So I haven't updated in a while because I've been busy working, and then cleaning, and then babysitting, and then dealing with the newest addition to the apartment.

Babysitting was a pain. My parents were in Reno for about four days for the National Air Races. And the whole time Andi kept asking if we could go do this, or buy that. She wanted me to spend the emergency money that my dad had left for us to go and get her ears pierced a second time. *eyeroll* Oh yeah, and then Hurricane Ike happened in Ohio. 'Bout 2pm the winds started kicking up here. At 4pm we lost power, and then we noticed exactly how strong the winds were. Our neighbors lost shingles from their roof, and the light from the top of their light pole. Trees in my neighborhood snapped in half or just toppled over completely from the wind. My parent's didn't get power back until last night.
Oh, and cleaning up glass by candlelight is nuts.

As for the new addition to the apartment: Meet Bella!!

   

She's a fourteen week old English Bulldog pup that we were just supposed to foster for a couple of weeks. My aunt's coworker's neighbor is an alcoholic, and was very much not capable of taking care of a pair of puppies. For example, her idea of proper care was to throw the dogs out on the back porch, toss some dry food on the patio and then disappear on a bender for two days. So my aunt and her coworker rescued them.

We were just supposed to foster her for a couple of weeks, but then Chris kinda fell in love with her...  I mean, can you blame him? She's adorable!

Unfortunately when my aunt rescued her from the crazy alcoholic lady she wasn't able to get her papers, but apparently Bella's lineage goes back to England.

Other than that, I want to strangle my siblings; they got me sick. Stupid cold. Rarr.

OMG!!!! I DID IT!!! I DID IT!! I hit 50,134 words just now!!! I'm sitting in Panera and I'm trying so damn hard not to explode and start screaming!
I can't believe I finally did it! And two days early!

*screams in joy*

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!

Just a note for those who actually call me every once in a while (meaning Beth): Don't bother until after December 1st. *scowl* It's broken. It got run over by a car tonight.

If you really need to get ahold of me, call my house (you know, provided I'm actually there). Right then.

*deep breath* Hopefully this whole business with the creepy guy is nearly done.

I called him before work to tell him to go away, but he didn't pick up. So I tried to forget about it during work. I guess I didn't succeed at it, because everyone kept asking me if I was okay today at work. It got to be very annoying, actually. People, meaning Chris, kept getting on the radio's and telling me to smile. Do you know how hard it is to smile convincingly when you're distressed like that?

But lo! Creepy guy called me around five o'clock (and I didn't notice because when I'm at work I keep my phone on silent). Well, I just called him back about twenty minutes ago, and I left him a rather pointed message. I didn't want to have to do that through voicemail, but I'm sick of playing phone tag, and I just want it to be done. I told him I was sorry to do it this way, but I'm done. I cannot do it. I tried giving it a shot, but I'm far too uncomfortable with the entire thing to let it continue. And I asked him not to come either Tuesday or Thursday. Then I told him goodbye, in a very (at least hopefully) final sounding voice.

*crosses fingers* So hopefully he'll get the message and not call me back, or show up at work. I'm not banking on it. But it would be nice if it worked out that way.


So! In other news. I'm really starting to like work. I wasn't so sure about all the people there, but they're turning out to be really cool. Even if Jay--the Resident Dirty Old Man-- does keep going with his mock advances. I know he's just teasing, because he does it to everyone. Well, all except Kathy.. she's just downright wierd. And the six and seven hour shifts aren't seeming as long anymore; they still end up wiping out the majority of my day, but it's not so tedious anymore. Especially when there's something to do, and the store is busy, like today. And the radio's aren't so bad anymore. I've gotten used to having other people in my head. Though the customers look at you funny when all of a sudden you start laughing at apparently nothing when people are cracking jokes over the radio's. Also, I've gotten much better at pitching the Max's. Chris, the guy in charge of MaxAssurances, actually complimented me on a pitch I made today (it was unsuccessful) but he told me it was very nice. *beams* I don't fail! Yesterday they nearly set my goals at 18 because I got three in my first hour.

