Tomorrow is going to be fun!

Tomorrow I'm skipping class to help out at the daycare's Halloween party. I hate my history class (it's just really long and not very interesting AND my friend takes AWESOME notes). I can't wait to see all my kids dressed up in their costumes! I'm going as Thing 1 (my friend Jessica is Thing 2) from Dr. Seuss's The Cat In The Hat. I already had a red sweatshirt and I just put a piece of white material with the words, "THING 1" on it and fabric glued it on the sweatshirt. It's going to be pretty cool. We're going to hairspray our hair all crazy too. I'm pretty pumped.

I bought a peacoat yesterday! I'm soooo excited. I have needed a coat for the past couple years but I've just been reusing the one I've had since junior year. I'm excited for it to arrive.

A bit of bad news. My grandad's cancer has gotten worse. The doctors seem to think he's only got about a month left. Of course, that's the diagnosis that we got for Jack's dad and he lived for another 8 months. I'm thinking that he won't make it that long though, mom says he's incredibly weak and they've already got hospice in. It worries me, but I just want him to be out of pain. I know he's in pain a lot of the time...I'm going to go visit him this weekend when I get home.

Anyway, say a prayer for him.

I really do love my life

despite all the shit I have to deal with....liiiiike:

*the people who think it's a really good idea to booty dance/scream/laugh loudly/run up and down my hallway at one or two in the morning.
*all the damn assignments I have.
*the lack of cool people to hang out with.
*the fact that my fiance is in another state.

I really do enjoy my days in class (most days) and at work (minus a few of the kids). I get to come home to my comfy room, get on my laptop and relax all night. It's quite nice. I get to call my honey and visit with him about what's going on in our lives while we're apart, and it's just so much easier than when he was in boot camp. I get to tell him stuff right away instead of writing it to him in letters.
Last night, I was telling him that I was going to order the flower petals. Here's our convo:
Him: Won't they die before June?
Me: SILK petals, honey. Much easier, much cheaper.
Him: Ohhhhh. Are you going to get all silk flowers?
Me: probably. Real flower bouquets are very expensive.
Him: What about your bouquet? You're getting silk for that too?
Me: Yeah.
Him: You should get a real one. It's your special day. Don't worry about the cost.
Me: Really?
Him: Yeah. You should be able to do that.

Isn't that just the sweetest? I mean, he just keeps saying stuff that makes me giddy. I know he knows that I want it to be the most special day but will cut costs even if it means I don't get something. He WANTS me to have everything I want. It's pretty cute.

He loves me.

The weekend

What a fantastic weekend!

Honestly, the only thing that would have made it better is if Ben would have been here to spend it with me.

Friday night, I went to a show with Chip and Chelsea, all dressed up and it was awesome. My friend Sonny's band played and we enjoyed happy hour. Went to a party later on, but it was full of totally lame people, so we left early. We ate lunch together the next day and just hung out.

Saturday I spent the day laying around and doing homework. That night, my friend Jake came out again and we went out to eat and saw Saw IV with Andrew, Travis, Ashley, and Matt. It was a lot of fun.

Today I spent the day watching movies and visiting with Ben on the phone. It's been nice.

Frustrating

I really don't like my brother all that much. I'm pretty sure he has some form of bipolar disorder. He'll be super nice, and then he'll just snap and be a total jerk. I was trying to call my mom tonight and he hung up on me 4 different times because he was using the house phone and didn't want to let me talk to her. She wasn't answering her cell, and he didn't give a shit. It's like this all the time. Does he ever get in trouble for that shit? Nope. Not at all. She "can't punish him" because "nothing ever works". What does she mean, "nothing ever works"? Ground him, make him stay home and not hang out with his friends, don't give him money everytime he asks. I didn't get that kind of treatment, even though I was a good kid. I never messed up in school or got into any kind of trouble...and I didn't get even half the stuff or privileges he does. It's just ridiculous. He's being taught that he can do whatever he wants and get away with it. Someday, that's going to backfire, and he's going to be in a lot of trouble.

Anyway, in happier news, I bought invitations, a matching garter, AND a matching photo album today. The invitations are really pretty and I'm able to print them off at home and they look professional. Everything was pretty inexpensive too! I'm quite happy.

My friend Jake is coming to town tomorrow evening for costume karaoke. I'm glad, I love hanging out with him. It's going to be fun tomorrow, I'm pretty pumped. Probably not going to go to class on Friday. It's pointless because we're not doing anything and my teacher really pissed me off on Monday. I've got all of my assignments done, and early, so there's really no need to complain about one missed class.

booya.

The weekend

Ahhh, what a good weekend!

Came home on Friday, stopped at Hobby Lobby on the way back. Got some stamps, embossing gun, and embossing powder. I've been practicing using the stamps and getting the design of my invitation JUST right. So far, so good. I need to get some better red ink though. Justin met up with me at my house and had dinner with the family. It was fun, my family just loves him. He's a good friend to have, always helping me out with stuff.

