What the french, toast?

Memaw's No-Bake cookies

2011-09-25T13:42:00.001-05:00

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk

3 tbsp cocoa

1 stick butter

Mix all together in a sauce pan and let it come to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and add 1/2 crunchy peanut butter, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and 2 cups of oats. Drop on parchment paper and let sit.

Enjoy :)

Nursing School & Tyler

2010-05-04T14:16:00.005-05:00

I am proud to announce that I was officially accepted into the OU College of Nursing school in march :) I was SO excited when I read the letter. What's even more exciting is that I got my letter in the first round they sent out! I was very surprised. I'm a little behind with my schooling, so even though I'm a senior this year I won't have a Bachelor's degree for another 2 years. Oh well, it's all part of the journey, I guess. I can't wait to start Nursing school. Zach and I are moving in together at the end of July and I absolutely can't wait! It will be weird leaving my girls Kristin and Lauren (we've lived together for 3 years!), but I think it will be a new adventure, and I can't wait to get started. It will be Zach's 3rd year of PT school, and my first year of Nursing school, so we will be 2 busy people! Sampson and a new pup will be moving in with us as well :)

This last weekend, my family and I traveled all the way to San Antonio, TX, to see my little brother Tyler graduate Air Force basic training. It was amazing to see him and we got to do other fun stuff like the riverwalk and Six Flags as well. He looked so grown up in his uniform, which he had to wear all weekend. It was so cool to see all of the young boys who were graduating and attending basic training. What's cool is that every man in the Air Force must go through Lackland AFB for basic, so there were boys from all over! Tyler made a ton of friends in his flight, and a few that he calls his brothers. We are SO proud of him for all he is doing! Please support our troops, they sacrifice a lot to defend our freedom!

Fabulous

2009-05-23T10:48:00.009-05:00

Well, i've had a pretty eventful last few days.

Okay, i had an eventful tuesday. All the other days were have been pretty normal.

So, the surgery.

Unfortunately, I died. Just a little.

Okay, that's not true. (BUT, name the movie.)

I went in on the morning of the surgery with some butterflies in my tum-tum, but Zach soon arrived and i felt a million times better (he seems to do that to me...) anyways, we got there, found out we were at the completely wrong end of the very large hospital, walked a mile to where we were apparently supposed to be, and got all checked in. My clothes were promptly removed (every...bit...of...clothing...), i was poked with large needles by funny nurses, and i was sent back to the other end of the hospital. This was where i met Ron. Ron liked to talk. A lot. And, i'm not really quite sure what Ron's whole job in the process actually was. I believe it was strictly to make me nervous. Then i met my dorky nurse anesthetist, whose shaky hands and overall dorkiness made me even MORE nervous (really, his hands were very shaky). So, i get all flustered when the anesthetist tells me there is a slight chance I could wake up during the procedure, get quick kisses from zach and the madre, and am off to the surgery room. I am in tears this entire time, mind you. Oh, and I had peed about 10 seconds before I went into the surgery room, but as soon as i got in there, i had to pee like i had never peed in my entire life. Seriously, it was painful. Then i have Ron and Dorky Anesthestist trying to tell me to think about New Zealand and waterfalls, and I am not a happy camper. I tell them both to shutup, please. Dork then tells me to think of a mound of potatoes. Uh, what? I couldn't tell what he was getting at. At this point, I was so desperate for a toilet I almost asked for a catheter right then and there. (Oh, i got one later. Lucky me.) Then Ron says, "It looks like she'll go into SVT right when we put her under," which made me even more nervous. Thanks, Ron, you're a doll. They start yelling that in the 30 seconds something is going to happen, but no one will tell me. What?? What's going to happen? A catheter?? Please, God, tell me it's a catheter! No, just an EKG to get a base-line heart rhythm. Damn. I don't want to do this. Nope, just unhook me. Yes, Ron, i know it took an hour for pre-op, but I just don't think it's going to work out between us. Nope, this surgery is not happening. I'm pissed. I'm ready to walk out of this place, i don't want to do...

And i'm in recovery. And very groggy. And my mouth is very dry.

but i got through it! With flying colors, i might add. The type of SVT i have (had?) was the most common type, and there is a very small chance that it will ever happen again. Woo!

