when it rains...

so...it's been awhile. lots has happened in the last week or so... i had my g-class drivers test monday... i failed! it sucks! i guess i have a problem with rolling stops. oh well - guess i just have to try, try again... the rest of the week was pretty mundane... not much else but that. maybe lots hasn't happened... i guess not. the long awaited weekend is finally here - didn't start until 1pm today though - had to work. so last night had to be pretty low-key.
chris, joe and i went over to tanna's to talk stag and doe stuff. mark showed up and helped out a bit too - we got a lot of stuff worked out, which was great! i think it's going to be pretty fun - we're just trying to decide if we can have a band and a d.j... joe wants ballsy to have a pretty important role in our "special day" (well, the stag and doe isn't really the "special day", but you get what i mean...), and he would be the perfect d.j. chris, though, thinks we can't have both as it will make steve less necessary if we have a band. joe and i disagree completely - the band can't play all night long!!! and joe and i both love live music, so i don't know... play it by ear, i guess. like i said, though, we got a lot of good brain-storming done.
didn't do too much at all today - after work, i went home and pretty much straight back to bed - joe and i threw out the old couch and i'm waiting for him to bring tanna's over, so joe was in the bedroom and i was in the living room on the chair. he wanted me to go in the bedroom with him, but i knwew if i did, i would probably just fall asleep - against my better judgement, i went in the bedroom. he left, and when he came back, sure enopugh, i was out! he said i looked so comfy, he didn't want to wake me. yuck! i feel like i wasted a whole day! oh well...
but, gotta cut this short - i'm at tann's and we're about to put some facial masks on, watch a sappy girl movie and eat junk food!!! an excellent way to spend a saturday night!!!

fish fungus... yuck!

so... i lost three of my fish last night... both of my coolie loaches and one of my guppies. i guess they had fish fungus.. yuck. my guppy wasn't actually dead, but i had to flush her all the same because she had the beginnings of a fungal growth. it was pretty sad, but i guess i can get over it... oh well. on a lighter note - hot-rod went crazy today. joe and i made cookies last night and when joe went to bed, he left them on the counter. lo and behold, i awoke to no cookies and one fucked-up dog. i swear to god, that dog has no manners. she was spun out all morning on chocolate-chip cookies, and all i could think about was how she obviously didn't share with kohl. nothing (and i mean nothing - sponges, silverware, newspapers, joe's wallet, complete with id) can be left anywhere on our counter - she has, like, stretch armstrong arms (legs, who can tell anymore?) and gets into everything! nothing in our house is sacred. tanna's getting rid of her completely uncomfortable couch, so i think joe and i are going to take it to replace the horribly chewed one that has taken the place of our first brand new love-seat we bought three years ago. how long are couches supposed to last? probably longer that that one did.. atleast it's finally paid for... joe blames kohl, but i'm sure rods had something to do with it. she always seems a little too content when joe's scolding kohl... a little too... ummm... smug i think is the best way to put it. regardless, they're both great dogs - the best dogs anyone could ever ask for. i love them, and i love that they love me back. they make me laugh, and when i have a totally heinous day, they always manage to make it a little better.
so... plans for the great, long-awaited, finally-almost-here weekend. tanna, leesha, sara and i are going to london and sparta... exciting... nothing breaks up the tedious monotony that makes up life better than candle shopping. maybe we'll take a tour to the friendly farmer and city-lights too... maybe, just maybe speed city too. i don't really have a lot of money, but i do think a little retail therapy is necessary... and before that, on friday night, tann's getting her first - dum dum dum duuummm!!!!!! TATTOO!!!!!!!!! i never thought the day would come!!! it's going to be awesome!!! i am soooo excited for her! i keep telling her she's gonna wimp out, but she's one tough broad... she'll be fine... i also get to leave work early tommorow to pick up my wedding dress. i have no idea how much it's going to cost, but my dress was worth atleast $1800, and i got it for $500 canadian (god, how i love going--out-of-business sales!!!!!!!! especially when our exchange is, like, $.14 !!!), so i can afford to spend a little on the alterations. that's probably the mpst expensive thing about our wedding... it's not like we're cheaping out, we're just being frugal... i don't even want joe to buy me an expensice ring... i'm not huge on big rocks - i'd probably just lose it or ruin it or something... like i would looooove this one with just a little diamond in it... that would be awesome...
but, signing off for another night. i can't wait till i get my computer... no distractions like tanna saying "are you gonna draw my tattoo now? how about now?????" (hehe!!! j/k!!!)

