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I still have quite a few things to do on my to do list. I finished a lot of things, the short term things obviously.

I actually took quite a while to get my laundry done. I only did one load every 5 days or so. I finally caught up. I have one load to do tonight, but that's from the weekend because we spent a night at Steve's parents' house and then were busy all day on Sunday.

I have my MATC e-mail, but I'm having trouble logging into the computer database to sign up for classes. I might have to make a trip there on Wednesday to get my classes before they are closed.

I haven't even touched all of my junk that my sister brought over, and the only time i did anything with my dresser was when I got dressed in the morning. So that still needs to be done. i might have to do that tonight while Steve watches Scrubs. That's really starting to drive me nuts. I pretty much spend my time sitting on the couch listening to it and working the HP scarf for Peter. I'm getting pretty far pretty fast on that thing, hopefully I can finish it before the movie comes out. That would be perfect. I'm almost done with one of the socks that I'm making. They are a little bit big for my feet, so I'm thinking that I might give them to my mom or something. That would be kewl.

I haven't touched the blanket or the plastic canvas things either. Those are things I tend to work on when Steve isn't around. I don't want to start those duck or goose pictures until I have more of my other stuff finished or more organized.

I've done quite a bit of going through the knitting and crocheting sites and playing my game. Maybe I'll have to do that tonight while Steve watches Scrubs. Sometimes he'll play with me too, and that's always fun.

I haven't found my camera to take pictures yet. I want to find it before we go up north this weekend. I think it would be nice to have my camera with me.

On another note...I'm looking into getting hermit crabs again. I love them so much, but I don't think that Steve is really a fan. It might have to be something that I keep in the "crafty room" so that he doesn't have to see them. I don't want to get them until after we get our fish though, and he doesn't seem to enthusiastic about that either. I want to eventually go to furniture deals and steals and see if we can find a table that would work for our walkway to hold the fish on. It's going to have to be able to hand quite a lot of weight and have to be relatively thin so that people can still walk into our house.

I miss having crabs because you can actually interact with them. They don't talk back or anything, but you can hold them and feed them and stuff like that. I still have my set up from the crabs at my parents' house. I think that I will definitely need to take the car this Wednesday and go home and get it while Steve isn't there. I might want to see if there's anything else at my parents' house that I need. Maybe I'll have to make some Banana bread to take up north. That would be a great breakfast thing. That would be wonderful. I know that if i go to the pet store I will end up coming home with a new crab but I can't do that. Not when I'm going to be going up north for the weekend and won't be able to take care of him. Maybe I"Ll be able to find one while I'm up north and convince Steve to let me take him home. Or I might have to sneak him home. That would be interesting.

Well yea...I guess that's all for now. That was quite the scattered post. But that's how my brain goes.

Wondering

So sometimes I wonder where I'm going in life. I have a really good job right now working as an intern. I'm getting paid way more than I ever have in my life and it's really nice. Though it's still not enough to hold me over completely.

There's no way I could afford my own car right now or help to pay with the mortgage payments. Steve is paying for the house all on his own right now and I feel terrible about it sometimes. He's trying to manage a budget for himself and for me and we're not even married. He's got enough money to do that, it's just that I feel like I don't contribute enough. I do my fair share of house work and I do have to deal with him being cranky nearly every single night of the week, but I'm still not sure it's really fair. He says that he doesn't care about that at all, but I don't know if I buy that. I guess I'm just paranoid that I feel like I'm stealing his money.

I'm just going to have enough money to pay for school next this year. I'm probably going to have to go to MATC and try to save up enough money to pay for UWM next year. There's no way that I'm going to be able to graduate in 3 years. It'll be at least 3 1/2 which I wish wasn't the case. I guess I"m starting to get a little stressed about this whole thing again which isn't good. It's like I can't stop thinking about all the things that could go wrong. I get the feeling that Steve really thinks there is something wrong with me.

I sometimes wonder if he's waiting to see if I can get back on my feet before he wants to commit to spending the rest of his life with me. That thought just makes me worry more so I really need to stop doing that. As long as I keep cool and do well in school this next semester I know I'll be on a track to do a lot better.

Well I guess that's all. I don't feel like writing an entire novel again. It would be nice to waste a bunch of time, but there just isn't that much to write about this time around.

My to do list

While this probably isn't the most interesting blog in the world, it's good for me. I have a lot of things that I want to get done preferably before Christmas. Something things on this list are things have I have to do tonight, those are closer to the top of this list. Then there are the things that are more long term and will hopefully be finished before my blogs read 2009.

