Midnight Sun...

For those of you who are Twilight geeks like me, I have some really disappointing news about the next book Midnight Sun, which is Edward's perspective... Basically, some idiot leaked the first 12 chapters and Stepeanie is really upset so she has postponed the writing of the rest of it indefinitely. It might not be written at all. I am really upset about this as I am sure you are too, but I can understand where Stephenie is coming from. This is all just really sad:(

Here is a link to her website so that you can read what Stephenie had to say about everything.

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/midnightsun.html

Exciting stuff...

Sorry, it has been a few days since I have filled you guys in on the exciting events of my life;) But actually, not much has happened. I survived my first week of classes and I am now enjoying my three day weekend (although I would be enjoying it more if my parents would have let me COME HOME). Yesterday was the first home football game of the season. We played the Idaho Vandals and kicked the crap out of them, 70-0. WOW GO WILDCATS!! But let me tell you about that game cause it was quite interesting.... So, we get to the stadium with 90 minutes to game time so we could get decent seats, after a while all of our friends have showed up, along with most of the other ZonaZoo (student section), and everyone is ready for the game and pumped up. Finally it is game time, the band does their thing, the team has their dramatic entrance accompanied by a bunch of fireworks, we all get up shaking our keys for kickoff as it begins to rain, then suddenly...both teams run off of the field back to the locker rooms or wherever they went, I don't exactly know. So, obviously everyone is a little confused, then they announce over the speaker that everyone needs to exit the stadium for their own safety. WHAT!? Lightning. Most people leave, except, of course, the ZonaZoo. So we stood our ground and didn't leave. There was the chanting of a few not so nice cheers, the throwing of a million water bottles onto the field, the arrest of a kid who thought it was a cool idea to run onto the field, and a few more not so nice chants. But after about an hour the game was FINALLY back on, by which time we were all soaked to the core from the crazy rain. It was a good night though:)

XOXO

Trying again...

So, Riki has given me numerous diets to follow, but I always fall of the wagon about a week or two in, so this time I vow to stay ON the wagon until I am happy with the way I look and feel:) It seems like a very doable diet so I think I will be okay! Anyways, it is my third day here at school. So far everything is good. I have the same three classes today that I had on Monday; Music, Mythology, and Geology. But it sucks because I have breaks between all of them, and my apartment is too far away from campus for me to drive home, so I just have to stick around and hang out in lounges and what not. I brought my laptop today... well obviously because I am writing this right now, haha. Bad thing is, it makes my backpack weight about a million pounds. And I usually bring a book with me too. Right now I am sitting on a shaded bench outside of the union, it is pretty hot, so I am trying to stay cool. On my next break, which is a two hour break, I am going to go to the rec and workout. I brought my stuff in my car so I will just change and jet over and HOPE to get an elyptical! Then after that I will probably eat the lunch I packed and then head over to my last class. I am sure it will be easier to fill up my breaks once classes get a little more in depth, but right now I don't have much work to do, so I am pretty bored. 

I am having one of those days where I miss my family. I wish that I could just *POOF* and be over in San Diego. I have been in Tucson for exactly 2 weeks now, but it feels like so much longer. There is a 3 day weekend this weekend and I wish I could drive out there, but they won't let me!!!! YOU GUYS SUCK! Because now I am not going to see them until October for family weekend, which is still like 2 months away. Oh well, I suppose I will live.

XOXO

The beginning of a good year...

My first day of classes started bright and early this morning! I had 3 classes today, and met someone new:) That's always nice. It was a long day for me though. I start at 9 and end at 3, with one 1 hour break and one 2 hour break. I met up with a teammate I haven't seen all summer for lunch, and that was nice. Thankfully I dont have any real serious homework yet. Kristin and I ventured over to the rec around 6:30 and it was packed. We couldn't even get into the weight room where the elypticals are because they said it was "filled to capacity". There was a line of about 20 guys out the door, but they wouldn't let us in because it wouldn't be fair, even though we weren't going to be using the same equipment as the guys. Pretty stupid if you ask me. So instead we ran around campus. Thankfully it was a cloudy rainy day so it wasn't scorching hot! So, now I am back at my apartment, eating a smoothie and really wanting to take a shower:)! Oh, and The Hills is on tonight. YAY!!!

XOXO

Year two...

