Okay, it's seriously been forever since I've written anything and I apologize. I don't feel like I have anything too exciting to say, I just thought I'd write an update of my life. Well... I'm at ucdavis now, which is pretty exciting, I really did forget how much I love learning, I just think it's such an incredible gift that God has given us. So many of my classes this quarter are about evolution, but seriously it's been amazing because God has been speaking so clearly to me about how much of an intricate design we are. I mean honestly, if you think of it, the fact that our soul longs for so much more than anything this world has to offer is such solid evidence to the fact that we were created for more. Our soul's longings reflect our Creator.

On a different note, I'm freakin' tired today because I had to close for work last night, so I got home at like 11:30 and i still had homework to do and i talked to jon for a while and I had to wake up at 6:00 for class. Yeah, i'm freakin' commuting and it's pretty rough, especially with gas prices the way they are. The Frost is a faithful beast though. I have to get my wisdom teeth out Friday!! I'm soo scared, I almost cried in the dentist's office! I'm going in an hour early so I can get numbing cream where they're inserting the needle, he said they usually only do that for children, but he was really nice. Geez, I don't know how i'm ever going to be any kind of a doctor if i can't handle the thought of my teeth being pulled. My cat is getting HUGE!!! I feed her kitten food in order to plump her up (the extra protein and  calories is working wonders). hahahahaha... yesss she loves it, really. Ummm... so i suppose that's it. My best friend/roommate is moving to oregon to be with her boyfriend, I'm quite saddened by this, and I need to find somewhere to live. That's pretty much the latest on my life as of now, but i promise i'll try to be better with the xanga-ing.

I've come to the conclusion that I have the best roommate in the world. Caroline is such a penis sometimes, but I just love her so much. So, we were going to go dancing at a really nice club last night (I'm still definitely not a dancer but I thought it'd be fun to get dressed up) and after we searched for about an hour (yes, i was driving) we found it. So as we were getting out care realizes that she forgot her i.d. It definitely wasn't a wasted night though, nothing can beat singing country tunes really loud and looking like an idiot.

I'm going home this weekend, baby ricky and i are going to spend some quality time together, I'm really excited!!! Ummm... I think that's about it for right now. I'm really enjoying work and all other parts of my life, school has just been nasty. I'm trying to find my drive again, but it's just not there right now. Anyways, it's about time I go, it's beautiful outside--just a little foggy and I'm quite excited to go play.

I just realized that my love affair with xanga began one year ago in two days. I know I probably haven't been the most loyal member but I will make sure to celebrate this anniversary by indulging in uncountable photographs of obese cats. Yes, random, I know. But xanga understands. Speaking of obese cats, peaches is not even close to the level I was hoping she'd reach after a month of living with me. I would say that I've failed her as an owner. I attempt to keep her immobile and I always give her treats filled with lard, but it's not working.

On a different note it's my mom's b-day today so I'm going home!! I'm sooo excited, I'm going to make her a cake and me and little ricky will probably play a bit of the lord of the rings videogame. YEA!!! hahahaha... I feel like such a dork. I set a new goal for myself. Well... this summer at camp after hearing sarah powell talk I decided that I want to run a marathon and some point in my life and last week I decided that that time had come. I started out at 4.5 miles and i'm going to increase it by half a mile every week. I know it'll take a while, but i'm really enjoying this whole training period, i love feeling that push to get better, it makes me all excited. Ummm.... oh yes, jon told me what my surprise for valentine's day was going to be. We both decided not to do gifts or anything cuz we're broke but he's been planning this whole surprise for me and he finally told me so that I can make sure I have this weekend free. He set up a sleepover with hat, nat, and key!!!!!!!!!!!!! So they're bringing movies and pizza and we're going to have SO much fun!!! It was the best gift ever!

Work is going really good!! Red Robin has seriously been going crazy, there's like a 2 hour wait every night, but atleast that makes for some quality tips. I work with these two girls who I just love. We had so much fun the other night just being penises!! hahahahah... it was beautiful. So yes, things have definitely been getting better after that whole scary rent episode. God is always freakin' faithful!!

It's so freakin' beautiful outside today!! I just have one class in the morning on tuesdays and thursdays, and it's honestly pretty pointless, so the schedule for the rest of the day is basically to take a nice jog, it's way too pretty not to, and do homework and just relax. Rent's due today, which is kinda scary because i'm basically going to have no money whatsoever after i pay it, but it actually feels sorta good, kindof freeing. I've always wanted to be poor, I remember telling my mom that i wanted to grow up to be a bum (she always got mad at me) but there's this humility that you get from being poor and trusting God as your sole provider that i don't think you can get otherwise. I think I tend to romanticize things a bit too much sometimes though just because it's not quite as fun as I'd imagine. Okay, so this is just a quick story to illustrate my point. I ordered my books online at half.com (amazing place) but of course my books were taking forever to get to me and I seriously needed to study because i have a test in one of my classes on thursday. They have the book i needed in reserve at the library so i went in there and of course they don't let you check out books unless you have a student body card and you can't get a student body card unless your fees are paid in full. Anyways, I'm 3/4 of the way paid, I just can't pay the last $100 right now, and I explained that to the librarians, I also told them about my test and that I just needed to make a few copies out of the book, but they wouldn't let me. I found that so incredibly frustrating. Not even necessarily for me, but for others who honestly cannot pay their fees and buy books at the same time; junior colleges should not have fees. I understand the idea of capitalism and how it works, but I don't know if it should be a part of our school system. Not everything revolves around money. It's permeated our way of thinking way too much; I pray that God can break me of that. I think God wants to put me in such a place of dependency and it's really hard.

 So, the job with the leasing office didn't work out so now i'm working at red robin which has been wonderful!!! I'm loving it soo much, i like the crazy busy-ness of restaurants and the people i work with are great. God seriously has been opening so many doors of sharing His love with others, it makes me happy. Care got a job at marie callender's and she loves it too so that makes me real excited for her. I think the time has come though for me to actually get to work on this chemistry homework.