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Health issues

lamuril — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:54:27 GMT

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2 weeks ago I ended up in Urgent Care for chest pain and they diagnosed me with GERD and did 2 hours worth of tests to make sure I didn’t have anything else. They gave me medication that I have to take every morning a half hour before I eat anything and sent me home with a note not to work for the next couple days (which I didn’t mind).

The next day I get a call from the doctor saying I have hypothyroidism. I was too sleepy at the time to really look into it and went back to sleep after she sent my prescription to my Walgreen’s. 2 days later, I picked up my medication for my 2 new diagnoses and after coming home and trying out the Kinect Marshall had bought, I get another call from the doctor. She tells me I don’t have hypothyroidism, I have a brain tumor and that I need to see a specialist.

Panic sets in for the next 6 days while I wait for the appointment. Am I going to die? Is it malignant? Is it benign? Even if it is benign I still have to deal with brain surgery and THAT could go wrong. How do I tell my mom if it is a tumor? (I didn’t tell her for fear of making her stress out even more than I was) Everything I was worried about dropped down to the bottom of my priority list. I didn’t care about the house, my job, money. I started treating myself, thinking I might have a limited time left, and I actually started changing for the better, too. I became a lot more accepting of everyone and just wanted the whole world to be happy. I felt a lot less stressed about things that would normally bother me, and I was more patient. (I’d like to say that this all has stayed with me, but it’s my PMS week, so I’ll find out next week.)

Anyways, fast forward to the appointment (today), and at this point I am expecting a brain tumor, and just crossing my fingers that it’s benign. I can deal with benign, I can’t wrap my mind around malignant. The first thing she asks about is my stomach, and the whole GERD situation. I had completely forgotten about the GERD, besides taking my meds every morning. I said I didn’t notice anything and told her I was too focused on what the previous doctor had said about me probably having a brain tumor. After about 20 minutes of going back and forth with symptoms and questions, she finally got the bloodwork faxed over from the urgent care clinic (I had called them already a week before to fax them over, dangit), and said after a glance at it that I don’t have a brain tumor. I nearly cried with happiness right then, but I waited until after the appointment.

The doctor started pinpointing my symptoms and connected them back to the second diagnosis: hypothyroidism. I could DEFINITELY handle that. Marshall and I were both relieved, and so was my mom (called her after the appointment and filled her in on the brain tumor scare) and Amanda D(who I had confided in). Now I just get to take some meds for it and get an ultrasound to confirm my thyroid is enlarged and to take a look at my gallbladder.

Lesson learned: Don’t go to the doctor with only one or two things going wrong abnormally. They’ll tell you it’s normal (mentioned to multiple doctors that I have a weak stomach in the morning and have chest pain every now and then). Go in with multiple things wrong and they’ll start looking at it more seriously. (Severe chest pain, dry skin, a bit of depression, abdominal pain, severe headaches, indigestion, nausea all led them to finally start looking at me more closely.)

I’ll be taking 2 kinds of medication for the rest of my life, but I don’t care! I don’t have a brain tumor! Yippee!!

Now that I’m back to normal, what was it I worried about again before this whole thing? I don’t even know haha.

Fall decorating

lamuril — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:50:39 GMT

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Fall is finally here, wither I like it or not. Summer could have been longer (it always can be, but this year particularly it should have been), but alas I can’t ignore the days now ending at 7pm and the trees changing color around the neighborhood. That is, the trees that aren’t ‘evergreen’. So to make fall a bit more fun I’ve been looking up some decorating projects and also some neat food ideas as well for Halloween/fall. Here’s a bit of my compilation so far:

-Pumpkin/Gourd Votives for my thousands of IKEA tealights
-Halloween wreath (I like the orange feather one the best, but maybe with some black instead) … Although I love this wreath as well!…. and this one hehe
-Sock Skeleton (may be too complicated for me)
-Bat mobile for the deck
-”Dotty” table runner
-Vase of candy corn with flowers
-Pumpkins on sticks
-Crow’s pumpkin hideaway centerpiece
-Flowered pumpkins (very creative, and depending on if the flowers are fake or not, expensive or temporary)
-Jack’o'lantern Doorman
-Pumpkin tree (I’ll bet this is expensive unless you get fake pumpkins) … Although there’s also this one, which is more minimal

And this one was just ridiculous and made me laugh

Foodwise:
-Bacon and eggs as a skull and crossbones
-Ribs and a heart stabbed (though I don’t know who Adam is)
-Slithering snake sandwich/sub
-Tombstone taco dip

And these were just adorable!

