ummm...less ADD, more focus

I’ve got so much stuff rattling around in my head right now. I’ve got finals, when to move back, senior events, Lori’s bridal shower, Amanda’s birthday, graduation, getting registered for fall classes at Iowa, and I’m really freaking out right now. I had difficulties falling asleep last night again. I haven’t had trouble falling asleep since before my senior show, almost a month ago. I guess the stress is piling up and I’m beginning to feel it. I’m so glad that today is the last day of classes. It puts so much less stress on me then. Also, while I’ve got a bunch of odds and ends to tie up, it leaves me free to take care of those odds and ends without also having to go to class. I’ve been trying to figure out the best time to move home and I think it will be the Friday before graduation which means all of my stuff will be leaving the apartment as well, including the TV, stereo, dvd/vcr player, loveseat and a chair, plus all of my kitchen stuff. I’ve no idea whose silverware is whose but I don’t really care. Whoever wants it can have it, as far as I’m concerned because we’ve got plenty of it at my house. I’m a little worried about my wine and martini glasses, plus I’ve got a lot of alcohol to finish before I move home as well, since it can’t come home with me. I’ll probably donate my pear vodka to whoever wants it. Maybe Amanda will want it since she’s going to be here over May term.

I feel like I don’t have much stuff left to move back home but I know that as soon as I start taking things out, it will fill up so much faster than I think. I’m going to try to recruit my brother into helping move home. He’ll be good for lifting big heavy things. Also, we’ve got to think of what to do with the purple entertainment center. Its big and bulky and nobody we know is staying over the summer in an apartment on campus. Its way too big to put in a dorm room. Maybe we could leave it in the apartment? Nah, Residence Life would never let us get away with that unless we were donating it to the apartment specifically. We might end up having to store it at my house, if I volunteer it. Otherwise it will have to be dismantled. I’ve got some errands to run tonight and Heather and Emily and Holly are back from Thailand. They got back last night. I wonder if she/they will want to go to Wal-mart with me. I’m going to assume they haven’t been to a Wal-mart in a really long time and will be appreciative of the chaos embodied by the large retailer. I need to print some pictures so I can work on Caitlin’s scrapbook pages and I need bagels and I need to pick up my sash and skirt from David’s bridal, and I need to order a bridal shower cake from Hy-vee. Just a bunch of errands that need doing and would be more fun if I had someone with me to do them.

Amanda wants to go shirt shopping on Friday so she can have something new to wear for her birthday. It sounds like fun but our schedules are very off. I might be going out to eat with my film class before we watch our movie that is our final. So, we might only have a few hours to shop. It should be good, if we shop with purpose. Hopefully I can convince her to wear something that will flatter her figure and not something too loose like the t-shirts she always wears. She has good taste in clothes when she puts her mind to it but doesn’t really try very often to put her mind to it. Personally, I can’t stand going out in public in sweatpants. Its extremely uncomfortable. I feel like I’m not dressed and ready for the day. It encourages me to be lazy. The only time I spend the day in pajamas is when I’m sick. Otherwise I will get dressed, even if I don’t put on make-up and pull my hair back. There’s something about wearing actual clothes that makes me more energetic and eager to do what I need to do. Sweatpants make me feel like I don’t have to accomplish anything, which is generally not true.

I’m a little sad I didn’t make it quite to the book I wanted to make it to in my book system. Of course, I spent several days extra reading the Sookie Stackhouse series instead of moving on. So its my fault for getting distracted. Fortunately, I’m all caught up in that series because I won’t buy the next book until it comes out in mass market paperback size and that won’t be for about a year. I should be ready for it then, anyway. I’m particular about the size of my books. If I start buying a series in one size then the rest of the books must also be in that size. Generally, it’s the mass market paperback size, which is cheapest. I’m mad at myself for buying the hardback version of the latest Laurell K Hamilton series because now I’ve either got to buy the paperback version or keep buying the hardback versions from now on. It’s a little OCD but hey, everyone’s got their vices.