Yes, I really do suck...at updating. Life flys by faster than I feel the need to tell people about it. So...I'll give y'all a brief recap of well...my life recently.

In the month of april, which it appears I have posted during yet at all...I have mostly been working on papers and working at Kohl's and spending what little free time I have with Matt. I take naps a lot too. Occasionally I get to see my friends back home on the weekend. Actually...for my sanity...I try to see at least one of you every weekend I'm home. It usually ends up being Holly or Jess...sometimes Laura if she's not working. I love you girls with all my heart. And I miss all y'all I don't get to see.

I think Easter weekend was the excitement of the month thus far. Friday was uneventful except for the fact that it was Matt's birthday. I worked a register until after 11. People are crazy for sales! Saturday I also did little beside work. I even stayed late to help my poor co-worker Sharon...because I like her and it was super messy. I ended up staying unitl 9:45 instead of 8:30. Then i ran to the ATM because I went out that night at midnight to celebrate my birthday.

That's right...I'm legal now. I feel old...like the last restriction of childhood has been lifted. Matt and I hung out for awhile and had an after-work snack at his house before heading downtown to Bazil's and meeting up with Jess, Holly & Alex, and eventually Nichole and Jon Westbrook. It made me feel special and like I have friends...which I do...don't get me wrong, it's just nice to feel like people like me. Amanda and Adrienne were supposed to come too but they're good techies and weren't finished strking for JCS until after 1am. That made me sad. Matt and I were the last of the group to leave and I hung out with him until almost 3a...but then I got sleepy.

I slept maybe 5hrs and headed back over to Matt's to go to church. His mom asked us to go with them to Christ the Rock. It was a good service and the music was great, but I missed how in-depth Calvary's studies are. They do have one thing on us though....bagpipes. No kidding, at the end of service a guy in full Scottish dress playing bagpipes came out. Well...after service we headed to the family party at the 'rents house. Arrived around 1...all the cuzzies were there. It was good. We had lots of great food and lots of great conversation, and plans for Cousin Day 2006 are in the works.

The rest of this week....meh. I've been up late pretty much every night cause I can't sleep. I wrote 4 pages of my Shakespeare paper Thursday night...until 3am. But my God! What kind of bird begins chirping at 3am?! I didn't fall asleep until almost 4.

Yesterday was a really good day, actually. The paper was done and turned in. I brought Matt lunch and went to a really short Choir class. We ran to the bank for me and Harris' for him. Then I got to take a nap...that I really needed. My parents came up at 4:30 and took us out to dinner at Bangkok Garden. It was so tasty. Then Matt headed home, as he had nothing appropriate to wear, and Mom and Dad and I went to the Union for the Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society) induction. It was really small. Profs Sutton and Hall and a girl I didn't know provided music and Prof Hall gave a speech. Somehow he managed to relate going out into the world for work, grad school, etc to an Icelandic folktale about a man becoming a troll. And he quoted Sam Gamgee at least twice. After the ceremony I saw my parents off, read Anna Karenina while blasting music for awhile, did laundry, cleaned my room (superficially...it still needs to be dusted and vaccuumed), and waited for Christina to get home. We went to Perkins around 1:30a and got back an hour later and fell into bed.

I just woke up at noon today. I was so exhausted. I needed it. Now I need to bathe and accomplish various and sundry other productive things before Matt comes up here at a yet-to-be-determined time. The Harris' Tournament is this weekend. Matt's competing in team sparring tonight, and possibly individual sparring tomorrow. I'm here to be supportive and Mrs. Harris said I could get in free if I helped run the time clock or keep score. So I'll be doing that all evening and most of tomorrow. If anyone would like to watch real live ninjas in action, competition starts at 6:30p tonight and 10:30a tomorrow...only $7...give a ring.