The (Not-So) Ordinary Life and Times...

Where's my head?...still attached, amazingly.

1. I'm sick. I'm pretty sure I have a sinus infection. The quick and dirty student health center check-up left me with no diagnosis but a prescription for a decongestant with a "thinner." That sounds healthy.

2. My university has automatically enrolled me in a student health insurance plan that I don't want or need. But because I didn't reply to an email saying "I have health insurance," my parents are paying $928.00. Sound shady to you?

3. My birthday is Saturday. The big 22. Mom, Dad, Dan and I are going out to dinner. Yay for seafood!

4. I'm done with my PR internship in December. Part of me wants to get another internship for the spring semester, and part of me wants to have a little time off before graduation and job hunting, etc. I'll miss the money though. And perhaps my resume would look better with another internship experience?

5. Blogging by numbers is much easier than strings of thoughts in paragraph form.

6. RCIA is going very well. We meet our sponsors next week.

7. Dan is the best boyfriend in the world. He makes me take medicine when I can't swallow my own spit, but it's ok, I know he wants to make me feel better ;)

8. I really want to go out on Thursday for my birthday. Any takers?

9. I hate research class more than I thought I did.

10. I have a bad case of "I want to go shopping!"

11. I found myself listening to NPR in my car on the way to work this morning. I don't know whether to feel old or sophisticated.

12. Only 138 days until my cruise.

13. I'm only becoming more and more apathetic towards politics/political candidates.

14. Have a great week, everyone :)

 

Vacation = 152 days!

I'm really excited for Spring break. I  know, it's still almost five months away, but I'm going on a cruise!! Just to Key West and Cozumel, Mexico, but I'm still super excited. I'm getting a bad feeling that I've forgotte something, though. Like I already have choir committment over break or something....I'll find out when I go home I guess. It would make me sick to have to cancel my cruise:(

The Tudors

I'm obsessed! I watched the whole first season in  three days! Highly recommended.

I did it:)

Well the first RCIA class is under my belt. It wasn't too scary. Last night's topic was Jesus. Nothing too scary there. At this point I'm still an "Inquirer". After a ceremony call the Rite of Welcoming, I'll become a "Candidate". I think that's when I get a sponsor. Either way, I feel good about it.

It's been a slow day at work. I got some homework done, so that's always a good sign. I have to work some more tonight at Coach, but that's easy because I get to look at handbags all night:)

Tonight after work Lynell and Natalie and I are watching movies and drinking wine. I can't have too much wine because I have to get up at the butt-crack of dawn to be ready for choir rehearsal tomorrow. We have to be there at 8:40 a.m.!!! ABC said she would let us go early because we were originally supposed to start at nine, but I knew she wouldn't. I looked at the schedule, and lo and behold, we're singing right up until noon. Sigh. Then Daniel will be picking me up and we're driving to Omaha. First to see his sisters, mom and grandma for lunch I think, then meeting MY parents and going to the Elton John (yay!!) concert, then staying the night at his sisters' house, then going to Creighton to check out this Physical Therapy open house thing they're having, then driving back to Des Moines to meet my parents for dinner, then I have my choir concert at 8 p.m. I think it's a good thing I got most of my homework done. Phew.

RCIA

I start tonight...wish me luck. Any others out there "swimming the Tiber" as they say?

Here goes nothing...almost

So I start RCIA tonight. I almost waited. I'm still scared, but I knew that it's what I need to do. The RCIA coordinator at St. Francis is so nice and was willing to listen to me cry and blabber about my journey. (For the record -- I hate that word -- 'journey'. It makes you sound like you're lost. I'm not lost. I know exactly where I am and where I should be going.)

My first session is tonight. I'm coming in in week five, but Ann (RCIA coordinator) said she thought I'd be fine. Whew! I'm excited to finally get going. It just took me a while to get to this point. Wish me luck!