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Frustrated with My Life
I've been having a lot of problems with Cheryl lately. I don't see her that much and when I do it seems like we fight a majority of the time. Tonight I wasn't very nice.
I told her earlier in the week and yesterday that I wasn't going to go out with my friends tonight, but today I changed my mind and really wanted to go out. She was really pissed at me and hung up on me when we were talking on the phone, but I went anyway.

I have been getting sick of all the times she keeps pushing me when I am having a hard time. Like the other night when I was feeling really stressed out and frustrated with everything and she kept on talking about how I was scheduling an interview wrong. I kept telling her to stop talking about it and that it worked best for me, but she kept on going. I just wanted to lay with her and not think about looking for a job, school, or Mt. Jacks, but she kept fucking talking about how I was doing something stupid.

She does that all the time. She keeps nagging me about stupid things and saying that I am doing things wrong or I should do it her way. Tonight I was in the wrong, but I felt like I really wanted to just relax and not think about things. Most of the time when I'm stressed and in a bad mood she makes me feel a lot worse so I thought this would be better for me. I felt bad that she was hurt, but it doesn't seem that she cares when she hurts me until I'm really, really upset. Then after she does that she apologizes and promises to be nicer, but a few days later she does it again.

A couple of months ago I was seriously thinking about wanting to spend the rest of my life with her. Now, I am trying to find out if we will be good for each other. It seems like we clash a lot and fight. I think that I'm usually pretty easy going and easy to get along with, but this is way too much fighting. I'm not blaming just her, I'm sure its my fault as well. One thing that bothers me is how much she adds so much to my stress, she has a good job, a house, and a fucking master's degree. I'm 27 years old, waiting tables (something I thought I would never have to do again after 2002), about to get my bachelor's degree, have no job and most of the prospects will pay me less than I made at Charter One, have student loans to worry about, and don't have a lot to show for my life. She has a lot more going for her and is in a good place. I'm not and it is really stressing me out. I was hoping for more support from someone that says she loves me, but doesn't always act like it.

I've been going to so many interviews and applied for over 40 jobs this year, with no offers so far except for waiting tables. I really hate that I am a waiter right now and feel like I can't talk to the person that is supposed to be there for me because she will make me feel so much worse. I'm so tired right now, but I don't want to go to sleep. I want to work tomorrow, but not as a fucking waiter, I feel so stupid and that feeling is confirmed by the way my girlfriend treats me a lot of the time.

Current Music: Is There no Truth in Beauty by Just Surrender

Frankenmuth and Future
Cheryl had Friday off so we went to Birch Run and Frankenmuth. We ended up shopping for at least 5 hours in Birch Run with at least an hour spent inside Nine West, a woman's shoe store. Even though shoe shopping is boring, I had a good time helping Cheryl try on shoes and find ones that she liked. We eventually made it to Frankenmuth and had a wonderful chicken dinner at Zehnder's. After that we went to Bronner's so Cheryl could get her free birthday ornament. We had to be quick since we got there 15 minutes before they closed. On the ride home we were trying to find nice love songs to listen to.

I thought that we would both be really tired and go to bed early when we got home. I'm glad I was wrong. We ended up having sex twice and taking a shower together. After that we were laying in bed and started talking a lot about the future and what each other wanted. We both want the same things as far as marriage and kids and have similar time frames on when we want those to happen. I think she thought I would have been freaked out by the conversation, but I wasn't. I like talking to her about the future and I could really see myself getting married to her, as long as things keep going the way they are. She then asked me if I wanted to move in with her after my lease is up. I don't want to wait that long so I am going to try and get out of my lease early, possibly in February or March. I am really excited to live with her! Then, I think around 3:30 or 4:00 we decided to have sex again. It was a really nice day.

Current Mood: loved
Current Music: Here With Me by Dido

Shots
After class I went over to Cheryl's. We had a quick shrimp pasta dinner and then she drove us to the Oakland County Health Department so we could get tetanus and flu shots. It was only $15 total for both shots, it would have been $44 if I had gone to OU. She thought it would be a good idea to get those before going on the cruise.