Is it the weekend yet?

lamuril — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:45:27 GMT

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I cannot WAIT until Saturday! I’ve been working evening shift the past few days straight and Marshall has been getting up early and we’ve barely been able to see each other =/ Most time we spent together the past few days was this morning over breakfast, which was about 20 minutes. Seafair Saturday, even though it’ll be rainy (poo), I’ll have all day to relax and hang out with him, Amanda D, Frank +his new girlfriend (!!!), and Hannah! I’m super stoked. Also stoked to be done with this dumb Identity Journal that’s taking forever and a half + many hours of procrastination to finish. Almost done with classes until nursing school, wooo!

BTW, True Blood >>>> Twilight ever was. While the books of Twilight were good (and the movies speak for themselves), True Blood is a seriously intense vampire story. The show has brilliant acting and damn good storyline, with some fucked up shit happening that keeps you on the fence of WTF/That’s pretty sweet. It’s the True Blood for adults, and I am hella diggin it.

Also definitely thought Dexter started last Sunday, so was disappointed when I couldn’t find it, and realized I was looking at last year’s episode guide. D’oh! It starts around Sep. 19th. Darn.

CNA job! Kitten development! Excitement for redecorating

lamuril — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:04:50 GMT

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I finally got a CNA job! I interviewed at Providence in Issaquah last Monday and they accepted me yesterday. So by late March I should start working there. :) I’m very excited. Finally a foot in the door, and more points for my applications for other nursing schools! Speaking of that, I didn’t get into UW’s nursing school. I wasn’t expecting to, and I was actually quite happy that they said no instead of allowing me to come to the essay session and waiting another month or two for a response while killing my sanity over volunteer jobs and an unecessary class. No thanks! Now I’m down to 2 classes and will probably be quitting at least my nursing home volunteer job and finishing out the school year for Bryant. I am very content actually at this point. And the best part? I can quit my lab job. Ahhh. That’s so nice to say.

The kittens are becoming more adorable each day. They’re developing their own personalities. Pretzel is the cuddly loveable water-cat who joins me in the shower every morning and snuggles up next to me in the afternoon while I turn on my HGTV and at night when I go to bed. Any attention you give her, she is a purring delight. Waffles has become the fun rambunctious cat who runs around and pounces on Pretzel and provides tons of laughter for me. In the morning he sleeps on my pillow until I wake up and then purrs and pushes up against me. Once I do roll out of bed, he rubs against me while I put in my contacts and get ready for the shower and when I get dressed. He has also become the chatterbox of the house. He talks whenever we’re in the kitchen, when he’s bored, when he wants food, when he wants the litterbox changed, and when he wants attention.

Spring break is going to be bomb. I’m planning a living room make-over. Hello bright green and white! :D I’m so ecstatic.

Ready, set, relax (with maybe a drink or two?)

lamuril — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:12:12 GMT

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Today = unpacking, relaxing, and NOT working. <3

Moving in day!

lamuril — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:25:48 GMT

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Nearly the longest day ever. Mostly everything is over here though (2 10′ truckloads, 1 trunk, and 4 full car rides later), except for stuff in the storage unit and also some various things at the apartment. It’s really weird… Sucks too that we can’t put up a lot of the stuff since half of the apartment’s carpet is getting ripped up in the next week and replaced with laminate (though it will be amazingly b-e-a-utiful!). It was also my dad’s birthday today. Family came over and helped us move (along with Skylar) and the girls were cute, trying to help carry stuff (but anything too big and they would let you know right away!). Afterward we had dinner at wild ginger (yum!).

I’m exhausted now. Hello sleep, I’ve missed you so much.

