Life Lessons from Calvin & Hobbes

I think it's safe to say I tend to have a Calvinesque approach to the idea of romantic relationships......

DNA Inksgiving Contest

Soooooooo, maybe I've been contemplating a tattoo for a few years now....yes, I have.  Right now there is a contest going on at a local (reputable) business where I COULD win a gift certificate to have $100 off  :)  I entered with this photo: 

Yesssss, those are approximately 80 temporary tattoos making up my "sleeve", it was quite a process of getting them all on...and then all off, but I was amused and had fun for the whole process.  I call it my $6 KMart Blue Light Special sleeve :)   Kinda felt like I had dipped my arm in Elmer's glue by the time I was finished and the nail polish remover to get it all off was a little much.....LOL  (Have no fear, I will never, NEVER, have a permanent tattoo sleeve! LOL)

And it makes me want to-- SHOUT!

Throw my hands up and--SHOUT!

Yeah.  

Things that make me want to scream:

In Frustration:

* Uncooperative Christmas Lights

* People who pull RIGHT out in front of you and drive 5 MPH on bare roads OR 11MPH in a 35 on bare roads.....

* Problems on tests that I made stupid mistakes on......all because my brain was fried from 3 Exams and 2 projects in 36 hours. 

* Stepping in puddles that make my socks wet.

* Not being able to figure out why my car (loaner) is stalling randomly while idling.

* Not being able to find a car to buy in my budget.

In Ecstasy:

* Laughing with Friends

* Good music

* Driving on empty roads (vroomvroom =P)

* Family (usually)

* When Stats finally click

* When I actually paint a half decent watercolor 

Frosty Grass and Crunchy Leaves

BRRRRRR! It's getting COLD up here :) heehee. 23 outside this morning at 8...it dipped down to 19 last night :) Snow predicted for Wednesday! Ahhh, I love it! :)



I made it through my rough two weeks alive, and only slightly worse for wear. This week I have wicked exciting things to look forward to! Grover friends coming to my beloved Maine! :):):) I can hardly wait! I've been shaking with anticipation and marking off calendar days for a month! lol :):)

Classes are going well for the most part. I had a hard time prepping for my last exam and I have a hard time understanding my clinical instructor...or rather getting the information I need from her. But after a long talk with my advisor and the head of the nursing department I have a plan. :)

OH! Happy news! I have honestly been praying for some Christian fellowship outside of church service. I was getting discouraged. Then--WOOHOO! :) Soooo, Saturday afternoon I was standing on my head in the trunk of my car to change my brake light (my trunk is really deep so I have to bend over and all you can see is my legs and butt...lol) when my RD walked up beside me and said he'd seen me at the Wesleyan church.....and I was dumbfounded. lol! Anyways! We talked for a long time and he's a strong Christian! He invited me to go out with them after the service that night (The Wesleyan church has a Saturday night service....that is the one I like best and usually go to) I was SOOOOOOOO excited! So I went! And I met so many awesome people.....we stayed at church from 6-8....visiting and fellowshipping and it was GREAT! After that we went to the Governor's and just had a blast getting talk some more. So cool. AND then, at 10pm...lol we went to Tim Horton's and talked some more! Adam (my RD) said in the 6 or 7 years since he's been an RD here there has been only ONE other Christian each year....and he was excited because he is pretty sure there are 4 or 5 of us this year! :):):) We talked and decided to try and start a bible study one night a week for an hour and a half each time! I'm wicked excited!!!!!! SO COOL! So....by the time that I got back to my dorm room from all of this it was midnight....lol

I got to go to an art show opening last night with Uncle Jme.....wicked cool! I love going to those kind of things....just a whole different atmosphere! I love taking in other people's feelings and interpretations of life around them. Just really nice to be around art heads for a bit :) that is one thing that i miss being here at NM, there isn't an art studio or anything like that here on campus...at least at GCC I could go poke my head in the art studio and refresh myself by looking at other people's stuff. :)

Well, time to get back to my studies! hugs, e.