Feelin' Good!

Today has been a really great day. Actually, it's been a really great week overall. :]

Yesterday was Matt's birthday and we went home for the night. It was really nice to go home for a night. We had a good bit of time to ourselves which was also really nice. He had a great day and I was there to share it with him. I got him a fishing rod that he really loved and of course he got other gifts from his family he also enjoyed. But yesterday was just a really good day.

Today was also a really good day. Class this morning was nice. I've spent a lot of time with a good friend of mine today, too. It was nice to just chill out with her. We've been getting close and are probably going to room together next semester in the dorms (and I'm really looking forward to that!!). I got my hair done today, too. It. Is. Gorgeous. I got it done for really cheap, too. There is a lab salon here for the cosmetology students and PRCC students get serious discounts for it. Lol. I got my hairstylsd for only $3. Crazy right? It's so awesome.

So yeah, it's been a really great week. :]

Back to Work

Yep. Unfortunately. :P

My spring break was really great. I spent most of my time relaxing, which was awesome. I got a lot of much needed rest. I also spent a good bit of time with my family and that was very nice because I don't get to do much of that anymore.

AAAANNNDDD, over spring break I got a new car (and a couple of other new things that I'll talk about too lol)!! It's really nice and I love it already. It's a silver Saturn Vue. Although I love my Z, this car has so many perks to it that my oldie didn't have. For example, the gas gauge on my Z was broken and so I had to keep track of my mileage, but my Saturn's gauge works! Lol. It also has electronic locks and MUCH better gas mileage. I absolutely love it! :D

I also got a new laptop and cell phone. However, when my dad and I went to pay for them neither were in stock. BUT! I'm coming home Wednesday for the night and I'm getting them then. I'm VERY happy to have both of them. I've been needing both for quite a while, so it feels awesome to know that in a couple of days I'll have a brand new laptop and cell phone.

Wednesday is Matt's birthday! He'll be 21!! Lol. But anyway, he and I are going home that night for his birthday and I'm really looking forward to it because I enjoy going home for a night every now and then. Sleeping in a bed that's comfy and being in a familiar, home environment is so much nicer than being in a dorm room around hundreds of people I don't know. :P

Oh, one more thing. Over spring break I got my hands on a GBA! Haha. So let's just say I've been playing it old school with the GBA and some of the older pokemon games the past week or so. :]

I didn't blog over the break because I kinda left my laptop at home a lot (where I don't have wi-fi or even good internet), but I plan to blog several times this week and get back into my normal blogging routine. So keep your eyes open if you're reading!

Spring Break!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOT! Today started my spring break. :]

I am seriously looking forward to a week off of school. And after this week, I need a break. Lol.

Things have been pretty difficult for me this week. I've been trying to get any school work I had to do finished so that I would have nothing school related to worry about over the break. My uncle had a seizure. He hasn't had one in a long time and this one was pretty bad, but thank goodness he's ok. My grandma has been through a lot this week. I'm really close to her and so it's been tough for me to deal with. She had a heart doctor appt this week and the doctor decided to do a heart cath. Well, in this heart cath they found two blockages in the main artery of her heart. So they had to do surgery Thursday morning and she's been in the hospital since then. It's been really hard on me knowing that my nanny has been through all of that and I haven't seen her at all yet. There's been other things, too, but I don't really care to talk about them. Just know that they were unpleasant . . .

Anyway, tomorrow I'll be going to the hospital to see my nanny. I'm the only one that hasn't been to see her since the surgery and I'm really looking forward to finally going to see her. It's been very stressful on me to know that she's been going through all of this. :P

Also, my mom is staying with her at the hospital for a few days. So, I'm staying at my dad's house this weekend. It's a little odd being back here since I haven't spent a night under this roof since August of last year, but at the same time it's nice. My relationship with my dad has improved tremendously. Things are going great and I think this weekend will be really good. Not only will I be with him, but I'll also be with my sisters. They just recently started staying with him again over the weekends, so I haven't been able to see them the past couple of weeks when I came home.

