So I had a rather interesting weekend, one that was filled with 90% happiness and 10% crap. Not a bad balance, really. I decided I needed a break from the stress and the headaches of trying to balance work with my commissions with my other life responsibilities. SO, I decided to cater to me for a little while.

On Saturday, I went shopping. I drove to Walmart first since I needed some new sports bras. The ones I had were getting too stretched out. I did some looking around in the clothing section, too. I found a pair of jeans that fit like they were painted on me. The tag said $11. I get to the register… they were actually $3. Pay dirt, baby!

My good luck just kept on coming. I found an adorable shirt at Forever 21 for $5. It’s a light pink baby-T with this awesome black lace & feather collar. I also bought an adorable bathing suit style baby-T at Hollister for $5, as well. At Claire’s, I got a killer-looking hat with this trippy skull & crossbones pattern, and I finally bought Devil May Cry 4.

I came home to find that Audi was in a very pleasant mood, and we had quite the wonderful afternoon together. To continue this spirit of cheer and content, I decided to order our favorite pizza; a Papa Johns extra large pizza with extra cheese, pepperoni, italian sausage, and roma tomatoes. This time around, though, the hubby wanted black olives on one half, as well. Really, the night just continued to get better and better.

On Sunday, our friends Arthur and Ellen had a baptism for their baby girl, Abigail. There was a mass first, then the baptism, then there would be a party at Arthur & Ellen’s house. The event went by pretty smoothly, until Audi got mad at an innocent joke I made. Ugh. From there the drama started. Luckily, it was confined to about an hour, and some heavy discussion back at our apartment. Finally, I convinced him to go to the party, stating that there are more impprtant things to worry about than our dumb fight over a dumb joke. His spirit and attitude certainly appeared to lighten up as the party progressed. After we got home, he was back to his happy, loving self. =]

Right now, I am typing this up using my WordPress iPhone app. So, if there’s any mistakes, that’s why. lol. But anyway, I have to go nite nite now.

Ciao!

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I realized part of the reason that I didn’t get a lot of comments on my blog entries was because the people whom I left comments for never seemed to have much time to comment on mine. Hmm. SO, to rectify that situation, I decided to seek out folks with blogs who might be prone to comment on mine if I comment on theirs! I made a poll on deviantart.com, asking folks to link me to their blogs (whether it be on Blogger, Blogspot, Tumblr, WordPress, etc). The response I got was more than anything I ever expected! I ended up with almost 20-25 new additions to my Fellow Bloggers list. Hooray! So hopefully now, I’ll have a bit of a bigger following.

In other news, I went shopping today. I FINALLY bought a copy of “The Fame Monster” from Lady Gaga. Why hadn’t I bought a copy earlier you ask? Well, I didn’t have a car until recently, and since I’d gotten the car, all I’ve done is work, work, work. (And no, I didn’t want to order it online). I also bought myself some *cough* feminine apparel and a really cute shirt that kind of… already looks like the shirt I was wearing, except the one I was wearing was a tank top with a racer back. The new shirt has sleeves, so now I don’t have to worry about the damn bra straps showing anymore. Huzzah! I’ll likely wear it to work tomorrow.

Oh and speaking of work, I really do hope I have a good day tomorrow. I’m frickin’ exhuasted as it is, and the fact that tomorrow’s Monday instantly marks it as a day that is destined to be filled with stress, madness, and failure. If I can at least have a decent Monday, then I can have some ray of hope for the rest of the week.

Anyway, back to today, after leaving the mall (which is FAR AS HELL), I drove back north and stopped off at my cousin’s house to visit the family. My godkids were apparently VERY excited to see me. haha. The littlest one came rushing down the stairs shouting my name. SO KEWT! XD I didn’t take my camera, but that was fine. Luckily the iPhone has a decent camera so I snapped a few shots here and there. We watched “Back to the Future III” for a little while in the living room until I realized it was getting kind of late and decided to head back home.

I’m kind of hungry right now actually. I’m gonna go scavenge the kitchen for food. CIAO!

