night.

Once more, thank you Motion City Soundtrack for contributing to the subject of my posts.

Interesting day! Maybe. I worked at Forest View all day which was basically uneventful; I was on the triage phones all day. Usually there are two of us on the phones, three on Mondays. Today the other nurse was training a new nurse so unfortunately it felt like I answered every call today. It was a little crazy, but I understand the need to train and explain things. I was there not too long ago! Still, frustrating on occasion because I still feel like I'm learning the ropes sometimes. :P

Visited my mom briefly... she took the day off because of her laser eye thingy yesterday. She has to manage putting 3 different eye drops in at different times--I'd need a day off, too! She's fine, though. Yay.

Mandy and I saw an incredibly awesome Indie movie, "Juno." Two thumbs up, we highly recommend it! XD As movies do from time to time, it inspired us to waste gas and consume Mountain Dew--one of our favorite passtimes. Hey, at least gas prices are coming down. ;) Drove with Mandy past The House and drooled over it some more. We listened to a plethora of genres of music tonight, including but not limited to: The Transformers Score, B-315 (Japan's Blink-182), M.O.V.E. (another Asian band that kicks some nice butt), random old-school Dave Matthews and No Doubt, etc. etc. etc. Oh, and somewhere in there we stopped at Super WalMart and walked a lap or two to get some exercise.

Came back and crashed a bit. Damn sugar highs. Ohh to be 18 again. *Busts out AARP card*

I got home not too long ago, played with Kiefer a bit (he cuddled with me), and now I can't decide if I want to stay up or go to bed. Whoa, and it's 1:30 already. When did that happen? (Derrrr, maybe after 1:29? Shut up, Monica.)

So... this dream I had last night. I had a few but only really remembered this one. I know why I had it--Matt and I watched "Drawn Together" last night and they did a spoof of "Muppet Babies." They "accidentally" killed their babysitter, so of course I dreamed that I was watching someone get murdered. But it was so strange; it was a lady and supposedly she was one of the wives of the doctors I work for. She was maybe in the hospital? And I watched some creepy nurse pull the proverbial plug and had to watch the other woman struggle for a breath. I don't think I was actually there, it was like I was watching a movie. Then suddenly she was out walking around, perfectly fine, along some road with mountains or bluffs alongside. She was trying to escape somewhere? Sure!

I put the finishing touches on my master favorite songs list the other day. Here are the grand totals, and I'll be sure to put up the official list at some point:
124 songs broken into 7 CDs, ranging from 17-19 songs each:
3 CDs of songs with "orgasm parts"-- 1 CD of faster songs, 1 CD of slower songs, and 1 CD of overall orgasmic songs.
1 CD of sappy slow songs
1 CD of happy slow songs
1 CD of rawktastic songs
1 CD of uber-inspirational songs
Oh. And then there's a CD for the best of Ben Gibbard; basically my favorite Postal Service + Death Cab songs.
And another 2 CDs of "honorable mentions"--songs that didn't quite make my 124 but still rock.

I know. I'm a nerd.

And it's color-coded by highlighter and everything in one of my notebooks. It takes up almost 30 pages with me switching around things and making rough drafts of the lists, etc. I KNOW. I'm really weird.

That's enough for now, I s'pose. I've got some major heartburn. I'm thirsty. I feel like eating one of those Italian ice things. That's a lot of random information. Now I'm speaking like someone's boss (not sure which one at all). You know. Because they shock your heart and let you go home 2 hours later. Right, House? Oh wait, NO.

EEEeeeEEEeeek--one of the cats just clawed some styrofoam (how the heck to you spell that?) and it made me shiver and cringe.

I know, more vital information.

God bless and pleasant dreams.

To my pen-pal: I'm glad you enjoyed my novel of a letter with your 2-year-old package.

To Kristin: I really hope you get that job! Finally: people who called you back.

To Mom: Get well soon! Rest those eyes (she had laser eye surgery--something I couldn't do ever. Leave my eyes alone. No touchie!)



Whaaaat?! I just saw a commercial for Jeep that literally said "random road trips" in the commercial. And something about aliens abducting you right from the front seat. Wow. Maybe I'm on drugs.

