So apparently there was a ton of hype that today was going to be the end of the world or something. Pretty ridiculous, right? And I had a non-member friend who said that one day, there would be someone who would predict the end and actually be right about the date, and it just boggles my mind that people don't read the Bible, when it says that no one will know exactly when it will happen, so no, there will never be someone who will correctly predict the day the world will end.
Anyway, worldwide drama aside, life has been pretty chill. The parental units and my Uncle Jon and Aunt Monica have been on a Baltic Cruise all week, and I am extremely jealous of them because they got to sail into St. Petersburg, which is RUSSIA, people! I just wish I could get over there. Maybe I'll get to go over there sometime this summer? But it looks like we're staying closer to home vacation-wise this summer, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but we'll see if I can get over there or not. My dad said that he was going to try and bring back "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in Russian for me, which would basically make my LIFE, and I'm sure he was successful in his endeavors, so I'm really excited :) It'll give me something to work on this summer (besides my Independent Study course that I've supposed to have been working on for over a year now...yeah, we'll just not talk about it). But yes, I am a slacker (as you well know), and still have to finish my Humanities 202 course. Although my extension lets me have until August 11 to finish it, I want to be done by the end of June. I feel like that is a very reasonable goal, even with all of the essays and reading. I mean, it's not like I have a job or anything, and the only thing I really want to be doing is working out (because I've realized that I'm kind of a fatty and want to get down to AT LEAST what I was when I graduated high school, if not skinnier than that) and reading Harry Potter in Russian, so I think I can do it.
So being at home alone has been kind of interesting. We currently have three dogs and two cats in the house, and needless to say, I never want to get a dog. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, but the dogs we have (two or which are Jon and Monica's) are SO much work. A lot of times one or two of them will follow me EVERYWHERE I walk. It's really annoying. And then I've had to sleep in my parents' room with them, and one of them sleeps on the bed with them, and she's the biggest dog of all the ones we have. I hate the smell of dog, and sometimes I'll catch her sleeping on my blanket, which makes me mad. And the most infuriating thing of all is the barking. THEY BARK AT EVERYTHING. One of them will sit on top of the couch so she can look out the window, and if she sees someone she goes ballistic, and then the other girl dog will start barking, and now our dog feels like he's allowed to bark, too. And no matter how much I yell at them, THEY WON'T SHUT UP. Dogs are just too much freaking work. I'm definitely a cat person. They hardly ever want attention, and you only have to make sure they have food, water, and a clean litterbox (and sometimes you don't even need THAT if they're an outdoor cat). Needless to say, my future [at this moment imaginary] husband will have to do a LOT of convincing if he ever wants to get a dog.
Blah. I need to go to bed. I spent waaaay too long trying to get this thing for primary figured out, and I still need to sleep, wake up, shower, and I have to take the bus to church, which will honestly take almost an hour with the bus ride an walking, so yay me! Then I get to come home and make sure that the house is all nice and clean for when the parents come home. I cleaned the kitchen a couple of days ago, but then I make cupcakes today, and the kitchen is REALLY hard to keep clean for more than a day, because the dishes pile up really easy, and our dishwasher doesn't work, so we actually have to wash everything and then we just put them in the dishwasher to let them air dry. It's kind of annoying, but what can you do?
So I realized that my friend Jocelyn and I are the only girls from our high school class in Vacaville that aren't married or engaged. It's kind of crazy! People are growing up and getting married and having babies, and I still feel like I'm this 18 year old kid, when in reality I'm 21 and going to graduate from college in less than a year and still don't have a solid plan for my life. IT'S SCARY! I mean, I have an idea of what I want to do, but if that doesn't work out? It's not like I have a great plan B thought out. I mean, when I was younger I always dreamed that I would get discovered and be famous and yada yada yada, but at this point, let's face it, it's not gonna happen unless a miracle occurs, so I'm just scared. I read all of these articles about how it's really tough for college grads these days to get a job in the area they majored in, and read an article the other day that said humanities was one of the major whose graduates are least likely to get a job related to their studies. Talk about discouragement. But hopefully everything will work out for the best. I need to suck it up and be an adult now, no matter how much like a kid I feel like, so I guess we'll just see what happens. One day at a time, right?
