A Calendar and a Deck of Cards

I cannot begin to describe the excitement I feel about the semester coming to an end. I have one class I am worried about. I need a B- in it so that I am okay to graduate in the spring. I just want to get to the point where I find out if I pass or not. I still have 3 weeks of pure crammed craziness so I thought I would write just in case I don't survive.

In my final weeks I am working on calendar. I am pretty excited about it! It has been a bit of a challenge thus far. I was hoping to do a poster size, year-in-a-glance calendar like I did last fall. My teacher suggested a different direction and I am going with that. This way if my grandma ends up asking me for help getting a family calendar together again then I will have this one ready. Granted it won't be full of pictures of when my mom and her siblings were younger, in their "awkward" stages, etc. No family pictures are in this one. We'll see if grandma goes for it.

I also started creating a deck of cards for another project pitch in another class. Even though my project didn't get picked I think I will finish creating the rest of the deck and get it printed for myself. I am excited but I'll definitely have to search for the time to complete it. Maybe next year I'll have it done. Below are some aces that I have done. If you are on my facebook you can see more.

A-Z

Stole this from my cousin. Seemed like a good way to avoid my homework for a little while longer.

The A-Z's of me:

A. Age: 24

B. Bed size: Queen. Yea that big for just me. I take up alot of space when I sleep... or maybe it's all my pillows that hog the space shrug.

C. Chore you dislike: Who likes doing chores is the real question here. Okay okay what I really dislike is cleaning the shower/tub. I don't mind cleaning the rest of the bathroom for some reason the shower/tub is just not my thing. Oh and vaccumning the stairs.

D. Dogs: I love them. Wish that I had one here with me all the time but I'm under strict rules of no pets that shed or poop.

E. Essential start to your day: I don't think there is one thing that I have everyday. I like to switch up my breakfast. Bagels, cereal, toast, but if I have time pancakes, waffles, or french toast. LOVE French toast.

F. Favorite color: Blue.

G. Gold or silver: I don't really wear jewelry but I like silver looking jewelry.

H. Height: 5' 7" or 6 "

I. Ice cream flavor: Oh gosh! I love ice cream. I love Ben & Jerry's! Generally it's either peppermint, cookie dough, or mint chocolate chip. As For Ben & Jerry's I can't even pick a favorite lol

J. Job title: Customer Service Rep. Soon enough I am hoping that I will be an official graphic designer

K. Kids: Someday but not right now.

L. Live: Utah. Born and raised but who knows where I will end up.

M. Movie: This is as difficult as picking ice cream. Currently it is A-Team and Despicable Me

N. Nicknames: Anna Banana or Anns Banans

O. Overnight hospital stays: Probably when I was a baby and that is all

P. Pet peeves: Sadly there are many. But when asked I can never really think about them. People that drive 5-10 miles below the speed limit for no obvious reason (an obvious reason would be weather conditions, a stop light/sign). When people are flakey cause don't like plans to be up in the air. I like to know what I'm doing, where I'm going and who is coming.

Q. Quote from a movie: "I wanna get chocolate wasted!!" - Grownups

R. Right or left-handed: Righty

S. Siblings: 2 older siblings. A sister (36) and brother (31)

T. Time you wake up: Depends on the day usually anywhere from 0630 - 0830

U. University: Univeristy of Utah is where I go to school and Brigham Young University is who I cheer for.

V. Vegetables you don’t like: Where do I begin....lol jk. I'll eat whatever but I really really really REALLY don't like peas or lima beans.

W. What makes you run late: I get distracted easily

X. X-rays you’ve had: Mouth, right wrist, right pinky, right foot, left foot, and if ultrasounds count then I've had one of those too.

Y. Yummy food you make: I make lots of food and about 50% of it is good. Trev and his sister really like my chicken noodle soup, which never really turns out the same cause I basically make it up each time.

