New Semester in a Wet and Windy Week

It's been awhile since i've blogged and i do feel like i have let myself down. I said i was going to write one about 5 times before this week, now i've finally decided to sit down and write one!

In honor of the rain I decided to watch Poseidon :) I thought it seemed fitting.

I had to walk in the rain today, luckily I didn't get wet going to Math but on the way home the puddles in the street turned into a mini river. Needless to say my foot and bottom of my jeans got satcherated. Also I should mention I had an umbrella :) I was also able to wear my black trench coat.

This week classes started back up. I was super nervous Tuesday because i only had Math and i am super bad at it. Turns out we are starting at, like, kindergarten level maths - today we learnt about adding and subtracting. I'm being honest! Supposedly its going to get harder, and I hope so because I have it 4 days a week. I'm sitting at the middle table in the back with 2 guys, Eric and Sam. Eric is probably early 30s and Sam is my age. Yesterday this girl Lauren was sitting with us but she wasn't here today. I like Sam cos when he asked whereIi was from all he said was "All Blacks!!!" I was like "dude you rock!!" :) We should get along just fine.

Wednesday I had my 7:30am class which was Psych, I think i'm really going to enjoy that class. I didn't mind the early start and I picked a table with a fairly cute guy called Andy and Kimberley who said she's taking this class to hopefully get to know her teenage son better. Theres this other guy, Zack, who seems cute atm. :) Ha ha.

I also had my Public Speaking class on Wednesday at 10:30, I was surprised when I saw Doug waiting to go in as well. He was in my English 102 class this past semester! Unfortunately we were put in groups and he's not in mine, oh well. Theres actually a few cute guys in that class! I know one is called Skylar :) Unique name which is why i remember it.

Tomorrow I have Geology from 9am to 2:45pm... Long day for me. Hopefully we will get out early because the lecture ends at 11:45 and the lab doesn't start until 12pm but as it's the 1st day I doubt we will be doing anything else except going over the syllabus.

So, in my last blog i mentioned I was going to the doctors on Tuesday 12 to get my bloods drawn etc.. The bloods weren't as bad as I thought it would be, though when the results came back I found I have a slightly higher cholesterol than I should. Other than that everything is fine with me.

Since my last blog I had a movie night with RJ, we watched Invictus and Halloween 2. Admittedly I hid for pretty much all the scary parts but other than that Halloween 2 was okay. I didn't watch much of Invictus, I just couldn't get into it until the end where South Africa played NZ - then I was yelling at the TV. :) I should have picked Up In The Air with George Clooney but we can watch that next time. Oh, dad also insisted on meeting RJ before we left. It was awkward for me, he said it wasn't bad. No idea what dad thinks of him though, lol, doesn't actually matter. We're only friends. I love his mum and dad though, they are so much fun to chill with.

Nothing has changed on the job front either. I've lost count on how many places i've actually applied to though on Tuesday i filled out an online application for a part-time housekeeping job at The Marriott hotel which I would absolutely love to get! Talking to my (step) dad on Monday made me realize that I do want to work in the Travel & Tourism industry.

On Saturday 16 I had lunch with my dad, I knew what he wanted to talk about so I was able to have some answers already formed. He asked what I wanted to do in 1year and in 5years, where i saw myself career wise, job, University, etc.. Found out that I will be able to buy the car off dad for $500 when I get a job, will have to take out a loan but paying that back will give me credit and credit is everything here - good credit that is.

Dad and I went to, what I now like to call our place, The Codfather.. I had bangers and mash.. HEAVEN! I have not had that since mum last cooked it for me. I miss her cooking.

I also got to talk to my mummy!! She actually rang me. I was in shock that she did. It was good talking to her though, I miss her.

I went and saw Leap Year on Monday with Kelsey, Mel and 2 more friends of hers. Mel got me in for free because she works at that Harkins theatre. The movie was sooo freaking cute!! I posted this on Facebook after I got back home:

"Ah Leap Year was sooo cute!! Defo worth seeing it :) Plus that guy is wow. Hot! His accent... Mum, I think you should be worried if i go to Ireland :P"

And I stand by that.

