Halloween 2009

Oh random note about yesterday: My mom made me get new pajama bottoms and boots. Yes, I said "made me". I am quite different from normal girls in several ways. One of these ways is that I don't really enjoy clothes shopping. Sometimes (especially when I'm on a trip) it's okay, but I could honestly find better things to do with my time. And shoe shopping is the absolute worst. I HATE shoe shopping. Just hate it. I think I have way too many shoes as it is (well, in my opinion). Oh well, at least my boots will be functional when it shoes and my pj bottoms are semi-cute.

Enough about that. Happy Halloween! I slept late again. Played some Farmville.... Answered door for trick or treaters.... Watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.... Looked at England travel books and tried to figure out how I would get there.... That was about it.

Tomorrow, I'll go to church if I get up early enough, do some homework, go to work, go to Bible study, do more homework like crazy, maybe watch Grease, go to bed.

I should wrap up quickly. There's this friend I've been seeing lately. His name is "Midnight". I've been seeing him more often this semester, and last night was the fifth night in a row that I saw him. It can be fun, especially since apparently I can sort of function around then, but then the morning after the "fun" isn't great, especially when you have class. So I am going to try to make sure I don't see this "dear friend" tonight, because I need *some* responsible night hours of sorts.

(Yeah, for those who don't catch on, basically I've been going to sleep past midnight lately, and I'm determined not to do so tonight. So Good night).

Ashley

Happy Haunted Refrigerator Night 2009!

Yeah.... Apparently tonight is Haunted Refrigerator Night. And National Candy Corn Day. And Frankenstein Friday. I'm not making this up. Just Google "Weird Holidays", and you'll find a funny list.

Anyway, I slept in too late again (man, this is a pattern). Went to the photo lab and actually got some decent negatives. Ran some errands, finished a book, watch a movie. Why do I wait until 11:30 to post when I'm tired and I don't remember anything fun? Ah well.

Oh, remember when I said that we talked about white dwarf stars in Astronomy? Well, here's the White Dwarf!:

Personally, I don't want to mess with this guy! I found it off the Internet (from another blog, I think), and was excited cuz this was the very frightening dwarf that was in the PowerPoint for Astronomy. And now I'm not sure what else to say.

Oh yeah: I REALLY want to go to England. And 57 days until Urbana 09.

Ashley

PS. Here's a funny image, if you don't like hardcore dwarves:

Thursdays Can be Terrific and/or Terrible

This one was terrific. Why? Because it's the weekend! Well, for me. Yay for no classes on Fridays!

But I wasn't feeling great all morning/afternoon. Oh well, I'm better now. Spanish was okay. I played a Harry Potter computer game for the first time in several years. It was FUN! Oh, geekiness, how I miss you. I'm too tired to write much more.

Ashley

Well, Wednesdays are Weird

I woke up later than usual.... Again. I'm so lazy. Photo was good, I got some decent prints for my assignment on Monday, but I think I'll still go to the photo lab on Friday anyway. Went to math teacher's office for clarification and help, saw MK (nickname for one of my close friends, I don't really know why that was her nickname, it makes no sense), then had math. I discovered that I can handle math for 40 mins before I get really tired and have to focus more. In case anyone's wondering, the average time I spend with my math teacher is around 10-15 mins, sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on how many questions I struggle with. Then drove home, which wasn't great (I have grown to dislike a particular road that I have to take to school.... But the other roads are worse!). Did some homework, made it to Level 20 of Farmville, had dinner and Astronomy, where we learned mostly about white dwarves. Um, the star white dwarves, not actual dwarves (that would be cooler). Though my teacher did post a picture of one. Even though he's not very good at teaching to non-science-y people, at least he has a sense of humor.

Well, better go, still have some work that I want to do before bed. Wow, my entries need some spice to them....

59 days until Urbana 09!

Ashley

On Second Thought, Tuesdays Can Be Worse....

I woke up later than intended, which threw me off a bit and made me feel rushed. I only like guilt-free sleeping in and this wasn't guilt-free sleeping in. I went to school, things were starting to get better, cuz there was free Asian food (orange chicken and eggrolls), and I found out my enrollment date for next semester. Then I had Spanish. The class was no more difficult than normal, but well, I'd rather not talk about it. Not today. I will later. But I just feel like an absolute failure. I'm so bad at Spanish. Why did I kid myself into thinking that I could possibly minor in Spanish? Kiss that thought goodbye (besides, Intercultural Studies looks cooler, anyway).

