That's just crazy talk!

Only 3 more weeks of the most stressful quarter of my life and then I'll be free for 2 whole weeks! And then I'll start a much easier quarter with much less stress. :) The end is in sight! I can do it! (I hope)

Phil and I had a very nice night last night! We usually try to have a date night every Friday night. It doesn’t always work because we are both busy, especially me, but we try. So last night we decided to try the new restaurant in Baldwin called The Orchard Bar & Grill. It is just down the road from where we live so we were hoping we would like it. We got there around 6:45 and there was an hour wait to get a table! In Baldwin! Phil kinda wanted to go and eat somewhere else but I wanted to stay because I really wanted to try it out, so we stayed. We went to the bar, got a drink and played some darts and then just sat and talked until our table was ready. The Orchard was way better than I thought it was going to be. There was darts, pool tables, hoops, Big Buck Hunter, and a few other games. The building itself was really cool too. I was guessing that the food was going to be really expensive but it really wasn’t. It was actually cheaper to go there than to go to Applebees. Plus they had the most amazing burger I have ever tasted. You should all check it out! Anyways, I just had to tell everyone what a fabulous night I had with Phil! We haven’t had that much fun together in a while and it was really nice to forget about the stress and chaos that is going on in our lives for a little while and just have fun together. I love you babe!! :)

I have been feeling... “weird” all week. It is hard to explain how I’ve been feeling. I feel almost sick, but a different kind of sick that I’ve not felt before. My stomach feels weird, my body feels exhausted and weak, and I’m real tired. I almost feel as though I’m pregnant - I know I’m not but that would be a logical explanation.

What the hell is going on with me this week? Besides feeling sick and crappy I have been up and down and all over the place with my emotions. Mostly I have been down. I am usually an optimistic person, about life in general, but lately everything is negative and I’ve been very crabby and sad. I feel bad for Jewells since we now work together and she has to deal with me every single day, almost all day. Maybe stress is just getting to me. School is taking up a lot of my time and it is very difficult this quarter. I’ve gotten much busier at work so I am always running around trying to get everything done and make everyone happy. Phil and I have 3 months left on our lease and I don’t know where we will be in 3 months… renting still or owning a home? There are issues with my mother which I won’t get into but it is on the top of my worry list. I’m just happy that I’ll be going out this weekend, maybe let loose a little bit and hopefully I will feel better.

I am so very full right now. This is what's in my belly. And I ate ALL of it. Guess the diet went out the window today! That was probably about 2,000 calories right there. (But it was so worth it)

I spend roughly 10-12 hours a DAY on the computer Monday through Friday. Then, I spend an additional 5-8 hours on the computer on the weekend. The only breaks I really get are in the morning when I wake up until the time I go to work, then my ½ hour lunch, then my drive home, and then I usually quit homework around 8 or 8:30. By the end of the day I am exhausted. Let me tell you how excited I am to be done with school. I can’t even tell you how relieved I will be when I am done. I have 2.5 quarters to go after this week. That is… 7 more months. Can I make it? Shoot me now! Actually, this is the last hard quarter. Next quarter I only have 2 classes and then the last quarter I have 1 real class and 1 that doesn’t really count as a real class because it is more like an internship and there aren’t very many assignments. I guess just felt the need to complain to you all and get it off my chest. I think I have done pretty good about not complaining about school up until this point. I have come to the point where I just need to be done. I can definitely say that I will not take free time for granted after I’m done with school and will finally have an abundance of it. I’ll have time to watch more TV, take more walks, read a book, and start re-watching all seasons of Gilmore Girls and some of my other favorite TV shows. Oh I cannot wait!

On a lighter note, I had a fabulous weekend (minus Sunday because I had to leave real early that morning because I had 5 hours of homework waiting for me at home). I got to spend the weekend with my favorite people. We stayed at my friend Rachel’s cabin Friday-Sunday morning. There were 9 of us and 8 dogs. Having 8 dogs was actually less chaotic than I thought it was going to be. We spent all of our time relaxing, playing games, and sitting by the camp fire. The weather wasn’t completely on our side so we didn’t get to go swimming or anything but it was still nice enough to go out on the pontoon and be outside. I would show you photos but I didn’t take any. I’m sure Jewells took a million so maybe she will share some with me. :-)

Tonight we hang out at my house and I hope my friends are ready for some frozen pizza because that is all I have to offer. I’m hoping this weekend I will be able to stay home so we can go do some heavy duty grocery shopping. If not, we are in trouble because we will starve.