This week...has been long so I'm glad that it's done, really.

Drama, drama, drama around here has left me majorly tired.

Today is set for cleaning. I keep saying I'll clean and then I never get to it so I'm putting my foot down and doing it today. I feel a little better about it all in general already because I already washed almost all the dishes I have. I've got my popcorn bowl and a plate to finish and then I'll be done.

I want to at least get all my clothes together for washing, if not actually wash them. The washing though is more dependent on getting a washer because this chick is using both of them and has like a million loads to do which is crap but whatever.

I also need to make sure all garbage is in the trash, no lingering little pieces of paper or anything, and take the cardboard downstairs. I have a couple empty soda boxes, some amazon cardboard, etc. Nothing gross like pizza, which is why it's sat in my room instead of going downstairs. I am lazy sometimes, what can I say.

I also have some stuff I need to put away up on the shelves in my closet so they stop cluttering up my room. Like the box for my desktop.

But it should all be cleaned today. Hopefully. *crosses fingers* With not having anything else to do today and no one to talk to, it should theoretically get done.

So, drove back to Chicago area with Beth because she was coming up for the weekend. Up at 8:30 Friday morning, actually left EIU about 10am, got home about 3pm. Not bad, all things consider, including the hour lunch we took in Gilman.

Friday I got a nice surprise when I got home too! We has Starz!!! Which means come April, I has Camelot!!! FUCK YES! I told Dad I'd be calling and giving him strict orders to remind him to record it closer to April 1st. *does happy dance*

Also found out Mom and Dad have been watching The Tudors. I went 'huh?' because we don't get Showtime. Turns out, BBCA is airing it now that it's over. I turned to mom and went, 'So you get the edited version?' and she said she wasn't sure. I asked if they got the scene of Henry having sex with the blond, she said no, and Dad pipes in with, "I missed what?"

So, amused very much at that.

Friday night we watched The Ugly Truth and The Proposal because they'd never seen it and that's just a fucking shame. They're hilarious movies.

Today has been a very long running around kind of day. Went to one bank to pull out money so I could put in in second bank so closer to March I can pay my credit card, and order Beth's Birthday gift, finally. Mom and I ended up stopping at my Aunt's house because she lives near the first bank, and we ended up spending an hour talking about the pattern she might want and colors in said pattern she might want for the back splash for her kitchen. And what's worse? It's what we'll be discussing at Easter too. My head hurts more just thinking about it.

Then there was lunch and baking. Mom and Dad are going to a friend's place for a V-Day party tomorrow after I leave for EIU. The theme for food is all things red. So we made corn muffins and I dyed the batter red. And then I made a batch of green and purple swirled ones for myself. They look awesome and taste delicious. ^_^

Then Mom and I headed out one last time for some stuff at the store, like the eggs we need for breakfast tomorrow. After dinner we watched Legion, now that I've fucking found it, and I have to say I liked it. And I'm not just biased because Willa Holland is in it.

Computer is running slow but dad assures me that it's because the connection here is fairly shit and has convinced me to take it back to EIU with me to give it a chance to prove it's better. So it shall be packed shortly after I make this post.

Tomorrow I'm up at 8:30 again so I can do a couple things around the house, put a game on Mom's laptop for her, and then eat the awesome breakfast mom is cooking for me before Beth gets here at 10am. And then it's back to EIU and I probably won't leave campus again until Spring Break in March.

So, winter storm seems to be over now.

Monday was bad, cold and while Beth and I sat at the Union it kept getting darker and darker outside. Which fit our mood pretty well in general because of some class issues that the two of us are having.

( Update for the week of the great Illinois Storm )

Not much to do today. Tomorrow I'm looking to clean my room some, make sure everything is set, and then tomorrow night everyone is going out to dinner and then a strip club for Beth's birthday. Should be very fun.

My throat has been scratchy at night before I go to bed for the last couple nights. I thought...had hoped that it was just because the room was dry and I should use my humidifier more. Yesterday when I woke up my throat was still scratchy, but it went away after I was up for a while.

Today, it didn't go away. At all. It hurts to talk and it hurts to swallow.

To top it off I also have a migraine that won't go away either.
I'm trying to decide if I want to stick it out and try to go to S.O.M.A. tonight (the meeting doesn't start until 9pm) or just take my migraine pills after I eat. My pills knock me on my ass thirty minutes after they kick in...and during that thirty minutes my skin feels about three inches above my skin. Awesome feeling.

So...it's been officially decided that I have too many RP journals for my own good. I have 54 character journals in live journal alone. This has no basis on any that are on insane journal and the one or two I might have had on scribbld once upon a time.

You know it's a sickness because I found a couple Original Character journals where they have a name, a PB, and an age but no other information and damned if I can remember what their back story was supposed to be.

Now...do I delete them...or poke my head and see if maybe, just maybe, I can unravel who they were supposed to be?

I've seen a couple people on my friends list do this and I thought it'd be fun to try. Pick a prompt, add a fandom or pairing and see what I write.

1.) Into darkest of dreams
2.) Forget the lies, and numb the pain
3.) It came without a warning
4.) It says I'm sorry but I know you're not
5.) I made a deal with Mr. Hades

So, I'm reading my book at lunch and I get to the end of the first chapter and a part in it made me smile. Not the best reaction to it because of the content but, it did all the same.

So this detective is talking to a kid named Billy that killed his whole family and he really wants to know why the kid did it.

The detective: "You haven't said why."

Billy: "The why is easy."

The detective: "Then why?"

Billy: "Ruin."

Happy New Year everyone!


New Year resolutions to follow after the day with my family because I'm sure any minute my mom will be in to wake me to finish the cleaning and help her cook.

So, yesterday Mom got a phone call from her co-worker that her boss is in the ICU...he collapsed in a store with a brain anerism. They have stopped the most serious of the bleeding, but there is still the concussion and a few other spots that are bleeding so the next 24 hours are critical right now.

I hope he is alright. Right now it's a waiting game.