Zora's Birthday

Happy 123rd birthday to fellow anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston!!! :)

My Heart on a String

While getting ready for work this morning I Googled many craft ideas for Valentine's Day.  For work, I plan on making a construction paper heart wreath and a coloring page of cupid that I'll probably have cut out so it can be hung on a string along with the wreath.  It would be cute for kids to make and then they can take it home and display it.  I found some wiggle ideas today and there's enough for 6 penguins and an owl I plan on surprising Ben with.  I saw a Valentine's Day garland that inspired me to make one for Ben.  To me, it's the perfect idea to make a garland because I can tie it along his gate.  So my idea is to have the penguins on the garland with either hearts and/or XOs.  I saw a garland on someone's blog and the person made the XOs out of toilet paper rolls.  I was thinking of doing that too maybe but if I don't have time then either just hearts and/or XOs made out of construction paper will do just fine.  I plan on putting the owl on his car as an another surprise.  Of course, assuming his car is there, if not, then maybe on his window or somewhere on the gate.  Now I need to finish making the penguins, write sayings (I'm debating what they should say, so far Waddle I'll do without you" or "Be mine"), getting them laminated and then strung! And I need to get this done while going to school and work and applying for my masters!!! Aye, I need to get a move on it.  Time is ticking...

Also today, the mini Ra bird statue came in the mail today and I hope he likes it.  It's for his world wide figurine collection that he wants to display one day in his class.  He told me this when we were on a date at the museum and looking at the gift shop.  He told me how he has a clay terracotta solider from China.  I remember he told me this but I thought it was mini like the Ra statue but I saw it the other day and it was WAY bigger then I imagined!  Oh well, it's the though that counts.       

New Schedule

Winter break is now over and I'll be returning to work tomorrow.  School will start later this month so then I'll be balancing two online classes, work and my master's application.  There is so much to do and so little time.  On top of that I want to get back into shape.  I don't like how I put off exercising to prep for work or to finish an assignment so I'm going to need to stop waiting to the last minute to complete an assignment.  I found two classes that I'm interested in taking at the gym so those should be motivation to do assignments ahead of time.  I want to take a yoga class so I can start stretching again and be more flexible and also a turbo kick class so I have a cardio class to get my heart rate up and both classes should help with toning too.  When I feel good I feel better about myself and have more confidence to do things so these classes should help.  Hopefully I can attend these classes.  And hopefully I can get most of my application done before work gets hectic and before schools starts up again.  I also haven't heard from Ben all weekend too! I kept sending him messages of hearts but nothing so far! I hope he isn't mad at me or something! :/

The Pebble

So I wrote the last post in the morning while I was still mad at Ben.  However, yesterday he texted me in the afternoon and wonder if 6:30PM was good for date night so we did have date night Friday night after all.  We went to a Thai restaurant and then watched The Pebble and the Penguin afterwards.  Marina is Hubie's love interest and so Ben said he was Hubie and I was Marina because she too had green eyes like me he said.  This melted my heart because he knows what color my eyes are.  Though he did kind of killed the mood when he told me how he was hanging out with friends yesterday who were girls and there was 3 of them.  I knew it he was out with other people but I'll let it go.  I know he loves me and to me I would describe ourselves like Penny and Leonard from the Big Bang Theory.  Penny can do better looks wise but personality and intelligence probably not.  And like what Leonard said in an episode that he won't ever find a prettier girlfriend like Penny ever again so I like to think the same thing with Ben.  But idk sometimes I think he can and girls sometimes want a guy more that  is taken too but I hope Ben truly loves me because I can't imagine finding another guy like Ben again.   

I ordered him a mini Ra bird statue the other day for his birthday and I'm still going back and forth if I want to get him those Beanie Babies or not.  I want to get him another figurine and I saw a Huichol turtle but it cost $35 and I still need to order transcripts and pay for spring classes so maybe another time.  I also tried to get pictures for his keychain last night but didn't get any pictures I liked so far so hopefully maybe if we go next out week I can get better ones but school and work will be starting so he'll probably be tired and/or busy to want to go the museum after hours event.  I still need to get those penguins laminated too and buy wiggly eyes so my Valentine's Day plan gets moving. 

Hanging out with Ben last night made me want to continue pursuing my master's.  I order transcripts but still need to order more but can't till I have paid my classes for the spring.  There's still a lot I need to do such as write 3 essays, ask for letters of recommendation, fix/update my resume and so on.  I hope I can get it but I'm worried I might not have the right undergraduate classes in history and science. :/   I don't plan on going to the gym tonight because I want to keep working on my application but I need coffee and my room is a mess and is distracting me.  Going to the gym would also be crowded with the New Year's resolution newbies and they tend to take and hog all the machines no offense.  And I go back to work next week so the more I can get done with my application this weekend the better! So much to do and so little time!!!   

