a request

Hey everyone.
I have a request.
If anyone has any extra love, patience, peace of mind, or strength could you send it my way? I feel like i'm losing my mind.

My Day.

I had a weird class where I think i yelled at too many people for being naieve (yeah. Look who's talking.)

Then I had to run errands during which i encountered a complete bitch and threatened to set her on fire and ranted that the entire world was against me and if she had had the week i am having she'd kill herself... right... it's only monday.

Then I burst into tears while smoking a cigarette outside the art building
Then i burst into tears again in my mentor/advisor's office

Then i wrestled with a copy machine for forty minutes which almost sent me into a complete hissy fit, tears and all.

Then i went to baccalaureate practice where i read what i'm reading for friday and everyone else almost burst into tears.

Then I came home to a huffy husband.

Then i wrote three of the four short papers that are due by wednesday in 45 minutes.

Now i'm going to watch three episodes of Six Feet Under and relax before someone bursts into tears.

This Week in the Life of Libby

Monday:
8:00-10:20 Homework
10:30-12:45 Class
1:00- Drop by Ben's Shop
1:30- Format Manuscript to go to Printers
1:30- Drop stuff at DAV
2:00- Meeting with Kenny
3:00- 6:00 Baccalaureate Practice
6:00 Homework

Tuesday:
8:00- Homework
9:00- Drop stuff off at Printers and pick up Cartridge for printer at home
9:30- Write big paper for LSD
11:00- Continue Packing
12:30- Write all speeches and practice them
2:00- Pick up Podium, PA, Mic and Mic stand
2:30- Meet with Kenny to practice Baccalaureate speech
3:30-5:45- Class
6:00-10:00 Set up at Sam Hill for Senior Show/Reading

Wednesday:
8:00- Final Portfolio stuff together for LSD
10:30-12:45- Class (LSD) at Dinner Bell
1:00-Pick up CSA order and take to Heidi's
? Continue Packing and Cleaning Apartment
Laundry

Thursday:
7:30am- drop off truck at Mechanics
8:00-10:00am- Costco shopping with K for stuff for Senior Show/Reading
1:00pm- Pick up Mom and Dad from Shuttle get some lunch
2:45-5:00- drop off Mom and Dad at home and go to YC Performing for Bacc. Practice
Go to lunch with them and hang out until it's time to get ready for Show/Reading
5:30- Be at Sam Hill for prep and audience arrival
6:30-7:00 Go pick up Mom and Dad and bring them to Sam Hill
8:00pm My Reading... *panic*

Friday:
Hang out with folks.
practice Baccalaureate speech
Be at YC Perform. Arts Hall at 3:00pm
4:00pm Baccalaureate presentations start. *gulp*

Saturday:
Hang out, sleep in.
Pack stuff.
I probably have to be at the Elks by noonish or something.
3:30pm Graduation begins at the Elks Theater.

Mason and Corbin

just came back from steve and sarah's house. She just had Mason on Monday. Three day old baby...

I spent the whole morning with them hanging out and goofing off.

Now i'm gunna spend all afternoon poking holes in the condoms.

Goodbye Linda.

I learned to ride horses at her house when i was about eight. I fell off once. Sprained an ankle and landed in mud. She cleaned me up. Dressed my wounds. She held the horse by the bridle while i rode it around in circles getting my courage back together.

I was hoping to see her again before she left us. But i suppose Leah was waiting for her.

Ahh Too-s-dae

On Saturday Mike gave us a going away party. It was fantastic. All our good friends were there, a couple of my professors, the guys Ben works with. It was a great saturday night. Fully of conversation, food, friends, and yes, beer. Mike is such a sweet heart. Biggest heart i've seen on a human in a while. Yeah Mike! Now we just have to figure out a way to convince you to move to Maryland.

One week from today I will probably be covered in hives and panicking my brains out.
Next week is the senior show/reading, baccalaureate, and graduation. I haven't worked on a speech/presentation for any of them.

We got the trucks all checked out and fixed up. I got new brakes (whoo hoo!) and have been stopping all over town. It cost us over twice as much as rent. Sigh. (digs imaginary dagger from heart and chucks it over shoulder with a devil-may-care attitude).

As i continue to slowly, slowly pack up the apartment and toss out the junk that has made this place home for the last three years, it occurs to me what a pack rat i can be. It also occurs to me that we don't really have anything nice. This includes my wardrobe. All my pants have holes in them and most of them have paint on them. All my shirts have grease and/or pit stains. Damn me and my refusal to use anti-perspirant.

I think that this weekend i'm going to have a packing/yard sale party and invite all my friends over to help me junk stuff. Then maybe i won't feel so panicked next week.

