22 Days!

Yesterday's purple strip:
"Oh for a book and a shady nook, either in door or out." --John Wilson

Today, blue strip:
"La chair est triste, helas! et j'ai lu tous les livres." --Stephane Mellarme ("The flesh is sad, alas! And I have read all the books.)

Easter was fun. Steven and Valerie invited Ann and I over to their house, and they made ham and French toast for us. I made deviled eggs, and we all sat around and ate ourselves silly, then played Gamecube for a couple hours. I had waaaay too much chocolate yesterday. It was a good day.

Today I slept in, and decided not to go to French. I hadn't finished the homework and I woke up with a killer sore throat, so I elected to sleep instead of trudge up to campus for a class I'm not even enrolled in. I waltzed into lab around 1:00 and checked my email, and lo and behold, there was an email from the French professor. It wasn't a condemnation for missing class, though--it was a permission number letting me enroll! Someone finally dropped! So I dropped the lit course and will take back the book I bought for it this morning, and life will be perfect for my last quarter at UCSC. I have the ideal class schedule, the weather is supposed to clear up, and what more could a girl ask for? Besides more money in my bank account, that is.

Speaking of which, I spent a bundle of money on graduation announcements this morning, which should arrive within two weeks. Once they get here, I'll send them out, and you lot can expect to receive them in about a month. If all goes well.

I also joined the rock-climbing gym (Ann and I got 1-month trial memberships), so all you Santa Cruz people should come climbing with us. It's so much fun. We went Friday night and Saturday afternoon, and my hands are shredded today, but hopefully they'll be better by tomorrow because we're going again.

In other news, the photography class rocks, and our first assignment is due this week, so I'll actually get some feedback and advice on my technique. That class is killer fun. And sailing meets tomorrow for the first time, if the weather holds. So really... this week is shaping up pretty nicely.

:-D

Spoiledness test

Supposedly, 40+ means you're spoiled. But 39 and under means you're just as unfortunate as the rest of us.

Do you have...
(1) your own cell phone
(2) a television in your bedroom
() an iPod
(3) a photo printer
() your own phone line
() TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
() high-speed internet access
(4) a surround sound system in bedroom (sort of)
(5) DVD player in bedroom
() at least a hundred DVDs
(6) a childfree bathroom (probably due to the fact that there are no children here)
() your own in-house office
() a pool
() a guest house
() a game room
() a queen-size bed or larger
() a stocked bar
() a working dishwasher
() an icemaker
(7) a working washer and dryer
() more than 20 pairs of shoes
() at least ten things from a designer store
() expensive sunglasses
() framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
() Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(8) a multi-speed bike
(9) a gym membership (damnit, I just got one two days ago)
() large exercise equipment at home
() your own set of golf clubs
() a pool table
() a tennis court
(10) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
() your own pair of skis
() enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
() a boat
() a jet ski
() a neighborhood committee membership (i.e. HOA)
() a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
() wealthy family members
() two or more family cars
() a walk-in closet or pantry
(11) a yard
() a hammock
() a personal trainer
(12) good credit
(13) expensive jewelry (a pair of emerald earrings I got when I turned 16, and two necklaces from my parents' wedding and my graduation)
() a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get...
() at least $100 cash in your possession right now
() more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
() a stock portfolio
(14) a passport
() a horse
() a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
(14) private medical insurance (I'm still on my mom's.)
() a college degree, and no outstanding student loans

Do you:
() shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
() do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
() pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
() go on weekend mini-vacations
() send dinners back with every flaw
() wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
() regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
() have a job but don't need the money OR
() stay at home with little financial sacrifice
() pay someone else to cook your meals
() pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
() regularly pay someone else to drive you
() expect a gift after you fight with your partner

Are you:
() an only child (HA! not anymore!)
() married/partnered to a wealthy person
() baffled/surprised when you don't get your way

Have you:
() been on a cruise (i have been on a ferry, though!)
(15) traveled out of the country (five years ago)
() met a celebrity
() been to the Caribbean
(16) been to Europe (five years ago)
() been to Hawaii
() been to New York (we stayed in a hostel and some drunk dude stumbled into our room in the middle of the night!)
() eaten at the space needle in Seattle
(17) been to the Mall of America (that's in Minnesota, right? I think I went there when I was 12)
(18) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
() been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
() moved more than three times because you wanted to
() dined with local political figures
() been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast

Did you:
() go to another country for your honeymoon
() hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(19) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
() attend private school (not yet; even my undergrad is a public university)
() have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you