A good decade

I just realized last night that my life has been improving rapidly since I turned twenty. I hated my teenage years. This is going to be such a great decade for me! I am so happy with life all the time. I walk around in constant amazement at the beauty surrounding me. I appreciate every day. Every day is a choice. You can choose to say "this is a bad day" and it will be...you will feel angry and crappy all day. If you choose to say "this is going to be a good day" it will be! Obstacles that would have phased you had you made the choice to have a bad day, do not phase you when you choose to have a good day. Your mood is a choice and the only one who feels the anger is you. Anger is not fun so why have it for a whole day? Life goes much better when you choose to be happy. The improvement of my life has accelerated even further since I declared my major as English. I finally know what I want to do. I feel like I have found my place and I am working toward a goal that is not marriage. The idea of marriage scares me. I can wait until after grad school, but I'm not going to completely close myself off in the mean time, just in case. It's nice to be focused on a goal that is all my own. It sounds selfish, but I deserve to be selfish at this point. I can totally see why optimists tend to live longer. I love my new life as an optimist! I may get let down more, but at least I allow myself to feel emotion. Before this gets too profound, I'm going to stop.

Busy weekend

I had quite a weekend. Saturday was very busy with Founder's Day and Greek Sing. I left my room at 11:10AM and did not return until 11pm. The Founder's Day lunch was super-good! I was expecting the food to be crappy. It was chicken with some sort of sauce on top of sliced, fried potatoes with fresh green beans as a side. I cleaned my plate then I ate another girl's green beans. I love green beans. I also had two rolls before the meal. I was pretty gluttonous. Our make up for Greek Sing was intense. I know that state make-up has to be exaggerated, but it's still always a shock, especially with hot pink eye shadow! We didn't win, but I was happy with my performance. I didn't mess up at all! Afterwards my dad took me out to dinner at Max and Erma's. I had a hamburger and fries. I ate it all. I burnt my tongue and the roof of my mouth on the hamburger, but the pain didn't set in until later so I just kept on eating. It was weird. It still hurts today. My dad told me about a Patty Griffin concert in Ann Arbor so I texted the roommate and she expressed interest in it. When I got home, I looked at the Ark's website and saw that the show was sold out. I also saw that she is going to be in Pittsburgh the next night so maybe we'll see that if it's not too expensive. I love Patty Griffin.

My phone's on vibrate for you

Rufus Wainwright definitely expresses it well. I had my phone on vibrate in my bed so my visitor could call when he arrived home safely. For some reason it did not wake me up right away. I woke up forty minutes after the initial call because the phone kept vibrating to let me know that I had a message. I listened to the message, felt better and went to sleep. I slept really well last night before and after the phone call. Had I not had the phone call, I think I would have slept all the way through the night for the first time since who knows when. I'm glad I got the call though.
Last night was a very good night. I was so nervous! I made it through though. I was pretty awkward for a while even though we are pretty familiar with each other from talking on the phone for a month. I eased up eventually. I received a bouquet of pretty flowers...pink roses and some other colorful pretty flower. I love them! That definitely beats that first date I had last semester where the kid brought me one flower. I felt so special. I always feel very special with him...it's nice. We'll see what happens. I'm still pretty scared. The whole thought of a relationship (with anyone) scares me and makes me tired. I'm not sure why. He comes again next Wednesday. I'm pretty excited about it because we're actually going out! The roommate and I are firming up our plans to visit PA. That should be fun. Maybe I'll get more comfortable with the idea of a relationship if I spend more time with him physically as opposed to just on the phone with him. Last night was the first time I saw him since I met him a month ago. He's really tall....I like it. We'll see what happens...I'm not going to attempt to predict the future. I couldn't get the goofy grin off of my face all night. I just kept smiling....I couldn't control myself. I just couldn't believe he was actually here. I tried to show him my straight face (because it makes me look like I'm angry), but I couldn't do it. I'm a little school girl. :)

