It was you || All along, it was you . . .

Mr and I just finished our fourth class at the University of Phoenix which I must say, kicked our asses. We had a lot of non graded assignments and though I understand the need for these, it was just insane to have to do them on top of a ton more homework that was graded! I think I’ll be coming out with a C in that class, not sure what Mr will be getting but he’s been doing a great job of staying above C average so far. I’m so proud of him!

So we’ll be starting a new class next week and while our discussion section isn’t even ready and up on the school website yet… the teacher decided to email us all with the syllabus. Why you ask? So we can get started on the essay that’s due. On the first day of class.

Why, nice to meet you too!

I really hope this class doesn’t expect too many essays out of us… I have no idea how to write an essay, it’s been such a long time! Our previous class also pointed out how much I suck at writing. Okay, that was harsh. I’m not as good as I thought I was. But then again, writing is one of those things where you never stop learning either.

While I do love UoP, it’s a little draining that we have class once a week but it takes us an entire week to do our homework. It never feels like there’s enough time for things. I’ve been slacking so much in blogging and updating my Project 365, my mind feels like mush right now.

I’m also longing for Fall to start, Summer and I don’t get along well.

My dad has left to go on vacation, which he hasn’t done in literally 15 years. He offered his room to my husband while he’s gone. Which I think is sweet, both my mom and dad fixed up the room so we could sleep in there while my dad was gone. I do love how my parents care about Mr and how they really truly welcome him in our home. Especially since my mom wasn’t too happy about the idea of me dating him when we first got together, but it’s nice to know she now see’s how well he takes care of me and how much he loves me.

So we had a sleepover this passed weekend where we did nothing but be lazy! It was nice to be able to sleep in the same bed as him and having my mom know and not freak out. She has, after all, been encouraging it since we got married. I hope she’s not hoping for grand babies any time soon, I’m not having kids!

Oh speaking of… I just found out that the epidural is a tube that they keep in your back after giving you the shot! And that needle is seriously huge. OMG! I thought they pumped more into your system with an IV or something. I think I would seriously die of pain if I had to go into labor. I’m such a big baby when it comes to pain and needles!

But yes, back to the weekend lol. I had some book reviews to get done and I was reading a book that I had received from the author to review… but obviously I can’t write a review on one book while reading another book and Mr was waiting for his download to be done so he picked up the book I was reading and started reading it to me . He’s such a sweetie. I love how he always always wants to help with whatever I’m doing.

Thankfully, the weekend wasn’t that hot… not until yesterday morning. We had the window open, the door open, the fan running and two fans in the hallway running and it was still really really hot. Seriously, we  need AC! This is ridiculous!

Today we start our 4th class at the University of Phoenix! Yay for writing! Mr also finally got his laptop after waiting (and tracking) for it all week and weekend. He’s at his house playing with it right now and I’m sitting here waiting for his phone call to let me know he’s done so we can get food, I’m starving! I also have to run some errands before class!

He’ll be spending the night here again later this week, I’m excited . Oh and I made him cheesy eggs for breakfast both mornings he was here… it came out better the first time. I’m still trying to make my eggs perfect! I mean, they’re delicious (seriously, I never crave homemade food, and I definitely never crave my own made food! I bake, not cook!) but the presentation could be so much better! Well, practice makes perfect and I’m glad he’s happy to eat my practice lol.

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve updated, things have been a bit busy.

School at the community college is finally over and done with! But of course, University of Phoenix is year round, but at least its just one day a week. I’m on the search for a job, now. I’ve been doing some thinking about savings accounts and stuff, I guess because our last class was Personal Finance. Which, by the way, we’re done with our third UoP class! Yay! And thank goodness, that class was tough to get through. Mainly because I swear the teacher didn’t like me, which made it hard to get a good grade on anything. And it wasn’t just me he had a problem with, so ugh.

Finally got our grants! Mr ordered himself a new laptop since the one he had (that he’s had since ’06), the motherboard had blew out like 3 days after he got back from Basic Training, that was horrible. I, myself bought a sexy new Mac Book Pro! I also got it during the student promo for an iPod Touch! I’m so excited, I’ve been wanting both for years now! The Mac Book is hard to get use to when you’re use to Windows (even though I started on an Apple like back in ’95)! I also spoiled myself with an Amazon Kindle and a few books .

Have I ever mentioned that I have a serious spending problem? Maybe it’s part of my OCD, I don’t really know. But I’m trying really hard this year to control it and start a savings account for us because we obviously need one.

