Studying

I had a big midterm this morning, and i studied my butt off yesterday...  at least 6 hours.  It might have been easier if I didn't have company. He did make it a little difficult at time...

I love animals... they provide so much comical relief even during stressful times.

oh ya

i got my ring back on wednesday its beautiful
it came in a couple days early
my husband (the best husband in the world) has great taste

in need of sleep

I feel I am desperately in need of sleep. The last couple weeks have been crazy. Last week was my birthday week, whick was so great. My actual birthday was okay I had school until 2, work at 4.30, then afterwards went out for a couple drinks with my oldest friends. I think I heard from everyone I know that day, I felt so loved. Friday, Cale took me to a murder mystery dinner, which was really really fun. I am so glad he took me. Saturday, we slept in for a while and then saw he's just not that into you. I liked it a lot it had a lot of good chickflick qualities but at the same time it was a good comedy. Plus, it had jennifer anisten. I am a friends addict and I love her. After the movie we went to cale's friend Kalyn's birthday party which was also really fun and laid back. around 3am we arrived back home and slept until I had to work again on sunday. Overall, it was a really great weekend.
This week, however has felt so hectic: work, school, midterm, and a work meeting from 9.30 pm-12am last night. I made the mistake of drinking 2 cups of coffee at 10 last night so I was wide awake by the time I got home. Then the adventure started: a few weeks ago I told Cale that I wanted to build a big cat scratcher for norman because I think he gets bored at the apartment and something to climb might be fun for him. I read this article online about making your own out of a cardboard tube that you can get for free at a carpet store, and some carpet, and whatever else. So, I tell Cale about it a few weeks ago and kind of forgot about it but I get home last night and see that Cale had found one of those tubes in a dumpster and brought it home. So now were both excited and long story short we got some carpet scraps and soon norman will have a big ol climber to play with. I am excited to make it. The plan is to stand it up in the corner next to the bookcase in our living room and then build a little bridge thing across to the other bookcase so he can climb up the scratcher and hang out on the top of the bookcase and cross to the other one if he wants. I read somewhere that cats like to be up high looking down, so I think he will enjoy it. Im excited for it. Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I absolutely adore that silly little norman. he's bundles of fun.
So that's pretty much the reason why I am so pooped today.
this weekend will not help either:
sat: work 12.30-12.30+ (cus its valentines day and i work at a restraunt)
then again on sunday: work 3.30-9ish.
oh man
i love this crazy life

classy and ambitious

I've made two purchases over the last week.  

1.  a very cute little pair of steve madden heels.  they are black patent leather and are kinda shiny.  i like em.  the plan is to wear them out when we celebrate my bday: cale is taking me out! i've been trying to break them in and so i keep wearing them around the house when i cook and stuff.  I bet cale will be excited to see me wearing them with something other than baggy sweat pants.  I am actually very glad that he's the only one who's seen me wear heels with sweat pants.  ya, i'm pretty classy.

2. a leather rug.  it looked really cool on the internet: it's made out of shreadded leather to make a kind of shag rug.  (it's actually a runner--- this whole thing started when I decided we needed a rug cus the entry way gets sooooo dirty and I wanted to have something to wipe feets on.  anywho, we ended up with a 12 foot long runner. ambitious.)  Once it came we took it out of the box and moved it all over the apartment trying to find the perfect spot.  we finally ended up leaving it somewhere, but neither one of us is sure if we like it.  we just don't know.  seriously. no idea.  anyways, because we do have the option of returning it, we have decided to leave it on the floor and give it a couple days.  we'll see how it goes.  on the other hand, its really funny watching norman (my awesome cat) around it.  It is made of leather, so it has a very faint leather smell so he sniffs it almost non stop.  he also has yet to step on it so it's funny watching him tip toe around it and jump over it.  like me and cale, norman also does not yet know how he feels about this rug/runner.

so last night at work my boss tells me about this video on youtube and since business was so slow he actually took me and another girl to the office to watch this video on youtube.  i thought it was hilarious so i thought i would share it.  Since i am not so good at this computer stuff  and i cannot post the actual video on the site, i will just add a link.  

