Labor Day Weekend!

It is finally Friday again! I am excited because it is friday and the weekend is here! woo!

I think I will be mostly hitting the books this weekend and probably watching my very first college football game... I dunno, I am not too crazy about it.... but I am going to give it a try because Mat loves college football and his favorite team is Michigan. So I am going to try... even though I will probably end up playing GTA at his house instead. :-)

This week seemed to go by fairly quickly. Now I know the only reason it did is because school is back in session and before I know it this assignment will be do and that group project is due, oh and dont forget about the tests!!

Random - I got my engagement ring cleaned the other day and its still shiny shiny! I LOVE IT!!! :-) And I love my fiance!! So have a good weekend!

Alicia's FINALLY 21!!!

Hey all! Nicole and I had some fun with Alicia on her 21st birthday! We started off by taking her to Granite City for lunch and her first legal beverage. We had some nasty concoction margarita... YUCK! Nicole liked that though... so Alicia and I ordered the all time wonderful, best drink in the world, strawberry dacquiri! we LOVED them! So we finished up there and met everyone at BWW for more drinking! After that we went to Kouris - this was a blast! Alicia and Mat were both getting very drunk. It was a great time had by all though!! Pictures are below!
They are kind of out of order... sorry about that!

Here is the group at Kouris!

Granite City - Alicia chuggin her Strawberry Dacquiri!
Our Muscles!!!
Alicia getting tipsy...
Cheers! Mango Margaritas at BWW!
Me and my baby before he got drunk!
haha and the two drukest people of the night...
I love this picture!! This was towards the end of the night!

Well.... it's here again...

That's right everyone, School is back in session. But you know what, this semester I am NOT having the horrible attitude I have had in the past. This semester is different. This semester I am starting as a junior at the University of Illinois at Springfield. This is nice because I am able to take classes at our local community college and online.

I have to say I am impressed with myself to start Junior year as a college student. I am the only child in my family that has gotten this far! Go me!! I am excited because these classes are more focused on my major... and with only one week of classes down, I can already see that is true!! I am taking 2 night classes and 1 online class and just hoping I do well. I have already spent over 5 hours in the library studying!!! Just call me mini Jeff!!

I am noticing all my tests for Junior Year college are different too. I only have 2 tests in all my classes. One at Midterm and one at the final. Luckily there are some attendance points, and group work points, but still... only 2 tests!! That means I have to stay caught up and remember everything.... not try to memorize everything the night before a HUGE test!

So hopefully this semester goes great, I have all the drive I need now... done in 2 years then GETTING MARRIED!!! :-) Wish me luck!!

It is finally FRIDAY! Yay!!

So the week was just a normal one. Nothing to crazy. I have been busy at nights babysitting a lot lately. Tuesdays and Thursdays and this weekend and last weekend... it's crazy!

Mat and I went and talked with Fr Larry for the first time last week! It was so much fun! We are going back today to continue our classes. I am really excited!! We are supposed to be taking this "not test" thing that asks us all kinds of questions and we are supposed to answer if we have discussed that or not yet. So we are both pretty excited to see the results because we really think we talk about a lot. But I guess we will see!

I had lunch today with Nicole and Jeff and Nicole's mom! It was very good! I went downtown to meet up with them all. We ate at the carts and it is so nice out! It was really hard to come back to work. I think I totally want a job downtown! It was just so much fun. There were so many people and different things going on. Plus you are by the river, and just in the heart of downtown! I guess we will see!

Nicole is getting a brand new car tomorrow!! She is really excited! I am happy for her too! It is a Nissan Rogue in Red. I am excited to see it! Good Luck Nen!

Wedding planning is coming right along. We have the church reserved, the civic center reserved for the reception, we know the colors, trying to figure out gifts for the guests and centerpieces! But I like doing everything early so we can be done with it in time for the wedding and not cram!!

Well, that is just a quick catch up of what's been going on lately! Check back later!