...there was an end to the madness.

I'm on vacation in a couple days. I have a lot of school work to get done, but there is always something about those last few days prior to a vacation. You have to get everything in order, and set for you to go. It is quite hectic actually. So much to prepare for, what if something goes wrong?

At least I know will have done everything I could to prepare and then some.

I also have a very loving lady in my life and friends who are fantastic. Tonight, after class, they told me to get my ass over to the place where they were doing food night and sit and eat with all of them so I didn't have to do my usual "Monday night fasting" that usually happens thanks to the schedule. It was really nice. I didn't think I'd get to see my girl until around this time NEXT week because of everything that is going on at home. But I got to see her tonight. She's also been keeping tabs on how my knee is doing. I tweaked it pretty bad yesterday to the point of having to get out the old Rebel99 brace (see picture on the side for reference on what this brace looks like). She's looking out for me. Her dad went through some pretty rough stuff with his knees, so she knows what I am possibly heading towards. I want to be able to run around and keep dancing with her. If this knee of mine gives me any more problems, I won't be able to. And that will upset me greatly.

BUT! Today was better, tomorrow should be fantastic as well... and that's the bottom line...

...I found out I did quite well in my classes.

I had two midterm things that I thought I didn't so so well at. Anyone who knows me knows that I have this fear of school because of not really remembering much of high school. So, natually I think doing things like writing papers and taking tests is hard. All results show this is not the case. I actually do quite well in them. I just need to have more confidence when I am doing things like this.

I'm slowly getting better at it, learning to manage my time, relax and not worry so much about it. I have also taken the stance that no matter how hard I try,I might not get an A all the time and I am now ok with it.

Back to class. It's about to start and the weekly "teacher can't get the projector going" is quite amusing.

...it was a nice lazy day.

Sorry for the late posting, I rarely get an ACTUAL lazy day. One where I don't have to worry about doing anything at all. Now that the house is in order, I sit here going "now what?"

I've been in quite a whirlwind of doing things here at home that NOT having to do something seems foreign. Yes, there are things to do around here. But I don't have a bevy of dishes, or a whole house cleaning project to do at the moment.

The basement is next. I have vacation this week, so I am probably going to tackle that next. Get a lot of things out of there and to the alley for pickup. A lot of junk is going to go away once again, but it's been down there for so long that I sit there and ask myself "why didn't I throw this away ages ago?"

And now it's time to go to sleep... in bed with my lady.

...my house is going to look better in the next week or so!

There isn't really a whole lot to post about it, but I'm getting carpeting put back in the house after 8 years of there not being any at all.

It's going to look very nice. I'm quite happy with my selections.

...I get to go see a hockey game.

I've been to a couple Admirals games this year already, but it's Friday... I have had a very long week, and I need something to help start the weekend.

So tonight, the lady and I are going to head on out to the BC and watch the Admirals beat up on the Chicago Wolves. Those are always fun games to go watch. If I had my way, the whole season would be nothing but Milwaukee vs. Chicago. There is just something about it that I can not get over. When I first started going over 12 years ago, those were the games that Ryan and Dan always wanted to go to and I didn't really get why at first. There is a rivalry there for minor league teams that is just as good as the pro levels.

Plus, you know, it's hockey. I'm going to watch regardless.