Thank you, Motion City Soundtrack. XD

Sorry I didn't post yesterday--it was just one of those "off" days. I still haven't slept well, grr! Yesterday was fine, just kinda long. Nothing extraordinary happened, I don't think.

Today was one of those "where-did-my-day-off-go?" days. I got up early-ish (still didn't remember any dreams--this is getting frustrating!) to get the cats to their shot appointment. Well... I spent about a half hour trying to get them all into the cat carrier thing and, of course, one of them just had to hide under the Christmas tree to make us all late. Aw well, I forgive you, Trinity! Somehow they all FIT inside the carrier... don't know how, with Lyle being overweight. Yes, they told me he needs to get on the kitty treadmill and go on a diet. Oh come on, he's just big-boned. :)

After that I spent a fair amount of time on the phone with West Allis Memorial Hospital and my insurance company. Who knew having 2 chest x-rays would wind up costing me almost a grand? Ugh. I loathe health insurance. Or at least ours. It sucks. They don't pay for anything, so it's kind of pointless to have it. Aw well. Sorry for the rant.

Then I went to mah foot doctor. It was one of those 5-minute appointments. Fun! No shot for me today... hooray! I get to go back in a month to see if I need custom-made orthodics or whatever.

Matt and I ran around and stopped at our bank to research mortgage loans and stuff... didn't get far. On the way home it began to drizzle. Once we got home we made a pizza (grr, didn't do well with the diet and exercise thing today) and when we next looked out the window, the snow was coming down in half-dollar sized flakes. They were huuuuge! We tried taking pictures but they didn't exactly turn out. Of course, then it was time to drive to Caledonia (normally about a 15 minute drive) to meet up with Matt's friend's dad, the real estate guy, at a house we wanted to check out. Took a good 30 minutes in the flash blizzard. The house was gorgeous. Ohhh, we both loved it. We'll see what happens, but we're gonna look for other places because chances are slim that we'd get this one. At least we have some time yet.

Came home, had a craving for chocolate milk. I think I added more chocolate syrup than milk--mmmmm. XD

I took a "nap" from 8-8:30 which I knew would be a mistake... it made me more tired, but I didn't plan on doing too much more tonight except write a blog and check my email and such. S'all good.

Back to work tomorrow and this weekend.

Sorry for the most boring journal entry ever! Hopefully I'll draw some more and post on dA tomorrow... gotta keep up with that. One post a week. That's my goal.

Good night and God bless.

Mandy--hope you feel better!

There's talk of discussing our potential podcast tomorrow. w00t!

OK, that is all. Take care.

I just got an urge to watch "Cars." No idea.

Not much to report here. I had another one of those restless nights but I think I at least got 4-5 hours last night. Can't remember dreams. I almost did, it was on the tip of my... tongue? I worked all day, 8 AM to 10 PM as usual on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Matt did all the work today--he called around some people to set up an appointment to look at a house and talked to a bank or two to get an idea on mortgage loans. Eeew, that sentence just made me feel really old. So... we by no means have money for a house. Oh well. We'll still look, just for fun, on Thursday. This made me kinda bummed, but it also got me excited. We'll either try to look for a cheaper apartment or a condo. That way we can start saving up instead of diving into something that might screw us over. Saving for what, I don't know for sure: Mandy has inspired me by taking a few classes this spring and by applying for college. Maybe if I save up some, I'll take a summer class. I'm thinking something at MATC, depending on what they have to offer and when, maybe a music class. Or a biology class I haven't taken yet, to see if I'd want to go back to school for something such as Physician Assistant. Not sure I want to commit to that if I don't know for sure it's what I want to do. All I know is, I can't do what I'm doing right now for the rest of my life. Maybe I'm one of those ADD people who needs to constantly change what they're doing. I'm all fidgety. Oh, cool, that's a word. All in all, I'm inspired by what everyone else around me is doing--which is not settling for ordinary.

So, rock on to anyone who has a dream to do something more with their life. I say, go for it. What do you have to lose? Again, "nothing is worse than missing out on all the opportunities that could've changed your life."

Hmm. I need good sleep. I feel weird.

