A Recap...

So I haven't posted in a few days...

So this is going to be a recap of the exciting things I have done...Ok so they really aren't that exciting. I mean I am just an average person so the days are never that exciting.

Thursday was 100 Days Til Graduation. I cannot believe that it is so close. I am in no way ready to head out into the working world...but I am so over the homework and class side of academia. I wish I had a nice little cash fund that would allow me to just chill for a bit...but nope I'm too poor for that lol. But anyway to make this momentous occasion the senior class had a 90's party. It was crazy fun. My friends and I played with mouse trap and a ton of other old toys. I also sang some Karaoke. It was a fun time all around which I am accrediting to the cash bar ;) Being a intelligent human being seeing as the roads were getting bad and I had I few drinks I went to stay with Darlene at the Holiday Inn which turned into a fun/interesting night/morning.

Friday was the longest day of my life. After getting only about 4 hours of on and off sleep I was not prepared to stay up until 11/12. Well, I fully had planned to take a nap after work was over at 3pm, but when I got home Kim convinced me to head out to Barnes and Noble and to Market District. I of course cannot say no to shopping especially for books or food :) When we got back we decided to play some Call of Duty Black Ops and have a couple drinks. This turned into us attempting to kill people for hours on end. Eventually leading us to of course relax to some HGTV. Yeah, I know we have the weirdest taste.  

Saturday Kim had a thing with her mom so I called up Darlene so that we could cure our boredom. We wandered around the Robinson area for a little while. We looked at JoAnns and Petland which made me want to craft and get a cute little purse dog or really any dog at all. We ended up at Coldstone Creamery where I got a Oreo Blast Love it. This medium ice cream was my entire day of weight watchers points. but it was sooo delicious! Barring the weird guy who waved goodbye to us it was an enjoyable experience.

Sunday was uneventful and today was even less so. Right now I should be listening to my night class instructor because we have a test. However, that requires me to care about the class...and I just can't seem to even listen when I don't have my computer...Fingers crossed that I at least pass this class.

Cheers, 

Tabitha 

Attack of the Library...

I love books....just not this much

So, lately I have been carving a little nook for myself in the RMU library over the past few days. Everyday except Fridays I have a break from 10-1pm. Now this is three hours that I can accomplish a lot in. I could even go home since I only live 5 minutes away. However, I am just not motivated enough to climb the monster of a hill to my parked car in these freezing temperatures. Instead I camp out in the Library until Kim or Darlene want to join me for lunch. Also, I am my sorority's academic chair. I am in charge of study hours so I get to spend another 3 hours in the library for those.

On one hand this is fantastic. I am spending hours each day in the library working on class work and my thesis. At this rate I will have my thesis done before it is any where near due! Fingers crossed...

On the other hand I am sitting for hours and hours each day staring at text in books and on a screen. my eyes are going buggy and I am getting headaches. The worst part is I have giving up reading actual books I like so that I can get more work done...I miss the happy ending! Research papers never end with two people happily married...or at least they don't write about it :P

Also I am starting to look like this:

 FYI: I was sticking my tongue out at Kim and going insane so that's why I look like a freak.

Still haven't decided if I am liking my library time or hating it...oh well maybe someday soon I will be able to read for fun again...

Cheers,

Tabitha 

VLOG!!!!!

So I totally Video Blogged! aka Vloged!

So somehow I managed to figure out how to make a video, and post it onto my blog all by myself without any help from Kim. Granted I am not stupid, but I am sometimes not the most computer literate person. And other times technology just hates me lol. I mean just watch this video as you can hear it is the fourth time I shot it...the first two wouldn't upload and the 3rd has sound difficulties :/ I am also a little quiet...at least on my computer.

So I guess by saying these words and answering these questions you can kind of tell where I am from. Kim did it earlier while I was there and so I decided to do it too.

Say these words: Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

Now answer these questions:
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

So since I successfully made a vlog I rewarded myself with a candy bar...I did it a little early since it took a few tries to get it to actually load and have sound...but, for those of you that know me I usually stay away from the candy cause it is too many points. This was worth it :P

Cheers,

Tabitha

I should be sleeping...

But I am just not tired...

So for some insane reason I allowed my boss to schedule me to work every morning at 8am. So by working backwards we can see: Since it takes 5mins to log on to the computer and sign into work I need to be at the desk by 7:55am. It takes 10mins to walk from the parking lot to Franklin so I need to be out of my car by 7:45am. If it hasn't snowed like crazy the night before it takes about 15mins to get in my car and drive to campus so I have to leave my apartment by 7:30am. It takes me about 20mins to eat breakfast and get dressed so I have to be out of the shower by 7:10am. It takes me about 20mins to get in and out of the shower so my alarm clock has to go off at 6:50am. Seeing as I cannot function properly without at least 7-8 hours of sleep I have to be in bed by 10:50-11:50pm. Before this semester started I would stay up till 2-3am. Now I can barely stay up past 11pm. I feel like such an old person! I should not be getting up at 8am everyday of my senior year...but I would rather be getting a paycheck so I think I will continue to grow up.

