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!