This is going to be short.

I worked today.

That is all.

Ohh, fine, I'll update a few more sentences. Happy birthday, Dad! I'm glad we got to have an hour-long conversation tonight about the most random things. Enjoy your gift certificate to Hobby Lobby... and if you don't use it soon, I'll be glad to take it off your hands. XD

I had a strange sleep (again) last night: I was extremely tired but, because of the caffeine (I'm only assuming), I had a major malfunction with falling asleep. I think it was finally around 2-something, and even then it was one of those "let's wake up on the hour every hour until you have to wake up for work" sleeps. Needless to say, I don't remember my dreams. I know I had at least one, but I can't remember it. Sorry.

Work was okay (what?! "okay" is a word now? I swear yesterday it wasn't), same with choir. Mandy and I had Cousins subs and watched old(er) Degrassi. We are fully aware of our nerdiness. Aww, "nerdiness" is not a word. Hmph. <--what? That either? OK. Sorry. I'll stop. But there's so much underlined redness!

I suppose something exciting did happen today: it tornadoed! Not by me, but in Kenosha (for all my non-Wisconsin-native friends, that's 2 counties away). I guess there were a total of 5 reported tornadoes, but miraculously no deaths or serious injuries. Still, scary stuff! The sky was strange when I got out of work; kinda felt and smelled like a cool summer night. And the fog is still hanging around... because despite the 60-degree record-breaking heat we had today, there are still monstrous snow piles everywhere.

Hmm. That's about it! Sleep, and hopefully a decent one, awaits me. Maybe it'll be such a good sleep that I'll be functional at 6 AM to do Tae Bo. Because I did not work out today. It's a big maybe. I'll keep you posted. Literally.

Sleep well!

God bless.

I updated a lot at my deviantART (http://shockwave742.deviantart.com) so I hope this is quick!

I stayed up late last night, unaware Matt set his alarm for 5:15 AM. I'd only gotten maybe 3 hours of sleep so I was cranky by default. I wanted to go back to bed. But then out of nowhere I sprang up and out of bed, ready to go at 5:45. We went ice fishing. In the FOG. It was awesome! And it was warm. Record temps for this time of year in Wisconsin--52 degrees I think was the high. Don't worry, we didn't fall in. The ice had a nice layer of water on top of it (thank goodness for ice cleats... that gave me blisters) but all in all, the thickness was still about 6-7 inches. (You only need 3 or more to not fall through, according to Matt. And he knows his ice.) The fog was incredible, especially when it started to lift. You couldn't see anything in front of you or behind you, but you could see the trees and houses on shore about 20 feet up. Can't describe it too well, but I tried taking pictures. And once I figure out how to put those on my computer, I'll post them!

Speaking of that, I signed up for one of those free Mac classes at Mayfair Mall. Probably would've been a little more helpful in, say, November, but hey. It was on my to-do list, and now it's being taken care of! XD

Matt and I almost caught our limit of fish--24 keepers, which Matt's dad filleted (how the heck do you spell that?) for us. We'll cook it Monday night maybe. Overall we probably caught near 100 fish, only SLIGHTLY better than Friday's ZERO. :) And because it wasn't that cold, I stayed warm the entire time. Woo!

I took two naps (or more, if you count the ones in the car). The first was at Matt's dad's, then somewhere in between 5-7 PM. During the latter, I had fallen asleep on the couch with the TV on which made for some strange dreams. One was of making some dip (that I actually volunteered to make on Wednesday for some work "party") and me getting mad because no one had thawed the butter or cream cheese for me. The next dream was me trying to meet up with my old roomie before she went back to school and the meeting place was the lake Matt and I had just gone fishing on. The next dream was the winner: I was in some meeting room with a bunch of people but it was a sex offender trial? I don't know. This guy, who was a young-maybe-18-year-old, was trying to plead his case that he didn't do anything wrong to some girl and that he was gay. And the voice did NOT match the face: one minute he was speaking like a typical teenager with that newly-pubescent voice; the next, he was talking like Brian from Family Guy. That dream turned into another: I was in the same room with some girl and we found a random post card from a former patient at the doctor's office I work at. I don't remember the name, but it was some girl bragging about being homecoming queen. The girl I was with got all upset and started writing obscenities on the postcard. We started bashing this homecoming queen postcard girl and ripping on popular people when Dr. Dorrington walked in. We shut up because we thought maybe one of his daughters had been homecoming queen at some point--truth is, I think one of them was! That was it. *** As it turns out, Family Guy was on, followed by American Dad where there was some beef about being homecoming queen at a reunion. I love when the TV's on while you're trying to sleep!