Witnessed accident on i-90

lamuril — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:38:14 GMT

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Last night when Marshall and I were making a trip to the condo to deliver boxes, we were driving down I-90 in Bellevue, about 2 exits away from ours, and all of a sudden the car in the lane next to us who was ahead of us swerved into our lane chaotically and as we drove by we saw a woman screaming horrifically and clutching her side and almost crawling to the side of the road. I watched in the side-view mirror and there was a truck coming in that lane and he might have swerved too late, or maybe he swerved just in time, but it was a close call. Marshall was honking and put on his flashers, but cars didn’t notice in enough time, so we had to peel away. He immediately said call 911 and we did. Apparently there had been reports of a woman running across the freeway screaming bloody murder. Kind of shakes you up seeing someone that vulnerable (though it was her fault). Ugh, but her screams sounded agonizing. It was like the whole thing was something out of a nightmare. M couldn’t go back easily, it would have taken like 10 minutes, so we’re checking police blotters to see if she comes up.

Guess who’s back? Back again? HUSKY FOOTBALL! Tell a friend!

lamuril — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:19:32 GMT

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WOW! What a game.. Emotions were running high and it was kind of a rollercoaster throughout the game. Our defense definitely could have done better, but with one of the top O lines in the country, we’re of course going to struggle. I had never stormed the field or any court and to do that with the players running by with happy tears and everyone slapping their backs and helmets… it was amazing. I have never been so emotional over a game and I wanted to cry once we were on the field! Elric was there too which was awesome. I’m glad it was him and not Adam who was there, since Elric is a Husky and he is passionate about it, too. Being on the field was a world of its own with everyone jumping and celebrating around us. Thank you Huskies for an amazing game!!!

Btw, USC band is really annoying. After every play they played a song… Arghhh. Yet they didn’t play after we scored a field goal.. What’s that sound? OH IT’S STUNNED SILENCE!!!!! Awesome game and awesome victory.

Got the keys yesterday on our 15 month anniversary and had dinner and celebrated in our new dining room :) Also went to the rally (my first time! so much fun) and then to Zach and Elena’s for an inflatable party. Marshall and I blew up condoms and stuck them in our zippers. Jose and I were beer pong partners and were “Team Dicks”. I love you Elena!!!

Tonight we pack. Tomorrow we move. (That is if we can get the truck hopefully.)

One of the best days ever. I <3 our team.

Warning: Emo

lamuril — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:05:30 GMT

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I had forgotten that a violation hurt so much. It’s astounding that just a few things can really fuck up someone’s ego and well-being.

I hate men.

(Excluding Marshall and the nice guys that is)

Lay all your love on me

lamuril — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:01:02 GMT

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Watching this song acted out in Mamma Mia gives me chills. The body language and tones in the singing are perfect for the feelings. Hopefully Marshall doesn’t get annoyed that I sing this to him all the time it comes up.

I wasn’t jealous before we met
Now every woman I see is a potential threat
And I’m possessive, it isn’t nice
You’ve heard me saying that smoking was my only vice
But now it isn’t true
Now everything is new
And all I’ve learned has overturned
I beg of you……

Don’t go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me

It was like shooting a sitting duck
A little small-talk, a smile and baby I was stuck
I still don’t know what you’ve done with me
A grown-up woman should never fall so easily
I feel a kind of fear
When I don’t have you near
Unsatisfied, I skip my pride
I beg you dear……

Don’t go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don’t go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

I’ve had a few little love affairs
They didn’t last very long and they’ve been pretty scarce
I used to think that was sensible
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible
cause everything is new
And everything is you
And all I’ve learned has overturned
What can I do……

Don’t go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don’t go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

Football season is here, sneaking into Dante’s, awesomest concert ever

lamuril — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:53:59 GMT

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The concert was amazing, though traffic not so much. Took us 4 hours to get there =/ White River Amphitheater really sucks for transportation! Even Zach and Elena who left at 12 arrived at 2. It’s supposed to be a half hour drive. Ridiculous. We missed only 20 minutes of Weezer and we walked in when Island in the Sun was playing and we also heard Beverly Hills and Buddy Holly. I didn’t recognize the others. Blink 182 finished and I loved it. Songs I knew: Rock Show, First Date, What’s my age again? , Stay Together for the Kids, I Miss You, Violence, Down, The Fallen Interlude, All of This, and All the Small Things (we all hopped and down and sang for that one). I knew about 3/4 of the songs they played. The drummer was on this floating saucer looking thing that was spinning and went all around the stage and up. He was almost at a 90 degree angle and it was crazy.

