I’m still looking for an internship for the summer. I had an interview with an advertising agency in Dallas on Friday. I think it went well but I won’t know about it for a week or so. I need to keep looking. It’s really frustrating but I need to be optimistic.

School is going well. My classes and the projects are going well. Spring Break already came and went. I went on a cruise with my parents to Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Mexico. It was amazing and so much fun. I’m SO glad I did something this year since it’s my last Spring Break ever – I’m graduating and getting my Masters degree in December! :D

My desktop’s hard drive crashed last week and I’ve been trying to get it fixed. I would have replaced it this past weekend but my mom said she had coupons at her house that would allow us to basically get it for free. So I’m waiting for this weekend to go home and fix it. I would have had to pay at least $300 for someone to do it but I think I can do it myself. Doesn’t seem too difficult. *crosses fingers*

I guess the biggest news of all is that my sister is getting married! She got engaged right before Spring Break. I’m so happy for her. She’s getting married on October 30, which is 7 months away from today. It seems so long and distant in the future but I know time will pass so quickly. Plus the 7 months will be *hopefully* enough time to slim down and look good for the big day. It’s very exciting. :D

I have had Lifehouse’s new album, Smoke & Mirrors, on repeat since it came out a few weeks ago. I really love it and I think it’s great. They’re my favorite band and I would probably love anything that they released.

On Sunday, we went on a train ride from Cedar Park to Burnet, TX. One small town to another. It was Sunday so when we got there, all the shops were closed. The town seemed kind of old and abandoned and there was nothing to do for the two hours we were there except have lunch, which took FOREVER since there was only like 2 places open…, and watch an incredibly corny wild west gun fight. The kids liked it. The train ride itself was cool, I guess.

Then yesterday my parents and I went to Dallas/Ft. Worth to buy me some business attire that’s long enough to fit me. We found some and ended up spending so much time and money in the process. I feel bad because I hate making my mom spend so much money on me after she’s already done so much. But the clothes are nice and I finally have a suit set that fits me, which is awesome. I look sharp. Then we stayed at a hotel in the Stockyards in Ft. Worth. It’s like an area of old-west style shopping and eating. IDK if you guys are familiar with the Kemah Boardwalk near Houston/Galveston. It’s like that but Old West themed instead.

Oh! I registered for my classes for next fall. Took a lot of effort and hassle but it happened. I woke up at 6 on Monday and was presented with a ‘You can’t register. You don’t have a time ticket.’. That kind of annoyed me. lmao. A&M is switching student information management systems and it’s been giving me such grief since. Anyway I called the help desk and got that settled. I registered then realized I couldn’t register for 2 required MKTG classes. Ugh. Had to call again. Was told the classes were only open to blah blah blah and no one else. Except she didn’t list Marketing grads. Which made NO SENSE whatsoever since THESE CLASSES ARE REQUIRED! She’s like ‘Oh. Please hold’. By now, it was about 8:15 and I was in the hotel lobby getting odd looks from the concierge people. She fixed it 30 minutes after I got on the phone with her. Thank goodness. What a hassle. *shakes head*

Anyway. Life’s kind of boring. I’ve been working at my dad’s office, like I mentioned. I don’t have muhc time to do much of anything else. By the time I get home, it’s 7 so I plop in front of the TV and watch my shows. By the time they end, it’s shower time and I go to bed. Really boring. :-( I’ve been reading a lot though which is good. I’ve already read 6 books this month and I’m on my 7th. They’re not the longest or more critically acclaimed books ever but they’re books nonetheless. They entertain me and I’m glad for that. :) My goal is to read at least 26 books by December 31 – and I think I can easily do that.

