Wow. I've been so busy that I haven't really been able to make any time for blogging. I mean, I'm mostly the person that reads everyone elses blogs...sooo it's not too different. :) Anywaysss....UMMM lets see.... I have to work just from 630-830 tonite...which is nice compared to my whole summer. But all I have to is sit around and make sure people don't go anywhere they're not supposed to in the Y. Compared to working 30-40 hour weeks, this is nice. AND i'm making $9 per hour...sooo not gonna complain much more. I'll just bring my book. VERY GOOD book i'm reading btw. I'm reading "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. It is really good so far. I am a very big fan. The Pact is, quite possibly, my favorite book. (besides my harry potters and Twilight. lol) Speaking of twilight, my plan is to have kristen stewart's hair. NOT the short black hair she's got. but the hair color that she has in twilight and new moon. that dark brownish red. My hair has been blonde-ish all summer. it's so annoying to keep up with. every month i'm back getting my hair bleached again. its so bad for my hair and so inconvenient. So, if its brown, i have to go back once a month, but just for my regular trim, and the plan is to just get the color redone every other month. It's better for my wallet too.

Speaking of wallets, the house plan has fallen through. :(  It's sad but it's okay. Jamie doesn't have any credit so it wouldn't be that much of a help if his parents co-signed on a loan for him. So he took out a $4000 loan from a bank to help start building credit. His car insurance is in his name and his motorcycle (which is what he used the money on) insurance will also be in his name. Plus he is going to put his cell phone in his name as soon as their contract is up. He is still on his family plan. I've already got all of those in my name. And i have a credit card that i've had for almost 2years. so that helps. I've already got some credit and it's good, too. :) So we're working on building up our credit and saving up for the next year or so. Then we'll start looking seriously

When he asked me about my thoughts on getting a loan to get a bike, I told him that it's completely up to him but if he can spend that much money on a bike (paying back the loan and stuff) that he better not make me wait forever to get me an engagement ring...that sounds awful. But he's been talking to me about rings and us getting married and stuff for over a year now. We've been together for 3and 1/2 years. And he bought the bike first. And he promised me it wouldnt be like 10years. hahaha. He teases but i know he doesnt mean it. ANYWAY. He showed me this website that has a TON of jewelry stores online. He was looking at rings with me and asking if i liked this or this, etc etc. And then he told me that once he pays off his loan (which he told me before this, that his goal is to use his school refunds to pay it off by the end of next semester ish) but once he gets it paid off, he is going to seriously look and get one. Idk when it will be (but i dont want to know) and i'm sure he'll trick me and stuff saying he doesn't have it paid off and so on. I know it will be a complete surprise. Because he's old fashioned in that way. He always opens my doors and stuff. And he doesn't want me to see the ring, or to know when he's going to ask me.

My best friend knew everything. I don't want to know. Because it takes away the whole element of surprise and how can you deal with that???? I couldnt i thought it sucked actually. The whole proposal and stuff....i know thats mean...but it was totally lame. lol i didnt know when or anything but she did....wierd?? yes.

okay...i have to go. cuz i'm gonna shop with my mom and then go to work. laterrr

-T

How long has it been since my last real blog??? My goodness i dont even know. :) oooookay lets start off with a sad piece of news. My cat died. May 2nd. he was 12. and he was a part of the family. he had lymphoma and was in constant pain and he couldnt eat anymore so we had to put him down. I know he's in a better place now, but its so wierd not seeing him all over the house! i mean, we had his mom and he was born when my mom was there. so its not like we only had him a little while. we had him his whole life...since i was 7!! thats over half of my life...12 years. but i love him and i made my mom the most awesome mothers day present. i got an invisible (no actual frame, it was kind of like a floating collage) collage picture frame. and i filled it with pictures of the cat (believe me, there were tons! lol) and i also got a wooden treasure box thing, and decorated it with cat stuff and a picture of my cat. it is now his memory box. i never knew that it would be so hard to lose a pet. but, i mean, they are a part of your family and you get so used to having them there... i'm okay though. (i would hope, right)