Jose’s 21 run the next night was awesome. I was able to get into Dante’s and dance and have some jello shots.

Tailgating on the boat with Frank was pretty fun. The game was really hot and ended up getting bad sunburn on the tip of my nose and all around my mouth (I look like I’ve been to the dentist for 8 hours). At least we won! Swam in Lake Washington afterward and had a big panic attack in the water. Once Frank jumped in I was alright, but the cold + waves + no one in water but me = panic mode. It was hard getting back on the boat. It was rocking around in the waves, but Marshall pretty much pushed me up. What would I do without him? Drown or die of a panic attack lol.

Seahawks and Packers won today. Don’t really care about the Packers, but Zach does so I was forced to cheer for them.

We also packed our first two boxes!! Hooray! Hasn’t sunk in yet that we’re moving. I think if I keep looking at the empty closet I might have the realization.

Concert, 9, SF

lamuril — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:10:41 GMT

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Concert tonight! I should be more stoked.. Though really the only band I’m looking forward to is Blink-182. Never been a big fan of Weezer and don’t really know any of the Taking Back Sunday discography =/

Yesterday, Marshall and I took the day off and picked up our RB: Beatles copy once the door to Gamestop in the mall opened. It was pretty awesome, albeit short. The songs are also shorter than the ones on any Rock Band game, too, which means you can’t miss as many notes. I was annoyed that I would 96% a song and not get 5 stars. I can understand not gold stars (you need like 98-100% for that), but 96% != 5 stars??? WTF?! Oh well. The story-line was cool.

9 was horribly disappointing. Bummer. I expect better from Tim Burton!!!

Not ready at all to start class in 2 and a half weeks. And apparently swine flu hit a couple sorority girls. Hello UW outbreak. I won’t be surprised if I see some of the Asian students walking around with face masks on once fall starts. Maybe there will be W painted masks? That would be sick.

Husky football and lazy weekend

lamuril — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:44:50 GMT

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I feel like I have talked to pretty much everyone about nursing stuff and man am I tired of it. Blahhh.

Saturday was UW’s first football game of the season. We have a whole new coaching staff and I buckled and bought season tickets, because tailgating really got me pumped. We did awesome actually and we looked really good. I’m hoping our skills will carry on through the season and Jake Locker won’t get injured in the FOURTH GAME.

Pretty uneventful weekend otherwise besides hanging out and Zach and Elena’s new house next to KA.

The last Senate show

lamuril — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:35:47 GMT

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I always thought people crying about bands breaking up was silly and overly dramatic, but after being so connected with The Senate and seeing their last show tonight, I was really heartbroken. And it isn’t so much the music… It’s the memories and the experience that was born from The Senate. Marshall began actively pursuing me after our first Senate show at the Triple door. He sang “Molly” (kind of our backup song) in my ear during a Cafe Solstice show. We swayed to “Space Shanty” every time it played (and sometimes in the car). We danced for an hour and a half in front of them at Ben & Cass’s wedding. And we danced to Molly the last time it was played live tonight. The Senate’s a lot better live. I’ll miss all their quirky and fun personalities and getting to know them off the stage a little bit, too. Marshall and Vu were with them from near the beginning and it was cool to get close to the band, because of that.

Goodbye Senate! The 10th show I’ve seen was their last show. And daaamn was it worth it.

“Oh dance around me dance around me please don’t stop.
Hey there Molly.

And I feel like I’m back in the womb.
Yes I’m dancing under the moon (with you)
And oh Molly she take me so hiiiiigh.
I don’t feel my feet on the ground.
I don’t feel my feet on the ground.
I don’t feel my feet on the ground.”

SHOW ME HOW AWESOME YOU CAN BEEEEEE!!!! YEAH!

Live Love Laugh

lamuril — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:36:34 GMT

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This past weekend was Ben & Cassandra’s wedding and it was amazing. Marshall and I did the music for it and The Senate played and it was neat being one of only a small group there that knew the band and dancing so close to them was just astounding. I have never been so close to a band like this and it’s sad they’re breaking up. I will really miss them and all the memories I’ve had around and with their music. People were drunk which turned into hilarity.

