My Life

Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson-both in one day...I don't want to know what's next.

I am just about finished with my seminar;
Have a baby shower tomorrow;
Meet with Dr.Bowen Monday 10:30am for seminar look-over
Psych final at 1pm
Teach 3-6
Study for Genetics/Chronic Diseases w/Katie Mon Eve
Tuesday, Genetics/Chronic Diseases final
Then Inspiration Corporation presentation
Wednesday is the long awaited Seminar presentation and then mandolin lesson at 8pm
Thursday is NOTHING, accept teaching a private lesson and I like that
Friday is poster presentation with Cathy for our research project on marital status and lifestyle changes
Private lesson in the evening with Mariam and then we shall stroll over to the wine bar for a celebratory wine!
I also have to work at housing throughout the week but I will leave that out so I don't have to figure out how to work that in to final week!
6 MORE DAYS TIL FREEDOM!

Seriously, I can't do more than 3 steps without dying...i don't know how he gets through FORTY!



40 Step Fling

Today is officially the last day of my Spring Break. I was plenty busy with the usual buzz of teaching dance throughout last week and piled on 7 hours of working (which is much more than I usually do in one day), went to the dentist for a cleaning and have "excellent" oral hygiene :), was able to work out 2 of the days off(for the first time in about 3 months), got my taxes started, went to the zoo with cc and chrissy, my parents came up and visited, we went to a Korean restaurant, got ice cream, played Life, I got to play my mandolin for my mom hardly got any school work done in all of the busy days I had. It was fun, relaxing and wish I had forever to continue with this way of life. I am not looking forward to going to back to school and having to cram in order to get my 20 min professional seminar finished, a paper with presentation for public health and a questionnare/poster/professional research paper assignment with Cathy. 
FUN!

DONE WITH SCHOOL FOR THIS SEMESTER!! YAY!!!

There are only 2 weeks left of school. excited.
Class was cancelled today b/c my teacher was stuck in Atlanta, apparently so I went to work for 4 hours.
I can't wait until i don't have to be thinking about what I should be doing when I 'm not doing it...can't wait.
i will try to get off of the internet now.
and study.
more.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! I am so very thankful for this day off!! You?

It just drives me a little crazy to know that the students around me are blatently cheating on their exam in one of our easiest classes. I didn't know if I should tell someone or do nothing...something within me thinks that we live on the honors program but sometimes I let it slide. I work so hard in my classes and this is what I see from my fellow students??
So I ran into the teacher after the test and told him that I didn't know what to do about it during the test but that I saw two people cheating and they got up and left before I finished so I didn't say anything during the time. He left it up to me if I wanted to email him their names or if I wanted to approach the people myself and give them a couple of sleepless nights by telling them I saw them and I wasn't sure about what I was going to do about it yet (but really not do anything more). He reminded me that, it will catch up with them; eventually. Weither sooner or later, it will catch up with them.
It difficult because these are people that are doing very well in the class and I thought that one of them was one of the smartest ones in my class of professional students. Whether she is or not, I have less respect for her 'determination' and 'ability'.

Some how I managed to get away from the stupidity of the Joliet Junior College campus and the water that went with it. However, I can't seem to escape the unavoidable-being surrounded by stupidity. I really don't think the following situation is that difficult to handle:
A package arrives at the building that my office is in, only on the 2nd floor and not where my office is, on the 3rd floor. However, the package is clearly marked to go to me, with my title, which the woman who has been working the desk would know to send it up to the 3rd floor. Instead, she calls me and I don't get the call (because I'm in class) but she also does NOT leave a message. I see I missed the call an hour later and call. Luckily (for the woman), she is out to lunch. Not so lucky for myself, I get the young chicky behind the desk covering the woman's lunch break. Young chicky tells me that the woman tried calling me and couldn't get a hold of me and somehow found out that I don't live here anymore. So she had the package marked returned to sender and gave it to the postal worker to leave with.
Ok. First of all. Of course I don't live there anymore-I never lived there. 2ndly, the package is clearly marked that it is for me and to be sent up to my office. 3rd, she did a crappy job of 'trying to get ahold of me'. She called once and didn't leave a message. I'd say she gets an A for effort.

NOT.

Lastly, who returns a package within minutes of having it delivered??? Especially if you can't get ahold of the person. I mean they could have tried a couple more times or waited until next day. Come on people-I work there.
Whatever. I changed my shipping address.