Work was okay, so glad it was my last day of counting every single inter-library loan item (that's always annoying, we had more than 300 items today). And... not much else. Today wasn't fun.

But I will end on a better note; I found out that one class I'm hoping to take is online and another is a teleweb course (that's basically where tests and stuff are online, but you get videos of lectures and stuff to watch). So that means, if all goes well, I will only have classes Monday and Wednesday next semester!!! I am pretty happy about that, considering this semester has been awful schedule wise.

Oh and 60 days (exactly 2 months) until URBANA 09!

Ashley

Mondays Should Not Exist

Yeah.... I don't like them.... Though today wasn't bad.

Had photo. We didn't go to the darkroom, we watched a movie about Sally Mann. Some of her stuff was so cool, but others were weird (like decomposing dead bodies, yuck). Lunch was okay, talked to a friend, then went to my math teacher's office to go over some problems. I think I'm practically going to live there this semester (okay, not really, but I should probably go there a lot, I NEED to do well on the next test!). Math was fine, I'm always veeerrry tired in that class, though. After that I went home (it was raining, of course), and... did some homework. Went to Astronomy and got my test back. Let's just say I'm so glad my teacher uses the curve, because I had a bad score without the curve, but with it I got a high C! Yes, that is an accomplishment. My next goal is to get to at least a B on the next test (so far the Astro review everyday thing is going well.... We'll see how I do with other study methods).

61 days till the Urbana conference, 30 until my Thanksgiving break. Can't come soon enough.

Ashley

Personality Type: 4 and 2

Um, church was cool, cold weather is not. I chilled this after noon, did a little homework (really, I did!), and watched a couple movies. Went to Bible study (yay waffles), where we took a very interesting personality test (I can't remember why, maybe for fun?). It was pretty hard, and since it was shorter and free it wasn't as accurate as the longer version that costs money, but it's still pretty cool. I got number 4 (The Individualist, or Romantic for another version) for my highest score and number 2 (the Helper) for my second one. It was interesting and hysterical to read the "descriptions". So that was cool. But driving home in the pouring rain is not cool. And the fact that it's Monday tomorrow is DEFINITELY not cool. Oh well.

Oh here are the links, if anyone's interested: http://www.9types.com/

http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/dis_sample_36.asp

Ashley

I'M ACCEPTED!

So, today was a very interesting roller coaster. I will explain.

I woke up, tired and cold (I went to bed 5 mins before midnight) and skunk smell was very strong. Oh yeah, forgot to mention. A skunk died in front of our driveway, so everywhere outside our house smelled awful (and we could smell it inside if someone had the window open). Someone removed it later, but still, ew.

I went to work, which was not a good shift. It was non-stop busyness and chaos, and I swear, people brought dump trucks of books and DVDs, I was tired, cranky, and I really wanted to strangle patrons (don't worry, I didn't). Then, when work was over (it felt like forever), I realized my car smelt like skunk. Because the whole air was filled with the scent by my house when I walked out to my car, I didn't notice the smell going TO work, but after work I definitely smelt it on my poor car. I unrolled all the windows to see if that would help, and it kind of did; that's pretty bad, because it was in the 50's today. Well, at least the sun was out (it was rainy when I drove to work). So with all that lovely stuff, I wasn't sure how on earth my mood would change today. It changed.

Which brings me to the title of this post. When I got home, Mom said I had some good mail, which is always exciting, because I never get mail (except for bills or bank statements or advertisements; yuck). I got into my room and there were two pieces of mail: One from my church, and one from Taylor University. The Taylor envelope was huge, I flipped it over and it had all sorts of words that I couldn't really figure out at the time, but I thought they'd be related to "the Taylor tradition" and all that. On the envelope flap had one word, in small letters: Congratulations. I was excited once I realized the envelope was from Taylor, but by that time I got even more excited. I ripped open the envelope, took our the letter, and read the first lines:

"Dear Ashley:, Congratulations! It is my special privilege to announce that you have been accepted for admission to Taylor University for the 2010 fall term."

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Have you realized it yet?

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Has it sunk in yet?

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I HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED INTO TAYLOR UNIVERSITY!!!

This is reeeeally exciting. I still need to wait until April (when all financial aid stuff comes in) before I make a final decision, but the fact that I got into my top school is very exciting! And I'm so excited about this that, as a result, my grammar is suffering! Why do I say this? Well, I am pretty sure that my Facebook status is grammatically incorrect and I had the hardest time spelling "university" when I sent a text to one of my close friends. Oh well. But I'm really happy that things turned out well so far!!!

