my birthday is in ten days! one of the benefits for turning 24, i can officially file for financial aide without putting my dad's income down. so, maybe, if the government isn't still too fucked up, i can qualify for a little aide.

i feel odd. these past few days have just been odd. well, i take that back, just a little. joe and i flew into chicag saturday afternoon. after we checked into the blake hotel, we went across the street to eat at a mom and pop restaurant. then we went to the sears tower. as were waiting to get onto the elevator, this couple was walking behind us and all of a sudden, the guys asks an employee, " so all we do is go up and look out a window." haha... i guess if you want to put it in those terms, what else would you do at the tallest bldg in chicago. then we went to girordano's and had the famous deep dish chicago pizza and of course, a pitcher of beer, got a bit drunk. then we found ourselves at the andy's jazz club. i accidentally met a guy, phillip, from south africa. see.. a guy with his cello was passing joe and i when he spilled joe's beer. beer went everywhere and phillip had seen it and got us a rag from the bar. i politely said thank you and such and then we started to have converstaion. he was in chicago for two weeks on an internship at st. charles. basically, we had a good conversation and i told him about second city. i told him joe and i were going sunday night and if he's going to be in town, he should check them out. so sunday, we woke up late, ended up not going to the science and industry museum. instead, we went to a suburb of chicago, oak park, and checked out the frank lloyd wright home and studio. i wasn't as impressed with the interior but in enjoyed the walk around the neighborhood. the home were beautiful and had a great presence of wright. then we took the train back into the city. we visited crate and barrel and decided we need to floorish our new place with their stuff. then we had dinner at adobo grill (which later, i found out that i had food poisening) and then saw second city. and what do you know, phillip showed up. joe was the least bit impressed, he said he had a bad feeling about the guy. the entire time at second cit, my stomache ached. later on, at the hotel, i could barely move. i tried to sleep but everytime i layed down, my stomache would ache even more. finally around, two i woke joe up and he kindly went to the convenient store, white hen (i thought  the name was amusing) and got me some 7up and pepto. i took the medicine and then started to vomit. long story short, the cleaning ladies had to come clean it up and i felt terrible. we flew back home on monday, laura and sarah picked us up and they suprised me with sprite (which i have already drank) and this awesome pink teddy which i have slept with every night, it's so comforting.

last night, as we layed down for bed, joe said he stomache was starting to hurt. he got up to go to the bathroom and started to throw up (it wasn't like my night though)... so from ten until about one, he kept throwing up. i fell asleep and then woke up around one again to him throwing up in the living room. he went in their to sleep on the couch, but it just kept going and going. he was getting the chills and wanted something warm under his back, so i heated up some washcloths but that wasn't helping. i called sarah and she had a heating pad. so i drove over and picked it up.. thanks sarah... and when i drove up to the door.. she wrote on the foggy door, hi jaz with a heart. it made me smile. then i went to kroger to get him crackers and root beer. i came back and he was still throwing up, up until six thirty this morning. so he and i both called off work. he told me he could take care of himself, but damnit, he scared me and he kept saying i have never this much pain in my entire life. and besides, i barely slept. now, he's watching a movie and it's been an hour or so since he's thrown up. i'm going to the store to get him some medicine.

something weird happened last night... my mom called at like 11:25. she asked what i was doing, i said trying to sleep. she said some guy just called at the house phone asking for you. his name was brandon and he said that he was your boyfriend.... ummm.... what.. i'm so confused. she gave me his number... which later.. i reversed the number in white pages and found out that it was a number in akron, so weird. so last night, after i hung up with my mom, i called the # and it was a guy and he said his name was travis and i must be mistaken. so i called my mom back and she said i am calling that boy. so she did and apparently, she told him to not poke fun, that she will call the police if he calls again and she has the phone call recorded (which is not the case at all). my mom's crazy and funny. i just don't get it. who is this person? obviosuly, he doesn't know me that well because he doesn't have my cell phone #. oh well. off to kroger. and arlan comes today!

myspace makes me so mad sometimes, actually a lot of the times. i have been dealing with it for the last hour and a half and i should have just stopped a long time ago, oh well, it's done. so, yeah.. it's -2 right now. i am in louisville, ky visiting my dad and step-mom. i drove down after work on friday and i am driving back to columbus sunday morning. i want to be back in time for my weight watchers meeting and to go out with my co-workers. i know i gained a pound or two or three because i have been on three different scales and they've told me so. fuck. fuck. this is not the time i need to be gaining weight. this cold weather and such. oh so i arrived in ky around 8:30 last night and then watched a movie, red eye, with my dad. i wanted to wait up for connie. she's a nurse and was working second shift, but i did not make it. i went to bed at eleven, crazy early for me, but i guess travelling does that for ya. then i woke up saturday morning and went shopping with connie. we went to target, jcpenny, world market, bed bath and beyond, linen 'n things, and khol's. connie bought me these awesome green towel sets for my new apartment. afterwards, we met up with my dad and drove to connie's parents' place and had dinner with them and my uncle dan. then we went back to the house and i've been on the computer since. i really should go to bed since i am suppose to be waking up at eight or something like that. oh and my ear is hurting again. it has started to ring again, fuck. it's throbbing and let's see if i can describe it-- you know when you use peroxide and it bubbles all these tiny bubbles... well.. that's how it feels like in my eye. i hear all of these tiny popping bubbles. thankfully, i will be seeing a specialist in nine days. i wonder what  the doctor will tell me.

This is my christmas present-- car maintenance worth of $743.85.

I was watching Millionare this morning. And this was the $25,000 question: "What is threading?" The options were (1) longating eyelashes (2) shaping eyebrows (3) lengthing hair (4) dying hair. He chose option (1) and of course, Naz and I would know that is incorrect.

This was a rather short and random entry. I will see most of you in a day or so.. I will update with many family stories.