I’m really excited to move. Not really to pack, which sucks. But unpacking and arranging everything is very exciting. My parents have a couch at Jackie’s place M&I still need to pick up. I made a 3D model of the place in Google SketchUp and we’re figuring out how to arrange all the furniture in the second bedroom (everywhere else is pretty easy). We may move in as soon as Sep. 15th depending on when the loan goes through.

Nursing school is stressful. I probably won’t get into UW nursing school so I’ve been looking at other RN programs and may do a community college and transfer that to a Bachelor’s through UW-Bothell. Although community college nursing programs are competitive too (is there anything not competitive in nursing??) so I might be looking at another 3-4 years of school =/ At least when I get out I’ll have my RN certification and I can start working right away with great pay and hours. That’s more than a lot of bachelor degrees can say!

Bought a house!

lamuril — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:18:07 GMT

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MARSHALL AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!! </capslock> I’m super excited. They countered back with 1,000 less than what we wanted to settle for so it worked out great for us! It’s in Bellevue, it’s 933 sq. feet and here’s a link to it: http://www.johnlscott.com/propertydetail.aspx?GroupID=204205255&ListingID=300240621&Sort=0 . The closing date is Sep. 29th (I think… somewhere within a couple days of this). Our landlord was really nice and accepting (and excited actually) when we told her we were looking at houses and she seems okay that we’re going to break the lease as long as she has pretty advanced notice. Now the only thing is getting an inspection and adding those results into the costs and also getting the loan through (which Marshall is a lot more confident about since he got a couple other lender quotes and prequalifications).

There’s a little list of people I need to call that wanted to know, so I’m off to go celebrate!!

House across the water

lamuril — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:22:36 GMT

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Anatomy is finally over. I felt pretty good about the final, too (both parts). That class should really be a 10 credit one… or be cut up into 2 classes. Kinda bullshit they can put so much stuff into one quarter.

Anywho, Marshall and I have started looking at houses recently. We had been talking about it for a while, and really the only thing holding us back was money. Of course, I don’t really have a career to help much towards the house and even putting my name on the title would do more harm than good. However, after talking with my dad (who does quite a bit of investment on real estate) he was able to convince Marshall we should do it if we can. M assigned me to searching for houses and setting up showings. I realized I’m not very picky when it comes to houses, because my job and school are flexible/easy to get to with bus. Plus they’re not permanent. I’ll be out of school in a few years and I can easily get another job somewhere else since I’m not specialized. M prequalified for a loan and we found a condo (amazing kitchen, big balcony, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, ALLOWS DOGS [big deal for me], and amazing paint jobs) in Bellevue for 225k (upward limit of the loan) and it would work perfectly for our situation. It’s 5 minutes from his Microsoft campus and 4 blocks away from the 271 bus line that goes straight to UW. Today we made an offer and I’m nervous/scared to hear back. Mainly, the loan needs to be preapproved and go through. I can’t get excited yet, because if the loan doesn’t go through we’ll have to wait a year or more to consider buying a house. And I am excited to move into a house with M :) It’s like rolling a 10 in Life from college to buying a house, woohoo! And to have walls to paint. Ohhhh the possibilities of the interior decorating!!! Not to mention a widdle puppy.

Come back summer!!

lamuril — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:02:09 GMT

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I can just feel summer going away. Come baaaaaack!!!! (Or maybe it’s just the weather is more Seattle-like that I feel summer is going away.)

Anatomy Final on Wednesday. Really need to study like 12 hours between now and then. At least I have the bones down.

A shit storm can have a silver lining, too.

lamuril — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:48:37 GMT

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It sucks sometimes when you’re kind of bummed and it feels like everything else starts going wrong too. It FEELS like that, but from that outside it just looks like a couple bad days.

So. Fuck getting a horrible grade in Anatomy. Fuck losing my wallet. Fuck taking the wrong bus. Fuck PMS.

Love buying three new beautiful rings online. Love discovering tons of new awesome websites (thank you PC magazine top 100 websites of year). Love Break.com for always making me laugh. Love that my wallet was found today. Love that I have a free day today besides a little bit of work. Love Marshall for writing a cute poem in a text to make me feel better.