Oh, and for those who may be wondering about the thing from my church, it was a reimbursement check (for Urbana), so basically, my Urbana cost is fully covered except for the housing (well, that and food and souvenirs, but those are typically separate from cost trips anyway). And also, my dad was nice enough to take my car to the car wash, so my car shouldn't be stinky anymore!

So yeah, today was bad, but it ended really great!

63 days till Urbana!

Ashley

Weekend!: October 23, 2009

I love having three day weekends. Well, I'm writing this now to avoid the possibility of going to bed past midnight (like I had the past two days; not good when you have morning classes or a morning shift at work).

I woke up today LATE, like 9:35am-ish. I always seem to do that, because it's one of the few days that I can really sleep in. Anyway, I skimmed my Astronomy book, because I want to get in the habit of reading my Astronomy book every day, even if it's just skimming. We'll see how that goes. Other than that, I didn't do much else, but I did clean my room! Okay, so I only picked up a few papers/books, but I think it looks better! I worked today too, that was a long, busy shift; WHY does a 3 hour long shift feel longer than an 8 hour long shift? So weird.

Um.... Not much else to report. Oh, 64 days until Urbana! I don't know if anyone's interested, but here's a link, because I realize a large number of people have no clue what the Urbana conference is: http://www.urbana09.org/home.main.cfm

Ashley

Thursday: Start of the Weekend!

Well, Monday's finally over and the weekend has begun! Yes, that sounds very odd.

I think my Spanish midterm was okay. We'll soon find out how I did. But I found out that I got a 46 out of 50 on my last project! So, unless I totally bomb the midterm, I'm getting an A in Spanish! Yay! At least I'm getting an A in SOMETHING. Well, okay, so I'm probably getting an A in Photo too, it's just hard to tell because the projects are basically pass/fail. But I DON'T have an A in Astronomy or Math. I need to figure out how to get a better grade (even though my math class is remedial and doesn't factor into my GPA, I still want and need to do well!). I'll figure something out.

Chilled a bit, read Harry Potter. Later, me and the fam packed some meals to go out to Haiti. It was cool. I'm tired, good night.

Ashley

Wednesday: Monday, Part 3

It case no one noticed, Monday had been extended to three days this week. The calendars are lying! Yeah, I'll explain.

Today began iffy, was pretty good in the middle, then ended iffy. So today I woke up later than planned, but no biggie. I got most everything done. Then I was trying to take a ton of random pix to use up my roll of film so that I can develop it today, but my camera wasn't cooperating as much as I would've liked it to, so I left the house running late (okay, so "running late" is actually 8:09 instead of 8am, but when you're a commuter student and timing-and traffic-is everything, it can be a big difference). Made it to school early, developed roll of film and I think I have some good, or at least decent, images. The symmetry pictures are so much more difficult to take than the asymmetrical pix (those I'm fairly good at). Then at school there was free pizza! It was delicious and the only bad thing was that we could only take one slice-and our hands were stamped so that the volunteers knew we already had a slice. Makes sense, though. After that, I met up with my math teacher. Something tells me I'm going to be doing that a lot lately. At least she was very helpful, which makes a huge difference. Math class was fine.

So, studied a little for Astronomy, then I had my Astronomy test, which I don't think went well. I told people that it was awful, and a lot of it was, though there were actually a couple questions I'm pretty sure I got right. So maybe it wasn't awful. I just don't want to get my hopes high. I think my bad mood was also contributed by the fact that a couple of classmates whom I sit next to and sometimes talk to have been leaving me out. Like, they're good friends and talk to each other a lot, and it's really difficult whenever I try to get into the conversation. I don't know why this bothers me. Maybe that's because it's been happening with a lot of my groups of friends, and I'm getting very fed up. I don't know, maybe I'm being oversensitive.

And now I'm attempting to study for my Spanish midterm. I really don't think it'll be too difficult (a good part of what will be on the test has already been drilled into my brain), I just want to do very well to ensure that I get an A in this class.

Oh, I should probably go to bed. I've been up waaay too late. And I've written waaay too much. But I think writing is my form of therapy. At least it's cheaper than paying for therapy. ; ) Anyway, good night all.

66 days until Urbana!

Ashley

Tuesday: Monday, Part 2

Title says it all. At least for me, Tuesday feels like a Monday. Ick.

