Well, I am a day into my six day freedom before Spring semester begins! Jesse and I have become almost nocturnal.... we both have been watching episodes of our favorite shows until the wee hours of the morning and then sleeping until the afternoon... That needs to stop. Hoping to go to sleep early today-- and even though I am getting 9+ hours of sleep a night, but today have what looks like purple bruises under my eyes. Maybe I AM turning into a vampire lol!!!

This week is going to be quite relaxing and fun-- tomorrow we are finishing all the dishes, cleaning the kitchen floor, and getting rid of our huge over-size desk. Thursday is some birthday fun with our couple friends/ salsa night, Friday is another relaxing day (hopefully getting a haircut too), Saturday I'm going to the Duluth Bridal Expo and fashion show, and Sunday we are going to the Oeuvre Award show :) I was so excited about having a slow semester but turns out with 5 attitudes rehearsals a week, 4 SCT rehearsals a week, work and school....... it's gonna be kinda rough haha.

I have become completely obsessed with the TV show Pretty Little Liars which is mysterious and awesome (haha)... probably because of this show and it's content, I have been thinking a lot about death lately. One thing that seems to keep coming to mind, is my grandmother. She was diagnosed with cancer of the....well, everything, about 6 years ago. I ran away when I heard the diagnoses and took a lot of time off of work when she came home and needed care takers. She lost a ton of weight...until she was skin and bones, and we could only feed her by dipping a sponge in grape juice and sticking the sponge in her mouth. It was a terrible thing to watch happen to someone I loved so much.... she basically raised me. She started to kind of lose it when she got to that point, and not much longer she was unresponsive. One night I got a call from my mom that it wouldn't be much longer. I raced the hour and a half to where she was and a few hours after I arrived (my family gathered around her bedside), she drew her last breath. It was almost calm and peaceful after that. The next morning, my mother and I watched them come and wrap her body up and take her away. One thing that I have never told anyone, ever... is that one day I went in to feed her (with the sponge), and she asked me if I had ever met her granddaughter (I'm her only one). I said I had and she said "She is such a wonderful girl. My little angel. She is going to be a lovely woman one day." I cried as I fed her and held her hand for awhile. When I was calmer I went back to my family. I will never, ever forget that moment. It's the strangest thing that every year on her passing, I think of it a few days prior, and the day after, but it never enters my mind the day of-- I think that's her, trying to keep us from being too sad. Funny thing is, the 5th anniversary of her death is the day that Jesse planned to purpose to me. Thankfully, it happened the day after. It is a weird, flip floppy few days now but I think that was fate. It makes the days more happy than sad. Also, when we tried to figure out when we actually started dating for an anniversary day, Jesse chose the date that coincides with my grandmother's birthday. Whew. Anyways, leave it to Jesse to make everything better :)

I am really excited for Chicago on the 20th!! Jesse got out of his shift early that day, I am getting out of class early, and we are racing down to Minneapolis to catch the bus to Chi town. After 8 hours in the bus, we will be checking into our hotel, then Sat morning we head to the college, do the open house, talk to profs, get housing info, etc. We then will be going either to the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, or both. And then catch our bus late that night. We will get back early in the morning Sunday and after we drive up north, Jesse goes straight to work. I am so excited to be back in that city!!

Well, our cleaning has done wonders for our apartment. The living rooms and bedroom are so much more open and clean and the bathroom looks so nice and uncluttered! Hopefully we can keep it that way. I cannot wait for us to get a house. 4 more years and it'll hopefully be a reality! I've got so many thoughts and ideas....http://pinterest.com/megschmitt9/house-ideas/

Well, I suppose I should get going. Not that I'm really going to do anything much but I've ranted enough in this blog post for quite awhile, lol.
Til next time...