Over spring break, I plan to do a lot of relaxing and video game playing. Lol.

So that's all the big things I have to report for now. I'll try to keep up with blogging over the break, but no promises. But to those of you who also have spring break this week, have fun and be safe!!

Keep on Keeping on

So this is the week before spring break. Our spring break lasts for a whole week and I cannot describe how much I'm looking forward to a week of sitting home on my butt not worrying about class or homework or anything else to do with school. It is going to be absolutely glorious.

However, I have to get through this week first. :P

Apparently all of my teachers are pretty ready for this week to end too though because several have already cancelled class on Friday. That didn't hurt my feelings a bit either. Lol.

I really do need a break from school. All of this homework I've had piled on top of me lately is MIND NUMBING. I have so freaking much to worry about with my classes. My friends and Matt keep telling me that it's just because I'm taking my basics right now, and I seriously hope they're right about that. Next semester I've only got one more basic class to take and once I get that out of the way it'll just be my child care program classes and then I'm done! I'm shooting to graduate next May, but that all depends on how many child care classes I've got left (fingers and toes crossed that it's no more than nine or ten).

Being away from my home and my own room has really made me realize the things I love most about being home. I miss those things so much. Every. Day.

1. I miss having a freaking kitchen to cook in.
2. I miss having my xbox to play anytime that I want.
3. I miss having my mom there to make me food if I ask.
4. I SERIOUSLY miss my alone time and privacy.
5. I actually miss my crazy - and sometimes annoying - sisters.

Yeah. Those are the top five. Of course there are plenty more, but those are the ones that stand out the most. Although I plan to change at least one of those things next semester by giving in and getting a tv for my dorm room and I will, without a doubt, be bringing my xbox with me. Lol.

Ahhh. College is nice and all, but I'm in some major need of this spring break next week. I really hope this week doesn't drag by because I just might go crazy. :P

Sometimes All a Girl Needs is a Good Cry

Yep. And I sure did have myself one today.

Lately I've been struggling with coming to terms with "adulthood" and what that really means for me. For me, it meant giving up dreams of being a writer (or anything else in the artistic career field) and staying in Columbia, MS. At first that really upset me, but I'm starting to come to terms with it. The biggest thing that bothers me is all of the expectations my family/friends/whoever else have for me. They all think I should be someone big and successful in a huge town, but that's not really what I want . . .

My biggest dream? A family. I want to be a wife and a mom more than ANYTHING else in this world. I'd give up my beige heels to be married to the love of my life right now. For those of you who don't know, those are my FAVORITE shoes and I've got a massive shoe addiction anyway. :P

So settling in Columbia as a preschool teacher or maybe someday a kindergarten teacher is just fine with me. My life with Matt and our future children means more to me than any journalism career in New York City.

Now the hardest thing for me to deal with is that for the next couple of years I'll still have to stay in school and not be married. Yeah, that really sucks. I freaking hate it, but I've gotta just be patient. Someday I'll graduate college and marry Matt, but right now I just need to come to terms with the fact that this is my life at the moment. One day I'll have those things I want so badly, but patience is a virtue. One I've gotta learn to adapt to. Lol.

Traumatic Dramatic

So my weekend has been pretty full and a bit hectic . . .

Friday, first of all, on the way home from school I wrecked my car. I wasn't hurt and the car is mostly fine. There are some scratches in the paint, but they can probably be buffed out. No big deal. :P Honestly, I think it scared me more than anything. Haha. But I mean, it was my first wreck. Ever. Lol. Who WOULDN'T be scared? Gotta love those wet roads and the amazing antique muscle cars, like the one I own, that tempt you to drive fast anywhere and everywhere. Bleh.

Anyway, my car is in the shop this week while I'm at school for some mechanical stuff. My dad (p.s. our relationship is continually improving! woot~) wanted to put it into the alignment shop because my steering wheel was vibrating after the car was pulled out of the ditch. It's also making a couple weird noises, so we had to make sure it wasn't gonna blow up on me while I was driving down the road.

