Without a consistently working computer at hand, I made even fewer entries than I would normally. Because of this, I did not announce the adoption of a blonde (strawberry blonde) and white female teddy bear hamster on Independence Day. Her name is Ritterskamp, after a nearby street, but we call her Rita most of the time ( Read more... )

Todd and his friends surprised me with cake and ice cream last night at Boys' Night (which is obviously frequently crashed by girls)! It made me feel special!

I've finished my first full week at [far north side property group ( Read more... )

Class B was a letdown ( Read more... )

I helped Kevin with his yard yesterday. I helped him pick out a holly, a butterfly bush, a mum, and a witchhazel; plant aforementioned plants and a 10-ft maple; haul and spread mulch; etc. It was great to be doing stuff outside ( Read more... )

My first venture to an estrogen-dominated gathering in quite some time was successful. I managed to have a good conversation with the fiancee of Casey's co-worker. We discussed wedding bands, combining households, forresting (she has worked as a forrester, and that used to be what I'd get on all of my career tests when I was young, though I didn't ( Read more... )

So, I'm trying to decide whether to go to a particular wedding this year. I have to put the RSVP card in the mail by Thursday at the latest. I want to mail it by Wednesday. I'll lay out the pro/con lists.

Pro: 
The bride and I had lots of fun times growing up 
The bride and I were intentionally in many functions, teams, and groups together from late ( Read more... )

Last night, I had terrible nightmares. The least terrible one involved missing the graduation I'd finally earned and being killed.

I had to pay the electric bill by phone so it wouldn't be late. I couldn't freakin' find the checkbook this week.

I did laundry for Gram & Gramps and cut some peonies before the storm moved in. Gram's doing well, but the ( Read more... )

Finally, my Spring Break begins!

Language Development was cancelled for tomorrow, and I've finished my Micro quiz (ugh) and my C&T unit exam (double ugh).  I have a whole lot of school-related things I want to get done over break.  I need to write my C&T essay/paper for the Revolutionary Europe Unit, revamp my speech, go over tapes of Micro ( Read more... )

I'M DONE W/ MY CO-OP ( Read more... )