I'm tired of typing. More to come later.

To have or not to have... (surgery, that is)

2009-04-21T21:56:00.005-05:00

I have a tough decision to make.

My heart surgery has been scheduled for May 19th. There are still some insurance quirks to be worked out, but it's looking like it'll only be about a $100 deductible for hospital stay and another $100 for the surgery. So now pretty much the only thing left is for me to decide if I want to go through with it.

It's a simple procedure, and millions of people of gone through it and been just fine. But it's still heart surgery, and it still scares me. There is a very low risk of complications, but they are kind of scary. Things like poking a hole in my heart, piercing my lung, or damaging a vital electrical pathway are just a few of the jewels that could happen during my procedure. Of course, there is only like a 2% chance of any of those things happening...but still...

another decision I have to make: how much of a risk do I want to take? If the "bad" part of my heart's electrical pathway is near a major artery or my heart's main electrical center, do I continue with the surgery? The problem could also be in the left side of my heart, which means that they would have to pierce a hole in my heart to get to the other side. This hole would close up within a few months after the surgery, but it's still risky. The doc said that the closer the "bad" part is to something vital, the riskier it is, and that I need to decide how close I want to get. i don't think any of the complications can lead to death (only under extreme circumstances). The worst that could happen would be that they could damage my heart's main electrical center, and i could be left with a pacemaker. Also, if they pierce my heart, blood will leak into the pericardial sac and they would have to stab a giant needle into my chest to relieve the pressure. Could have emergency open heart surgery. Scary, right?

but....2% chance of that happening. 98% chance of success...Why does that 2% bad override the 98% good? You would think I would jump at the chance to have this surgery, but there are a lot of things to think about. Heart surgery is heart surgery. If they mess up, i'm donesky (maybe :P).

So: what do I do?

SVT probably won't kill me, but the last episode i had last for 40 minutes. If the episodes continue to get longer and longer, it could kill me. I don't take my medicine regularly. It's medicine or surgery. Another thing, the surgery might not work. I could go through the whole ordeal of surgery and still have SVT. Is it worth it? The choice seems obvious, but it isn't.

I'm scared.

I am

2009-03-23T23:19:00.001-05:00

in love :)

a few cute things because i'm weird :)

2009-02-18T00:21:00.009-06:00

Check out the eyes! ^^

Probably my favorite :)

Whoa. Kinda weird.

2009-02-16T15:14:00.008-06:00

Okay, so today i was checking out Cracked.com (one of my favorite list sites), and i saw the list "9 Real Life Mad Scientists" and thought i'd check it out. There were some cool ones, until i came across Sergei S. Bryukhonenko. He apparently wanted to see how long life could be sustained through artificial means, and actually invented the Soviet Union's first heart-lung machine. But anyway, back to the weirdness. Apparently he cut off a dog's head, attached artifical arteries and veins to it, and proceeded to send oxygenated blood through the dog's head. That was cut off. From its body.

The freaky part is that the dog actually came to some sort of life. It responded to light, sound, and taste (it even took a treat from one of the scientists). I really didn't believe it until i saw the video.

WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS REALLY CREEPY AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A CUT OFF DOG'S HEAD I SUGGEST YOU NOT WATCH IT. But it's really kind of cool so I suggest you watch it anyway :)

And if you don't want to watch the video, here is a picture of just the dog's head.

weird, huh? The rest of the list is pretty interesting too, you should check it out. My other favorite is the guy who hooked up electrodes to a bull and stopped it mid-charge. He also did the same thing to a cat and activated its pissed-off button.

I will say that I don't agree with any of the above mentioned, and that it was performed a long time ago. I did still think it was pretty cool and thought i'd share it. :)

A rugger's life for me...

2009-02-05T22:53:00.005-06:00

Rugby practice was absolutely amazing tonight. We had SO many girls there that we almost didn't know what to do with ourselves. We are used to BARELY having 10 girls at practice, and today we had 18!! We had enough girls to put together 2 full scrums, which is unheard of! All the while the backs were scratching their asses and doing whatever they do (which isn't much). haha! But seriously, we've got some great new rookies who are inexperienced but look like they have the skills and the passion to learn to play this game we all love. I am so excited about this season.