I have lots going on so no time to write.
School is good thus far. I have a study group to go to with some friends 2-3 times a week. Minoring in psychology is so far time consuming but it's interesting. I love my new apartment. Except when the people who live next door have their t.v. up far too loud...I start teaching tomorrow in Lemont. I will be teaching on Tuesdays and Satrudays this semester and I teach a private lesson out of my home on Wednesdays. I hope that the extra cash will purchase a mandoline that I've been eyeing at the Chicago Music Exchange.
I (and Ashley) got called about about a week or 2 ago to join an Irish dance touring troupe that would tour Canada this fall. Unfortunately they needed us to leave within 4 days of getting their phone call and since we have a dance company, a lease, a new school year and an internship to follow through on we turned it down. They want us to keep in touch, though...they are touring Australia next fall... ::swoon::
I finally brought my bike up to the new place and bought all the fun things to go with it; helmut, lock, seat and tried putting the new seat on today so I could ride it tomorrow. Well, I can't get the current seat off because the bolt is forever stuck. i really didn't think I would have to put anymore money into this but it looks like I will be riding my bike with it's hot pink handle bars down to the bike shop to see if they can help me out. If not, my butt's gonna be really sore by the time I get back home.
Donn has his second surgery on Thursay morning. This one will be for his left arm. Please pray for him; a successful surgery and speedy recovery. Thank you so much in advance.

I have been briefly looking around for a new place to live lately because I currently pay far too much for where I live now. I looked in Bridgeport, Pilsen, around UIC…the day that I had made an appointment to view an apartment on Polk and not being satisfied I decided to venture further.  Ashley and I walked down Oakley and finally down Bishop where we found 2 that could be keepers. We made an appointment to view them within an hour of each other and fell in love with 910 Bishop. It is the 3^rd floor apartment of a clean building with 2 bedrooms, a good sized kitchen, bathroom and living room. Not to mention a good-sized closet in each bedroom. Plus, there is a gas fireplace, big living room window and a porch-a porch big enough for a table and grilling. We were hooked.

After making the appropriate phone calls and having the right feeling in our gut, we asked to see it again, check the final things to check for just-in-cases and decided to sign the lease. We move in August 1^st !! We are looking for some typical household items, mainly furniture, so if you have something you think we may appreciate, present the idea and see what happens. Also, if anyone would be so gracious to possibly let me borrow a moving device (ie a truck, trailer, etc.) or accompany me while I move, this graciousness will be accepted.

 

Event:	Counting Crows & Maroon 5
Venue:	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL
Event Date:	August 22, 2008
Event Time:	7:00 PM
Notes:	Supporting Act: Sara Bareilles

WHO IS GAME? I can get $26 lawn seats (does not include taxes). There may be a limit of how many I can order, so first come, first served!

I check my friend's page on livejournal just about every other day, but somehow it's still been 3 weeks since I last updated.
Things have been really busy. You name it, it's happened. I will only share some of the details with you. My birthday was great-thank you to everyone who participate in the 2 weeks of birthday celebration. I had Tagg over for many days over the last month, he cooked for me :), my sister came up, Christina;the girls I work with threw me a celebration on our floor. Over the 2 weeks, we had good food, tons of treats and a couple glasses of wine.  I started my fiddle lessons (which rock), playing more of my guitar everyday--how could I not; we currently have 3 in our apartment. 
June 19th Tagg had his first surgery on his shoulder. It went so very well that everyone was surprised. There was a lot of pain once all the numbness from the nerve block wore out, but he's doing really well now-no pain killers besides simple Tylenol for about 4 days now! He is healing miraculously fast. Praise God for that. A few days before he was supposed to move down to Missouri with his parents, our dear friend Sonny offered Tagg a room at his place. We moved him in there this last weekend. Sonny and his family are so kind and have been very helpful and concerned to help Tagg out when necessary. I must say though, the man's been doing really well for someone with technically one arm...He was able to start physical therapy on Monday and goes 3 days a week. He wasn't supposed to start PT for a few weeks-months so this is a true blessing. The PT facility even picks him up from home since he can't drive yet.
Other fabulous news includes many people around me growing in their walk of life and it is truly thrilling. But this is the portion that I will not share too many details with you.
I'm looking for an apartment for the next school year. I need somewhere that is just about as nice but cheaper in price than my current place. I am taking out loans to live here and I just can't stomach the thought of that anymore. I've also decided to continue on my current track with school instead of changing my major. I just want to finish school and settle down and all that non-sense. If I would change my major to business besides having to take 2 more math classes, I would extend the time that I have left to be in school for at least 3 more years. Yuck. Besides, I want to get my MBA eventually so I'll just stick to the original plan. 
I have to get back to the job that I desperately need holiday from so off I go...until next time. 
Have a spectacular Independence Day!