L’amour > any worst day/week/month/year.

Summer days

lamuril — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:02:14 GMT

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Wow it’s been awhile since I’ve posted. Last weekend I went to Crescent Lake with my family. I was mainly studying for my midterm on Monday and then studied for my midterm on Wed. after that. It’s been ridiculously hot. Marshall and I bought an AC finally and it’s been awesome. I can’t believe how unbearable the apartment was without it.

I’m starting a volunteer job at a nursing home. I am going to be working in the gift shop and also doing crafts and going on little trips with the people there. Amanda and I were so hot on Tuesday that we went to Magnuson Park to jump in the lake (pretty freaking awesome way to cool down) and also went to Starbucks that was jam-packed in U-village. Friday, Hannah and I went hiking over in the Olympics and I was late coming back and went to karaoke with Marshall and his work bud’s.

Saturday Marshall and I went on Frank’s boat for Seafair. It was amazing. Most fun I had ever had on a boat! Once we got to the main spot (it was pretty wavey, and standing was hard) there were TONS of people! It felt like a parade, but on boats in the water. The blue angels flew over us while we (Nolan, Marshall, and I) were chilling out in the water in life vests (Marshall and I also went out on a kayak, but I had enough when he tipped me into the water.) and it was amazing how close they swooped by. After playing in the water for a few hours we headed over to the other side of I-90 and saw a few boat races. But mainly we were just squirting people with water guns and throwing water balloons at people. Once it got later there were some topless girls on other boats, which Marshall had been forewarned about in Trader Joe’s earlier that day. Think they were drunk though haha. Marshall and I both got pretty tan and we were worn out by the end of the day.

Work load

lamuril — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:46:34 GMT

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These past 4 days have been packed. (I feel like I’m saying that more and more often.) I worked for my parents over the weekend cleaning the entire house (literally) and yesterday I had a volunteer tour, drove downtown to pick up my old phone from Dad (I got my dad’s old iPhone!), working, and class. This morning and entire day I’ve been working with Matt remodeling a condo. I’m completely exhausted.

I love summer because you can go to bed naked and wait until it’s cool enough to go under the blankets, everyone is at Greenlake exercising, you can hang your arm out the window, the sun is up at 7 AM and goes down at 10 PM, the beach is an awesome place to be, it never gets so hot that you want to go inside, and the ferries SEEM empty because everyone is on the top deck.

Red red wine

lamuril — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:37:30 GMT

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I’m starting to dislike Mondays and Wednesdays. Rather, my class days. I feel like there’s not enough time to do anything and I would much rather them be in the mornings than afternoon/evening. Thankfully, only 5 more weeks (I think) of it!

Sunday I was still painfully sore from the hike with Theresa and spent the day at home for the most part. Marshall went to a football game and I read and later that night we watched Equilibrium and then went go-karting (thankfully they let me in even though I forgot my driver’s license) and watched Bruno. Go-karting was fun after Marshall had lapped me twice and when he was behind me I kept it that way for about 4 laps and was proud of myself. I think it would have been more entertaining if 1) there were more people there [we were the only two on the track] and 2) I knew about the race times and was more comfortable with the kart! Bruno was pretty hilarious. Marshall bought a huge thing of nachos and we sat by two gay guys (one was black, so that also helped add to the hilarity) who were very friendly. The movie was definitely not for the prude! I walked out thinking it was probably a little too offensive to black people, but the guy next to us was cracking up quite a bit, so perhaps it really wasn’t as bad as I thought.

Monday night Marshall surprised me with candlelit dinner of ravioli and garlic bread (mmmmm) and red wine. We played Mario after and started to watch 40 year old virgin but got distracted and then passed out from exhaustion. I’m not sure how early it was.. probably like 10:30 ish. We woke up early though, at about 7:20 ish. I had to get into the lab early. After I got back I beat Super Mario World (96 exits, hooray!!) and did all the laundry and got ready for that night. Tuesday was supposed to be my day to plan something, so I bought some water guns and Marshall and I had a waterfight at a park on Ravenna. It didn’t last very long, but it was pretty fun. We squirted a couple cats along the way for fun, too. When we got back we made chili dogs and watched the rest of 40 year old virgin and a Planet Earth episode (Marshall bought the series on HD for only 20 bucks!).