I try out for the HOA (Heart of America) team next weekend, which, sadly, falls right on Valentine's Day :(. I was pretty upset when I heard this, but Zach was amazing and understood, so we are planning a dinner for the thursday before Valentine's. Me and 6 other girls will be driving Emo's explorer up to Kansas on Friday night, and will try out on Saturday. I hope I'll be in shape and experienced enough to be successful. Wish me luck!

The weekend after that (the 20th and 21st), we will all be headed down to New Orleans for a Mardi Gras tourny that I am SO excited for. We'll leave Thursday night, have some fun friday, get ready to play a few matches on Saturday, then head back to OK on Sunday. Should be a ton of fun! I can't wait.

THEN, the next weekend (28th), we are going to play osu here in big ole Norman. Yay!! I hope we can get everyone out to support us and join in on the fun. My parents might even be able to come! Double yay! I've heard a rumor that we will be hosting a "Debutante Ball", and that we'll be playing some rugby in prom dresses. Who wouldn't want to see that? ;)

Carpe ruggum!

Eesh. It's been awhile.

2009-02-03T00:11:00.004-06:00

I haven't blogged in a really long time. And to you two people who actually read my blog, i'm sorry.

Life has been semi-hectic, what with school starting up (yes, it's the 3rd week, and school is just now really starting. Thank you , ice), jimmy john's getting busier (and by busier, i mean people are actually eating there now), and new roommates in tow (Hi, wendy!). I do have a pretty easy semester ahead of me, thanks to a persistent boyfriend, so I am not too worried about grades this semester. I'm aiming for a 4.0! I really need it for a nice GPA boost. I got another 3.79 last semester, so that makes everything a bit easier.

I am so excited about Nursing, and getting good grades so that i have at least a tiny shot of getting in. I really want to get into OU Nursing school, but I'm probably going to apply to UCO and maybe a couple of others, just in case. I'm so glad that i have something to work towards now, considering i had NO desire to do even look at anymore Spanish last semester, nonetheless an entire career out of the damn thing. Ugh, school-wise, i was miserable last semester. I was in a big ole rut, with no hope in sight. I had previously considered nursing, but then i was reminded by two big fat Ds on my transcript, and thought that anything in the health field was impossible (especially since one of the Ds was in Chemistry *gag*). But, thankfully, Zach was absolutely wonderful and spent a lot of time calculating my grades and GPAs and whatnot, and found out that it wasn't impossible! It would/will be tough, of course, but it is doable. So here I am, on the road to nurse-dom, and I couldn't be happier. :)

Something funny/weird/disconcerting. I was flipping through the radio channels today on the way to work, when i came across a commercial for a restaurant. The obnoxious announcer went through all different kinds of things from the menu, prices, blah, blah, blah. All that was normal, but, right before i was about to change the channel, i hear this (no joke):

"AND REMEMBER FOLKS, OUR RESTAURANT IS FILLED WITH TVS!! TVS IN EVERY ROOM!!!! TVS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!"

Is this really what it's come to? Are we really that obsessed with TV and technology that we can't have a meal without someone blaring in the background about a shamwow or a football score? I got to thinking about it, and every single restaurant i have been to in the last month or so has had a TV. Honestly, it kind of offends me. Are they assuming i'm not interesting enough for my fellow dinner-goer/s? Or that maybe i'm too stupid or ADD to enjoy a nice meal without seeing the latest American Idol or Nip/Tuck? Has it come down to families deciding where they eat based on if little Susy gets her Dora the Explorer while she munches on her chicken tenders? I mean, seriously people. Let's reign it in a bit, turn off the TV, and look each other in the face again. We're in a time where technology allows us to be in contact without actually being in contact. Let's keep our meals sacred. A slap on the wrist to you, restaurants!

Well, that was my rant. Gotta study a bit, talk to the man, then hit the rack. Holla!

Oh, random sights...

2008-12-15T01:02:00.002-06:00

I saw a man on the bus the other day with a vacuum cleaner tucked between his legs. It made me happy.

