I should really just give up on updating! I try so hard to update but I admit that I sadly have to blame Facebook and Twitter. Poor LJ just can't win anymore.

Just for a quick update (among many other things that I will post about later...) I am flying out to Phoenix tomorrow (this?) morning. Jeremy's father passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday night. We received the news on Wednesday. Jeremy flew out on Thursday morning, so it will be nice seeing him again even after two days apart. I know that Jeremy and I aren't married yet, so I never had the privledge of calling him a father-in-law. But he definitely was a father figure in my eyes. I just know that I have to be there strong for Jeremy and his brother too...

RIP Dad. ♥

Soo.. Monika did something today she shouldn't have. We really don't have the extra money.. And the once paid off credit cards have been charged up again.  But she did it anyway...

Monika bought  plane tickets to LA so she can see GLAY.

I should be happy... And I am so excited! But at the same time I am upset, because one, Jeremy isn't coming again. And two, moneys. But as I have said time and time again, you can make plenty of money in time. Things like this rarely come along! It didn't help that the tickets were wicked cheap -- With taxes and everything they come out to $230!

I leave Thursday (September 10) after work and return very late that following Sunday. I really wish I could stay longer... But school begins September 15, so at least my last weekend of non-chaos will be spent with my best friends in LA!!

To those of you who know me best: Please restrain me from spending too much money! (ie, Hello Kitty items, Book Off, fatty food, etc.)

Erm. I won't go back to explain why I have neglected my poor LJ. I love it but simply cannot find the time to sit down and make updates!

So.. in these few months that school has been out you'd think I had much more free time.. Erm, no. So what has happened?

• Took an 8 week Japanese class out in Hartford! Definitely not clicking just yet, but I have a very strong base for it at least.
• Trying my best to get back into running... It was very hard trying to juggle that on top of my Japanese classes (I would get home around 9:30 at night with exhaustion!) But perhaps now I can focus on it!
• My mom was hit by a car... Yes, actually hit by a car in the freakin cross walk! She broke her collar bone and has been healing slowly but surely... I definitely have been focusing on being there for her during this time. It's so scary to think what could've happened...
• Went to Otakon for JRR! I also attended my first panel and press events. It was very exciting and I can't wait to work at more conventions.
• Absolutely despise Baltimore, however. Very scary city! Our car was broken into the first night -- Driver's side window completely shattered. Luckily we had everything of value on us. Obviously they were pissed nothing was in there so they only took the GPS charger and a dead ipod charger. xD Still really shaken up about that though, especially when I continue to find random bits of glass in the car.
• Got a Blackberry pearl! So email is with me 24/7, thank god! JRR should be happy! :D
• Lastly, still freakin depressed about Michael Jackson's death. Still so unbelievable. My last.fm account  proves the love though. <3 R.I.P. MJ.

Hmmm.. I think that completes it? I actually have an entire month to relax (well, other than working) before school starts again!! And of course GLAY had to mention their big return to LA... So I need to try to find some money to fly out there.. And I'm hoping that this time Jeremy can come too!! >_<

Ohh, and I discovered MELL at Otakon. Absolutely astounding musician and person. Loveliest person I've met in a long time! Everyone should definitely give her a listen!

OMG I am making an entry within a week of my last one! Wtf?? This is what happens when the semester winds down and your classes end butt-tard early.

I am already planning heavily for next semester. I officially changed my major to global studies!! Minoring in business.. I will be attempting to double major come the transfer to UCLA. :D With that in mind, I am currently I am enrolled in 6 classes (one of which I am on hold, so hopefully a few narks drop out!) This is the first year that Mitchell is offering the global studies degree, so that means that there are a bunch of new language courses! No Japanese of course, but they do have Chinese!! So I snatched that up!

Speaking of Japanese, I am attending an open house at this Berlitz language school up in Hartford. I may enroll in a 8 week program to learn Japanese during the summer! GAAH. <3 But it'll of course depend on the times. Hopefully they'll be night classes.. They said that they offer payment plans, so I am trying not to worry about the price! @_@;

Umm.. oh! My marketing teacher was so thrilled with our marketing plan (I made a website for our product) that she asked me to make a website for her business!! I am in utter disbelief that I can get an opportunity like this. She is moving down to DC to market her hats to the first lady. Insane! I'll be working a website that the white house might see! xD; I met with her at her studio yesterday to discuss the details, but I will begin focusing on that after school ends next week!

I started running again though -- I feel so good even if I am such a slug with my time. My mile is back up to 9 minutes, so that irks me, but it definitely gives me something to improve on! I am pushing myself to be back down to my normal 7 minute miles by the time cross country starts in September.

And.. Last but not least, SIGN. <3 (By the way.. JRR is keeping me plenty busy as well! Haii, Monika did make these graphics ;D)

Sign the JRR 2 Festival petition!

Ahh! So yes, we returned from Phoenix two weeks ago now?  Obviously everything is okkei. Jeremy's dad is doing better than I thought, so that was a real relief... It was still a really heavy trip though -- Especially considering that they are still going over the will. I am surprised that I am not fat though, because we ate at Sonic for every single meal. I totaled up my debit card charges and it was over $90... Not including the cash spent!! That's just for 4 freakin days! Fatty!

All in all, things have been working out pretty good! Only two more weeks until school is out! I am so excited too, because I will only have to take one final exam! Two of my other classes are not having a final and the other two I was able to opt out from because of my grades! Woohoo!

So the summer is approaching.. Hopefully I can go back to work full time. My manager doesn't have in say in the approval, in which case I am freaking out over because I really need the summer to save money for the move! Err. >_<; I will try not to worry about it though. The request is at the powers above hers, so I'll just hope for the best.... Wahhh.

Hm, I have such boring journal entries.. I wish I led a more exciting and less work filled life? xD;