365 Yos!

I'm trying to make this easier on myself. I've been working REALLY hard on my 33 days blog so that the first drafts are already done before I even need to start posting :o)...only a few more weeks, folks!!! The other hard part of doing two projects at once (365 & 33 Days) is not giving away any details of the 33 Days project in the 365 Project. Lol I'm making my life much more complicated than it should be...

Plus, if I upload 5 or less images, I only have to wait for one upload from blogger.

#lovefreeblogs.

09/26/2010

Day 217: Kirsten ate pork & liked it. Brad couldn't even wait to eat. I ate pork and looked like I hadn't slept ever.

09/27/2010

Day 218: Spent the whole night at the library working on a paper with Alex. Then, I slept on her couch for a whole 2 1/2 hours before driving to work. #ILoveGradSchool.

09/28/2010

Day 219: My paper was due at 9:00. The dropbox closed at 9:01. I'm such a rockstar...*slash* I work best under pressure. 16 pages in 3 days!! (Plus work Monday and Tuesday)

09/29/2010

Day 220: I know. My pillows are awesome!!! (I MADE THEM!!!) And, I really need some wall art above the sofa.....

365 for the END OF SUMMER!!!

I can't believe that summer is over. I can't believe it's already almost OCTOBER (which is the best month of the year, in case you didn't know). So many exciting things are starting up soon. OU/TX this weekend (Texas Still Sucks), more b-e-a-utiful fall weather, Halloween, Thanksgiving & OF COURSE Christmas. I love it!!!

So to end things right, here is the end of 365 "Summer." I know it's a little sparse, but my life is insane right now. INSANE. You get the idea. I've got to get these things in a little more timely manner!! 5 pictures is A LOT easier than 30 ish.

Without further ado...

08/29/2010

Day 189: Studying at Picasso Cafe in Paseo!!!

08/30/2010

Day 190: The last was a fluke....REALLY the last time we'd get to see Megan before she heads back over to Ireland. We had a lovely dinner at 1492 with the best (yet not cold enough) queso ever.

08/31/2010

Day 191: I think I hate grad school.

09/01/2010

Day 192: Today was total crap, but that's a pretty sunset.

09/02/2010

Day 193: Just studying for my spelling test. FML.

09/03/2010

Day 194: We went to Royal Bavaria with Jessica and Brian, plus two of Brian's friends from his study abroad in Germany!!

09/04/2010

Day 195: GAMEDAY!!!!!!! Season Opener :o)...I love football season.

09/05/2010

Day 196: So happy we got to go to Hosty on Labor Day weekend! To bad things got a little "out of control" after getting home. Oh...we don't know the girl in the background!

09/06/2010

Day 197: Kirsten & I were a little hungry. And, a little hungover.

09/07/2010

Day 198: Honestly, I don't know. I was exhausted and didn't have any other ideas for a picture that day.

09/08/2010

Day 199: Cuppies & Joe, Kirsten and I's favorite little cafe for studying on Wednesday nights!!

09/09/2010

Day 200: "Isn't she lovely?" - Hair dying extravaganza! Can't believe I'm at Day 200!!!!

09/10/2010

Day 201: Stayed in and organized my closet on a Friday night.

09/11/2010

Day 202: Gameday!! I can't believe I look decent in this picture because I look like hell in every other. It was hot hot hot and I was NOT sober. Wish Bailey had a mouth in this picture, though :o(

09/12/2010

Day 203: I was in so much pain after the day before...my shower saved me. I spent at least 3 hours in here over several sittings because it's the only thing that keeps me from puking

09/13/2010

Day 204: Spent the ENTIRE night working on this stupid theorist paper. I went to Picasso Grill in Paseo, where it was Motown night. Sadly, I could not participate :o(

09/14/2010

Day 205: Paper = DONE!

09/15/2010

Day 206: I had coffee at 6:00...oops. Didn't get home til a little later than expected #worthit! :o)

09/16/2010

Day 207: Went to the fair.

09/17/2010

Day 208: I had an extremely awkward and terrible date. To make up for 2 hours of torture, I treated myself to a new jar of black bean salsa.

09/18/2010

Day 209: I had a sore throat & my Chloreseptic spray leaked all over my ticket. Then I found out that my sore throat was really closer to the flu than anything else. :o(. Worst. Game. Day. EVER.