When we got back we cuddled on the couch and watched the Country Music Awards. It was really nice. I am having such a great time with Cheryl and I'm really looking forward to a future with her.

Current Mood: In Love
Current Music: 18th Floor Balcony by Blue October

Lazy Night and Great Morning
I went over to Cheryl's on Saturday night and she also had been severly hungover all day. I did nothing all day, but she had to get up early that day and go to lunch with her Grandma. I helped her put up Christmas decorations and we sat on the couch the whole night. On Sunday morning we stayed in bed for a couple hours. We talked and I gave her a nice massage. After she took a shower she came back in the room with just her bathrobe on. I was still laying in bed so she took off her bathrobe and jumped into bed with me. It was very nice.

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: None

Free Beer + Concert Suite = Horrible Hangover
Last night I went to a suite at the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert with Cheryl and two of her friends, John and Lindsey. Since it was at the Palace, we met at my apartment and had a couple beers first. Some of the reps that Cheryl does business with have the suite so the tickets were free and there was free alcohol and food. We drank so much beer there and before we left we slammed one and I threw two in my pockets. We somehow made it to The Nest and John and I drank the beers I took before we went in. We split a pitcher and danced and had a good drunken time. A big part of the night was a blur, but after talking to Cheryl today, we were able to piece together most of it. I vaguely recalled telling Cheryl that I loved her. I did and Cheryl told me she loved me too. That was the first time we said that to each other. I told her that I felt it sooner, but was afraid to say it and that it wasn't just the alcohol talking.

I've had the worst headache all damn day today and thought I was going to die. I almost threw up earlier and now I still feel nauseous after eating two double cheeseburgers, a large fry, and a chicken wrap thing from McDonald's. Beer is bad.

Current Mood: Hungover as Hell
Current Music: The Pounding of My Head

Weekend and Out of Control Bus
On Saturday I had a couple drinks at Friday's for a going away party for my friend Bob. He is moving to Chicago for his job. After that I met Cheryl at my apartment so we could go to a Halloween party. We met up at my friend Shipes place first. We were still waiting for two more people before heading over to the party so Cheryl and I decided to go back to my apartment to grab some beer to bring since it was byob. We split a couple beers and laid on my bed and started kissing. We didn't really want to go to the party, we just wanted to have a few drinks at my apartment and fool around. Shipes called me to see what was taking us so long and asked if we were having pre-party sex. I said that we were just about to and that we would meet them at the party. We didn't get there until a little after 1:00 in the morning.

I gave Shipes and his girlfriend Laura a ride home and on the way there was a school bus all over the road in front of me. It turned its left blinker on after it turned into the right lane. It was there for a while so I stepped on the gas to pass it, but as I reached the middle of it I looked over at it just in time to see it headed right towards my car. I swerved over into the left turn lane barely avoiding getting slammed by the bus. I sped up and got over to the right lane and of course the bus went back into that lane so I floored it and passed three or four cars, putting as much distance as possible between us and that crazy bus. It scared the crap out of me. If I didn't look over at it, we probably would have been slammed into oncoming traffic. The best part was that it said "Faith Baptist Church" on the side of the bus and the driver was obviously drunk, drugged, or both.

This morning I got to lay in bed with Cheryl for a while before she went home. After that I took another damn online accounting test, which I think I bombed. Then I went over to Cheryl's house to help her with yard work and to hang out. We went to Red Robin for dinner after raking leaves, cutting the grass, and throwing the football around for a little bit. She actually threw and caught the full size football pretty well. I was quite impressed. We watched a video from Princess Cruiseline that got us pumped for the cruise. I called and booked our room on it today. We watched TV for a while and were both starting to fall asleep on the couch so I started kissing her and we went into her bedroom for more sex. It was a great weekend.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Real Life by Jeff Carson

Lunch and Basketball
I drove Shawn, the kid Cheryl was babysitting, to his basketball practice this morning and then picked up Cheryl from work to take her out to lunch. We had a nice lunch at Buddy's Pizza and talked a lot about the cruise. She was telling me all about the food and everything there is to do. I am really looking forward to it!

