long time no see
well, i promised brandon i would update livejournal sometime while he was gone...and seeing as he'll be back in a few days, i should probably update now!!
today has been overall really dull and slow. worked 10-3, came home & read some harry potter, took a short nap, watched a couple movies, ate dinner, now i'm here & suddenly have the urge to watch Mulan lol.
well, since i haven't updated in so long...here's what's happened in the last...almost month:
july 4th weekend: brandon came home!!
Started on Friday....His plane was supposed to get in @ 7, but after a huge mess w/the airline in Norfolk, he finally landed around 8:00. I told my mom I was gonna be w/Hang for the evening until Brandon got to Rockford. Instead, I drove to O'Hare to pick him up. I got confused on the way in, and ended up in the International Parking lot and sat there for 30 minutes trying to get out of the way too backed up traffic. His plane landed while I was still sitting there, and eventually I made it to the parking for terminal 1 and ran to the baggage claim. I couldn't find him and was out of breath from running and still flustered from being stuck in international parking, when he came up behind me, grabbed me and gave me a big kiss/hug. On the way home, it was a massive traffic jam....I think we were going either 10mph or @ a dead stop for a good 45 minutes. I was so worried that my mom would call while we were sitting there, and say she needed something. Nooo idea what I would have said to get out of that one. But, she didn't call so it was all okay. Finally made it back to Rockford...and went to Dennys. I guess my dad saw us pull into the parking lot when he was leaving the gas station..hm. From there, we went to his house (which he hadn't even seen yet 'cause his parents just moved) and I left around 1AM.
Saturday...I finally got some new contacts (after an 8:45AM appointment..yuck) then picked up Brandon @ 10. stopped by my house real quick, and he gave me a promise ring :) i love it...sooo shiny! haha. Then, we headed to Wisconsin. A friend of his that he's known for...forever was having a grad party, and he wanted to introduce me to her & some of his family. Brandon, you win for the grandma-clutter-y-ness. "wow" is all I have to say to that. I had fun in WI, and we came back @ about 6:30. picked up Maggie, went to Target & NorthTowne to see Hitchhiker's Guide. after that, we came back to my house & shot cookie dough w/a BB gun, ate pizza, & watched French Kiss.
Sunday, I checked the vending machines @ work & Brandon bought some stuff to cook lunch...went to Best Buy, and came back home. Hang got dropped off @ my house for a bit until Tommy could pick her up, Brandon & I ate lunch, then I brought him over to my grandpa's house to introduce him. I guess they had met before...I didn't remember that, but okay. We saw Batman after that, then headed to his house for dinner. I had fun over there...good food (although I didn't eat much...still full from lunch!), hung out in the backyard w/his parents, played w/his dogs, & watched The Punisher before heading home.
Monday...emotional day. On the way to the airport i couldn't say anything or else i knew i would start crying. i could barely even smile 'cause i was so upset. Once we got to the airport, he ran in and got his ticket...then came back out and said that he had something like, 2-3 hours before the plane even started boarding. So, we left and went to Arlington Heights and got breakfast then to Mitsuwa, and back to the airport. I was ready to cry again once we got near the security gate. He left for the security gate and turned around right before disappearing around the corner to mouth the words 'I love you' to me :) I was definitely crying once he turned back around...and I left for my car immediately after that. I think I was finally done being all teary-eyed by the time I got near Belvidere.
Brandon w/his dogs
Brandon & Indy
fireworks from sunday night
Hang...swatting the wall w/a pixi stik?
Brandon & his dogs again
My promise ring...sry it's so blurry. took the picture w/my phone so i wouldn't have to mess w/getting the photo off my camera
since then, i haven't done too much. school (last day is tuesday!! YAY!!!), working about every day (yuuuuuck...but i'm getting nice paychecks, so i guess it's not too bad). last week, i was @ maggie's a couple days in a row playing board games...that was a lot of fun. maggie, i wanna play more games!! lol which one next??
last friday night, the next harry potter came out...emily & i went & picked that up @ midnight like we did last yr. this time, we were w/val & tom which was fun. we sat on this hill outside of Perkins & watched the traffic while we waited for the crowd to die down in Barnes & Noble...saw some bored guys driving around b&n shouting "Harry Potter sucks!"...a strange kid that told an employee of b&n that was holding a mop "WOW! where did you get that???"...the same kid was sticking feathers up people's noses as they walked past him.
there's a whole lot more that's probably happened that i could go into, but i don't feel like it @ the moment. i need to get part of my speech for tuesday done, and get to bed. goodnight.
today has been overall really dull and slow. worked 10-3, came home & read some harry potter, took a short nap, watched a couple movies, ate dinner, now i'm here & suddenly have the urge to watch Mulan lol.
well, since i haven't updated in so long...here's what's happened in the last...almost month:
july 4th weekend: brandon came home!!
