(125) Not the greatest of days

Last night after finishing the day 124 post....

...i got ready for bed

....put all of my clothes away that were on my bed

....changed my bedding

...vacuumed up the dust around my bed

....had a really bad allergy attack

...couldn't breathe well...was wheezing and coughing for the next hour+

...(not a cool way to end the day)

...went downstairs to avoid the dust

...continued wheezing and coughing

...fell asleep on the couch watching glee

...woke up at 2am and went up to bed

I woke up this morning at 10am

I could have stayed in bed for hours longer, but i had to start the day

had a cup of coffee 

turned on the glee marathon on oxygen

cleaned out containers that had all of my school stuff in it

came across some brochures and business cards...made this post

drank more coffee and ate 3 andes mints that i found in one of the containers

ate periodically...picked up some stuff around the house...tried gathering things i need for new zealand

did laundry

took a shower

continued watching the glee marathon

got ready for work

worked from 4-11:30

It was a crazy night...and not as in crazy good

it was hectic and busy and overwhelming

i consistently had 8 tables...i would normally have 5 at a time on a saturday

my sales were over $1100

my body ached and i was so ready for the night to be over...it dragged on

i ended up making less than 10% in tips, but not by much

i made more than i expected. (there were a lot of no tips or really crummy tips)

It all worked out and i was so happy when my shift was over.

i got home and vented to my parents

then i went outside and saw debbie and travis out riding bikes

i fed the cat next door

blogged

Heard people yelling outside...always interesting to hear midnight arguments

now im going to wash up and go to bed

oh and the world didn't end today...thanks God for making everything in your timing... :)

I love that He is in control

(104) Nonfunctioning

Today my day didn't start until 10:30 am.

I forced myself to get out of bed so that i wouldn't waste my day away sleeping. (instead i wasted it while being awake)

I poured what was left of the pot of coffee in my cup and then made a new pot.

I went in the living room and plopped down in my chair where i turned on the tv and watched one tree hill for several hours. (i did pour myself a fresh post of coffee and ate a rice crispy treat during that time)

I worked on a Welcome to my Closet post. I hadn't realized how long it had been since i had done that...oops.

All day i felt so exhausted.

I was at work from 3:30-11pm. Even while i was working i was yawning and my eyes were wanting to shut and my body and brain were shutting down. I have to say i possibly learned my lesson: My body does not handle sleep deprivation from the previous day very well. Now i know.

More happened throughout the day but i don't have the memory or energy to write it.

So with that, Good Night.

(97) Really, saturday?

It is after 1 a.m. so I am going to keep this as short as possible so that i can go to sleep.

morning: (10-12)

coffee...spilled it all over the deck-my hand spassed out or something.

sat outside on the pond deck with mom and Velcro(on a leash)

shower

Afternoon: (12-3:30)

lunch...left over spaghetti

one tree hill...several episodes

Easy A

loaded the dishwasher

got ready for work

left for work

Evening/night/early morning: (4-12:40)

Work

My shift was going really well. It seemed like we would be able to finish everything up early. At 10:22 a woman walked in saying she had a party of 20 people coming. We close at 10:30. Our manager made us take them even though they wouldn't be seated til after closing. Me and Ann were not thrilled about this. They weren't seated until 10:45 at the earliest. Oh and it ended up being over 25 people. 

They left around 11:45. Me, Ann, and Tyler finished cleaning and closing up the place. We finished a little after 12:30. Way too late to be at work and it was about an hour later than when we expected to leave.

So that was my day and night.

Happy Easter.

He is risen!

(95) Momentarily Blurred

Now that it is getting close to midnight i am having trouble remembering what happened today.

Right now all i can think about is how tired, exhausted, achey, stressed, and over work and school I am.

Im going to put my thinking cap on.

Or maybe i will sit like winnie the pooh "think...think think...think...oh bother"

It may have worked.

I got to school and spent my hour before class looking over and setting up a computer assignment.

Basically i located and saved all of the articles that i have to summarize.

I spent the rest of my time watching one tree hill online. 

While the video was buffering i skimmed the articles.

