Reminiscing

I was looking back through my old posts, and I found this gem, where I was talking about watching the movie "Love Actually" with my friend Connie:

At one point, I got agitated, looked at her, and said,

"Why isn't he running after her?!?! Why won't anyone run after anyone?"

And Connie just very simply said,

"Nobody runs after anyone in real life, Amanda."

She's right. (May 9, 2009)

While this seems somewhat depressing (It is, I suppose) the comment that was posted was from Kellie, my high school English teacher. (She's inspired me more than she'll ever know) Kellie simply said, "not true! not true! the right one will always run after you."

You know what? I'm finally at a place in my life where I believe that.

I Miss the Boy

I miss the boy... Which I suppose you gathered from my title.

You're all pretty smart readers... But I figured repetition really gets the point across.

Jon left less than an hour ago. He just called to let me know he got to his apartment safe.

He spent the whole weekend with me, and it was lovely.

But it seems like no matter how long he's here, it's never long enough.

Even so, we got a lot accomplished this weekend.

Friday night, we went out to dinner, and Tabi came too!

It was so awesome to see her, because it's been forever,

Also, Tabi is one of my favoritest people ever.

She's very sweet, funny, and for those who don't know, she was my roommate freshman year.

Saturday we mostly just bummed around. We went to the flea market to look around.

We also went to a Goodwill, and found a picture for my wall.

Jon helped me hang it over the couch, and it looks nice.

We also rearranged my bedroom, and hooked up a small TV in there

So I took a nap while Jon watched the Steelers game, which was fun too.

It's nice that we just got to spend time together.

Sunday was more bumming around. I finally passed my stupid kidney stone.

I was very glad for this, because they were going to do surgery if I didn't.

I now know that if a doctor says, "Oh, it's just three millimeters,"

I will tell him to kindly laser that bitch out of me without delay.

I spent three weeks dealing with that, and it felt like an animal clawed out of my body.

Anyway, after all that was said and done, we went to see Bree.

We played with her cat, Tripp, who is just a blast

I have given him the full name "Tripp Poe Thumper Love Love Panther Paws Toothless Fall Little Whiskerkins Marks"

We came home, had some wine, and played some video games, then went to sleep.

Today was very relaxed as well. We woke up and just laid around in bed,

Finally got up and got showered, then went out to lunch at Olive Garden.

We came home, laid around and snuggled some more, then he went home.

We both have class tomorrow, and his is really early.

So, I miss him already, and I know I won't sleep well tonight.

For now, I'm just waiting on laundry.

Books for 2010

It's become a tradition/resolution of sorts for me to try and read fifty books each year. This is the third year that I've tried. My grand total for 2010? (Not counting books I started and never finished, or the myriad of articles that I had to read for various classes) is 51 books. At all interested to see which books I read? I listed them below! This year starts another try!

JANUARY

-THE NEVERENDING STORY BY MICHAEL ENDE

-THE AMITYVILLE HORROR: A TRUE STORY BY JAY ANSON

-WATERSHIP DOWN BY RICHARD ADAMS

-HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE BY J.K. ROWLING

FEBRUARY

-WISHBONE CLASSIC #2; THE ODYSSEY BY HOMER ADAPTED BY JOAN MATTERN

-GROWING SEASON: THE LIFE OF A MIGRANT COMMUNITY BY GARY HARWOOD, DAVID HASSLER AND ROBERT COLES

MARCH

-CHARLOTTE'S WEB BY E.B. WHITE

-THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE BY C.S. LEWIS

-MATILDA BY ROALD DAHL

-THE GIVER BY LOIS LOWRY

-HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS BY J.K. ROWLING

-ANNIE'S BABY BY BEATRICE SPARKS

-WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF BY EDWARD ALBEE

-STANDING IN THE LIGHT: THE CAPTIVE DIARY OF CATHERINE CAREY LOGAN BY MARY POPE OSBORNE

-GOD BLESS YOU, DR. KEVORKIAN BY KURT VONNEGUT

APRIL

-SUPERFUDGE BY JUDY BLUME

-HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN BY J.K. ROWLING

-TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE

-ELLA ENCHANTED BY GAIL CARSON LEVINE

-ALONG FOR THE RIDE BY SARAH DESSEN

-HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE BY J.K. ROWLING

-SEDUCTION BY DESIGN BY SANDRA BROWN

-THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON BY STEPHEN KING

-BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA BY KATHERINE PATERSON

-NUMBER THE STARS BY LOIS LOWRY

-THE BOYS IN THE BAND BY MART CROWLEY

-TUNES FOR BEARS TO DANCE TO BY ROBERT CORMIER

-THE CAY BY THEODORE TAYLOR

-HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX BY J.K. ROWLING

MAY

-THE ROYAL DIARIES: MARIE ANTIONETTE, PRINCESS OF VERSAILLES. AUSTRIA-FRANCE, 1769 BY KATHYRN LASKY

-THE ROYAL DIARIES: CLEOPATRA VII, DAUGHTER OF THE NILE, EGYPT, 57 B.C. BY KRISTIANA GREGORY

-JURASSIC PARK BY MICHAEL CRICHTON

-HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE BY J.K. ROWLING

-MELODY BY V.C. ANDREWS

JUNE

-HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS BY J.K. ROWLING

-MAKE THE BIBLE WORK FOR YOU BY REVEREND HELLENBACK

-THIS BOY'S LIFE BY TOBIAS WOLFFE

-FALLEN BY LAUREN KATE

-ME OF LITTLE FAITH BY LEWIS BLACK

-BLANKETS BY CRAIG THOMPSON

JULY

-JTHM: DIRECTOR'S CUT BY JHONEN VASQUEZ

-THE YELLOW WALLPAPER BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

AUGUST

-BRISINGR BY CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI

-THE HALLOWEEN TREE BY RAY BRADBURY

-WHAT THEY ALWAYS TELL US BY MARTIN WILSON

-SALEM'S LOT BY STEPHEN KING

NOVEMBER

-THE CONTRARIAN'S GUIDE TO LEADERSHIP BY STEVEN B. SAMPLE

-LEADING IN A CULTURE OF CHANGE BY MICHAEL FULLAN

DECEMBER

-PRIVILEGE, POWER AND DIFFERENCE BY ALLAN JOHNSON

-HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS BY J.K. ROWLING (AGAIN)

-ME OF LITTLE FAITH BY LEWIS BLACK (AGAIN)

sidenote: i don't know why this would only post in caps lock. (and no, my caps lock key is not on)