Since I didn't get any sleep last night, I took a nap after lunch until around 6:00 so I imagine I probably won't be able to sleep tonight. Cheryl picked me up a little after 7:00 so I could keep her company while Shawn played in a basketball tournament at Joe Dumars Fieldhouse. We were there for almost four hours, but I enjoyed myself since I was with Cheryl. I can't wait to see her tomorrow.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: You're My Favorite by I Voted for Kodos

Cruising Through Unemployment
Cheryl called me today while she was at work to see if I wanted to go on a cruise with her the week before Christmas. When we first started dating she was talking about this cruise that she was supposed to go on with her friend, who kept flaking on her, or her parents. It didn't end up working out so she canceled it. She said she was glad that it didn't work out since it will be a lot more fun with me. I bought my plane tickets today and we are going to book the cruise this weekend. It is a 7 day cruise to St Martin, St Thomas, and Princess Cay (the cruise ship's private beach in the Bahamas). It will end up costing me about $1000, but I haven't gone on a big vacation in a while and I have my unemployment so I don't care.

I made Cheryl a CD of songs that remind me of her. They weren't sappy love songs they were mostly falling in love songs from the alternative/punk groups that I listen to and a few softer ones. She said she has been listening to it a lot and loves it. I know that I am falling in love with her, but I haven't told her yet. I think she feels the same way.

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: You Should Know by Midtown

Oops
Cheryl came over tonight around 7:45 and had to leave at 8:45 to pick the kid she was babysitting up from basketball practice at 9:00. We were laying on the couch and she was asking me what I wanted to do. I could tell what she wanted, but I wanted her to say it. Last week when she came over we were trying to decide what we should do and she mentioned playing a game or watching Curb Your Enthusiasm. I responded with "well we could have sex and then play a game." Cheryl then said "I guess you're not shy." So tonight Cheryl said "why don't you get naked." I said "I guess you aren't shy either." We went into my bedroom around 8:15 and I set my alarm for 8:40 so she wouldn't be late picking him up. After we were done the alarm still hadn't got off so I got up to check the time and it was 9:05. I looked at the alarm and I had mistakenly set it for 9:40 instead of 8:40 so Cheryl had to quickly get dressed and leave to pick him up. He had gotten a ride home from the coach so Cheryl told him that she tried taking a different way there, got lost, and had to go back around the right way.

I ordered a new cell phone through Verizon last night so hopefully I will get that by Friday. I'm keeping the same phone number so I imagine my Cingular phone will stop working tomorrow when my new phone is shipped. I'll probably have to go a day without having a phone.

I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow so I can work out in the morning and then spend a lot of time on homework. I think I might be in better shape than my first couple years of college, which would mean that I am in the best shape of my life. There isn't much fat on me at all anymore, just a little on my sides. My shoulder is cracking more than it ever has before and still really feels out of place. I'm hoping to find some better shoulder workouts and stretches that will hopefully help.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: You are my Favorite by I Voted for Kodos

Weekend and This Week So Far
I met my mom, David, Sarah, and the kids at Great Lakes Crossing for lunch on Saturday. Then I worked out, played Splinter Cell for a couple hours, and did a lot of homework. I did a lot more homework Sunday and worked out again. I met with some friends to watch the Tiger game at Muldoons with $2 tall beers. I ended up having 5, but I was there for a long time so I thought I was okay to drive home. On the way home there was a cop behind me for part of the way. I felt like I was okay to drive, but I didn't know if I would have blown over the limit if I got pulled over. The cop went around me and I went to Taco Bell before going home. I should be more careful about how much I drink when I go out. Even though I thought I was okay, it doesn't mean that I wasn't over the limit.