Z. Zodiac: Virgo usually but some things say Leo... I guess I'm a confused individual lol

Motivation, where art thou?

I've be struggling with motivation and grand ideas. I have a catalog that I need to make for one of my classes. We get to design it (all 16 pages) and we have to take all of the photographs for it by ourselves. It has been overwhelming and frustrating so far. My catalog/magazine (whatever) is going to be about making your own clothes thus showing some of the things that I have made. I thought it was going to be great and fairly simple to get photos cause all my clothes just fit me and I can set it up how I want and have someone snap the button. WELL... not so much. The professor made rules that you can't be in all your pictures and she discouraged having someone else take the photos because it needs to be us taking the photos but she did give in a little that if we get everything set up and just have someone hit the button then she'll be okay with it.

So far my ideas have been poo-pooed by my teacher and things pointed out about my type choices. I am at the point where I don't know where to go from here. On top of it all I have had a hard time finding time to take pictures with people that would actually fit in my stuff AND there is still daylight outside. It's been stressful. Stressful enough to the point that I have lost a lot of sleep this week and even when I do sleep by the time I wake up it doesn't feel like I have slept a wink. Blah. School, I love it but i hate it all at once.

On a brighter note, the sewing machine that my boss gave away because it didn't work? Yea not so broken after all. I mean it doesn't work but I took it to a repair guy today and he told me that one of the adjustment screws inside fell out completely and that was the only problem. He is servicing it and I'll have it back Monday. I'm pretty stoked that it will be in working condition for only the cost of servicing it. Good deal.

I am really hoping that once I get some photos taken tonight, hoping that the forecasted rain doesn't get in the way too much, will help spark a direction for my assignment. Other than that I think I am on my way to burning out due to insufficient sleep.
Anyway, here are some pics from the my non model photo shoot.

Day Two & Three

I survived day two of school! Yay!

I am alittle nervous about my digital process class. The teacher basically opened class with, "I am the hardest grader in this program." Oh good.... And of course I was 10 minutes late because my trax train got held up by another trax train that wasn't working or was stalling or something. They don't actually tell you what is happening but that was one patrons commentary on the situation.

Day three isn't over yet BUT I have had some interesting things I feel like commenting on thus far anyway.
1) This lady on the trax train saw another lady in a neck brace and then proceeded to tell her all of these horrible stories. I was trying to pay attention to the book I was reading but I kept getting distracted. First she started off with the story about her mom breaking or hurting her neck. Back to my book. Distracted by some one's head hitting the ground and blood gushing out their nose. Back to my book. Caught word of some one's thumb being severed from their body and the long trip to the hospital and how it got reattached and still works. Also the lady said some time later she almost severed her thumb from her hand. Apparently thumb severing is genetic? But really just cause someone is wearing a neck brace doesn't mean they want to hear all the horror E.R. stories of your whole family tree. Back to my book. Thank goodness story lady got off.

2) Walking from the train to class I see one of those parking ticket hander outers (parking police/Nazis) writing tickets for 3 motorcycles parked in the same parking spot. If it is illegal I mean I get it but seriously think about the smartness of it. There are  hardly any parking spots in some lots. Students loop around for many many laps around the parking lot and even stalk walking students til the reach their car. Personally I say you go motorcyclist that are saving parking spaces. I am sorry that you are getting a parking ticket for saving space with your small modes of transportation.

I find my life is more exciting when I am school. I guess it is just the fact that I am getting out and I have more random people and things I see that I can comment on. Happy Reading =)

It wouldn't be, without...

The first day of school!

I'll admit I was excited for it. I love school because I love learning. Sometimes I lose sight of that portion when I have racked my brain for every possible idea I think is in there (aka a designer's block). However, I usually find my way out of such predicaments and make it through to the end of the project. Not to mention today was the first day of my last year of school for life (unless I decide to go back but that isn't in the cards right now)! Sweet sweet bittersweet day. Of course what would the first day of school be without an awkward moment and some good news.