1. Do the dishes (obviously a tonight thing, and will be repeated many times)

2. get my stuff for MATC in order.
a. get e-mail started
b. finish signing up for classes
c. order books online

3. laundry (it's been about a week)

4. Go through my dresser and get rid of things that I don't wear anymore.

5. Call and make a doctors appointment.

6. Try and finish the two plastic canvas cross stitch pictures that I have half done

7. Finish the blanket I started a year ago now. I'm about 1/3 of the way done so far. Idk if I have enough time in the world to finish that before x-mas, but it's worth a try.

8. finish the socks I'm working on.

9. go through all the stuff that my sister brought over from my parents house. Right now it's all just sitting in our spare bedroom taking up space.

10. Call around and see if people have desks and whatnot that they want to get rid of for the spare bedroom that I'm turning into a craft/study room.

11. Work on Peter's HP scarf that I promised him for last Christmas. I think he would like it if he received that.

12. Find a place to take a yoga class, or a find a yoga DVD, it would be a good thing for me I think. I think I should at least try it.

13. Finish going though the knitting and crocheting database and find stuff that I would like to make and keep it updated (this is another ongoing task like dishes and laundry)

14. Playing my game (MapleStory) and getting my archer to level 30!!! It's taken me forever because I don't really have all that much time to play, but I want to get this done by at least when school starts. So that it won't be as much of a distraction that way. And I need to add my friend Adam to the list of my friends so that we can chat while we're on.

15, Work on the two cross stitch things that I bought to put in our bedroom that Steve will like.

16. Take pictures of all my projects that I complete and possibly the ones that are incomplete and keep track of when I finish them. Maybe start a notebook with all of my projects. and when I work on them and such.

Well I think those are all of the things that I need to do. That covers a lot of stuff. And I don't even have homework or projects to work on yet. That'll be great when that comes around, it'll really take away from this other stuff.

I think what I'll do with number 16 is that I'll take one of the diary's that I bought and just keep it with my craft bag and update that whenever I work on something and add a picture whenever I finish something. That would work out great. Now we just need to get our printer set up and I need to make sure that I can take pictures with my crappy camera that don't look totally terrible.

I'll have to keep everyone (maybe the one creepy stalker that reads this...) up to date on how I'm doing with this list.

I think I'll go visit Steve since his meeting should be over by now.

Annoying People

Ok,

So I sit next to a girl named Angie. She's awesome and I have a lot of fun working with her. I just can't stand this guy that comes over to talk to her at least once a day, and it's usually two times. He spends all of his time telling her what she should be doing with her life and I just want to kick him in the nuts every time I hear his voice. I'm usually very conscious about trying to be tolerant of people and not judge them on stupid things like an annoying voice and things like that, but I can't help it with this guy. He's already annoying because of his " I know more than you" attitude and then he's got an annoying voice to go with that. One day I thought I was going to kill him because he was giving Angie a hard time about an event that she put together. I guess she was completely wrong on the type of food that she had there because not everyone likes lasagna and that even though there was a vegetarian version that it wasn't enough because some people don't like pasta and then the only thing that they could eat was the salad. I guess I just didn't know that there were so many things to think about when coordinating a meal for that many people, but he honestly didn't give her any slack. I guess this guy is the main person in charge of the renovation that we're doing here at DRS. We're actually starting to see more visual improvements, but I still don't think there is any way that they are going to make their deadline on all of this, and there's no what that there is going to be enough room. The only way there is going to be enough room is if they get rid of people, and they claim that they aren't going to do that. I think that's a bunch of bull shit.

So anyway, things at work are going alright aside from that guy. I had so much stuff to do this morning that I didn't even check my yahoo e-mail until 11!! Most of the time I hit 8:30 and I'm out of things to do already and on the web goofing around. It was a nice change of pace, time really flew by because I had things to keep me busy that were somewhat using my brain. That's my other problem besides not having enough work. Most of the time when I get work it's something so mindless that it just makes the day go by even slower. I've learned a little bit more though, so now I'm getting into better tasks that actually make me think and analyze things. I should really be working on one of things right now but that's alright.

I'm getting a little excited for going to see Batman tonight. I know that I'm going to be dead tired tomorrow, but that's what Midnight showings of movies do to you. I'm going to have to get up early to take Steve to work and then I'll probably go back home and sleep some more before I really get up and go over to MATC to schedule my classes for the fall. I really hope that things work out well for that and that I"ll have time to go to work as well. I don't know if I was to try and go to night school or not. That could be a little weird. And then i wouldn't see Steve at all. I would still have my work time though...That might be the better idea...Then Steve doesn't need to have someone else take him home. He can either drop me off at school or let me take him home and then I can take the bus back to Brown Deer Rd. I'll have to look that up.