Cheryl had a nice trip in Florida and called me at least once a day while she was there. It was nice talking to her and knowing that she missed me. She is coming over for a little bit tomorrow night while the kid she is babysitting is at basketball practice. On Friday she has to go to Joe Dumars Fieldhouse to watch him play. It is a tournament so she has to stay the whole time since she doesn't know what time he'll be done. He could have easily gotten a ride there and back from a teammate, but his family is pretty strange so Cheryl has to go. I offered to meet her up there for it so she doesn't have to be bored all alone watching him play. She said she still can't believe how nice and sweet I am and that she would love to have me there. It is always interesting when I date a girl, even though it is the same thing every time, seeing how surprised and thankful they are with how nice I am. Most of the things I think are just normal, but I have been learning that most guys are just plain stupid. She said she was afraid to compliment me at first about being nice because she kept figuring I would eventually turn mean like everyone else she, and most girls, has dated.

Nicole has been messaging me a lot again about never being able to trust another guy because of me. She said that I broke the promises I said and wrote to her about always wanting to spend the rest of my life with her and always loving her. Those were things I felt at the time we were together and part of me will always love her and I want her to be happy. It just didn't work out because of a lot of things and now I'm in this really great relationship and very happy so I think it was for the best. I feel bad for her so I responded saying that I was very happy in my new relationship and she would meet someone better for her and that I meant everything I said to her, but it just didn't work out.

I bombed my real estate finance midterm with a 65, the average was 66. I am very disappointed in myself. I'm going to start putting more effort into my studies.

Current Mood: Wheezing
Current Music: The Sky is Falling by Lifehouse

Lazy and in Love
On Wednesday after my ridiculously hard real estate test I went to a student/alumni networking thing at OU. There were a couple of people from my classes there who are also majoring in finance, so I sat with them. I still find it interesting and wrong that it is more important to know someone than be competent or knowledgeable when looking for a job, but I guess I better play the game. I like meeting people and think that I could do well at any job so I might as well try to "network" and hopefully find a job I like. The speaker was from Aijilon Staffing, which sounds like a good place to try when my unemployment runs out. They are a staffing company and they pay finance people pretty well. I was able to talk to the speaker for a while and it sounds like they are looking for a lot of financial analysts, something I would much rather do than financial planning.

I got dressed up in a suit for the event. It was the first time that I wore a dress shirt and tie in over 2 months. Cheryl was waiting for me when I got home, so she got to see me with a haircut and dressed up for the first time. She was quite impressed with how good I looked. I had last gotten my haircut about a month before I met her so she never saw me looking as good as I usually do. I had a really good night with her, she was really cuddly (which I like a lot). We watched "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and laid together on my couch. Things are going very well with her and I think I am in love. She is going to Florida tomorrow for four days and then babysitting for a week when she gets back. We both talked about how much we are going to miss each other and she said she wished she could take me to Florida with her. I will probably be able to see her for a little bit next Wednesday (it seems so far away) and I am going to take her out to lunch next Friday, but I won't get to spend a lot of time with her until a week from Saturday. We are going to go to a Halloween party and she is going to stay over at my apartment.

Current Mood: content
Current Music: Stay by The Suicide Machines

Weekend and Getting up Early
On Friday I went to the Tiger's playoff game with Cheryl; she got tickets from one of her advertising reps. It was a lot of fun, the seats were great, and they won.

On Saturday I helped Cheryl with preparing her house for the winter and cut the grass for her. Then she cooked me a nice mexican fiesta steak dinner, it was really good. We watched the Tiger's game and part of the U of M game while we made a couple deserts. I stayed overnight and slept with her for the first time. It was really good even though we were both nervous at first. We both wanted to, but I didn't know how far she wanted to go and she didn't know how far I wanted to go so it took a little while to start. We were up until 4 in the morning.

I woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning today and couldn't fall asleep so I got up and worked out. Then I got my haircut for the first time in almost two and a half months. I chickened out on getting a mohawk, but I look much better this way. I took the rest of my online accounting test, went to class, and now I am trying to study for my real estate test, but can't keep getting side-tracked.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Somebody by Blue October

Constructive and Eating
On Friday I worked with my friend Matt from 8:30 until 2:30 and then went over to Cheryl's house to do some yard work for her. I cut up the tree that I had cut down last week into small pieces, finished removing the stump, and cut the grass for her. It was the first time that I have done something constructive on a Friday in a long time. Cheryl and I went out to dinner at Big Fish and then went back to her house to watch TV. I had a lot of fun with her.