Good news. The Trax system has been improved. I can ride all the way from the station I get on to the station I get off at school. No switching trains in slightly scary part of downtown Utah. I guess it wasn't so bad during the day it was the waiting there for the sandy train to come after my class got out around 9 PM that I had the problem with. BUT it is a problem no longer. Now the trip from home to school, via trax, almost takes the same amount of time as it took me to drive there, find a parking spot and walk to class. Yay for the person that decided to make this change.

Awkward moment. After skipping from the train to the library, where my class is (okay okay I didn't really skip but just pretend I did). I walked up to the classroom with the correct number and went right in.... looked up realized I knew no one in the class including the teacher. Ooops! Apparently there is a class in that room before mine. They all looked at me like, "How dare you disturb our little circle of chairs!" I could imagine the teacher having a voice like the cave in Aladdin, "Who dare to disturb my slumber!" Yea. backed out almost as quickly as I had entered and found a fellow design student and friend.

Class. Excited to have a teacher that I haven't had except for one day when she subbed for my teacher last semester. She handed us a sheet of paper talking about our first assignment and the wave of being overwhelmed hit, as it usually does. Once she started explaining it in more detail then I got excited in addition to the overwhelmed feeling. I definitely forgot about that feeling over the summer. BUT here we go onto a new semester! C=

Molly!

 

There has been a new addition to my family. Well just for me. Her name is Molly and she is a malmte/wolf mix. She is the cutest thing ever and I love her to pieces. She is living with my friend in Evanston, WY so I don't get to see her that often but I do know she is in good hands. We went to go pick her and her sister up on Sunday. From what I hear they are practically potty trained already.

This is Molly (hot pink collar) with her sister Mika (pronounced Meek-a). I love them and it's only been 48 hours since I last saw them and I miss them lol. I love puppies! Especially mine =)

15 things about me 2.0

Some more interesting facts about me. If you never read the first one go here

1. I have become a little obsessed with sewing. Nothing crazy, basically if it takes longer than a day for me to complete in my spare time then I lose interest. I have been meaning to post pictures of someone the things I have created recently.

 

2. When I see big black garbage bags on the side of the freeway/highway/street I wonder if there are dead people in them dumped mafia style or something. Morbid I know.

 

3. I can dejunk other people's stuff with the greatest of ease (until they intervene) but when it comes to my own stuff it gets pretty difficult.

 

4. I can't seem to memorize my checking account number but I have managed to memorize my library card number...

5. I decided to try painting on a canvas. What did I dream up for myself to attempt to paint? A dragon. Why? I have no clue. I am not really into fantasy things and dragons are kinda cool but just not me but something deep inside me wanted to paint a dragon... It is a very bright blue dragon that is still taking shape  =)

6. I love graphic design. I would classify myself as a graphic design nerd. I notice, and point out, many random things. The general public (aka most of my friends and family) look at me like I am weird. I usually sigh and think, or say, you just wouldn't understand.

 

7. A new pet peeve that is just beginning with me is how little people know about paper. Not to say I think you are an idiot if you don't realize there is more than just copy paper out there. I know it falls under my design nerdiness but people coming into my work saying they want resume paper. WELL that's not the same to everyone. Some people want linen paper, some want smooth, some want a marbley, some want it thick like card stock, and others want just regular paper. And there are so many different types even within linen papers. Then there are the range of colors. Some want grey, some white and others ivory. It feels like endless possibilities in the world of paper. *deep breath* I'm a nerd I know.

8. I enjoy cooking, attempting to cook, baking, attempting to back, BBQ-ing, and attempting to BBQ. I wish that I were rich that I could try new fancy recipes every week... or twice a week.

 

9. Dogs! Love them. I miss having one but alas I know that I cannot afford one even if I were able to have one where I currently reside.