*prepares self* I really can't wait until Wednesday, though as soon as it hits my life will become extremely busy. Between work, school, homework, and Nanowimo, I won't have one. But I'm excited. Because I have a real story this year, a mostly planned out one, and I'm pretty sure I will be able to at least break my 16K word block this year. That's all I'm really going for at the moment. I would love to reach the full 50K, but I doubt it will happen. Also, I'm excited because I checked out the Regional Lounges, and I'm going to a write in at Panera at Crosswoods to write with a bunch of other Nanoers here in town!! *is ecstatic* And it's nice because if it ends up going badly I can always say I've got to go to class, or I can pretend to be writing furiously. Eee! I have decided I love being busy. When I'm not busy I have time to sit and ponder, and that's when I end up getting into trouble. I end up over thinking things.

so, alright. I think I'm done for now. I've got to go study, and write a paper for Megan. I have a test and a quiz this week in science, not to mention my midterm for Megan. And Nanowrimo starts. And there's math homework to do. Oy! I will eventually get it all done. I think I'll use that extra hour of sleep we're getting to get my homework done.
Alright.
Hopefully I'll talk to you all at some point this month!

Whah! Ew!! *is very much disgusted and creeped out*

So I mentioned that I'd called Chaz, and left no message. Well, he did decide to see who the mystery caller was, and called me at work today. ew!!

One: He's very very focused on sex. He actually asked me if I was a virgin, and what my stance on intimacy was.

Two: He's not 26... he's 36.

*vomits*

I told him how old I was and he just replied with "Really? Oh, that's cool. Ages shouldn't matter anyway. Bah! I would never have called him if I'd known he was seventeen years older than me.

And! Because I'm not good at thinking under pressure, I now have him coming up to OfficeMax either Tuesday or Thursday to walk me to B & N during my break. I freaked when I got off the phone with him and called Beth, so she's definitely going to be there to help me if I need it. And then I freaked again after work and called Joe, and he said he'd come save me if I need it.

Yeah, I've only got a minute here so this will be short.

So I've been super busy lately, it's all work's fault, and I'll stay busy until Wednesday. YAYYY!!! ALI!!! Mostly I just wanted to hop on here and say I got the tickets! They are almost right where we wanted them. We are going to be sitting in section 104, in row F. Which is six rows from the ice, but seeing as at the moment we're right off the corner of the OSU player's bench they shouldn't have any trouble seeing us. I know we wanted to be right behind the players, but seeing as little over a week before the game there were still tickets THAT close, I'd be willing to be there will be some holes behind the players as well, so we can move over if we want. *beam* Sarah, I very seriously doubt the players are going to be able to miss us.

Alright. I must away. Y'know, that work thing calls.

Rarrr! I hate the runaround that colleges put you through just to get stuff done. I got to class yesterday and Megan informed me that I was no longer on her list. O.O! It seems that the college dropped me from the class because I hadn't paid for the class by the deadline. The problem was I was not informed there was a definite deadline, or when that was. They actually dropped me on the 27th... and didn't bother to let me know. Nice!
So today after work I had to race down there with my dad (I needed someone to pay, *grimace*) and get this finally taken care of. It's only the third time I've registered for this class.

On another note, Yay! I am relieved. My job is not as scary or complicated as I thought it was going to be. Basically I stand there behind the cash registers ringing out, answering phones, and keeping the front end neat. And the people are nice, and aren't getting frustrated with me for calling them if I don't know how to do something or run into a jam with the high tech system. Hopefully I'll pick up all the stuff pretty quick and the store will get busier as we get closer to christmas. Because I feel bad just standing there doing nothing while other people are busy.

Oh! And I am soooo loving that hockey season has started! There's actually something on TV to watch now. Something interesting and not brain-numbing. *revels in the glory that is hockey season* Whoop! Speaking of which, time to go. The home opener for Pittsburgh is back on! They're playing Philly, and for the first time ever I'm rooting expressly for Philly.. It is a strange feeling.

Yeah, my Math professor struck again today. "Exponents are the rest breaks of the book." Yep. I have no clue as well. So I just wrote it down and moved on.

Yeah, tip for next time, math and sick don't mix well. I got chills in that room, and sitting there doing nothing I ended up getting dizzy. History was fun though. After math I went home and took some DayQuill (and spent three hours playing Suikoden) and it had pretty much just kicked in in full force by the time I got to Megan's class, so I was pretty loopy all through class. I giggled at everything. I felt bad, but I couldn't help it, and I'm sure I was really annoying in class today. Actually, I'm sure I was, because after class was out Megan came up to me and told me I should be muzzled. *grin* I suppose that shouldn't make me happy, but it does. I've never been told I needed to be muzzled before!

Science pretty well sucked though. Had a quiz, got a seventy percent because I couldn't focus real well.. mind kept going back to Nanowrimo for this year. Yay! *is happy and excited* I actually have a good idea for Nanowrimo this year, and a bit of a head start on planning it. *beam* Hopefully I'll break my 16K word block this year.