Today I felt so very mellow. I was sitting in the cafe at school for about hour just listening to slow pop like John Mayer's Who Says. I hadn't felt that at ease in forever. It was fantastic. I hope to stay this content for the next few days...but I am sure it won't last til the morning let alone the week.

Ok so much for the not being tired. My head just started to get heavy and I am going to give in so that I can make it out the door on time. Though I am sure I will prob wake up every hour on the hour from 4am till 6:50am like I did last night. Ick...lol oh well...

Goodnight all!

Cheers,

Tabitha

Its like a crimescene...

...In my pants (In case you're wondering...its a quote from the movie)

So I just got home from a fantastic girls night out with Kim and Darlene. We went to the movies to see No Strings Attached. You know the new movie about being f*** buddies staring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. I consider this movies to be awesome because at one point I was brought to tears laughing and the ending didn't make me cry in a sad way. I think the only negative things about the movie was that we went to see it the night it came out. Therefore the theater was packed with all the annoying people you hope won't be there; annoying giggly talkative girls, couple on a date who don't mind PDAs...Luckily I got to sit in the middle and didn't have to be too near others...

WARNING: If you want to see the movie and be surprised don't read the next section.

Things I officially am adding to my wish list for a man because of this movie:
1)Bring me cupcakes when I am on my period.
2)Make me a period mix tape <3 lol
3)Holding a cute puppy..so adorable!
4)The words "If you come any closer I am never letting you go"

Note: Two gay dads is not necessary but that would be a bonus lol!


So if I hadn't been more sad about my lonely single existence I got to watch more two people fall in love and end up happily ever after...fabulous...

We went to Cadillac Ranch for dinner after the movie. It was crazy loud but at least the music they were playing was good. Someone who will not be named *Cough* Darlene *Cough* ordered from the kids menu. I mean this is no big deal, but she didn't even fight to get her free dessert. :) It was so insanely cold outside and in my car. I am surprised none of us froze to death on the ride home.

Cheers,

Tabitha

There is a first time for everything!!!

 

I. Am. A. Bridesmaid!!

Remember that surprise Darlene had for me? Well, She asked me to be a bridesmaid!! She gave me a rose wrapped in turquoise and silver ribbons with a card (pictured above) tied on it. I am so excited!! Kim (also a bridesmaid) and I are going to take her dress shopping!! We are all going to play the princess and try on dresses...but mostly we are going to have fun!!

I have never been a bridesmaid before, but now I can't stop thinking about all the fun stuff we are going to get to do:

Bridal Shower
Bachelorette Party
Wedding
Reception

It is so exciting! Mostly because I am so happy for Darlene because she is a fantastic person and deserves a beautiful wedding. Also, because I feel so honored that she picked me to be involved in her wedding! <3

I asked for a new adventure this year and this will definitely be an amazing one!

Cheers,

Tabitha

Ow! My A**!!!!

Oh what a Day!

So, today was an awesome day! Kind of....lol...maybe...

This morning wasn't too bad. I managed to pull myself out of bed at 6:50am to enjoy some reruns of Boy Meets World while I got ready. I did a little extra this morning! Instead of just having an orange I had a bagel thin, too. I also made some tea! It was Earl Grey Breakfast tea that I still had left over from London :) Morning work went fast, and I did a little thesis research! It was a good start to the day!

Lunch was an interesting experience to say the least. Darlene, Stacey, and a few other people dropped by. We sat by the table where a guy was giving away newspapers. Every ten seconds we heard the guy say "free paper...Its free everyday you know." It was incredibly annoying, lol. Before leaving the guy gave us highlighters and a bag...which is weird because we were making fun of them the entire time...I guess he didn't hear us :) Lunch was a little weird though. I checked my email and had this really weird out of character email from my boss...

Afternoon work and class were really uneventful. Saw a few more friends and went home to relax for the day...Unfortunately the parking lot had a different plan...Leaving my car I slipped on a giant patch of ice. Luckily there wasn't anyone around to witness my humiliation...Walking into my apartment I could feel the bruise forming on my a**. The moment I walked in the door I knew I had forgotten my phone. Walking out to the car again I almost slipped on the same patch of ice because my boots have zero traction.

