Mug Day

Yesterday was a joyous day, which will henceforth be known as Mug Day! Lynne and I received our mugs for our fake morning show, Lynne and Jackie in the Morning!

Here is my mug next to my mug. Get it! Mug = face. Too much explaining the joke? It's not funny anymore? I overdid it? Well.. sorrrrrrry....

I am excited to use it. I think I look really excited about it too. I really think we need to get to work writing our television show; share our awesomeness with the world. It's really not fair to keep it all to ourselves and our blogs.

Tissues and Napkins

How is it almost August already?? Where did my summer go? I have only been to the beach once and in a pool once, and it was not even my own. Tomorrow is supposed to be 75! That's so cold! And it's going to rain! (That was so much complaining for 6 sentences.) At least the husband and I have plans to go to see Dark Knight Rises tomorrow.

Right now, it looks like my allergies gave me a two day reprieve where I only had a stuffy nose instead of sneezing a million times. I have sneezed 5 times so far this morning. I know, I should make an appointment with an allergy doctor. My fears include the following: the recommendation that I get allergy shots; prescription nose spray (Who likes to put things up their nose and then spray?! It is the worst feeling ever.); or I get another allergy pill that isn't strong enough. I am hoping if I do end up going, that he or she has found some miracle cure in patch form or even magic. I can deal with a magical cure. I am just sick of blowing my nose and having my boss ask me if I am sick every single time, every year, even though I always tell her it is allergies.

Okay, I am pretty sure no one wants to read a whole post about allergies. So I will tell you about last night. G and I made dinner together. It went smoothly and came out pretty delicious.

Look at all those cooking stations!

He let me put on my music and we chatted, then sat down to a nice dinner and talked. This sounds normal except that our usual routine is to eat dinner in front of the tv. It's a habit I am trying to break. I made our dinner a little more fancy by setting the table and adding the roses he sent to my job last week and some candles. The fact that we were wearing pajamas does not take away from the fanciness.

Napkins and everything!

Yes, Benny is there. He was circling the table. Silly pup. After dinner we went upstairs and he read while I played on the computer. I have to say, it was the first day in a long time that we didn't watch tv. I really enjoyed the night.

Tonight we are going out on a date into town. I got a Living Social deal for a wine bar called Bella Vino, though it doesn't cover wine... or alcohol at all. So apps and drinks at Bella and if we are still hungry, we will go to dinner. I love date nights with my hubby. I already have a dress in mind to wear. Sometimes when I am having dinner with my husband or going out on a date, I try to capture the moment mentally because I am crazy and always have a fear that I am not enjoying the moment, which I might regret later. I guess that happens when you lose someone close; afterwards, you want to remember everything you do with the people you love.

In other news, I guest blogged for my close friend LMC yesterday. It's a good read on what she deserves in a man, according to me.

Happy Thursday, my lovely readers! Hooray for summer Fridays off!

Just another day...

Just one of those Tuesdays where you get dressed and ready and go to work to realize you forgot to put on a bra. It was one thing to forgo make up this morning, but a bra? I think I just really need it to be the weekend already. My face is still full of allergy hell and I am ready to go back to bed.

This morning, however, a fun little tumblr called Admissions Problems helped get me through the first 30 minutes of the day. Really this tumblr gets me through most days. I know I am lucky enough that I don't dread going to work and most days I enjoy my job, but it is so cathartic to bitch about admissions and all the ridiculousness that comes along with it.

In nerd news, I am pretty obsessed with Doctor Who. When I get into shows, it's like a good book to me, I just want to watch the whole thing until it's done or I am caught up. Could I be doing more productive things with my time? WHY DON'T YOU BACK OFF AND STOP JUDGING ME?!

Speaking of productive, it's back to work time.

Ah-choo! and my summer is officially here!

You know you have bad allergies when your officemate says to his appointment "You don't have to say 'bless you,' she sneezes about 80 times a day." I really do sneeze so much when my allergies are bad. I can't wear my contacts. I even dream about my allergies knocking my contacts out. So weird.


But better than that...
THESIS IS SUBMITTED 
and DONE 
and PASSED!!!

I am so thrilled about this. I can read for pleasure and enjoy my month off before I have classes start back up at the end of August. 4 more classes, 2 in the Fall and 2 in the Spring until sweet and glorious freedom!! 


Lynne pointed out something very true: I barely complained. I have been saving article after article on social media and online initiatives and online expectations of prospective and current students for over a year and it paid off. I had 4 pages of resources. The paper was 27 pages in total and  I had a great advisor. (In a complete side note, I hate that word and the internet do not accept "advisor" as a correctly spelled word. It is a person who works in academic advising computer!! Deal with it!) This was the big hump to get over. Now, it is like I can almost see the end of my degree. 6 courses down. 4 to go.


So... close... 

My husband is my love for a reason

Sometimes... no most times... really just about all the time I have quite an amazing husband. He is patient, kind, funny, smart, and crazy productive. He does so much for me and despite the way I act, he asks very little. On Monday,  I came in to find my beautiful white calla lily that has been in bloom since early February was finally killed by a week of July heat. I mentioned it to my husband. Two days later I come in to work and get a delivery from ProFlowers with flowers and chocolate. And not just any flower, roses.

 

Just cuz. Love, G

He really does a great job of making me smile and telling me he loves me every day. I love him. Every day. 

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In thesis news, I finished my first draft. I am having it reviewed and then will update it, send it off, update it again and be DONE! So excited to read a book and enjoy my summer, stress free. Continue watching Community and Doctor Who like it's my job. Speaking of Community....

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My other life partner Lynne and I brought our relationship to a whole new level this week. On Community, two characters have a fake morning show. They even have their own mugs. It's called Troy and Abed in the Morning. 

They sing the title and then pretend to have a morning show...

So I one time made a joke where I pretended that Lynne and I had a show called Lynne and Jackie in the Morning... Which made us look up the mugs, which made us say okay, we should have our own mugs. Lynne gave me the deadline of Christmas to figure out how to make it happen. I got back to her in 5 minutes and then it took me a day to get the image for the mug just right.

We ordered them yesterday... yea. That just happened.

Kitten has left the building...

Desdemona has a new home! Here she is playing with Olive. Playing.. fighting...  same difference. I am happy to say she will have a new kitty friend, a 2.5 year old, and a new mom and dad to take care of her.

I totally cried when our friend drove off with her. I couldn't believe how upset I was. It was mostly happy tears that she is healthy, happy, and full of energy when she left; no longer starving and sick and full of fleas. We only had her for 6 days, but they were so full of emotion and craziness.

I'm outta here! 

Incidently, I'm not way behind on my self imposed thesis deadlines. I got a lot written yesterday and today, but there is a good amount left to be done. But it's vacation time and I plan on enjoying this super long weekend. 

And in other news, we found a fabulous groupon for our trip to Niagara Falls, so our anniversary trip is booked! Can't wait.