Hallelujah! I'm not a heffer anymore...well, okay, maybe I could stand to still lose a five or ten pounds but I can fit into my blue linen sundress! So exciting!

Earl is not on tonight and I again decided to read other people's blog (it's my second favorite thing to do besides online shopping.) I think my friends are right. It's time to move on. And you know what else? I think I'm right too.

Life after graduation was too dramatic and crazy. It feels good to have a somewhat level head on my shoulders again. It's nice to be single. I'm not lonely, contrary to what people say and believe. Seriously, what does it say about you if you feel you need to be in a relationship in order to be happy? Why does everyone assume that when you say "I like being single" it's an act? Yes, it's nice to be in relationship, there are some perks but it ain't so bad being single either. Ever been cheated on? Ever been lied to? My point EXACTLY.

I feel incredibly blessed to have the family that I do and the friends that I've made. I'm grateful that I've had the life that I have. I've experienced love and I've experienced all the crap that goes with it too. To be quite honest, I feel pretty fulfilled and I don't feel the need to have a boyfriend, a husband or a family of my own in order to say that my life is complete. It is complete the way it is.

And now I'm not a heffer...what more could I ask for?

Guess it's time to return some clothes since well...I can fit into my old stuff again! Woohoo!

okay, time to live vicariously through ms. bradshaw and company...

blog later,
me.

So I've now witnessed for myself the weather phenomenon known as "thundersnow."
*grumble*

I hate snow.

Now, five 12-hour shifts in a row don't seem so bad...

First Valentine's Day as a single person in a LONG time.
No ex boyfriend screwing with my mind, no boyfriend forgetting to get a gift...UConn lost last night to Villanova and Mr. Redick breaks an NCAA record! What a FABULOUS Valentine's Day!

So I'm rather excited that today was pretty low key. No one stole my chocolates out of my mailbox this year at work and I got a brown cordoroy jacket which will go lovely with my new shoes! Plus, I was productive today- actually worked on my problem set. Gosh! have i mentioned how much I dislike Econ?

I don't understand why people don't understand why I like Duke. Why does my brother in law like the Boston Red Sox? Why did my brother like the Buffalo Bills when he was younger? People have their teams and while Duke is the equivalent of the New York Yankees in NCAA Men's Basketball...I don't care! I like 'em and I have a good feeling about this year.

so my plans are coming together nicely. AND! I found this stupid receipt for this piece of garbage cookie press I bought. So happy...

all right, time to get ready for bed. Another happy day of surfing the net ahead of me...

blog later.
me.

Things I can't stand...
-stupidity
-selfishness
-stupidity

Senioritis has started...well, sort of.

Now that my last big deadline has passed, life is so much nicer. I don't worry about what I have to do at work anymore. May 12th doesn't seem that far away and let's face it, everyone I work with knows I just don't care anymore. I was talking about this project I'm on and how tedious it is and my co-worker goes, "Why do you care!? You're outta here! You have bigger and better things waiting for you." All which was true, but I thought it was funny that I didn't even have to mention my nonchalance towards work.

Anyhow! Microeconomics is kicking my behind. It's not so much the concepts but rather the problem sets. So freaking long! I hate problem sets. This is why I was a History major. No problem sets- just reading and essays and let's face it, even though I had daily essays based off the reading it was still SUPER easy to bullpoop it all! (I'm trying to curb my bad vocabulary so I don't say bad words in front of an impressionable toddler. Plus, "bullpoop" sounds a lot funnier to me than well...you know what I mean.)

Hmm!? what else...Hawaii was good but tiring. Never again am I working 2 weekends in a row or five 12-hour shifts in a row. Yuck. Not to mention, I didn't even get to take all my comp time! Ugh...I won't get into my despise for a certain company...

I'm trying to save money but it's so freaking hard. I feel like I need to take advantage of the fact that I have an income while I still can! But I've been pretty good. I didn't buy the black BCBGgirls mules that I saw that were SUPER cheap. And! I didn't get a new everyday wool coat, even though I sort of need one. Plus! now that I have practically no friends in Madison, I haven't been eating out. From now until May, my goal is to eat out only once a week (which probably won't be hard because I love cooking. Unfortunately, my tonkatsu wasn't as tasty as it has been in the past.)

The apartment is still a mess but I have maybe 2 boxes full of stuff packed? I should probably start packing up the rest of my closet. *sigh* I'm thinking I'm going to need more than a week to pack up everything and CLEAN! But I guess I can always come back to Madison and clean right before I move out.

Is it wrong that I'm looking forward to someone's graduation from law school just so I can wear a new outfit? I'm happy that the person is graduating but I'm also very excited that I have an excuse to wear one of my many new outfits for Spring. You don't get many opportunities to dress up when you work for a software company. (Granted, I could dress business casual every day to work but then I would stick out and quite frankly, I don't really want to get my nice clothes dirty when I'm working out in the cornfields. ha ha!)

All right, time to get ready for this meeting. How in the world did I get so freaking involved with DG? There must be something wrong with me.

blog later.
me.

Addendum: So I'm back from my meeting. Goodness...I'm waiting for the day EO finds out how horrible we are. Anyhow! I caved. I am getting the super cheap black mules...on condition the store can find the mate. I also returned a bunch of other stuff though (doesn't that count for something?) and I will probably return more. After re-evaluating my wardrobe, some of the fashion decisions/purchases I made are questionable. I'm trying to make my wardrobe less monochromatic and a little more interesting-it's so hard to not buy more black, grey and white shirts and pants or any more black bags!

Apartment is still a mess. hopefully I can get one room mess free by the end of the night. Oooh! I also had an epiphany today.

If my brother were not my brother, I don't know if we would get along. Seriously. I was thinking about the two of us, our personalities, our attitudes and the way we approach things and we are so different! This is to be expected of course, but honestly, if I wasn't his sister I think I would drive him nuts. For instance, I don't understand his laid-back approach to school. Seriously, he is laid-back compared to me. My mom once said that if she could make me more carefree and less stressed about school like my brother and my brother more neurotic about school (as I am) she would have perfect children. ha ha! We are polar opposites when it comes to school. Gosh... I lived at the library in college and my brother...well, whatever IM sport was in season, that's where he was.

All right, time to get dinner started.

blog later,
me.