i agree with lucas...
... the longer you wait to update, the more daunting of a task it becomes. so i'll just give y'all the highlights.
new year's resolution
so, for one of the first times ever, i made myself a new year's resolution to start exercising, eat better (with fewer to no snacks between meals), to get back on pro-activ (which is the complicated but effective acne medication, which trevor agreed to pay for, coz it's expensive), and to improve my dental hygiene so's my teeth don't fall right out of my head. plus, you know, go to class and deal with all of my shit.
guess what? i've totally been sticking to ALL of it.
oh yes. i kicks asses. oh yes.
this week is my second week of working out four days a week. it's supposed to be five, which it will be next week, but previously i missed one day a week because of various unforeseen circumstances. but still! i've made it past week two! hurrah! the eating better thing is hard, but i'm doing pretty damn good. my face is already starting to clear up a lot, and my teeth and gums are happy. *sniffles* i'm just so proud! of course, since it's only been two weeks, my weight hasn't dropped any (i'm at 155 right now, which seems like a helluva lot), but i'm still truckin' right along. i'm hoping that, at the very least, by graduation i'll be down to 135, have clear, pretty skin, and the nicest smile i can manage without braces. wish me luck!
the money thing
okay, remember how i said that i got the impression that trevor's family is definitely wanting us to be married and having babies?
okay. so.
every major holiday, birthday, and otherwise big-event day, trevor's grandpa gives his grandchildren a check, in this case for $250. when we were at trevor's mum's house, she called her folks (because it was christmas, o' course), and trevor talked to his grandpa, who said that he was sorry that he had forgotten to write me a check. and i'm sitting there thinking "um... but... i'm not part of the family, and also, that's sort of scary, 'n stuff... yeah..." honestly, i never gave the idea of getting money from his family any thought, because, uh, i'm only a girlfriend. i likes being the girlfriend, yes! but, still... only a girlfriend, not a fiance, and NOT a wife.
so, uh, i got a letter in the mail from his grandparents about a week and a half ago, and it had a check in it.
for $250.
yeah.
i still haven't written them a thank you letter, which, at this point, is going to be a million pages long. honestly, how do you thank a non-relative for that much money? hell, my parents wouldn't give me that much money for christmas.
in his letter, trevor's grandpa said that he considered me part of the family (pressure) and that they were excited to have us down there next christmas to celebrate with the rest of the family (super-pressure). hoy... hoy. i'm still reeling from that one. and yes, i'm grateful for the money, it helped me pay off some serious bills, but, um... talk about pressure.
everything else
j-term class has been just as easy as i expected. yeah, there's a lot of reading, but nothing i can't handle. only one week left, and i'll be in to my last semester of college! WOOOO!! i have to admit, i'm a little excited to be hittin' the ol' dusty trail, so to speak. four more months, then graduation, and then seattle and kitties (and trevor, which is my favorite part). of course, i have no idea what kind of job i'm going to look for or what i want to do, but i'm still excited at the idea that i'm almost out of here. so long, parkland, and thanks for all the meth. yow.
other than that... well, tonight tony and kirsten and trevor and i are going out for some drinks, to celebrate... nothing. :) tomorrow i "get" to "volunteer" at the tacoma rescue mission for 8 hours straight. and this weekend i must, must, must, must, must write thank you letters and get mark and victoria's shit off to them before i die from guilt. and, you know, prepare for my test on tuesday (which will be cake, just like all the others), watch the hawks kick butt *hope*, and some other random shit. clean, maybe.
and now... well, now i should go get ready for work and head on out.
there's my update. ta da. :)
love to all of you, scattered over the globe as you are.
new year's resolution
so, for one of the first times ever, i made myself a new year's resolution to start exercising, eat better (with fewer to no snacks between meals), to get back on pro-activ (which is the complicated but effective acne medication, which trevor agreed to pay for, coz it's expensive), and to improve my dental hygiene so's my teeth don't fall right out of my head. plus, you know, go to class and deal with all of my shit.
guess what? i've totally been sticking to ALL of it.
oh yes. i kicks asses. oh yes.
this week is my second week of working out four days a week. it's supposed to be five, which it will be next week, but previously i missed one day a week because of various unforeseen circumstances. but still! i've made it past week two! hurrah! the eating better thing is hard, but i'm doing pretty damn good. my face is already starting to clear up a lot, and my teeth and gums are happy. *sniffles* i'm just so proud! of course, since it's only been two weeks, my weight hasn't dropped any (i'm at 155 right now, which seems like a helluva lot), but i'm still truckin' right along. i'm hoping that, at the very least, by graduation i'll be down to 135, have clear, pretty skin, and the nicest smile i can manage without braces. wish me luck!
the money thing
okay, remember how i said that i got the impression that trevor's family is definitely wanting us to be married and having babies?
okay. so.
every major holiday, birthday, and otherwise big-event day, trevor's grandpa gives his grandchildren a check, in this case for $250. when we were at trevor's mum's house, she called her folks (because it was christmas, o' course), and trevor talked to his grandpa, who said that he was sorry that he had forgotten to write me a check. and i'm sitting there thinking "um... but... i'm not part of the family, and also, that's sort of scary, 'n stuff... yeah..." honestly, i never gave the idea of getting money from his family any thought, because, uh, i'm only a girlfriend. i likes being the girlfriend, yes! but, still... only a girlfriend, not a fiance, and NOT a wife.
so, uh, i got a letter in the mail from his grandparents about a week and a half ago, and it had a check in it.
for $250.
yeah.
i still haven't written them a thank you letter, which, at this point, is going to be a million pages long. honestly, how do you thank a non-relative for that much money? hell, my parents wouldn't give me that much money for christmas.
in his letter, trevor's grandpa said that he considered me part of the family (pressure) and that they were excited to have us down there next christmas to celebrate with the rest of the family (super-pressure). hoy... hoy. i'm still reeling from that one. and yes, i'm grateful for the money, it helped me pay off some serious bills, but, um... talk about pressure.
everything else
j-term class has been just as easy as i expected. yeah, there's a lot of reading, but nothing i can't handle. only one week left, and i'll be in to my last semester of college! WOOOO!! i have to admit, i'm a little excited to be hittin' the ol' dusty trail, so to speak. four more months, then graduation, and then seattle and kitties (and trevor, which is my favorite part). of course, i have no idea what kind of job i'm going to look for or what i want to do, but i'm still excited at the idea that i'm almost out of here. so long, parkland, and thanks for all the meth. yow.
other than that... well, tonight tony and kirsten and trevor and i are going out for some drinks, to celebrate... nothing. :) tomorrow i "get" to "volunteer" at the tacoma rescue mission for 8 hours straight. and this weekend i must, must, must, must, must write thank you letters and get mark and victoria's shit off to them before i die from guilt. and, you know, prepare for my test on tuesday (which will be cake, just like all the others), watch the hawks kick butt *hope*, and some other random shit. clean, maybe.
and now... well, now i should go get ready for work and head on out.
there's my update. ta da. :)
love to all of you, scattered over the globe as you are.