back to "normal"

okay, i know i haven't posted an entry in about a million years... but well... things have been a little crazy...

so... here's what's going on...

amy came to visit and it rocked the house... i felt bad because i had to work and then i don't really ever do anything that exciting... but here are some great things from my end about her trip here...
1) it felt really natural for her to be here... amy is one of the few friends i have that i can bear my soul to - someone who allows me to be me... i find her friendship one of the most refreshing friendships ever... so it was great to get to be around her for over a week!
2) papa haydn's - it's a great cafe on 23rd in portland - i blogged about it once - some friends and i had gone there... it's amazing... especially for desserts (which is all i've gone for) - but it was great to go again...
3) seattle - i love going to seattle... i love hanging out with friends i have there - and being in the city - thanks, chad for the tour!!
4) movie time... i have few people who will talk movies with me - and amy brought scene it (the funnest game ever) - it's totally going on my christmas list...
5) during her visit i had some time off work - so it was good to have a break from everything for a few days...

speaking of work...

my job is awesome... and it's keeping me very busy... very busy... i haven't done my job while i've been in school yet - so this next week will probably be a lot nuts for me - because my life will be "normal" - with all of my classes and a full week of work... i'm excited about it - but i know i'll be tired this time next week...

i have a bunch of things "due" for work on monday - so i thought, "i'll get them done on monday" - too bad i forgot that i only work 2 hours on monday due to school... so after i realized it tonight when i got home (after working a long day anyway), i came back up to work and finished some important things - so monday should be less stressful... hopefully...

speaking of school...

i have a whole bunch of stuff due for school on monday/tuesday... so this weekend is going to be super busy trying to get a bunch of school work done... blah!!! i'll probably need to spend all day tomorrow (after saturday morning cartoons) doing homework - and probably most of sunday, too...

i'll be glad when the semester is over... only a few weeks... actually about a month... that's crazy... eww... don't want to think about it, because then i'll have to think about all the stuff that's due in the next few weeks...

okay - so i'm not liking the way this post is going... so here's where i make a change... and write something positive... (which i kind of did at first and got distracted by the school thing)

5 things to be happy about or thankful for today

1) my car is fixed... it has new brake lights that work and a new motor for the drivers' side window... which means i can roll my window up and down now... and it only cost $50 for all of those things...

2) i had a really awesome lunch today... (i'm hungry right now, so moving on...)

3) i learned some new stuff today at work - stuff about the website - i don't know anything about webpage design - so i learned some of that today...

4) we did the layout for the center spread for the newspaper next month - and i actually got to do the hands on - with a bit of coaching from the sidelines - and i think it looks AWESOME!

5) i got to eat dinner with the family that i live with - and play with the boys before coming back to work - and it was so fun... two of them were folding clothes for a while and the youngest said, "i'm going to fold this arkansas style" - i don't really know what that means - but it became the joke of the night... because i went up to him, and i said, "i'm going to fold YOU arkansas style" - and we laughed a lot...

it's the end of the day and i'm really tired... so that means i'm going to go home... and tomorrow i'm going to sleep in because i can... and it will be wonderful... :)

as soon as i get a routine going, i'll be better about posting... until then, you'll all just have to deal!!! :)