Uhg. My head is swirling right now. NyQuill (not NighQuill) is very odd stuff. Does strange stuff to me. Also, my typing goes to hell when I'm on it. I so do not want to go to work for seven hours like this tomorrow. It will not be fun.
I'm kinda undecided on this job at OfficeMax. I can't decide if I'll like it or not. The people are nice enough, but I get the impression that I'm the youngest, by far!, of the associates and cause of that I get the impression that they think I'm cute or something.. they sort of talk down to me a bit. It might just be that I know squat about what I'm doing, but still. I think it'll be better when I know what I'm doing. But at the moment I'm really not sure about it. I gotta work on this being afraid of new things problem. It's getting old.

Alright. I think that's about it. Nothing else of interest to report. Being sick sucks. Don't want to have multiple people in my head tomorrow. Can't wait for Friday. Yeah.. that's it.
Kay. Night now.
Sleep is good.

So, yesterday was my first day of work at OfficeMax. Dooood, six and a half hours in front of the computer taking training courses and tests is way too long. My brain was pretty much mush after about five. And I only got halfway through all the tests I was supposed to take. The best part is, I don't think I really retained anything, or at least not much, from these tests.

The people who work there are fun so far. Russ, who is from Youngstown and was a police officer there (eep!) is really fun. We did recovery together, and the whole time he just asked me question after question about Westerville. And then there's Joel the Hunter. He hunts all sorts of furry things with a crossbow.. Dude! Cool! I want to learn archery sooo bad!
They is fun. And they've already kind of adopted me. They want me to go out with them tonight after work to Quaker Stake to watch the last half of the OSU game. I'm not sure I'll go, partly because I got a call from Joe earlier and he wants me to call him after work, and partly because both of them intend to do some heavy drinking. *shrug* We'll see what happens.

Alright. Got's to go now. Time to depart to complete the rest of my training.

Rarr! So I just got home from Science class, and tonight was the only night so far that he's kept us the full three and a half hours. But you know what? It wasn't because we were actually busy doing science stuff for three and a half hours. No. The instructor didn't actually get to school until 7:15 PM. All ten of us waited for him for an hour and fifteen minutes in the hallway outside our class. Why? Because there was a horrendous accident on I-71 NB. A semi had overturned and was blocking all four lanes of NB traffic. The poor guy -I felt sorry for him, but I was just too peeved to express it- it took him two hours to get from his home (downtown) to up here.
*huff*

But anyway. The rest of the day was fine. Beth and I officially got the okay from Megan to miss her class the day Ali comes up (not that it was going to matter in the least anyway, nothing was going to keep us from that airport anyway). So there are no hang-ups on that end. YAYY!! Less than a month now! Wheee!!

Ummm.. that's about it for today. Hopefully all works out tomorrow, meaning I can find the time to go and see The Illusionist with Gina, and not miss a call from OfficeMax (because I'm supposed to get a call from them tomorrow about starting my training, wheee! free money!) and do the stuff mom wants me to do while she's out of town again.

So yeah. I'm done now. I think I'm going to start up Alexander. I figured I'd give the movie a shot.
Alright. Night.

So I've decided that my math prof is the male, teacher version of my Auntie Lin. If you've met her, this should give you a really really good idea of what he's like. If not, he's completely scatterbrained, unorganized, and eccentric. Which means he's fun to have in class, even if he isn't the best teacher out there. He's also full of very strange analogies that he thinks will help us understand the concept. Like for functions, he likened them to football. According to him on player being blocked by one player is a function, and one player being blocked by more than one player is not a function. Then there was the arithmetic analogy today. He was trying to get across the importance of checking our work on tests and such, and said, and I quote "Think of the arithmetic as the cholesterol of the brain." I think he was trying to make the point that you can know all the hard stuff, but you're going to miss points if you get hung up on the simple stuff.. but still... Cholesterol of the brain? I have this sneaking suspicion that I'm going to end up with a bunch of interesting quotes from this guy by the end of the quarter.

Anyway, after that I ran home to change and eat before I had to head back over to OfficeMax for my second interview. Which it really wasn't. All I did was walk in and say hi to the guy (Jay) who had done my first interview and shake hands with the manager and the other assistant manager, and then he took me back to the back and I filled out a sheet and he gave me my drug test form. I am officially employed now!! Wheee! *beams* I work at OfficeMax. Says a lot about me, doens't it? I am sooo going to end up with skads of notebooks and pens if I get a decent discount on stuff.