Well, Spanish was fine. Things are crazy, though. At school there was tomato soup and fudge puppies. In case anyone is wondering, fudge puppies are waffle sticks on a stick (best way I can describe them) dipped in chocolate and topped with whipped cream and whatever candy toppings you want! Messy but very delicious!

Work was fine. It was kind of tough to go back though, after having the weekend off.

I'm getting nervous for my school applications right now, even though I know I won't hear anything until beginning of November, I'm still worried. Probably cuz a few of my friends are already accepted to schools (and basically already know that's where they'll go, it seems). Also, one of my friends just got accepted to a Bible school in England! Yes, I am jealous. Maybe that'll be a possibility for grad school? I saw that King's College London has a MA in Shakespeare Studies. After I get my MLS that could be somewhat of a possibility....

Okay, better go to sleep. Good night.

Oh yeah: 67 DAYS UNTIL URBANA 09!

Ashley

Mondays are.... Mondays.

Yeah, I am VERY tired right now. Very.

Photo was fine, passed my project, but I have another due in a week! Luckily, I have film now and a couple negatives already that could work. It's just more stress. Math was okay.

Then I had dinner with a friend who's home for fall break. I was happy. Then Astronomy was fine. Too tired to write much more. 68 days till Urbana.

Ashley

Museo del Arte Mexicana

All right I KNOW I got that title wrong. It's supposed to say "Museum of Mexican Art". Cuz that's where I was all day in order to earn extra credit points. Yay! It was pretty interesting, had a cool exhibit on Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Very neat, I'm so tired though. I don't know how much I'll write tomorrow. Good night.

Ashley

Day 2 of Blissful Sleeping In This Week

Only I'll have to get up early tomorrow. Gr. But I did this to myself, so no complaining. And I got two days to sleep in instead of one, so I should be very very very grateful.

I was very lazy and unmotivated. I did some homework, but definitely could have done more (but then again, that's every day). Went to fam's church. Had Baked Potato soup from Panera, which was amazing for a cold day like today (it's currently 47 degrees! 47! And some people think that's GOOD! I think not). Not much else.

70 days until the Urbana Missions Conference! Yes, I'm already counting down....

Ashley

Photos, Chilly Weather and a Wii Bit of Magic

I got to sleep in! I was happy, but... semi-lazy. I wasn't completely lazy, because I had to clean one of the bathrooms today. Enthralling, I know. Oh well.

Went to photo lab today because of a project due Monday. It took me over 2 hours to print 8 pictures. Amazing how time consuming it can be. But it's still fun.

Today was cold. Very cold. 40's cold-can't stand it. I am planning on moving to Costa Rica, California, Arizona or Florida sometime after college; just so you all know. Brrrr.

After dinner, I played the sixth Harry Potter game on the Wii that I got from the library. It was really fun, though sometimes my arm got so tired. Who needs to go to the gym when you have a Wii?

Hm, I am very cold. This will be a long, bitter winter.

Ashley

I'm Urbana-Bound!

So, it's official! I've registered, got roommates, I'M GOING TO THE URBANA MISSIONS CONFERENCE 2009!!! I'm getting way more excited, though it's still pretty surreal. Partly because only two days ago I was so sure that I wouldn't be able to go. And now I'm going, I'm signed, sealed, delivered (sort of). So cool.

Also, I got notification from my young adult pastor that my recommendations are in for Taylor and Trinity! So, unless the mail has messed up, everything is in for those colleges!!! So hopefully they'll make a decision soon.

Okay, should probably go on to the rest of my day. I'm feeling better than I was yesterday. Not 100%, but still WAY better. I don't know what that was last night, but I'm glad it's over. Spanish was good, didn't have as much difficulties, but it was still hard. I played around a bit for the rest of the day, including helping Kevin with a Harry Potter computer game.

Well, I get to SLEEP IN TOMORROW! That's very rare these days. Why does my body need 9 hours of sleep? Doesn't it know that I am a college student? Oh well.

Ashley

A Day of Rejoicing and Violent Hiccups

So.... God has proven Himself to be faithful once more.... Because....

I'M GOING TO URBANA 09!

Everything worked out, I have someone to room with, all I need to do right now is register tomorrow! Yay!

Now, the bad part of today. I had VIOLENT hiccups on and off. Like, my upper back is sore because of them. And I also got... is it possible to get "complications" from hiccups? If so, then that's what happened. I can't explain what it was, but I felt like crap all throughout Astronomy. Yuck. Looking forward to tomorrow, when they will be gone.