Killing time in the office

I think I appreciate the movie Office Space even more now that I work so much in an office. I was insulted by having to do some professor from another department's bitch work today. This building has a huge computer lab open to all student and faculty. Tihs prof comes into my office and asks me to mapquest some directions for him. Of course I can't say no. I wanted to tell him to go do it himself in the lab. When I asked him what addresses he wanted me to put in, he didn't know either of them! I had to put in my dorm address for the start one and then he took forever searching for the address of the place he was going. Who does that? He seemed unprepared for me asking him the address of the place he was going? I'm not psychic. I was very relieved when he told me he wouldn't be in for another four weeks. When my boss got back from lunch I got to take a field trip down to the big lab and count the computers. Then I shredded exams! I had never used the paper shredder before. It was fun! When I told my boss I thought it was fun, she gave me more paper to be shredded. I tried to do my reading homework after that but the profs are being loud so I decided to kill time here. I only have half an hour left in my shift. Today is an exciting day. My two hour shift later today is going to crawl by because I have a visitor coming after I get done. I'm trying to save homework for that shift so I have stuff to occupy my time. I beasted so much of my homework on Tuesday that I really don't have much to do today. I just have to finish my reading for religion, read some history and take notes on it, review my history and english notes, and begin studying for my Soc. test. It sounds like a lot, but it's really not. At least not compared to what I got done on Tuesday. The office has quieted down so I am going to get back to my reading.

A highly productive day

I got a lot done today. I spent my five hours at work reading, taking notes, and writing letters. I defined terms at my other job. It has been a while since I've actually taken notes on my reading. I think it will pull my quiz grades up in my one class. Not that my quiz grades are bad, but they should be perfect. I'm actually doing homework in my room at night. I haven't done this in so long! The roommate and I were supposed to go out and watch her young man perform, but it turned out that he is not going to perform and he is just coming to see her. We were bummed that we would not get to repeat the fun of a month ago at the bar. In her absence I'm getting work done because I don't have much else to do. I could do some more cross-stitching! That is such a good idea. I keep forgetting about it. I finally talked to my mom today for the first time in quite a while. I need her to make a dentist appointment for me because it has been quite a while since I have seen the dentist. Tomorrow is going to be another busy day. It is the last Wednesday Greek Sing practice! It is also the official dress rehearsal on the real stage! I'm kind of nervous. I'm sure it will be fine. I finally told my parent about the performance. My mom can't go which is why I wasn't going to tell them. My mom said my dad might want to go, but I told her I won't have time before the show to see him. I'll have time afterwards though. It would be kind of nice to have someone in the audience for me, but I'm not going to be disappointed if he doesn't come. It's not a big deal.

Life is grand!

Today is such a great day! I got a really nice comment on my last post from a super-sweet girl, I received two packages, I got a Valentine's day card from my grandmother, and I got to take a trip to Borders with the roommate. I hope this goodness carries over to my test which I have been studying for. I got one package from the children that I love to babysit. They sent me chocolate chip cookies and a homemade Valentine with real lace on it! I love it! I miss them so much! Hopefully I'll get to see them this summer. They moved to Michigan last summer so I do not get to see them often any more. :( My other package scared me because it came in a Buffalo Bites box. I was afraid it would actually be meat. I wondered who would send me meat. I was a little concerned that the box was not frozen. It turned out to be a Valentine's day package from my mom's church. They sent me a bunch of candy and popcorn and stuff like that. It smells like pantry in the box. It was really nice though. I felt loved when I found out that I had two packages awaiting me in the mail room because I had just been thinking last week that it has been a while since I have received a package. Unfortunately, I won't be able to call my grandma, whom I haven't spoken with since Christmas, tonight because I do not get back from class until 9 and I think that would be too late. I'm going to write a letter of thanks to the kids tomorrow while I'm at work. I also should call my parents one of these nights because it seems like forever since I've talked to them. It's been about three weeks since I've seen them and I don't think I will see them for another two because I just don't have the time to go home before Spring Break. I'm so busy...but I like it....most of the time. Time for work now.

The depth of my nerdiness never ceases to amaze me

It is Saturday night and I am sitting in my room watching the History Channel....and I'm enjoying it. I'm waiting to watch a movie with my suitemate. I really do have plans, but her pizza has taken an hour to get here so I have been watching a very interesting program on Nostradamus. I don't think I believe that he actually predicted the things that people say he does, but I want to know more about his writings so I can form a more concrete position. I've heard that he predicted the Cold War and Hitler. Who knows. I don't think I'll get to finish the program because the pizza is here. I'm not sure if I trust this show though because they keep interviewing Penn and Teller. That seems a little shady. The main historian they interview is into the "dark arts." The more I think about it, the more I think this program is a little shady. I wonder what Penn and Teller have to do with Nostradamus. They didn't actually put a little thing that tells who they are and their credentials at the bottom of the screen. Are they into the "dark arts" too? Doesn't one of them not talk? If he doesn't talk, why was he part of the interview? Oh well. The suitemate is here to watch a movie now so I'll actually do something less nerdy.