The drug test took forever though. Or rather, the wait to get in there for the drug test took forever. I was there a solid half an hour before the people in the office helped anyone who was waiting in the room. I was almost late for class because they were taking their dear sweet time about it. *grumble* If it had been Math, or Science, I wouldn't have minded, but I was going to be severely peeved if I missed Megan's class!

*blush* And then came Megan's class. All was going well, until somehow Troy came up..I'm not even sure how it did, but I was the first one to say anything about it. So she asked me to tell the story of the Iliad, briefly. So I did.. And now I'm embarrassed about it, though I was just trying to keep is short, like she asked. I ended up saying "So, the prince of Troy was hard up for the queen of Sparta, and he kidnapped her. And her husbad was like 'Hey, give me my chick back!' He went to his brother and they got up an army and and invaded and destroyed Troy. It took ten years." *hides face* Beth was rather surprised, and I was complimented on my story by one of the older ladies in the class. I was just trying to keep it short!

After that I went home for all of a half hour for a spot of food before my three and a half hour long science class. I called Gina and talked to her for a while. And then I headed back to school. Had my little guts not been eating my big guts, I would've just stayed at school.

So, I've officially decided that I don't like this class. It's three and a half hours long, which is ridiculous. And the prof bothers me. He's not bad, he could be better at explaining things, but his voice bothers me. But it's not even that he's got an annoying voice. Actually, it's pretty nice to listen to (not sexy like Hugo Weaving or Billy Zane, but pleasant). But there's just this quality to it that makes me not pay attention. I just can't help it. He starts lecturing and I just tune out. Hopefully I get over this soon, because the quarter is not going to go well if I can't pay attention, and therefore don't learn anything.

Alright. Well, I'm going to go relax now. Contemplate my new job. And yeah..
Goodnight

Soooo.. I really was going to try and save my money for RenFest when Ali comes up (ONE MONTH AND TWO DAYS!!) but Joe and Gina's group called me up last night and begged me to go with them. So I made sure to not buy anything but my braid (and entrance of course!) and a drink. But it was great. RenFest is always great. Started out a little slow though. We were all supposed to meet at Gina's at 9 in the morning. I was ten minutes early, and Pumba was already there.. and then we waited for twenty minutes for Katie and Laura to get there, then we had to stop at Kroger's to get coupons, then Tim's to get coffee and doughnuts (the drive through guy was AMAZING! I've never seen someone so peppy)... *rolls eyes* We were planning to be on the road at like nine-thirty.. but it ended up being more like ten til ten. And there were five of us in Gina's car.. which is about as big as mine, except it's longer, so there's a bit more leg room.

Okay, the highlights.. because those are mostly what I can remember, and what's most interesting. Let's see.. Got my hair braided (of course!) We watched a joust, and we actually heard the whole dialogue this time... the girl at the henna stand (the same one Beth) scared the living shit out of me... Joe tried to persuade me, me, to buy a belly dancer's costume... while throwing tomatoes at the professional insulter Laura was asked if she wanted to play with a pirate's "long guns" (make of that what you will).. and I know I'm forgetting some stuff.. but I can't remember what all we did. We ended up leaving around four though, everyone was pretty much done by then.

Oh.. the one spoiler in the day though was Pumba. He was pretty good most of the day, but I wouldn't have guessed it from the way the morning started. He started out small, complimenting me on the way my hair waved this morning (I had brushed it out and braided it back to keep it in line and out of my face until I could get it professionally done), and he didn't want me to get my hair braided in the first place because he liked it the way it was. He complimented me on my shirt. And then. After my hair was done we were hanging out by the Swordsmens theatre trying to figure out what we wanted to do next and the guys were ambushed by one of the flower sellers.. Neither Joe or Adam was going to- or had the cash to- buy anyone a flower, so Pumba stepped up and bought a red rose... and three guesses who it went to. The first two don't count. Yeah. Me... And everyone knew who it was going to the moment he bought it. Because Katie and Adam are dating, so no go there. Gina is only civil to Pumba most of the time, and Laura.. well, I don't know what's up with Laura, but she strikes me a lot like Sarah; the whole cynical about "love" and possibly asexual. So I was the only one left.. not to mention all the crap before with Pumba. *growl* There was absolutely no graceful way out of it, so I had to take it. Gah! It's a beautiful rose, but I wish he hadn't bought it. I thought that when I flat out turned him down before that was going to be the end of it. Bah!

