Almost By Birthday

My birthday is in 7 hours and 37 minutes!! Can you tell I'm excited!!! Right now I am sitting at work where I have been since 10 this Saturday morning. I started my day by going to Big Bad Breakfast with my friends Bethany and Chelsea and the food was amazing as well as the company. I have been at work all day which has been rather busy luckly, but I can't wait to be off. My friend Stephan text me to tell me there was a "FRAGILE" package in the office of the apt complex I live in. Of course I wondered who it was from and it was address from Courtney Stennett. He told me it had fragile written on it as well as Happy Birthday. So of course I get pretty pumped up counting down the next hour and half before I get off to go tear into my package that I know is going to make my day.

I can't help but get excited about my birthday. It's not like I'm going to do anything special for it, but it's just the fact that I believe it is the one day the world should revolve around me! haha Crazy I know but I can't help it :)

My mom has ordered me a big cake which I told her should have every different color of icing they could put on there... except chocolate of course (yuck). I had every intention of going roller blading for my birthday just for old times sake, but it didn't work out to where I could.. maybe another day!

I wish I could spend my birthday with Courtney and Blair this year, but we have all been absent from each others birthdays this past year, but hopefully we can make up for that soon! Miss Ya'll!!

My Birthday Song

My birthday is exactly a week from today. I have been thinking about my life and this song just kind of speaks to my heart. I'm about to be 21 and it's a milestone as well as a turning point for me I think. So here are the lyrics... I hope it speaks to your heart as much as it does mine.

"Time To Be Your 21"

You never lied to me not onceIts not your fault that I cant trust

Its in my past, its in my path and I can't go there

Making a mess out of this game To see it all go up in flames

So tired of being ruthless and wreckless

Time to be your only one

To almost be you're way too young

Time to crash into the sun

Time to be your 21

Time to dream that love will last

Time to drive my car too fast

Time to walk before I run Time to be

Ohh time to be your 21

I don't believe in love and I I pull it to the wall

I tasted sweetness there to laugh so hard as it falls

And I could push you there if you don't stop me

Push you there if you don't stop me

Please stop me

Time to be your only one

To almost be you're way too young

Time to crash into the sun

Time to be your 21

Time to dream that love will last

Time to drive my car too fast

Time to walk before I run Time to be

Ohh time to be your 21

Its gut wrenching sometimes

Its life threatening sometimes

Seems like nothing can wash it all away

Time to be your only one

To almost be you're way too young

Time to crash into the sun

Time to be your 21

Time to dream that love will last

Time to drive my car too fast

Time to walk before I run

Time to be your 21 [x2]

Alexz Johnson

Almost Enough To Make Me Quit

Being as how I didn't figure out what I wanted to do with my life until the end of my second year in college, I am behind in some aspects of my education. There are a few core classes I lack for my education degree and of course I figured I'd bust my butt this semester and practically kill myself by taking 18 hours. Yes... I said 18. It's one thing to take 18 hours at a Junior College, but it is another to take the same amount at The University of Mississippi.

I had every intention of going to church tonight, but due to the excessive amount of homework I had I wasn't able to attend. I have 1 project due for my education class, 1 paper due for my math for elementary ed teachers class, and 2 for my drawing class. Not to mention the 4, 5, 6, 10 million other drawings I've done and turned in to my drawing teacher, but have to fix in order to get my grade bumped up.

And to think I took these extra art classes as a way to relax myself and do something I enjoy doing. Gosh I think I just asked for added stress in my life. This semester has almost been enough to make me want to quit school and never come back. I probably say at least once a day that I quit.

Sometimes I wish I were like Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie, or Samantha from Bewitched. With just the blink of the eyes or a twitch of the nose they could get things done in a flash. I wish I had a way to do that. I guess I should really just stop procrastinating and that's probably what I'm doing at this very moment as well. I've been working on homework since 7:00 and have only merely made a dent it what all I have to get done before 8:00 in the morning. I guess I should get off of here and get to work :(

Valentines/Snowy Day

Normally I'm definitely not the type to get into Valentines Day and believe me I still wouldn't be if it weren't for my wonderful friend Bethany. She cooked Beef Bourguignon with French Bread and Creme Brulee for dessert for me, her, and our friend Chelsea. We are celebrating singles day on the holiday that was pretty much thought of by greeting card factories to make women oooo and aaahh over gifts that men usually buy at the last minute.

The food was delicious and the company was even better. We watched The Ugly Truth, which isn't a total man hater movie but has its moments. We then were interrupted by a complete down pour of nickle and quarter sized snowflakes coming down so fast and hard it made us giddy at the sight of it all.

I could have stayed staring up into the air forever as snow covered my hair and of course I held my mouth open, stuck out my tongue, and caught as many snowflakes as I could. I love the snow. I haven't stopped smiling since it started and just can't make myself go to sleep until it stops. I'm praying for a snow day tomorrow so I can go play in it and of course work on all this homework I keep putting off.

I took some pictures of the snow covered ground. I know you'll be jealous :)

Remember When....

Where have the years gone??? Because I have no idea how time could have flown by so fast. Courtney and Blair helped me through my years at NE and I hope ya'll remember all the fun times we've had together. I have no idea why I am thinking about the past haha but I was just going through my old pictures these made me miss my wonderful friends. I saw last years valentine picture of Courtney and Justin (don't they make such a cute couple) and it made me want to look at all of my old pictures. Maybe these pictures will bring back many memories :).... Lets get together soon girl!!