The rest of the day was fine. Photo quiz was okay, math test was okay, saw a friend, not much else.

Ashley

Neither a Day of Rejoicing Nor A Day of Selfish Sobbing

Okay, so I did selfishly sob a *little bit* in the morning; I have a tendency to be emotional, okay??? Hm, I say "okay". For an aspiring English major, I don't have a very large vocabulary.

Anyway, the whole Urbana situation looked completely hopeless, so I was in a funk for a big portion of the day, until around 3:30, when I got a glimmer of hope. Nothing is certain, it may not come through, but I'm still going to cling on to it like crazy. Oh, and pray. That's probably important. I should fine out either way for sure tomorrow.

Had my Spanish recording together, with my partner. I think it went okay. Hopefully it will be fine grade wise. The rest of Spanish was okay, though I had the worst luck because the teacher called on me for the one thing I did not have an answer for. Don't you hate when that happens? Any other question, I probably would've been all right, pero para este pregunta, no tuve nada. Oh well, it happens.

Work was fine, slow in the last hour. And I don't know why, but I became pretty grateful that I have such a secure job (even though it can be so busy that it drives me bonkers). Well, I guess that's good. I can't believe my mood swings, though. I get so negative then later happy fairly quickly. Some days I swear I'm bipolar - even though I know realistically that I'm not, I do get frustrated by them. It's all probably part of being a teenager. *sigh* Can't wait until I'm 20.

Ashley

Complete Madness, Stress and Tiredness

That seems to be my life these days, doesn't it?

Anyway, woke up semi-early, very stressed. The update on Urbana is that God is going to have to pull a major miracle in order for me to go. I don't know whether to give up and mope or trust that he will provide a miracle or better plan (but personally, that "better plan" should NOT be lounging at home; I'll go crazy if I have to stay home when I could've gone somewhere). I haven't wanted to go somewhere this badly in a long time, but I need someone, just ONE PERSON to room with. Everything else should be okay, but this one issue is so crucial to whether I can go and I'm running out of time! Argh....

Photo was okay, got decent negatives. Math was okay, almost fell asleep again. I need to work on this sleep issue, my bones are so weary, it's not good. I called a friend whom I have not spoken to in a long time, and it was very good, very nice to catch up, and found out that two of their siblings ran the marathon on Sunday! Pretty cool.

Astro was okay, had trouble staying awake, yet I managed decent notes and completed the lab activity (amazingly).

Well, I better go to bed (finally!). Tomorrow will be a day of utter rejoicing or utter selfish sobbing. I'll let you know which one it is.

Ashley

Busyness, Tiredness, Craziness....

That's the life of a college student.

Dad ran the marathon today. He wasn't pleased with his time (which I don't know what it is), but he finished. I got a fair amount of homework done, worked, went to Tribe. All is good. Well, not really. I'm kind of frustrated with people who don't reply. I'll need to follow up on stuff tomorrow.

Ashley

First Day of Frost....

Yep, we had frost this morning. YUCK. It disappeared once it was more sunny, but it took a while to scrape the frost off my car. Work was fine, I got a lot done (including homework). Had pizza. Watched "Blues Brothers". It was stupid, but funny. I want to go to Ireland and England. Not much else to say.

Ashley

You Know You're a College Student When....

.... You sleep for 9 hours and you're STILL tired. Oh well.

Spanish homework is done. I've decided that when Christmas break comes around, I'll play the first three Harry Potter computer games, just for old times sake. Work was fine, busy, though. I saw a rainbow and a beautiful sunset driving home (which was nice, it's been raining on and off all week, it seems). Then.... I don't know what else I did. But I'm not feeling quite as overwhelmed anymore. But, I work tomorrow... and the day after.... At least I get money!

Also, I have very weird feelings about this trip I want to take. Part of me says it's hopeless, there's no way I can go, another part says that God will find a way. Argh.... I'll know for sure in 4 days regardless. Ugh. Praying like mad.

Ashley

Craziness: Over, or Just Beginning?

I survived Spanish. Yay! So afterwards I enjoyed my day with... homework, and also Facebook and watching "Freedom Writers". Sometimes those types of movies make me want to write again. I've been writing this and that whenever I can, and it's very therapeutic. No, nothing will get published, I doubt anything will get published ever, except maybe a short story or poem in a school newsletter or something. I don't know. Writing competition is fierce. Why is it that everything I want to do either doesn't pay much, doesn't offer travel opportunities or requires the absolute best? Or all three? Argh.... I'm looking forward to ten years from now, when I can look at this post and laugh at my angst, but for now.... Gr.

