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[10 Feb 2005|09:08am] |
i think i'm getting sick
my head is all stuffy and my throat kinda hurts
but i can't get sick!!! my coworker just had her baby and we are totally short staffed at work. so everyone is freaking out cause nobody has been hired as a replacement.
AAHHH.
i just want to lie in bed all day.
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| Boooooya |
[01 Feb 2005|11:04pm] |
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word up homies
yeah i am so not gangsta but i'm tired and feeling a little loopy and of course thats always a good time to update livejournal.
i know that i always say this, but i never update anymore. so i'm sorry. i know that you guys cry cause i don't have any super witty entries to read...but you'll get over it. i have faith.
i've been knitting like a fiend lately. i bought a whole bunch of yarn before the big blizzard last week and so far i've knit 2 scarves, 2 hats, 3 wristbands, and half of another scarf. i need help. i'm not an 80 year old grandmother so why on earth am i spending my free time knitting with my cat on the couch next to me? i really like it though and i guess thats good cause knitting is a good hobby to have. i could be pimping myself on the corner but i'm not. so thats a plus.
rachel made me want baja fresh really bad. and i know that there is one in quincy market but i hate going there (even if its close) cause its horribly expensive to park. and its really not worth it to pay $25 to park so you can eat a $4 taco. well.....it IS baja fresh. but still. not worth it.
so thanks rachel. i dream about tacos because of you.
the weather here has been getting warmer. it was actually above freezing during the day for the past 3 days. its quite unbelievable how good 35 degrees feels after a month of zero.
laura got a job in alabama. i'm so happy for her and even more excited because hopefully i'll be going to visit in 3 weeks. she just needs to check something out with her boss and then i can buy my tickets. alabama. wow.
i'm going to go knit more and then go to bed. it sounds so pathetic but it really isn't. at least i'm happy :)
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| Suggestions? |
[29 Jan 2005|10:39pm] |
Recommend to me:
1. a movie
2. a book
3. a musical artist, song, or album
4. a LiveJournal user not on my friends list
5. what I should have for dinner
6. a website
7. a quote
Then post this in your own journal.
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| LIARS! |
[18 Jan 2005|09:12pm] |
You Are 29 Years Old |
29
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
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| Same old same old |
[08 Jan 2005|10:08pm] |
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i feel like i don't update nearly as much as i used to.
i am going to attribute it to the fact that now that i'm done with college and part of the working world, my life quite frankly just isn't as interesting. i wake up at the same time every day and do the same things - work out, go to work, come home, make dinner, tv, bed only to wake up and do it all over again. i've become a complete creature of habit and in a strange way, it doesn't bother me in the least.
i really enjoy settling down into patterns. there was a time in my life when i really liked just taking it as it came and enjoying the moment and all that. but there is some sort of comfort in being where i am now. basically...i've got my shit together and its really really nice. fewer surprises, fewer dramas, fewer worries. i guess sometimes its boring and i wish that it were like it used to be, but i think if it came down to it, i wouldn't want it any other way.
i don't even remember the last time i posted so i'm just gonna update the past week or so in the life of lauren:
new years was fun. i went to dinner with my cousin sarah and her friends. we went late, like 10ish or something. sarah and i got back to the house around 1115 and julie was there with jenny and nicole and david (nicole's brother). jenny, nicole, julie and i spent new years '96 together when i was in 8th grade and they were all 5th graders. but this was particularly special because i think it was the first time that they all spent together since then. so much changed for them after elementary school and this new years it was like it always used to be. i know they had a good time and i was happy just being able to chill out and relax and stay in. we popped a bottle of champagne at midnight and made our own ice cream sundaes. probably the best new year i've had in a looooong time.
i went back to work on monday the 3rd. it was really nice to be back and get into my life and my schedule again. the kids were really excited to be back also. they are the reason that i love my job so much. they are totally awesome!!!