So, tomorrow my sophomore year of college officially begins. I did some last minute things today, like get a backpack and some other school stuff (so that's what's on my Bursars Mama;)). Other than that I just sat around and stressed about classes. I jotted some things in my planner, printed out my schedule and a map, and got my backpack all packed and ready to go bright and early. I know it is kind of late to realize this, but I found out today from looking at the map and my class locations that my first 3 classes (in a row 9, 10, 11) are on total opposite sides of campus. I go from my parking garage over to the music building (about a 15 minute walk), then from the music building to the steward observatory (about a 10 minute walk), then from the steward observatory to the social sciences building (about a 15 minute walk). I have approximately 10, if not less, minutes to get from one place to the next and I highly doubt I am going to make it. I am the queen of stress and this does not help one bit. Thankfully they are all big lectures so it won't be that noticeable if I am late. I am gonna try not to stress about it. But all in all I am excited for the new school year to start, but very nervous. I know it will be better than last year, no doubt about it.

XOXO

Last Saturday...

... Before school starts. My roommates and I went to the Humane Society today. We looked at the little kitties for Kristin and Yael, and of course the dogs for me:) They were all so cute, but so sad looking, and it made me all depressed to see them. If I could I would take every single one of them home with me. There was a chihuahua mix, her name was Pauline, who was very scruffy looking but who loved me:) I sat by her for a while and let her lick my hand and I scratched her chin. She was wagging her tail like crazy, which made me happy ( And also made me miss my Rocky:(). The few puppies that were there had already been adopted, which is great, but I feel so sorry for all of the more aged dogs that still haven't found a home and probably never will.

This past week the temperature has gotten up to 111. WOW GROSS!!! But today it finally rained!!! I was so happy, I went and stood outside in it. The rain plus the strong wind was definately a nice change for the scorching heat. I could swear the temperature dropped like 20 degrees, but I am probably just exaggerating. 

I looked up all of my class schedules for exams and what not and put them all in my planner, accompanied by bright yellow highlighter. I figure it's a good idea to have them in there so I don't forget them later on. We all know how important it is for me to do well this semester!!! ;)

I miss my family SO much! When I called yesterday they were at the Zoo ( my fave place ever!) watching the nighttime show. JEALOUS! UGH! Unfortunately my Mom's ichat and my ichat won't let us video chat! I am really pissed about this! One of the big reasons my Mom got a MacBook was so that we could video chat, but of course it doesn't work. Wiesners and technological luck don't really go together. Bummer. But hopefully soon it will be fixed and I can see her beautiful face:)

XOXO

Looking up...

Today was a good day:) Thank goodness because I don't know if I could have survived another day like I have been having. The only sucky part... it reached a flaming 110 degrees today!! EWW!!! But other than that, it was fantastic and busy, which is good. I picked up my second roommate, Yael, at the airport in the morning and the rest of the day revolved around getting her everything she needed for the apartment; which happened to be EVERYTHING (she came from chicago, so she couldn't exactly bring the necessities). We went to Bed, Bath, & Beyond and Target, which, by the way, were both absolutely PACKED with U of A student (mostly freshmen and their parents) getting everything they need to be ready for the new year:) It was craziness! We made dinner and ate together while we watched a movie and it was just perfect. I feel like my little family away from family is all complete now and my home away from home actually feels like a home. I am so happy. Tomorrow we are going to go out to dinner and go to a movie as our little " official roommates" party. I can't wait! XOXO. 

Control...

If you know me, you know that I like to have control over situations and what not, and right now I don't feel like I have control and it is making me absolutely insane! I don't know why it bothers me so much, but it does, it undeniably does. I am so upset over it, it's ridiculous. 

Another day...

I am bored out of mind. I haven't even gotten dressed yet and it is about 2:30...that is not a good thing. But as much as I don't want to be sitting home alone doing nothing, I can't get myself to just get up and go do something. Part of that is probably that I don't know what to do. I mean, what REALLY is there to do in Tucson?? Especially when you're all alone. It sucks. I am definately ready for classes to start and for Yael to get here and to see everyone I haven't seen all summer, friends and teammates. It seems like everyone right now is still in summer mode and working, but I think once classes start next week that everyone will be back to school mode and I will actually see people and have something to do. We will see though...

I started another book yesterday that I am almost done with (see, I really have nothing to do). It is called Blue-Eyed Devil, and it is fantastic. I definately recommend it!! I think I will probably go to Barnes and Noble tomorrow and look around for another good book:) I decided it is worth the 30 minute drive to go to the B and N at the Foothills Mall, it is amazing. HUGE and two stories, I would happy to just live in there. Haha. 

Driving to nowhere...

