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I may or may not have constructed a 5 year plan. I don't really know...but here's what I'm thinking.

I want to give myself 2 years (or so) to work, save money, find deals, live on a budget, be boring and not spend anything while working all the time and not having too much responsibility. After this time, I want to have 75% of my credit card paid off and a good chunk of money in my savings. Then, once again I will be willing to spend everything I have and go on another trip. Not necessarily a 2 month one, but I would like to spend at least a few weeks somewhere. I'm thinking someplace warm, perhaps? Australia/NZ or South America or something. Or perhaps a couple shorter trips like to the caribbean or something. Either way, I want to go traveling again. I want to go sooner than later though because I fear that I am going to be past the age of hosteling soon. I don't want to be that old lady in the hostel, but I'm ok with being that 26 year old in the hostel... Sort of. A lot of people we met were already younger than us...So...I don't know.

Anyway, when I come back from traveling, I want to get credentialed and become an American History teacher (11th grade). I never would have fathomed wanting to be a teacher, but I do like telling stories and teaching people things, so I'm thinking I might be okay at it. Problem is, finding a district that needs a history teacher...I hear history is hard to get into because people get hired and never leave. haha. Hopefully I can manage though. Also, this kinda works well with the whole "don't spend money" thing because I want to read all my American Studies textbooks "again." I never really read them to begin with or I only had to read a little bit. Some of them did seem interesting though (ha) so I want to read a few of them. Also, because I feel like I learned nothing in school. I want to know what I'm talking about.

In order to save money my new thing will be finding deals at the grocery store. I am convinced that if I watch the ads and shop weekly for sales, I can get plenty to eat at a bargain price. I used to do that at the dorms and I had money left over. Goal is to spend less than $50 a week on food. I think I can make that happen, and then the leftover is what I can spend if I want to go out to eat with someone. I have been really good about bringing my own dinner to the theatre, so I think I can do this. I also will occupy my time with things that are free for me to do. Going to the park, watching movies, reading (textbooks and perhaps library books), trying new recipes, baking and swimming.

I feel like all of this is kind of extreme, but then also, it shouldn't be too difficult. I just wish it were easier to find a better paying job right now. I don't think I will be super strict about adhering to it, but I want to keep it in the back of my mind so that I can keep track of where I'm at. I would like to have over 75% of my debt paid off before going back to school or traveling though. That's the main goal here...my reward will be vacation.

In an attempt to recuperate from a busy week and not to spend any money, I did nothing all day. I don't know where the whole day went. Here's a run-down:

11am: wake up
11-1245: sit in bed playing on Onion News Network, Twitter & Facebook
1245: eat High school musical waffles, pick up room, shower
2: walk to mail box...no mail, walk by park on way back from mail box, sit on swing for 5 minutes before feeling like pedophile, walk home.
215: reorganize spice cabinet in kitchen
230: spend too much time rating movies on netflix and then looking through watch it now choices. decide on "Emma"
4: wake up in middle of "emma' [must have really held attention well] to phone call from mitch asking to trade shifts
445: finish watching "Emma" see that roommates brought home mail
5: play around online and talk to mother who is freaking out over seeing Trace Adkins
6: make & eat spinach ravioli with balsalmic alfredo while watching "Zack & Miri Make a Porno"
8: whine about not doing anything, play on facebook and twitter
930: find snacks, start watching "Ghost World"
1145: complain about not doing anything, start listening to John mayer while reading his twitter
1230: do dishes then complain about being hot from water
1: document all the nothing-ness.

I mean, I guess I kinda did stuff...I think I spent the majority of the day thinking about how I wasn't doing anything. Tomorrow I plan on highlighting nancy's hair and she will then highlight mine. Then if we have tie we might hit up the spectrum before going to the Galaxy game to get $1 hot dogs and $1 beer. Delicious! I only have one more Netflix movie to watch before sending these in and I have tiny croissants proofing to be baked in the am...tomorrow should be better and then its work for prolly 7 days straight. hooray?

