Blessed

I must come to the conclusion that I have been blessed.  I love life.

* I have a nice job that I truly enjoy.

* I have a wonderful husband that I am absolutely in love with.
* I have a happy and adorable little dog.

* I learned how to reverse into a parking spot.

* My commute to work is, for the most part, super easy and traffic-free.

* There is a Target five minutes away from me.

* I graduated with a bachelor's degree.

* I am only 22 and have plenty more years to come in my future.

Life is good.  I'm thankful for where I am at.  And I think I could totally get comfortable with this.

On another note, Jared had his first experience with a toad the other day.  I'll give him credit with the fact that the sun was going down when he saw the toad.  But he completely jumped and freaked out over it.  I laughed so hard.  It's funny how the bugs and small critters here are very similar to the ones in Georgia.

The weather decided to go against me again last night.  There was a spectacular lightning and thunderstorm outside around 3 in the morning.  The lightning woke me up.  And then the thunder creeped me out.  It's nothing like the storms in Utah where you only see it in the distance.  The thunder was right on top of us.  Also, lightning struck really close to the building and made the whole building shake.  And then I thought of an earthquake and felt much more at ease, haha.  I think the fact that a tornado could happen here still freaks me out a tiny bit...  So, I was up when I should have been sleeping last night.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Good: I found out I aced my test in physical chemistry. That was very exciting news. A much better score than my first test. Now all I have to do is ace the final, and I'm set for that class. And as long as I put studying before work, then I can get it done...

The Bad: I haven't been getting much sleep this week. Wednesday night (or thursday morning), I didn't go to bed until five. My homework assignment was finished, and it looked horrible. I skipped my class today to catch up on sleep. And now I'm taking a breather away from everything else in my life...

The Ugly: I have a test next tuesday. It's going to kill me. I need to write two pages for my group project tonight. And I have no idea when I'm going to have time to do that. I need to study for my test. I've been falling behind in work. That doesn't mean I'm not working. Because in fact, I've been working my hardest this last week. Only, there's just so much that needs to be done, and I'm running out of time to finish it all. Pretty soon, I'm going to get yelled at by my professor, but you know what, I'm doing the best I can and as much as I can in my hectic schedule. Oh, and did I mention I still need to bake a cake for Jared? His family's coming for cake and ice cream tonight. Which reminds me, I need to buy ice cream...

Oh so very busy. Too many things to do in so little time... I think I may die before next week comes. (And it doesn't end with my test. Thanksgiving preparations come next...)

Just Survive 'til Thursday

So, Jared's birthday is this thursday. And I have so much to do before then... I'm so busy and stressed. And as much as I hate to say it, it's mostly my fault since I'm a procrastinator. But oh well. All I need to do is survive and get things done.

I need to finish my physical chemistry homework. I believe I quit thinking about my homework and spent most of my time last week studying for the test. Good news is I answered every question with full confidence or semi-confidence (in the "Hey! I've heard of this and studied it!! I just don't remember it right now" sense). So, now I must finish what I don't have done. It's just a few problems... So, a couple of hours. And then I need to finish my biochemical engineering homework. That'll take a while. And I'm pretty sure tonight and tomorrow night are going to be all-nighter homework sessions for me.

And once that's done, I need to tidy up the place for the birthday parties. I also need to make a cake and figure out what else Jared wants me to make for his birthday. I believe this friday and saturday will be fun and stress relieving (even though I barely have time for it all).

Did I mention I still need to meet with my group to write a seven page paper for our project? Yeah, haven't quite figured out how to squeeze that in...

Oh, and in the middle of it all (it's also contributed to my procrastination)... We are looking into seeking legal action against our landlord. He overstepped his boundaries and impeded our rights as tenants. So, we're drafting a letter to send him explaining the City of Logan Tenant/Landlord Responsibilities. I'm pretty sure he's not going to be a happy camper and is going to kick us out as soon as our lease is up. But we plan on letting him know that we will inform his future tenants of their rights and let them know that what the landlord's behavior is illegal. So, in the middle of it all, we are looking for other places to live just in case it does eventually come down to this... (Oh, and we'll probably have to sue the landlord to get our deposit back.)

Yeah... Busy week. And it doesn't stop there. Test next tuesday (that may very well kill me). Paper due tuesday. Lab work to do throughout all of these things. And then comes Thanksgiving!!! Did I mention my family's coming to my house, and I'm cooking??? Yeah... No sleep for me anytime soon.