I just went on a long long long drive all around Tucson, by myself. It was surprisingly nice, which is weird because I have been spending a lot of alone time with myself and I am getting kind of sick of it. But I guess I have always liked driving around and looking at stuff when I have nothing else to do. And it was only like 91 degrees so I drove with the windows down:) PLUS... the full moon is absolutely GORGEOUS tonight! I am weird about that kind of stuff. A big yellow moon, or a tall, full, green tree, or a sunset with clouds that makes the sky pink and orange and purple and who knows what color, makes me so happy. I just see it and it puts me in a better mood. I usually call or text Bentley when I see a full moon low in the sky, looking 10 times bigger than normal. I think it's worth walking outside to look at, to appreciate. But... that's just me:) Anywhooo... the main reason I went on my little Tucson adventure was to find  a bookstore that is close to Star Pass (where my apartment is). The Barnes and Nobles that we usually go to is about 20 minutes away, which really sucks cause that's another thing I LOVE to do... go to the bookstore, plop on the floor, and read. So I was hoping to find one a little closer, but no luck. 

Tomorrow I am back on my own again. I think i might head down to campus and spend some time at the rec. It's not like I have anything better to do:) It is probably smart to keep myself busy, if I sit around and do nothing my mind will start going a mile a minute and I will think about things that I don't want to think about, and I will start to miss everyone more than I already miss them, and I just don't want to start that, ya know. 

Peace.

Making it our own...

So, today Kristin and I drove up to Tempe/Phoenix to go to Ikea. We decided to decorate our living room/kitchen in black, white, and red... and we found a lot of cute stuff. We got a rug, some pillows, some little vases for the table, a lamp, and a picture for the wall ( and a wok, of course). It all looks AMAZING together and I wish I could show you guys, but unfortunately my camera is broken... and so is Kristin's, so you'll just have to be patient:) I'll try to get pictures up once we have the whole apartment done and Yael comes with her camera:) 

 

Room...

So this is my room. Well, part of it. On the other side there is a desk and a T.V. and shelves and what not. OH and a huge closet which is VERY nice! 

Also, I just want to put it out there that I am really pissed off over the whole Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince movie being moved to premiere in July of 2009 instead of November of 2008. That is just stupid! They think that more people will come to see it if they premiere it in the summer! How dumb! Don't they know that Harry Potter fans will go see the movie NO MATTER WHEN IT PREMIERES!? Now they are just making everyone hate them for making us wait longer! AH I am so annoyed!  

Welcome back...

So, I am back in Tucson again. My Mom and I drove a LONG and BORING 6 hours to get her on Wednesday. Once we got here we spent the rest of the day moving stuff into my new apartment and getting my room set up:) It was exciting but exhausting. Haha. Kristin, one of my roommates, also moved in on Wednesday (our third roommate Yael doesn't move in till the 21st). That night there was a really bad thunder storm that knocked the power out in some parts of Tucson, and kept my Mom and me up ALL night. I think we slept maybe like 3 hours? I don't know, but it sucked. There was one point in the night that the thunder was so loud that it felt like it was right over the apartment and it shook it. It was crazy and it scared the freakin crap out of me! In the morning we took a trip to Target to get some stuff that i needed, then I had to say bye to my Mama. It was sad:( Even though i know that I am gonna see her in a couple months and talk to her on the phone all the time I can't help but cry when I say bye to her because we spend SO much time together, so I don't like it when I am 400 miles away from her and can't just call her up to go to lunch. I know, I know, I am a baby, but whatever. So anyways, once my Mom left I did absolutely nothing. Kristin has work all day during the week, so I am on my own. Actually, I didn't do ABSOLUTELY nothing... I organized my clothes in my closet, I cleaned all of the bowls and tupperware and whatever and put them away, and...yeah, I guess that's all I did. The rest of the day I watched T.V. and slept. It was really boring. I hate being alone, and for a little bit I was worried I was going to fall into one of my well known states of depression from being by myself for so long. Most of you who know me know that I had a hell of a first year of college. It was a disaster and I NEVER want to be that way again. But lets not get into that. When Kristin got home later we went shopping for  apartment stuff and groceries, which turned into an all night adventure, and we didn't end up making dinner till about 9 at night. We made tacos for our first little family meal:) It was fun. We feel like big girls now. Hahahaha. The rest of the night we watched the olympics, and that was pretty much it. Today has been kind of the same. Kristin is at work and I am doing nothing. Yup, very exciting. But hopefully the weekend will be good. We are gonna drive up to Phoenix to go to Ikea and look at decorations for the apartment. That should be fun:)

I will put up pictures of my apartment/room soon so you guys can see how cute it is:) AHHH I am so excited!

Something new...

In the past i have scribbled all of my silly thoughts and the oh so exciting play-by-play of my days in sloppy journals seen only by me, BUT i have decided to change things up and share it with all of you in a blog. I can't promise you anything too exciting, and you will probably get tired of my whining, but no one is forcing you to read this, right:)??

Anyways...

There are definately times when i want to escape from my own life and jump into someone else's, and when I feel like that I usually read (a book, a biography, a blog, whatever I can find that will allow me to escape from my issues). So, feel free to escape into my life if you need a break from your own.

Enjoy:)