We took our first road trip together with a friend of mine to Disneyland and Las Vegas. The drive wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be… but that doesn’t mean I’d drive from Las Vegas to San Francisco ever again lol! I’ll post some pictures up from the trip, even though I didn’t take that many (wish I had)! We’re also planning on moving to Vegas, its something we decided years ago (five to be exact, but who’s counting) and I think now is the time to finally go. Mr on the other hand, wants to wait two more years. Ughhh! Sometimes I think I’m too impulsive for him, he always has to plan things out. Research things over and over and over! Where as me, I don’t like to plan things, I just like to go!

We’ll see.

I’ll try to update more, the heat is making me too lazy to do anything. But I guess that’s the point. You spend all those months at school and finally, now you can do nothing if you want to! Ahhh hehe.

I know I haven’t updated this blog in a super long time. Things have been super busy over here. We just finished our second class at University of Phoenix and the semester at the community college is about to end (thank goodness, I can not wait any longer for summer break! Even though University of Phoenix is year round, at least I’ll only be going to one college this summer — unless I decide to take a dance class, which I’m thinking about)!

A quick update on the phones, my MIL paid the $100-something “past due” payment they billed us and turned our phones back on. Ugh. I still don’t get it because the bank statement said that the full $200 for our bill was due on the same day but Sprint told us that it was paid $100 one day then $100 the next day. How the hell is that even possible?! And if they got the payment, why do we have to re-pay it? And just a bunch of other things, Sprint isn’t my favorite company right now.

My friend/classmate posted this article a few days ago.  And I found it to be extremely interesting.

As you guys must know by now, Mr and I don’t live together yet. And I kinda like that we don’t live together. We’re both fully aware of what it is like to live together and how different our routines are and I don’t know, I guess I kinda think that by moving in with him I’ll be giving up my independence. Which sounds funny right? If I’m so hell bent on independence then why did I get married? Believe me, I wonder the same thing. But then it’s not like we kinda really planned this out. He was leaving for the military and I wanted to go where he would go. And I know then we’d be forced to live together. And I don’t know how that would had ended up, I mean… not like horribly bad but now that there’s no force, and you get room to think, I would kind of prefer to live apart. I agree with the first couple, it also gives you space to miss each other.

Now I know that isn’t possible. How could we raise a family if we live separately right? Though to me, it would be an excellent idea lol. Mr wouldn’t agree, he’s a bit of opposite of me, he likes seeing me every single day where as me, I like days to myself completely. Like now, when we don’t have school I get certain days to myself where I can nap or read or lay on the floor and stare at my ceiling without him bugging me about something random. I’m a big fan of peace and quiet!

What do you guys think? Living apart and being married a good idea? Or a horrible idea?

The weeks seem to be passing faster and faster these days… .

Monday was my 25th birthday! I didn’t have much of anything planned out, have lunch at Cheesecake Factory with husband, shop a bit at Sephora, pay Sprint bill and go to class. Yep, that was pretty much it… I’ll post an entire blog about how my birthday went soon. I know I should had posted it before this blog, but again… the week was a blur. So quick recap instead!

Had the Factory Chopped Salad, Fried Mac N’ Cheese & Strawberry Lemonade. Realized that after eating non junk food for so long and then going to this… destroyed my stomach. Seriously, I felt so sick after eating this. Even the salad made me feel unhealthy! It might be because I added more dressing….

How cute is their free birthday ice cream thing though?! Since I had this, I’ve been craving hot fudge non stop. This was delicious! I wanted to keep the cup LOL.

The other married couple in our class surprised me with balloons, a card and really pretty and colorful flowers! It was laid out all nice at my seat. It seriously made my day! Thank you Candace and Victor ! And of course, Kai’s cupcakes I asked for!

My birthday gifts! Books from my husband and mother in law, a cute Hello Kitty musical jewelry chest from my mom and my Sephora gift & purchase!

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I’ve been slacking on updating the blog, I needed a break from blogging. Never really thought I’d say that, but when you maintain 7 blogs, it does get tiring!

Well that and I don’t really know what to say here. I mean, I do, but I don’t. That made so much more sense in my head… don’t mind me today, I feel like I didn’t get any sleep last night. Cause I probably didn’t.

The other day was my birthday (April 12th) and I turned 25, I had an amazing birthday. One of the best birthday’s ever and I didn’t even do anything special, I just went to class. Don’t you love when things like that happen ? I’ll write a blog about it once I edit all the pictures… I probably should had done it before this one, but oh well!