 

10. If Dr. Reid, from Criminal Minds, were a real live person I would probably date him. Granted he would have to keep his hair trimmed so that he at least looks like a cute nerd. =)

 

11. Number 11 is still my favorite number

12. I hope that my dream house has a spot that I can have an art studio with lots of windows. Not that I am a huge artist but I feel with a room like that I would be more inspired to paint a rainbow or a glorious sunset, etc.

 

13. After graduating with my Bachelor's degree this spring I am thinking about looking for graphic design jobs outside of Utah. If not an official job an internship.

14. There have been 3 songs stuck in my head for about a week now. They just keep rotating. This is one. Number two and finally numero tres. I am pretty much sick of all three of them. My 2 nephews sing the first two ALOT!

15. I love thunderstorms =) Love them.



The 100 Thing

I just finished reading The 100 Thing Challenge by Dave Bruno. It is on my ever growing books to read list and I finally picked it up from the library. VERY interesting read, I thought. As I was reading it I contemplated the idea of trying it out for myself. I looked around my pig sty of a room and decided against it. Today I actually counted the number of shirts I own, 102. That right there puts me over the 100 limit. Plus there are all my DVDs, pants, skirts, dresses, and books. All things I would really struggle getting rid of. However, this book has inspired me to do better about the things that I purchase and bring into my personal living space as well as to dejunk alot of stuff. I have yet to get to all the dejunking but I have managed to go through some boxes and throw out notes from my high school chemistry class and things of that sort. You probably wonder why I would hang on to such nonsense for so long. My thinking was these will come in handy one day when I have kids and they are taking chemistry. I'll be able to help them.... Yea I know it sounds really dumb but I finally have freed myself from high school and college notes on the hopes that I'll actually be able to help my kids with it. All that info can be found on the Internet or at the library. It was awesome to get rid of it. I truly believe that every item that we own weighs us down. We obviously don't think about every single personal possession all day everyday but we know what we own and it all lingers in the back burner of our minds.

I have realized that I have increased my shopping/spending significantly in the past month or so. Not healthy for me to try to replace feeling empty with physical stuff, also not healthy for my "budget". Some points Mr. Bruno makes in his book that really stuck out to me were:

"Contentment is an attitudinal choice, not a buyable product."

"The truth is that our material possessions, rather than helping us understand our limits and our place in the world, regularly distort our perspective. Put a Coach purse of the keys to a BMW M series or the latest Nokia gadget in our hands and it's not uncommon for humility, respect for other people, and appreciation of our environment to drain from our brains."

"What we really want we cannot buy."

The point of this book isn't to necessarily get rid of all your stuff but to realize the whole American-style consumerism idea that we need stuff in order to be happy or to get to where we want to be. My thing is that I think buy new cute clothing will make me more confident because I will look great in it. It usually works until the new thing gets cycled into the closet with everything else that had that effect and eventually it is just another piece clothing I stare at while thinking I have nothing to wear. Which isn't true I have 102 tops to choose from that's a shirt everyday for almost a third of the year. And my shoe shelves and flip flop bin are over flowing as well. I definitely need to cut down the crap that I own and figure out the things that I like to wear and actually wear and get rid of all the rest. I hope I have the strength to make the tough decisions that I need to and be honest with myself about the things I don't wear and that as much as I say, "well I might..." that I can just get rid of it.

I am glad I read this book. I encourage you to read it too even if you don't accept the challenge, cause I certainly didn't. I still have found it very helpful and interesting to see the few struggles the author had with accepting his own challenge.  =) Thanks for reading.

Social?