On Monday I was also able to finish all 7 Harry Potter books :) I was sufficiently proud of myself. Ohh and i also bought The Half Blood Prince on Saturday.. I was driving past Walmart on my way home and I was like "I'm just gonna pop into Walmart" and I saw it and had to have it! Dad would have bought it but I had to get the special features whereas dad would just buy the movie.

Hayden's been making me jealous by sending me pictures of the snow he's getting. Dork. Told him to make me a snow angel today and pxt it to me, so far nothing. I also asked if he could build me a snowman.. Yep he didn't, though to be fair I think he was up the mountains skiing when i asked cos he said "It wasn't the right snow." I will continue asking though.

I think thats everything?

No doubt i will have missed certain things, but they were obviously not important enough to be included in todays blog.

New Year, New You

Welcome to my first blog posting for the new year!! Are you as excited as I am? And no I don't mean about this blogpost, I mean that we have started a brand new year?

Have you made any new years resolutions?

I have. Wanna hear them? Ha ha well if you insist :)

- Try and A's in all my classes

- Get a job

- Become better at emailing my mum

- Eat healthier (Isn't this like the standard one?)

- Find a boyfriend :) Hehehe

Well, thats mine - feel like sharing one of yours?

So, how was everyones New Years eve? Mine was a fantastically fun night :)

Although before i get to the party part I should mention that I hung out with Kelsey during the afternoon. We went over to Desert Ridge to get job applications :) I manged to get 7 while also buying a cute cardigan from Wet Seal which i wore all night.

Katy picked me up a little before 7 and we headed over to Target to get cups for beer pong (BP) and then to McDonald's for some food. When we got to Bryan's house, he lives in Glendale with

his parents, he wasn't there! Bryan went with Jesse to Walmart to get tables to play BP on. Silly buggers, but glad they went so we could play.

Overall the night was fun! The boys bought too much beer so we had to have a second party on Friday night. I didn't get trashed :) Only had a double shot of Malibu and around 3-4 beers. I even got the spare room for the duration of my

stay there!! And lemme tell you the room was amazing, his mum has incredible decorating skills...Even better than my mum.

That was pretty much my Thursday/Friday/Saturday and how I spent it. Loads of fun spending it with Katy and Bryan and meeting their friends.

Sunday I headed over to Desert Ridge around 4pm to keep dad happy and collect more job applications. I got to drive. By myself. For the first time. Ever. Was a lot of fun and very relaxing :)

Had a nice relaxing Monday while on Tuesday I had to go to the doctors to register myself. Happy to tell everyone that I now have a doctor. First one since I moved away from Hastings in 2003, I never got sick enough for one which I am not complaining about. Next Tuesday I have to go back to get my bloodwork done and some other stuff I won't mention.

Honest, I'm not worried.

Today I did nothing again except watch the marathon of Mercy on Oxygen. New. Favourite. Show! It's got James Tupper the vet from Men In Trees :) Very yummy! Anyway me and Jess went and saw 'Did you hear about the Morgan's' and it was alright, I love Hugh Grant to he made the movie for me!

I've been re-reading Harry Potter again, already onto the Goblet of Fire.

I texted Hayden today. Big mistake. I wanted to make sure he was alright because he posted on facebook that he was going to the hospital. He broke his collarbone and proceeded to send me a pxt of it even after I said I didn't want to see it.

After I found that he was ok, we texted for a bit before he text me these two messages "I'm good (besides missing a certain cute girl with a sexy accent)" I knew he was meaning me but I made a joke of it before he replied with this "Haha no she is from New Zealand, she is gorgeous and so fun to be around! And a great kisser too! ;)" Thanks Hayden. I really wanted to know this! NOT. I did respond though. *Sigh*.

Here is the link to my New Year's photos:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135468&id=639217209&l=4f5c4d50ee

and the youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdiN831Fxk

I think I have covered everything? Time to get back to my movie, texting RJ, and deciding what I want to eat for dinner :)

Sociology and Homework

After Sociology today i texted Amco because i forgot to tell him during class that he's the reason i have a bruise on my thigh. It was before my group presentation began (Tues) and i had to grab something from my bag and he wouldn't move out of my way so i tried to move him with my leg, he was leaning back against the wall. Yeah, it hurt. And yeah it hurt enough to give me a bruise!