Ok, so I have been living in my apartment for about a month now and my roommates moved from an apartment that was a nightmare: horribly infested with roaches and they got robbed. Awesome, right? Well, apparently when they packed up to move into this one, they brought friends. We are now seeing tiny roaches more frequently as they probably brought some eggs in their stuff. GROSS! I am freaking paranoid now cos every site I read claims that roaches are near impossibly to get rid of and even if you don't see them, it doesn't mean that you don't have them. I shudder at this thought. I don't like them now and they are less than a 1/4 inch...I can't imagine having 2 inch beasts roaming around! I guess tomorrow morning I am going to clean the kitchen like mad and seal up all my food that isn't already sealed. I'm so grossed out right now. Seeing just a couple wasn't good, but it wasn't terrible...Now I have seen a total of about 7-10 today. One on my bedroom floor, one on the kitchen floor, 5 or so in the bottom of the trash after removing the bag... YUCK! We haven't seen any in the day time, yet. I have only seen them scurrying away from a dark spot when I expose them to light. Websites tell me this is a good sign. I'm terrified though. I don't want to have them here. It's icky. I guess I need to go to sleep so I can get up and clean, clean, clean!

I used to think packing was awesome. I would pack 2 weeks in advance for vacations and I loved packing boxes. Now that I have moved a gazillion times, I hate packing. I am in the process of moving into my apartment in irvine and I can think of a billion things I would rather do than pack my stuff. I think pack of this comes from not really having a deadline to have to get out of my parents' house and my room is a mess so packing a mess is kind of annoying. Though, I don't want to clean it. I think a lot of the stuff I need to pack is clothing and so I don't really see the point in progressing more. Haha. I'm so lazy. I packed two boxes today. Tomorrow I need to clean my room and seriously pack some stuff.

Travel Blog!

http://malloryescapes.blogspot.com

I aspire to update often about my trip that starts wednesday but we'll see how often I really want to get next to a computer.

I've been fighting it for months....but I finally did it.


I bought the Jonas Brothers Album....

Sigh. I'm 13 again.

We worked out today! two miles on the elliptical in 20 minutes! Then I did a couple sun salutes and now I want to pass out. haha...sooo out of shape.

Now that I don't have anything to do but sleep...I'm going to post.

Anyway, let's see what's new...

+I graduated on May 18th with a BA in American Studies. I'm not quite sure what this means. I don't know what I want to do...I like being in school but I'm tired of it. I think I will miss it though. So that's going to suck. Especially the responsibility this brings.
+My grad party was fun. There was tonnnsss of family there. It's so hard for me to talk to everyone when there's such a diverse group of family/friends. Therefore I hung out with Jenny, Krysta, Jose, Katrina, Anne, Mitch, Nancy, Jake and Rex. I probably should have schmoozed with family more but whatever.
+I am finally going to be fulltime at the theatre. YAY. This means I can pay rent AND have money left over! So exciting. What a novel idea.
-I am still going to be working at Tall Girl, but I'm only working with Jessie now so it's not so bad. I can pick up more shifts if I want to as well.
+/-I just finished my thank you cards and I'm working on a letter to my mom's biological father. Not so fun. I don't know what to say to the man. I don't know him. He wanted me to call but I don't want to call him. I know that's bad. But if he wants me to send the gift back, I am fine with that. I am sending a long letter though. It's kinda random and doesn't say much of substance, but I think he will appreciate it.
+I want to have a Beach Bonfire soon. Smores!!!
-We rode bikes to the beach the other day and the hills murdered me. I need to get back into shape!

I was watching "The Human Footprint" today on National Geographic and it made me so angry. They're try to prove how much trash we create and how many resources we use, but in the process they were wasting shit-tons of food and such. Bananas, Oranges, eggs, bread, MILK! The only explanation I heard was that the eggs were "near going out of code"....ummm eggs are still good for a few weeks after the sale date. Quick fucking around and dropping them in the dirt and donate them to a shelter or group home. So annoying.

I want cowboy boots. End of story.

Is it bad that I found out that my mom has Vertigo and all I can think about it Lucille 2 from Arrested Development???