Hmm. I still have things to do tonight. But I've been productive this weekend. Matt and I went the next step and set up an appointment to look at the Racine house on Thursday with a real estate person. In the meantime, as in tonight, I would like to get a lot more done: draw, write Mandy's letter of recommendation, work out, EEE! get my Dad a birthday present (it's his birthday in about 21 minutes), etc.

Again, did well with the resolutions. Didn't eat the greatest today, but ice fishing is such a workout. I'm drained and my feet hurt. Maybe I won't workout tonight. Maybe I'll at least start the letter and then call it a night. Wow, talk about coming down from a sugar high! I'm all of a sudden tired.

My only hope is that I keep up with my resolutions now that I'm going back to work. I got so much accomplished this weekend, but I had 3 solid days off. I really hope I don't fall behind. I hope I still make time for things and get up on time, etc. We'll see what happens! Wish me luck.

Another highlight of the day: The Transformers score was released! Back in October... wow, where was I? I went ahead and downloaded the entire thing using some iTunes giftcards. Hooray! You don't know how happy I am about this. :D

Yep, I completely came down from the Dew high. Sleep is always good. Overrated, but good.

Have a great night.

God bless.

I'm excited!

I had a productive day. Slept 'til around noon-ish but woke up a bunch of times before then. I think I finally dragged my butt out of bed around 12:30. I actually made breakfast for both Matt and I. I took a walk with Mandy around her old apartments--approx. 4+ miles! We did a lot of talking and we've both come to the conclusion that our excitement cannot be contained. Road trips, school, moving, etc. Not even Chuck Norris with a lasso would be able to curb our craziness. I became so thirsty at around mile #2 that I decided to munch on some snow. I made sure it wasn't yellow. It was delicious! And it completely quenched my thirst--twice!

Once I got home Matt and I had dinner. Since we're planning on going ice fishing at some point tomorrow, we did a bit of running around to various places, i.e. Gander Mountain. Gander is Matt's "Target;" he simply cannot leave the store without buying something. :) After Gander, we decided to attempt to find this house in Racine we've been looking at. Like the idea of college for Mandy, this particular house just keeps popping up. I've seen it twice now when searching several real estate sites; it caught my eye the first time and then more recently. Maybe it's a sign? I thought maybe there'd be another "sign" in the name of the street or the address or something, but not really. The address is 2815 and that adds up to 16... hmm... ohh, sorry. I'm a nerd like that. Anywho, we tried to find the house awhile ago when we first went aimlessly driving around in Racine. We couldn't find it. May or may not have been my fault since I completely forgot the directions. This time, I wrote them down and we found it easily. It was dark, so obviously we couldn't see it too well, but it was awesome. It seems a little too good to be true, so I'm not getting my hopes up sky-high... it's just fun to look! It's not too far, and it seems to be in a nice area. We'll see. We might actually make an appointment to see it sometime later this week. The good news is that it looks like the people have already moved out--the internet says "immediate" for the move-in date. Hence why the price keeps coming down: Definitely a plus. I'll keep you posted!

