The last month... ( + 3 days)

Ok, so here's what I have been up to: I have a research paper due Monday that has to have (@ minimum) 10 pages of text...and I have yet to write anything. I'm still reading the articles trying to come up with some sort of cohesive application to my topic. I had a group presentation this past Wednesday on the ethics of abortion as it pertains to counseling. The presentation itself went pretty well...only it was to start at 1pm and I did not arrive until 1pm or a few minutes thereafter. I still have not found my watch (which I had when I moved in) so I'm not sure exactly what time it was. I was the first in the group to present and was supposed to meet my group at 12:30 to set things up. I left the house at 12:20 b/c it takes me about a minute and half to get to campus and a few more to walk to the building. Except there was no where to park, so I checked 2 other lots...repeatedly...for 40 minutes! Then I ran to the building in my high heeled boots (which hurt). So that was lots of fun!
Monday's class we talked about alcoholism and domestic violence...which always brings to my mind the summer/fall after graduation. Needless to say I cried after that class and did not feel like doing much. I'm not sure I ever really dealt with all of that. I know I have tried and have gotten as much closure as I can but when you witness something like that and are placed in that position and do all you can to help but to no avail...well it just leaves you feeling kind of empty. And no, I do not want to get into what I am talking about. If you don't know, be glad. Seriously.

Last Friday I met a classmate for dinner and then went and saw what the "mall" has to offer. Not bad, but definitely small. Not that I'm a shopper anyway! Adam came to visit last Saturday and we did discover that there is a Dairy Queen, so that was nice. We had an incredibly wonderful weekend. And while saying I love him may sound short, I assure you it is not. It's about as lenghy and in-depth as you can get.

The weekend before THAT I went home and helped him move...which was exhausting but I adore the new house. I didn't want to leave to come back but I had class. It took me a few more days to finally feel rested enough and by that time it was Thursday, which is my long day.

A few weekends before THAT I went home for the wedding of a high school classmate. A girl Adam used to date was in that wedding and it was the first time I have seen her since graduation from high school. I wasn't sure what to expect, since she did all sorts of things in high school in an attempt to make me miserable enough to quit dating Adam (which did not happen, obviously). But it went surprisingly well and I felt so good once I had seen her because it gave me a sense of peace that I have not had in a long time...if ever, since the situation began (i.e. when I started dating my Bf 9.5 years ago). Physically she had changed, but otherwise she was exactly the same, which was refreshing and unnerving at the same time. The bride looked like a princess, truly. I also was able to see my closest girl friend from high school for the first time since her engagement...so I saw her ring...which is beautiful and very flattering on her. She took me to get a French manicure as my birthday gift before we went to the wedding. Coincidentally, the wedding was the weekend after my birthday that week so I celebrated with birthday cake and my family that Friday night. Angela made me a butterfly cake this year that was beautiful! It wasn't a big present year...mostly practical gifts.

Well, I think that about catches y'all up-to-date.
Paper is due Monday, then I just have to work the rest of the week and my Thanksgiving break starts Friday morning, so long as I get in 4 extra hours earlier in the week. I could use comp time but I want to save it. Plus I have been trying to avoid getting sick. I had fever the other day and have been drinking orange juice to ward it off, even tho my stomach and orange juice no longer get along..even the low-acid kind.

And to put my baby in here...I had forgotten how much she loves this season! The leaves finally have started falling due to the wind this week and she enjoys walking through the piles of leaves and then kicking her feet up in the air. She's a trip! And such a sweetie. I have some new pictures of her that I will try to send out once the paper is turned in.