This is more or less a social update. I really suck at blogging and my blog is just completely random... which I guess is just like me. =)

Still not luck on internships. Or new jobs that deal with graphic design. I guess I've kinda fallen into a "I don't care" state of mind on pretty much everything. (oops) I haven't really been actively searching. All the effort that goes into one application is a pain. Maybe I am just doing it the hard way. I look at the companies website kind of get a feel for what they do and then I revamp my portfolio to show stuff that I have done that are kind of similar to the ones that I looked at. Plus I write a whole new cover letter for each place usually sometimes I cut and paste and edit. Its alot of work and I think I have done it about 30-40 time so far this year and I've only gotten a first and second interview for one place. It's so discouraging that I just can't handle it anymore. However, I know that is not going to get me anywhere where I want to be. Oh and talking about this reminds me of school... yea still haven't registered. (oops)

I am basically trying to stay busy. Semi recent events have left me feeling like a rug was pulled out from under my feet so quickly that I ended up doing like 3 backflips in the air and came crashing down on shards of glass. Its been rough but I am surviving and just trying to stay busy which is hard to do when one only works 22 hours a week. I'm sure all you people that work 40+ hours of week are like I would love all that free time to get my huge list of things to do done. But lets be honest when you have all that free time you eventually waste it by watching whatever is on your netflix, or cable tv or just even thinking about all the things that you should probably do. Well I have things that I want to do but I just don't have the funds to do it. 

To Do (when funds come):
Paint my room a light blue on 2 opposite walls and maybe white the rest or a sandy yellow
Buy a Luahala mat to put on one of my said painted walls
Buy white frames to put hawaiian style pictures in to put on my luahala mat

I have actually been working on dejunking my room.... well I started. It kind of ended when my mood dipped back down into the "I don't care about anything" mode. Currently my room is a pig sty (thats what my mom would say). Maybe I'll feel motivated this week to clean it. Not only is my room a mess I have a little area in my condo I call my art space. It has basically turned into the stack anything that resembles something that could be used for art here. It's one huge pile of stuff. Even more overwhelming than my room.

I have a lot of art projects in my room that I don't know what to do with. I guess I get too attached to my art work and I can't bring myself to throw it out. Maybe I'll take pictures of it and "auction" it off. Basically if someone wants it they can pay to have it sent to them lol. Some of it is really just garbage and I need to photograph it and throw it out. sigh more hard things in life.

OKAY- Good things. I have been doing some graphic design stuff. Designed a logo for my uncle

And I've gotten into making cards. I made one for my dad for father's day, a friend's birthday card and a bridal shower card (funny story: the font that I used on her card actually matches one of the fonts one her wedding announcement. I didn't get to look at her wedding announcement until after the bridal shower. Yes I am a nerd and I would notice that). I also had a design challenge for one of the internships that I applied for where I had to make icons for a computer program, very new and interesting. Designing a thing that is 64x64 pixels is difficult. I think I may start making a bunch of cards some occasion specific and maybe some just random blank ones. Its been fun and kinda keeps me busy. I love design =) Oh so if you know anyone that needs something designed let them know about me or let me know and I will do my best to help.

I am doing good. Not back to where I would like to be but I can now honestly say that I am okay and that feels like a miracle after the past month and a half or so. Thanks to my awesome friends and of course always my family I love you guys and always will =0D

These are Irksome

Simply things that have recently or are currently annoying me.

1. The people that cannot parallel park at the rec center. I'll admit I'm not pro at parallel parking, however the rec center has made their parallel parking spots long enough to fit my car and then half my car. It amazes me that people can still manage to park there little car in such a way that the spot in front of them or behind them cannot be used. If it were a limo or something by all means use 2 parking spots but when you have a little car similar to a Toyota Rav4 you should not me taking up 2 spots. If you were idiotic enough to park that way I'm not going to risk trying to squeeze my car into the space you left in the parking spot ahead of it for fear of what damage might occur when you try to get out.

