February 28, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged capstone, coaching, Erica, feeling better, homework, Magnolia's, Sisan, to do lists
I’ve been shunning social contact for the most part, in order to get work done on my coaching and capstone stuff. I’m ahead of the game for coaching now, still behind in capstone, but I’m working on it, which is a big improvement over the whole not working on it thing. I think the fact that I only have 5 weeks until my complete draft of my capstone is due is definitely making me want to get to work on it… which is making me feel like I’m accomplishing something which is pulling me out of my random sinking depression somewhat.
Also, Erica showed that she actually cares about me by bringing me lunch from Magnolia’s Cafe, so we could have some us time while I took a break from working. That was pretty awesome and is helping me feel better about things as well. So, yay feeling better.
I feel like a douche because I haven’t been able to hang out with Sisan this week. I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve seen her and seeing as she can’t get really out of her house (stupid broken foot), I feel like it’s my fault… but I really need to get ahead on my capstone before I feel able to hang out and do social things… hopefully I can get a ton of work done tonight/tomorrow on it so we can do TV on Monday night when HIMYM is finally coming back.
Still have a huge to-do list, but I’m slowly being able to check things off, so that’s helping, too. Woohoo.
February 9, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Awesomeness, Birthdays, Brian Wong, Brittany and Dave, Christina, Dad, Erica, Family, friends, Fun, Iain, Joel, Sisan, Susan D
So, my birthday isn’t until Tuesday, but on the 8th (Sunday), we went to Casa Larga for wine tasting and other various wine related things– including a tour with a killer bird and a Dalek attack (Erica’s new text message noise is a Dalek saying “Exterminate!” and it went off in the middle of the tour in a kinda dark basement room of the vineyard… and Susan D, Erica, and I were laughing hysterically… apparently I was trying so hard to hold the laughter in that I turned about 6 shades of red and also purple. LoL. It was a great time.
Then we went to dinner at the India House (Joel, My Dad, Iain, Susan D, Sisan, Erica, Brian Wong, Brittany, Dave, Christina and I) and thorougly enjoyed good food and the best server in the world and much hilarity ensued there as well. Brian Wong, Christina and Erica had to leave after dinner for work related purposes, which was lame, but understandable and I love them dearly and am so glad they came to dinner, etc.
Afterwards, some of us (Joel, Sisan, Iain and Susan D, Brittany and Dave) went back to my house for a rousing game of Apples to Apples and presents and cookie cake!! Iain and Susan got me an expansion for Arkham Horror which I cannot WAIT to play, Christina got me socks and a gift card for Old Navy, and Sisan got me an epic collection of things for the summer– a great bag with a huge orange flower on it and an orange inside, adorable sunglasses, a playable Candyland towel, and trashy vampire romance novel!! It really put me in a summer-y mood, which I totally needed with all the snow and whatnot. It was of course amazingly fun and then Joel needed to go home because he has a cold, poor fiance-face and that sort of triggered everyone else to go home (lame), except for Sisan who was trapped there at my mercy! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Sisan and I then proceeded to talk until about 2:30 in the morning, stopping every hour or so to say that I should probably take her home soon. Oops. It was so much fun and was definitely much needed girl-talk time. I’m so glad that everyone could come out and celebrate my birthday, especially Sisan because it got her out of her house and she suffered through foot pain/pain killer times being off/maybe making her mom mad (she stayed up until I brought Sisan home) to spend time with me on my birthday and it was freaking awesome.
It was an epic birthday and I am grateful for the awesome people in my life that I got to share it with. 