hmmm... my first post...

well - i've decided to join the wired world and start a blog... odd, i don't even have a computer. so, one of my best-friends offered up the use of hers. lovely girl, that tanna!
i suppose i should start off by telling a little bit about myself. i'm not even sure where to begin! i used to be much more exciting (i think...). i guess my life seems much more mundane than it used to be. i have a boyfriend/fiance (getting married in august, so i guess he's my fiance - it just seems so weird to call him that!) joe, two dogs (both rescued) whom consume more of my life than pretty much anything, and eight fish. i have an autistic brother who's exactly 19 months and 20 days younger than me, and great friends. i am in the process of trying to be a grown-up. everyone has to grow up, and it's good that i have (kind of). not to say i don't do stupid things anymore - i'm constantly causing problems by being overly dramatic (i think it's a strength, other people call it manic-depression), jumping from one extreme to the next (short attention span - totaly not my fault), and being loud. is it possible for a 24 year-old (almost 25) to act out? i just naturally crave chaos. growing up, my home was caucophany of atleast three battling television volumes, no less than two stereos, and shouting. we lived (and still do) by the adage if you have something to say, it must be important. even if it's not, you should yell, just to make sure you get your point across. i think my mom never saw a point in being loud - she always just sat back until we exhausted ourselves, then you could always hear her, quietly making sense out of our seemingly tireless rants and outbursts. i love my family very, very much. they played a huge part in making me who i am today - myself. they always encouraged all of my asinine whims and phases, knowing that i would eventually straighten myself out. i'm not exactly chaste and completely collected, i still go on tangents and have tantrums, but i think i've turned out quite well... i mean, i have a job! a real job! i have business cards! i'm getting married in six months to a super guy! i still have all my fingers and toes, and most (some?) of my braincells are accounted for.
but, enough about me. i'm gonna lay down a quick synopsis about the aformentioned great friends, starting with tanna (otherwise known by her real name of tanya).
tanna - what can i say? one of the best friends a girl like me could ever ask for. she is the yin to my yang - she has put the kibash on soooo many of my hair-brained schemes it's not even funny. she has an uncanny ability to read me, and stops (well, tries atleast) me from doing dumb things. since i met her about 8 years ago, she's been one of my rocks. i love her to death. she's my matron of honour - if i'm gonna take this big of a leap, she's the one i want to be there to see me at the bottom!

leesha (otherwise known as aleshia to her family and the government) is another one of my oldest friends. she has held my hair back and drove me around when i was heart-broken and sobbing so many times i've lost count. she's smart, rational, and has the ability to make me see when i'm over-reacting without being pretentious or condencending. she makes me smile, and she lets me bitch about anything without trumping (a trait i am, unfortunately, guilty of). she has seen all of my faults and puts up with them. i love her dearly and know she'll get what she deserves out of life - the best!

hot rod and kohl - aka rodders and spikohlie - are my dogs. i've had rods for two years and kohlie for one. i love my doggies sooooo much! they sleep on our bed each night, curled up around my head and legs. they're both pretty big - rods is about 60 pounds and kohl's about 90. ever read "where the red fern grows"? remember big dan and little anne? well, if not, little anne was wiley, small and cunning. dan was big, kinda dumb and has the personality of a bull-dozer. my dogs in a nutshell. sure, they ate my new couch, occaisionally make messes on the floor, bark all the time, chew our socks, track mud everywhere, knock the playstation over... i could go on forever, but all that matters is that i love them and all their foibles. i'd rather clean up dog crap than not have the unconditional loves those two bestow on me.
fishusallowishious - my fish. they're great and fun. i want more. they don't drool or eat much. they're pretty cool.
joe - my fiance - last but not least, my joe. the first guy who can actually put up with all my shit, and not just to get a piece. not to say he likes putting up with me, but he loves me just the same. he's calm, pretty quiet, laid-back, driven, courteous - pretty much everything i'm not. there's never been anyone in the whole existence of earth that has complimented me so well. not to gush, but he's pretty damn sexy, too! i can't say much about him other than i love him with all i've got in me. sometime i take advantage of the great guy he is, maybe because he lets me, or maybe because i'm just a bitch - who knows? all i do know is that he rocks. end of story.
so... that's about it. bored yet?