I went to class at 9:20 and was done around 10:20.

I went back to the lounge and attempted to work on the computer assignment. I quickly gave up and ended up listening to music and reading blogs.

I walked over to dr. medoras office hoping she was there so that i could pick up some fundraiser candy, but she wasn't there.

I walked back to the lounge and ate pretzels and 2 tangerines (aka lunch). 

I read part of an article that was for my 12:30 class and then couldn't keep my eyes open.

I took a 15 minute nap and then went to class.

After class i walked back to dr medoras office hoping to catch her at the tail end of office hours, but once again she was not there.

I caught the bus and headed home.

As soon as i got home i cooked some food. I was so hungry, my lunch was not filling.

I ate what i cooked and watched glee, then parenthood.

At 4pm i got ready for work and i left at 4:15.

I was at work from 4:45-10:30

My shift started off good, but then it got really busy, little things kept happening and getting messed up.

At some point i was so behind, so frustrated, so overwhelmed. I snapped. All i wanted to do was relieve the stress and scream instead, i stood by the soda machine with my mouth shut and tears rolling down my face. I am so tired of my emotions building up and bursting at inconvenient times.

I was able to get a glass of water and go to the back and take big gulps of water and take deep breaths.

I reminded myself that everything was fine. I got back out on the floor and continued my shift fairly smooth after that.

But believe me i was so over my night of work.

Let me just say, sometimes it sucks being a waitress, and tonight was just one of those nights.

Well now that i have remembered today and expressed just how awful work was, i think i will go to sleep now. Last nights 5 hours was not enough.

Tomorrow is another day. I am so grateful for that. A fresh start, different experiences, better emotions, different outlook, one day closer to the weekend.

(83) Productive friday

Today i was planning to observe at the preschool on campus. I got there early so i grabbed something to eat and hung out in the lounge until 9am.

I went to the building and found out the center was having an open house. No kids were there to observe. FAIL. So i waited around until 10am when class was going to start. I went to the earlier class instead of going at 2pm.

I got out of class at 12 and went to the gym for 30 minutes.

around 1 mom came and picked me up on her way home from work. Instead of going straight home i decided it would be a good idea to run some errands.

I went to the credit union and closed my account-i didn't use it anymore.

me and mom went to lunch and i got to enjoy a slice of strawberry pie-my favorite.

We stopped by the house so that i could pick up money to be deposited.

We went to the bank and i ended up depositing over $4,000. I've been holding out on myself.

around 4 i laid down on the couch and fell asleep. I didn't wake up until 7:30. Clearly its been an exhausting week. 

At 8pm the whole family gathered up baskets of dirty laundry and went to the laundromat.

We ended up using 10 washers and 3 huge dryers to get the laundry done. We finished around 9:45- all of the laundry was folded and in baskets for each person. 

I spent the rest of the night hanging out with my parents and Velcro.

I ended my night by YouTubing new zealand videos and watching ones on the different places im going and activities i will get to do.

(63) Wiped

I got up around 8 this morning. I sat and enjoyed my coffee while browsing the web and listening to Adele. Then i went on polyvore and started creating. Then i created a welcome to my closet post on glee outfits. A little while later i worked on another project that has yet to be finished and left quite a mess on the living room floor.

So you know how the other day i mentioned how that achey pain is satisfying, well today i disagree with what i said. Today i am in pain and not happy about it.

i was at work for over 9 hours today.

It was long and tiring. At least there were some familiar faces today. One of those familiar faces (Erin) stuck around for awhile and even gave me a ride home.

a small insight to my day/night

I got home around 10:45.

Mom had cooked turkey. SO i got to have turkey dinner with all of the fixings for second dinner.

i finished my dinner and watched part of little women. And now its off to take a shower and go to bed.

Tomorrow mom, susie, and i are going to the antique market and then i get to work. Thankfully i will not be working as long as i did today. 

Where has my weekend gone??????

(52) Non-Stop

I feel like i have been going nonstop since i got up this morning.