Mom and Dad will be arriving on the 15th in the afternoon. It will be great to see them. I worry that i will be too busy to really hang out though. I'm sure it will be fine.

thirteen days until this is all over with. and two more tacked to that until we leave behind this cute little desert christmas town...

http://www.poundy.com/foxnews.html

how i feel...

Count Down

The count down has begun. 2 and a 1/2 more weeks until graduation. 19 days until we begin the three day drive home.

Things i still have to do:
1. finish this first big revision on manuscript
2. finish reading "primal teen" the psych book for my human development class
3. throw together a presentation for human development class
4. write two short responses for the southwest writer's series readings.
5. write a paper for human development class, i don't know when this is due or what it's even on, just that it was in the syllabus.
6. place facilities request for senior show.
7. final revision, layout, print, and bind manuscript (decide how many copies there needs to be).
8. Write a speech for baccalaureate. (As if i didn't have enough to do i have been chosen to present at baccalaureate, for those of you who don't know what that is, it's basically like being valedictorian for your area of study only instead of being based on grades since this is a non-grade based school it's based on your teachers' assesment of you)
9. find a decent opening joke for my reading on the 15th.
10. Write a short speech for the graduation ceremony thanking everyone.


Things that are making my life difficult:
1. We don't really have any money and basically our whole move home and Christmas is a credit card supported endeavor.
2. We still have WAY too much packing to do.
3. My hair is ugly
4. We have to take the cars in to be checked up and what not and that'll also cost time and money.
5. Since we don't have any money everyone is getting Christmas Cards from us this year instead of presents.
6. I can't seem to sleep.
7. We have no junk food in the house it's all brown rice and bulgar wheat...
8. My allergies are driving me nuts. I guess the juniper has decided to have one last hurrah before winter sets in.

I'm sure there's more but it's making me depressed just thinking about it. I guess I'd better get to work. I have plenty to do.

I miss everyone and can't wait to be home, hopefully no one will mind that we are so freakin' poor.

Happy Opening Day Everyone!!!!!

2 years Nov. 28th

The happy couple will have been legally married for
two years on the 28th of Nov., 3 years illegally on Jan 1st
and will have been together for 5 years in may or something like that...

We're such goons.

i think i need a haircut

I Want!!!!!!!

Why can't this be for sale in Parkton??

The Cover of my Book

My Beautiful Quiche

I've been Tagged.

Does that mean I'm it? Are they doing it?

Actually I've been tagged by Seeks and now have to list 20 random things about myself.
1. I have to go to yoga in less than an hour.
2. My husband, good ole' Benny-boy is sick...
3. ...and as cute and sad as that is he kept me awake all night with his coughing and snoring. I do feel bad for him, but i'm also embarassed to say a little annoyed.
4. I spent the weekend writing rejection letters for those who submitted their written work to Alligator Juniper (Literary Journal).
5. I went and played with pre-k kids today at Primavera school. (one asked me if i was 50 years old, hehehe.)
6. I usually neglect to fill up my gas tank until the red light goes on.
7. I too am 3/8 filipino.
8. I'm moving away from my home (of the last three years) back to my home town, Bmore.
9. When I was eight years old I used to practice saying the alphabet backwards to impress people. (yes I still remember how).
10. I don't weigh enough to give blood. (I might be bragging, I'm not sure).
11. Sometimes I actively spy on my neighbors
12. I am working on a 200 page manuscript. Trying to write a books is hard.
13. My favorite band of the week is Belle and Sebastian
14. I lost my Spinto Band cd
15. I don't have any place to live or job prospects in Baltimore (where we're moving in six weeks).
16. I know Sam Reed.
17. I stopped by Target last week to get one of those packets of white hanes t-shirts for little boys and the computers were down so some lady gave me a $3.00 coupon and told me to come back another day. Why didn't they just lock their doors?
18. I have been thinking about applying to the Teach For America program.
19. With out my calendar i'd be lost!
20. My hair always looks funny, it's in that awkward growing out phase -- i'm trying to look as though i did it on purpose.

I'm supposed to tag 5 people after this. But I'm not sure i know 5 people. I'll start with tagging Becky

Halloween Party

Halloweenie

HAPPY HALLOWEENIE

Neck of the girl who bit you.

Seriously, my neck is creeping me out. Especially the one where i'm picking up the guitar. Weird!

Hypochondriac

Turns out when i get stressed i'm a total hypochondriac. In the middle of a meeting last week the right side of my jaw started to hurt pretty bad and that night while i was brushing me teeth it looked like there was a crack down the middle of my molar. Turns out it's fine, no crack. I went to a very sweet dentist who was very sensitive to my anxiety around people sticking things in my mouth. We chatted and i don't floss enough but apparently i have "very healthy, good lookin' teeth."

So cheers!