Take That iPhone

I think Apple should totally go for this...

New Car! Its Fantastico!

So Luke sold his Mustang....it was hard at first, but we got something so much better! With winter looming and a move to Wisconsin a real possibility...and my insecurity with driving in the snow...and....etc. We decided a small SUV would be a good decision. So Luke went car shopping on Monday and I was planning on going on Tuesday. Well, on our way home Luke and I decided to look at the ONE place that was open past 7pm...so we go and are greeted by a great guy named Travis. He's showing us all the cars, but none of them are really 'jiving' with me. I really wanted a Jeep Liberty or a Ford Escape with pretty low miles, etc, etc. Luke wanted a Toyota 4Runner, but no luck there either. So Travis actually wants to drive with us to Salt Lake the next day to check out the other dealers with us...I was like, sure and Luke was like, cool...and at about 9pm, we decided the car shopping would reconvene Tuesday.
So, we're leaving, right? And Travis is calling Luke right as we're about to pull out onto University. He's like, 'come back now!' so we do...and what do we see? A Ford Escape, 18,000 miles, LEATHER interior, roof rack, and all around awesome-ness......now I don't want to sound ridiculous, but it was love at first sight....so Luke negotiates, and negotiates....I was the worst, because I was so excited, every offer that came in I was like, yeah! let's buy it now! Luke calmed me down and haggled his the price down $3,000! He's awesome :) Oh, and then Travis took us to dinner. Bonus!
The next day, we give them a cashier's check and now we are the proud new owner of Arnold (as I have christened him): He is beautiful :)

Seeing the World Through Rose Colored Glasses...

It may sound weird, but I'm thinking of taking a new approach to school this semester. I only have two semesters left...and most people would be freaking out with senior level courses and the end so near in sight. So here is mah plan. I'm going to approach this semester with the niavete of a freshman.

Think about it...think about when you were a freshman. You just wanted to have fun. You had just moved out of your parents' house. Classes were important but they weren't EVERYTHING. You approached everything like you did when you were in high school... like it wasn't no big thang. Now, I know that I could be wrong. I'm sure that there were lots of people who went through high school taking AP classes, stressed about college admissions, etc...but for all intents and purposes, we shall exclude those people from this discussion. I'm sorry.

I feel pretty confident about this new plan. I think I've been doing it for the past three years anyway. But I started freaking out about being a senior and thought that action needed to be taken! Especially since some of my classes are pretty, freaking intimidating (TWO Shakespeare classes, anyone?!). I know, Shakespeare was a great guy, but I just never really got into him. I never thought to myself, I'm going to read Shakespeare, for fun. And apparently, my Shakespeare and Film teacher is this hardest teacher in the English Department (Seigfreid....it just sounds intimidating). But guess what? I'm just going to write all my papers, take my tests, not stress, and as my mother says, just see what comes out in the wash.

And now I feel better :)