Blogging: almost as nerdy and lame as....nope, it's nerdier than most things.

So, what is up, fellow bloggers...or blog readers?


I guess it's been a while, probably time for a life update.


Well, I'm still not in school, and I'm still enjoying it.  Do I have plans to get a graduate degree? Yes, I still do.  Do I plan to do that sooner than later? Yes, that too.  But I just like being able to get up everyday and feel....awesome.  Not worried about school.  Or feeling stressed because of working so much and still not having money.  I am so blessed in my life that I am able to wake up every single day and feel pretty dang good about everything.  I would like to keep it that way, just for a little longer.  I've kinda' grown tired, though, of people asking when I'm going back to school.  So, with a little help from Pink Floyd, I've formed a plan of action for all further conversations about it:


Person: So, you graduated?
Me: Yes, I did, last May!  Kinda' taking time off, though.
Person: Oh...I see...well...when are you planning on going back.
Me:... *blank stare*....we don't need no education.
Person: What?
Me:  We don't need no thought control.
Person: But wait, you just said th-
Me: ALL IN ALL YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL!  


(And hopefully a group of school children will come to back me up, singing. Or at least that's how it worked out in my head. It was epic, really.)

On to other news, my mom and I are planning a trip to the motherland next year.  It's been over a decade since we've both been there.  As I understand, there will be a wedding going on at that time, so...hopefully we'll be able to go!  I LOVE WEDDINGS.  I'm trying to convince my awesome boyfriend Vance to go with me. So far, I think it's working....but we'll see.

Speaking of the awesome boyfriend, I have a lot of plans coming up with him as well!  In February we are going on a supermondofantastic train ride to the Grand Canyon and back, compliments of The Grand Canyon Railway.  I forget exactly how this all goes, but we get to see the Old West shootout at the train depot first, then we board the train (Observation Dome, sucka's!) and ride to the canyon.  While up there, we get a guided tour and lunch at El Tovar.  (OMFGOSH, I KNOW).  And then we hop back on the train (Luxury class!) where we enjoy free refreshments and I suppose Vance can enjoy a champagne toast.  I'll just watch him and drink Sprite...and pretend it's champagne. Haha.  I think I'll  call that trip..."Lydia Pretends To Be Fancy" because there's no way I could usually afford it.  Of course, we're really going on it because we need to know what to recommend for the guests....right....

In May, he and I are going to the Phoenix Comicon.  Hopefully two other lovely ladies, Kristann and Diann will be there as well!  It's a four day event, so I'm really scared that I'm going to drive him insane by the time it's over.  Perhaps if I keep him full of Mountain Dew, my insane energy and non-existent sleep schedule won't make him want to strangle me!  Leonard Nimoy, among some other very awesome Sci-Fi/Comic book people will be making appearances.

Yeah, I'm gonna' meet Spock.  It's happening. This. May.


Those are a couple of the things I'm looking forward to right now.  Oh, and I suppose Valentine's Day. And my birfday.  And his birfday!  My old man is getting....older....haha. But I swear, he doesn't look a day over 25. :) ...But seriously, I'm pretty sure he could out run me any day of the week and probably throw me, so that's the last of me poking fun at him.   So, dear blog readers,  keep your eyes open for more dorky pictures of my adventures soon!

But I digress, back to the present!


I have just recently become obsessed with budgeting and couponing.  I don't know if I'll ever reach the heights of the people on TLC's Extreme Couponing, though....I'm just a newbie couponer for now.  But let me show you a few of the deals I have gotten the last time I went shopping:


 This Silk?  1.99, my friends.


A package of delicious Goldfish crackers...88 cents!

  Morningstar Farms fake meats...for only 2.99!


Not bad for a beginner, yes?  I just love saving money....or I'll spend the money on something like this:

  (The coveted purple Guess purse...one day, you'll be mine!)




I feel like I probably have more to type. But I'm getting drowsy, for some reason.  And I have to get ready for work.  I feel that, somehow, the two are correlated.  I promise I'll be a better blogger from now on, though.  It's on the New Year's list, you know.

We're not in your dream. We're in mine.

It's a new year, hot diggity dog!

(Is it just me, or are those mustard and ketchup ladies kinda whorey?)

SO, let me tell you all about this new year. And please excuse my writing, I'm extremely tired. I might not be as witty and entertaining as I usually am.  It is now the very early morning of January 5th, 2011.  My shower pipes have already frozen in the negative temperatures that have occurred during the night.  As a result, I was not able to take a shower in my own bathroom for a few days.  And for other reasons, I actually had to leave my apartment to take showers.  (Thankfully my boyfriend allowed me to use his.)

Sounds annoying, right?  Nah.  It wasn't that bad.  But after the water came back on, it started to come from the valve instead of anyplace it should come out of.  Oh.

Well.


Crap.


So then I had to wait another day for the maintenance guy to come and fix that. He then set up a portable heater ( and I quote, "So...this is just an option for you, Lydia, but I can set up a heater against this wall where the pipes should be..I mean...it's just a throw away heater I found somewhere and bypassed all the safety features on.  Um.  So don't let it tip over.") and told me to wait until the next morning to check it.


Thankfully, it seems the water works, and it does get warm.  Not hot. But warm.  And that works for me right now.


Sometime between the water gushing from places it shouldn't and the maintenance guy working, I screwed up my right arm.  I'm really not sure how, but my theory is that I have terrible crippling arthritis.  No, I did not consult a doctor about that.  Like I said...it's just a theory.

(If also had the crippling arthritis in my hands...it would look like this.)

Today at work, the machines that make the keys stopped functioning.  Oh, and I was at work for ten hours.  Not bad.  I know, I know, I'm just complaining at this point.  But ten hours on your feet sucks.









Watching Inception.  This is probably the worst movie to watch right now.  I'm having a hard time distinguishing between the characters in the movie talking and my roomies talking in real life.












Hooray for 2011!  Time to boogie down, I got all the bad stuff done with, now I have the rest of the year to enjoy and have fun!  Woohoo!

(Heck yeah, Richard Simmons!  Let's boogie down those pounds!)