The weeks seem to be flying by a little more. I think classes definitely have something to do with that.

Emerald City

lamuril — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:18:40 GMT

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I’m ready for some one-on-one time with Marshall after these past couple of weeks of tests, parties, holidays, and friends over all the time. I mean we spend time together during those days, but when we’re alone it’s a lot more special. Lizzie’s party got cancelled for tonight and I’m relieved that now I can do what I want… Chill at home and spend some time with the Mister.

Wed.- I had a midterm for the lab portion. I’m afraid for the results for both midterms. I’m always nervous about things like that. I hold such high expectations for myself! Also afterward, Theresa and Hannah came over with a few other friends and we played Settlers and played some Rock Band and Lips.

Thurs. - Theresa spent the night on Wed. and the next day was a girls day with her, Hannah, Elena, and me. We went shopping and I tried on a lot of different styles and found out I can pretty much rock a lot of things. So my newest style (because everyone wants to know haha) is a vest over a white collared shirt. I also found a tight orange dress that at first would scream washed out skin, but definitely made me look tanner and matched my tones well. Too bad I didn’t have any money for it, but it was nice to know that I COULD wear it like I mean it. That night Marshall and I watched a movie (Old School).

Friday - Tyler came over in the evening and we played some Settlers (hmm maybe I’m too obsessed with that game..) and we played some Super Mario from the Super Nintendo. Damn I missed that game!! I definitely am not as good as I would like to be. I’m playing through the entire game and loving every second (except for the levels that you get so close to the end and make a dumb mistake. Ahhhhhhhh!!!!).

Sat. - Woke up at 6:30 AM to get ready for a hike with Theresa over on the Bainbridge side. Got on the 7:55 boat and drove for an hour to Quilcene. Driving on skinny mountain roads is always frightening, especially in a car where the brakes aren’t the best. Hike was amazingly beautiful and very painful! Thighs and hips so sore.. Afterward, babysat for my sisters and Marshall came over to help. We talked about how we haven’t had a lot of time alone these past couple weeks and decided we should make 2 days a week our nights. Passed out from exhaustion.

A lot of things in my life currently feel so right. My apartment feels more like home than ever before. Not that my parent’s house wasn’t ever home… But I’ve built this place into my own. Correction:We’ve built this place into our own. And I love the city so much. I never felt as connected to a place as I do to Seattle (and when I think Seattle I also include Bellevue). My Emerald City. I was reading a magazine about Seattle life and how the best pickup line is “Mac or PC?” and I couldn’t be more in love with that. I love the green, rain, people, water, music, doggy love, outdoors, freeways, intelligence, and coffee of this place. If Seattle were a drug, then I would be forever high on it.

July 4th, Zombies, and Surprise Birthday Parties

lamuril — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:15:35 GMT

Originally published at Lamuril. You can comment here or there.

Whew, this is gonna be a long post. It’s been crazy the past seven days!

Last week I was figuring out Marshall’s surprise party. Tyler, Malcolm, Adam, Dave, and lots of KA Alums came and it was amazing! On Wednesday we had like a “fake” party for him which was pretty small and low-key. Hannah spent the night and we explored Fremont the next day. She loved it (who doesn’t? Fremont’s the bomb). Thursday night Amanda came over and we painted and hung out for a while which was good as we hadn’t had a girls night for a long time. She talked me through a lot of things and helped me figure out some stuff (oh how very mysterious Kendall) and I was looking online, too. Pretty much stress of job hunting and money was REALLY getting to me to the point that I felt depressed. After figuring out the reason why I was so depressed I felt a lot better. Once I figure out the root of something it’s a lot easier for me to fix.

