The Boring Life of Me

Ryan and I caught a matinee of Vantage Point today before he had to work. We enjoyed it, repetitive aspect and all which we noticed some of our fellow audience members weren't so fond of. But we thought it was pretty awesome.

The past couple of days have been otherwise uneventful. Been keeping up with the scrapbooking. When I've made a little more headway I'll take pictures. ^_^ I'm proud of what I've done so far.

So Ryan gets to stay up for half of the night working on an English paper. Haha. I have to get up for Sociology at 8AM so I'm probably heading to bed very, very soon.

Night Out

Last night Ryan and I took a much needed night off from the daily stresses of our lives. We had some dinner and window shopped at Goody's, which actually ended in two new shirts for me. ^_^;; We also stopped by Gamestop where I bought the only Sims 2 stuff pack I didn't have, and Ryan picked up the new version of an older game he'd lost for X-Box. Then we picked up our illegal Coke Zero, Hershey bars, and peanut butter M&M's, and headed to the theater where we saw Fool's Gold, which was a really cute movie.

I have begun the monsterous task of scrapbooking/photo album-ing ( O_o;; ) my life. Yay. I'm actually starting with Ryan and I because I want to be able to get that part up to date and then just make pages as I go. I can always go back through the shoeboxes full of my childhood stuff and do those. But I want to do my life now while I remember the details. Those childhood details are already long gone so it's pointless for me to rush to get them down in an album. Haha. My long term memory is worthless.

I'm having quite the paid blogging dry spell. I only seem to have three or four options open to me, and those are always already taken or have nothing what-so-ever that I could relate to and make it sound believeable. Usually the former. Kind of aggravating after how excited I was to start paid blogging. Urgh.

I need another way to make money that doesn't involve going back to McDonald's part time. T-T I'm so trying to avoid that at every cost. Heh. I'll just have to keep looking.

Semper Fi

I'm more than proud of Ryan and his dedication to being a United States Marine. Neither of us can wait until his training is done, and he can officially be called a Marine. I have always supported our military and always assumed I'd end up a military wife. Runs in the family. : ) And as scary as some of the prospects are, I support Ryan's wish to go enlisted and eventually become an officer once he's finished school via the reserves.

Today, I was surfing the internet for merchandise to show my support and happened upon this beauty. And then I fell in love with this shirt. I have to have one. The moment that boy graduates from basic training, I will be wearing it proudly to school and anywhere else allowable. Unfortunately I can't wear t-shirts to work. T-T But maybe I can get something else to display there.

By the way, this is not a sponsered post. I'm proud to be the girlfriend, no fiancee, of a future Marine, and I can't even imagine the pride I will feel to be the wife of an official United States Marine. I do, and will, support him in all that he does. ~♥

Panda!

So being the genius that I am I figured out how to make some small tweaks here and there in order to make this site look more like mine again. I'm in love with the image of the panda on a computer. XD How great is that? I changed some of the font colors to blue and black, getting rid of the greys and pink. So nothing too major, but I'm proud of it none-the-less. Next I'm going to work on getting my content back up. But for the rest of today I'm going to do some laundry and play my newly reinstalled Sims 2 for hours on end.

I stubbed my toe on one of our dining chairs earlier today, and it still hurts. I just looked at it, and it's all blue and purple on one side. O_o;; That can't be good. I don't think it's broken. Maybe sprained, but I think it would hurt even more than it does if that were the case. I've sprained and broken enough body parts in my life to know. Haha. I think it's just bruised and sore because of the way I hit the chair. Ugh. Only me. I thought Ryan was lame for spraining his pinky finger, and then I go and bruise my pinky toe. Heh. Wow.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ryan ended up suprising me with my gifts last night. He gave me the first flowers he's ever given me, a box of chocolates, and a pretty card with mushy writing inside. He also brought home a bottle of sparkling grape juice which we sipped on while watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith on TV.

Today he took me to lunch at a restuarant called Aubrey's which was fantastic. We'd never been there before, but we loved it. They even gave me a rose as we were leaving for Valentine's Day. They were doing it for all of the women which I though was pretty nifty of them.

Afterwards, and again after I got off of work, we went shopping at the mall. I ended up getting a pair of grey dress pants and a pair of black dress pants at New York & Company, and a teal blouse at Belk. Then we headed across the street to Kohl's where Ryan bought a few shirts, and I picked up a dark blue blouse and a black sweater with a built in teal patterned blouse underneath. Pretty awesome couple of days. : )

Coke Zero is my new anti-drug...

But Diet Pepsi or Coke still works when Coke Zero is unavailable. I don't know how, but Ryan and I somehow got hooked on Coke Zero after one fateful night when we ordered a pizza that came with two bottles of it free as a promotion. Haha. Figures.

Today's been pretty uneventful, though I really do need to do some reading and stuff for school. Eh. I've been doing well so far with barely trying. ^_^;; I'm so horrible at this good student thing...yet I still make straight A's. Go figure. Must just be a genius like that. Explains the bipolarness of me. They say there's fine line between genius and insanity. Pretty sure I'm standing on it...on my good days. On bad days I've completely crossed over.

I made a little stop at Walgreen's on my way home from work to get some chocolate for Ryan for the lovely commercial holiday that is Valentine's Day. (In all actuality, I have to go a completely different direction and make a huge circle to go to Walgreen's. And it's like the Arctic with hurricane winds outside right now. That boy better love me.) We weren't supposed to get each other anything beyond cards, but the boy's been dropping hints so I figured a little bit of chocolate will make me feel better than nothing in case he does something crazy.

I just stumbled across this awesome website. Ryan and I have conversations like that sometimes, but I always forget them by the time I'm around the computer to post it anywhere. Maybe I should start writing them down. We've had some doozies for sure. Like the time he asked me if I liked Skittles during a completely unrelated conversation while I was in the middle of a sentence. Don't think I'll ever let him live that one down.