We are having the birthday shindig at 6:30 at my apartment. Come early, come late, just let me know you are comning so that I can let you in. Bring a dish to pass if you can. If not, hopefully everyone else will be bringing something yummy!!
See you there!

52 As a 1930s wife, I am Average Take the test!

The first event for the intern floor was last night. We went to Navy Pier to see fireworks. The weather was so beautiful, we walked from Halsted to State then took the 29 bus the rest of the way. On the way back, we walked down Roosevelt again because it was still awesome out. After the fireworks, we went to a restaurant/bar on the Pier called Charlies Ale House. Granted, I didn't try any of Charlies Ale but I split potato skins with Abby that were so-so. I really didn't care at the time, though, because the walking had made me so hungry! It felt like I had been playing basketball for a few hours.

I met a bunch of interns who all seems to dually enjoy the opportunity to get out and socialize. Lot's of people from lots of different places doing lots of different things this summer. Tons of personalities to interact with-and to think I almost didn't go. I'm glad I went.

Say hello to the Summer Intern Coordinator! Yes, I got the job. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. I suppose they paid off.
Therefore, I will be living in Chicago for the summer. Free housing :) and a huge city full of fun, free things to organize and do as well.
With that being said, if there are things that you know ahead of time that I need to take off for, let me know as soon as you can, so I can get the days off (like showers, weddings, etc.)And MOST OF ALL: feel free to come and visit me WHENEVER YOU WANT. I like company and I'll have a new summer crash pad.
:)Cheers!

OK, SERIOUSLY. It's been 6 weeks since I last posted. so sorry. No one said anything so maybe I wasn't missed, but I don't care. I'm posting anyway. I don't really have anything to say. I was just flabergasted (sp?) when I saw how long it had been since I last posted. So what:
I'm back at school.
Started to rely on caffeine again.
Don't have time to work out.
Started Highland dancing last week. Go Scottish!
I'm drinking alot of water; except today so far b/c I forgot my water bottle.
I still love teaching dance and my students never cease to amaze me.

Until next month....
or something.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car): Oscar Pontiac

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Chocolate Nike

3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal): Teal horse

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): Faye Corona

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): CruLa

6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Teal Latte

7. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers): Larry John

8. STRIPPER NAME (favorite perfume, favorite candy): Heaven Muskateer

10. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Christiansen Chicago

11. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Autumn Lily

12. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Strawberry Scarf

13. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Cheerio Elm

I am still alive just too busy to post or even read other people's posts. I apologize. If you have some thing important that you want me to know about you should probably just call me; or email...I'll get to the email faster than the post but the phone is the best.
Lowdown:
*school-still here; still crazy
*study-I do plenty of this. I probably do more of this than sleep.
*Dreads-I dreaded Tagg's hair this weekend. I am an awesome girlfriend.
*caffeine-I love this stuff and must consume everyday. Take me out to coffee soon please.

ok fine. back to the school thing.

Saturday I was able to go home and see the Tagg.

Sunday I had a dance performacne at a church that went extremely well. Afterward I went home, saw my family and hung out with my precious Mike the Cat.

Monday was the first day of school. After my first class, my dad called me to tell me they had to put Mike the Cat the sleep. He broke his femur and while in the vet they found he had kidney and metabolisms problems. Monday sucked.

Tuesday was another day of classes and a meeting on my floor that was partially motivating and partially distracting. I have to tell myself over and over that I will not change my major, I will not change my major.....

Wednesday was a crazy, overwhelming day at school. I went home after working 3 hours and after all my classes were over to study my face off. I got an email from my supervisor wondering why I left work early-apparently I was supposed to work later than I thought the schedule stated. LAME. Then after getting my 'daily call' from home, I got to studying. I was up til midnight.

Thursday is today and luckily my hardest class was let out early. I printed up some lecture notes and other misc. things that had to be done on the computer and decided to give ya'll on livejournal an update. I am off to my biochem class at 1:30-2:20 then I offered to cover for a girl at work for an hour right after class. Afte rthat, I will be heading home again, study my face off(well, at least read the 2.5 chapters that were assigned on Monday but I couldn't get to until now b/c my book JUST came in yesterday)and then go to sleep early, I hope. Since I have some time to spare, I think I will go sit in the lounge and attempt to study.
Thanks in advance for your prayers.
God Bless

I’ve considered myself a perfectionist for some time now….I’ve recently decided that instead of aiming for perfection, I will now aim to reach for excellence.

