Livin' La Vida Loca

Cait's Life... or lack thereof

Saturday, January 13, 2001

Yeah, well I haven't posted in a while, but I've been busy. First week back is hell. Josh ended up coming over and installing the DVD drive. I could handle the software installation. I had a good weekend except for the night spent in the emergency room. My mom's b/f had a really severe allergic reaction to peanut oil on the drive home from New Hampshire. We pulled over into a gas station and he had to be rushed to the hospital. Since we were on the highway on the way home, we ended up spending most of the night in the hospital making sure he was okay and staying with him. Finally we drove back to my grandparents house to get some rest. Classes started Tuesday and ever since then, I've been insanely busy. The application I'm working on now has to be postmarked by Feb 1st and it has 3 essays! I just decided to apply the night I got back here cause they happened to send me an extra application and booklet in the mail which made me kind of interested. Anyway, the essays are pretty extensive, and I don't have a lot of time. With the rest of my regular work, it's difficult. But, I'll figure out how to get it all done. Sleep isn't that important...except for now, when I can actually have time to sleep...tomorrow I promise myself, I will work. I will...zzz
posted by cait 1/13/2001 02:23:20 AM

Friday, January 05, 2001

I did end up being able to go home, but I came back. I was sick again on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, for the second year in a row. I couldn't believe it. I figured that next year I'll make up for it and go into NYC to celebrate with some friends. I went skiing today at the Dartmouth Skiway. I did really well considering I haven't skied since last winter. My DVD drive finally arrived tonight, although I'm having a hell of time trying to install it. The Gateway guy who sold it to me said it was pretty easy and straightforward to install. He neglected to mention that I'd have to take the whole goddamned computer apart. I realized classes start Tuesday instead of Monday, so that made me really happy, although I'm still not at all looking forward to going back. Last night, out of pure boredom, I started taking a 2000 question purity test. Did I have better things to do? Sure. Did they seem important to me at 3am? Nope. I got up to question 1115. I figure I'll finish tonight at some point. Alright, shower time.
posted by cait 1/5/2001 10:00:22 PM

Saturday, December 30, 2000

Okay, I'm convinced there's some kind of weird connection thing between me and this guy I know. I met him on a train trip a couple years ago and we just happened to be going up to the same place on the same and also we were taking the same exact train back later that week. I thought that was kind of weird. Unfortunately exchanging phone numbers wasn't the best idea cause he ended up being bit obsessive and calling my house multiple times a day to the point where I got really freaked out and started hanging up on him. He didn't get the message for a few weeks, but finally stopped calling. Anyway, he sent me a birthday email this past august and we'd both grown up quite a bit. He's in his freshman year at swarthmore (fucking genius)...but for some reason we stopped emailing each other back. So, for the past few days I've been wondering how I might be able to get in touch with him again. He changed his email address and I hadn't written it down or anything, so I wasn't really sure what to do. I figured we were both more mature now and maybe he wouldn't be as obsessive anymore. I guess he could be a nice guy...and it turned out he had sent me an email before Christmas that I just hadn't checked yet. I thought that was kind of weird too that we were thinking about contacting each other at the same time. We're supposed to talk on the phone sometime soon...and he's in NYC at the moment, so I said I might go visit. I'm kind of worried about him being over eager and scary...but I figure I'll talk to him on the phone and hope for the best. I'm planning on seeing Elissa today cause she's in Norwich, VT over break and that's right down the road. We're supposed to go shopping or see a movie in Hanover or something. There's supposed to be a storm today and supposedly 9 inches of snow is headed our way...I might be stuck up here for new years eve if the roads don't clear up quickly. Oh well, I'll post later.
posted by cait 12/30/2000 10:39:29 AM

Wednesday, December 27, 2000

I'm in hell (more commonly known as Lyme, NH). The flight last night was kind of a blur. They gave me Ambien this time, still searching to find some kind of sedative my body does not have a resistance to. The Ambien made me dizzy, it made me feel disoriented, but it was supposed to knock me out. I had to tell the flight attendant to make sure that I was able to walk off the plane without falling over. Needless to say, I didn't need her assistance. I guess I was kind of more relaxed, but that was because every arround me sort of seemed to be happening in a dream, I panicked on take off, but it was a kind of supressed from what it usually is. Anyway, I'm here, and I'm alive, fortunately for me, unfortunately for some. And now, as I said, I'm in hell...having christmas with the grandparents. My uncle's here too, and he's kind of cool. He's buying me a DVD drive for my computer so I'm happy. I'm going home for New Year's Eve. Since the New Year's Eve preceding the new millenium was spent throwing up in my friend's toilet (and not because I was trashed!!), I'm planning on having double the fun this year, hopefully the outcome won't be the same as last year. I think I'll either throw a big party, or invite a guy over that I'd like to become more than friends with...heh, that would be interesting, too bad he doesn't drink. Oh well, I'm determined to have fun, whatever I end up doing. Alright, time to go have my second round of giving and receiving, I love having 2 christmases *grin*
posted by cait 12/27/2000 10:18:14 PM

Tuesday, December 26, 2000

Well, I arrived safely...and the valium they gave me that was supposed to calm me down on the plane, didn't work for shit. I was fine, not relaxed, not tired, even a bit hyper when I got off the plane. I must have some ind of resistance to sedatives or something. It sucks! I'm in Virginia now. We drove up here to visit family fro Christmas. I had to drive for five hours of the trip...it was hell. And of course, we had to leave at night, so while my father was peacefully sleeping in the leather padded heated passenger seat of his new imitation lexus...I drove on the highway from 12:30 to 5:30....AM. *sigh* I was exhausted...slept till 3 that afternoon. It was a dull Christmas. It really doesn't feel like Christmas. Dad's side of the family is a handful. There must be 30 of them that all gather for the holidays. I can't stand big crowds of people (except in club and party situations where I am not completely aware of everything...) so I avoid coming here at holiday times...but this time I couldn't avoid it. I'll give details later, gotta go help my 16 year old cousin find something to make a bong from in the kitchen...heh. And off to watch The Virgin Suicides, the 6th movie I've watched in 3 days.
posted by cait 12/26/2000 01:43:30 AM

Wednesday, December 20, 2000

Leaving to go home in a little while...ahh, it feels wonderful. No work for more than two whole weeks...*sigh* I love it...if only I didn't have to take an airplane tomorrow morning at 6am...well I'll post when I (hopefully) arrive safely in atlanta...have a great vacation everyone.
posted by cait 12/20/2000 03:09:56 PM

Tuesday, December 19, 2000

*yawn* tomorrow's the last day of classes.this is one of the things that I hate about the trimester system. we don't have a whole month and a half off during December and January. But we have longer breaks at other times, so I guess it evens out. I'm tired. Minimal sleep for the past couple of nights. But, no hangover Sunday morning. It was incredible. We were both completely trashed, but no hangovers occurred. Slight headaches and we were exhausted...but nothing a couple of excedrin couldn't solve.Okay, well off to class in a few minutes, getting a test back...i'll post later.
posted by cait 12/19/2000 08:01:06 AM