We came home and did laundry, cleaned, played with Kiefer and the cats, showered, and finished the 3rd season of Grey's Anatomy. Whoo! The rest of the night was boring; I paid some bills (ouchies! says my checking account), checked my email, blah blah blah. I think I'll subscribe to deviantART tomorrow. I've got 441 deviations (and counting) to check and I CAN'T SEE THEM. *Screams a terrified scream*

I had crazy dreams last night, and a total of 3 that I can remember. Gotta love that number. The first dream consisted of me sitting outside on lawn chairs in the driveway of my aunt/cousin's house. It was dark out, so I'm not sure why we were sitting around outside. Their garage was open and they had a bonfire in it? I'm not sure. There were some interesting guests at the party and that's as far as I'm going to go with that. Suddenly, I was "paged" and so the second dream turned into me checking some huge switchboard thing inside the garage. It was supposedly some big computer that randomly selected an "event" for the night? Well, the event that it told me to host was "swimming." I have no idea. Then I panicked because I had forgotten to tell the high school or something to fill the pool beforehand. I don't know! So the third dream was me going to the "event" but instead I wound up at Children's Hospital on the 4th floor, where I used to work. Completely didn't look like 4-West, though. Nonetheless, I checked on my "patient" who was alarming (yes, full-out triple alarming... that brought me back) and it was Myranda, the girl I occasionally do private duty nursing for. I went in her room (it was some strange humongous room that looked like it could be an OR but it wasn't and it was dark because it was nighttime) and found her in her bed, having what looked like a seizure. Turned out she was only dreaming so I woke her to make sure she was okay. (What? LiveJournal spell-checker? "Okay" isn't a word? Seriously?! What planet have I been living on...) She woke up but it totally didn't look like her. And she was completely moving around like normal, which kinda made me sad. Aw well! We ended up "hanging out" and then the morning came and I was expected to give report to the next nurse. The last thing I remember thinking/saying was, "Should I punch in for this?"

:P I have no idea.

Tomorrow we may go ice fishing. I'd better catch some fish. Or I'll cry. Aha! That reminds me; I need to charge my gear. And do some more laundry. And finish that ice fishing comic!

Have a pleasant night. I'll close with 3 good quotes that worked their way into my head today:

1) "Nothing is worse than missing out on an opportunity that could've changed your life." I'm pretty sure it was said on Grey's Anatomy.
2) "All we can do is keep breathing." I'm pretty sure this was also from Grey's Anatomy, in song-form I think. It was repeated over and over but stood out. And then it just reminded me of CastAway and Tom Hanks saying, "Just gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. And who knows what the tide could bring?" A port-o-potty door to be used as a sail for your getaway boat, Tom! Oh, sorry. And that wasn't the 3rd quote.
3) Oooh, this one is my favorite and I might just use this as the theme of 2008: "Do not neglect the gift that is in you." ~1 Timothy 4:14

Take care and God bless!

XD ~Monty

I had an extremely productive day off today. I got up early (9:00!), went to Forest View to pick up my computer (it was there--thank Heavens) and fix my time card online thingy, stopped at the bank to deposit a check and take out another money order to send to the people who pay me for Myranda, popped in our landlords' office to get Penny's vet records (all 3 cats get to have shots next Thursday, this should be a blast) and tell them we'll be moving out at some point, came home, and called my insurance company to ask about othodics for my feets (which aren't covered at all, boo). The nurse at the foot doctor's office and I had a nice conversation about how we despise health insurance policies. It was fun!

Matt and I went ice fishing with a bunch of people today. We went out to Eagle lake which little did I know was about a block away from where I went to a wedding this past June. I wondered why the roads looked so familiar! I had an epiphany today: I'm out of shape. Severely out of shape. Hopefully this will change soon. I didn't catch a thing. I had a few bites and even hooked one, but he wiggled himself free when my hook got caught on the ice. Little sneak. It was warm for typical ice fishing weather but the wind proved to be a little bitch. My hands froze. But please don't get me wrong--it was still fun.

I left the boys early and met up with Katie V for Starbucks. I had a "skinny cafe mocha" (non fat, no whipped cream, no anything, really) and it was so-so. Probably won't have it again. Katie and I talked about school and it made me long to go back. Especially with Mandy seriously considering it, it's giving me motivation to look into it, too. If I don't do it now, then when?

I have the hiccups. Which sucks because a) I hate the hiccups and b) Matt and I just watched a Grey's Anatomy episode where Meredith's step-mom dies from, in a roundabout way, the hiccups.

My leg hurts. I think it's radiating from my foot, which is feeling better in some places but hurts a lot on the sides. I must be walking funny again.