Then came yesterday, which was going fine. Up until after Mr, my sister in law and I finished watching Glee (yay for it coming back!) and I realized that my phone didn’t have a data connection. What the hell does that mean? So I tired texting my mom, but the text wouldn’t send. Mr tried texting me and it wouldn’t send. So he tried calling my phone and it said his account wasn’t allowed to call my phone number. So my sister in law tried texting both of us and calling both of us.

And that’s when I realized… Sprint turned our phone’s off.

We switched to Sprint about a month ago from Verizon and the manager of the store was offering all these great deals; rebates, waiving the activation fee to make it easier on us to switch without all the hassle and extra bills that worried us. So, we switched and I got my Palm Pixi. Our bill due date was coming up and we were told that we could wait for the rebate to get in before paying the bill, that it wouldn’t be a problem. They’d just note our account. Well Sprint itself, didn’t agree. Not only that but our bill was $700. Both Mr and I had phone’s that were either $200 or under. So where the hell did the extra money come from?! Well we called Sprint and they told us they’d give us an extension until the rebate came in. But we’d have to pay $200 every two weeks to keep our phones active. Wow, gee, cause waiting on the rebate doesn’t give away the fact that maybe we don’t have the money right now?

So I’ve been paying the Sprint bill’s $200 every two weeks for a few weeks now and our next payment was due on my birthday. So we went and paid the bill before class. We’ve paid phone bills on the day it was due before, no big deal. Well part of the reason why our phone is turned off is because the automated system is saying we have a past due amount. But we paid the bill. And I’m really annoyed with this because since we don’t have a lot of money right now, I had to sacrifice birthday money to pay that stupid bill. So it better had went though!

Everything just sucks right now. And I’m trying really hard to not let it all eat me up. But sometimes, like today and last night, it’s hard to focus. I wish I could spend the rest of the day just sleeping but I have a ton of things to do today and Wednesday is pretty much my only free day to get things done… *sigh.

Well, I guess by now it’s pretty obvious that Spring is finally here!

And with Spring… comes spring cleaning! Yay! Normally I like this time of the year, everything feels and smells so much more… fresh . I came across some articles on The Nest here. I’m slowly working on the cleaning out your hard drive part. Slowly, but surely!

And I don’t know about you guys, but around here… when warm weather comes… so do the bugs! I live in an area that’s in front of a large grassy hill with trees. So you can imagine all the weird, creepy bugs we get around here! I mostly deal with Varied Carpet Beetles, Spiders and Silverfish in my house/room and by the middle of Summer, I’m begging for Winter to come back to get these bugs out!!

Varied Carpet Beetles and Silverfish are kinda like moths. They attack fabric, paper, dust (Carpet Beetle larva, when you squish it, it literally turns into dust. It’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life), book glue, etc. and I have a lot of books sitting around my floor (I have a lot of everything sitting around on my floor) and so I invested in some bins during the Winter in hopes of cleaning and dusting my room before the warm weather hits.

But I’m sure, you all know, once the weather changes, people are more prone to getting sick. I’m actually, right now, getting over a flu that I’ve had for a week and a half (which might explain the lack of entries). I’m on Spring Break right now too, so I’m hoping to get some time to get something done soon! It’s just hard getting into cleaning my room… there’s so much to get done and with my OCD, sometimes cleaning just isn’t on the top of my to-do list! Though it probably really should be…

I’m hoping for a good decent cleaning today today… but it looks doubtful lol! I’ve got so much cleaning up to do that I don’t even know where to start! Don’t worry, when I finally get down to it, I’ll be sure to post before and after pictures!

I found this article to be… helpful. Even though it’s “fake cleaning” it sounds so much more like real cleaning lol!

Can I just say, my husband is perfect?

I don’t mean perfect as in he has absolutely no flaws (cause believe me, I could write an extremely long list of his flaws). Flawless M, I knew you were a liar, everyone has flaws dear. And I don’t mean perfect as in he says the right things at the right time, cause 80% of the time, he doesn’t. 80% of the time he actually makes me feel worse and sometimes that wasn’t his intention. Other times its because he doesn’t sugar coat things. And I deserve that, I don’t sugar coat things either. You get what you give. And I don’t mean perfect as in he treats me to fancy dates. We’ve never been to a fancy restaurant where I had to dress up and our idea of “date” apparently means playing video games and running around the mall together. I don’t mean perfect as in he’ll stay up with me all night and comfort me over the phone. The first year, okay yeah. But after that? If he’s asleep there’s no way in HELL he’s picking up his phone. I could be drowning the entire town in my tears and he probably STILL wouldn’t wake up.
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I thought I’d have more pictures to share this week, but I guess I don’t! I was pretty much sick all week. I’m feeling  a lot better today, but I still have this really icky cough.