Ok, not wasting anymore time, looking all that stuff up now...toodles.

Internet and Other Stuff

So I finally got internet at my house on the 9th, yet I haven't written on here since the 7th. Things got a little crazy when our air conditioner crapped out on us. That and I don't really feel comfortable writing on here when Steve is around. I know that he would be able to find it no problem. It's not like I really say anything bad about him, it's just nice to have something that he doesn't have to be involved in all the time. I know that he would ask weird questions and other things if he was reading this all the time. It's not like I'm really talking to anyone on here. I doubt anyone that's stumbled across this site has even stopped to read past the first two sentences of one of my blogs.

I really want to start getting pictures up on here. It would really help if I could find my camera. It would be great to find it so that I could take pictures of the few things that I've finished knitting the past few weeks. I still have a few projects that are in the works that I just need to sit down and finish before I start something else. I would love to make some of these kewl socks that I found on the FreshIsleFibers.com Harry Potter section. It's something that I've wanted to make for a while but I can't seem to find the time or I forget about them.

I have to get up early tomorrow even though I'm not going to work because I'm going to go give blood. I really wish the Brown Deer Donation Center would let me donate plasma. It's just more efficient than donating whole blood. We'll see though. I can't keep driving out to Waukesha all the time with gas prices going up so much.

Anyway, I made a new friend on facebook the other day. He's really got one of the kewlest names I've ever heard. I found out after adding him as a friend that he's from Greece!! How awesome is that?! He's my sister's age. Just about 13 years old. It seems weird for a 20 year old to be talking to someone that young, but I think it's pretty kewl. It's not like I have any bad intentions, it's just nice to make a new friend. Maybe I'll have to start being a pen pal with him. That would be great.

I guess that I could try and find something to do here at work, but I just don't feel like working after that lunch I had. Steve and I went to a Chinese Buffet. It was excellent, as it was last time we went. That was back in May on the day of my interview here at DRS. That was a crazy day. Never again will I drink an iced coffee from McDonald's before going into an interview. That thing kicked my butt so far into high gear I was shaking all afternoon. And I only drank half of it.

Well I think I'm going to try and print off those patterns for those socks so that I have them in my hand when I get home tonight. I told Steve that we should have a no computer night and spend some time together watching a movie or something. I still can't sit still even when I'm watching a movie. So I'll make sure that I have something to knit while I'm sitting there. Hopefully I won't have to think too hard and I'll be able to make some kewl looking socks that I can wear sometime soon. Too bad I can't wear skirts at work, otherwise I could show off a bunch of kewl socks. Damn pants and close toed shoes rules. They need to clean this place up.

TWC and other stuff

So we're finally getting internet at our house! That means I'll be able to post more often.

That's if the internet works. We've used Time Warner in the past and they haven't done the best job. For almost an entire month we had some super shotty internet service. I didn't work early in the morning or after about 9 at night. If they were trying to do something to fix other problems it would have been nice to know about it.

I had a few mornings where I needed to finish a little something on the computer and all of the sudden the internet would crap out on me. It was really frustrating and stressful. I guess I don't really have that problem anymore. I'll have school, but it's going to be a lot easier now that I won't be at MSOE.

I really want to get a new computer, but it doesn't look like I'll have enough money for that. It would be great because Steve's computer is kinda dying. I've been keeping a look out for computer deals. I check nearly everyday, but I still haven't found anything really worth throwing $600 at. Anything less than that really isn't a quality computer. I'm not looking to spend a whole lot of money, but reviews online are very helpful. It's nice to look at what other people have to say about things and then hop over to the store and buy it.

I really can't follow a logical train of thought this morning. My friend Erin might be coming over for dinner tomorrow night. That should be fun. I hope that the guy from Time Warner is gone by then. I've heard they have a tendancy to show up late. Like 2 hours after their scheduled time. I really don't want that to be the case tomorrow. I'd like to have that all done before dinner is ready. He's supposed to come from 3-5 sometime, so if he is there on time he'll be gone before 6 without a problem.

We have a guy coming to service our air conditioner tomorrow too. That'll be around 1:00. I have to remember to have Steve write out that check for me. That should be a blast.

I should probably get back to work for a while. Maybe I'll have to write more later. I finished another knitting project, so now that I'm going to have internet I'll be able to post a picture of it!! yay! That'll be a good thing. I'll start to online scrap book my creations!!! woohoo!! OK, toodles.

