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Just One More Person's Thoughts Cluttering Up the NetBeginning Week Two of Session Three
Much is going on at work. Boeing miscommunicating with HS and vice versa. It’s crazy! I really like my new supervisor. He is just so laid back and feel like a kooky uncle. I got to visit my old friends on Friday which was great! So much has changed.
Was invited to an Xbox night and played Gears of War 2! I must not have done too badly because they didn’t say I could never return! LOL!
Went to Alicia’s wedding! Yay! It was finally here! She looked beautiful and Tim looked handsome. The day was gorgeous. The most fun part though was meeting Angie’s family. I totally hit it off with her mom and dad.
It’s been a crazy week but I think that by the middle of this week, things will begin to slow down.
Anywho…that was just an update…more of a brain dump really before I forget anything…
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Angels and Demons
Last week, mom and I went to go see Angels and Demons. We loved it! One thing that was sorta funny though was that they made it a sequel to The Da Vinci Code. But in the books, it is the prequel. But I understood why they did it. After the movie, mom reminded me of something I said a long time ago when the books first came out. I said that The Da Vinci Code made for good reading, but the flow wouldn’t translate into a movie too well. BUT Angels and Demons was written like a movie already, the timing of things was quick, so it was awesome!
I’m back in Rockford, IL for my third session. I start on Tuesday and am looking forward to it. I don’t know what this session holds but I know it will be interesting. 
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Holy Baptism Batman!
May 16, 2009 A Day to Remember!
Ben was baptized! At 12:30, mom and I were present at St. Thomas for Ben’s ceremony. I was so proud I cried. Ben is truly undertaking a new chapter of his life. Together he and I will work on our faith to grow closer to God and to each other.
Then we all went to the Longhorn Steakhouse and had such a pleasant lunch.
When mom and I returned home there was a gorgeous bouquet of flowers on the doorstep for me from Ben! The note he had written (*which I won’t share here because I don’t want to make other women jealous of not having him*) was so sweet!
Sidenote: I leave either on Friday or Saturday of this week to return to HS. Wow…already…
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The Empty Cup
On Tuesday, I had to have a drug test done for my co-op. Well, the collection cup was huge and I couldn’t quite fill to the required amount. Sadly, that means that they have to dump out what they had and I had to stay in the office and drink water until I had to go again. (*My poor mother was with me and I had to keep her entertained by showing her games on my phone*) I was semi-curious as to how long it would take to refill my tank so I watched the clock. In about twenty minutes of non-stop drinking…I was beginning to feel an urge. After thirty minutes, I actually had to go. (*All of this of course happened after mother and I had just eaten at a Chinese restaurant and had had tons of hot tea*) Boy did I go! I could have filled like 2 of the huge cups! That would be like 10X the amount needed for the test! It was the purest water that ever came out of my body! I swear I had turned into a Brita filter! What’s worse is that I had to go to the bathroom every fifteen-ish minutes for like the next hour after that!!!!!! (*sigh*)
Now onto a more polite topic…
I saw the movie “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” and it was cute. Of course it was based off of The Christmas Carol. But instead of Scrooge vs. Christmas, it was Matthew McConaughey vs. love/weddings. Matthew’s character was named Conner and in order for Conner to learn a lesson, he had to be pretty bad to begin with! He was such a jerk! I am a fan of Matthew. More often than not he plays a gentleman and from what I have read he is a gentleman in real life. So, it killed me to see him being so rotten. Of course it ends well (*like every other romantic comedy in the world*) but it’s overall feeling isn’t quite as light-hearted. They were really trying to impress on the audience how incredibly hurtful he was and how his lifestyle may have short term benefits but a long term failure. Granted I have heard that the original Christmas Carol was fairly dark so that it would contrast to the “light” at the end. Anywho…it’s fun for a chick flick but you don’t need to see it in theaters. A Friday night rental works fine.
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Strange Week
On Tuesday I had my first “woman” doctor’s visit. I especially wanted a female doctor for obvious reasons. Well…while she was going about her business in my business…she said “oh”. I was like “oh?”. She said that she would like a second opinion and that HE would be in in a second! So before I knew what was going on, a man walks in to see me in all my glory! I blush and he essentially shook my leg instead of a handshake and was like so nice to meet you. LOL! It was probably the most awkward introduction ever! Anywho, I left with a tetanus shot and it still hurts.
Thursday was my first wedding cake tasting! Mother and I trekked to Kathy’s Cakery in Richfield. It is a husband and wife team who work out of their MANSION!!!!!! Their cake is absolutely fabulous! My favorite part is the buttercream frosting they make. They use real butter and it is so soft and creamy tasting. NOT like sugary birthday frosting. Not sure if we are going to use them for the wedding yet because we plan on visiting some other places for a frame of reference. BUT we will most likely use them which is exciting! One more step to a complete wedding!
I’ve been rather depressed lately with this semester being rough and other things. But I’ve found that it seems to get worse when Ben and I are apart. It’s amazing what one day with Ben can do and how my mood does a 180. Granted, today we went above and beyond awesomeness! After lunch at 5 guys, we went to PetCo. We marveled at the beautiful fish and birds. Then we watched some of the mice play in their wheels. They were SO funny! The sweetest thing happened when we were looked at the old cats to adopt. One kept licking Ben’s finger!
Ben has been toying with getting a newer XBox 360 for a while. We enjoy playing video games together. SO we decided to get me an XBox! When I go to Rockford we can play Gears of War together! Yay! Don’t get me wrong I still plan to have a PS3 someday and I love my PS2 games. But the PS3 doesn’t really offer the games to play with people that we want. PLUS after we finally are in one abode together more permanently we will sell Ben’s old XBox. Another fun thing was that we put a beta of Windows 7 on one of my laptops.
I’m leaving to go play with my new toys!
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