Kelly Clarkson’s new song ‘My Life Would Suck Without You‘ is fabulous. Of course, I like anything she does. I liked My December a lot more than a lot of people probably did. I can’t wait until her new album is out. She could probably do chants, throat sing, or anything and I’d still buy her albums. lolz. I can’t wait until HER album comes out either. Two weeks until the single, ‘Boy Like Me‘, is available on iTunes. Yay! :-D

Anyway we get in there and a few minutes after we’re seated, through the madness of 3 kids trying to decide who sits where, I notice a guy near us sitting at a booth by himself. I normally feel bad for people who eat alone but I didn’t know his situation – maybe he had a date, didn’t have any friends, had to eat quickly – so I couldn’t judge.

Anyway, he keep staring at us, and I think mainly me (this is me being vain and probably a bit too self-centered for my own good – who knows what he was really looking at). I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because we’re so loud and obnoxious or there’s this nice looking girl (uh, me?) at a table with a bunch of kids and their parents can’t stop arguing. IDK, he was nice looking, around my age – possibly older – and by himself. Maybe he was single? And I still don’t think I’m that attractive but I’m not an old hag…yet. So there’s that possibility.

So I had that glimmer of hope he was actually checking me out instead of trying to figure out exactly how insane my family can get at the dinner table. (I have this new philosophy for 2009 – be more open to things. It’s worked pretty well so far.) So I kept glancing his way to see if he was still looking at our table/me. But every time he caught my eyes looking, I looked somewhere else. Then I was coloring with Kierani on her menu, talking to my mom, dad, brother, and Trish. Sane, so far.

Then Mom starts talking about how ’so stupid!’ and ‘I didn’t get it…’ last Friday’s episode of Stargate Atlantis (‘Vegas’) was. Then Brian chimes in and states his theories about how it will unfortunately end next Friday. Then I chime in about how there’s going to be movies and all that jazz. Jack up the geek meter a little more, will you? IDK. Then the food came and he probably saw me stuff my face with my Alice Springs Chicken, fries, and other stuff on the table. Thank goodness he wasn’t there for dessert. Mess, I tell you.

Any interest he might have had in me probably vanished. But I don’t care. He was nice looking and noticed me, I hope. It totally does. It made me remember I need to get out there and find someone. As lame and cliche as that sounds, it would probably give me something to look forward to and make me happy if I had someone in my life. I signed up for Yahoo!Personals but you have to pay after so long. I feel like a skeeve whenever I log on and look at anyone’s profile anyway. I need to get over it. Heard plenty of success stories and believe I’ll have one too. Meh.

This story sounded better in my head. Ugh. Sorry I bored you with this lame excuse for a post. Just needed to get that off my mind.

My 2009 resolutions:

1. Lose my weight and keep it off.
   • Starting Friday (taking tomorrow off to lounge, shut up!) I’m dieting and working out all that I can. I want to be 180-ish by May/June. If I was almost there this year, I can do it again.
2. Be more social, have more friends, possibly get a BF.
   • I need to be more soclal instead of sitting at home waiting for something to happen.
3. Read more
   • I’ve read 13 books since January. I hope to at least double that number in 2009.

   • I feel like I’m missing out on a lot by not reading so I’d like to read for fun more.

I had to go to the dentist this morning. Boo. I hate the dentist. What a way to end the year. Mom, my sister, and I also went to IKEA. My mom had to get something and I like looking at all the stuff. We’re not doing much tonight as far as festivities. Right now we’re watching ‘Elf’ on USA. It’s not really a big thing for us. We just had dinner. Pizza buffet – wonderful ‘last meal of the year’, y/y? It was good and I hardly ever have pizza so I was pleased. We usually just stay up to midnight, say ‘Happy New Year’ then sleep. Tomorrow’s ritual is eating some black-eyed peas and cabbage for good luck. I had a lot last year and it didn’t bring me much luck. So IDK how much I’ll eat this year. o_0 We’re pretty tame and I like it. But I hope one day I’ll have real, legit NYE plans.

With that said, I want to wish everyone:

I hope you guys have a wonderful and safe New Year! *hugs*

I love her. Can I have that billboard in Houston? Please? Oh and maybe more of an effort to promote the show? It’s been lacking tremendously. I want to see ads on TV and in my magazines now!

I think I’m going to take a shower now. I’m all powdered sugary.