Anyway after i told him it was his fault he asked me "So when did you and Richard get together?"

I was like "what the heck??" So i text him back saying "were not" and he said "cos it seems like you are". Which i think is really funny. We didn't really talk cos his group had to do their presentation and he was up front of the class. I mean we were like mouthing things and making each other laugh. Also we were sort of texting and he keep looking at me. Haha. Yeah, flirting! I do like him, and i think he likes me if Amco asked if we were dating.

Today also during Richard's group presentation they handed out some yummy flat bread. Anyway Hayden decided to throw little pieces at me and Jess. All i could think was "dude, are you that immature?! Your seriously not trying to get my attention by throwing food at me?" If he was he didn't get it. I thought he was a being a child and i told jess that, and she proceeded to tell Hayden. Didn't really him much attention anyway, which im guessing is why he threw food at me, i was paying attention to Richard and his groups presentation. :)

Steven was asking if anyone had i lighter and i was like "Yeah, i do!" He wanted to light incense for their group presentation (same group as Rich and Amco) and Jess looked at me and asked "why do you have a lighter when you don't smoke?" I said, "well i don't smoke all the time" She looked at me like 'are you serious'. She kinda judged me which i don't like. I mean it's my body and my life. I know smoking is addictive and yuck but you know, i know that!

Guess i can tell you about my Sociology presentation now. It was on Tuesday and i was freaking nervous! It had to be 40 minutes long which scared the shit outta me! We managed the 40 min and when i talked i was behind the computer :) Me, Jess, and Mejal were all grouped around the computer giggling. The reason behind our giggling was because the videos we played we hadn't even watched! We ended up getting 24 our of 25 which is very good!

Wednesday i handed in my solution paper. THANK HEAVEN that is over!! 10 pages was a lot to write and im grateful its now finished. The only thing left to do is design a poster for it which is due Monday. Thats what my English final is. Just design a poster. I know. Easy! :)

Wednesday i had to do my Juvenile Justice presentation. That wasn't smooth. None of us had watched the youtube video Christina had added, the only saving grace was the video at the end from a rehab place. I'm not expecting full marks for that. Not even expecting full marks for the paper we handed in. Hopefully we got over half for both.

Still more to blog about! But i wanted to get this one posted as its mainly about Sociology and school :)

School, boys, and being a writer?

Another week has past and the Fall semester is almost over.. THANK GOD!

Only 2 weeks left now and believe me - I am counting down the days until Dec 17th. That week is the week of our finals and i have my Marco Economics test or exam at 7:30am.. AM! Not looking forward to that.

I signed up for my Spring semester classes on Monday. This is my schedule:

Psychology - Mon/Wed.. 7:30- 8:45am

Math - Mon-Thurs.. 9:30- 10:20am

Public Speaking - Mon/Wed.. 10:30- 11:45am

Geology (lecture) - Fri.. 9- 11:40am

Geology (lab) - Fri.. 12- 2:45pm

So what do you think? It's pretty full, and will be a lot to handle though i think i should be able to handle it. Early starts for my Mondays and Wednesdays :(

Tomorrow i'm going up to Prescott with my Uncle Gary, my cousin Jen and her boyfriend Cole to cut down their Christmas tree like i did last year. I'm kinda excited to get to go back because it was so beautiful last year and this time i get to use my camera! And every things better when you get to use your own things :) Like this year i have a cell phone to bring, so i may not get as bored.

This week has been so stressful for me with school work and everything and on Wednesday i woke up to a massive headache and sore throat and today i still have the sore throat but have added a runny nose into the mixture. Still doesn't effect my plans for tomorrow, just have to bring tissues and handkerchiefs.

Tuesday after Sociology i was able to get Richard's number so I've been texting him all week :) haha and i managed to get him to give me a ride home on Thursday after Soc. I like talking to him, he makes me laugh. Oh and i told him i love him because he loves the same pizza as i do! Hawaiian pizza is the best and he agrees with me. And this is his side of the conversation...

RJ - " I love you for that being your favorite!"

