Missing my girl…
Missing my girl... and too broke to do anything about. Today was "bill paying" day. Our electric bill was $250 this month because our air conditioner was broken and we had to run it on 50 degrees to keep it even mildly cool in the apartment. That, tacked on with an expensive last month ($400 suit, $300 bed & breakfast, jewelry, $400 Playstation 3, $150+ spent at restaurants, gas, etc) and I'm pretty much out of money for the next couple of weeks. 
That's not to say that all these things weren't worth it- they definitely were. I'm just recuperating a little bit!
This weekend I saw Wanted with Josh Moore. Pretty decent movie. It reminded me a lot of both Shoot 'Em Up and Jumper. It had action sequences like Jumper along with humor very similar to Shoot 'Em Up. Overall, I'd give it a B+. Very entertaining movie. The only thing that was lacking was a little bit of the plot development. It was better developped than Jumper, but was still lacking. There's no explanation of the root CAUSE of the story- where is the loom getting messages from? Fate-- seriously? Anyways, good movie overall.
It's getting closer and closer to August, which is when Michelle is planning on moving to Austin (or Bastrop). Most likely that is the next time I will get to see her! It's sad, but it's only 3 more weeks, so I know it won't be that bad! It will definitely be exciting to help her get moved into her new place. While we're still not sure where that new home will be, I'm certain it will be awesome when it all falls into place!!! 
I miss my girl... badly.
So, Bryan Deric Frederick is certifiably insane. Why, you ask? Because he decided to buy a ticket to come to El Paso to cheer me up Friday afternoon. As in LITERALLY bought a ticket and 4 hours later was in El Paso, TX. I was shocked.
That shock wore off and turned to pure joy though. It was absolutely wonderful to spend the weekend bumming around this stinky little city with him. Even though I did want to kill him at first for not giving me fair warning of his arrival, and then making me stay up till 11pm to pick his butt up from the airport, I really enjoyed having him in person. And it was like pulling stitches to have to let him get on that plane to Dallas this afternoon. I already miss him terribly, and have been walking around the house in a daze since he left. Even my dad has been worried about my zombie-like mood.
But let me back up a little and tell you WHY I was so unhappy on Friday. My mother volunteered me to substitute for a pre-k class at her private school. "Easy money!" I thought. I taught pre-k during the 04', 05' Summer camps, and Bible schools at this same Church, and understood basically what I was getting into. Boy was I wrong. The class I subbed for was apparently the WORST class at the school, and yelled and cried and misbehaved so much that I couldn't hear out of my left ear for 2 hours after class was over. I should have been clued in that something was amiss when the teachers I did know apologized and gave me hugs after I uttered the name of the teacher I was filling in for... That's never a good sign. 
So, Bryan could tell I was frustrated, and quickly getting into a state of total inebriation that afternoon over AIM, and made the rash decision to fly to El Paso that evening. It ended up being just what the doctor ordered, since he was able to meet one of my best friends from high school, Arlynn, and then bum around the Canutes outlet mall with me. (Which I found out that I've lost enough weight to fit into a jean size 6!!Woot Woot!!)
My boyfriend is insane, but I love him dearly. He always seems to know just what to do to cheer me up. Even if its a bit unorthadox.
1 year…
Yesterday marked year one complete in the Michelle and Bryan saga. I bought Kolaches from West, Tx for breakfast and brought them to Michelle. 7:00am breakfast was fun. I wrote Michelle a list of things I love about our first year together. I thought it was rather sweet...
For dinner, we tried out Basaberu- the new restaurant across the highway from campus. The food was really good. Our waitress served us the wrong food first. It was supposed to be for the people at the table next to us! The spinach and artichoke dip was tasty and the DosEquis was delicious as it should be.
We ended the evening with a spat about it not being special enough... What's an anniversary without a little grief, right?
This evening we're supposed to be doing a picnic dinner. I'm thinking we'll take Lucky-butt out to Cameron park and set up in the grass somewhere if it's not too wet from yesterday's downpour. Will update later on if I get any smooches out of picnic-time. ;-D