I'm sleepy but excited about sleeping in tomorrow! No alarms here. :)

I know I had them, but I can't remember my dreams from last night.

I did well with the resolutions again. Not 100%, but close.

What else... oh! The one thing that was on my to-do list today that I hadn't done before ice fishing was to call Children's Hospital (again) and try to sort out the latest BS. I let it go and decided no, they can do the calling. And they did! GASP--someone calling ME back?! That almost always... doesn't? Wow.

I'm sounding way too cynical for what I am really feeling, sorry 'bout that! I'm actually in a good mood.

Sleeping in! Yesssssss.

God bless.

Ugghhh, LiveJournal! Sometimes I really don't like you... I was almost done with a post and I hit "backspace" and somehow that deleted the entire thing and brought me to the main page. WTH.

Well, I was just rambling anyway... isn't that what a journal is for?

OK.

I did pretty well with the resolutions today, but it started like so:

I intended to get up at 6 so I could walk to Pick-N-Save to pick up some essentials, stop by the post office to mail Laura's 2-year-old package, walk home, shower, eat breakfast, and go to work.

6 turned into 6:45. 6:45 turned into 7. 7 turned into 7:09 before I finally dragged myself out of bed. Well, I got the shower in and had breakfast in the car, does that count for anything? :P I figured if I left early I could swing by the Pick-N-Save right next to the office. Not as healthy as walking, but it would do. The good news is I left nice and early but forgot I had to scrape my car (good thing we didn't do any walking today--it was like 2 or 3 degrees out, not including the wind chill) so I didn't have time after all to stop anywhere... BUT! I got to work at record time. Well, maybe not.

It was a fairly decent day until around 4 PM and things got a little crazy, as they're known to get from time to time. I was happy to leave after I finished up some paperwork that I could've left for another day but finished--I listerally ran to my car. Mandy and I met up for dinner at Webb's and then headed home. I was about halfway there when I realized I was having a blond moment: I took my laptop with me today. You know, just in case I felt the urge to steal a few of Mandy's CDs and import them to iTunes. I didn't want to leave my computer to freeze in my car, so I took it in and stored it beneath my work station area podium thing. Place. Town. Ville. Ohh, sorry. Yep, you can see where this is going: I left my computer at work. I freaked out for a moment, and then stopped. There was nothing I could do; I used to have a key to the clinic when I was an office assistant but had to forfeit my copy last year to someone new. Thankfully, I'm not too worried because I know the clinic is well protected place, with thousands of medical records and all... I'll have to run in bright and early tomorrow and retrieve it. Can't stay away from that place, I guess, even on my day off. :P

I stopped to say hello to the 'rents, got gas (before it went up to $3.25--pssshht, boo!), purchased my fishing license (whoops, should've done that last March), and came home. I may or may not go ice fishing tomorrow with some boys. I hope I remember how. But I'll also have plenty to do since I've procrastinated on a lot of things. Gotta stick with the resolutions and try to get things done in a timely fashion.

Speaking of, I did well today. Ate decent, only had one Dew (I'm not sure how I'm still awake), drank a lot of water, got some stuff done, and finished a drawing AND colored it AND posted it on deviantART. Hoo-rah! Ooh, and I'm posting another journal entry. I'm on a roll! I can't decide if I'm tired or not; I kinda feel like drawing some more. So many ideas.

I had weird dreams last night but the only two I can remember were a) riding a train somewhere, possibly down to Parkside? and b) going to the foot doctor, except the foot doctor was really Dr. Amy from the clinic and it was the most informal thing ever; I think I met up with her in a WalMart and we were sitting at one of those round fold-out card tables drinking Starbucks and talking about Grey's Anatomy.

My pedometer says that I've walked over 6 miles today. I'm not sure I believe that. Probably because I dropped it in the toilet a few months ago.

And that seems like a good note to end things on.

G'night and God bless.

Greetings!

This entry is almost one of those "4 Years Later" situations...

I'm going to try to use my LiveJournal as a place to a) record my dreams, b) keep a daily log of my resolutions, c) communicate with my bff (as if AIM, the phone, dA, and in person weren't good enough), and d) brainstorm random ideas.

