Getting back into the swing of things...

So. My "New Year's Resolution" is to start going to the gym. I got a YMCA membership with all these great and wonderful intentions to go to aerobics and yoga classes, and whatever else looks interesting. Unfortunately, now that my school and work schedule is set, I am available at none of those class times!!! So pretty much all I can do is go run or lift weights whenever I have a few hours. I would much rather go to a class where they tell me what to do for a specific amount of time. They supposedly change the class schedule every few weeks, so hopefully I'll be able to go to a few classes soon.

School is fine thus far. Nothing too stressful yet. I was irked this morning b/c I got up early for my 9am class only to find when I got there that it was canceled. It just sucks mostly b/c it is SO COLD outside right now!!! What is up, weather?

I am very excited about The Magic Flute. I never really thought I'd be a part of such a famous opera. At Samford all we ever did were scenes and one-act operas that no one had ever heard of... which is fine. But I love my role and I can't wait to get more into it.

In other news, today we got our new microwave that we asked for like... 4 months ago. We were enthralled. A microwave with buttons?? No way!

Erin is moving this weekend, and I am sad :( She was the best roommate ever!!, but I am really happy she's getting to go on tour performing and doing what she loves to do.

Well I guess I don't have much to say. Time to watch the Cosby Show and do some more reading/outlining for school :-/


BYE.

Christmas, New Year's, et al

Time flies when you're having fun, eh? Idk if it was the most productive for me, but I think I figure some things out and am at least on a good path right now. Plus I had some fun times with lovely people. Can't ask for more than this.

So Christmas was relatively uneventful this year. My grans came over on Xmas Eve & we had dinner and played some Wii (they LOVE Wii). Christmas Day we went to church, opened a few prezzies, ate too much delicious food, then went to my aunt's house to visit with my dad's side of the family. It was fun except this antibiotic I was taking should NOT be taken with booze... it made me BURN UP ON FIRE HEART RACING. Not a good thing to do. I ended up staying at my parents' house for almost a whole week; they like me :) & Luna and Leia only got in one fight the whole time (no injuries, thankfully).

I spent a few days with Vlad; we gave each other presents. He got me like all relaxation gifts... an electric massage pillow, a bath pillow, bubble bath, and... long island iced tea mix. All great for relaxing, huh? He is also giving me $50 to gamble with at VICTORYLAND hahaa! Presents to help with drinking, gambling, and being lazy... whats that, like, gluttony, greed, & sloth?... how sinful am I going to be? Anyway. I got him a SEXY gray pea coat, too much booze, & a ROLL TIDE CRIMSON ELEPHANTS blanket. I think we did good this year.

For New Year's we never could figure out where to go or what to do, so I finally decided we should get some people, have dinner somewhere, and go to a bar for midnight. Simpler said than done. We made reservations for 6 people at SUMO (b/c they said they took reservations... didn't explain that it was more like call ahead) for 8pm and it was PACKED when we got there. We waited a/b an hour before getting seated. I mean its no big deal, but by the time we got seated, we were pretty much starving!!! But it was DUHLISHUS so thats good.

Then we went back to my apt to relax a little before going out. Unfortunately when we got to the bar, Jessica couldn't get in so our group disbanded. Also the bar was PACKED LIKE SARDINES, you could barely walk through. So we mostly sat outside under these heaters, and since I was still taking the antibiotic I didn't drink. Which turned out to be a good thing, since on the way home I was side-swiped on the interstate. But thats a story for later. So anyway we rang in the new year WITHOUT champagne since we couldn't get close enough to the bar to actually get any. I decided we should head back home, pick up our own champagne & chill at my house for the rest of the night. Here are some New Year's pix:



So like I said on the way home my car gets hit on the driver's side, & the assailant tries to SPEED AWAY. Then all my crazy car passengers told me I needed to chase them to get pictures and whatever. We were able to get them to stop at a gas station off Oxmoor, and it turned out to be a girl I knew from middle school. Awkward. She was begging us not to call the cops b/c she didn't want to get a DUI & lose her job, etc, which I felt bad for, but she didn't have her insurance card & without a police report, I would've had no proof she had hit me. So we called the police... and she LEFT the scene. Which we all thought was pretty foolish, but I guess now she won't get the DUI. And thats fine; I mean, I don't want anything bad to happen to her; all I care about is getting my car fixed. But we got to chat with cops for a while and then finally headed home.

The next few days were boring; yesterday I had to bring my computer to my dad b/c it had decided to stop working (it wouldn't turn on at all). Luckily it just needed a new power supply, and my dad had like 5 of them just laying around downstairs. So now I have my computer again. Later that night was our bowl game, in which we um BLEW. I have nothing else to say about that. I didn't even finish watching it b/c Stephen called to ask if I wanted to see a movie. We saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which I was going to wait til dvd to see, but I LOVED it. It was really amazing. Then KK had been calling me, thinking I was ignoring him, but I would simply never do that! So I went over to his house to play with him, hly, & griffin. This is what happened:

And thats all I'm going to say. PUXnLUV for 2009. BYE!