Birthday Aftermath...

So yesterday was my 25th birthday. It was great. Aleks and Tracey took me out for dinner at Bacchus and Lauren and Jenni came too. I coudln't have asked for a better birthday....starting off with Champagne and ending with carrot cake? Not to mention, Tracey and I got free drinks from Brian after she mentioned that it was my birthday. I just wanted to say thank you all for making my birthday such a wonderful, memorable day! Thanks to everyone who called, sent e-cards or wished me a happy birthday yesterday! It was really special.

History baby!

My boys are playing for the ALCS tonight! Game 7 baby! Go Red Sox!!!!

Run in with the buffalo PD

Late last night as I was driving to starbucks, I noticed a HUGE spider drop right in front of my face! Now, being slightly arachnaphobic, I almost totaled my new car while trying to pull of the road. I scream into the Burger King parking lot and stop my car under one of the floodlights. I jumped out of my car and started throwing off my clothing. First came the jacket: I checked that all over and found no spidey. Second came my sweater: still no spidey. Realizing that if I took off my shirt it would be 1. indecent exposure and 2. I would freeze, I attempted to calm myself and look in the car for mr. spidey. This nice man walked by and asked if I was ok. I explained what happened and he offered to help me look for the spidey. I politely declined and he went to BK. When he reemerged from BK, I was still in the process of looking for the spidey. Spidey was nowhere to be found. This guy asked again if I was going to be ok and if I needed help. Well, being a little desperate but not completely void of dignity, I told him I would be ok once I found the arachnid. Well, after several prayers and several minutes later, a police and his partner come into the parking lot and stop right behind me.

So picture this: me, frantic in the parking lot, clothes all over the top of my car, my doors wide open and all my lights on. I am thinking that they are coming for me...

Well, the guy did get out of his car, but was just being dropped off at his undercover car. At this point, my dignity went out the window, however, as I shouted, "officer!!! Can you help me? Do you have a flashlight?" So he looks at me, my car and then back to me and I explain about the spider fiasco. Well, the nice police and his partner both grab their flashlights and start combing through my car for the spider. After a few minutes the police handed me a few things from my car, saying "here hold these." After a few more minutes, they found the enormous spider and killed it. Man I could have kissed them both.

So now all is back to normal with my and my Saturn. Arachnid free and everything...

why me?

Ok so when did my life become so rediculous? I feel as though things are constantly being turned upside-down. I feel like whenever I think my life is stable, things get shaken up, school-wise, boy-wise, life-wise...you name it. Like I need this crap to deal with when all I really want to do is get through this semester alive and with good grades. Well, I guess I'm giong to have to find a way to make it. Thanks to those who have been great listeners lately--I feel like I've been plenty burdensome.

On another note, Colin Quinn is cominig to UB!!!!!!! I freaking LOVE that man. I think he's hysterically funny. When he was taken off Saturday Night Live, I got heated. Now, I realize that this was his choice, but still. I missed the "weekend update with Colin Quinn." He was the best. Anyhoo, I am getting tickets to see him this year so anyone who wants to come should let me know soon. Last year Chris Rock, this year Colin "rachelle's secret boyfriend" Quinn.

So yeah, I'm at starbucks right now trying to do work and getting NOTHING accomplished. I have, however, tried the new pumpkin spice syrup here at starbucks and I love it.

Ok, enough. Time to work.

bah

I just wrote a whole blog. It did not publish. I am pissed. I will rewrite it tomorrow. Damn you blog that didn't publish and then got lost!!!!!!!!

One more to the list...

This is going to be short. I have more work to do than I know what to do with. Sleeping, eating, and bathing have all become secondary. I informed my roommate that she is to tell me if I start grossing her out. Ok, in all seriousness, I don't I'd ever be able to give up showering, but eating and sleeping....those really have become secondary.