2. The old women at my pool that think they are 16 or 26 rather than 60. There teenie tiny bikinis don't really fit them, just my opinion. They are old, wrinkly and sagging (the ladies not the bikinis). And they have belly rings with jewels in them. Really? You look like you are trying too hard. Maybe if I were a 60 year old man I would feel differently but I am a female 23 year old. No fashionista by any means but I do believe in trying to dress your age. I guess belly rings speak people my age and not 60 year old women. They are out tanning every evening....I don't think they can get any tanner they already look like aged leather, only it walks and talks and has a jewel in the middle of it. I guess power to them for feeling comfortable enough with themselves at that age to wear bikinis but blah I don't like looking at it lol.

The Cookie Eaters

I've decided to start a club. The exact details are kind of fuzzy right now since I just created it about 10 minutes ago. Its going to be the Cookie Eaters club. We will get together and make or just share cookies whenever we can get together. Once in awhile we will have an "exotic" night where we branch out from cookies and make or taste other types of desserts... hmm maybe I should just make it a Dessert Eaters club... I'll think about it. So far I've only roped my friend Ammon into it. It wasn't that hard since I don't know anyone that doesn't like cookies of one kind or another. mmmm cookies.

Life, Love, and Loss

Something I've really decided that I hate is when people tell you crappy things that happen are for the better. It's like thanks I'm sobbing, arm-pit deep in tissues and you're telling me this is for the better good? In some cases it is true but in the mean time it never seems to feel true. I just find it an insensitive thing to say. I mean I've been told this very statement several times in the past 3 weeks and I just want to punch whoever says it. If you are saying it to make me feel better NEWSFLASH it doesn't do anything of the sort. If you are saying it because you think it is true... great keep it to yourself.

I have also been reflecting on rebounds. I've never really understood them, why people have them. Here is my take on how they happen. You are in a relationship, yay happy, then WHAM it's over. Now you feel like this little pathetic thing for believing in love and that someone actually loved you. You realize you can't sit and do nothing. You go out with friends but you still feel like half a person. After so long of being with one person always having his hand to hold, he was there to hold when you cried, he was a great listener, you could always snuggle with him and rough house with him. Now you are on your own. It's awkward trying to do any of those things on your own and you miss those things (plus others) like crazy. Basically the first few people who come along and give you attention you think Hey guy B could be like a replacement for guy A you think what they heck I need to move on anyway. After a while you realize you don't really actually like guy B and still miss guy A. That when you realize you rebounded.

I know this is just rambling on and I'm sorry but that is pretty much my brain right now all rambles no real complete thoughts. An update to my life... it kind of sucks. Nothing is working out, no internships, no new jobs, and so basically I work 22 hours a week and do whatever I feel like the rest of the time. Sounds nice probably to those of you that are busy pretty much all the time but trust me after about 3 weeks of this I feel like the lamest person on the planet. I create design homework for myself so that I don't lose all my skills over the summer. But its almost unfulfilling to do made up things because its like no one really cares about this design stuff except some fellow students. For those of you that are my friends on facebook you can see all my stuff there. I'm going to start playing waterpolo again this summer so I'm hoping having another thing to do besides work will help boost my morale. Fingers crossed

Dreams, what are they made of?

I had a dream a few nights ago with the same event from many dreams I've had in the past year and a half. However, each time this even happens slightly differently and I react differently each time. This event was an old best friend coming to me and apologizing for some things that happened back well a little over a year and a half ago. The first time I had this dream I reacted rather violently and I was screaming and cursing. When I woke up my heart was pounded as if I just had a scary dream. Each time I have the dream it seemed my reaction was less and less anger. At one point I would be fence sitting on what to do, let her back in my life or keep her out of it. Those dreams I wake up feeling depressed and alone because it made me realize that I don't really have that BFF girlfriend anymore. This week I had a dream where she came in apologized and I forgave her but didn't say anything about letting her back in my life. It was kind of like a load off. Completely weird.