wednesday night we got major snow and thursday we had a snow day. it snowed pretty much the entire day and was really icky and gross out. gabe came over with his friend from school and we watched "boiler room." (one of my favorites) friday after work i went out on a date with shana cause i haven't seen her in forever. we had a late-er dinner and then instead of going to a movie we decided to go shopping. i bought 2 cute shirts that were 50% off at express and fun purple eyeshadow with glitter at sephora. after that we came back to my apartment and just hung out and caught up. i miss shana. i graduate from college and move back to boston, she graduates high school and goes away to college. stupid ho :)
i spent most of today at my parents house hanging out and being a bum. we had a huuuuge yummy dinner and watched tv on the couch. it snowed again. all day. its still wicked gross out and i hope that it stops soon because the roads are disgusting.
ahhhhh snow. at least it isn't as cold here as it is in ithaca!!!
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| Happy New Year |
[02 Jan 2005|10:05am] |
okay so i know that today is january 2nd, but pretend that its the first
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
i hope everyone that is reading this is alive and well. leave me a comment and let me know where you currently are, cause i've been feeling so disconnected from everyone lately...like i don't know whats going on in your lives apart from what i read here.
2005 ain't half bad :)
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| Christmas in Florida |
[18 Dec 2004|11:47pm] |
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so i leave for florida on friday and i'm really excited.
i haven't seen my grandpa in a long time and i haven't been to florida for a while, either. so it will be nice to get away for a few days and spend some time in the sun and enjoy the warm weather. plus i'll be back here for new years so i'll still be able to spend enough time with friends before i have to go back to work on the 3rd. damn i really miss those month-long winter breaks in college right about now...
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| My recent life: |
[02 Dec 2004|09:28am] |
some random recent pictures that sum up whats been going on in my life
( laugh at me )
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| I Heart Turkey Day |
[27 Nov 2004|10:01am] |
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thanksgiving was awesome. its without a doubt my favorite holiday. stuffing myself full of all my favorite foods and then napping on the couch for as long as i want...its just too good to be true.
we decided this year that thinking about thanksgiving and preparing for it is almost more fun than the actual dinner. last year all the cousins finished eating in like 5 minutes. we stuffed ourselves so full and so quickly it was this big disappointment..like "that's it?" and it was over too fast. so this year we decided to eat slower and then sit around for another half hour after we finished eating. i think it was nicer and more satisfying than in past years. we also killed multiple bottles of wine which was nice. i love wine.
before and after dinner we slept on the couch and watched TV. it was really mellow and i had an awesome time. i can't wait for next year!!!
kendra came back with us after thanksgiving to see the new apartment. we hung out and watched tv and then went to bed. in the morning we went out to breakfast and then back to watch another movie on the couch. then we decided to be productive so we braved the crowds at the mall (which weren't really that bad) and went shopping. i bought jeans from express and got a free 40$ cashmere scarf just for shopping. how awesome is that? i saw pants that i want at AE but i didn't have a coupon with me so i didn't buy them. i'll do it this weekend.
uncle lloyd and aunt linda came over for dinner and to pick kendra up. i cooked yummy mexican and stuffed myself again. and then after that i spent the rest of the night in sweats watching tv with julie. i was going to go out with gina but i had no motivation to get up and shower, so i promised her a raincheck.
i don't wanna go back to work on monday. i just want to eat and be a bum forever.
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| Hahhvahd/Yale |
[22 Nov 2004|10:12pm] |
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friday night was boring. i think i went to bed at like 10pm.
i've been "nannying" at david's house since tuesday and it was okay. he's 16 and doesn't need me there at all, but his parents don't trust him and he can't drive so they pay me to hang out and keep the peace.
