.. random ..

I took this crazy bus picture a while ago, not too long after I bought my camera. The colour is atrocious, and I'm not sure why I even kept it, but I like it... Kind of Alien or something. It's a photo of 2 of my 4 computer speakers, lol. I love these things! [..And they are reallt silver, not blue!! - Nathan bought them for me for my birthday last year...I love that dude!]

I bought him two seasons of CSI for our anniversary...Kinda boring, and not super inventive, but he LOVES that show [everytime he starts watching it, it's like he gets suctioned to the TV, and can't stop watching until it's over, lol]. I feel kinda cheap, because it's not very expensive [only $126.50 for both seasons]...but we're both pretty strapped for cash these days, and so that is the best I can do right now. I'm wondering if anything special is even going to ahppen this weekend. I made a point of not talking about it, so I guess we'll have to see how that turns out.

Anyway...I have a final tomorrow, so I should really be getting back to studying...

.. Tuesday Morning ..

Jessie wrote a post on her blog the other day about marriage, and thinking about marriage, and how she feels about it...All about marriage. So anyway...She got me thinking about it too.

People are always asking:
If Nathan and I are going to get married
Can they come to wedding?
Why don't we just get married already?

No-one ever asks:
How do you FEEL about marriage?
Do you WANT to get married?

Everyone just ASSUMES that after five years, it's a given.
And you know, I think I DO want to get married one day
And I think that marriage is going to be a wonderful experience, when the time is right.
And when I think about the future, I do think of the two of us still being together.

But I am only 20 years old. 20. and he is only 22.
I don't believe in god, and I not a religious person.
I never have been, and I really don't think I ever will be.
I don't want to be marrid in a church, and I think some people will expect that from me. Nathan's family sure would...But my family would understand either way. I don't want to be wed by a priest, because it wouldn't MEAN anything to me. And I think it takes away from the people it DOES mean something to. I want my marriage to hold meaning, and significance and be symbolic.

I believe in LIFE
In LOVING with your whole entire heart and soul.
In being HAPPY
and maybe someday marriage will be a part of those beliefs.
And that's okay with me.
And maybe it never will

And I think that is okay too...

.. Today is Sunday ..

And I...

1. Still haven't thrown those sheets in the laundry, but I did just do three other loads tonight
2. Finished that Research Methods paper, and now I need to start studying for that exam.
3. Cleaned up my room, but I'm not sure how long it will stay this way!
4. didn't get to bed until 3.15 AM this morning, and thus, am still really really tired.
5. Am watching a CSI that I've already seen twice before, but I don't really care.
6. Got my first comment in months on my blog, Yeehaw! Thanks Nadine ;)

4 more days of classes left and then NO MORE SCHOOL for a whole month! I have only three exams in the final exam period, which is cool. one on the 8th, one the 11th, and one in the 27th. So lots of time to study for that last one, which is good, because it is statistics, and I haven't done any work in that class since our LAST exam, lol.

I have to go to summer school this year. Eww. But, it is only six week of classes, and only twice a week, so not too bad. I might have to take a second class though, which would mean two 3 hour lectures twice a week, and tuesday's and on thursday's. And my first class is at 9.00AM. eww. AND

In six days, it is our anniversary. FIVE YEARS.

How F'in Cool is That?! :D

.. Today is Wednesday ..

... And I:

1. Am supposed to be writing a Research Methods paper
2. Should throw my sheets into the laundry
3. Need to clean up my room
4. Slept just horribly last night, and am very, very tired
5. Discovered Soduko Puzzles on the weekend, and found some more last night. Now I'm having trouble leaving them alone
6. Am going to at least try and write this paper...It is due tomorrow...

.. feeling sick ..

Didn't watch the Oscar's last night, but I can't even remember the last time I watched them. They are just so boring. They start off good with the Red Carpet stuff and then best supporting awards, and then they get boring until the very end. I decided that sleeping was much more appealing than watching boring TV. And so I slept. Daddy was nice enough to say he'd bring me in to Kathy's this morning, so I got to sleep at Nathan's again. Then Daddy brought me back after Nathan dropped me off at home, and I once I was at Kathy's I slept for half an hour.

*Sigh* I spent all weekend in that iffy state between feeling all right, and feeling like garbage. Last night I moved closer to garbage, and this morning I felt like rotten garbage. I didn't even go to my morning classes, and I never miss school. I set the alarm to get up and go, and after half an hour of pushing snooze, I decided to set the alarm for two hours later and go back to sleep. So I did. I got up at about 10.30 and did a few things, and then went to school for my 2.30 class.

So I'll be going to bed early tonight, and sleeping in tomorrow. Then I have to get up and study for my midterm on Thursday. Eww. I still have one chapter left to read, and all my study guide notes to do. But I should be just fine. I got my midterm mark for Environmental Studies back this afternoon. 88.5% Not too shabby. The average was only 65%, so I did pretty well all things considered. Anyway, I'm tired, so it's time to vegetate.

.. Bringing in March ..

Only ten minutes to post today. I decided yesterday that

• I will donate at least thirty dollars a month (fifty in the summer time) to charity. (this month I did $15 to the Red Cross and $15 to United Way)
• Transfer at least ten percent of each pay cheque to my savings account
• Open up and RRSP by the end of April, and try to put at least $50.00 a month in it
• Stop spending so much money on fast food, and focus on foods from home that are better for me

I think those are pretty reasonable goals for myself, and in one day I did two of the four. Go me :) Last night, I also:

• Read a whole chapter in my Research methods text
• Printed off the study notes for the 5 chapters that are on the Research Methods exam
• Caught up on four days of notes for Linguistics

I'm going to Wasaga Beach this summer with about 15 other people this summer, which is wicked cool. I'm totally buying a new bathing suit (or two!!) I don't think I've had a new one in two years, so I think I've earned them :) And I don't buy super expensive ones anyway. It's not worth it for something I can only used like four months of the year anyways. but we're going for 8 whole days at the beginning/middle of July. You better believe I'm be going camera crazy those days. I'll probably end up with a whole wasaga scrapbooking album :D anyway, Time to get ready for school!

ps!! Only one month until my five year anniversary <3