The next day was Friday the 3rd (day of Surprise party!). I worked and came back and Marshall and I hung out playing Settlers with each other and watched some Californication and once Vu and Amanda came over we started getting ready for the zombie walk. In Fremont they were trying to set the Guinness record for the most zombies in one place. It was a ton of fun! It was hilarious to yell out brains while we were driving. Adam and Malcolm had already drove up and I switched phones with Adam and gave him my keys. His phone was in my Rick Steve’s money waist pouch since I didn’t have pockets and I never felt it go off. Though I was able to call Adam nearer to the time and say we were leaving. Even though people buzzed the apartment twice and Marshall’s dad texted, “Surprise!” (idiot) Marshall didn’t figure it out and it all worked :) He was shocked. I was delighted that so many people could make it. Though I felt bad that Vu and Amanda spent most of the time making the cakes we still haven’t eaten (and did the dishes! What wonderful people!!) and that Tyler and Dawna fell asleep under the table instead of a more comfortable place. Once everyone left except Tyler, Dawna (both asleep), Dave, Adam, Malcom (all three staying the night as well), and Marshall and I, the latter three and M & I went out for “rampaging”. Basically, doing really stupid shit like destroying property (breaking a sideview mirror, kicking over a tv) and being a public nuisance (yelling and throwing beer bottles into street and really hard at windows and harassing a bum multiple times) and obstructing traffic and breaking and entering (into Elena’s apartment and stealing a beer and waking her up) and we also lost Malcolm. He ended up at some random house party and that’s when the rampaging started cuz we needed to go find him. We kept yelling “MALCOLM!” every few seconds as we were headed in the wrong direction (he told us 43rd and Roosevelt when he was really at 63rd and Roosevelt). Turns out he made out w/ a chick at the party and then walked a few houses down and slept on a random porch for the night. He turned up the next morning at around 10 am.

The day after the party was gross. I was so hungover. Mainly my stomach was just so upset. It was probably that shot of Scotch. Scotch should never be taken as a shot. Ughhh. After throwing up and nearly puking again at breakfast I was fine for the car ride to Vancouver. Once we got there we chatted with Glo (Marshall’s crazy and amazingly nice neighbor) then went to his cousin’s party and blew up fireworks for the rest of the evening. I love July 4th.

Monday I had an anatomy test… I couldn’t believe we had to know so much. It was just a brain overload. And now I’m studying for a second anatomy test for the lab part of it. Memorizing all the bones and crevices, bumps, etc. w/in the bones and identifying tissues.

Can’t wait for tonight and tomorrow. I just want to be done with this stupid test so I can relax!

Think think think

lamuril — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:50:30 GMT

Originally published at Lamuril. You can comment here or there.

Ever tell yourself you HAVE to remember something and then forget it the moment before you need to do it? That’s happening to me. I can’t remember what it is… So weird.

Anywho, this weekend was pretty nice. Friday Marshall and I went over to a friend’s house (from his work) and played Settlers and played with the cats (and cute baby) over there. A lot of his friends are married and moving into houses and it was neat to talk to them about the transition. It’s like the new frontier of this time in life. It’s scary and foreign, but looks so exciting.

On Saturday Marshall and I watched some tv then invited Zach over for a game of Settlers and watched this movie called Doggy Poo (HILARIOUS) on netflix instant que. It was the only time I’ve ever seen, “What a pile of shit” properly used. I laughed so hard I cried. We had the idea to have a poker night and invited a lot of people over. Frank ended up winning the pot (35 dollars) and Grant got second. Marshall and I got out basically the same round. It was still fun for only a five dollar buy in.

Sunday we lazed around and got a buy-one get-one-free jamba juice in the morning then had Indian food for lunch and Marshall sold his laptop through Craigslist (hooray). After that he fell asleep watching tv and then headed off to football while I worked for a few hours. During that time I was thinking about what I should be for Halloween (because I am weird and wanted to figure out what I should be before the costumes go to outrageous prices) and I was thinking something like Lara Croft (I have some shorts that would work perfectly) or like Beer Pong girl (with a shirt that says Look at my boobs!!!). But after talking about it with Marshall he was thinking more of a team costume, where he’s like the remote and I’m the tv and he turns me on. Or something like that. If we’re going to be creative then there’s no point planning ahead since we won’t need store-bought costumes. Also watched a scary movie called House. Wasn’t scary. Very dumb. Then started a new series called Californication. Pretty good actually, albeit the main character is depressed so I feel a bit depressed by watching it.