Just Checking

1/3/13

So Ben finally texted me this morning at 2:08 AM!  I'm guessing he probably texted me after coming home from whatever he was doing.  I almost didn't respond because I was still ticked off at him because I hadn't heard from all day.  The conversation went:

2:08 AM
Ben: <3
Me: <3
Ben: Tomorrow night <3
Me: ?
( I wanted him to clarify what he meant by tomorrow night.  Did he mean tomorrow night we'll Face Time or date night.)
Ben: We're still going out right?
Me: Just checking

I was hoping to go out tonight but I guess I should be happy with Saturday night since it's better then not going out at all.  I'm sure he has other plans for tonight and typical Ben scheduled me in for Saturday night before we go back to school and work.  Thanks Ben for waiting till the last minute to go out with me.  Some "boyfriend" you are. 

New Year and Same Routine

It's a new year and already things with Ben feel like they are going down the same routine.  We were suppose to FaceTimeime last night but we never did.  I'm giving him a pass since it was New Year's and he was  probably tired.  However, I feel things are still the same between us.  He talked about date night for today or Friday but it looks like it isn't going to be today.  Plus, I think Thursday nights is his "guy's night" so Idk why he would he even suggest date night for Thursday.  Hopefully Friday we have date night.  I want to make it official with us like introducing him to my parents but to me it feels like we are one of those couples in the beginning stages of going out by going out once in a while and seeing where things go from there.  It's one thing to be busy but it's Winter Break right now and there's no work or school so you would think we would have been out more but nope.  And to make matters worse he is always hanging out with other people and then posting it online but yet he just "schedules" me a date night once a month if I'm lucky.  I don't know what to do.  I feel under appreciated at times, especially when other guys want to hang out with me.  Like right now, 2 guys want to hang out with me but I decline because of Ben but yet I'm home or at the gym while Ben is out and about with other people, and sometimes girls too.  Not that I mind because I know guys can have friends that are girls but it still stings that I have to wait and wonder when our next date night will be.  Maybe I should go out with other people and post it online so he gets a clue at least because if your going to call me your "girlfriend" then act like my "boyfriend."   

Paper Hearts

12/31/13

So I pretty much have an idea what I'm going to do for Ben's birthday and Valentine's day.  For his birthday I plan on getting him a figurine from somewhere, like an Egyptian figurine or a Mayan since he likes figurines from other places and wants to decorate his future classroom with them.  I haven't decided which one to get him because there are so many to choose from.  I'll probably go for the Mayan one first since it's the cheapest and in the future an Egyptian one since there are tons online, even though I'm trying to stop buying unnecessary things online.  That is probably going to be one of my new year's resolution goals.  For Valentine's day I have started working on making penguin and owl valentine's day figures out if construction paper.  He likes birds so that's why I'm making owl and penguin construction paper ones.  Then I'm going to write sayings on them like "Owl love you forever" and "waddle I'll do without you" and then hopefully I'll get them laminated so they last longer because I want to decorate his outside gate with them and if he isn't working his car too.  I need more red construction paper and wiggly eyes for the owl and penguins and of course a lamination machine.  There's a lamination machine for $20 at Costco but I wonder if it would be cheaper to bring them into a store that does lamination.  So that's what I've been working on the last few days instead of my application for the master's program or cleaning my room or prepping for work (like making posters, etc.).  At least I'm almost done expect for the things I need so when work and school beings I don't have to spend that much time finishing the details of my plan.

Ben also wanted date night either this Thursday or Friday.  He doesn't know how tired he'll be from New's Years, so I'm guessing Friday, even though I would prefer Thursday because less crowds but I'll take what I can get.  Then hopefully I can get a nice picture of us so I can put it in the apple Coach key chain I got for Valentine's day.  I also still need to buy the My Little Pony and Hello Kitty Beanie Baby and marshmallow pop but those can wait a tad bit longer because I still need to pay for my spring classes and I have already spent more then what I wanted to this month!!!
I also suggested another date night for the 10th at a museum.  Being an anthropology major, dancing among artifacts seems pretty fun (though it's going to be in a safe designated area of course)!  On the first Friday of each month they do things like guest speakers, concerts and dances after museum hours.  I saw it in a school newspaper and always wanted to go to an event but never got a chance.  I suggested it and Ben liked it so we might do that do.  Hopefully the DJ is good, if not there's one in February.  Now I need to figure out what to wear!!! :)