Lifetime of Insanity

So I haven't really been posting lately. At first it was because My husband and I were SLAMMED with final's project's the last week. But the good news is he not only passed everything, his whole report card is A's and B's! I'm so proud of him! Anyways, on Sunday he took off to his parents for the week and he won't be back until the 26th. So I have been lonely, sulking around my apartment. I never realized how hard it gets to sleep when you are used to someone next to you, and then they are gone! This is the first time we've been apart since we got married, and I am simply pathetic. My boss is worried I'm getting sick because I'm not talking at work. I have maybe slept a whole 10 hours in the last 3 days. And all I've had to eat is a bowl of Trix and 5 chocolate covered cherries from the Christmas snacks our landlord gave us (hey, I couldn't resist the chocolate). My dog, Alfredo, has been doing a wonderful job at cuddling with me every moment of the day to make me cheer up. This is really unusual for my Maltese, as he's really hyper and independent, so usually he ignores me and plays with his toys.

He's so freaking cute!

In other news, My good friend Christine is having her first child today! They have to induce the pregnancy because she wasn't dilating. She has had a really difficult pregnancy the whole way through, so it will be great to be done, and I really can't wait to meet their baby boy! On top of the birth of my friend's child there has also been some deaths in my family. My great grandma Bingham (mom's side) and my great Uncle Nordan (dad's side) have both passed away recently. I wasn't close to either, so it's not a great lose to me, but please pray for my family all the same. My grandma (mom's side) is sad from her mom's death, and my great grandma Young (dad's side) is struggling with Nordan's passing. Then of course there's jordan's family, who lost Shane this year (jordan's uncle), his kids could use some extra prayer this first Christmas without Shane. I could keep going with this into all my friends I have lost this year and the last, but I don't think death is much to mourn anymore. I'd rather rejoice that they finally get to leave this place and go where they will be truly happy.

I bet heaven's sparkly too

At this point I'm trying really hard not to start talking for hours about my religion. So instead I will tell you about this wonderful series of books I finally finished. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is an amazing book series that will keep you in book world fantasy land until you finish all 3. It also makes you really grateful your life ISN'T a fantasy novel, at least not like this one. In The Hunger Games we follow a young teenager named Katniss, her loves, and her family, through the rebellion against the Capitol in a corrupt dictatorship. It all starts when Katniss goes to the hunger games in place of her little sister. The hunger games are a arena designed to have 24 children duel each other to the death, the survivor wins glory and food, and the deaths are to remind the people not to rebel again. Katniss makes one small act of survival at the end of the first book, and this sets off a rebellion from the whole nation. She becomes forced into a role as a rebel leader, both by those who glorify her act of survival as rebellion against the capitol, and by their dictator Snow who sees her as his greatest threat. Read it, NOW, before they make it a movie and ruin it.

These books are beyond awesome

Quote for you: "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'" ~Isaac Asimov