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I visited my family again today. My cousin came to pick me up, and surprise, there’s my mama coming up the stairs. She figured, why not just drop off all the stuff that she got for me right now? Here’s a rundown…

- A liquid concealer from Cover Girl.
- Some bamboo place mats for the dinner table.
- Important car papers I needed.
- Two webcams (but after testing them a few hours ago, only one of them really works).
- And best of all, a Minolta 5000i 33mm camera with two lenses, a Minolta flash, two battery packs, lens cleaning cloths, and this awesome camera bag with spaces for everything. She got all this from a friend of hers who was just going to give them away to Goodwill. My mom stopped her and said that I was a photographer and that I would probably love to have it. Wee for mommys who support your craft!

So off I went to my cousin’s house after my mom dropped all this off. My brother and his two kids were also there visiting. So picture this: My mother, cousin, my aunt, my brother, my niece, my nephew, my three godkids, and my grandmother, all in one house. Hahaha. Hooray for big families! All in all, it was a pretty drama free day, thank goodness, and I took the cutest pic with my niece. You can see it here on my Facebook. I also took another really cute pic with my youngest goddaughter, where we’re pressing our noses together. haha.

Around 5 or so, my cousin went and dropped off my mother, brother, nephew, and niece at the train station while I babysat my godkids. My youngest goddaughter gave me the worst scare. We were in my cousin’s room, coloring and playing with those Webkins toys. I’m taking a video with my iPhone of my oldest goddaughter throwing the Webkins at me, when all of a sudden I see the little one fall head over heels off the bed. She must have miscalculated where her knee was supposed to land on the bed and took a nosedive. I panicked and rushed to help her. Other than a big scare, she had NO signs of damage. Thank you, baby Jeebus! I thought at first that her arm was broken since she wouldn’t move it. But then she relaxed a bit and I flexed it back and forth just fine. *phew*

Anyway, the day went on as usual. A few hours later, before my cousin dropped me off back home, the whole lot of us (except my grandmother) went out shopping to different places. I bought a really cute jacket at Walmart, and I plan on taking some photos in tomorrow. Wee! I’ve already got a make-up idea planned out for them.

At the present moment, I am camming with a good internet buddy of mine, Jenest. Hey, look, I plugged your name, girl! She’s super adorable, and very sweet.

Well, I am off for now. Ciao!

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You know i love you, but you might be the death of me
Hold me down, suffocating, please let me breathe
Kiss kiss, lights out, i’ve got to, we’ve got to,
You know i loved you but you’re gonna be the death of me…

- InnerPartySystem – “New Poetry”

InnerPartySystem, where would I be without thee? Your words and melodies are helping to make these days of heartache a little more tolerable. Behind the smiles I present to the world lies a heart dying for answers. You may not be providing them, but you’re helping anyway…

I am SO fucking happy it’s Friday. Finally a night where I don’t have to worry about turning anything in the next day. I can concentrate on my BFA this weekend, I’m gonna hang out with my friends, I’m gonna SLEEP IN, and hopefully… do a little shopping. I’ve been wanting to go shopping for a while. =)

I got my car back yesterday. In total, the repairs came out to $720. It sounds pricey, but if it means I won’t have to hear my car squeak or make weird noises again, it’s worth it. I also got a new (relatively new, anyway) front fender, and it looks amazing. I had gotten into an accident a few years back, and it had been broken since. The only thing I have left to do is give the car a paint job and fix the dents I have one side.

I’ve been thinking of buying an iPhone. I see Audi with his all the time, and it just looks like it kicks so much ass. Plus, the camera on it is pretty good. Not that it would ever take the place of a D-SLR, but…yea.

Two days ago, my classmate Sam gave me two packs of Magic the Gathering cards he had gotten in the mail some time ago. Thankfully, they were both colors that I play frequently: black and green. I’m going to be reshuffling and rebuilding my decks for tomorrow, so that my friends enemies will be surprised. Mwahaha. 0_o

Anyway, back to relaxing. Ciao.

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