However, one good thing did happen Friday. :D

Matt and I went to Hattiesburg after we got my whole car situation fixed. And . . . . . . WE PUT MY WEDDING DRESS ON LAYAWAY!!!!!!!! HECK YEAH! Now we've only got three more payments to make until I'll have it hanging in my closet and awaiting next summer when I wear it down the aisle and become Mrs. Turnage. <3333

Saturday was a lot less dramatic and wreck-free. I got my hair dyed again. It looks really pretty. Right now it's kind of a darker burgundy thing, but I've got some red hair shampoo to draw out the red in it, which is really what we were aiming for. It's still fine, it's just a bit darker than I had expected it to be.

That night I had a girl's night with my bestest friend ever, Lakin. We went out to eat and then saw a movie. The food was amazing. LITERALLY drool worthy. And almost orgasmic. We ate at O'Charley's. I had the bayou tilapia, and I have to say that it was the best grilled fish I've ever had in my life. I'll be going back again for that. The movie we saw was great, too. We saw Side Effects. At first, we were both a bit confused, but when things started the actually make sense in the plot, I was hooked. I recommend it highly. :] (WARNING: there is one small and very short scene with nudity.)

Sunday was mostly a chill day. Church was really the only big thing on the agenda. Went grocery shopping. Came to school. That was it.

Well, that's my weekend in a nutshell. This week holds quite a bit for me, so I'll try to keep my blog up to date on all that happens and goes down. Let's just hope it doesn't end in a wreck because I rode to school with Matt. And I think he'd cry if he wrecked Thor. Legitimately cry. Like a baby. Sigh. Men and their trucks. :P

Anywho, thanks for those of you who are still tuning in to read! I really appreciate your support!! :]

Good Beginnings

Always a good thing to start something new, but it's ESPECIALLY good whenever it turns out to be a great new thing. :]

In my case, it's been two or three new things that I have gained or started in my life. Might as well say three I guess. Lol. I'm so happy with all of them and hopefully it'll change a lot of things for the better.

First of all, I made new friends!!!!!! I moved into my new friend Raven's dorm room this past Sunday and she's introduced me to several of her friends. All of them are so cool and super funny. They're all so fun to be around and I'm loving having girls to hang with. I met her and another new friend of mine, Jenn, in one of my classes and we've been getting closer and closer every since. And I see me getting pretty close to the other friends Raven introduced me to, too. So YAY!! :D

The next two can kinda be grouped together but I'll just separate them.

Matt and I have been going to the gym a lot more and it's already starting to show great results. We're gonna start going Mon.,Tues., Wed., and Thurs. instead of just going on Mon. and Wed. like we used to and I think it's gonna be really beneficial to us both. I know I'm in pretty good shape, but I have some fat in a couple places around my midsection that I'd like to lose, so that's what I'm working towards. I already feel really great about it, too. Of course exercising puts you in a better mood and it's definitely doing that for me. It's also supposed to give you more energy so I'm looking for that to kick in soon 'cause I'm kinda in need of that one. Lol

Along with our working out, we're going on a diet together. Well, kinda. We're really just eating a lot healthier to help us lose weight along with exercising. I've always liked healthy eating anyway, so now that he's eating the way I usually do it's so much easier. He's kinda like a little motivator to me doing it more regularly. I'm his motivator/coach in this new way of eating. It's pretty much a whole new thing for him. It's not like he ate gobs of fatty food or anything before, but he's not used to eating grilled chicken instead of fried for example. So it's little changes like that, but they'll definitely help us lose some extra pounds.

With so many new things going great for me it's motivating me to try more and more new things, so maybe these changes will be good for me in more ways than one! I've really been itching to pick back up with my novel (I kinda let procrastination get to me on that one) and even get back to painting. The document and my notes are still on my computer so there's not much stopping me there. Plus I've got tons of canvases and paint lying around at home. It's about time I put them to good use. Who knows? I may be reviving a lot of old habits and hobbies now.

Well, I can certainly say that things with school are going great. I'm still totally loving college. It's about a million times better than high school was for me . . . All is well right now and hopefully it'll stay that way.