Semester, Ho!

So this is the second Friday of the new semester. It is 9:30 at the start of this entry and I have already taken a short test and been at work for an hour. I am getting used to shifting my days from 10am - 1am/2am to being from 7am-midnight/11pm. Yep, I have been whining about it all over facebook. Oh, the first number is the wakeup time, and the second is the bedtime. As you can see, I am going to bed ridiculously early these days. But without sleep I can be kind of frightening.

In other news, the term has been going pretty good so far. I am only taking three classes but am more than making up for it in work. My days all start with class or work at 8am, then continue until work ends between 5pm and 6pm.

I am taking Environmental Chemistry with a fun professor, Medieval Intellectual History (which is a blast, the prof is wonderfully crazy) and my Senior Seminar wherein I am poked to actually do my thesis.

Which is not going well. I still have yet to do my 10 interviews. Hadn't thought of doing phone interviews (was suggested by my adviser at the last meeting) but may have to for a few. But elders tend to no like the phones and prefer to speak in person. This will be difficult. Especially with teh broken car.

Looking for a new one (car not thesis), now, but it will only be new to us and Josh is dead-set on getting one from the 80s or 90s because he says "they are just better cars." I say they are just old as dust and thus are dirt cheap. Someday I would like a car that is less than half my age. (Current car is going on 17 because it is a 94 and cars are dated a year ahead making it made in 93. I am far less than twice that age.) I would also like a car that doesn't turn into "that car you had... you know, that kept falling apart?" Though it has given me fun memories, I need a new car.

There have already been fun events, especially with my friends here at WU. I am a bit sad because it is becoming more and more clear that Gradution (which they call "Commencement" at this level) is not a myth and is actually sneaking up on us. Which means we will disperse to the winds and be blown apart. Possibly as far apart as US and Japan, or just across the US. It is damn hard to cross the US, though. We will reconvene for the wedding, but I have a feeling it will not be the same. We will still be friends who call at odd hours to say "hi" and just to chat or whine or cry. We will probably still be able to talk for hours via any possible mode of conversation, be it incredibly long emails, phone calls, Facebook messages or IM chats. Whatever is chosen will not be brief due to the separation. Perhaps one of us will forget to speak English otherwise. Haahaa.

So other than that depressing note that keeps coming back, there have been dinners and parties and chill-outs. We went to Kyoto restaurant for Josh and my 6-year anniversary recently. It was fun! It cost a lot of money, but I had set aside that money for the anniversary and was not upset when most of it was spent. I dressed up and got a bit of a backhanded compliment and insult at the same time. "Can't you just do this everyday?" In reference to the fact that I was dressed up, made up, and was not wearing my rainshoes. I could stand to dress better but at this point I don't care because I am not looking for a job, trying to impress anyone, or anything like that. And I like sleep and do not want to trade it for time in front of the mirror putting chemicals and minerals all over my face and messing with my hair. I reserve the messing with things for special occassions. I guess I am just an oddball who really just doesn't care. Oops, I guess. It was still fun.

We are running around like crazy getting stuff done for the NAEA culture night and the Powwow coming up this term. Six weeks to Powwow! That is a terrifying thought, no? I am really excited! :)

Oh, my sister is gonna have a baby. She is married so none of us are surprised. Another sister has moved out from home and is living her own life. That leaves two sisters and a brother back home. The eldest sister at home is in High school and is about to branch out on her own, except she may be a homebody and not branch out far. I only branched out an hour, so it is okay. The baby sister and my only brother (the baby of the bunch) are still in gradeschool, so they have some time to spend at home. Mamma will end up with Empty Nest syndrome in about 10 years, maybe less. She likes to take care of people, hence being a nurse.

I guess I should be working on my thesis... or something productive, but I really don't want to. I am liking chilling right now and typing...

Countdowns:
Till WU's Culture Night - 3.5 weeks
Till WU's Powwow - six weeks
Till Commencement - about 15 weeks (about 3.5/4 months)
Till Wedding - 6 months (from last Tuesday)

Wedding updates:
[X] Find the guy, get in a relationship with him
[X] Get engaged (ask him if he takes too long)
[X] Pick a date
[X] Pick a place
[X] Pick bridesmaids/maid of honor (opted out of maid of honor)
[X] Pick groomsmen/best man (opted out of best man)
[X] Pick Flower child(ren)
[ ] Pick ring bearer(s)
[X] Pick theme and colours
[/] Decide on Guest List (need to double-check)
[X] Save-the-dates Being made, send out Jan 15th.
[ ] Pick decour
[ ] Send Invites and RSVPs
[/] Pick food, cake, etc.
[X] Dress
[ ] Everyone else in the wedding party's clothes Ideas on Facebook
[X] Get $ and plan for honeymoon
[ ] Plan the ceremony (writing our own)
[ ] Get married
[ ] Have a reception
[ ] go on honeymoon
[ ] Make sure everyone realizes a marriage is a gift from Him between two souls and a paper doesn't mean anything, but now we have one anyway. A wedding does not equate to a marriage.
[ ] Come back
[ ] Resume life

Okay, so things are happening fast! I guess I should start working, huh?
Off I go! (to class, haahaa)

~N

Starting the last term!