Anyway, worldwide drama aside, life has been pretty chill. The parental units and my Uncle Jon and Aunt Monica have been on a Baltic Cruise all week, and I am extremely jealous of them because they got to sail into St. Petersburg, which is RUSSIA, people! I just wish I could get over there. Maybe I'll get to go over there sometime this summer? But it looks like we're staying closer to home vacation-wise this summer, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but we'll see if I can get over there or not. My dad said that he was going to try and bring back "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in Russian for me, which would basically make my LIFE, and I'm sure he was successful in his endeavors, so I'm really excited :) It'll give me something to work on this summer (besides my Independent Study course that I've supposed to have been working on for over a year now...yeah, we'll just not talk about it). But yes, I am a slacker (as you well know), and still have to finish my Humanities 202 course. Although my extension lets me have until August 11 to finish it, I want to be done by the end of June. I feel like that is a very reasonable goal, even with all of the essays and reading. I mean, it's not like I have a job or anything, and the only thing I really want to be doing is working out (because I've realized that I'm kind of a fatty and want to get down to AT LEAST what I was when I graduated high school, if not skinnier than that) and reading Harry Potter in Russian, so I think I can do it.
So being at home alone has been kind of interesting. We currently have three dogs and two cats in the house, and needless to say, I never want to get a dog. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, but the dogs we have (two or which are Jon and Monica's) are SO much work. A lot of times one or two of them will follow me EVERYWHERE I walk. It's really annoying. And then I've had to sleep in my parents' room with them, and one of them sleeps on the bed with them, and she's the biggest dog of all the ones we have. I hate the smell of dog, and sometimes I'll catch her sleeping on my blanket, which makes me mad. And the most infuriating thing of all is the barking. THEY BARK AT EVERYTHING. One of them will sit on top of the couch so she can look out the window, and if she sees someone she goes ballistic, and then the other girl dog will start barking, and now our dog feels like he's allowed to bark, too. And no matter how much I yell at them, THEY WON'T SHUT UP. Dogs are just too much freaking work. I'm definitely a cat person. They hardly ever want attention, and you only have to make sure they have food, water, and a clean litterbox (and sometimes you don't even need THAT if they're an outdoor cat). Needless to say, my future [at this moment imaginary] husband will have to do a LOT of convincing if he ever wants to get a dog.
Blah. I need to go to bed. I spent waaaay too long trying to get this thing for primary figured out, and I still need to sleep, wake up, shower, and I have to take the bus to church, which will honestly take almost an hour with the bus ride an walking, so yay me! Then I get to come home and make sure that the house is all nice and clean for when the parents come home. I cleaned the kitchen a couple of days ago, but then I make cupcakes today, and the kitchen is REALLY hard to keep clean for more than a day, because the dishes pile up really easy, and our dishwasher doesn't work, so we actually have to wash everything and then we just put them in the dishwasher to let them air dry. It's kind of annoying, but what can you do?
So I realized that my friend Jocelyn and I are the only girls from our high school class in Vacaville that aren't married or engaged. It's kind of crazy! People are growing up and getting married and having babies, and I still feel like I'm this 18 year old kid, when in reality I'm 21 and going to graduate from college in less than a year and still don't have a solid plan for my life. IT'S SCARY! I mean, I have an idea of what I want to do, but if that doesn't work out? It's not like I have a great plan B thought out. I mean, when I was younger I always dreamed that I would get discovered and be famous and yada yada yada, but at this point, let's face it, it's not gonna happen unless a miracle occurs, so I'm just scared. I read all of these articles about how it's really tough for college grads these days to get a job in the area they majored in, and read an article the other day that said humanities was one of the major whose graduates are least likely to get a job related to their studies. Talk about discouragement. But hopefully everything will work out for the best. I need to suck it up and be an adult now, no matter how much like a kid I feel like, so I guess we'll just see what happens. One day at a time, right?
i really loved my dog... when i was single, and even as a newly wed, but when the children came... my dog took a back seat... i used to laugh at Lady and the Tramp when the Tramp is talking to Lady and he says why a baby moves in a dog moves out... and I thought, i'm not gonna be like that - but it's impossible not to love your dog the same once a baby enters your life... my dog has been old and sickly for a while now, we are probably gonna have to put her down... and after that I can honestly say that I don't want a dog for a long long time... maybe when the kids are all grown up - we'll talk about it then... but I don't want one for like at least the next 10 years. and cats... i hate that they shed their hair everywhere... yuck.
ReplyDeletei've always wanted to go to St. Petersburg as well... and Moscow... I just have a thing with Russia, not quite like the love you have b/c i don't speak the language or anything, but from the two people in our stake that our from Russia, they say it's not too safe to travel there... my Dad is internet dating with a Russian lady and he's going to meet her in June - so if it goes well, maybe he'll marry her and then I might get to go there... maybe someday :)