I have no plans for the rest of the day, but Darlene has a surprise for me!! Yay! I wonder what it could be :)

Cheers,

Tabitha

Icy...

Hello Again,

It seems that a lot of things have grown cold in my life over the past week. Waking up to an ice covered car this morning seemed to be the culmination of the cold. Now I know this sounds like I am being severely depressing but its really just the facts. Over the past week, I have become bored with almost everything: school, research, snow, clothes, people, tv, music, movies...and to top it off the guy I was talking to just stopped talking to me.

WARNING: Rant to follow...

...Who does that? I mean I could talk to him first but I have been doing that all along...he could show some effort...I tell you I like you, you tell me you like me and then...nothing? I mean I can totally get it if you don't want to talk to me or you changed your mind, but seriously grow some balls and tell me that! I am not some porcelain doll that will break if you don't like me...And men say women are complicated. Whatever...I'm digressing...

I think the boredom with everything stems from the fact that I am worried about my future. I am stressing over it as if not having a good job as soon as I graduate college is end of the world. I don't remember when I began to feel like having a good job was the most important thing in the world. I forgot that the only thing I really need to be happy is to be surrounded by people I love. (Perhaps it is the $46,000 in debt I have) Oh well I guess it is great to know that no matter how far I would ever fall there are people that will be there to pick me up.

Cheers,

Tabitha

Snow...Snow...Snow!!!

Brrr!!! It is snowing!!!

Granted I know that this is not the first snow of the winter season; however, this is the first big snow. What does this mean? Well, let me share the Stats of today with you.

Times I Cleaned off my car: 3
Times I Slipped in the snow: 4
Times I Couldn't feel my fingers: 6

Luckily for me, I am driving my moms old suv instead of my tiny car. I didn't have too much trouble driving around. My roommate on the hand is driving a tiny little car like I normally do, and it is crappy in the snow. The roads are pretty clear now, so she would be fine except our housing plan is still covered. I don't think the plan is big on salting the roads or the sidewalks for that matter.

Another thing about today is that everyone went into crazy we're gonna get snowed in mode. Therefore, they attacked the grocery stores clearing them of the basics like milk, bread, and for some reason Progressive Chicken Noodle Soup. Normally this wouldn't bother me a bit, but I stupidly decided that today was going to be my grocery shopping night. And I happen to love Progressive Chicken Noodle Soup so it was on my shopping list. Getting everything else on my list made settling for vegetable soup easier.

It still doesn't compare to my Snowmageddon adventures from last year...but the winter is young yet. There is still time.

Cheers,

Tabitha

A New Year...New Plans??

Welcome!

Its a new year so I feel the need to make some new plans and changes. What have I already done? Well, a new year calls for a new ring tone. Now my phone plays Enrique Iglesias's Tonight. What do I still plan to do? First, I know people call these New Years Resolutions. I don't know about you, but every time I make a "New Years Resolution" it never works out. But every time I make a "Plan" I stick with it till the end. I don't know why these difference in words cause a difference reaction but hey whatever gets me to do it. So here is my list of Plans for the year.

1. Get to my goal weight using Weight Watchers

I have already lost 60+ pounds and the last 30 are killing me. I am going to do it!

 

2.Finish my Honors Thesis

I have been dreading this since I heard of it Freshman year, but I finally have a topic I am interested in.

 

3. Graduate from College

This plan is really easy. All I have to do is pass my last semester. As long as I stay focused this should be easy.

 

4. Get a Job in Pittsburgh

I would love to get a job in general, but I would love to work around my family.

 

5. Go on a date or out with friends.

 I have been way to boring over the past few weekends. I need to spice up my life.

 

6. Visit a friend in another state.

I know a ton of people from all over. I keep saying I am gonna visit, but never do. This year I will.

7. Go to Disney/The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

I don't really have t do much. Family already has this planned :)

 

8. Spend less and Save More!

I need to stop spending money and start saving some so I can pay off my loans.

 

9. Finish a Story.

I have an overactive imagination. I have been coming up with stories in my head for as long as I can remember. I just can't seem to finish one. This year it will happen.

 

10. Do something new and exciting.

Last year, I went to London. Someone asked what are your plans for this year. I didn't know what to say. I am open to new and exciting ideas. Anyone have any thoughts on what I could do to make this year exceptional?

 

As you may have noticed the typical goals are there. But there is nothing typical about me. I don't plan on giving up in the next week when I get tired of eating salad or doing research. Last year was fantastic, probably one of the best years of my life. I am open to suggestions on how this year could be even better.   

 

Cheers,

Tabitha