When do I get to breathe again?

No longer living in Provo.

Check.

Unfurnished non-student housing.

Check.

Grown-up job.

Check.

First paycheck.

Check.

Signing up for my own health insurance.

Check.

Getting internet and hot water set up.

Check.

Wedding weekend in Portland.

Check.

Still alive.

Check.

Barely...

Today was NOT my day...

1. Got very minimal sleep last night.
2. Woke up with a migraine.
3. Left my phone at home.
4. Wasn't able to go grab a caffeinated beverage before school started to try to alleviate my headache.
5. Didn't eat hardly anything all day because I was nauseated.
6. I left the headlights on in my stupid old car that doesn't ding to tell me that the headlights are still on when I open the door.
7. The battery in my car died.
8. The phones at my school were not working either for me to call my mother.
9. After finally getting help jumping my car, the a/c decided to stop working before we hit the freeway. Thankfully at point of the mountain it kicked back in.
10. At Walmart I again left my dang headlights on.
11. It's after 11 and I still have lots to do for school tomorrow.
12. I have meetings starting at 8 and have to stay after until 8 for parent night.
13. Umm...when do I have time to sleep? Oh, never mind, unimportant.

Feelin' Like I'm...twenty tw--just kidding.

Well, I guess I'm officially 23. My birthday is never really that big of a deal because I always feel like I've already been whatever age I'm turning for months already.

I just have this to say:

Here's to a better, brighter year.

This has been one hell of a year, and I'm ready for things to start looking way up again. Things aren't necessarily bad right now, but they could certainly go up. (When can they not?)

I just hope I can survive the first few weeks of teaching...it may or may not be the death of me.

Is Fall Here Yet...?

How do you know that it's hotter than Hades outside?

Your candy bar melts before you can even make it to the car.

My Guilty Pleasures

• Rereading the same books over and over again.
• Singing loudly, and often badly, along with my old cds while driving in my car.
• Reading the tabloids in line at the grocery store.
• Candy. And cookies. And pie. And pretty much anything else with sugar in it.
• Reading my own blog. Again and again. And laughing so hard sometimes because I think I'm hilarious.
• Doing crosswords and sudokus, nonstop.
• Angry birds.
• Staying up super super late talking to my best friends.
• Eating ice cream straight from the carton. With a fork. (Don't judge, you should try it.)
• The VD.
• Sleeping late.
• Hot chocolate in the morning and herbal tea before bed.