Last Week To-Do

• finish and submit 10 page Writing for the Web paper
• finish log for Business Writing
• peer review for Business Writing
  
• write 10 page seminar paper
• finish e-portfolio
• 4-5 page Humanities final paper (this assignment was bigger than I thought)
  

The first 3 should be done by Monday. And my Humanities paper isn't due until the 13th, so I've got tons of time to think about that one.

So things should stop being super stressed around my world except for my massive seminar paper. Since I haven't skipped any classes...I feel I might not go to the last ones of some of them...just maybe. :D

Steve is Amazing!

Since I had such a horrible day yesterday, Steven sent me flowers. What a great surprise when I got home to find these beauties outside my door with his sweet note.

I really love him.

They don't replace having him here, but they make it a little more tolerable until I move up north to live with him.


(The ducks were a Pier 1 purchase from Easter. You know, one of those save for the nursery things.)

Asher Roth, you may love college...

But I sure as heck do not right now. Today I reached a breaking point, a new low, a freaking meltdown Today while meeting with a teacher I completely broke down crying over one critique about a thesis paragraph. I just couldn't deal with it and snapped a little. And of course I did this in front of my ultra-brilliant seminar teacher. This is actually a first in my college career. Then I could not stop the crying for the whole meeting! It was probably the most embarrassing moment of my life. And I've had some pretty embarrassing moments.


So instead of taking a nap that I needed (really should of cause I haven't been sleeping. Having nightmares where professors yell at me which is probably why I broke today) I went shopping, found some cuteness, went down a pants size, apparently. I was so bummed about today I couldn't even enjoy it. How messed up is that?

Just want to be done so that I can have my Steven. And really feeling to embarrassed to go to my seminar class tomorrow or to go to graduation. And my mom wonders why I didn't want to walk?

Coveting A Bookend? New Low.

As I walked into my Business Writting professor's office I was struck by 6 of these gorgeous bookends sparkling in her window. At which, I had to break her off mid-sentence with: "oh! I love your hoot-hoots! I mean...owls."

Thankfully, she then went on to talk about the glass company they came from: Blenko. Apparently, they're from the late 60's, and truth be told I'm in love with them. She said she has been trying to get rid of them (why, oh why, would you?) and that maybe she'd give me a set to thank me for all my hard work on this manual we've been working on. Oh...do not tease me! It feels weird to take graduation gifts from professors...but truth be told, I think I'd get over the awkwardness quickly once these gleaming gals made it to my bookcase...

Personal Day

I've been trying to give myself a little break now that one or two of my projects are coming to an end before I start on the last projects. Ugh.

Today I did one of my DIY projects. I decided since I'm going to be giving a presentation tomorrow I wanted to turn my black pants that got too short into skinny pants. This trick is beyond perfect! It allows the tops of your pants to cover up wobbly bits or thigh issues caused by store bought skinny jeans, you can make them as tight or as loose in the leg as you want, and it saves a pair of pants that fit from being thrown out because they got too short. This might not be a problem for others, but for me it eventually happens to every pair of pants I own.

Now I have a pair of black pants that look like Audrey Hepburn's pants in Funny Face (great movie).

In order to do this:

1. turn your pants inside out
2. put them on
3. use pins to mark where you want to sew the new seams
4. sew them up
5. re-enforce the seams
6. cut off the excess material

Ta-da!

When I Won't Be Insane

I'm looking forward to the time in oh...2.5 weeks when I am done with school because I have so many projects that I have wanted to complete, it's ridiculous. I wanted to share a few of them so that you will all know what to expect when my blog rises from the ashes of lost internet causes.

Most important thing...ever: READ. I haven't done any pleasure reading in quite a while and I have the feeling it's going to be a mind-blowing experience. I also realize that I haven't done a book review in ages. My apologies.

Sew. I have about three things that need fixing and I've been itching to try a DIY where I make a pair of black pants I have into skinny jeans (cause I love the look, just hate how every pair you can buy is ultra low rise and I'm too curvacious for all that. I need to be able to move and sit/bend over)

Re-cover my headboard. Since my bed will be in the guest bedroom when we move, and I've been redoing the colors, I need to redo it in a fabulous brown. Easy project, but it will make a dramatic impact and allow me to post pictures of the project on this blog.