I think Michael J. Fox said it best, “I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.”

This becomes increasingly important for myself to remember as the school year approaches once more. Going to a new school, living away from home and overall having a new life to get used to will be a fresh start and a wide opening for the temptation of perfection. Well, I’ll tell you what perfection: You’re not welcome at my door-sorry.

Alright, I'm getting really antsy. I really wish that I had that hair like that the dolls from back in the day where you turned a lever and her hair grew right out. Mine is not growing out naturally fast enough....and it's making me want to dye my hair even more. I need to re-dye my hair but have no idea what I really want to do with it. Any suggestions?

Friday was my eldest sister's birthday so the family went to The Cajun Connection in Utica for her celebration. The place was pretty cool, family owned and many interesting eats. I had far too much fried food, however, and my body threatened to dis-own for the rest of eternity if I did that to it again.

Saturday I finally got around to(and finished) my service project for church. I then got talked into taking The Boy and Jessica to try seafood for the first time. I had to look up directions to Bob Chinn's Crab House online then I went and worked out; came home and got ready to go.
Halfway to the restaurant I thought that I may have missed one of my exits so I pulled off the interstate and we looked at the map. We realized that Wheeling was a heck of a lot further than I intended and decided that 'hey, since we just pulled off the interstate in Schaumburg, let's just find something here'. So What do you know, the next thing we see is Joe's Crab Shack so we ate there instead. We all enjoyed our dinners while we were there but not so much the wait staff dancing to the macarana as if they were getting paid for it--oh wait, they were....
Afterward, we stopped by the Woodfield mall b/c it was right across the street. Jessica had to pick something up that wasn't at the Joliet VS and then we went to the Cheesecake Factory to bring home a slice.

Unfortunately after we all went our seperate ways home, I got a call from The Boy asking suggestions of what he should do because he had a list of horrible symptoms which I concluded at the time to be either food poisening or the flu. He needed some meds, so I drove back out to Joliet at 1:30am and tried nursing him back to health. Sunday he was a little better in the morning and I had to pick my mom up for church so I left him to sleep. We both thought he was doing a little bit better but almost all his symptoms came back just as bad by the late afternoon so I headed back over and sat at his bedside again. He was not well enough to go into work this morning so I called in for him and he has a doctor's appointment tomorrow just in case something else can be done for him (and get a dr's note in case he doesn't go back to work in a few days). I'm driving him there because NOW he's also light headed. :(
Seriously, please pray for him if you would. It seems that when he gets sick, he gets REALLY sick and it stays around far too long. Between it really sucking to be sick and missing work, it just isn't a good thing.

I'm grateful that I have been okay after this weekend, well, after Friday anyway. Since Saturuday my stomach has felt a little unhappy and now my cold symptoms are coming back but not to the extent at which I felt at any point on Friday.

I'm helping with the church's VBS tonight and tomorrow. Wednesday I have an interview up at UIC for an on-campus job. It's a 2 in 1 interview :) Before my interviews I'm actually going to be able to check out my apartment for the first time too. yay! My sister had an idea for Ashe and I to throw a dorm-warming party...invites a bunch of people, have some snacks and make like a registry for the things we need. I thought it was a cute idea and have never thought of it before for the college student...what do ya'll think??

I took care of CC's pets this weekend as well. She has the coolest Cat, the hungriest Beta and the craziest lizards, hands down. Hope your Holiday to the West Coast was super!!

Yes, I just said super.

So there.

If you could pray for Barbara, she is having some financial difficulties and tomorrow is a big day to find out good or bad news(tomorrow will tell). I have been asked by a friend of mine to pass this on. Please help her out.
God bless,
laurenfaye

Today, I got to work and was sent to the cyber. I sat on the computer all day and after reviewing all my inboxes and returning messages, I sat for too many hours and updated my picture site. I did some re-organizing, deleting within the site and then I went into my profile for work and my pen drive and got a bunch of pictures off of those and organized some more. I am still not ready to display the link, though. There is too much work that still has to be done, but I assure you once it is complete, it will be far more organized than ever before.

I didn't mean to spend the entire work day doing this, it just happened. I really wanted to get more reading done for my SMI class but that didn't happen-perhaps tomorrow.

