Back from trip

Well, I'm back from my trip with Troy. I had a lot of fun and I'm so glad we went and didn't let other people stop us. I really needed a break from work and Texas.

Now, all I have to do is go to work and study for my Series 7 test. I imagine the weeks will be kind of boring. A few of my friends are going back to college and the ones that are here are usually really busy with work and school themselves. I helped move Troy back to SMU yesterday and so he'll be gone during the week too. Oh well... I guess this is what adult life is like...

Hopefully I can go to a few Stars game this year. I plan on going to one with Troy and maybe a few more with other friends. Unfortunately, a lot of the season tickets to good games are gone already.

Yeah, life is alright at the moment. At least nothing crazy is going on.

Stereo miraculously fixed

Remember when I said my stereo was broken and wouldn't play cds? Well apparently it's working now. I don't know what was wrong with it. Troy just changed out a cd and put something new in there and it read it fine. Now it reads everything fine just as if it was never messed up. Anyway, I'm glad that I don't have to mess with fixing it now.

St Louis and AR trip

I'm really looking forward to going to St Louis and AR this weekend. Troy and I are leaving on Friday and coming back on Tuesday. Unfortunately, my parents seem to have a problem with the fact that I'm going on a trip with my boyfriend of 4+ years. So far, I've only talked to mom and she has relayed information to dad. I just don't really want to talk to them at all about it because they are so closed minded. I mean, I don't want them to be mad at me and hold a grudge about it forever like they're doing right now for other things that took place 4 years ago that weren't caused by me at all. It's just so annoying that they don't trust me after doing the right thing for 22 years. I made good grades in school, I graduated from TCU for crying out loud. I have a good job and I'm not a slob at the house. I take care of myself. I just feel like I deserve more trust than they are giving me.

It's probably an issue too because they don't think I should go on a trip like this until I'm married. They're very old-fashioned when it comes to marriage. I just don't see anything inherently wrong with it. Nothing is going to happen that hasn't already happened. My beliefs about that are set and there isn't much anyone can do to change my morals. I just want to have a fun trip with one of my friends. That friend just happens to be my boyfriend.

So basically, I'm just going to continue as planned and hope that they don't try to stop us from going on Friday morning. I don't really plan on bringing it up at all. Part of me feels like I should talk to dad since I haven't actually said anything about it to him, but another part of me just wants to forget it and not worry about it.

Tigger

And thanks to David, I now have a cute little stuffed Tigger! Thank you very much David, I really like it a lot! That was very thoughtful of you.

Birthday weekend - warning: long post

On Friday, I went to eat at the Texas Roadhouse with 4 of my best friends. I had a strawberry margarita that must have been stronger than the other ones I've had before because I started getting a little giggly halfway through the meal. It was a lot of fun talking and hanging out. My food was delicious as always. The Roadhouse is my favorite restaurant.

Then we tried to go ice skating at Grapevine Mills Mall but both rinks were taken by youth hockey leagues. I was disappointed and I didn't know what we could do instead. We went to a Main Event near the mall and we decided it was too busy. So we figured we'd go to the one in Fort Worth since we had to go back to Fort Worth eventually anyway and by the time we got there it wouldn't be near as busy. We got there and they were carding us and unfortunately one of my friends forgot his wallet and so we had to leave... after that I was just completely frustrated with how the night had turned out.

I know my friends could tell I was upset and I'm sure they didn't really appreciate how I was being very quiet and negative... I know I have problems dealing with things when they don't go my way. I've always been like that I think. I just don't know how to fix my problem. It's very hard to look on the brightside when my birthday night doesn't go the way I planned at all. If you are reading this and you were there Friday night, I'm sorry for how I acted. I know that no one likes to be with me when I'm like that.

Anyway, on Saturday, I went to a hot dog eating contest with Troy and that was ok... it was kind of disgusting to watch 20 or so guys stuff hot dogs in their face for 12 minutes. After that we went to eat at Abuelo's and I got a strawberry margarita again. It was very good. I felt a little funny after I had that too. Then we went to the Parks mall since we were right over there and walked around a bit. I saw my sister there because she works at a stand that sells hair accessories. Then Troy and I went back to my house and watching An Officer and Gentleman. It was ok, not very remarkable. We didn't do much after that, just hung out at my house. We ate at Jason's Deli later that night. Oh and Troy gave me the Final Fantasy X-2 game that I had been wanting for a while.

Sunday, we went to church and then ate roast at my house which was very good. We also had chocolate cake which was awesome! I love chocolate cake with chocolate icing. We hung out the rest of the day and played a couple games of dominoes with my Uncle Bob.

Overall, I had a pretty good birthday. I got pretty much everything I asked for as well as some money. Friday night did sort of leave a bad memory in my mind which I tried to prevent from hindering the rest of my weekend. I think I succeeded pretty well in doing that.