Nerves

I am so nervous that I feel sick. I'm not even totally sure why. Oh well, I'll be ok. Today was a surprisingly free day. Today was the first time I have actually been bored in my room in a really really long time. My roommate hasn't been here much so that may be why I'm bored. Also I have had a lot more free time than I typically do. I feel bad that I always have to leave the roommate alone in the room. It's going to be really weird when Greek Sing is over because every night, but Monday night will be free after 7:00pm. Of course, my first Wednesday off may be filled. Then I have spring break. I'm really excited about spring break because it looks like I'll be going on a short road trip with my roommate. Traveling with her will be so much fun! Us in a car for three hours...it could get crazy! We also have a significant destination. She will get to see her young man! I love that she is so happy with him--she definitely deserves this. I'm also going to visit my pregnant cousin in Michigan. It will be the last time I stay at her house before the baby comes, meaning it will be the last time I sleep all the way through the night at her house for a long time! I'm really excited about the baby! I haven't worked on my cross-stitching for the baby in a while. I think that is what I will do when I finish this. I'm glad that I remembered that. Tonight the math professor that I enjoy talking to in the office had an interesting conversation about I.D. photos. He told me he likes when he takes bad pictures for I.D.'s because that makes him look a lot better in person. I can see his logic, but I still like my photos look nice. He said that I am prettier in person when I showed him my student I.D. photo...which he thought was cute. That photo is an excellent one...when it was taken I asked if I could have a copy printed out but the lady ignored me. I'm going to try to get a copy before I graduate. He showed me his student I.D.'s from when he was a student here. He was hot as a freshman! There was another ID photo taken 2 years later and he had put on a lot of weight and shaved his head. It was a very drastic change. I was shocked. He recently lost a lot of weight and looks good. I have to ask him how long ago he went to BW. I think he's probably in his 30s somewhere. Now it's time to cross-stitch.

A good day

This morning my Religion professor had us go outside and try to figure out what Annie Dillard meant by "Catch it if you can." A friend and I chose to walk down to Coe Lake to observe "nature." We ended up watching a group of geese. It was actually really fun. My friend is a bio major so she was telling me about how she once observed geese for a zoology class. She told me how one goose always keeps watch while the rest sit or eat. It was true. I really enjoyed standing there and watching geese. I also think I figured out what Dillard meant. "It" refers to life or the present. Once you see or hear something it is in the past, so catching the present can be challenging. Also, when out in nature there is so much going on around you that it is so hard to catch everything. I was watching the leader goose walk when my friend laughed and said one of the geese cracked the ice and fell a little. I wished I had seen it, but it's impossible to catch everything. We also noted how weird it was to hear birds chirping and to feel the sun shine on our faces in February. It was pretty warm out today. I really enjoyed this use of class time. After about twenty minutes the entire class met up again and talked about what they thought Dillard meant. At the end of class our prof gave us good news. He is going out of town tomorrow so we will not have class Friday. That means that I only have one class on Friday and it's at noon! I only have two more classes this week. I think I can make it. I foresee tomorrow being another good day.

Goofy grin

Today I have a goofy grin plastered on my face. I never could have imagined that I would have such an amazing Valentine's day this year! I have a date with a super-cool girl, I've gotten several Valentine's from friends, and I served as a muse. I love eating off campus. I'm really looking forward to the chicken noodle soup and turkey sandwich with lettuce only, which was what I get every time I go to Panera. I also have a lot of catching up to do with my super-cool friend. We may be occupying our table for quite a while.
I've been getting a lot of work done this afternoon, as I do most Tuesday afternoons in the office. I'm really worried that I'm going to start neglecting my school work. I still want school to come first. I am an A student and I plan to keep it that way. I definitely need to devote more time to homework than I have been. I don't have many assignments that I turn in. I really only have reading to do so it feels like I don't have much to do, but then I have tests. I don't retain reading well so tests can be tough. It's been quite a while since I've taken a class that has tests so I need to get out of paper-writing mode and into test-taking mode. I keep wondering if I've forgotten how to study. I have gotten sub-par (by my standards) grades. Granted I didn't study half as much as I normally would have for both of them because of the weekend in Michigan. I still feel bad about them. I'm trying to look at the bright side by saying that if I can get a B+ with minimal study-time, then think of what I could get if I really buckled down and studied hard. I am determined to get back to my A+ standard. I have a test on Monday and I will begin studying Thursday for this exam. I will get an A. I cannot allow any more B's. Wow, I'm a dictator. I know this sounds neurotic...but it's just me. I must excel.
The roommate and I are making plans to live together again next year. We want a campus apartment, but I'm nervous about actually being able to get one. I'll have a junior draw-card, but it will be a low number since I'm just barely a junior. In case we don't get an apartment, we have a back-up dorm in mind. We belong together. I can't imagine not coming home to her. We have so much fun in our room. We're very silly girls. I have been really sad the last few weeks at the thought of not living with her. We made Klein Hall an acceptable living environment for each other....I don't know how I would have survived it without her. The only thing that could make living with her better is having a kitchen. I dream of the day that we live in a place with a kitchen. I love food.

