February is always a month of mixed emotions for me. For years my favorite holiday has been Valentine's Day but over the past several years I've just gotten my own hopes up and expected whoever I was with to follow through. I don't mean that I expected some grand gift, but I just wanted them to feel like it was as sweet as a day as I thought it was. Now, that's kind of unreasonable for a gal to expect of her guy, especially if she doesn't clarify this, right? Yeah, well.
So this years Valentines day was spent with my little sis, Leila. We got free tickets to the blues game and had a complete blast! The Blues won, thank goodness, and Leila discovered a passion for Hockey (always a bonus)!
My parents bought me a kitten this month as well. It was partially a Valentine's Day gift, partially a "here, stop being so lonely living alone" gift. I'm not really sure how I ended up with the perfect kitten for me ever, but i did. I adopted MacInnis ("Mac" for short) from the Heartland Human Society three weeks ago. They think he's a maine coon mix. He was found on a farm out in fenton and we got him with all his shots and nutured. Mac turned six months yesterday, actually.
And when i say he's the perfect cat for me, I mean it. He's floppy, so sweet, loving and playful. He's also kind of a retard--I say that in the most LOVING way possible! Don't take offense. He falls off of things ALL of the time, runs into things, and meows at nothing. He also sleeps in the most ridiculous of ways. You'll have to check his facebook album for the ridiculous amount of cute-ness that he is. :)
Alpha Xi Delta had our recruitment week this month as well. It went well, I suppose. I invited two of the girls from my photography class out and both of them received a bid--so that was really great.
My sister, Krista, turned 21 last sunday (the 13th) and this saturday we celebrated with a suprise party planned by her boyfriend and myself. It was great (I had a bit too much fun though...)! Tim also came home this weekend and though i didn't get to spend a lot of time with him, sober and just the two of us, I loved seeing him.
With the dreariness of the months and weather that want to be spring but are simply teasing us comes the feeling that everything is going wrong with my life. I had the freak out about how it's going to take me FOREVER to graduate with a degree and lately I've been freaking out about the possibility of an even further long distance relationship between tim and I when he goes off to grad school. Seeing him this weekend helped to reassure me of my feelings for him and that I shouldn't worry about things that aren't happening yet.
Currently, I'm focusing on my grades and doing well. But I've been super excited lately for the St. Louis Blues Autism Awareness Game coming up. I'm so proud of all the hard work that's gone into this and I can't wait to see it finally come to life! A bonus to this is that March 1st is also Ihop's Free Pancake Day, so I'll be doing both of those things in one night AND Tim will be coming home for the game and staying the night. I believe that'll help hold me over till he's home for his spring break.
That's all for now. No pictures this time simply because I've got too much going on and felt really guilty for not writing lately!
PS: If you haven't gotten your tickets for the blues game be sure to do so soon! last day to order them is Sunday!!
Sometimes I also freak out about how long it is taking me to earn my degree. But then I try to focus instead on the fact that this is a period of my life that will someday be over and I try to enjoy it while I'm in it. Someday we'll look back on this in much the same way we now look back on high school and think "Wow, that part of my life is over and done. Crazy."
ReplyDeleteAlso also, I recently read some stats in my Human Growth and Development textbook that said only around 25% of all college students finish their degree in the traditional, four year, straight-out-of-high-school path. Suddenly, I feel less of an oddball!