I am really curious about dreams now. I mean for the most part I believed that they were just your brain shuffling through the random things that you sensed through out the day. If you think about it your brain picks up on all the things that your 5 senses pick up. Some dreams that is the only way I feel they can be explained due to their pure craziness. But there have been a few dreams that I feel are more than that. For example, after my grandma died, a year or so after, I kinda wondered how she was doing if she was happy where she was stuff like that. One night I had a dream that I was at her house walking around her yard. I passed under the shadows of the big tree in her front yard and to the back where she had several rose bushes. She loved her roses and there she was. She took my hand and walked with me, even though she didn't seem to register who I was. We walked and she went on about the various roses and other plants that inhabited her garden. Then in the shade of the apricot tree, with its painted white trunk, we sat on a bench and a wave of peace and comfort came over me. I truly felt like she was okay and that she was happy. I don't think that was my brain pulling random facts from my day and meshing them all together.

What about those dreams where you are angry at someone and you wake up feeling so mad. You realize it was just a dream but it takes alot to get over being mad at the person nonetheless. Dreams seem to be powerful but they sometimes seem to be too crazy and random to be good for anything other than a laugh the next morning. There are dreams that make you want to avoid sleeping for fear of what might await behind your closed eyelids. There is so much I wish that I could know about dreams but I don't know that we will truly ever understand them.

Valentines.

I have never really been a fan of valentines day but I have now found a reason to like it. I'm in LOVE =0) I have an awesome boyfriend. Due to my school schedule we are celebrating Valentine's Day today. I made him his gift and I am so excited to give it to him tonight! I took some pictures of it and I figure he won't be looking at my blog today so I'm safe in posting them.  I made a book of a bunch of reasons why I love him or things I love about him. I'm no photographer so bear with me.

No Phone Chronicles - The 48 hours

I last 48 hours without a phone. I'm not going to say it was the hardest thing I've ever had to live through because that would be overdramatic and a lie. It was really strange though. Going from being lazy and texting people things I needed to ask them or tell them whenever I thought of them through out the day to trying to make just one phone call and remembering everything I needed to tell them. That was weird. It was a strange change of habits but I think it had some good effects too. Lucky for me one of the phone lines on my family plan was eligible for an upgrade so I got a discounted price! I still had to use my credit card =/ but it will all work out. And I have to tell you it was so cute when I got to my boyrfriend's house with my new phone. He said that he was glad that I got a new phone because thinking about me driving home in the snowy/icy roads and getting stuck or crashing and not having a phone to call for help made him worry alot. CUTE! I have the best boyfriend ever. =) And now I have a cool new phone.

No Phone Chronicles. Day 1

This may only last a day, it depends. I lost my phone yesterday... well I guess 2 days ago now (Dec 30) around 1 PM - ish. Now that I have searched my car several times each time hoping to find it, still nothing. I've search my boyfriend's house as well. The last place I remember having it was at Lowes. I was texting a friend and later after leaving Lowes I realized it wasn't in any of my pant or sweater pockets. I wasn't too alarmed because I figured I put it in my purse or something. Negative. Searched my purse 3-4 times no luck. Now I am back to my good ol high school days of using the home phone. It was sad that night with my BF dropped me off at my house I had to write his number on my hand, due to a lack of paper in my purse and a contacts list on my phone. Basically the only people that I can contact from memory are my mom's cell, her work, my sister's cell and my parent's home phone (and now my boyfriend). It's weird. I'll have to dig out my old address book that probably has a bunch of old numbers and numbers of people I haven't talk to in years for one reason or another. Tomorrow I am going to the AT&T store to see if a) I can get a replacement free of charge b) if my contract is elligable for an upgrade thuse free or nearly free phone or c) if I have to buy a whole new phone. If it's C it's going to be a problem since I'm pretty much broke from Christmas. I'm hoping for B if I have to wait a week or something then I'm going to try and do that. Thus the beginning of the No Phone Chronicles. Today has been a weird day mostly with it being New Years eve and not being able to text everyone happy new year instead I got to watch my boyfriend and his dad do it. Felt really awkward. We will see what the first day of the new year has in store for me. Happy New Year everyone.