Mares eat oats and does eat oats

Rachel is here! Yay! She got in Thursday night- we went and had dinner at the Ivy, which was great! We had this broiled feta appetizer with olive tapenade and delicious bread, and then I had the "Accidental Purist" which was a garden burger with melted brie, tomato, caramelized onions, and I forget what else on it... and (almost) 2 Chimays! Yum! Yesterday morning we went to 3 Rivers in Warren. Some of the best breakfast around. And the location is gorgeous- right on the water. Hooray for good food. I'm such a fatty.

We visited Ally at her store, NAVA, and then hit Forever 21, and had dinner with my mom last night. Today is brunch at Julian's! Mmmm mushroom boursin hash, here I come...

It's been such a nice visit. I miss Rachel tons.

Glen goes to Denver this Wednesday. Boooooooo. Jenny Brown said she will sleep over and keep me company! I wish I was going with him. I'd like to meet his mom. His brother is supposed to come out here for a few weeks in February to get all of his stuff together to move it back to Denver. They have a lot of stuff to go through together too. I'm looking forward to it so they can make some headway on getting this house ready to sell. It's so stifling and stressing, thinking about all the junk they need to get rid of. I think it will really help Glen to have Brian here though. I can't wait to move out of here. It's nothing to do with the house- I like this house a lot, actually- it's just that I know it's temporary and I want to get a move on already. I want to be able to settle in somewhere for awhile. I want my dogs, damnit. I was looking at dogs on Petfinder the other day and found some Boston Terrier-Chihuahua puppies and Boston Terrier- Australian Shepard puppies. I ALMOST had him! Glen, that is. He really wants to wait until we're moved somewhere else before we get puppies. If we got them now and they destroyed the kitchen or anything else for that matter, it would affect the selling of the house, pricewise or likelihood of selling. I understand... I'm just IMPATIENT.! Always impatient. Bleh. It's no way to live, I tell you.

But I'm trying to get rid of bad habits.

I'm all scholarly n stuff

Skool was good. I thoroughly enjoy my professor. I've taken classes with her before, and she just fucking rules. I wanna be her when I grow up. Srsly.

I just ate 2 veggie masala burgers and some brown rice. Yum. I'm in the business for some dessert now. and CSI. and then a shower. and then BED! and then work at 5am. bleh.

All I can think about is how much I want to move. Glen and I have been talking about going to Portland for 6 months. I just want to go. Or maybe San DIego. West coast for sure. I'm ready for a change.

My class tonight made me remember what it feels like to be inspired, to feel like you want to help people. For a time, I thought I'd major/minor in Anthropology, Women's Studies and/or African American Studies. I remembered tonight how exciting those fields are to me, and the possibility of traveling a lot.

I just want to feel useful. I want to be proactive. I'm tired of feeling like life is passing me by... I'm tired of having to wait for things. Meh.

First day of school

I have class tonight at 6. I'm a little nervous... it's been awhile. It's been so long since I got through a semester at school. Things have been so crazy the last few years that I stopped being able to cope with school, for some reason. Never mind that I still have no idea what I want to do with myself. I hope 2009 is my year. I'm ready to stop treading water and start swimming.