This morning I had buffalo ranch doritos and fudge sticks for breakfast while I watched a movie. When my friend Mark got of work I went to work out with him at the rec. When I got back I was pretty hungry so I finished off my crab legs and then had cheez-its, more doritos, fudge sticks, a snickers bar, and popcorn. I couldn't stop eating. I watched two more movies and part of the Tiger game. For dinner I had boneless buffalo wings, more cheez-its, and more fudge sticks. I probably gained at least five pounds of fat today.

Tomorrow I'm going to go to a cider mill with Cheryl. I wish she wasn't so busy so I could spend more time with her. I really like being around her and have always have a good time.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Something by Cary Brothers

Glad I Don't Work Right Now
This has been a difficult week for homework and studying; I've only been able to watch 2 movies so far this week and it is already Thursday. I spent almost the whole day Monday working on my take home quiz for my real estate class and studying and filling out my cheat sheets for my hippie investment class. I think I only left my apartment to go to class. Around 11:30 at night I watched the movie Crash It was very good.

Tuesday I took the first part of my two day test, which I think I might have done pretty well on, worked out, and worked on another take home quiz for my real estate class while watching the Tigers lose. I took a lunch break and watched Cigarette Burns, from the showtime show Master's of Horror. It was directed by John Carpenter, one of my favorite directors, but parts were pretty gross and it didn't have a very good story. It reminded me too much of one of his best movies, In the Mouth of Madness, but not even close to as good.

Today I met my mom and brother for lunch, went to class, worked out, went to costco, and did my accounting homework. Tomorrow morning I have to study some more for hippie test part two and do the homework for my mis class.

I had nice conversations on the phone with Cheryl today and yesterday. I haven't been able to see her during the week, but I am seeing her this Friday and Sunday. The next weekend she will be in Florida and then babysitting the following week, so I probably won't be able to see her much during the next couple of weeks.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: When You Were Young by The Killers

Last Night, Lunch, and Lumberjack
Last night Cheryl and I tried going to Olive Garden for their never ending pasta bowl, but the wait was really long so we went to Montana's Steakhouse instead. The food was pretty good, but could have been better. We came back to my apartment and played nintendo and watched TV. Cheryl was starting to fall asleep around midnight and since she had to be over in the morning, she was going to go home. While she was sitting up on the couch we got into a tickle fight and we ended up talking and kissing until past 2:30 in the morning.

Cheryl came over today at 11:30 and we went over to David and Sarah's for lunch. It went really well, she really liked them and my nieces a lot, and they really liked her. At first Madison and Ashlyn were kind of shy, but they warmed up to her really quick. Ashlyn warmed up first; she kept giving Cheryl toys and wanted to sit next to her. Then Madison did a little while later; she was sitting next to her and started talking to her a lot. Madison's friend rang the door bell, so she answered it and was talking to her friend about Cheryl. It was really cute, I heard Madison say, "Isn't she pretty?" to her friend.

After we got back, I went over to Cheryl's to help her with some yard work. She had this tall tree that was dying and needed to be cut down so I spent a couple hours taking care of that. There were some low power lines close by so I had to be really careful and cut down a bunch of the branches first. After I got most of the branches down, I got on the ladder and cut half of the tree down so it wouldn't fall on the power lines. That part was pretty easy, but it was really tough to cut the rest of the tree down. I'm glad I didn't go to the rec center today because that was a really good work out, I am exhausted now and don't think I have the energy to work on my homework. There is still a little bit of the stump left that I started sawing through, but it was taking forever and it got too dark so I'll have to finish that a different time.