I think now, I am going to go to target and return my bermudas that I bought 2 weeks ago that I need a different size in and find a kite. I really want to fly one either tonight or tomorrow. If you're up for it, let me know-but I'm going.

Yeah, I haven't posted in 2 weeks now- I know I have seen and hung out with a few of you so you know I'm still alive so I suppose I should let ya'll know my hands are still functioning. Nothing really new to update on...I'm getting plenty of reading done during the slow hours of work, studying for my Burean class, spending far too much time on facebook and myspace. I am beginning to pull together the final necessities that have to be done for UIC. I have to mail my remaining transcripts, my immunizations and find out how my financial aid works...

It's beautiful out and I wish I had more time to spend outdoors. I want to go walking in the woods, perhaps a bit of hiking. I want to go rock climbing, kite flying, fishing, picnicing, and bike riding. I want more time in the day and more days of the week. Oh and I'd like things figured out on the relationship front. Sometimes it is so darned confusing. I'm the type of person that wants things done and I want them done NOW.I'm getting better at going with the flow, letting things happen naturally and slowly recovering from perfectionism. One thing at a time, right??

I think my problem right now is that I want to DO things and I want people to do them with-and if you know me at all, I am not usually like that. I usually want to be by myself. So this is new and weird for me so if you want to do something listed above (or something relationally close) tell me and let's hang out. Probably the more the merrier too, keep that in mind.

My organic chemistry is finally over and I am proud to say that I don't have to take another chemistry class in my life.


I hope.

heh.

I really don't think I do.

Anyway. I has been nice sitting on the computer all day doing things that I need to do. For instance check all the emails that have gotten backed up from over the last month or so, paid some bills, attempted working out a budget (I at least know that I am officially in debt) ;), did some writing, burned some c.d.s, attempted finalizing UIC admission info. It would be nice if could figure out everything in a fast manner. Why? Well if i need to quit my job in order to go to school next semester, I need to make sure everything is in line for going to school (i don't want to quit my job and find out --and with my luck may happen--that I can't go). If everything that I needed to do solely relied on just me, it would get done without a hitch and in good time. The fact that i have to rely on other people for multiple reasons really slows the process down and causes me to become anxious about the situation because I begin to feel that things are not getting done fast enough. Alright, I'm probably not interesting anyone (but myself) with my rambling and probably scaring the pants off of Ashe. I'm not trying to darlin'--really. I'm just thinking out loud.

Alright, my weekend officially begins. Peace out.

Pimp your poodle!
yes.
that is what I saw today while opening my inbox this afternoon. It made me chuckle. Now I am simply troubled that I don't have anything better to say about it.

Some of you were asking and I finally have the answer for you after such an agonizing wait:
I got an 87% on my test!! wh00t!
Do you know what that means in my 6 week organic chemistry class?? 
An A. Yes, apparently an 87% is the cut off for an A.
Currently getting an 85% so rock your socks.

Your past life diagnosis:

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I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Portugal around the year 1325. Your profession was that of a jeweler or watch-maker.

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Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Inquisitive, inventive, you liked to get to the very bottom of things and to rummage in books. Talent for drama, natural born actor.

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The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
The world is full of ill and lonely people. You should help those, who are less fortunate than you are.

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Do you remember now?

I want to make a point to apologize to everyone out there who this blog pertains to. Okay, where to start:

I know that I have been busy in the past (usually ridiculously busy) and I am still busy now but since it is summer time, my schedule has opened up and I have seen and talked to more of you more often as of late.

So I would like to say that I am so terribly sorry from the bottom of my heart and soul for those of you who ever thought that I just didn't have time for you. Even when I was crazy-busy and I thought I didn't have any free time, I thought that I did what I could with the time that I had when you needed me: whether it would be to talk to you on the phone, pay you a quick visit, enjoy a cup of coffee with you, send you an email, etc.  I always try to not exclude but include, I have a tendency to people-please, yes, but it comes entirely from my heart. I don't feel that it is something I have to do but that it is something I tend to do because it just seems right. I have encountered the sting of someone not having time for me and not being able to make enough time for me now and first it made my blood boil, then it made me sad and now I just feel sick.

So if you have ever thought that I would be there for you and I wasn't or that I 'just didn't have enough time for you' then I am so terribly sorry. You have no idea how sorrowful I am to know that I may have made other people feel this way. Please let me know so I can tell you personally that I am so sorry. I hope that it will only help me to not do it to you again in the future... 

I don't mean to insult anyone out there reading this that may take it personally; I may have hurt you in the past as well. I just want everyone to know that I am sorry if I ever hurt them. This apology is for you too.