Bitch work

Today at work I had to do one of the Education Math prof's bitch work. It sucked. I had to roll out 57 10 ft. long pieces of brown paper and then roll each of those sections up and tie it with a 10 ft. long string, which also had to be measured and cut by me. In an hour and fifteen minutes I finished 29. My boss said I could have a break since they do not need to be finished until Wednesday. It was kind of sucky. Oh well, at least I was getting paid to do it.
Today was a long day. I spent a grand total of three and a half hours in my room, not including the time I spent getting ready after waking up. I went to the grocery store this afternoon. I was glad that I went today because the last hamburger bun that I had was moldy, so if I hadn't gone to the grocery store I would not have had a bun for my shredded chicken sandwich this evening. I love shredded chicken. I also got bagels to eat for breakfast.
I'm excited about my date tomorrow. I have another reason to be excited about tomorrow, but that is a secret for now. I'm also excited for the roommate because she will get to see her young man tomorrow. Aside from my five hour shift, tomorrow is going to be a great day! Even my five hour shift will be ok because I will be able to get all of my work done so I can enjoy my evening out. :) Ok that's enough.

Sulking

So the comedy show I was going to go see tonight was cancelled. The roommate, who was doing the lighting for it, and I are incredibly bummed. I would have brought about eight people including myself. I started yesterday with only one person to go with, and she had to come late. By the time I found out the show was cancelled I had four people confirmed to go and I was waiting to hear back from four others. I did all of this work within about two hours. I was incredibly proud of my skills in getting people to come with me. I guess it's all about asking the right people. Three of the four I was waiting on would have come, but I only found that out way after. Oh well. My friends and I decided to go out to dinner instead which will be fun. I think I should call ahead to the place to try to reserve a table because I'm sure they won't appreciate a party of 10 coming in without warning. We're not going at prime dinner hours, but they still may be busy since it is Saturday the weekend before Valentine's Day. When I found out about the cancellation, I was being a good student and doing my grammar homework on a Friday. After finding out I was too upset to continue and I had to sulk while watching TV. That just means I have more grammar to work on today since I will be at RENT most of the day tomorrow! I am still looking forward to that! I'm nervous about picking up my tickets though because I've never been to this theatre or had to pick up tickets before a show. We're going to have to leave extra early so I can find it. I'm neurotic about being late so we may be waiting a long time before the show starts haha. I have to go have pancakes with a friend now.

All grown up

Over the weekend I got to see all of my family for the first time since the events of the summer. My mom told me that my aunt said I am a very mature girl. I think she is right. The events of the summer made me grow up a lot. I really started to think about what I want and how I want my life to be. I realized yesterday that I genuinely like the person that I have become since the summer. I think this maturity is the reason that I want to be a guidance counselor. I feel that I have enough insight to help kids who do not yet. I'm having a whole hell of a lot more fun now. This summer was the best summer of my life so far, or at least the best for me. I wouldn't change a minute of it. This coming summer is going to be even better because, hopefully, I'll start it at the beach in South Carolina with my family. Then I'll return home and watch the boys. This summer I plan to take them to swimming lessons again. I'm also going to encourage their mother to sign them up for some day camps, not to get out of work, because I'll get paid less, but because I think they need time with other kids. They spent way too much time with only each other last summer. I am also going to encourage her to sign them up for baseball. I really think they need interaction with other kids. Of course I'll offer to take them to and from practices and camps. I'm still debating on whether or not to return to Woody's. I could make more money which is good, but my cousin is going to have a baby in May and I'm going to want to spend a lot of time up there with the baby and her helping out an such. It's struggle because my family is very important, but I need to make some money. If I returned to Woody's in June when I get back from South Carolina I would feel bad for asking for weekends off because that is when they would need me the most. I guess I would have time to spend with the baby in August after Woody's closes, but it would feel rushed. I don' t know. I guess I'll wait until closer to the summer to decided. The plans for SC aren't even finalized yet so I may have all of May at home, in which case I would most likely return to Woody's since I wouldn't want to waste a month not working while the boys are in school. We'll see.

