i never would have thought i would have the chance for something this aweosme

so, i have to admit, i just found a perk to becoming an environmental engineer. a consulting firm visited work on friday who owns offices all over the world, some of which include japan, hawaii, and australia. i have my heart set on hawaii pretty much. i talked to greg about it, and, though his dislike for beaches, he agreed that it would be amazing to move there. i pretty much have my heart set on it. i need a change. though that's a pretty drastic change, it would be a dream come true for me. who wouldn't want to live there? so i got a little obsessive and looked up places and jobs this morning, and there's stuff there for both greg and i. moving from my family would be so hard. not being able to see bruce and kaitlyn grow up, or go to their sports games or ballet performances would suck. and greg has a new nephew that he would miss, but it would only be for a few years. i don't think i plan on spending my life there; it would just be something for a few years. i don't want to have kids there or anything because it's too expensive. an apartment there is like paying for a mortgage. but it would be well worth it, and everyone would have a free place to stay for vacation. we were talking about either buying a condo there or just renting an apartment. it's definately something to look forward to. i told my parents about it, and they seemed to think that it's something i should go for because, well, why not? who wouldn't move there if they had the opportunity?

what you want isn't what you need

so, i can't believe that february is already almost half over. honestly, it's not going fast enough for me. the faster it goes, the shorter this semester will be. it's definately turning out to be a hard semester. seems like i have to go to my professor everytime i have homework due, and i can't do my physiochem homework without my other classmates' help. i guess that's just how it is sometime though. it wouldn't be school without stress. besides, it makes it that much more satisfying when i do good in them. it's almost over, that's what i like telling myself.

i've been hanging out with my friends mike, jim, ben, sean, and other mike a lot lately. we've been going to a diner once a week to hang out, and it's so much fun. it's a good time to kick back and shoot the shit for hours on end as we all sip coffee. we've been yelled at by the manager because of loudness coming from our table, which i think turns out to be a good story haha. there's just never any stress when hangin out with the guys. it's a wonder what joking and laughing will do for the soul.

i joined a rec volleyball team, which starts next week. i'm pretty excited. it's been awhile since i've played...like 3 years. our name is "practice safe sets". pretty clever i must say. i hope we win because i don't think i'm gonna be the star of the team. a good way to get rid of stress too :)

a new year, a new age

i guess i'm officially 24 now. i like to think of it as being 21 all over again...for the rest of my birthdays. age is only a state of mind and it doesn't matter unless you're wine or cheese. since i'm neither i like to think i'll be young for the rest of my life. and i got to celebrate it with everyone that matters to me. it was good fun of course.

i hate cold weather. shivering while watiting for my car to warm is the worst. but oh, does it feel good when it gets nice and hot. the only way i like cold weather is if it's snowing, and it's not. i hope to have off valentine's day again like i did last year beause of snow. i gave greg the autographed saints helmet i bought for him on ebay and he loved it of course. i'm awesome.

school started this week. it's going to be a busy semester, and i'll just leave it at that. oh, how i can't wait to be done!

since autoclaving takes FOREVER

i bought greg the best valentine's day present ever today! oh man, he's seriously gonna love it. i don't wanna post what it is because he's pretty sneaky. just know that it comes with a cirtificate of authenticity...i'll give a hint. it has gold on it. whether that means the color or the metal, you'll have to decide.

oh man, i am SUCH an awesome girlfriend!
(not to boast or anything)

my birthday is in 2 days! i don't know if i should be excited or sad about it. but what i do know is that amy and cat are both coming into town for it which is so fabulous. the only thing that could make it better is josh, but i know that's not happening. oh, well. i guess i can't have everything be perfect.

school next week. blah!

happy 2008! the past few months have been pretty great. there's not much i can complain about. i wound up getting a B in one of my classes instead of 2 As, but it's nice to know that I can get mad about getting a B instead of an A. It brought my GPA back up above a 3.0, so it's also nice to know that I won't be getting a letter from the school telling me I'm on academic probation. Go me! Only 3 more grad classes and I'm DONE with them! FOREVER. I just gotta truck it a little bit longer. just a little bit longer....I gotta say though, I'm excited about my research. It makes me feel important that I'm actually contributing to the scientific world, and my research findings will actually do something. It's a nice feeling.

I've been following the presidential debates very closely this go-round, and it's actually getting me really involved in the whole thing. It's the first election where I feel that I'm mature enough to make a good, rational decision about who I want to be my next president. I've been watching most of the debates, and have been listening to a lot of radio shows, mainly Sean Hannity, on the topic so that I make sure I know about all the candidates. I've pretty much made up my mind about who I want and I'm following him really closely to see how he does. I have to say, there are a few republican candidates I don't wanna see make it and I hope they don't. And I can't stress enough about how much I think Hillary Clinton is an idiot. There, I said it.

Christmas/New Years was amazing. It's nice to know I can start over.

I've been pretty hardcore on working out the past 2 weeks, and I'm really enjoying it. I hope to see results within the next few months so I look sexy in the summer. I like working out. It's been ridding me of my headaches and I have a better overall sense of wellness. Why didn't I start doing this early? I'm really sticking to it because I have a lot of people pushing me to go and making me work out. I think I need to go with Greg to have him make a workout for me since I'm ignorant on what the hell to do. Wish me luck!