I PASSED!

 

WITH A C!

C IS MY NEW BEST FRIEND.

I'd like to know what everyone thinks after reading this news brief in the link below. I'd almost like to see the movie...but not b/c of "Jesus" drinking the soda...

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21506827-2,00.html

Well, I finally got my acceptance letter.
I'm going to UIC in the fall--
IF I pass my torturous chemistry classes.
Prayers are being widely accepted.

"You wrote a really good exam...probably the best in the class. You're pretty quiet but you're a very bright young lady."

Alrighty, then. I sure will take my A- and smile about it.

Two Names You Go By:

1. la
2. faye

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:

1. pink hoodie
2. black leggings

Two Things You Would Want in a Relationship:

1. Trust
2. passion

Two of Your Favorite Hobbies:

1. singing
2. Listening to music

Two Things You Want Really Badly At The Moment:

1. my headache to go away
2. my face to quit freaking out

Two pets you had/have:

1. Mikey
2. Reebok

Two people who will fill this out:

1. CC already did
2. no one…I’m posting on lj

Two things you did last night:

1. typed my chem. Lab report
2. finished my case study

Two things you ate today:

1. munchos
2. oatmeal with brown sugar

Two Things You're doing tomorrow:

1. Roosevelt for management class
2. teaching kids to dance

Two Favorite Holidays:

1. Christmas
2. Thanksgiving

Two favorite Alcoholic beverages:

1. Amaretto stone sour
2. Riunite Lambrusco Wine

Two Things You Can't Live Without:

1. Love
2. gloves

Wow, I haven't updated in a while.
Christmas was truly great this year. I wasn't concerned with recieving(which I'm usuallynot anyway, but I was not even remotely concerned about it). I was so content with just spending time with my family and my (new) boyfriend's family. It was so great to see them and spend time with them and truly get to know them. I haven't ever got to really know them until Christmas Night. I came over, we had dinner that his brother prepared, opened presents and then drove to Shorewood to catch up and have coffee with some other friends. It was so great.

New years Eve was pretty good. We (Tagg and I) had plans on going to St. Charles to visit Matthew and Roxy and hang at their get-together. Tagg came down pretty sick the morning of and ended up staying in, sleeping all day and ended up not coming with in the evening. I completely understood--who would want to be away from home feeling ill and not be able to sleep or rest b/c of the drunken newb down stairs yacking in the loo? After have experienced that (watching her pass out and then hearing her in the loo from upstairs) I was relieved I didn't talk him into coming with after all--though I did miss him; It was our first New Years Eve as a couple and more than an hour away. I got over it. There's always next year.

Break continued. Break from school, work at the school and teaching. I enjoyed it immensely. It's too bad I can't always be on holiday. I sure miss the paychecks though. I am so broke that after recieving the one paycheck after Christmas and paying bills with it, I had no money to pay for my textbooks for classes....so I will have no books until I get some money or break down and charge them all to a credit card. I REALLY don't want to do that. I'm gonna see if I can borrow from some teachers first(sometimes they have extras) and/or see if I can get them really cheap somewhere...somehow...
So if anyone happens to have the chemistry 101 text and bio240(microbio) that jjc uses, feel free to toss them (gently) my way.

I am so full of positive energy this day it is almost too much for me to handle. I am probably glowing....I even taught 3 and 4 year olds this morning and still ended up in a good mood. Crazy, right? If you know me, you should know it is pretty crazy.

I keep tossing around resolutions for this year (no, i haven't made any yet) but can't decide on just one or at least one that I think I will definitly follow through on. I don't need anymore stress in my life and having something like a new years resolution to worry about would actually stress me out more, so it needs to be something stress-free or pretty close. Any ideas? what are your new years resolutions?

Speaking of stresss, I have begun to really evaluate myself and understand what drives me and makes me feel the way I feel in different situations; what causes stress for me, what I need to do about it and how to start. I have always wanted to do 100 things at once and suddenly don't really want to anymore. I don't like the way it makes me feel. In the past doing 24 things 24-7 was the way I HAD to be. Now I don't want to do that all the time and know that I can enjoy what is going on even without doing anything. Doing nothing is OKAY! Yes, it's okay to have a night in to yourself or sit around once in a while and relax with a movie or t.v. show and not have to worry about what needs to be done or go to lunch with some friends after church instead of studying till I fall asleep on my books or take time to sit and listen to everything someone has to say before interjecting with my opinion/advice/defense because there is time to hear it all and there will be time for my opinion/advice/defense if it is called for.