Thought for the Day

2008-11-16T12:26:00.002-06:00

"People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live...[We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born." -Albert Einstein

*Just like this quote.

*I hope I never grow old...in spirit, that is. ;)

I cannot WAIT until Thanksgiving. I haven't seen my mom and family in over 2 months! Way too long. Also, i get to see Zach's family :) i miss them a whole bunch too. Now if i can just get through this week...

Too much

2008-11-04T01:26:00.003-06:00

Sometimes i worry that i'm too much...

too much passion.

too much emotion.

too loud.

too annoying.

too blunt.

too rude.

too selfish.

too bold.

too dorky.

too judgmental.

just too much...of everything. And i wonder how anyone puts up with me.

Yearbook Photos, Family Edition

2008-10-06T00:47:00.005-05:00

1984 agrees with me...lol

Tyler in 1968

For Trey, I couldn't decide between 1984...

Or 1960. What do you think?

Happy October!

Back in my day...

2008-09-29T16:17:00.011-05:00

Well, i've finally decided to post the pictures from yearbookyourself.com that i did a couple of weeks ago. Just some of the people i care about most :)

Eek! i look like my mother...

we had a good time :)

our rugby tourney went well this weekend, we ended up getting 3rd.

more to come later...

Bad boys, bad boys...

2008-09-15T18:46:00.002-05:00

It seems apartment L106 is always in the midst of some kind of trouble, whether it be illegally chaulking on the sidewalk, or harboring one of our furry friends...

Today, it was getting someone arrested.

Yes, you read it right. My apartment got a solicitor arrested. Kristin and I were innocently sitting in her room attempting to do some homework, when we were accosted with a knock at the door. We thought it was maintenance or one of our neighbors, but we quickly found out that it was not. The guy standing in the doorway was a fast-talking, shmoozing solicitor. He gave us a big shpeal about going to Australia or something...But when he told us he does this by selling magazine subscriptions, i knew it was a scam. You wanna know how i know?

because i fell for it in the dorms my freshman year at OU. Yeah, i was the retarded girl who actually bought a magazine subscription. Luckily i came to my senses in enough time to cancel my check before he cashed it.

so anyway, after he told us he sold magazine subscriptions i quickly said "We're not interested." He asked kristin if i spoke for her, and she just said "I don't have any money." haha! Go kristin. Right about then, a girl was walking into her apartment and he just turned--no goodbye, thanks for your time, nothing-- and started talking to that girl. We were kind of flabbergasted by this point, so we just walked back into our apartment. I then got the idea to call the clubhouse and report the bastard. After i gave the girl his description, she said she called OUPD. We watched for about 10 minutes, and sure enough the police drove up. By this time the guy was in the building next to us. We watched as the guy was stopped by the police. They made him sit down and were talking to him and stuff, when we saw the police start to arrest him!! It was awesome. After awhile the cops came to our apartment so they could get the info on the people who reported him. They thanked us for calling it in :)

I'd say we did a good deed today, and it was pretty fun too. :P

Oh, and speaking of adventures. I climbed a tree today on the South Oval, and i promptly fell out of it. I hurt a couple of my toes, and scraped up my arms pretty badly. I guess that'll teach me not to climb a tree bare-footed. ;) I'll probably post some pictures pretty quickly. Ah, memories.

:) gotta busy week this week. happy monday!

The things you hear when you just listen...

2008-09-08T15:40:00.003-05:00

I overheard a very interesting conversations today...yeah i'm a creepster. No, actually the two girls and a guy were talking really loud as i walked by. I only caught i tidbit of the convo, but it was enough.

Girl #1: I've never cheated on anyone before, but i've been cheated on. It sucks.
Guy: Yeah, i've never cheated, but i've been the "other guy".
Girl #2: Me too! I've never cheated, but i've been the girl he cheats on his girlfriend with.
Girl #1 and Guy: LOL!

Now, what i took from this conversation was that Girl #1 (and guy?) both didn't think they had done anything wrong by being the "other person." I'm sorry, but if you're the person someone is cheating on their significant other with, and you are aware of that fact, then YOU ARE A CHEATER, by association.