Started on Friday....His plane was supposed to get in @ 7, but after a huge mess w/the airline in Norfolk, he finally landed around 8:00. I told my mom I was gonna be w/Hang for the evening until Brandon got to Rockford. Instead, I drove to O'Hare to pick him up. I got confused on the way in, and ended up in the International Parking lot and sat there for 30 minutes trying to get out of the way too backed up traffic. His plane landed while I was still sitting there, and eventually I made it to the parking for terminal 1 and ran to the baggage claim. I couldn't find him and was out of breath from running and still flustered from being stuck in international parking, when he came up behind me, grabbed me and gave me a big kiss/hug. On the way home, it was a massive traffic jam....I think we were going either 10mph or @ a dead stop for a good 45 minutes. I was so worried that my mom would call while we were sitting there, and say she needed something. Nooo idea what I would have said to get out of that one. But, she didn't call so it was all okay. Finally made it back to Rockford...and went to Dennys. I guess my dad saw us pull into the parking lot when he was leaving the gas station..hm. From there, we went to his house (which he hadn't even seen yet 'cause his parents just moved) and I left around 1AM.
Saturday...I finally got some new contacts (after an 8:45AM appointment..yuck) then picked up Brandon @ 10. stopped by my house real quick, and he gave me a promise ring :) i love it...sooo shiny! haha. Then, we headed to Wisconsin. A friend of his that he's known for...forever was having a grad party, and he wanted to introduce me to her & some of his family. Brandon, you win for the grandma-clutter-y-ness. "wow" is all I have to say to that. I had fun in WI, and we came back @ about 6:30. picked up Maggie, went to Target & NorthTowne to see Hitchhiker's Guide. after that, we came back to my house & shot cookie dough w/a BB gun, ate pizza, & watched French Kiss.
Sunday, I checked the vending machines @ work & Brandon bought some stuff to cook lunch...went to Best Buy, and came back home. Hang got dropped off @ my house for a bit until Tommy could pick her up, Brandon & I ate lunch, then I brought him over to my grandpa's house to introduce him. I guess they had met before...I didn't remember that, but okay. We saw Batman after that, then headed to his house for dinner. I had fun over there...good food (although I didn't eat much...still full from lunch!), hung out in the backyard w/his parents, played w/his dogs, & watched The Punisher before heading home.
Monday...emotional day. On the way to the airport i couldn't say anything or else i knew i would start crying. i could barely even smile 'cause i was so upset. Once we got to the airport, he ran in and got his ticket...then came back out and said that he had something like, 2-3 hours before the plane even started boarding. So, we left and went to Arlington Heights and got breakfast then to Mitsuwa, and back to the airport. I was ready to cry again once we got near the security gate. He left for the security gate and turned around right before disappearing around the corner to mouth the words 'I love you' to me :) I was definitely crying once he turned back around...and I left for my car immediately after that. I think I was finally done being all teary-eyed by the time I got near Belvidere.
Brandon w/his dogs
Brandon & Indy
fireworks from sunday night
Hang...swatting the wall w/a pixi stik?
Brandon & his dogs again
My promise ring...sry it's so blurry. took the picture w/my phone so i wouldn't have to mess w/getting the photo off my camera
since then, i haven't done too much. school (last day is tuesday!! YAY!!!), working about every day (yuuuuuck...but i'm getting nice paychecks, so i guess it's not too bad). last week, i was @ maggie's a couple days in a row playing board games...that was a lot of fun. maggie, i wanna play more games!! lol which one next??
last friday night, the next harry potter came out...emily & i went & picked that up @ midnight like we did last yr. this time, we were w/val & tom which was fun. we sat on this hill outside of Perkins & watched the traffic while we waited for the crowd to die down in Barnes & Noble...saw some bored guys driving around b&n shouting "Harry Potter sucks!"...a strange kid that told an employee of b&n that was holding a mop "WOW! where did you get that???"...the same kid was sticking feathers up people's noses as they walked past him.
there's a whole lot more that's probably happened that i could go into, but i don't feel like it @ the moment. i need to get part of my speech for tuesday done, and get to bed. goodnight.