While we were doing the yard work, Cheryl and I were talking a lot about how nice it was to be dating someone that is so nice. She said she couldn't believe all the help I was giving her and offering her with her yard work and home improvement projects. Her last boyfriend lost his job and used to always come over to her house to wash his car when they were dating. He didn't go to school or do anything so Cheryl asked if he could cut her grass for her since she was busy all week at work and school, and since he would be there anyway. She told me that he gave her a really hard time about doing that even though he had plenty of time to do it and it would have only taken about 20 minutes. She told me about some other mean things he did and how her mom always talked about how good her dad was to her and how they barely ever argued and how good a relationship could be. Those are the same things that David and Sarah always told me, but its hard to see how bad a relationship is until you meet someone special and look back to see how bad it really was before. There are a lot of things I am looking forward to now with Cheryl.

Current Mood: Smitten
Current Music: Come Back by The Early November

Online Test, Movies, So Much Time
I awoke today with my usual Friday headache, I really should start drinking less when I go to The Nest. I took my online test for my accounting class and think I did pretty well. After that I watched the Twin Peaks movie, which didn't make much sense and was extremely weird as I had expected it would be, and White Noise. Twin Peaks was the third David Lynch movie I've seen and I haven't really understood any of them. White Noise was pretty good.

I went over to Cheryl's for a few hours and sat on the couch with her and watched TV. She was having a tough time staying awake so she said that maybe we should hang out earlier on Saturday so she will be more awake and fun. I didn't end up moving furniture with my friend, he said maybe we'll do it on Saturday.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Only You by Joshua Radin

Back from the Bar
I had a good time out with some of my friends tonight at The Nest. Katie was there so, being rather drunk, I thought I should go talk to her. It was awkward at first, but it went well and I think I did a good job explaining to her about how I didn't really know what I was doing until after a couple more dates with Cheryl. We ended up talking for a while and it sounds like she is okay with everything.

I talked to Cheryl tonight and she wants to hang out tomorrow night also. I was surprised since I know she has been stressed and really busy, but I really want to see her so I am excited to hang out with her all weekend. I haven't seen her since last Sunday morning and really miss her. I might work with one of my friends tomorrow, I don't really want to, but I guess I could use the extra money.

Current Mood: slightly intoxicated
Current Music: Paperweight by Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk

Being Unemployed and Drinking
I worked out this morning and then went to my first class. I thought about going to my second one, but I never learn anything so I skipped it and went home to have a beer before meeting my friend Mark at Friday's for happy hour. I had a beer there and two margaritas before going to my night class. We had to pick our groups for our group project so I went over to the two girls that I kind of new and we picked up two more people to be in our group. After we did that the class was talking a lot so our prof warned us that he was not afraid to kick people out of class if they kept talking. Vikki, a girl in my group, and I were talking about golf while we were getting in our groups and she asked me a question about it a few minutes after the prof's warning. When I whispered an answer he looked up at us and said, "you two need to leave." Vikki wasn't sure if he was talking to us so she asked me if we should go so I said "I guess" and we got up and walked out. We are both seniors and were laughing about how ridiculous it was that we both got kicked out of a class for the first time in our college careers. I said that it was worse for me since I have been going off and on for 8 years and this was the first time I've ever been kicked out. I almost talked her into going to the bar, but she has to work tomorrow. She, like a lot of people, was jealous of my unemploymentness (I'm allowed to make up words since I am unemployed and buzzed). Now I am drinking a couple of beers while I wait for my ride to The Nest. I was going to walk up there so I could be more responsible about not drinking and driving, but my friend Laura said she would pick me up.

Tomorrow I'm going to work with one of my friends to move some furniture and make some extra cash. I've got nothing to do all day so why not. Cheryl is really stressed out with all of the things she has going on and mentioned yesterday that everything was fine until I came along. It sounds bad, but it was meant as a compliment because she had so many plans and now I, a wonderful guy, come along and now she wants to spend a lot of time with me, but since she has so many other commitments, she is wearing herself out. I told her that I am okay with taking this slow and seeing her whenever she is available to see me and that I don't want to cause any additional stress. I would like to see her as much as possible, but I don't want to overwhelm her and I understand what its like to not have any time for anything. I am going out with her Saturday night and she is going with my to David and Sarah's on Sunday. When I talk to her next I'm going to offer to cancel one of those things if it will make things easier on her.