Charlie bit my finger

my nakey finger

yesterday, my wonderful husband reminded me we needed to take our rings to zales to be checked for our warranty.  Since we don't really have enough time to go together, I decided to just go myself (we only had til the end of the month to do so).  So there I went, with my ring proudly displayed on my finger and his ring carefully stored in that little pocket inside the pocket (it worked really well).  Once I got there, I told the lady the deal and so she takes our rings and inspects them-- Cale's is okay of course, (his is a solid band), but while the lady is prodding my ring with some tweezers, I see her frown.  She then walks over to me and shows me that there's a loose diamond on my band.  I'm thinking no big deal they will have my ring for three days max (like when I got my ring and band saudered together) and then it will be back on my finger.  But then she tell me that it won't be ready for pick up til the 13th of february,  that's right--- 3 weeks later.  She asks if I wanted to leave it with them now and I asked her if I had the option and she said yes, but if the diamond falls out the warranty will no longer stand.  sad day.  so there I left, me and my naked finger and went home. what a bummer.  On the other hand, I am very thankful we got that warranty.  I never got warrantys in the past, but I am glad we did.  It would suck even more to walk around with a diamond missing from my ring until we had the time and money to fix it.  I'm just a little bummed about missing my ring for 3 weeks.

i need patience

So, I've been thinking a lot lately. And I think I've come to the realization that I need to slow down. I've always been in this big hurry... to graduate, have a real job, and to settle in to a routine. I get restless fast, and I think that if I don't slow down I will just be impatient my whole life for what happens next. I love change, but at the same time I know I need to relax and enjoy where I'm at now. Getting married and moving out has been the funnest part of my life. I can stay out late, bake cookies at midnight, take a run at 2 in the morning, and come and go as I please. Not that my parents were super controlling at home. But I would feel bad staying out late because I knew they would wait up for me and I did not want to be rude. But now that I've been on my own for a while, I think I should focus more on having a routine rather than trying to move on to the next part of my life.

My new years resolution.... kind of more like a goal since resolutions never seem to stick... is to try and be more wifely. Last quarter in school was the best quarter I've had I got good grades, made the dean's list, and was able to join omicron delta epsilon (an economics honor society). Sadly, because I was so involved with school, I didn't cook, clean, or do other wifely things very often. This quarter has been quite different so far, and I am doing my best to try and maintain it. I have been cooking for cale more often, as well as trying to keep up on the house work. I thought it would bee more tedious than it is and that it would feel like a chore, but it is actually quite enjoyable and I know cale enjoys it too. It was so sweet-- monday, when I was mopping the bathroom floor, he hugged me from behind and told me he loves me, and that I look so cute when I act like such a wife. He also said that when he goes to work, sometimes the guys ask what his 'wifey' made for dinner. It probably sounds silly, but I like that they tease him.

So with all that in mind, I think I've realized that I should not be in such a hurry, rather, I should focus on what I have now to make it the best it can be. I will keep making adjustments and find contentment with where I'm at, not being anxious to get where I someday want to go.

monday, monday

So one of my professors cancelled lecture today, and in doing so he completely opened up my day! I only have two classes on monday: one 8-9am, the other 1-2pm, which, if you do the math leaves a 4 hour gap. A very long four hours. I am so happy that I have a whole day to myself. Cale will be home from school around 2, so I have time to do stuff I don't like to do when he's home. My plans: grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, and most importantly vacuuming. I know it sounds silly, but Cale HATES all the noise the vacuum makes so I do my best to vacuum when he's not home. And, I don't have to work tonight so I can honestly say I'm free!!! Headwait training has been good. I actually like doing it, and it is kinda a lot to comprehend in just a few nights but I made it through saturday! I wasn't supposed to be on my own saturday, but poor Brain, my trainer, got whacked in the head with a big metal thing and had to go to the clinic to get all fixed up. Luckily, the damage was not too bad, just some glue to hold his face together, and a bandaid to cover it up. Anyhow, I ended up doing hw on my own and I can say I made it through!

Cale and I keep throwing around the idea of buying a place. It's already a lot to worry about so we are kinda heading into it with a LOT of prayer. It is scary to think about making such a big committment with a lot of money: we're not looking to spend too much, hopefully around 100K but still. Its a lot of money. And it's scary. The thing that really convinced us is looking back at the 8 months of living here: between deposits and rent we've already spent 10K+. That's a lot that is not being invested in something. Evenso, with rent in mind at being almost 1000, we are looking at a mortgage almost half that. It seems like a no brainer but still it scares the life out of us. We are mostly looking at condos and townhouses an actual house would need a lot of fixin with our budget, and we don't really have the time for it. I know its possible, but we are still leaning towards a condo or tounhouse.

Anyways, I wanna get some stuff done before Cale gets home so I am going to get started.