Anyway. Back in Columbus we all met back up at Gina's and the guys took off. And us girls were going to go do something, when I remembered that last night Columbus State dropped all the people who hadn't paid for classes. So I booked home to see about getting into Megan's class. But no luck. Still no empty seats. So I hung out at home for a bit, then called Gina to see what was going on tonight. And I went over to Laura's (where Gina and Katie also were) and we hung out, had pizza, and started to watch a movie. We didn't get very far though, because Katie got up to leave and Laura wanted to sleep, as they both move into their dorm tomorrow. So I took Gina home, and now I'm here.
And that's about it.
And now I believe I'm going to sleep before I get up and clean my room and watch Equilibrium again before it has to go back...
OOOH! JACKET'S FIRST PRESEASON GAME IS TOMORROW!!! AHHHH! HOCKEY IS BACK!
Okay. I'm done!

Squeeeeeeee! So I just discovered today that my favorite Neil Gaiman book is in the post-production stage and will be coming out in theatres on March 9th!! EEeeeeee!
Whoever is in town that day, you are soo all getting dragged to that movie with me. I will brook no protestations.
*does happy dance* Good book, good book, good book. Eeee!

Yay! So tonight was definitely Apples to Apples night. And it was much fun. Beth, Sarah, Tyler, John, and Joe all came over and we popped in The Fifth Element and played and watched (well, we played and Joe watched us and the movie)and we talked and stuff, and generally fun was had by all. Whee! I love Apples to Apples.

Umm.. Other than that it was a pretty normal day. Babysitting and such. Umm.. Yeah. Well.
Okay, so I'm boring. I know. Mostly I'm just in a good mood because I had people over and we played Apples to Apples and watched funny movies.
So, I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead and sleep now, before I make a bigger fool out of myself.
Fertig.

Well, had two first tonight in the same event. Joy. Was asked out for the first time, and had to decline the date. He took it well, but I wish Pumba hadn't pushed it. I think I finally managed to get out of the situation with aplomb, something I've had a very hard time doing so far. It was hard to do and my legs were shaking a lot, but it's done.

Anyway. That was about the most exciting thing I've done today. The rest of the day was spent either on my computer, or playing Suikoden III. And then I carted one of our spare monitors over to my Aunt's apartment. Whee.
So, I'm boring, I know.
Nothing else to report.
Fertig.

Jesus!! What the hell happened? Before I left for Florida everyone was happy and okay, and all of a sudden all my friends are depressed and emo and needing serious help! Why the hell didn't anyone talk to me earlier?! Don't quit on me guys! *points to Sarah's and Beth's and Ali's recent entries*

Some Hufflepuff I've made so far...

Sooo.. sorry if I worried anyone *coughAlicough* last night. Ask Beth and Sarah, I was in a right state. I had an... interesting evening at Joe's.

I went to his house around eight and everything started out normally. We played Extreme Bocce for about an hour before deciding it was far too hot and muggy to remain outside. So we settled down in Joe's living room to play cards (which meant everyone else played while I watched) and they had no more gotten the chips dealt out than Joe and Gina decided that it would be a great idea to go to a movie! Of course, I had no money, having just spent my last $17 on my hair cut, and I told them so. I was fully prepared to go home then and there so they could go, but they wouldn't let me. Even when I told them I had to work early in the morning. They insisted on my coming, and someone would spot me the cash for the ticket. Arg.. And they decided on a movie I had no interest in seeing, but for the sake of the group I kept my mouth shut. They decided on Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. Errr.

And on top of getting dragged-- almost literally-- to a movie I wasn't interested in seeing, Joe managed to contrive to be near me the whole time. It was pleasant and a little unnerving at the same time. For example, Gina and Aliedre refuse to drive with Pumba (I'll get into why in a bit) so he split the group up into two cars: Gina and Aliedre in Aliedre's car, and Joe, Adam and myself in Pumba's car. And then at the theatre he paid for my ticket, and then sent Adam and Pumba in to save seats while the two of us waited for the other girls. He is soooo freakin' tall. I didn't wear my boots last night, so I was craning my neck to look up at him. And then I ended up sitting next to him in the theatre. His proximity (the whole time) and the dizzyness that accompanied riding in Pumba's car were enough to send me into a state that came close to that of the Night of Hysteria and Awe (ask Sarah, she tells the story far better than I do). My legs were shaking by the time I climbed into my car to go home.