I'm kinda annoyed right now. My internet keeps deciding that sites don't exist and telling me I can purchase the domain. Examples: www.xanga.com and www.google.com WTF! So lame. I know they're type right too because they're in my bookmarks that I visit frequently. Whatever.

Also, I am overwhelmingly sad about "Dumbo" right now. I don't remember this movie being so so sad. I'm about to cry and its only like 30 minutes in. They voted and he's not an elephant? AND he looks so sad all the time. I can't handle this! Its so awful. How did kids handle how sad this is? :(

Anyway...I have a list of things that need to be accomplished for, by or shortly thereafter graduation.

1. pass classes. this is a must....to graduate. Ha.
2. create resume. make it good. [easier said that done...fo sho]
3. get full-time temp job. neeeeeeed to save monies.

So...I was being a spy on Facebook today and I found out that Greg went to Seattle with a couple friends and he is in nearly every photo with this girl named Julie. Sigh. I don't know why it bothers me so much that he might have a girlfriend. I know we're never going to be together...wtf?

Also, last night I had a dream about Austin. WTF? I haven't seen that kid since I graduated High School and I have come to terms with the fact that he wasn't that attractive. In my dream he sure was though. Haha

So tomorrow is the day we get the apartment. We sign the lease early in the morning and then can move in whenever. My parents are coming on Saturday to help move my stuff. Mainly my bed, desk, kitchen stuff..the couches. I keep thinking that I don't have that much stuff but really I have a ton of stuff. Ugh. I'm not looking forward to getting all my shit there and unpacking it. Not fun at all. I have been pretending to pack all day but nothing has really happened.

In other news....I got Arrested Development Season One for my birthday and now I am in love with it. I need the other two seasons. I'm almost done with the second disc. It's amazing. I love it.

Ok, I guess I should pretend to pack some more. Ugh. I am not looking forward to moving all my clothes, shoes and kitchen stuff. Boo.

And Now, simply because I am bored and hungry....

( A Survey for your reading pleasure. )

Today my dad asked me what I'm going to do with my degree after I graduate. I said, "Frame it." Something tells me that's not the answer he was looking for.

I feel super guilty because I left work really early. Even though Jessie didn't care and let me go early, I left about an hour early yesterday too. I'm going to hate myself for not getting those hours later but oh well. Today I went to lunch and to get sunglasses instead. My friend, Glenn, works at a Sunglasses Hut and so he got me glasses for 50% off! I'm pretty excited about them because they are polarized. I've never had polarized glasses but I hear they are AMAZING and now I get to see for myself! They're pretty cute too.

Anyway, I'm annoyed that right now I have nothing to do. All my homework is always due on Sunday nights unless I have a paper and I never get it all done because my weekends are so busy. Now, I can't skip anymore reading postings for my one class and so I need to really step it up with that. I also have been slacking a bit in my web class. I need to focus on that some more. I need to get good grades because I'm going to look into a study abroad program for the summer instead of just going to europe. That way I can get financial aid for it. I just need to find out if I can graduate in May and then go. I don't know if they will let me walk and then go on the semester abroad. I don't know if they allow that. I'll just have to find out.

I'm watching Muppets Take Manhattan right now and I'm in love with it. I haven't watched any Muppets movies in ages and I missed them. They totally remind me of like 1990. Besides the definite tellers like cars and clothes, its still awesome quality and could have been made this year. Muppets are AMAZING.

I should probably read or something so I guess that's it for now.

So I decided last night that I am in love with the new show "Pushing Daisies." Its sooo good. It looks a lot lot Amelie (from what I hear...I've never actually seen that whole film so I don't know.) Anyway, its witty and I like it. Plus, its very pretty.

I'm on campus right now in the computer lab and I don't want to go to class even though its just upstairs in the library. Doesn't sound like fun. I kinda just want to sit in this comfy chair all day. Also, the person I emailed on craigslist asking about the room they have for rent didn't email me back. It sounds too good to be true. Its a master in a 2 bedroom with its own bathroom and private balcony for only $600. Plus, it claims there are 2 parking spaces. It also says that the room could be shared which means that if the person keeps the rent at $600, Nancy and I could share it for $300 each plus utilities. AMAZING! Hope it works out and the person isnt a creep. haha.