Today's busy day included:

Waking up at 5:30 am

Leaving for school at 6:50 am

Taking my final exam for FCSE 299 at 8 am

Next class at 9:30 am

Gym from 10:45am to 12:05pm

Lunch

Turned in my copy of my passport to medora 

Class at 2pm

3:05pm waited for the bus until 3:40-it was very late

got home at 4:05

Took at ten minute shower

ate dinner

blow dried my hair and put on makeup and work cloths

Left for work at 5pm

Got home at 12:05 am

Wow it's no wonder I'm exhausted and achey.

Well its time to go to sleep so that i can wake up and do this all over again.

This time i get to get up an hour later and have work an hour earlier.

(38) Longest day ever

So between the hours of 6:50 am and 11:50 pm I have only been home for 45 minutes. That time was used to eat and then get dressed for work. 

Let me just say it, "I am exhausted." My whole body aches, my feet hurt, and i don't even want to think about having to go to school tomorrow, let alone having to have read certain chapters and have things due.

Can I please just have a free day???

I suppose that isn't really possible. But i wish it could happen.

Today at school, during my 3hr break, i was able to work on my paper that is due tomorrow(today since its after midnight). I had to enlist the help of a little pick me up, after falling asleep in the lounge.

My Hazelnut Latte did the trick and i was able to get the majority of the paper written. Now all that is left is editing and embellishing some of the paragraphs and writing the conclusion.

I think that will have to wait til the morning.

I worked from 5-11:30 today

And now im ready to go to bed. 

I almost didn't blog today and figured i could do it tomorrow. I figured i wouldn't remember anything from today to be able to blog about it tomorrow.

Ok im done. GOODNIGHT. or morning. Oh my gosh its late, i am going to be a zombie tomorrow.

(26) What A Wonderful Day

I got to school around 8:15 this morning and headed straight to the lounge. I knew I would have time before class, and long break after class, so i decided to bring my laptop. This was a very wise decision. I watched one tree hill online and then i checked my email before heading over to class. I had a message from my professor. Class is cancelled today. As great as this news was, it meant that i had an extra hour and a half of nothing to do. I chose to use this spare time not so wisely. I watched an episode of Grey's Anatomy and started working on this post. The wise choice would have been to read ch 4 in my textbook and study, you know the academic stuff. I opted for doing the exact opposite.

Todays to do list:

1. eat lunch

2. pick up the see's candy order from dr. Medora's office

3. give the candy to my mom to take home

4. grab my change of clothes (for the Valentine dinner) from moms car

5. go to the passport office

6. go to class at 2pm

7. walk over to Rachel's house

8. decorate for the v-day dinner

9. finish the center pieces

How my to do list panned out:
1. ate at panda express
2. picked up the see's candy orders and they filled two very large bags. While i was in Dr. Medora's office, i had her add family life education as my second major and also got my electives picked out and made official.
3. mom picked up the candy
4. I grabbed my pink sling bag containing my change of clothes and hauled it with me wherever i went
5. I went to the passport office: i recopied my application in black pen (blue isn't good enough), took my passport photo, and then found out that i have to pay with check or money order. SO that means i get to go back on monday at 2 to really apply for my passport and this time i will have the proper payment method.
6. had class and nearly fell asleep
7. I walked to rachel's house (got there by 3:30) and realized i probably looked homeless. I had my backpack on and had my bag slung over shoulder. Being really weighed down with stuff is not a good look
8. The house got decorated and looked amazing if i do say so myself
9. I finished the centerpieces and they turned out just as good as i had hoped

Valentine Dinner
This year the girls hosted it for the guys. We all worked together wonderfully and everyone pitched in and helped it run smoothly. I think the guys had a great time. They definitely enjoyed the photo booth that we set up. This one went much better than our sports theme dinner we did a couple years ago. Formal is always better.

Here are some of the photos from the dinner:
Getting things ready:

Table Decorations:

Food:

Photo Booth:

I got home around 10:30 after being away since 7:45 this morning. It has been a long day, but it was a good one. I watched Grey's Anatomy and then headed up to bed. I am so exhausted.

P.S. I am working on a Valentines day clothing post for Welcome to My closet. Just something to look forward to.