Cover and paint 3 canvases for the guest bedroom using some muslin. I need to find something that I want to paint...I'm thinking bamboo or mum silhouettes, haven't decided yet. Can't be anything too ambitious because I haven't painted in a long time.

Send Thank Yous for any graduation gifts I happen to receive. I might make the thank yous because I have developed a love for DIY paper products.

Finish a doll I started making for Baby Kaveena when she was born, four months ago.

And you know...all the randomness that will happen when we finally get a house and are able to move in.

You'll be the first to know when that happens, of course.

I want to be a Coffee Bean

A friend got a new blog and when I was typing in the url I misspelled it. In doing so, I chanced upon a little cheesy story that resonated with me, especially today. I couldn't copy and paste it so I have to link to the blog. I really enjoyed it. I had a very horrible day yesterday triggered by seeing a "haunt" at the library. Just a glance of this person brought back the nightmares I had for a good year after a bad living experience. Full force nightmares all night last night, but that's better than every night. Truth be told I'm still not right from it and I don't trust people very well anymore. I have only now just begun to go out in public and try to make new friends. Anyways, I'm not going into all that, but I'm refusing to be an egg...and I'm trying really hard to be coffee beans. Basically.

Oh Mr. Weathers!

Steven passed along a comic to me that I thought was hilarious. He thought it described me...when, in fact, it has Ed Weathers written all over it. Mr. Weathers was my Technical Editing and Style teacher and he is beyond amazing. I've wanted to slip this comic under his door...but I'm not sure if he would get a kick out of it or think it was vulgar...I'll leave that up to you, especially if you know and love him like I do. Click onward to see the comic!
(I should also mention that's pretty much how he dresses...and well...it's love.)

Where's the Zen?

So today I went for a run. Not for kicks, but because I was so anxious/freaking out about school that I literally had to wear my self out and clear my head. This end of the semester is going to kill me more than others have. I'm thankful that it's my last one!

My To-Do list for the next 19 days:

• 2-4 page response for Bloodchild (I'm thinking it's going to be a 2 page response)
  
• Presentation of my paper idea for Seminar class
• 10 page paper for Seminar with critical sources
• e-portfolio with written personal narrative for Seminar
• finish manual for YMCA
• present manual to community partner
• finish Log for Business Writing
• Do group review and tell the teacher I basically did everything
• presentation about education in Frankenstein for my Humanities class
• 3 page creative paper for my humanities class
• 2 page final paper for humanities class
• client project for Writing for the Web
• 10 page web article for Writing for the Web
  

Senioritis

noun. A crippling disease that strikes high school [and college] seniors. Symptoms include: laziness, an over-excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, sweatpants, athletic shorts, and sweatshirts. Also features a lack of studying, repeated absences, and a generally dismissive attitude. The only known cure is a phenomenon known as GraduationI got this from urbandictionary.com

Fabulous Weekend

My honey was able to surprise me with a visit this weekend. The distraction was much needed since I have 3 weeks left of school and no idea how I'm possibly going to get everything done.

The great thing about the weekendwas the weather! It was so great out! I love how Steven puts up with the kid in me. For instance, Saturday we got a cheap frisbee at the dollar tree and head to the park to throw the frisbee around, blow bubbles into the wind, pick flowers, and run around the baseball diamond. Then Saturday night we put up our new snazzy tent in my living room and "camped out" until Oliver got too rowdy and we decided to save the tent and take it down. However, it was awesome while it lasted!

Birthday Gifts

Every year I generally get myself a birthday present. Something that I've really wanted but haven't been able to splurge on yet. Last year I got myself a lot of barware since I was turning 21. This year, I have no idea what to get myself.Any ideas? Sigh. Since when have I ever needed ideas about something to get myself. I guess that life is pretty good right now.

New Shirt!

I ordered this shirt from Urban Outfitters yesterday. I'm very excited to get it in for the summer. I also love that I got it for 13 bucks. Love a good sale.

Grad Announcements

Because graduation announcements are so expensive I decided to make my own. Here is a picture of them before embellishment because Steven wanted to see it. I'm not sure why he thought he wasn't getting sent one... I'll be sending then out shortly and then hoping I do actually graduate...I'm more than a little concerned about that do to my teachers not giving ANY grades back! FML.