And I know that it doesn't sound like it, but most of my freaking outness did come from Pumba's driving. To give you an idea of how scary it was, Pumba drives like the people from the Fast and Furious movies. He's got a Japanese tuner car, which he's tricked out to within an inch of it's life, and he holds no regard for speed limits. And he's got a detector thingie in his car that tells him when the police are around and trapping. I think at one point coming home he hit 80 mph in a 45 zone, while he was racing a tuned Saturn... He's the kind of driver my dad wouldn't hesitate to shout "asshole!" at.. and I felt a little like an asshole just riding in the car. At one point he came screaming up behind a Mustang GT and I swear he came within a foot of the bumper before switching lanes and speeding off. I didn't let it show, but I was terrified. And he had every window open (on the one night I forgot a hair tie!) so I was freezing and terrified. I 'bout fell out of his car once we got back to Joe's house.

Once safely back outside the car at Joe's I called it quits and took off for home. And I almost forgot to give Joe his pillow. Which he liked. And not before he asked if he could call me sometime this weekend. Then I made my way home, at midnight thirty, and I was going all slow and appreciating speed limits. Luckily my parent's weren't perturbed with me for walking in so late. And I came upstairs and talked to Beth and Sarah for a while to calm myself down.

Okay, I think that's it.. I could be forgetting something. So if you've any questions, just ask.

*deep breath* *inhale* Well.. I was going to do a full entry tonight. But it's far too late, and there's far too much to talk about. Someone just remember to ask me about my evening with Joe and the gang.. It's probably better that I do it later, because I'll be able to relate things much more acurately if I'm not still all worked up.
And with that I'm bidding you goodnight, because I have to work in seven hours. Goodnight

Gosh I'm tired. I haven't been this tired since I got home from Germany.

So anyway. It's been an action packed couple of days. Monday we spent shopping and playing around on the beach. Tuesday was devoted to packing and milking every last ounce of fun from the remaining time before we had to leave. And then it was horrible because a freak lightning storm popped up virtually over the airport and we sat, on the plane, at the gate for two hours.... Dood! Not cool! So because our flight was two hours late we missed our connecting flight and they had to put us on another one.. which didn't leave until 10:10 PM. Oy. I was not a happy camper, especially as I had to be at work at eight in the morning today.

Work itself was fine. I mean, I've got two ten year old girls who were perfectly happy to leave me alone. So I spent four hours catching up in my journal before we went and saw The Break-Up. It was an okay movie. I wouldn't go see it again though. I got off work at four and came straight home, mostly because I had a headache. And I chilled for a bit, unpacked and stuff before I went to my little brother's street hockey game. I met Sarah there, as her brother was playing in the game before mine. And we talked, and it was fun.. there you go. Oh man though, he ended up on the scary good team this year, practically the whole team is travel team material. The score keepers had to quit keeping score at nine, but the final score was 17-2. It was almost embarrassing.

And now I'm sitting here nodding off in my bed, and I don't want to get up in the morning.Anywhoo. I shall be good though and get some sleep and hopefully not be tired, or too tired, in the morning.

Wow. So I don't think I've ever been this incredibly busy in my whole life. I'm having trouble remembering all the stuff we've done since we've gotten down here. Downtown Disney was Wednesday, and Disney World was Thursday. I know that much. Tuesday was a shopping day... And then Friday and Saturday were wind down days. And total we watched about five movies in those two days. Howl's Moving Castle was really cute! And then today we were gonna go out to St. Petersburg but that got screwed up.. Mostly because Beth and I spent a long time in the pool today. So we went out to the Outlet Mall instead and we're gonna do St. Petersburg in the morning. I know that there's a ton more that we've done this week, but I'm having trouble recalling it all.

*sigh* And I'm sorta mad about this, but Joe was really cute. I talked to him on Wednesday evening, for about half an hour while we were chilling in our hotel room, and he forgot that we were in Florida this week. The poor boy was a little disappointed because he had wanted to go to the movies with us this weekend. I felt bad about it for about a second, until I remembered that I had told him when we were going. So it's his fault he forgot. And then this morning I got up and checked the charge on my phone and he'd text messaged me. All it said was "Night", but he'd sent it at like quarter of three in the morning. So I sent him a message back saying nothing but "Morning". Arg. It's really cute.. but I wish he had left me alone this week because I'm sick of thinking about him. I wanted a week without him in my head, instead he was there a lot. Arg.

Anywhoo. So enough of my stupid girly feelings and such. We come home in two days. I don't know whether or not to be happy about this. I'm having a wonderful time down here, but I sort of feel like we're overstaying our welcome. And I'm running out of money. Oops. So I'll see people after Wednesday, and now I've got to go because people are calling me to come and play some french game.