WELL! The break has been relatively eventful, with socialness, parties, and then being sick for four out of the first seven days of the year. That wasn't fun, especially since my schedule was flipped backwards and I was a complete night owl and completely awake at 4am, but getting up before 7am wasn't working. So, in other words, stress and socialness caused sickness. That and too much sweet and not enough good for me foods. What sucks is that I didn't get the money for those days, because I was not working. Really obnoxious! Hopefully Josh will have a job soon and I won't have to work too much, esp now that I am working on my thesis!

Which reminds me, I just checked out about 10 books to read over the next two weeks, as well as getting in contact with a bunch of storytellers (who are, incidentally, really cool amazing people) and get them to agree to being interviewed and recorded for the sake of my thesis project. Still reading up on ethnographic research first.

So I have been working on my thesis, wedding plans, and at my job. I will be having class at 8am four out of five days a week. I am thinking of working at 8am on the off day so that I am getting up at the same time every day. Then again, sleeping in would be nice.

My current job is not too bad. I am working on scanning right now, which is my job TTh for today and the next week. MWF I am back at Webdev where I should probably establish my hours for once school starts. I should also contact my other boss, too. Three jobs aren't too bad, so I think I will be okay.

I have been getting wrapped up in Piers Anthony books, since I was given some by my father. I want to know why books tend to get harder to put down the closer you get to the end. Because I really had to go to bed and it was really hard to put down the book. As a result, I am a little overtired today, but hey, I was interested. I have a few more pages left, so I want to finish it tonight. Problem is, then I have no more for-fun reading material and that means that I will have to work on thesis stuff (which I have been neglecting).

Classes start in just over a week and I am definitely anxious, since I don't know two of my professors and they are rumored to be difficult. I am really excited for my Medieval Intellectual History class, but I am not too excited for my 8am Environmental Chemistry class. Chem? First thing in the morning? And I have to pay attention? And I live off campus? It was hard when I was ON campus... *sigh* Oh well.

Okay, on to work!
~N

Obligatory Post of Beginning-of-the-year-ness

In other words, Happy New Year, and I am blogging. Yes, the blog is late, but that is okay.

Well, for New Year's Eve (hereafter known as NYE in this post) I spent it at home with friends. I had hoped others would be there, but they were home with their own families which is completely understandable. We don't have cable at my house so there was no countdown, only a phone alarm going off and us celebrating. Of course my first kiss of the New Year was my Fiance. We drank Sparkling Apple Cider and Sparkling Apple-Pomegranate Cider (which was absolutely tasty!) and had an Indian Taco dinner! That was a lot of fun. :)

My friend Lys brought poppers, which were too many for the six of us to set off, so we shared with other apartment-dwellers. It makes me sad that the beginning of the New Year, aka NYE, is the last time I get to see one of my friends for months. Kind of sucks, but at least we will see each other again! Some neighbors were lighting off the fun, gorgeous but unfortunately illegal fireworks they smuggled from somewhere. They almost lit a tree on fire, thank goodness it was wet outside (but not raining). The fireworks were pretty and I couldn't help but shout everytime and cheer. Did I mention I love fireworks?

My NYR (New Year's Resolution) is to try and get my business off the ground, which is hard considering the recesssion. By the way, according to the people who pay out for SSI and Disabilities, there is no recession, and there has been no inflation in the last year. That is a load of bullshit. I found out from a friend who has family with SSI. Sad! But nonetheless I can be hopeful! Basketry is not too common (in fact, I am one of the maybe two who do it on etsy.com) You can always help me out there, if you decide to spend the money. According to people I know I sell them cheap, but it seems like an awful lot to me.

To look at my art: http://picpic-tewlikitpe.deviantart.com
To buy my art: http://picpictewlikitpe.etsy.com

Maybe I will get on here more often in the new year. I don't know though, since I will be graduating this year... which is kind of scary. 2010 seemed so far away when I got here, and time spent with friends made it go by all too fast. Why can't it be like Elementary School and take forever? Seriously.

In wedding news, we have a place, a date, a time, a dress (for me), and a color scheme. Well, a dual-color-scheme.

And I should go back to doing my job...

~N