I felt badly today for the GM of Uno's near school. Over the weekend Tracey, Jenni and I went there for dinner as a break to studying all day in the library. Well, the waitress somehow managed to charge my credit card twice for my meal. I figured this out that day, so I called and talked to her. She said she'd call me back when it was sorted out, promising that it wouldn't be more than an hour. Well, after several hours, I went back to see the manager. The manager subsequently promised that the charge would be off my card by the next morning. Well, this afternoon I checked with my credit card company...yes, the charge...still there. Well, I drove straight there and on virtually no sleep, having eaten pretty much nothing up until that point, and being completely frustrated and stressed out, I pretty much was fit to be tied and the GM was so nice in dealing with me. So, as I'm telling him that his company had a duty to me as a customer to perform thier acts competently and non-negligently, he starts trying to get me to come back to see him or call him. I think Aleks put it best when she said I was the only person she knows who could go in, tell someone off, and have him start hitting on me! Anyway, so in the end, the charge got taken off my card, I was given a $20 gift certificate to Uno's and I walked out with the manager's number. I thought this story was blog-worthy. I hope you all are amused as I am/was.

Time to bury myself in books now.

Stressville, Population: 1 and possibly thousands more

Everything, and I mean everything is stressing me out a lot more than normal. I think that something's out of wack. People talking in the library...suddenly piss me off way more than normal. It's like I've become hypersensitive. I guess that when my life seems out of control in other areas, little things start bothering me more. Some, are justified, so I hope those I can work through to find a solution. One area of stress that is being alleviated is that I finally got my loan money approved and will hopefully have that in two to three weeks.

I can't believe how much work I have for this coming week and really for the next month. I am on this week in Ad law and this is the LONGEST assignment of the semester--oh wait, except for the last time I was 'on'--which was also equally as long. Thank you Errol for screwing over group #2; we appreciate your kindness. I also have to start researching my other two research term papers--the last thing I want during finals is to have to complete the research for those. Not to mention, since I've decided to enter the Moot Court competition, I have thus added a thirty page brief to my workload. I will have no social life for a looong time. I just hope that this will all be over by the time my birthday comes. All in all...I'm trying to not think about my complete disregard that I have to send resumes out to get a job. I think possibly, that I operate under the belief that a job will just land in my lap. I need to get back to reality on that one.

Today I came to the library with the hopes of getting a lot of work done. Tomorrow I won't have time to get work done because I'm going to watch the Patriots play the Bills at Tully's with some friends. It should be a good time, especially if my boys win, like they should. I just hope I can get enough done in the meantime.

Until next time, same stress, different day...

sluggish start

Today, like most days, I did not want to get up early. What made me more disgruntled was that my new CD player is going to be a pain in the butt to pick up. So, because I am at school a million hours a day, unlike most normal people, I can't be home during the day to wait for the package to be delivered by UPS. After the second time they tried to deliver it I called them and explained this. Well, I had the option of picking it up on Bailey Ave, or letting the deliveryperson leave this package on my porch, in completely plain sight. Since I know where Bailey is, I figured that would be the best option. So today, I get up all early and drive over the Bailey Ave. just to realize that it is a million miles in the opposite direction of school; needless to say, I still do not have my CD player and have to pick it up this afternoon. Man I'm heated. Whatever. Damn you UPS being out in the ghetto part of town.

Other than that, I highly recommend that everyone pick up a copy of Gavin Degraw's CD, or at least visit his website: www.gavindegraw.com. Unbeknownst to him, he is my SBF.

Totally jumping subjects, last night I watched a really interesting NOVA episode. It was on the history of "death stars"--huge dying stars that result in black holes and very powerful gamma ray bursts. Sometimes I think I should go back to school to study astrophysics. I really find all that fascinating. I really think it's such an amazing field in a philosophical sense, as well. I mean as advanced as we think we are, there still are pretty amazing paradigm shifts in that field, that happen pretty often for a science. This indicates to me that we don't have a good working paradigm yet for that field. I definitely think I need to go back to school for some physics classes, so that I can understand this a little better.

Speaking of school, school has taken over my social life for the weekend. My plans include studying, reading, writing cover letters and researching for my papers. Should get on that....