Sad times, regular times...

So this week has been interesting. Surprisingly I've been worse, but it's still sucked. Tonight our shark died. It's kind of amazing none of our fish have died up to this point (Butch doesn't really count because we only had him a few days and he was so tiny and unliked by the other fish), what with us not knowing the slightest thing about keeping fish alive. Walsh is still going strong, even though we bought Butch in anticipation of Walsh dying. That shark really was my favorite though, and he will be missed.



In Loving Memory of Our Lil' Guy:

sometime many months ago-2/28/2008


"We gave you a name, but forgot it because we never used it, and always just called you 'Shark' instead. You will be missed."

So that happened, I have 4 major tests next week, one comprehensive I need to do well in or else, I have a meeting with my professor/advisor tomorrow, I sat in the middle of two (very nice) couples cuddling on a couch today (I mean it, they're lovely people, but I'm going to kill Eric for this, because it was not my idea of not being awkward, even though did I mention they were very nice?), and I work tomorrow for the better Melissa, which means I'm stuck working with Stevie Boy and Serg instead of Brockley and Jon (Don't get me wrong, I love Stevie Boy as a big brother, and I'll get to work with Cole as well, but neither of them sing like Brock, and neither of them are as randomly funny and quiet but liberal all the while fibbing as though it were just breathing like Jon). Also it's one in the morning and I have yet to go to bed because the movie got started late, so I hope I have a desire to get up tomorrow morning.

On the bright side, in between the two couples tonight, I was able to watch one of AFI's Greatest 100 Movies of All Time, "Bringing Up Baby." I felt like watching an old classic, but something that was happy because of our loss tonight. It was black and white, had Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and was very amusing indead. I would recommend it to all. Also, I only have school till 10 am tomorrow, I'm going to a baby shower for Stevey Boy's baby Saturday, and I get to see most of my nieces and nephews on Sunday because my youngest is getting blessed. All of those are good things. Also, before Sharky died, and ironically, I went to the pet store to get a brush to clean our fish tank. I got that and a fish tank scraper (which worked beautifully), some water conditioner, more filters bags, a small algae eater (I've decided to name him Axel), and some plants. All good things with the health of our fishies in mind, but ultimately it was just too late. Randomly I had not my home teachers over tonight, but my ward missionaries? They weren't missionaries, but I think that's their calling. They just popped up on our doorstep looking for Meg, which is weird conisdering she's not even active, yet I am and they had no idea who I even was. Of course it makes since that given their calling they would come for her, but if she goes to church it will be up to her and theirs is a lost cause anyway. I'm not making any sense at this point, but they came in, chatted, and shared a message with me since she wasn't home and I'm all they had to work with. And even though I am active, they couldn't have known that since I used to work every other Sunday, and even when I didn't I rarely went to my ward. For all they knew, I could have been inactive. Oh well. It was a nice visit, now I know 2 more people in my ward, and hopefully I can make more friends now that all of mine are away, or might as well be.

I did get to hang out with Paige and Emmy yesterday, which was lovely, and it reminded me how much I've missed them. They really are two of the best, most uplifting to me, people I know, and it was fun to see them again. We watched Hairspray, because I hadn't, and I was surprised with how amusing it was. A lot of subtly dirty jokes--which I of course enjoyed, but which made me wonder if my 12 year old niece should be watching such things. It's too bad they live so far from me (relatively speaking), and that my life is so full of work and school now. Hopefully switching up my work schedule as I'm about to do will help things out. Here's to that.

Though it may not seem like it, I'm still sticking with my resolve to be more positive. I think I can do it, though it will take more time to be perfectly (or as much as possible) achieved. And with that I'm going to bed.