saturday was funnnnnnn. i met up with gina for tailgates and the harvard/yale football game. i thought cortaca jug was huge, but it was nothing compared to this. the tailgates were amazing. (http://www.boston.com/dailynews/327/region/Cops_eye_tailgate_ban_after_Ha:.shtml)
TONS of free food, tons of people (not to mention super hot guys) and tons of fun. we ran around like crazy for a few hours and then went to the game. their stadium is awesome. its huge and stone and doesn't have metal bleachers. just these stone steps to sit on. it has ivy growing up the side of it and the whole feel of watching a game there is different than anything i've ever experienced before. after the game (harvard won) we rushed the field. and since gina knows half the football team, we were up there giving hi-fives and even made it on TV (yay!) after that i went home and passed out for a bit. then i met up with josh and gina and a whole bunch of other harvard baseball players and we went to the dirty kong for chinese food and scorpion bowls. i made it home at like 3am and passed out in 2 seconds. i slept soooo well. i woke up feeling like crap on sunday and barely made it through sunday family bagel brunch.
did nothing in the afternoon and then went to maggianos in boston for dinner with my dad. proceeded to get hammered on some martinis, and then we walked to finale (best restaurant in the WORLD) for dessert. its this amazing restaurant that i've probably written about before that serves only dessert. they also have like 100 amazing dessertish drinks and cognacs and wines and coffees. its all gourmet and comes prepared so beautifully that you don't want to touch it and destroy it. but then i remember that its chocolate and i devour the whole thing in under 5 minutes. its truly unbelievable. everybody should go at least once.
after that i went to harvard to visit josh and his friend jb. we kicked josh out of his room and watched "ocean's 11" and hung out. it was good times. jb is the bomb shizzle.
quite possibly going to LA for new years and to visit come cool west coast people. i'll keep y'all updated.
3 days until thanksgiving which is by far the best holiday in the entire world. oh my god i am going to crap myself because i am so excited!!
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| All That I Needed |
[14 Nov 2004|07:08pm] |
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ithaca was amazing.
i needed more than i realized and now that i'm back i just feel absolutely amazing. everyone that i wanted to see was there and it felt so good to be surrounded by all these people that mean so much to me in life.
its strange because when i graduated i thought that it would be the last time that it would ever feel that way - that we'd all be together in ithaca. but coming back this weekend and having everyone else back too, it felt just the same. all the guys were back for jeff's 21st (finally!) and laura and susan were there, too (obviously). going out friday and saturday felt just the same as it used to. and although when i left i admit i was totally ready to get the hell out, it felt incredible to just be back again.
i need to make sure i can schedule time to come back and visit more frequently than i have been. its been 3ish months and that is just too long to be away. ithaca is one of those places that when you are there, you can't wait to get the hell out. but when you're away, all you wanna do is get back there. and when you do get back, it seems timeless.
i can't even explain the feeling i felt this weekend. just seeing everyone was enough to make it great.
and it surely was :)
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| ITHACA |
[11 Nov 2004|08:34am] |
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i'm leaving for ithaca in 20 minutes.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
i miss everyone so much i can't wait.
wahoo :)
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i dyed my hair. again.
ok so i know that i dye it all the time, but for once, its not blonde!! i dyed it light brown when i got back from ithaca, but it faded and eventually turned blonde again. so this time i dyed it dark. really dark. it looks awesome. even my mom likes it. i have 2 pictures posted here and yes i know i look angry in one of them. but you try taking a picture with your camera phone WHILE driving and looking at the camera and the road at the same time. yeah its not easy. but you can see the color really well so thats why i'm posting it.
it was so windy yesterday!! i almost blew away on the playground at recess. the whole playground is covered with woodchips and they were coming up and getting in the kids eyes. so we cut recess short. i was thrilled.
i'm going to ithaca on thursday!!! i'm super excited cause i miss laura like whoa. i don't really care about going to cortaca jug especially cause its actually supposed to snow (gulp) and i don't want to be outside. but i want to see her and my friends that i miss so much.
last night sucked. i was supposed to get a phone call letting me know what the plans were, but that didn't happen and i fell asleep. i guess its for the best though cause i was up at 7 yesterday and barely made it to midnight.