I add the "and you are aware of that fact" because I personally have been a victim of someone cheating on their girlfriend with me. The difference is that that person didn't have the balls to tell me. He ended up telling me only after his girlfriend looked through his phone and found the text messages he and i had sent to each other. I was mortified, extremely angry, and sad all at once. It really was the oddest feeling, and i hope i never have to go through it again. At first i was really guilty, but i have come to realize that i didn't do anything wrong. I never even had a slight suspicion that he had a girlfriend, although he was a weird fellow to begin with, who i should've avoided altogether.

But anyway, back to my original point. I just thought it was ridiculous that these people were deluded enough to think that they weren't at fault for anything. What has this world come to?

On another note, my weekend with Zach was wonderful :) it was his birthday, so i went down to OKC to take him out to dinner and whatnot. Good times :)

¿Por qué cruzó el pollo el camino?

2008-08-29T01:17:00.004-05:00

I have studied more for my classes this week than i have in my entire college career so far. I think i might have finally learned how to study! It only took me a couple of years to do it... XD

My spanish class is proving to be especially hellacious :S. Sra. Marchand gives a ridiculous amount of homework and readings, but i think it is going to help a lot in the long run. She is really making us apply the Spanish we have already learned, which is refreshing. I was getting tired of the constant grammar exercises. It is, however, extremely difficult and makes me doubt my knowledge of the Spanish language, and whether or not i'm going to be able to accomplish my goal of being fluent. :( i hope i can do it.

So here is something odd...i used to use a lot of the Spanish i know (which isn't much) around people that were fluent, and i wasn't too self concious about my abilities. But i've noticed that as i learn more and more Spanish, my confidence in using the language around native speakers decreases drammatically. I now hardly ever use Spanish around anyone besides my roommates, and when i do i use very little. I get so embarrassed when i make a mistake around a native speaker and they correct me. They don't do it in a judgemental or haughty way (hispanic people usually aren't like that), but i am still mortified. I wonder why that is? Is it because i now know the errors i am making? That is really the only explanation i can come up with. *sigh* so annoying.

i just wish i was fluent already. sheesh.

First day of my junior year...

2008-08-26T01:13:00.006-05:00

Well folks, after a long and boring summer (with a few exceptions, of course), school has finally started back up again. I had my first four classes today, starting with Pilates. I really like my instructor, apparently she is a former ballet dancer, and she knows her stuff. Blake and Taylor Griffin are in my class! haha i thought that was an interesting place for a couple of boys that are almost 7 feet tall. :P they composed 2 out of the 3 boys in my pilates class haha. The rest of the class breaks down like this:

about 40 sorostitutes.

God help me. I mean, i consider myself to be an open gal. I'm REALLY trying not to judge these girls, but they make it hard for me. Almost every single one of these girls had a V-neck t shirt with a ridiculous slogan like "the choice was simple" or "Alpha Omega Beta Bid Day '08" or some other slogan that they've had for the past eighty years. They then have on short shorts which show off their perfectly natural fake tans, with their little Sperry's on their little feet (keep in mind, these are the girls who walked in late, failed to see the 50+ people with no shoes and a giant blue mat under them. they just walked in and sat down on the floor. i mean, come on.) One girl even wore an extremely short dress. to pilates. Oh, and i haven't forgotten the hair. I love how our campus looks like a bunch of 5th graders at recess. Seriously, what's with the tiny little bows pinning their bangs back?! I mean, if i wanted to model my appearance after my favorite fourth grader i'd have to go with Spinelli from Recess.
Oh yeah, i'd totally rock that. My theory is if i kidnap a sorority girl, force her into an orange skull cap and side pigtails, i should be able to get half the campus looking exactly like that in less than a week. Hmm....

So after Pilates i got a much needed break with kristin before my 3 upcoming back-to-back classes :S. Creek II was pretty uneventful, besides the fact that almost all of the people from my Creek I class are there :) Spanish took F O R E V E R, but my professor seems really nice. Classes finally ended after my History of Latin America class, which seems like it's going to be surprisingly interesting.

I then went to the bursar and almost cried. i don't even want to get into it. i really hate the bursar's office :(

Tomorrow i have Anthropology with Kristin, which doesn't sound too fun, but at least my girl will be with me! Gotta buy some books too...bleh.