Weekend Can't Come Soon Enough

Wow,

so today has been interesting. it should also be interesting for me to type it. My typing is completely off today. I can't figure out why I'm having so much trouble.

Anyway,

STEVE IS FINALLY HOME!!!

I'm excited can't you tell?? So that was a good feeling last night when he got home. It was really nice to see him.

I'm at work right now. Steve is here too though he didn't want to be here that long. He was just going to stop in and wirte up his expense reports and head home for the rest of the day and pick me up at 4, but he got roped into doing work because Byron is a jerk. Steve gets back so Byron decides that he can leave for the holiday weekend and Steve can just finish his work for him. I think it would have been better for Steve to have helped out at Rockwell if he was gonig to have to do work today. The unit arrived and then they decided that the unit was too heavy to move with the equipment that they had there and that they needed to bring it back to DRS to get it off the skid it was on. So Steve's getting super pissed about that because if they miss their test dates next week then they won't get a chance to test again for about 4 months!! That's pretty nuts. And if he would have known that things weren't going to go well he wouldn't have busted his ass while he was in Illinois to get his stuff done.

So I'm sitting here waiting for my manager to go over the report that I'm supposed to send out. I sent it to him about 3 hours ago and he still hasn't looked at it. I just reminded him about it because he finally came back after disappearing after lunch and he's talking to another girl that I work with about something else. I really would just like to send that report out because it's done and his manager would like to get it and he's the one that my manager is looking at it for. He's making sure that his manger doesn't have anything late and I already told him that he doesn't So I really don't know what's taking him so long.

We might go to see the fireworks tonight at the Lakefront with my friends from high school. It all depends on how Steve feels though. I kinda wanted to know by now so that I could let people know, but I guess it's going to have to wait.I'll be texting them later today saying that we're not going to be there. I just hope that I remember to do it before they wait for me for dinner.

It's kinda fun to write these long blogs, it helps me get through the day even if it does only take me 5 minutes to write even when I'm typing like crap. I doubt anyone would want to read it though, but that's ok. I guess it's time for me to end because there's nothing else of importance to write about. Not that anything I already wrote was all that important.

Steve is coming home!!!

So Steve is coming home tomorrow!! I can't wait to see him and finally not spend all the time in the house alone and go to bed alone. It gets really depressing after a while. I just don't know what to do with myself half the time. I feel like I've spent the last month just cleaning.

He's going to finish up testing within the next hour and then they get the fun task of taking apart the chamber where they were doing all their testing and get the unit out of there so that they can ship it back to Milwaukee. Steve has a few things that he needs to get done tomorrow morning, but then he gets to leave for home.

There are a few things that I need to get cleaned up before he gets home tomorrow which means that I need to get them finished tonight. There's a chance he could get home around 10 tomorrow morning and I might not get up until 8. I don't want to have to scramble to get things done. That would be a nightmare. I really don't have a whole lot to do. I would like to get the rest of the boxes in the computer room looked through so that we can start shaping that area of the house to what we want. I'm not sure if Steve still wants to get a new computer or not. If I could afford a new laptop then he really wouldn't need to get a new PC.

I was going to go and look at my money situation again today. It seems that I have a little bit more money that I thought I did. That's always a good thing, but I'm not sure it's enough to spend on a computer. I just don't want to be at $10 left in my bank account while I'm trying to go to school and work at the same time. And then that $10 will go towards going through hunter's safety which I also need to get going on. I've gotten more into figuring out what I'm doing for school next year that I forgot about that whole thing.

There's no way that I'm going to get a class in before August which is when I'll really need to start focusing on getting all my shit together for school and make sure that I have enough money.

So yea, I guess that's what's going on in my head today. I'm at work trying to get stuff done, but I keep getting interrupted by e-mails from my boss asking me to do different things. He's not even in the office. I guess I shouldn't complain because I at least have things to do today. I spent all of yesterday and Thursday the week before doing absolutely nothing. And no one had anything for me to do either. I guess that's how things are going to be for a while though and I hope they don't start giving me too many things to do because then when I go to school and start working less I won't have as much time to get it all done. But at least I'll just come to work and get what I need to get done and that will be it.

Well I guess I should get a move on. I might have to bust out of here early again tonight. It's not like anyone cares. And no one's going to tattle on me because it's not like they get a whole lot of work done during the day anyway.

This is a really long post. I really need to start taking pictures of things and putting them on here. It'll be really hard though since I'm not really allowed to bring in any computer devices from outside the company. That'll start to ruin stuff and whatever. I guess I'll follow the rules. I was supposed to get an e-mail from someone from Timewarner today so that I could set up a time to get internet at our house. Ok, time to go.