09/19/2010

Day 210: I used the opportunity of being sick as hell to re-watch one of my all time favorite television series from the beginning!

09/20/2010

Day 211: Still sick. Season 2.

09/21/2010

Day 212: Nope...not better. This day, though, I had a paper to write for class due that night. Awesome!

09/22/2010

Day 213: I LOOOOOOVE my pumpkins.

09/23/2010

Day 214: I've been really really bad about taking pictures lately. Here's my dinner from Louie's with Darin & Shane at Louie's On the Lake. Ugh I have so much going on!!!

09/24/2010

Day 215: We went to Libby's in Goldsby and Bradley ruined a picture.

09/25/2010

Day 216: Kirsten spent the night. hahahahaha.

MIA...but something to look forward to...

Just like the last post (around this time last week), I have no business blogging. I have been sick all weekend with a fever and congestion and an unbelievable sore throat.

I have a lot of catching up to do with the 365 stuff, but I'm sorry to say it won't be as entertaining as I would like. Life has absolutely caught up with me!! Work (40 hours) plus Grad School (6 hours) plus sleep (40-50 hours) plus social (as many as possible hours, but never enough) have left me exhausted and unable to cope with a little chest cold and still remain standing.

I was off work yesterday, came in today and left two hours later when everyone I work with looked at me with a crooked eye, judging me for my plague which would undoubtedly infect them instantly. I've been taking calls and answering emails in the privacy of my home office....and finishing up some last minute classwork before tonight.

I have, however, started working on a blog series for November. Why November? Because.....NoBloPoMo. November Blog Posting Month. Also, I want to have a full month after the end of the thing that I'm writing about is over...if you see me in person, maybe I'll tell you what it will be. Maybe NOT. I'll try for not, but I'm a little bit of a pushover.

It's going to called 33 Days. I will start on Thursday, October 28th with the first entry. Four days to catch up, 33 Days of daily posting recounting the events between September 7, 2010 and October 9, 2010.

What's in it for you?

• 33 days of blog posting (plus a couple of extra entries to get you caught up)...A new blog everyday for a month!!! This is also why I'm starting early: so I can make each one great and as accurate as possible :o).
• These won't be full of lots of pictures, but I still think they'll be pretty amusing.
• I'll subject myself to public scrutiny and critique...someone should get a kick out of my twisted little head. Judge me if you must, but this is meant to be fun!
• I've already decided I'm doing this, and I don't even know yet how it ends. Oh, the drama. Oh, the intrigue. Oh SH*T, the possible humiliation.
• Two friends know what I'm writing about...they also know how quickly everything has been changing!! I can hardly keep up, so here's your reference :o)
• Who knows...if things go well, I'd want to have this little blog series as a reference.

Whatcha think?

Holy Stress Level.

I should NOT be blogging right now; I have to...I feel like I could scream, so I'm going to write instead.

I have no earthly idea what I'm doing in grad school right now. I'm happy with the decision to stay in...I'm happier with the decision to switch concentrations...I'm not happy with extreme amounts of anxiety I've been having over the past 4 weeks. We're talking serious, lose sleep, lose your breakfast, not be able to focus on anything but the stress sort of anxiety. The sort of anxiety that I loathe because it's all too familiar & I've tried to banish it all many times before.

I don't want to drop all of my classes. I don't want to drop any of my classes. BUT...I don't want the stress either. I'd love just to go on autopilot for the next 13 weeks and get it all done with grace & skill, but I just don't know if that's possible.

I am feeling so much conflict about this!! I would rather be investing this stress into my great job or into my great friends or my great family....instead it's invested into school, which seems more like a waste than anything. Education is a waste? Is that what I'm saying? That doesn't sound like me.

So, on a Monday night, I'm sitting at Picasso Cafe in Paseo while 50 twenty-somethings are enjoying Motown Night....I'm supposed to be reading and writing on advertising ethics theory development. I love the topic, I don't love the dry and boring scholarship (I'd rather just have the wealth of knowledge that comes from reading without the painful act). I should be here until the place closes down, hurry home & continue writing until 3 or 4 or.......I don't even want to think about it.

So, I know I shouldn't be blogging, but I can't seem to concentrate on the task at hand. If I go home, I will surely fall asleep. At least I'm forced to stay awake here.

I do love that I have my APA manual with me :o)....sigh.