5 years ago today

So this is the first time i am trying this... typing out what i feel to share with the world, or at least my own small corner of it. Sometimes i get so frustrated being boggled down by money and school issues. I feel like that's all i focus on anymore. So this will be my place to get those feelings out, and hopefully get a weight off my chest in the process! Not that i'm hoping this is going to change my whole life in the process... although i feel like that wouldn't be a bad thing if it did. Do you ever feel like just picking up and moving on? "Okay, that's enough of this stage of my life... on to the next." Sometimes i just want to be graduated, working in a real job... not worrying about financial aid and homework and projects. I want to be married and not have to wake up knowing that the man i love is waking up somewhere else. I want to wake up and have enough time to make a big cup of hot chocolate, and read a chapter in my favorite book... and not wake up exhausted because i stayed up until 3am to finish a project or to study. I want my hard work to be rewarded with finished projects that make me proud of my work, and not with mediocre tests and unsympathetic teachers! i want to be able to see my friends, and not have such busy scheduals that i can't even arrange a quicky visit to say hi. i guess i want a lot of things right now...

Five years ago today I wrote that post... my first foray into the blogging world. Boy does time fly. I wasn't here yet (first there was easyjournal, then blogger), but I made the wise, if time consuming move to transfer all my posts to blogger when I came over. It's nice to still have them and be able to see how much I have changed!
I'm so glad that I started up with blogging all those years ago. Readers or not, this is a great outlet and I cherish being able to look back and have my own written recollections of my college days, and on. And I'm sure that feeling will only grow in the coming years.

So... Happy 5 years to A New Day!!!!

In other news, I do have pictures, etc to share but will do that tomorrow... I want to give this post its due. ;-)

::whispers:: ugh

Today is going to be a quiet day for me... well, except for the coughing. I have very little voice left. What is there makes me sound like a pubescent boy. Fabulous.
And I'm hungry, but don't know what to/don't want to eat. I need new "I'm sick comfort me food" because more soup, really?!

In non-complaining news, my weekend in Indy was WONDERFUL! Seeing Babs was great... it's been almost a year, which is way way way too long. My flight out was uneventful, and even though my Babs and her boy-toy got a bit turned around on their way to the airport, I didn't mind the wait. It was worth it as referenced by the fact that we were up until 3am gabbing. Saturday was lazy... was watched the Butterfly Effect (sad, but good) and talked more... then finally got our of our PJs around 2 when we got ready for the dinner that night. The Vision Dinner was great (huge dinner for her work to show what they've been doing all year in the musical ministry)... and I loved meeting all her friends and having faces to put with the names. After that we headed to a bar for a quick drink before heading home. Sunday we met up with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousin for brunch and relaxed with them for a little before heading back to Babs and chilling with the boy. The whole weekend went way too fast, and before I knew it I was on a plane back home. But of course, it was great to be back with Trav.

I do have pictures, but didn't get the chance to upload them yesterday. I was too tired and it was too late. Tonight though I promise, while I'm working my ass off on my project. Due this week and so not done. Urgh. Wish me luck.

In the meantime, any remedies for sore throat and no voice?

TGIF... sick-like

Seriously, if one more person walks up to me and says how pale/tired/sick I look without following it up with, "so can I [make you some tea, get you some soup, buy you a massage]" ... well, I'm going to be pissed! How is telling me how crappy I look helpful people, hmm?!

But I don't care that I still feel sick today. I don't care that I am tired, and still coughing, and am apparently a lovely whiter shade of pale... because today I am going to see my Babs! Yay! This weekend should be great. Besides getting to see my girl for the first time in ages, I get to meet her boy for the first time, see her new place and new kittie, and see my Uncle and Aunt that live in Indy. Plus my cousin, who is expecting. Good times.

In all seriousness, the feeling like crap thing sucks... but I'm not going to sit around and mope about it. I have been taking my Dayquil, sucking on Vicks drops, and I'm going to pick up some Airbourne before heading to my plane. I should be good. And work is plenty busy, so the day should fly. Hopefully, come monday I'll have some lovely, non-pale pictures to share with you.

Have a great weekend all.

as promised...

Pictures!
I'm home sick today, but a promise is a promise:







So that last one was totally random, but I took it in a park by the river (only a few blocks from Lauren's) on Sunday. Beautiful city.

So as I mentioned, I'm home sick today, dealing with what I hope is just a bad cold... this cough just won't leave me alone and it's keeping me up all night. I'm so lucky to have a loving and forgiving husband because I know my coughing is keeping him up to and were the tables turned, I'm sure I would be getting annoyed at this point. Sorry Sweetie!!
It was really bad last night though, and my throat is so raw this morning that it hurts to drink milk (seriously, milk!)... so I'm glad I stayed home. I hope I can get a bit better by this weekend when I'm going to see my Babs for the first time since Christmas. Way. Too. Long. Sick is not in the schedule at the moment.
But anyway, I'm off to eat some soup, drink some tea, and work my ass off on this stupid extra project. Bah.