so, first, i would like to say that my unborn daughter officially has more, better, and newer belongings than me and she doesn't even officially exist yet. this is all thanks to the power of a crowded baby shower and many loving, wonderful, life saving friends and family members.

i have a lot a lot a lot of thank you cards to pump out this weekend, but i wanted to use my lj to give a HUGE public shout out to my ut crew

nadia, hussain, suzy, and sean

who i love soooooo much and who came through with flying colors, amazing gifts, and whose very presence at the shower completely rejuvenated me. 

i was and still am getting over some sort of respiratory infection thing and just having them there made me 100x more cheerful and motivated that day when everything was chaotic and stressful.

and extra special love for sean and kristy who stayed after everything was over to help put my apartment back together and give me love and support in the after-party calm. 

and then there's rizzy. 
oh. my. god. this girl is an angel.
never having been to a baby shower, my hostesses and i didnt plan so completely. without rizzy the whole thing would have been terribly awkward and completely fallen apart. she came armed with decorations, more food, games, and my valley family. 
words cannot descrive how much i love my rizstar, but after she saved my shower i am in awe of her. i will always wonder what i did to deserve the most amazing soul sister in the entire world. 
I LOVE YOU RIZZY!!
and i'm not the only one... several people told me in the days after the shower that they loved meeting rizzy and her family- that they were truly impressed by how energetic, friendly, and loving they were. 
rizzy and family: you not only amaze me, but the whole world. i can't say enough about you!

i love you guys so much. you are truly special people and i am so lucky to have y'all in my life.

-e.

so i woke up this morning and didn't like the taste of water anymore.

i'm thirsty, and i tried to drink some water, but it only made me want to throw up... from the taste.

and its not just my apartment... its the drinking fountains at school too.

weird.

i hope it comes back because i can't afford fancy flavored water. i drink tap water.

I TURNED INTO NADIA! lol

-e.

Me: Short black hair, glasses, large smile.

Drumsticks sometime?

alright. i could be wrong. but i'm almost positive that this was for me.

it was posted early on sunday and saturday night i was indeed in the ice cream section of this very HEB wearing sweat pants and a shirt with no bra.

i know what you're thinking. you are totally disregarding my awesome shout out and wondering why i was wandering around the frozen foods section without a bra. i have a good excuse.

you see, earlier in the evening, jason, whitney, and i had gone for a moonlight swim at her awesome complex pool because it was hot and because we wanted to take advantage of it before she moves out.

my beloved roommate, callie, had been having a terrible day, so we three decided to meet back at callie's and my apartment for a sex and the city night complete with cookies, ice cream, and booze (obviously not for me) in order to cheer her up.

i was in charge of cookies and ice cream and had to make a stop at the HEB on the way home, but had neglected to bring proper undergarments to change into after our swim. i figured it was later in the evening and i was pregnant and i probably wouldn't run into anyone i knew at the HEB so who cared if i was lacking underpants or a bra?

and the splendid haircut part?

earlier in the day i had just lopped off my mop to a FANTASTIC choppy hot mom cut that has become my all time favorite look that i have ever done and you alllllll need to see it because i am the hotness.

so.

i choose to believe this was meant for me, because, honestly, how many adorable braless and sweatpants clad chicks are running around the ice cream section of my HEB late at night with amazing hair?

only me.
 
the best part, too, is that it was put out by a woman. i make no distinctions in breaking hearts.

-e.

in case you didn't see it on news 8 austin.... OR CNN or whatever other NATIONAL news outlets were broadcasting this... st. ed's has had  three bomb threats in as many days. 

on tuesday, at 8:30am in the cold drizzle, i was evacuated from my science class...

or rather, my science class had gone to test pond water for an activity when the bomb threat happened, so we were evacuated from a pond.

besides being worrisome, inconvenient, expensive, and cold, the experience had another fun dimension for me and my classmates because all of our posessions were locked inside a classroom in a now evacuated, and prohibited building. we had left them there while we hiked to the pond.

so i didn't get my wallet, phone, keys, or schoolbooks back until wednesday. that sucked hard.

and also... i haven't gotten a single "i heard what happened! are you ok! let's rant about this!!" phone call. i know nothing blew up, so i am going to forgive all my friends and family members for their lack of concern. *glare* and also because there was obviously another, more tragic event at a different school, which should totally overshadow this.

on that note, my friend gopal, who i met in monterrey, and who attends virginia tech, tells me that the whole virginia tech community is amazed and grateful by the outpouring of national support they have recieved.  so keep on keeping on, guys.

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also my boutique, vanilla girl designs, is closing after nearly three years of amazing. so i need a job. and if any of you are interested in buying discounted mosaic art and furniture, or store fixtures, then come to our big blowout next weekend- april 28 and 29. i'll be working there on sunday the 29.

meanwhile i'm applying to be a summer RA in the dorms here at seu, so wish me luck on that.

have a great weekend everyone! i know i will... i might go to a RAVE!.... i might just laze in the spring weather... but either way i'm happy because it's RAVE! season once again!!

-e.