I miss Zach. a lot. but i get to talk to him at night, and we text during the day, which helps. he got through his first day of class and did all of his homework, so he's off to a good start :) i'm so proud of him.

NOTE: if you are a sorority girl and are offended by anything you've read here...frankly, i don't give a damn. have a nice day :)

Thought for the day

2008-08-19T23:26:00.006-05:00

It's hard to keep things in perspective in life. Either you let small things gain too much precedence, or you don't let large things gain enough. All it takes is a wake-up call to put everything back in it's place.

My life is full of wake-up calls. I'm still trying to decide if that's a good or a bad thing.

Holy crap, a talking muffin!

2008-08-12T15:38:00.005-05:00

I really like this font :)

So today i was sitting at the stoplight of Hwy 9 and Imhoff trying to turn left, when some idiot drove up behind me at like 100 mph and dang near slammed into the ass of my car. I was pretty pissed. Funny thing is, I was listening to "Crash Into Me" by Dave. How ironic would that have been?

or would it have been coincidental? I think the two terms are often used interchangeably, when they shouldn't. Let's have a look, shall we?

Dictionary.com has a lot of definitions of irony, and one of them is "the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning." They then define "coincidence" as "a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance." So, based on these definitions, i'd say that my situation would've been coincidental. :)

ahem, so anyway.

i got my hair cut today :) i went to salon zen on porter, and they are awesome! Ashley did a great job, and all the ladies there are really nice. Plus, their shop is the bomb.
Not the best picture, but you get the idea. :)

i also went to the Candy Basket here in Nompton and got some delicious strawberry sour belts. yummy.

Breaking Dawn is weirding me out. I hope it ends well :S

I see my man tomorrow :) yay!

Wow!

2008-08-10T02:08:00.001-05:00

It's been awhile since i've seen acting THAT bad.

I just watched Step Up 2 the Streets, btw.

I know, I know. It was a Saturday night and i was home alone. So i decided to go grab some Cane's for dinner (which my stomach thanked me for later). While i was waiting patiently at the drive through window, I noticed the Redbox at the McDonalds and thought i'd check out the moo-vay selections. Let me tell you, there wasn't much to go on. Let's just say it was between Step Up, Semi-Pro, and 27 Dresses (which i've seen before). I really didn't have a choice, I swear. :P

Zach and I went and watched Pineapple Express last week, and it was hilarious! We were originally supposed to watch Stepbrothers, but the movie had a glitch, so we had to choose another movie. It was surprisingly gory, funny, and action-filled. Good stuff.

On a completely different topic...

Towards the end of July, Zach was getting tired of living out of a suitcase at my apartment, and decided it would be best if he finally moved into his apartment in OKC. Needless to say, i was not a happy camper. We had spent the majority of July together, we were having a jolly good time, and i didn't know why that had to change. He patiently explained to me that it would be a lot easier to cope with being apart once school started. (Zach is going to Physical Therapy school at OUHSC, and I'm going to stay here in Norman taking classes) We aren't going to be able to see each other very often...he's going to be studying a lot, as will I (ha!). Even with his sound logic, i was still not convinced, was quite sad, but went along with it anyway. A few weeks have passed with me seeing him just a couple of times a week, and i'll admit it's been hard, but i'm finally realizing that it really was a good idea. He left today, and for the first time i don't feel like i've been run over by an elephant. I'm going to see him in a few days, and he's only 30 minutes away if some grand emergency pops up. So, i'm going to live, and the transition into the school year will be much easier. Yay for wise boyfriends :)

And on an even completely different-er topic...

i officially hate the Santa Fe Cattle Co. with every fiber of my being.

happy sunday :)

I feel brand new...