Mandy recapped 2007 in her journal, so I suppose I will, too:
January: new car
February: road tripped to Canada
March: road tripped to Kentucky
April: ?
May: Six Flags, my ("nobody likes you when you're") 23rd birthday
June: oh Lord... 1st Anniversary, car accident, quit Children's Hospital, took a new job
July: road tripped to Laona for the 3rd year in a row
August: saw "Transformers" a few times
September: flew to Pennsylvania, took a "new" job at Forest View
October: went camping
November: Matt's 24th birthday
December: oyy, busy and stressful as usual!

Aww, April was a loser in 2007. XD

As for resolutions, I'm pretty much trying the same ones I did last year. They were all good ones, and over the past year I've started to do some of them on a consistent basis. Others... well, yeah. Let's just say I need some work with organization, punctuation, and motivation. "Doing great in 2008!"

Wait. No.

So! Resolutions. Sorry if you didn't care to know the details.

Daily Goals:
    ~ Wake up on time
    ~ Stretch and ice foot before getting up
    ~ Record sleep hours and dreams
    ~ Pray
    ~ Brush teeth, floss, etc., shower
    ~ Take vitamin
    ~ Check email x3
    ~ Check Facebook, MySpaces (maybe once a week since I don't frequent them)
    ~ Check dA
    ~ Update LiveJournal
    ~ Take the stairs, not the elevator
    ~ NO biting nails, picking zits, etc.
    ~ Use cash and save change
    ~ Drink lots of water
    ~ Choose at least one of the following daily:
       - Draw
       - Write
       - Read
    ~ Choose at least one of the following daily:
       - Guitar
       - Piano / keyboard
       - Sing / songwrite
       - Compose something / mess around on computer
    ~ Wash face
    ~ Balance accounts
    ~ Stretch and ice foot before bed
    ~ Pray with Matt
    ~ Record miles walked
    ~ No eating after 8 or 9 PM
    ~ No fast food except on weekends
    ~ Make a meal at least a few times a week
    ~ Eat well, try to limit caffeine intake
    ~ Work out
       - Walk
       - Tae-Bo
       - Swim
       - Tennis
       - Roller blade
       - Ice fish
Weekly Goals:
    ~ Post on dA
    ~ Go to church
Daily Chores:
    ~ Feed the cats and Kiefer (fresh water, food, treats) AM & PM
    ~ Sift through litter boxes
    ~ Do dishes
Weekly Chores:
    ~ Do laundry
    ~ Clean litter boxes / Kiefer's cage
    ~ Clean bathroom, kitchen, vaccuum
    ~ Get out, do something fun
Bonus:
    ~ Perform at least one act of random kindness / go out of the way to do something for someone else
    ~ Smile more

Thank goodness I kept that list from last year. I wish this was imprinted in my brain. If I could make a checklist or some sort of template online, that would rock. If I kept something like this in a notebook, which I've attempted in the past, I'd waste too much paper I think. Maybe I'll put this onto a dry-erase board... but it would need to be one of those extra-large ones like House has.

As for posting on dA... so many ideas, so many things started; I think posting once a week is a realistic goal. Starting... the 3rd? Sure, why not. (Because you know I'm too lazy and tired to finish something and post it tonight. And I'd have to dig out the CD to install my printer in my new computer, which I have not done yet.)

Looking back at the resolutions for today, I did pretty well. I'm definitely not perfect. But who is? Everyone has their flaws! :)

Ooh! Dreams. Something about going up a huge staircase and then overlooking an empty living room area. Then I went outside and it was somewhere in a bad area downtown? I dunno. With train tracks. We (I'm not sure who "we" consisted of, but I think my cousin Caroline was there? And Jaden, my patient?) had to race to the train tracks and back for some reason. And then I didn't have shoes and I needed them for something--boarding a plane? So we had to stop at this random store that was actually open for the holiday and they didn't have my size. Darn my big feet! Then I saw some people from Forest View with their kids. That might have been it. I kept waking up and tossing and turning in the morning because Matt got up at 8-something and I tried to sleep in until 11-ish.

What else... I guess that's it for the night!

Take care and God bless.
~Me!