Manic Mondays and Terrible Tuesdays

So of course most everything reminds me of a song... and Monday is one of them. Mondays are terrible, horrible, hectic, tiring, and this list goes on. Every Monday sometime in the day I usually start singing in my head The Bangles song Manic Monday. Goes a little something like this..

It's just another manic Monday (oh-woe)

I wish it was Sunday (oh-woe)

'Cause that's my Funday (oh-woe)

My I don't have to runday

(oh)It's just another manic Monday.

AAAAHHH!!! I love that song! I wish there were a song about Terrible Tuesdays and I'm sure I would be singing it on Tuesdays too! ha

Tuesdays are my worst days. I get up at 6:30 to get ready for an 8:00 class that last 2 hours and 45 minutes long, followed by another class that goes until 12:15. Then I get a 45 minute break which in truth is only like 25 minutes by the time I drive across campus and fight for a parking spot. I then go to class from 1 to 2:15 get about and hour and a half break and then make my way to my night class. I barely eat on Tuesdays with the exception of vending machine food for lunch and I get more food than anyone could imagine by the time I get home from class to finally rest. That is if I have done all my homework and projects that are due the following day.

Technically I should be studying for a test that I have tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure I'm the reigning queen of procrastination and I just can't make myself do it yet.

But I really guess I should get started... 6:30 comes early and I sure would like to sleep for more than 6 hours tonight.

Bored Beyond Measures

Working in an Antique Shop can have it's ups and downs. I work three days in a row every other weekend. This weekend just happens to be mine. Being in a store that looks more like a house than anything, full of furniture and gift items, with no TV or steady flow of customers can be kind of boring. Don't get me wrong, I love my job. It's easy, I get paid for practically doing nothing unless we get new items in, and I can do my homework while here. However, being in a two story house 10 miles from town by yourself for 8 hours on a Saturday, can get kind of boring and creepy at times. Today I have already priced 2 big boxes of small gift items for our gift room, and I have rearranged items in the gift room to make room for the newly priced merchandise. I have also cleaned and organized the gift room as well as vacuumed so it doesn't' look so cluttered. All of that has practically taken me all morning. Now that I have done most everything that needs to be done in here, I am beyond bored.

My friend Bethany is at her nieces birthday party so she refused to come visit me. Hopefully I can convince her to go to Tupelo with me tonight. My friend Mollyanna has had a beautiful baby girl and as soon as I get off work I am headed to see them. If time would only go by faster.

My sister Mollie and her friend Lakyn are coming to Oxford this afternoon, and I think they will stop by and visit with me for a little while. That should help with the boredom at least for a little while.

Life Changing Lyrics

I strongly believe that music can turn your day around. Anytime I'm having a bad day or things just aren't going the way I'd hoped, I turn on the radio and hope a song come on that can make it all better. That is, at least for the 3 or 4 minutes in which the songs lasts.

For instance, my cousin and friend Alayna, is getting married. AAAHHH!!! Just this morning we were sitting in our apartment wasting time before we had to go to class. We had this one particular song we were trying to find that someone told her would be perfect for her wedding. It's called the Valentines Song by Matthew West. When we finally found it, I could see the excitement in her eyes and how she knew that this song spoke to her heart. Lyrics changed her life today.

My blog is named "Life got in the Way" which is ironically a song by Sister Hazel. This song talks about a love so true and worthy that "poets write their books about" them. How awesome would it be to have a love that pure and strong that it deserved to be written about for all to read. However, nobody can write out love story for us. It's our story to tell, and no matter if people try, they don't see the importance of certain aspects of our love as we do.

There are so many songs out there that talk about true undying love. I'm one of those girls who can never seem to get it right no matter how many times I try. I used to get bitter and angry about it, but then I hardened my heart, and listened to music that made me have hope that one day I'd find a love like they talk about. I know that God has someone special out there for me, and He's just waiting for the right time to send him to find me. That makes me not worry so much, and believe me I'm definitely a worry wart. I see all my friends with their significant others and I don't get depressed or jealous anymore, I am just so thankful they found wonderful men that are soo good to them... or BETTER BE... or they will have to deal with one angry best friend. But I know "one day my prince will come," in the mean time I'll keep kissing frogs until one turns into that prince.

Life Got In The Way

The title of my blog is Life Got In The Way! I chose this because it fits my life so well. I started this blog as a way to reconnect with my two best friends from the junior college I attended. We were all such a big part of each others life when we were together that it seems like we don't have time for each other now that "LIFE" got in the way. We each went our separate ways. I wondered off to Ole Miss, Blair decided Mississippi State was the best place for her, and Courtney chose the University of North Alabama. I think a lot about how much I wish we could all the at the same school at the same time and have each other for moral support when we're having a bad day. Even though we are all in different places, have different priorities, and totally different schedules, we try our best to stay in touch. Life is hard without your friends. Believe me, I have had my fair share of pity parties thinking I didn't have anyone in my life, and I was wrong on so many levels. I have made a ton of friends at Ole Miss, and reconnected with some best friends from high school. They have made my experience at Ole Miss so worth while. I still miss my old friends. I miss the ones that took me a year to get to know and the ones I'm so sure will be in my life forever.

There is my thoughts for today. Maybe I fulfilled the whole concept of what a blog is suppose to be about.