Oh wow, lost my train of thought. Should probably share what's with my status. Well, I had a rough, crazy week, but that's over. However, my homework load is brutal. Okay, maybe it only seems brutal because I'm working 16 hours over the next few days. I don't know. At least I have no homework for Astronomy!!! "Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles...." Alright, I'll stop. I should probably read a ton for Astronomy, though, just in case.

I better hit the sack. Good-night.

Ashley

Ashley

Sometimes, You Just Know a Week is Going to be Rough

I woke up an hour late. Eeeek! I was very rushed. Photo was fine, it was mostly a lecture. Lunch was mediocre. Math was okay. The only two highlights at school. One was receiving a Bible verse via text message from a friend who's away at school. The other was seeing a friend at school twice! Normally, because of our schedules, I'd only see her once or not at all.

Astronomy was fine, watched a movie. I've decided that if you didn't have to get graded or anything, then this would be a very interesting class. But since you do get graded and you're trying to cram info into your brain, then it's not so interesting. I'm no longer convinced that I'm going to die tomorrow. But I'm still very stressed and freaked.

Well, I will probably stay up semi-late. Oh, for the days when I could just sleep in. Could someone please tell me why God didn't wire our bodies to only be able to function on four hours of sleep? That would make my life so much better at times.....

Ashley

¿Porque es mi vida loca?

That was my attempt at "Why is my life crazy?". I couldn't think of anything else to say.

School was school. Spanish was okay, had to type our second report (out of a total of 4) in the Language Lab, and it was actually pretty easy. Writing is more my strength than speaking (in either language). The rest of the class was rough. I'm so bad at Spanish. Went home, did homework, had chili, then went to work. Work was steady, then very slow in the last hour (I got to do some homework!). Not much else. I'm pretty stressed right now. I'm going to die on Thursday. Yeah, I know, melodramatic. Whatever.

Ashley

Monday, Monday, Monday-10/05/09

I'm still having trouble writing down October on today's date. So weird.

Anyway, even by Monday standards, today wasn't great. I finished my photo project and passed, but barely, in my opinion. Math was okay. Lunch was mediocre. But after photo, I became DEAD tired, I was literally a zombie and I actually tried to take a nap in the library. I'm amazed I stayed awake for all of Math. When I got home, I crashed and actually took a semi-nap, which helped a little, but that also added to the stress of homework. Ugh. Astronomy was okay, got a C on my test. Not great, but at least I'm not failing. And we actually went outside tonight! It was quite neat.

Um... I need to complete homework. I am sooooooooooo stressed about a Spanish project on Thursday. I'm stressed in general.

Ashley

Chili on a Chilly Day

Church was good, I got homework done, Tribe was good-we had chili! It's so cold out, right now it's about 57 degrees!

I might write later, I'm WAY too tired now.

Ashley

Working isn't Fun with Sore Muscles

Work was long and busy. And what's worse, I think I slept on my right shoulder funny, so my shoulder has been hurting all throughout work. It was very annoying, and it's much more irritating when those bins fill up when you have a sore shoulder. Oh well, at least it's better now. When I got home, I ate dinner, and watched the first two Harry Potter movies. Oh, and actually did math homework! I want to go to Europe. Right now.

Ashley

Panera and Photos

I actually got a fair amount of sleep! Though last night I went to bed at 11:35pm.

I met a one of my youth leaders for Panera today. It was quite wonderful. Then I spent 3 hours in the darkroom developing film and making prints. So my day was very productive, yet it could have been more productive. Oh well. My shoulder hurts for some reason. Work tomorrow.

Ashley

How Did it Get to Be October 2009 Already?!

Seriously, where did September go??? I have no idea. Oh, and I went to bed around 11:45pm last night, earlier than I had been! Yeah, random.

Spanish was fine. Hard, but fine. I missed my turn on the way home, but I found a place to turn around and made it home fine. Me and my mom went stamping with some friends, which was fun. My mom stamped a couple cards, I stamped 20. Yeah, I'm crazy. Didn't do much else (which isn't good), I need to be more productive. We watched "Hairspray" tonight, which was actually really good third time around! I better sign off, I'm exhausted, for some reason.

Ashley