UUUUUMMMM OH! i got an official F in college. yup. iiii suck! lol its that math class that i talked about how horribly i was doing. yuuup. even though i got a B+ on my midterm and an A on my final, i still got an F. I'm not surprised though. when you get as sick as often as i did this semester and have a friend commit suicide, i'm suprised i didnt do worse in other classes. and i just didnt feel like putting the effort in... AAAGH i'm a terrible student!! my new(ish) vow is to concentrate more and prep better for my classes. I cant afford to "fail" (and i put it in quotes because if i take a class that is required for my degree and get lower than a C -NO C-s. - then it is considered failing. then i have to retake it.) another class. ive gotten 2 C-'s. which PISSES me off. in all fairness i did not deserve those at all...i deserved Fs in those classes! lol but i mean, if they brought me up so high, WHY couldnt they have given me that one little extra boost??? oooooooh well. I'm taking more classes towards my degree this semsester. My summer class starts on Monday and its an online class, so i have to start my organization skills on SUNDAY. lol put up my dry erase board and def def DEF(!!!) print out my syllabus. NO FUN. but if i want to graduate i have to do well in the rest of my classes.

What else?.... umm my best friend went to Costa Rica for 3weeks. which i'm so jealous over because that is where my dad's parents are from. i have relatives there and i SO should have gotten to go first! lol whatever!!!

Jamie and i are looking at houses! We want to move in together. we did think about apartments at first, buuut now-a-days it costs less for a house than an apartment. and the house is yours! not someone elses. and you get to keep it when your mortgage is paid off. lol. we want something that will be ours and that is going to be our first "home" not our first apt.  we are looking mostly in the greenwood area. or just johnson county. i guess you have to pay property taxes 2times a year in marion county. sooo we like greenwood better. hahaha. i grew up in marion county and he grew up in johnson. buuut whatevs! lol   aaand the other day in the mall, we passed a jewelry store and he goes "i could get you a ring for your birthday" so we grabbed one of the magazine things that they have and he was looking at ENGAGEMENT rings and asking me what i like! i was like hoooly cowww!! aaand he was showing me what kind of wedding bands he likes. hahaha. so the engagement could be a little sooner than he's letting on! buuut i dont want to get my hopes up. i SERIOUSLY doubt that it will happen before the end of summer. maybe in Germany. that would be suuuuuper fantastic! but i'm thinkin either right before he leaves for arizona or after he gets back... buuut idk. only he knows...and someone else might too...

I work about 38 hours a week. awesome right? I'll try to get some pics up of my Lifeguarding Tan here reaaaal soon. its pretty awesome. hahaha. I'm a Head Lifeguard now which is pretty cool. and impressive considering the fact that i've only been a lifeguard for a little over a year. it probably helps that i have been working there since i was 16, huh? :)  buuut i'm proud of myself and I think i'm doing a pretty good job....at least i hope i am. i feel like i have to prove myself to my boss...i think she thinks i'm a bit of a pushover. i'm actually not anymore...ive kind of turned into a bitch...hahah. i'm not like Super Bitch or anything. but its definitely there when it needs to be. ive learned to not be nice all the time and crack the whip. hahaha

and today is my birthday!!! technically. lol it is 1:41AM on June 26th which just happens to be the day that i was born. lol 20 years ago. holy shit i'm getting old. one more year and i can buy my own drinks! hahaha i'm not in too big of a hurry. i mean, i can get all i want already. my boyfriend is 21, you know. hahaha. but i'm excited that its my birthdayyyy. its the one day of the year that its all about MEEEEE. haahaha. :D  and i'm getting my hair donnnne. i'm getting all over highlights aaaand a trim. my hair already has some streaks in it, just on top. but now i want them all over. so it blends a little more. it was fun for a while, but now its kinda buggin me. :)

okay wellllllllll i HAVE to get off here now. my hair appt is at 915 and then jamies takin me to lunch. : D. it is currently 145 and i'm falling over as i type. hopefully whoever is reading this is enjoying my vague stories. ive got some good ones that i cant remember at the moment. :) buut nighty night. i'm off to dreeeam land...zzzzzzz

-T