RJ - "You are seriously my hero"

RJ - "Hell yeah! You're on my awesome list as well :D"

RJ - "Anyone who has me on theirs, loves Hawaiian pizza, and is overall awesome, they get a spot [on his awesome list]"

Isn't he cool? He thinks i'm awesome. Haha, and he's on my list of favourite people. I emailed a pic of Richard, Hayden, and Dustin to Katy so she could see what the guys look like i was telling her about. She texted me straight back and said "Richard is way cuter!" haha, have to say i agree with her. Though he's not as cute as Gabe, Gabe is gorgeous haha but nothing will happen with that one. Well i don't think it will? And who knows if anything will happen with Richard.

After my blog post about Hayden i haven't really talked to him all that much and i'm not missing it. I know he likes me but after a lot of thinking i came to the realization that i may have just liked him because he likes me. I know thats wrong but it has been forever since a guy has shown interest in me! I do like the guy but as i wrote in that blog i think he'd be the type of guy to become jealous and i love having guy friends. Plus flirting is so natural with me and guys.

Lindsay told me this on Twitter today..

"you know you have real talent for written expression. :-)"

"I reckon if you stuck to the scene construction/plot/action-reaction formula, you'd write bloody great novels :-)"

And he emailed me some links. I think i might give it a try over the Winter break and it will give me something to do. Lindsay also told me this in his email "Personally, I'd recommend you go for romantic fiction. Tap into your own fantasies. That's where the money is."

I'm kind of looking forward to see if i'd be any good at it! I have my doubts, but i have to at least try don't i?

Oh and here again is the link to my EPIC weekend photos on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2848469&id=639217209

Revelations

Today is the best day i have had since Halloween. I don't mind sharing the events from that night now. It's personal but this is my online journal and i want to write it down so here i go.....

Now if you don't remember the Halloween blog, here it is. So i got extremely drunk. Slept with Dustin. Yup. We were both drunk, and it seemed like a good idea at the time (as most things do!) It was my first time too. Ha-ha, yeahhh that was a interesting night considering i don't remember much and what i do remember all blurs into together! I can't say i regret it, i just regret the manner in which it happened. So of course without having much memory of that night i couldn't remember if, you know, we used protection. Hence we writing this blogpost here. BUT my worrying is over now :-)

Moving on from that.

Two Sunday's ago i had my bowling date with Hayden. Now don't go putting air quotes or saying it in a sleazy way *coughLindsaycoughCindycough* ha-ha! It was a fun night, we played 5 games and i got to win the 1st 2. It was a fun date! Then last Saturday, Hayden came over with a movie cos i was babysitting my brothers. He brought 1408 which was meant to be scary but just turned out to be weird. He met my dad and step-mum too!

Sunday i got to talk to Josh over msn, i posted some of that convo in the previous post. And in the post before that one, this one here, me and Josh created our "To-Do List" that we hope to accomplish in the week we have together when i eventually head home. It was an emotional convo for me, though it didn't help i was listening to Daughtrys 'Home'. We both came to the realization that when we get to see each other again it's going to be emotional for the both of us. Though i think i'll be the one who will be crying! Somehow i think when our week is up that it will be much harder for me to say goodbye to Josh than it will to mum and dad.

Ahhh bugger! I just had a thought as to what else i wanted to write and i got side-tracked with my movie and now..... i've lost it!! Oh im sitting here watching The Lion King :-) It's my all time favourite movie next to Beauty and the Beast. It's my night to be a kid and be happy!

This weekend i'm babysitting my brothers all weekend. Dad and Phyllis are going to San Antonio together. This will the first trip they've had together, without the boys, and in a different state for quite a few years i can imagine! I know they will have a good time and i won't be alone! I'll have Amanda, Jake's habatation or aid worker, with me which will be interesting. Hopefully we both survive the weekend! It's going to be filled with lots of boardgames and girl talk i think.

Ohh yay i remember what i wanted to type now! In 6 days (Nov 25) i will have been here in America for exactly a whole year! Yes a whole entire year! This past year has just flown by. Next week will be my 2nd Thanksgiving and at least this time around i'll know everyones names!

Hmm i think that's all....? Yeah must be :-)
Have a great weekend

Why I Love My Mum :-)

My mum actually made me fall off my bed because i was laughing soooo hard!