Saturday I worked for 9 hours. It was boring, but at least I didn't have to work with my stupid manager and his creepiness/rudeness. He was out of town for the weekend, and told Michael that he had gotten a hotel room up in the city and was spending the weekend with his significant other. Ok, that means my district manager. Michael saw them kissing outside the store one day when he was in Subway. My district manager is definitely married. She's done this before, I'm surprised she's actually still working there. Maybe she's sleeping with her boss too. I think once I quit I'm going to report it. I don't like either one of them, they treat me like crap.

After work I went to hang out with Chip for a bit at his house. Got to see Chelsea and Chip's dog Bogie. VERY cute. Chelsea didn't stay, she had plans with Beth. It was OK though. Justin and Jenna ended up coming out and hanging too. We went and got Chinese food and watched Transformers. It was fun, but Transformers is definitely not as good as everyone was saying. It was pretty cheesy. Redeeming factor was the special effects...but that alone does not make a good movie.

I'm doing laundry today, probably should go get in the shower so Mom and I can possibly go run some errands.

<3

*EDIT*
You know, I always heard that guys don't want to have any part in the wedding planning process. I've always heard that it was the brides who made all the decisions. To me, that sounds daunting. I don't like making huge decisons by myself. I'm so thankful that Ben WANTS to be involved. I told him that I was going to send him some wedding poses, and that I know he may not want to go through them, and he said, "It's important, Danielle, and I want to!" It was very sweet.

This week is almost over!

It's almost Friday...and I couldn't be happier.

I'm leaving for home tomorrow after work. I'm hopefully going to stop by Hobby Lobby and get the stuff I need to make the invitations. I wish I could do it on Saturday, but I've got to work, unfortunately. It'd be nice to go with my mom, so I suppose I have to make some sacrifices.

Yesterday at the daycare, I had just got snack out for the school kids (they hadn't arrived yet) and the tornado sirens started going off! Luckily, I only had one kid! Everyone came out and got by the wall in the hallway. We had infants through age 6 all together. I was terrified, one touched down in the town next to our's and it was supposed to come to us next. I remained calm though and sang songs with the kids to keep them calm. I was so glad when it was all over! The school kids started showing up and Brandy (co-teacher) left me in the room by myself while she went to the front door to wait for students. You're supposed to wait in the classroom. Anyway, she left me there, and I was unable to begin cleaning the bathrooms (I did clean the classroom-her job). Even when the other kids showed up, she didn't come back to the classroom! At 5:30, it was time for me to leave, and I still hadn't done the bathrooms, so I left them for her to do. She can finish up stuff sometimes, she only works 2 hours a day! I guess she complained to my boss though and my boss called me and told me I shouldn't have left. Umm, I have places to be and I ALWAYS end up getting stuck with other people's jobs. It's ridiculous. I had places to be, and I COULDN'T stay. Why isn't she getting upset that me, Mandy, Sarah, and Anna C. are constantly getting left in the infant room by ourselves with 8-10 kids for periods of 1/2 hour or more because Anna B. can't seem to stay in the room and do her job? Why isn't anything being done about that? Hmmm?

In other news, I got my Halloween costume yesterday! I am borrowing it from a friend, which is nice, because costumes are EXPENSIVE! Here it is:

Tired and a little cranky

Yeah, my title pretty much sums it up.


I work a lot, I go to school, I'm no where near being done with my online portfolio, many of my close friends live far away, Ben is in Mississippi...things are just crazy right now.





I'm trying to stay positive, but this lack of sleep and dealing with the movie store boss is really grating on my nerves. I called him to let him know I couldn't work the weekend of the 27th because of a mandatory school function and he was really rude. I'm debating just quitting right now. I'm not happy. I want to spend my weekends relaxing. I work/go to school from 8am until 5 or 6 at night EVERY DAY. It's a little hectic.





Anyway, I've been searching for grass green colored stuff for my wedding, and it's almost impossible to find. Everything is sage, mint, forest, or whatever. I am thinking about just doing a classy black and white wedding. I think it'd be pretty and it'd be a lot easier finding stuff for that color. I could add in accents of green or hot pink if I find them...black goes with everything. Ben is fine with it, I'll just have to talk to Mom and check out the selection at the bridal store where I got my dress.





I'm trying to figure out when Ben is officially going to be home for Christmas so we can schedule our marriage counseling and engagement photos. He's also been given the opportunity to choose his base preferences again. We're picking 2 close to home, one in MA (possibly), and England is our choice for overseas. Pretty exciting!





Some girls are getting together tomorrow evening for dinner at Applebees. It's really hard planning something like that without certain people in the daycare finding out. The majority of us get along and love to visit and hang out, then there's a certain few (ok, one) that we just can't stand. We're meeting over at Applebees so that no one will be suspicious. Hopefully no one that wasn't invited shows up that night!





I found a couple pairs of shoes that I really like for the wedding:

I really like both of them. I wear flats all of the time, and I definitely don't want to wear heels and be uncomfortable all day.

Ahh well, I'm going to get to bed.