Normal Blog
I guess lately my blogs have been extra long and all based on a certain topic. It's time for a break, this is gonna just be a normal blog on what's goin on in my life. There's still a lot going on so I can't promise it won't be long.
Some of you probably already know this, but Olivia's brother bought a townhouse in Palatine and he asked if I wanted to be a housemate. So within a few weeks you all might see me leave hometown Darien to the Northsiiiiiiiiiiide.
The most exciting thing is the location. It's about 2-3 miles from where I work, which will save me at least an hour and a half of driving a day (and 1000 miles put on my car per month). Not only that, it's about 5 mins from Miss Cindylee's townhouse. So then it will be easy for us to continue the old school tradition of eating out and washing cars together, started way back in the Champaign days. We might even be able to study for the GMAT together. Unfortunately, she has already vowed to screen my calls on her caller ID. That calls for a furrowed eyebrow, gaping mouthed angry face >:-O.
My mom is in Taiwan until next week. So lately, it's been just me and my dad (and today, my sis came home). I was supposed to share the cooking/cleaning duties with him, but he's ended up doing all the cooking pretty much, and I just wash the dishes. Until yesterday... I decided to be clutch and pick up some Quarter Pounders and Big Macs with the 2 for 2 deal at Fricky D's. That's good stuff.
It's been kind of a cute thing to see how my dad is when my mom isn't around. Like when he had a bad day, I noticed he kept checking the clock at night, mentally figuring out if it was late enough in Taipei to call my mother. And almost every day my mom calls here to check up on him. It reminds me of back in the day when me and Olivia first started, we were at different schools so we talked on the phone every night cause that's all we had.
My lips were so dry last week it wasn't even funny. It cracked in the middle bottom, and on the side where the top lip meets the bottom. Not only did it look nasty, it hurt like hell. Unless it has happened to you, you have no idea how much pain and misery it is when your lips crack on the side. It hurts when you open your mouth to eat, or to talk, or even just to breathe. Sucks.
I don't know why it is especially bad this year, maybe it's extra cold. But if I had to guess, I would blame Chapstick. See, before this year, I never used any of that stuff. Then after I started using it, my lips must have developed a tolerance for it and now it needs more and more. I don't know if that theory is medically sound, but think about it - if Chapstick really did its job and healed your lips, they would've been out of business a long time ago. But no, it has expanded. There's medicated chapstick, SPF 15 chapstick, all these new flavors, plus competitors like Blistex, Carmex, or N Sync Lip Gloss. I dunno, but something shady must be going on there, I'm telling you.
If it isn't Chapstick's fault, it's definitely the cold. I grew up around here so I'm used to it by now. But I'm ready for spring to get here. I'm sick of having to wear a scarf around and looking flamish. I'm sick of waking up when it's dark outside. I'm sick of all the salt on my car. Hopefully I'll be able to give my baby a bath sometime soon. This year I'm gonna start using Zaino stuff. Before, it was all Meguiars Gold Class everything, but I'm gonna see how the Z1/Z4/Z6 combo works. Or is it Z5/Z6? I forgot.
Currently playing on my Winamp: Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong
After downloading about 10 files that turned out not to be this song, I finally got it. Kazaa is pretty ridiculous sometimes with all the fakeys and looped songs floating around.