It's complicated

Yesterday was complicated. I didn't get to get as much work done as I had hoped I would because people were being loud at the office. I have a big test tomorrow so I'm going to have to devote all of today to studying for it. I'm afraid that I have forgotten how to study. We'll find out tomorrow.
The Buddhist Temple was interesting. I felt very inadequate. There was a correct way to do everything and I always felt as though I was messing up some how. I thought it would be more peaceful, but it was really stressful. The walk was inside. I cheated and didn't concentrate on my breathing during the 12 minute meditation periods. Instead, I used the time to sort out my thoughts....and there was a lot to sort through. I did find clarity, but I don't think it was through the help of the Buddhist ceremony because that was stressful. I think I would have sorted things out even if I had spent the time studying in my room, which is something I wish I had been able to do. That's all for now....if I am in a procrastinating mood later (which I hope I'm not), I may write some more.

Another memory from the weekend

Saturday night, my family gathered in the bar area of the hotel. I arrived with my cousin, BL and she asked what BL wanted to drink and if I was 21. I told the truth, and asked if they had any lemonade or something like that because I was getting tired of water. She said she could make a virgin strawberry daquri, so I decided to have that. A little bit later she brought our drinks to us. At the time I had my cousin SV's daughter, LSV, sitting on my lap. I took my drink and had a sip. Then I contemplated letting LSV have a sip because I thought she might like it. I decided against that though because she had been sick in the last few days. At the time I took the sip I noticed that it made my throat feel warm and that the drink had a bite to it, but I didn't think too much of it. Not too much later, the waitress came running up to me and said that there was a mix up and my drink was not virgin. She took the drink away promptly and promised to bring another. I was a little disappointed that I had only taken one sip, but glad that I had not given any to LSV! My family thought this was hilarious! Even my parents laughed. Everyone teased me a bout being drunk all night. Later, my mom let me have two drinks of my cousin's beer. I had just been teasing him by threatening to drink his beer while he guzzled down BL's beer while she wasn't looking and my mom said, "You can try it." It was surprising. My dad wasn't around at the time, but I bet he would have been against my trying it. Who knows, because I'm close to 21. He can be really strict about laws though. He wouldn't rent rated R movies for me before I was 17, and he kept track of the hours I drove while I had my permit to make sure that I drove the specified 100 hours to get my license. I guess that's where I get my compulsion to follow the rules. Anyway that was another funny instance of the weekend...I'm sure more will surface this week.
Today is my roommate's birthday. I got her an amazing shirt. I saw it as I was leaving the mall and I knew she would love it. It is a perfect color for her and the design is great. Last night her parents took her out to Bucci's for dinner and she invited me to come along. I was very honored that she thought of me, but unfortunately I had night class. We agreed to have our own birthday dinner later this week. I hope she has a great day today. If I remember right, she loves snow (except when driving) so she is probably excited about the weather.
After today, my week nights are finally going to calm down. I have been incredibly busy with meetings every night for the past two weeks. Tonight I am going to the a Buddhist Temple for my religion class. We will be gone for quite a while because of the drive. Since it's snowing it will probably take even longer. I have to return some items to the library when I get off of work and take a shower so I won't have time to eat dinner until after we get back from the temple which will probably be between 9 and 9:30, depending on the weather. If we arrive early, we may go to a McDonalds, but I'm not planning on taking money so I won't get anything. We probably won't get there early because of the road conditions. I have 45 minutes after I get off of work to get to the library and shower...I'm not sure how that will work. I may have to postpone the shower along with dinner. It is supposed to be cold in this temple so I am going to be sure to wear some thick socks (you have to take off your shoes) and bring a thick sweater to put over the sweater I'm already wearing. I think Dr. K. also said something about us walking outside. It will be peaceful to walk at night in the snow. I love the quiet of the darkness while you trudge along with snow swirling around you. It's so relaxing. The crunching of the shoes in the snow is a nice sound to break the silence. It makes the experience even better. It's like walking in a snowglobe. Hopefully it's still snowing then, and hopefully we get to wear shoes for this part! :) All right that is enough for now. I guess I had more to say than I thought I would.