Speaking of which, the other night we were sitting on the couch watching a movie, and he put his head on my lap. Well he breathed funny as he was putting his head down, and it sounded suspiciously like he was sniffing my pant leg. He denies it, but I've been calling him Pant Sniffer randomly ever since.

Bleh.

I'm not sure what my deal is, but I feel so unmotivated and tired lately. Ugh. My plans for the next year are all up in the air. The only things for sure at the moment are that I'm getting my license over the summer, using Ryan's car until I can get my own, working a few hours at another job to pay for insurance, transferring to Pellissippi State as long as I get accepted and all that jazz, and moving in August. None of the details are as of yet set.

Money isn't set in stone so when or what kind of car I'll buy I'm not sure. Where exactly in Knoxville or how much I can afford to pay in rent for the new apartment isn't for sure. Where I'll be working, and with whom and how much insurance will cost aren't for sure. Ugh. Plus money will be going toward the wedding which I'm trying to get invitations together for, but neither side of our family seems to be coughing up the guest lists in a timely manner. -_-;; My mom is tired of me asking her, but I'm tired of it, too. Ugh. Just give me list, please!

I'm just trying to get through this semester. Unfortunately, the end of the semester means the beginning of Ryan's training and being without him for a total of six months. T-T I can't wait until this year is over, Ryan and I are settled in our new apartment, I have a car, we have set bills that we have set jobs to cover so we won't be guessing at figures anymore, the wedding will be paid for, I'll be well on my way to finishing school, and, best of all, we'll be married and beginning our official life together. But oh so much time has to pass before then...

Here Comes the Bride

So my mom, my cousin/future flower girl (Shelby), and I went to look at some dresses at David's Bridal today. Ended up buying mine and Shelby's dresses for the wedding, as well as my veil, undergarments, and preservation services for after the wedding. : D We're going to somewhat cheaper venues for sparkly stuff like jewelry and tiaras as well as shoes. But I'm excited about another step forward in planning the wedding.

Now I just need to get my bridesmaids down here for some dress shopping. ^_^ I had my mom take my dress home with her because I'm being all traditional and not allowing Ryan to know anything about it until the big day. Which is going to be hard for me because we share everything. I always have to wait until like the day before when I buy him birthday or Christmas presents because it's impossible for me not to give them to him early out of excitement. Heh.

Yay! I'm so excited! o(^o^ )o ~ o( ^o^)o

Ugh

So I'm still trying to decide what to do about school. I know that a Bachelor's degree can get me farther, but I don't want to be in school until 2012 either. -_-;; So I'm still weighing the pros and cons of getting an Associate's at Pellissippi or just staying at UT and bearing with it.

Turns out that even if we insured a car under Ryan I couldn't drive it without my license even though I have a permit, and one of my parents would be with me. So I'm just going to have to practice in my parents' cars and attempt to get my license early in the summer so I can buy a car, insure it, and use the car to get to a weekend job that will allow me to pay for my insurance.

Now I just have to decide about school...

I Lied

So Johnson City is pretty much out of the question. Heh. Turns out that Ryan needs to be within 100 miles of his base in Chattanooga, and we're barely within that here. I was sad about giving up my job anyway so at least now I get to keep it. We're just going to move farther to the west side of Knoxville, and I'm still going to get my license and everything. I actually found a cute, black Beetle at a car lot nearby so I'm going to go down to the local Geico office and see about being insured. Since I'm not licensed, but I need the insurance to practice in the car for the license, it's kind of an odd situation.

I've also been looking at school options, and getting a Graphic Design degree at UT will take until at least 2012...my lottery scholarship runs out in 2011. -_-;; So I've pretty much decided to transfer to Pellissippi State and get an Associate's Degree in Graphic Design and go through their career starting program to get my first job. Afterwards, I can always take more hours elsewhere to turn it into a Bachelor's Degree if I so choose. But this way I can actually graduate in Fall of 2009 as originally planned when I graduated early from high school. Yay!

Insane To Do List

Things are about to be crazy around here. I have so much to do over the next year that I'll pretty much spend the whole thing planning and making sure I have the finances to cover those plans. I have to finish out this semester at UT while keeping my grades entact. By the end of the semester I have to have my UT and high school transcripts sent to ETSU and officially withdraw from UT.

At the end of this semester I will be going to live with my parents so in the meantime I need to start packing the things that will be going with me (pretty much everything except for the big furniture). Right before I leave I have to pay off my rent through July and have my cable and electric shut off. (The latter two I will have to make at least one trip back to Knoxville to ensure my bills are paid up until I had them shut off.) And, worst of all, I have to say goodbye to Ryan for three months as he heads off to basic training.

Throughout the summer I have to live off of Ryan's financial aid check while using the bulk of it to buy, or at least put a down payment on, a car and car insurance while getting my license with help from my father. As soon as I have said license I will have to find a job in Johnson City to help pay the payments, gas, and insurance for my car. I will also have to get ETSU classes and stuff squared away before August.

When August comes, and my Knoxville lease has run out, I will have to find a new apartment and set up the cable, utilities, mail, etc. in Johnson City. Thankfully Ryan will have come home for just over a week with his basic training check in tow to help with that, and I will be working so I'll have that constantly coming in. Ryan will be added to the car insurance so he can take his car with him to Tech School. I will start school while taking care of all of these things. Ryan will not be home for good until November, but after basic training he will be sending me money regularly.

As Christmas gets closer I will have to get a marriage license, find health insurance for Ryan and myself, and put the finishing touches on a wedding that I will have been planning throughout the rest of this ordeal. Ugh. I'm tired just thinking about it.