2008-08-01T23:39:00.005-05:00

Saturday before the sun is up
I'm out the door and on my way I
Catch the two and then the thirty five
And by six fifteen I'm on the train

Thirty miles till the final stop
And still I have to walk a few more
By the time I finally reach your garden's gate
I have nineteen steps till I'm at your door

Oh what a thrill
To finally be with you
And when I see your face I know that

There ain't nothing strong enough to keep me away from you
There can be a wall of fire ten feet or higher
I would just walk on through
Where there once was only room for one
Wherever there will be two

That's why I travel all this way for you
To you
For you
Ooooo

Sunday night and I'm at home alone
And I miss the smell of your perfume
Five long days and four more hours
Till I am there again with you

And oh what a thrill
To finally be with you
When I see your face
I know that

There ain't nothing strong enough to keep me away from you
There can be a wall of fire ten feet or higher
I would walk on through
Where there once was only room for one
Wherever there will be two

That's why I travel all this way for you

Seconds make minutes
Make hours make days
I've added it all up a million ways
Multiply that times a fact and when I'm with you
I feel brand new

That's why I travel all this way for you

There ain't nothing strong enough to keep me away from you
There can be a wall of fire ten feet or higher
I would walk on through
Where there once was only room for one
Wherever there will be two

That's why I travel all this way
Just to see your pretty face
Each and every saturday for you

To you

For you

:)

["For You" by David Ryan Harris]

Feeling a little down...

2008-07-27T01:17:00.000-05:00

...but Dave is keeping me company (Dave Matthews, that is). I'm currently enjoying "All Along the Watchtower". Funny thing, i never really liked Dave Matthews before. I thought he was quite boring and kind of pansy-ish haha. I think my taste in music is shifting slightly since i started working at Santa Fe. I used to love country music. I mean, country music was basically all i listened to. Unfortunately, Santa Fe is permanently stuck on a country radio station, which led me to never want to hear the twang of that ol' guitar ever again.

okay, that's a bit much.

i do still enjoy a good country song every now and then. It's just the really retarded ones that get me. My favorite (read: most hated) song has to be Beer Run. They do a fun little spell-out in the chorus which goes a little something like "B double E double R -U -N Beer run..." It literally makes me want to punch a baby. God forbid i be in a nursery when i hear that song! (Haha thanks Dane).

But anyway, i am now getting more into bands like Dave Matthews, Damien Rice, Ben Rector, etc. I'd like to say this hasn't been influenced at all by Zach, but i can't lie, he has had some affect on me :). He has a pretty good taste in music, and i enjoy listening to and learning new music. I especially like hearing local bands that are actually good. Ben Rector is from Tulsa, and there are a few other bands that he knows that came from Oklahoma. I think it's pretty cool.

On another note, Traditions has been especially retarded as of late. The manager Mike is quite the tight-ass. We have been notified that our apartment is apparantly too lived-in. For instance, i had my bike in our front entry way, which is forbidden; underneath the couch cusions is too dirty (wtf?!); our carpets need to be cleaned; our stove drip pans need to be cleaned; and the shelving in front of lauren's door needs to be removed, just to name a few. I have several issues with these things:

What's wrong with me having my bike in my front entry way??? There is quite a large space there that is perfectly bike-fitting. I'll admit i did need to purchase a bike lock anyway, but it's the principle of the matter!
Who cares about underneath the damn couch?
If you buy the crappiest carpet imaginable, it is not our fault when it gets stained and torn up after 1 year of living here. Plus, even if they had bought better carpet, we have been living here! There are going to be stains on the freaking carpet--it's inevitable!
We have attempted to clean our stove drip pans and have found it nearly impossible. Other than buy new drip pans, i don't know what else to do about that. And,
The shelving in front of that door isn't even blocking the door! In fact, the shelving is actually Lauren's. What confuses me is that they didn't say anthing about the bookshelf that i have in my hallway. Odd.

And, like i said, this is just a small sample of the scolding we received. My guess is that we are the worst tenants to inhabit traditions. We must be for all of the flack we take from them.

I miss my boyfriend pretty badly, and it hasn't even been a full day. Sad, right? Oh well, might as well get used to missing him...

Ah, nothing like Dave and a good blog session to ease the stress of everyday life. :)

Back off, Shorty!

2008-07-13T21:44:00.000-05:00

Heehee...

My title happens to be from the movie In Bruges starring Colin Farrell. Now, i'm not normally a big Colin Farrell fan (i think he's gross), but i decided to make an exception since Zach was a sweetheart and rented it while i was a bit under the weather :) He also rented Definitely, Maybe and Charlie Bartlett. They were all cute, but In Bruges was definitely my favorite. It was funny, romantic, suspenseful, and it teaches you a few lessons all at the same time. Who knew Mr. Farrell could be witty? If you get a chance, definitely make sure you catch that movie.