A little note

To view the photos, click the title of my last post...which is "Photos" I didn't realize that the link would be incorporated into the title. It's kind of neat as long as you know what to look for.

Photos

That is the link to my photos from the weekend. My roommate called me Saturday night to update me about her evening. I missed the call, and the only reason I got the voicemail that night was because my two drunk cousins were text messaging me and they needed me to judge who sent the better message. I went upstairs to my room to fetch my phone so I could judge the contest. Jimi won with "BL sucks!" It was pretty darn funny. I called the roommate back and she agreed with me about who the winner should be. We chatted about boys for a bit, then I went back to the cousins to give the results. BL was upset and when I told her that the roommate agreed, she hijacked my phone and called the roommate (it was 12:30). They talked for four minutes. I'm sure it was pretty amusing. The roommate told BL about how I wooed a young man at a bar. BL was concerned and was about to grill me about it when she got distracted by something. So I avoided that one. JT would have been more brutal than BL though because I have always been a special little girl to him, and I think he wants to think that I'm still young and naive. Whenever his sister tells him about me having an adult experience (such as picking up a man in a bar) he gets really quiet and doesn't make eye contact. The subject gets dropped pretty quickly. I think because he made so many mistakes when he was a teenager and a young adult, he is very afraid of the same thing happening to me. It won't though. He's the one I may go live with for three weeks in May to take care of his son. I have such a busy night ahead of me. Night class is tough to sit through, I'm glad that a little over an hour of it will be taken up by a video. That should break the night up a little. Time will be crawling extra slowly even with the video because I have a special phone call to look forward to. :) I should stop before this gets too long. I'll write more when I remember more.

Great Weekend

The weekend got off to a Rocky start. It's always weird at first because I don't see these people very often, so every time I see them I have to get reacquainted with them. At first everything is a little uncomfortable. The nursing home was depressing. The kids were super cute!! Little WT was shy and would not talk to anyone but his mom, dad and grandpa. LV was adorable, but slept most of the time. RB is a very active little girl! She and I went for walks up and down the hotel lobby Saturday morning, until she got freaked out that she couldn't see her mom. BB was shy around me because I haven't seen him since he was 2. He remembers me and I was told he was really excited to see me, but once I actually got there he got shy. It was cute. He's 5 now. I was told that LSV also remembered me, but she was a little shy too. It's hard to watch her because she only speaks Japanese. She understands English, but I can't understand her. She is adorable though. I took a moderate amount of pictures. There were A LOT of cameras going off all weekend. I love the little children. Saturday night two of my cousins got drunk and were pretty funny. I had to take care of them, but I'm used to doing that on the weekends. Today I didn't get to say goodbye to anyone because Paychee, J-Dawg and I left too early. I was told that BB was really disappointed that he didn't get to see me again. I feel bad so I'm going to write him a letter. I went back to Paychee's and J-Dawg's and got ready to have Aunt Crazy, Uncle P, my cousin, JT , his wife, ST, and their son WT over for dinner. That gather was tons of fun! WT was a lot more social. We played in the basement together. His mom offered to give me a babysitting job for the summer if I come down to Hilton Head Island for the summer. Unfortunately, I'm already committed to babysitting the two boys from last summer. Luckily, the boys don't get out of school until the first week of June, so I can go babysit WT for 3 weeks in May. I am sooo excited! Hilton Head is great, and I loooove the baby! Hopefully it works out. Well that's all for now. There is more to come as I remember.

Wasting time

Again, I am using this as a method to make time pass more quickly at the end of my shift. Only this time I only have six minutes left. When I get back to my room I get to enjoy the Donal Logue hour with the roommate. That is probably the best part of Wednesday. Because I have to be at my other job at 5 I don't get to see the last 10 minutes of the second Grounded For Life episode, but I'll live. Tonight is another busy night with work, meeting and Greek Sing. I'm glad to be busy though because I have a lot to look forward to tomorrow and Friday! I'm going to make that call tomorrow. I sure hope he is home because I'm going to call at 9pm, which is when my free minutes start, so if he is not home there will not be much of a chance to call back. I don't know if I'd have time to talk on Friday unless it was during my drive to Ann Arbor. He can call until about 12:30 then I'll have to go to bed. Maybe I should call earlier and let the free minutes kick in. This is a special week because I'm so busy. I don't think I've started a new month of minutes anyway. I plan to watch a movie before I call so who knows when that will get done since I get off work at 7. Who knows. I'll figure it out tomorrow. Time to clock out!