( no more dumb blonde )
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| Rolling along |
[30 Oct 2004|10:55am] |
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so i haven't updated in a while. and i'm sorry. but i just haven't had any motivation to write about the recent events in my life and my thoughts and whatever. but i just got the urge so i'm taking advantage of it.
its strange how once you finish college and get a real job, nothing new ever really seems to happen. i mean, life is good and i'm really happy, but it just isn't the same as college. but i guess that its a good thing because i'm 22 and i'm a little bit past getting ho-ed out to go to a bar when its 20 degrees out and drink till i puke. i've been hanging out with some friends from high school which is a little weird, but they aren't people i talked to back then. i only met them a year ago and they are a lot of fun. its good times.
the apartment is still awesome. we just got a cute cat. her name is camilla and she's from a high-kill shelter in georgia. apparently she was days away from being euthanized when she was rescued by this foster group up here in MA. they adopt tons of cats from these kill shelters and bring them back to new england and try to get people to adopt them up here. but they keep them at their own houses until they are adopted (like foster parents). julie saw her picture online and fell in love with her and dragged me to go see her. of course we took her home that night and now she lives with us and is very happy. she loves to cuddle and is totally adorable.
so the red sox won the world series. it still doesn't feel real. i'm not going to the parade today because it is raining. and i really don't feel like standing in traffic. i'll watch it on TV. and besides, the relatives are coming over in an hour for a housewarming. we need more appliances and this is a great way to get them.
oh and i'm going to ithaca in 2 weeks. yay!!
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| Cuz you were wondering |
[20 Oct 2004|09:32am] |
i am alive.
i moved.
and i just got internet (finally)
so yes, i am alive.
for all of those who were wondering.
thanks for caring :)
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| Tomorrow! |
[07 Oct 2004|06:19pm] |
i'm moving out tomorrow
i am so excited i can't even contain myself.
WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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| Signed, sealed, and delivered |
[05 Oct 2004|08:57am] |
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i signed the lease yesterday. move-in day is this friday. i think all we're gonna do is pick up the keys and then move all the big stuff saturday. its a 3-day weekend so i'll be able to get most of my stuff moved and not worry about having to take off a day from work to do it. i am SO beyond excited. i really never thought i'd move out. this is seriously too good to be true.
its really cold out today. but that is alright cause it isn't snowing yet and it isn't below freezing. its just weird cause last week i was wearing tank tops and it was warm and now i'm wearing my wool jacket and scarf. at least the weather here isn't as wacky as ithaca. i definitely don't miss that.
the kids are on a field trip and won't be back till 130 so i don't have to be at work until 1. awesome.
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| MOVING |
[02 Oct 2004|09:56am] |
i move out in 6 days. that is less than a week!
oh my good lord i am so excited.
if you're gonna be around come help me move. i don't think i can carry all the heavy stuff by myself :P i'll feed you...
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| Lazy Lauren |
[28 Sep 2004|08:25pm] |
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yeah i'm getting really bad at this updating thing. i know i haven't in a while but yes, i am alive and yes, life is good.
my grandma left today :( she was visiting for a long weekend and i haven't seen her in forever. it was sad to say goodbye but she'll be up again in a little over a month which is good. i miss her when i don't see her.
work is going great. i still love my job and that is awesome. the kids are so cool and i really love what i'm doing. i couldn't be any happier.
i'm planning on moving out into an apartment within the month. i'm super excited because i didn't think it was going to be possible until at least another year. but things have changed and now i am happy.
its rainy and cold here. i don't like rainy and cold. but at least i got to wear my cute new shirt to work today. i've been wanting to wear it for a while.
i've been spending lots of time at harvard on weekends lately. josh is being an awesome friend and taking me out with his friends so i am not stuck at home being a loser. my cousins came out with me this past weekend and we had tons of fun!! its nice having josh around during the year because i was pretty sad to come back here knowing that hardly any of my friends were still around.
i'm talking to adrian right now online. i saw him this past weekend as well. i told him i was going to write about him in my journal. he said "thanks" :) silly adrian.
life is....stable. its been a long time since i have felt that way and i'm really really enjoying it. its like living on the straight line instead of the one with all the hills and valleys. its quite un-stressful and exceptionally enjoyable. god i'm a nerd. but anyways..
its good and i'm happy. and i have leftover kimballs ice cream waiting for me in the freezer unless someone ate it.
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