quick update on the life of marie

-passed my Marketing test! made a 75, but for having the flu the five days before the test and hardly getting to study, i was very happy with a C. lol.
-it's the weekend. that means only one more week until spring break. i think i can make it.
-i'm catching up on all my work at the newspaper. just did 2 out of 3 interviews i needed to do. now i'll just be writing all weekend.

OK, real update later tonight. :]

Lovesick

Spring fever has hit. Everyone is lovesick.
But I'm the exact opposite.
I cringe everytime I see a cute couple or hear lovey dovey talk.
It's hard for me to sit with a straight face while I listen to friends talk about their new relationships.
It's just all one big game to me.
I sit there and listen to friends tell me about the guy they've been hooking up with or their soon to be relationship. But truth be told, on the inside I just can't really handle it. I don't want a random hookup or just some month-long fling. I want the real deal, and I'm not going to settle until I find it.

i can never think of catchy titles anymore!

Today was interesting. Last night I decided to get in bed at 10:30 because I had a test this morning and wanted to get up early and eat breakfast. I took some pills before I went to bed since I'm still not 100% better, but I forgot that one of them usually makes me jittery. So, I couldn't really fall asleep. Then about an hour later I couldn't stop coughing, so I just sat up in bed and watched television for awhile and sucked on a cough drop. I finally fell asleep around 1 I think. What a waste of time lol. Anyways, so then I was woken up around 5:30 a.m. to the sound of my roommate. She plays World of Warcraft, and talks to the other people in the game through her little headset, and usually I don't hear her but she was being really loud this morning. I was just laying awake in bed listening to her, and I realized that the reason she was being so loud is because she had been drinking. What else is new. Then, I hear her tell whoever she was talking to that she smoked pot in the bathroom the other night. I remember waking up on Monday morning I think and the bathroom smelled like burnt popcorn, but I just assumed that it was from my suitemates because they are crazy. But no, it was definitely because my freaking roommate was smoking pot in the bathroom. Sigh. Oh the things you find out when other people think nobody is listening to them. But she just kept talking and talking and talking, and eventually like an hour later I just got out of bed because I was sick of laying there and it was about 6:45. I get up, and she is sitting there at the desk with 5 empty beer bottles. Sigh. It's a Wednesday morning. She didn't go to bed. She always does things like this but this was kind of extreme. I love her to death, but the fact that she doesn't care about school or sleep or her health really gets to me sometimes. Well anyways, then we went to go eat breakfast in the cafeteria and I went to go take my test and I'm not really sure how I did. It seemed a little better than the last test, but I was still definitely unprepared. So my day was definitely not off to a good start. I pretty much had four hours to kill before my afternoon classes started so I just went back to the room and hung out on the computer and started to watch Little Mermaid because I needed to be in a good mood. Then I went to Anthropology and brought my computer so I would have some form of entertainment besides taking notes. That class goes by so slow I swear. I just talked to my Dad on AIM for awhile and Facebooked and actually did take some notes too lol. But yeah, then I went to New Media, and for some reason all the computers in the Communication Building have been really really slow for the past few days so we only had class for an hour! I was so happy because that class is usually two and a half hours and I hate that so much. Then I went to work at the paper and happened to get to talk to my friend Jesse on Facebook while I was working, which actually made my day a lot better, so thank you if you're reading this. :P But yes, finished up at the paper, and now I'm back in my room watching American Idol and waiting for the new episode of LOST! And then after that I'm heading out to the movies with Garrett to see Slumdog Millionaire which I am excited to see for the second time! Fun times will be had by all. :] Wow, if somebody reads all that then kudos to you. :]

My Outlook

"IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE, TIE IT TO A GOAL, NOT TO PEOPLE OR THINGS."- Albert Einstein

That quote basically sums up how I've been feeling about life lately. In the past it's always seemed like I've based some of my decisions on what other people around me were doing. Like, my summer plans or possible graduation date, or even how many jobs I worked over the summer for instance. I have finally decided that I need to stop trying to rely on other people because honestly, the only person you can look out for and rely on is yourself. I don't care if you've got great friends or a great boyfriend, you can only rely on yourself to get what you want accomplished. This may sound selfish to some people, but it's the truth. And it's how I'm going to go about my life from now on. I'm an independent woman and that's how I'm going to come across from now on. I am going to graduate either next May or August, and move where I want regardless of any boyfriend at the time. I'm going to be looking out for number 1 from now on.

Most Boring Post Ever

Today was alright. Woke up at 10 and went to my 11 o'clock class. I couldn't stop coughing though and I hate to be that person in class like that lol. Then got some lunch and just watched television the rest of the afternoon. Studied some for Marketing tomorrow. I am really nervous. I bombed the first test so I need to at least pass this one. I have the basics down, but his tests are so hard, so I'm not sure what to expect. Fingers crossed. I finally got my appetite back so Courtney took me to get some Cane's a few minutes ago. Now I'm just watching The Office and then Sex And The City and then it's bed time! I forgot how much I loved sleep lol.

Last Sick Day

Today was the first day I have felt a little better. I haven't had fever in 24 hours. I still feel kinda loopy but I was able to function during the day today. Slept until 12 because I didn't go to any classes. Then Courtney and I went to go get some lunch, and we were sitting in the back room with the long tables because we were with some of her friends, and of course, Danny comes and sits with the group of people on the other end of the table. I actually put on jeans today and some cute shoes, but I had no makeup on and had my glasses on and I still looked like death lol. So I figured he wouldn't recognize me, but no. He was like, Hey Marie! I heard you weren't feeling well, hope you start feeling better soon! I was like, I'm pretty sure you didn't "hear" that I was feeling bad. I'm pretty sure that you saw on my Facebook that I was sick. lol. But I was like, well thank you. And that was that. lol Today *had* to be the day where I saw all the cute guys I ever thought were cute. sigh. Pretty much did nothing else the rest of the day. I got asked by these cool local musicians who own a record label in town to do a feature article on one of their new CDs, so that's pretty cool. Now that I've been writing for awhile it's awesome to have people come to me and ask me to write articles over them instead of vice versa. But yes, then I have a really big Marketing test on Wednesday. :/ I was planning on studying all weekend, but obviously I was on my death bed. I am so nervous. I was talking to my mother and she told me just to read one chapter tonight and one chapter tomorrow and make some notes and just try my best. That way I won't have just blown it off and won't have used being sick as an excuse. So hopefully I won't do too horribly. In some ways I think being sick helped cleanse my body. I had been feeling really rundown and stressed out the past couple weeks, and now I just feel more at ease. I am going to try and get a more normal sleep schedule and try eating more than just junk food lol. Spring break cannot get here fast enough!!!! 10 DAYS!!!!

Being Sick=no fun

I want to get well.
My fever wasn't as high today but now my throat feels better and it has moved down to my chest making my cough much worse. Great.
Not going to make it to any classes tomorrow which is definitely not good. Hopefully Tuesday I will be able to get more things done.
I've seriously been laying in bed watching reruns of America's Next Top Model for the last 6 hours. I hate being sick.