I'm at it again-- caught up in the moment (but not in the right way).

YESSS!!!

It is almost the weekend which makes me so incredibly happy! Especially because it's the weekend of the 4th which makes it SO much better! The office is closing early today (actually everyone has already left) so I am just blogging. Then I plan on shifting everything on Ryan's desk three inches to the left. He's gonna hate it! :)

I gave TWO campus tours today. It was absolutely crazy! The first was to three families, the second was to two grad students from Croatia--they were all so friendly! I love talking to people from all over-- it fascinates me. Other than Canada, I've never left the country (and I don't really count Niagra Falls as Canada to be honest).

Tomorrow we're probably going to have a cook in at the apartment (can't be a cook out because we don't have a grill). I'm going to make burgers and hot dogs, plus have the usual chips and dip and watermelon. I think the food is part of the reason why I love 4th of July so much!

I think I ROCKED my calc midterm today. I passed my ECE midterm. Midterms just make me feel so good because when they're over I appreciate not being stressed so much more. The only thing standing between me and a whole day off tomorrow is my ECE lecture tonight, but it shouldn't be bad.

I got to hang out with Jon last night which made me extremely happy! I always have so much fun with him. We went and bought ice cream at the Shell on the corner and it was so good. I also found out my that my brother's (or as I refer to him: Ziggy) chinchilla had babies yesterday! He said I could have one and he would also give me a cage. That ALSO means he and Alexis (his beautiful wife) have to come to Chicago (from Pittsburgh) to visit me!

I am super excited (and kind of bummed) about the first weekend in August! I get to go home for a weekend! I'm getting in Friday afternoon and I think the family is all coming over to hang out. Then on Saturday a TON of my friends from home (and Jon from here) are all going to Cedar Point for the day... which makes me stoked for rollercoasters. Sunday Jon is getting baptized then we come back to Chicago Sunday night. It's going to be nice to get to see everyone again before fall semester starts up. I'm bummed, however, because Chicago's Warped Tour, Lolapalooza, and my block's block party are ALL that weekend. Naturally.

Fireworks on Navy Pier are tonight. Sadly I will be in class, not to mention there will be about a million people there. Oh well, there's always next year.

I had a terrible dream about a fiasco of a wedding I was having last night. (I know, I'm not even engaged-- oh well!) Basically, it was my wedding day and I didn't have a bouquet, a cake, or centerpieces, so 3 hours before the wedding I was running around trying to find stuff. For some reason I was doing this in my wedding dress, and then someone stepped on the train and it tore my dress. It was terrible! Then the bouquet I was trying to make was really ugly. I blame the dream on the episode of Reba I watched yesterday-- it was the first one where her daughter was getting married.

Yes, I watch Reba. Better yet, I watch Reba on LIFETIME.

Yeah, put that in your pipe and smoke it.



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