What a day, what a day!

What a fantastic day I had yesterday!

1. I finally bought myself a laptop. I realize that I will need one for student teaching AND when I actually go into the field to teach, I'll need one to take to class. I think I made the right decision. I even got approved for a $4000 credit card at Best Buy! When I use it, I get reward points and gift cards for Best Buy. Pretty cool, right?

2. Mom and I got to hang out the entire day WITHOUT GATOR. There was no mean-ness, there wasn't anybody trying to make us feel bad or trying to make us buy him everything he sets his eyes on. It was a wonderful, relaxing day of walking around and shopping. We ate Chinese, walked around the various stores, and just had a grand time!

3. We went into Borders to hang out for a bit while my computer was getting ready, and as we were leaving, I spotted this book that I've been wanting to read since April on a shelf! I picked it up and it was only $7...so I got it. The Golden Compass.

4. Mom and I went to Wal-mart afterwards and I checked out the calendars. Guess what I found...THE OFFICE CALENDAR. Only $4.93. Yes, I bought it.

5. As I was sitting at the kitchen table, playing with my new laptop, my phone rings. It was BEN! I got to talk to him for a bit. He told me that their flight had done really well and they had received 2 hours base liberty! He had a calling card and was able to call me TWICE last night. It was amazing talking to him, and hearing all about what is going on with his life and everything. I'm checking off the days...I can't wait to go to Texas! I asked him last night if he was still wanting to get married next summer. He said, "Well, yeah, that's what I've been telling everyone! Start looking at dates so we can pick one out!" I told him that I wanted to make it "official" and he told me that we could do that when he was in tech school.

September 26th isn't coming fast enough!

6. I went to Chip's housewarming party last night and hung out with a lot of really sweet people that I don't get to see much of...besides with a bunch of party sluts in Warrensburg. I really do miss the days when we could all get together and see one another outside of Warrensburg not have a bunch of random drunk people around like it is at the 400. Oh well.
Eli and I had some really good talks about Ben. He misses him like CRAZY, even cried in front of me last night. He wishes he would have joined up with Ben and would have gone to basic and tech school with him. When I told him that some stuff he did reminded me of Ben, he teared up and told me that that made him really happy. He wants to get his shit together so that he can take a trip and go see Ben. There was more, but that was basically what we talked about.


Today is grandparent's day, so the grandkids and the respective parents are all going over to my grandad's house for a little get together. It'll be fun!