I do this on my personal blog, I gather up all the pictures of the passed week and do a weekly review of my week. Let me know if you guys like this or not.

Last Sunday husband came over and we sat around and watched movies. At Chicken Noodle Soup and relaxed.

Also tore open the Williams-Sonoma Easter sour bunny gummies! I love these! I tried them last year and fell in love! I only like the lime ones though. They’re so sour and chewy and OMG. Delicious!

I also finally finished Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott. This was such a good read! I still have to do a review on this. I just hate how when I read a good book, I postpone reviews because I never think it’ll do it enough justice. But this was a really good book and I’m now a huge fan of Elizabeth Scott’s writing!

Monday was our last day of our first class at University of Phoenix. I don’t have a picture of the spread of food we had, and man we had a lot! Sad to be leaving GEN/195, I liked our teacher and the class was pretty laid back. Now tomorrow we’re starting a new class!

Tuesday I wasn’t feeling too well, I thought it was the birth control I started taking again to regulate my period, but whatever it was… I just wasn’t feeling well at all. We went to the bank and ran some errands before class. Husband took me to The Grocery Outlet since I’ve never been there and he swore they sold MRE’s there. Well they didn’t, but I did discover these…

OMGOMGOMG! I haven’t seen these since the 90′s! Viennetta ice cream cake was my favorite FAVORITE ice cream cake when I was a child. Seriously, I LOVED this stuff! I can’t believe I forgot about it! I hate how they don’t sell these in grocery stores anymore! I was seriously freaking out. Everything in The Grocery Outlet was amazingly cheap. Stuff I normally pay $5 for! They don’t have a super large selection but they do have a lot of really good stuff there including this! OMG. When I get better! So going back to get a bunch of these!!

After class, we headed over to Borders so I could buy The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott.

She’s holding a contest/giveaway on her blog. If you send her a picture of your purchased book and receipt, she sends you an additional novel for free! I just got my additional novel in yesterday, haven’t opened it yet so I don’t know what it is!

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I’ve been sick all week and a bit on the search for something that will silence my cough through the night since I stay up all night coughing. I’m not exactly allowed to take NyQuil as I mentioned in my previous post why, so I picked these up at Target the other day in hopes they would work. Besides they have that AM/PM thing going on and I never tried that before. On the front, it seems to have every symptom I had covered. They had another one that looked exactly like this but was called something else… I never know what’s the big difference between these things…

So after I was running around Target singing at the top of my lungs “The Wizard & I” (and acting it out) and after my husband had to calm me down (who surprisingly wasn’t embarrassed and just followed me around laughing) I decided on these over the other ones.

I took the Day pills when I got home and after I had lunch. I can’t say if they really helped since I took a nap right after I took them. But according to my husband, I didn’t seem to have a hard time breathing and I wasn’t coughing in my sleep. So that’s a good sign! All I remember was how uncomfortable it was to sleep on the couch *shrug*.

I took the Night pills last night and I took it right before my shower in the even that it might make me drowsy. I didn’t check to see how many hours apart you were suppose to take these. By the time I had gone to bed, I think it had been four hours later and no, the PM did not make me drowsy (bummer). It wasn’t too helpful with my symptoms either, I didn’t have a runny nose but I was still coughing and my throat was still painfully sore. It did have a much more “cool burst” effect than the Day pill did. It was actual a nice effect and it made everything feel minty. Sleeping last night was horrible.

This morning I checked the box and it said to take every 2-4 hours which might explain why the Night pill didn’t work too well before I went to bed, in my opinion this is the downside to Tylenol. While other pain relievers last up to 6 hours, Tylenol is usually 2-4 hours. I did take the Day pill again this morning and if I’m not mistaken, it actually made me drowsy! Which was odd. It had a much more intense “cool burst” effect now that I had been awake through it. It seems as long as you’re getting that “cool” sensation, your symptoms will subside. It did a great job of handling my cough, my sore throat, my stuffy nose and my headache as well.

Overall, I’m pleased with this product. I’d give the Night pill another try, but other than that, I think I’ll stick to the Day pills when using this product .

Disclaimer: I wasn’t contacted, paid, or asked to do this review. I purchased this product with my own money.