Zach, Paden (Zach's bro), Paden's girlfriend Kierston, and I are going camping this weekend, and i can't wait :) We're going out to Robber's Cave in Wilburton, which I haven't been to in forever. I'm going to attempt to climb while the boys show me up nicely, i'm sure haha. Gonna go up Friday morning and stay til Sunday or Monday morning, depending on how everything goes. I hope the weather is good to us...

Oh, and I just recently re-watched V for Vendetta, and gosh, i had forgotten how good that movie is. Natalie Portman is truly a gifted actress.

Work's been going okay. Manny might leave me tomorrow, and he is my little ball of sunshine when i go to work :( He's gotten a little claustrophobic here in Norman, and is off for bigger and better things. I'll miss him!

Wish us luck on our camping trip, hopefully i'll come back alive :)

Okay, so it's fun.

2008-07-03T23:04:00.000-05:00

I hate to admit it guys, but climbing is quite fun. Especially when your boyfriend is there to catch you :) oh, and when you're there to watch your boyfriend climb, who happens to be very hot doing it ;) He said i didn't do too bad for my first time. I plan to get much better :P

good times.

Climbing?

2008-07-03T17:13:00.000-05:00

Zach and I have decided to go climbing today at the Huff, and I'm slightly nervous. I've never actually climbed before, unless you count the one time like 2 years ago that i went in Muskogee with my family. It was a block party-ish shindig, and they had a portable rock wall set up. Needless to say, i didn't make it to the top...so i'm slightly apprehensive about going with my boyfriend, who knows what he's doing, and does it well. He actually bought some new climbing shoes today, so i think i'm going to wear his older ones. They're a bit tight, but he says they're supposed to fit that way...i guess i'll just have to get used to them until i get a pair of my own. His new ones are really cool, they have a stiffer sole so he can climb more difficult rocks (or that's what i think that means) I'm excited for him to get to try them out. I'll probably write a post-climbing blog tonight and let ya know how everything goes.

We also went and looked at Zach's new apartment complex yesterday, after getting lost in OKC for like 2 hours haha. It looks super-nice; they have a salt-water swimming pool, really big apartments with porches, and it seems like it's in a good neighborhood. His roommates seem like cool guys too :) i'm happy for him.

i think we're about to leave for the Huff...wish me luck!

Newly blogging...

2008-06-29T23:29:00.000-05:00

So i have enjoyed creeping on Trisha's blog for a long time now, so i decided to finally create my own. I must warn you that my writing skills are not nearly as developed as her's are...she really does have an incredible vocabulary and syntax. I'm slightly jealous :) I must also warn you that i don't always follow the rules of correct grammar (as evident by my lack of a capitalized 'i'), and that i tend to write how i talk. I hope you won't mind :) oh, and i also like to use emoticons :P

I guess i might as well start right off with my crazy day today. So i originally had the day off today, but a guy i work with asked if i could pick up his shift today, and i thought why not? Zach isn't up here, and i might as well make some extra bucks (although i was sad that i wasn't able to spend the day with my Trisha). The day started off decently, i made like $25 in a few hours, which wasn't too bad. Well, 4 o'clock rolls around, and my coworker Devin approaches me and asked if i would work his night shift for him. I hestitantly agree, and i definitely wish i hadn't. I ended up working until after 9:30 (more than 9 hours) on a day that i wasn't even supposed to work, plus i didn't make jack squat, and one of our new managers is a stupid whore who i want to kick in the vagina several times. Luckily my boyfriend was amazing and let me vent for awhile on the phone, or else this rendition would be much much longer :)

I'm also very lucky to have a wonderful amazing spectacular beautiful lovely roommate to come home to who understands me and is pretty much my best friend in the whole world :) i love you Trisha! When i got home, she brought me a bowl of her noodles that are DELISH. A wonderful boyfriend and a wonderful roomie? Wow, i am blessed.

So that's my sucky day...i'm excited to start blogging! :)