I hail from Houston?

Yay! I am in Houston right now with Max. He is taking a nap while I do my Calculus homework... or that was what I was doing until I stopped...
I love being here with him! It just feels right. :D The weather here is beautiful. Its a bit humid for my taste but that also makes everything look so fresh. Yay! I will post a pic later on this blog to show what I'm talking about. :)
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I love Max!

Integrate this!

I am very ready for spring break! I only have one more day of school (tomorrow) before it starts and I am impatient! So far, I'm doing pretty well in my classes this semester. I would be happier if I were going to school near Max and I could see him all the time instead of having to fly down there every couple of weeks! Blah.

I miss the ocean. I grew up on the east coast and there are a lot of things that are unique to living in the area. I wish I had time to go visit there before I leave for Iraq. That would be nice. I heard through the grapevine that they closed down one of my favorite childhood restaurants in Newport. I am very disappointed. I hope it isn't true!

Today was rainy and gloomy. Boo! It just makes me want to nap all day. I am supposed to go running today and I'm not feeling my normal motivation. One thing that makes me happy today is all the blooming trees and bushes! I get so excited to see all the new life despite the dismal skies.

I am going to have a freak attack because my Biology Lab grade is STILL not in!

St. Pat's Fiesta

Wow! I look so surprised to have two lovely ladies on my arms. Hehe. Yay! St. Patrick's Day was fun! I went to a local bar with a bunch of people from my unit and Jacque came along too! We had WAY too much fun and I ended up coming home drunk before 10pm. Hehe. I do what I can.

I think I look plastic in that picture. Hmmm...

Calculating

I have a Calculus exam tomorrow.

Enough said.

The Way They Were, Are, Will Be

I have always been able to remember my dreams. I usually have vivid dreams with a singular theme unique to each dream. I do have a few reoccurring themes; the premise will change but the subject remains the same.

For example, I occasionally have dreams involving multiple tornadoes. I will always see these tornadoes outside from a good distance away and know that I need to seek cover. The setting always changes and my 'cover' is always different. Consistently, I avoid the tornadoes and am safe. I have never been sucked up into one, although in one particular dream the house was lifted up from around me and destroyed--still I was safe. The tornadoes are not so much scary as they are a signal for me to run and find cover. I know that there is imminent danger but I am not terrified. Once I find my cover, I am content.

Another repeated theme is alligators or large reptile-like creatures. They are usually in water in my dreams and I occasionally wrestle with them. They always take me by surprise and are very aggressive. Once a large reptilian was present in a small pond/pool of water in one of my tornadic dreams. As I was seeking cover from the impending storm, the reptile grabbed me and we began wrestling in the water. I am never physically injured by these alligators. I just know that it is something I have to deal with.

Most of my dreams involve water in one way or another. I've already mentioned the reptiles in water, but I also encounter water in conjunction with other odd things. For instance, I have had several dreams of amusement parks that are 'flooded' in waist-deep water. I don't know what amusement parks signify, but every dream dictionary on the market will say that water represents emotion. Go figure.

One frustrating theme is shopping. Every so often, I will dream that I am shopping for something. I will never get to the purchasing aspect of shopping, just the looking part. If I see an item that I like it will either not be my size, change by the time I touch it, or vanish completely. My shopping desires are never and I mean NEVER quenched. It is the most frustrating of all my dreams. I will become upset at my bad luck and yet I am compelled to continue to shop. Oh, and I am always alone when I dream shop.

Apart from dreaming of houses and other everyday things, I do not have some of the more common dreams that the masses do. I have never flown or fallen. I have never realized I was dreaming while asleep. I often praise myself for having vivid, exciting dreams and yet I seem to be missing out on some of the most basic dreams!

Totally Spectacular (in a good way)

So I'm not a poet. I can't express myself with crystal clear imagery. I'm a work in progress. :)

Today, I ran the St. Patrick's Day Run with Jacque here in Kansas City. The weather was beautiful and I was too! Yay! There was a super flamboyant announcer who insisted that today was St. Patrick's Day (it isn't). He was quickly followed by a guy insisting on being Irish--silly man. The run itself was fine. Jac and I achieved our goal and that's what matters. Our goal was finishing! hehehe After the run, Jac and I witnessed a car wreck on Broadway. It was interesting. Luckily, no one was hurt thanks to our lightning fast reflexes! Then we ate breakfast and downloaded "powersongs" for running (such as Eye of the Tiger). You don't have to tell me that I'm awesome, I know this because I am me.

Did I mention that I'm head over heels in love with Max Magee? If not, then let me just tell you........

What the heck is an "Ide" anyways?

So I have just returned from another successful trip to Texas to see Max. I miss him already! We had a fabulous time as usual. We spent the weekend in Austin, TX and the rest of the trip in Houston.

We arrived in Austin in the afternoon a little later than we had originally planned because Continental Airlines had neglected to put one of my bags on my flight that arrived Friday night. The second bag arrived the next morning and we went to the airport to pick it up then left from there to drive to Austin. After settling into our hotel, we drove to Lake Travis to a place called the Oasis. The Oasis is a bar/restaurant that overlooks the lake from the east side. This makes it ideal to watch the sun set over the lake. So that's why we went there. Unfortunately, it was really cold and the wind kept making it a bit worse. Max was really awesome for buying me a sweatshirt to keep warm in while we sat on the deck of the Oasis. The sunset was beautiful and well worth the trip (picture shown here). After that, we drove back to the hotel and got ready to go out to 6th street for the night. The first stop on 6th street was the Iron Cactus. We both had a margarita and sat at a table on the second floor overlooking the street. Max's margarita had jalapenos in it which was surprisingly tasty--haha! Then we made our way to another bar called The Library. That was a really fun place. There were lots of leather bound books and it reeked of rich mahongany--ok maybe not, but it was a cool bar. I tried to throw a penny into a girl's cleavage from the second level but I missed by almost a foot! Oh well, better luck next time! From there, we went to another bar that I can't remember the name of and took some photos in one of those photo booths. We had another drink, arm wrestled, and listened to a band play. We were going to look for a bar that my friend Bryant recommended for the end of the night but we gave up after walking only a block or two because I was stumbling over the bricks of the road--I was a bit tipsy. We ended up at a bar called Jax or Jazz or something like that. We ate some food and I got my finger pinched in the lock of the bathroom stall. Hmmm.... This bar had live music also. There was a dude playing piano then following him was a chick on acoustic guitar. It was an okay bar. Then we went back to the hotel. The following morning we ate at La Madeleine--which is fast becoming 'our place'. It was all very nice. Then we drove back to Houston.

The rest of my trip was spent in Houston and it was lovely. I hated leaving and I want to go back NOW! I will be returning to Houston for my spring break at the end of this month. Yay!

Potatoes are Scurry!

This time tomorrow I will be landing in Houston, TX! Yee-Haw! I will be visiting my boyfriend Max for 5 days and 4 nights (I want to say 'Air and Accomodations' but I can't figure out how to work it!). I can't wait! We will be taking a day trip to Austin, TX to frolic and be merry.

Today I went on a crazy shopping spree! Phew! I am done! I am ready to study Calculus now. Blah. Well, honestly I'm ready for sleep... I went to dinner with Jacque tonight and the new quote is:

"My broccoli is just TOO BIG!"

Hehe, I think that's funny.

I love you, Max!