I dont know if these are things another other typical college student/24-year old/dance instructor/Christian/perfectionist has to actually come to a realization about but apparently I had to come to it and I finally did. Perhaps it's the company I have been placed with recently. I have come to truly appreciate more than I have in years--perhaps this is who I was before and just letting myself back there again now...In fact I can't tell you the last time I have even been THIS reflective. Perhaps I should start a seperate blog for being reflective b/c I wouldn't doubt if the majority of people who actually read my livejournal may not even care to read this...

It makes one wonder.

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In June I invaded Iraq, broke it, and couldn't glue it back together before Mom got home (-1012 points). In April I put money in archangel2552's expired parking meter (14 points). In October I bought porn for iulia_achaia (-10 points). In January I farted in an elevator (-6 points). Last Thursday I gave sakurahime a life-saving blood transfusion (50 points). Overall, I've been naughty (-964 points). For Christmas I deserve a spanking! Sincerely, faytanya

Write your letter to Santa! Enter your LJ username:

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal, and give out some letters of your own.

I was assigned the letter "R" from Qzarian.

1: Ramen: it is so good and oh-so-bad for me. I don't eat it enough!

2. Rock and Roll: Music feeds my soul and usually gets me through each day. You should try it.

3. Religion: God has become SO important in my life recently(He was before but so much more now) and it totally rocks. Do you know Him?

4. RAZR: my new phone IS the casbah.I really need a case and a car-phone charger for it. Oh and insurance...I should probably get on that.

5. Ric: my Dad is the best dad ever and a fun best friend. We go on a vacation just the 2 of us every year, LOVE french silk pie and experienced my first car accident with him. He's as random as I am and he's the coolest.

6. Rest: Getting enough sleep is lovely and usually necessary. It's fun to cuddle and fall asleep when you weren't planning on it, too.

7. Rubik's cube: I don't have one but I would like one b/c they are such a challenge and I think they are too much fun...you know, Christmas is coming..

8. Restaurants: I love going out to eat. I have been so poor as of late and have not gone out to eat in too long...and I think I'm loosing weight...I'm sure that scares you so gimme food!

9. Rolly Polly Ollie: The coolest looking kid's cartoon dealy ever. That whole show is too cute. I know, I'm lame. But you know I'm right.

10. Rhyming dictionary: You would not believe how much fun these things are. Yes, I am easy to please and yes, Christmas is 23 days away.

I love sunshine and not being sick.
Care packages are welcomed.

I put new pics on my pic site from the summer up til somewhat recent...the most reacent that I have anyway...They are in several catagories, all at the end of the lists.
www.snikwah.com/laurenfaye

I was driving my mom to work this morning (and myself to school shortly after) when I lose power steering, my battery lite comes on and my car's temp rises unusually fast. After eventually getting my mom to work(luckily we were right down the road) I called the auto shop and they got me in right away. I get my car back tomorrow after having the belt tensioner replaced and forking over $200. Luckly my dad has an abundance of cars and I got to drive his SWEET car today.
Unfortunately I missed my math class and my teacher does not have another section for me to sit in on so I am going to have to figure this stuff out myself. He has office hours today so that is nice. Hopefully I can get everything figured out today for this homework. It stinks b/c if we end up having perfect attendance in this class(which I have had thus far) we get like 20 bonus points at the end of the semester or something. Luckily if you miss just 1 class you can still get 15 points. sweet.

I haven't posted forever b/c I am consumed by science...and math. I am consumed by school work. I am wondering if I am a fulltime student at UIC, will I be this consumed, or more so....or less(though I doubt it). I have a part time option at UIC but it's my second choice...I probably shouldn't be considering it right now. No, it is NOT an option....:(
ANYWAY. I got my chem midterm back today and I got an A. Yay for my A. I have a bio quiz on and a math test on Wednesday. Wish me luck!!
I'm seeing a chiropractor in Frankfort regularly 2x/week for my back and neck . My back feel tons better. My shoulders and neck are a different story but I think that may have to do with my car accident in April and the change in the weather. Blargh
off to class again....yeah, i know pointless post. deal.

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They are healthy and playful.

