and when the stuff i am annoyed with doesn't fit into my facebook status.

seriously, everything i've touched today has gone wrong. bought picture frame at hobby lobby that was in pieces that were supposed to slide together, but they don't. so i can't hang up the picture i bought. the other picture that i have framed i can't get to hang up on the damn wall, and consequently now have black marks on my nice yellow paint. tried to move the bookcases downstairs, discovered that two of them are actually in two pieces, and it's way to awkward to move. so i can't do that either. would like to move money from my savings account into my CD, but can't make my online banking log-in work, so i can't do that. bought some cool things to hang on the bedroom walls, but you know, with the way things have been going, i'm not even going to try. i suppose i should go the gym or something. or go to the bank. or back to hobby lobby to buy the missing pieces to the frame. or give this room a second coat of paint. or start painting the bathrooms.

at least i got chipotle for lunch.

and if you don't like it, you can move to Canada. Those of us who stay won't really care.

Also this is funny:

Dear Red States:
>
> We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and
> we're taking all the Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware,
> that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota,
> Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this
> split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people
> of the new country the United States of Enlightenment.
>
> To sum up briefly:
> You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell
> research and the best beaches.
> We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood.
> We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom.
> We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss.
> We get 85 percent of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You
> get Alabama.
> We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states
> pay their fair share.
>
> Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the
> Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a
> bunch of single moms. Please be aware that we will be pro-choice and
> anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at
> once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have
> kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no
> purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their
> children's caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq , and
> hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not willing to spend our
> resources in Bush's Quagmire.
>
> With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent
> of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple
> and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of
> America's quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners)
> 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most
> of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and
> condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Berkeley, Stanford
> , Cal Tech and MIT.
>
> With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88
> percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care
> costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the
> tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern
> Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh,
> Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get
> Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.
>
> Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was
> actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred
> unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say
> that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved
> in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy bastards believe you are people
> with higher morals then we lefties.
>
> Finally, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed
> they grow in Mexico
>
> Peace out,
>
> Blue States "

so....hi. it's been a while. that's because i rarely have time to write anything except papers for class and e-mails these days. i'm a little stressed....two presentations today, a paper due (it's done tho)....and i still hate public speaking. why can people just not except that not everyone is going to be an amazing public speaker and that we should all overcome our fears? i say plllffffffffft to that.

i also have another big project that i need to get going on. it isn't due til august 1st, but we leave on vacation july 27th (yay!) but it means i need to get it done before we go. but the project will give me a big leg up on starting my applied research (my program's version of a thesis) so i need to make it good. the better it is, the less things i will have to correct.

plus a large portion of our house is being painted this week, so the whole house is a mess because everything's moved around....so i'm gonna have to deal with that when it comes time to clean up. but it looks so awesome! i can't wait to paint more of it. i think the kitchen and the other two rooms downstairs will be next.

did i mention i have family coming down next week? my grandparents are going to finally get to see where i live, plus mom and some aunts may be coming too. so i definitely have to clean a bit. well a lot, compared to the way things are right now.

i had also planned on sorting through my closets and sending stuff up to delaware to my old church for their clothing giveaway. i don't think i'm gonna make that. mom suggested she could make an extra trip down to get stuff....but i have a big paper to write, a house to clean, work next week, CPR recertification, and about a zillion other commitments to get to. not that i wouldn't love to have people down an extra day. but seriously, when? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....i need one of these days coming up to be 48 hours long so i can get all this other stuff done.

but. we are going to mexico for a whole week. and it will be beautiful and relaxing and i will not have any homework to worry about by then (until we get home and i have to start my econ final....and then work will start. which i have not missed over the summer by the way). but vacation will be good.

i try not to think about going back to work. the more i think about it the more i dread it. i hate two-a-days, waking up early, being there allllllllll day long, starting the endless weekends of traveling, balancing it all with school, and still having a life. oh, did i mention that they're trying to stick me with cheer and dance again next year? our head boss says i don't have to, but i'm afraid he'll cave into the other two jerks on staff and make me do it again. yep, that'll make for a miserable year. not really looking forward to going back.

but i'm going on vacation...have to keep thinking about that and nothing else...

well, i'll write more in....probably october.