Current Mood: buzzed
Current Music: Cigarettes by Lucky Boys Confusion

I Hate Apartments
All week there have been workers in the apartment above me all day long to remodel the apartment into a condo. They have been starting shortly after 7:00 in the morning; hammering, dropping things, and making all kinds of noise. I have been doing a lot of homework the past couple days and I'm becoming more and more annoyed at the noises. I would think that you would let the tenants around that apartment know ahead of time that this would be going on and how long to expect it. I guess I shouldn't really expect people to do their jobs and actually care. They have time and money to spend on all this, but they still haven't fixed the things in my apartment that were promised to me. I think they are hoping I will move out when my lease is up or even sooner so they can make this into a condo. Fuck them. Since they still haven't responded, I think I will knock $100 off of my October rent instead of the $80 I knocked off for September or maybe even more.

My accounting prof posted the answers online to our homework assignment that is due tomorrow, not sure why, but I guess that means I can use it. I have a hippie test next week on Tuesday and Thursday that I am not looking forward to. I am still pretty disappointed in my professors this semester, I was really looking forward to these classes, but I'm not learning a damn thing.

I'll be taking Cheryl to meet my brother, sister-in-law, and nieces on Sunday. I'm really looking forward to them meeting her. She called me last night from Chicago, but we couldn't talk long since she was at a gay dance club with the sales reps that were holding the meeting out there. She said the head rep is extremely gay and a big partier. Last year while he was out partying the night before their meeting, he got drunk and fell down a bunch of stairs and showed up the next day all bruised up.

The noise finally stopped, but now its time to go to class.

Current Mood: content
Current Music: Sexual Powertrip by Blue October

Paint is Impossible to Remove
Yesterday I went to Cheryl's house to help her powerwash her garage to try and remove the paint. The powerwashing only took a tiny bit of paint off, but it did start to damage the wood, so we gave up on that. We took a break and she treated me to Qdoba for lunch (2 days in a row for me, that place is awesome). We then went to Home Depot to get some more ideas for removing the paint. We ended up getting liquid paint removal and just as we got back to try it, it started to rain. We still went out and put a little on to test it out. It didn't work that well, so we tried putting more on and decided to leave it on for an hour instead of the thirty minutes it said on the can. It was only easy to take off on some spots and overall we didn't get much accomplished. She said she might just end up chipping away the paint that is already peeling, sanding it, and just painting over top of it. I told her I could help her with that and would ask my sister-in-law's dad, who is a builder, if he has any recommendations.

Later on we were watching TV and she told me that we could watch football if I wanted. She said she wants to learn more about it and likes watching it. We were both kind of full from the Qdoba still so we went to Bennegan's for a couple of drinks and appetizers. On the way back we stopped and rented "Failure to Launch," she loves chick flicks and family movies.
The movie wasn't very good, which was kind of nice because we laid together on the couch and made out for a good part of it.
It was pretty late when the movie was over so she asked if I wanted to stay over. I didn't get much sleep since we stayed up talking and making out until around 3:30 in the morning, but I didn't mind. I left around 8:30 in the morning so she could study for her test on Tuesday morning. She has to fly to Chicago Tuesday night for a business trip so her professor is letting her take her test early. She said she should be back on Wednesday around 7:00 and asked if I wanted to do something. She is supposed to go to Houghton Lake this coming weekend, but said she is probably going to cancel so we can hang out.

I am really excited for this relationship and see a lot of potential for it to last a long time. I feel like I am starting to fall in love with her already.

Today I started and finished my second take home quiz for my real estate class. I have a lot of homework to do this week: I have another take home quiz due on Wednesday, an accounting assignment due Thursday, and I should start getting caught up and studying for my investment analysis test.

Current Mood: optimistic
Current Music: You'll Think of Me by Keith Urban

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