This is what mum replied back to me today about my date last night with Hayden.

"Just dashing off to lunch but more importantly how was your date….Did you SNOG
him…sorry couldn’t resist…..lol…."

Then....

"Glad you had a brilliant first date…and had a snog…lol…good for you go for it
girl…Have I seen a picture of him, does he have nice teeth, good manners, what
does his parent do for a living, do I have to start saving for a wedding
outfit…..lol….lol…JOKING OK"

I love her! Anyway the date went well although Hayden did beat me 3-2, but i won the first 2 games! I was shockingly bad while Hayden improved!

Mum and dad have found a new place to live. Mum was given notice that she has to move out because i think Deam sold the house, and cos dad now flats with mum he (of course) has to leave too. BUT mum's found a place in Merivale that allows cats and dogs and can move in with dad soon.

In other news (though there isn't any) my English class was canceled.. AGAIN! It was nice though, we just handed in our essays to the lady that was there and left. Hayden gave me a lift home all the while laughing at me cos thats the 2nd, 3rd or 4th time class was canceled!
Tomorrow i have my MacroEconomics test and im very nervous for this one! I think its going to be way harder than the others. So i need to study study study! Also i need to start researching for my Juvenile Justice group project and my Sociology group project.

And i have a question i want your thoughts/answers on:

In the Alien movies, how does the Alien get inside Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)??

Time for a catch-up

*waves like a lunatic* HEY EVERYONE!!! Look who finally decided that enough was enough and it was time to update my blog :-)

Hope everyone is well? Everything going well in everyones day-to-day lives?

Right got the pleasantries over with its done to business. If you follow me on Twitter then you will know ALL of this.

I have been super busy with school. Only like 6 or so weeks left! Right now im getting a C in MacroEconomics, an A- in English, im guessing an A in Juvenile Justice, and i have no clue about Sociology. But overall pretty good. I need to start getting 8's, 9's, and 10's on my MacroEconomic tests (that are every Tuesday) so i can raise my grade.

I finally got my licence (11 October) Practically 2 months after i got my permit! I am beyond chuffed that i passed with.. wait for it.. 100%!! :-) Kris told me i was his 11th person to get 100% Woohoo go me!

I got to experience my FIRST Halloween on Saturday and it was crazy haha. But everyones costume was amazing. Nick was an old school gangster while Jake was spiderman. I got to carve my very first pumpkin which was sooooo hard! Word of advice: If your going to carve a pumpkin with a design, don't pick a hard design like the Grim Reaper!

Overall it was a fun night...

Considering i'd been nursing a killer hangover from Friday night. Screwdrivers (vodka and orange juice) are oh-so yummy but oh-so bad in the morning! Plus playing drinking/card games that make you drink quicker doesn't help matters! I was soooo screwed up that night. Poor Jess, when she arrived just after 9:30 i was already drunk as a skunk! Thats what happens when Nabeal calls me and asks if i wanna go off-roading with them. That part of the night was a blast. Unfortunatly mistakes were made that night.

Hmm what else...?

Hayden :-)

LOL.

He is such a sweet guy. Unbelievably nice and gorgeous and he likes me. We aren't dating...yet that is. We call each other hun, babe etc etc and text every single day. We could be having a date Sunday but im not sure. His truck died so he doesn't have a car and i don't get a car until dad buys a new one. Plus i haven't driven alone yet.

Mum and Dad sent 2 packages to me full of goodies. One box had my favourite hat that i had left behind and raspberry licorice, (the REAL stuff not that stupid stuff Americans eat) Chocolate logs, (yah know with black licorice on the outside) and my FAVOURITE chips in the universe! ETA Uppercuts Honey Soy Chicken chips.. I almost died when i ate one! I've eaten 1 full bag and am 1/2 way through the 2nd. In the other box was the rest of my Harry Potter books, another book, cds, dvd of pic's mum and dad took, and a super cute necklace.

I will post some pics of Halloween and the goodies i got and anything else i might find later on tonight while im texting Hayden and playing My Zoo on Facebook.

Hope you enjoyed catching up on a small part of whats happened since my last post. I honestly can't remember everything that has happened. So when i do and i blog it it will be all over the place.

Have a great weekend :-)