I'm bored. Nancy doesn't get home until Monday or Tuesday or something so I pretty much have an empty room until then. Yesterday I skipped class, did some homework, cleaned and then went to Dinner with Katrina and Michael. Good times. We spent a lot of time in Borders which was delightful since I found birthday cards for people. Yay! Today I decided that I would go to the Container Store and get things to put my flour and sugars in so ants dont get to them and so they aren't in ziploc bags anymore. After that, I went to Nordstrom Rack and then managed to lose my phone somewhere inbetween there. I looked EVERYWHERE for it. And then I finally went home and Adam tell me that some lady called me and told him that she found the phone. It was very nice of her, but she probably picked it up right before I walked back to look for it. Oh well. A bit of a waste of time, but I'm glad I got it back. Work tonight was busier than it has been, so that's good. That means there's more hours to go around. I did get SUPER pissed at Richy for giving away a coffe cup for free. I made a big deal about it because inventory was such a pain in the ass last night. but yeah...everyone knew I was pissed and then richy said he would pay for the cup. I was really mad. Now it doesn't seem like such a big deal, but Uzma has been fucking up my inventory and if I see any parts that I can control, I'm going to take the initiative to fix them. Plus, I'm tired of people thinking it is OK to break every rule.

I think after work on Sunday I am going to go to Menifee and do laundry and pick up some stuff.

1. To whom did you last give the finger?:
Probably Benn Hadland Haha.

2. If you had 1,000 dollars what would you buy?
Umm... I don't think I would buy anything. I would probably pay my Credit card bill a little and then use the rest for a deposit on a new place.

3. What was the last beverage you spilled on yourself?:
Rootbeer. I got it on my leg. Haha.

4. Are you different now than you were 6 months ago?:
6 months ago was....March? I don't think so. I'm probably more stressed/pissed about my livivng arrangements.

5. Have you kissed a boy in the last three days?:
No, but I kissed my grandma yesterday. Oh baby.

6. When was the last photograph you took?:
Umm...I think Nancy took on of me the otehr day with the camera she got for her mom...other than that, I took some on my phone at the JT concert.

7. Where were you last night around 9:30?:
At work. I was eating my mini pizza.

8. What do you think of guys that wear eyeliner?:
If its not in excess it can be okay. Meh.

9. How many hours did you last sleep?:
Four.

10. Who was the last person to whom you spoke on the phone for over an hour?
I have no idea. I can't even remember the last tiem I talked on the phone for more than 30 minutes.

11. Justin Timberlake shows up at your door, what do you do?:
Freak out a little. ...Ok, freak out a lot. Then Rape him.

12. How was the last egg you ate prepared?:
as an ingredient in pancakes.

13. Where did you last wear sunglasses?
Yesterday while driving

14. Ever worn your underwear backwards?:
no

15. Who was the last person to smoke a cigarette in your presence?:
People at work

16. Does it bother you when people put ~ before every sentence and * after?:
~never seen it*

17. What animal did you last pet or hold?:
Apple the cat.

18. What was the last law you broke?:
No idea.

19. What are you wearing?
Jeans and a limbeck shirt.

20. What did you think of your last kiss?
I liked it. It was far too long ago though and I think repeating it would be weird since we live together now and that whole phase is done with.

21. What was the last newspaper you read or skimmed?:
I check OC Register online daily.

22. What was the last word written on your hand?:
I don't know but I draw moustaches on my fingers a lot.

23. What was the last hair product you used?:
Shampoo.

24. What was the last text message you received?
"True" from my mom

25. What was the last medication you took?
my pill? I don't know

26. Who was the last person to make you really laugh?:
Everyone playing Apples to Apples

28. What was the last musical instrument played in your presence?:
Oh my god....Piano...and it was Justin Timberlake playing onstage

29. What was the last superstitious thing you did?:
Wished at 11:11 probably

30. What's the last good book you read?
Marx: A very Short Introduction....Just kidding. I would have to go with Sisterhood of the travelling pants.