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Juli sent me this and though I really shouldn't be making time to be checking my email or updating live journal, this was just too fun to delete:

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)
Oscar King

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your dads side, your
favorite candy)
Lois Kitkat

3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two of
your
middle name)
L Fa

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Rainbow Llama

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Faye Corona

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2
letters of your first name, first 2 letters of mom's maiden name and first 3
letters of the town you grew up in.)
Crulacomor

7. Terrorist Name: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name
spelled backwards)
Eyaf Narhcoc

8.SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, favorite drink)
The Rainbow latte


So for an update:
needless to say I have been too busy to even think about livejournal....I am taking three 4 and 5 credit science/math courses this semester and have homework every waking moment of my life. I did make time this weekend to see Wicked on Friday with Jim, I hung out with Ashe who came home from school, Spent some time with my family on Sunday/Monday and went to Dan's on Monday and played Texas Hold Em for the first time. Wicked was a gift for my birthday that was in June which I received from Jim but our tickets weren't to see the show until last Friday. It freakin' rocked. EVERYBODY should go see it. yes, even you. With Ashe we made ice cream shakes and played scene it, and as for Monday, I'm surprisingly not too bad at Texas Hold'em, even though it was my first time playing. I guess I can play that game well after having champaign but not able to play pool. What the heck? anyway, I will continue to check my email and get back to more math homework and studying for my first Bio quiz that i have tomorrow...pray if you will. they will be heard. :)

Ok, so I haven't updated in a while and no one has noticed I don't think because usually if it has been this long someone is poking me or sending anonymous messages to post. This is the last week of my summer class. My last final is tomorrow. I'm getting an A in the class.

I had work done at the dentist last week and I think he ended up screwing up my teeth, acutally. I never want work done again. Hopefully I shouldn't need anything more than cleanings. I'm waiting to see if I can wait and get used to how my teeth feel seeing as the 2 adjustment post fillings didn't seem to help but possibly made them worse. and now i have sensitivity. :(

Friday night I got to hang out with Roxy and Shay. I taught their dance class then we went to Denny's-which happen to make me feel sick and yucky so no more denny's meals for me. Not worth it. I remembered once i felt horrible why I don't ever eat at Denny's because the last time I did, guess what?! I got sick!

Saturday we celebrated my older sister's b'day and went out to breakfast. Then went to a friend's surprise b'day party. That was fun. and BTW I have never seen anyone get that drunk so fast. NEVER. After leaving the b'day party, Jim and I walked around Naperville and after getting oyster crackers from Walgreens made our way back to the riverwalk and fed the ducks. and let me tell you: those cute fuzzy babies up to the beautiful adult ducks can be pretty freakin' mean. Their nasty with each other when it comes to food. That was alot of fun, though. I really want to do that again.

We had plans to go to a friend's house and swim but by the time we got back home, realized we had to go back to Orland and pick up my car b/c it was left there from b/4 the party, and got back to the area, our friend's said it was too late because I had to get up early in the morning. That didn't make much sense to me...don't you think I would be able to decide if I thought it was too late to hang out? I'm not as young as I may look. oh well. We ended up going over there a couple days later and swimming at night. Yes, I survived.

Sunday I had my first liturgical performance with some dancers at the W Dance Studio in New Lenox. We were a success. We did great, had a fun time, laughed alot b/t peformances and the audiences loved us. I can't wait to do it again. We may be dancing at my church and another church that another dancer attends.

Over the weekeend I saw "find me guilty". It was a good movie. I suggest it to anyone that likes comedy regardless if you like Vin Deisil or not. Last night we watched UltraViolet. It was pretty imaginative but overall I liked it. Jim didn't like it as much which is surprising b/c HE'S the one with the imagination. Perhaps I liked it more b/c it was about a chick....no that doesn't make any sense either. who knows.

Summer dance session ended at my studio last night so no more ballet/tap/jazz for me until I go back in September (and still no tap...stupid biology class)unless I decide to drop into the W Dance Studio in New Lenox. I may do that. Dance this summer was fantastic. I only wish I could have been at more Tap classes. I have to teach on thursdays though so since my tap was tues/thurs. I missed thursday tap. ::sigh:: I still teach though until the week b/4 school starts this month.

I am going on vacation next week. YAY!! We leave on Wednesday and will be gone until Tuesday. I am starting to get excited about it. I just have to figure out this stupid retirement fund by the 7th for my job and it is driving me crazy. I am understanding the information on investing but unsure of what companies to go with that are on my list. barf.

Anyone know of anything fun going on this weekend? Looking for some thing fun to do on Saturday.

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I am in need of a TI 83+ calculator. Does anyone have one that I can borrow for a semester?? I do NOT want to buy one.
PLEASE?