i am laying here enjoying the night breeze and chatting with chris on fb. i am craving Phish Food icecream so badly.. my neck and shoulders are hurting :[ ahh welll.... the night is beauteous :D

so here i am hennaing my hair again.. its just not sticking to my bleached hair-worst idea ever in hindsight..it looked pretty for about two weeks... but yes. this time i put a protein filler treatment on my hair first-it "fills in the gaps" in damaged hair and gives the henna something to cling to. i'm hoping for better results this time 'round! the color is beautiful-it just fades after TWO washes. fingers crossed the protein treatment will help!!

i am so close to graduation i can taste it- it tastes of honeysuckle euphoria, that it does, that it does :D

somewhat cliche 'prosetry' i thunk up whilest fb chatting with chris:

the future is an oncoming train,
i am not tied to the tracks-
i am a penny,
waiting for the impact to send me ricocheting and reeling wherever it may"

got my cap and gown today! i felt euphoric at the campus bookstore, benevolent even. :D

this spring i've decided that every piece of clothing i add to my wardrobe is going to be handmade- by Me! i'm very excited! i'm the kind of person that sees an expensive, fashionable dress in a store and thinks, "i can make that". so, i've got one skirt under my belt [[chris taught me how to sew pleats and zippers] and while i thought my hand stitch was "okay" chris and his mom think its great-so that's inspired me even more! i picked up a sewing magazine and marie claire to give me ideas for how to alter garments i already have, and what to sew completely from scratch! i'm never quite satisfied in store-bought clothes-i always feel like i look like a store mannequin or that im "dressed like a stereotype" or like everyone else in that charlotte russe cardigan..

this spring and summer i want to catch up on my reading! i want to reread Gatsby, a room with a view, life of pi, anne of green gables.. i want to read "paradise beneath her feet" and... any suggestions??

i graduate may 8th!!! ahhhh!!! seven years of undergrad almost over! so much to get done for my ePortfolio and in "real" life as well!!!!!

i only left the henna on my hair for 40 ish minutes last time i did it [the first time too] and it faded after one week :( so i'm re-hennaing my hair and this time since i know it turns out beauteously-i'm leaving it on for 3 ish hours. hopefully it will stay four times as long since i'm leaving it on four times as long.. it turned out so beautifully last time-a dark ash blonde with so many highlights and so natural looking! karima said henna doesnt usually have the results i did. the brand is Surya Henna Brasil-it comes pre-mixed- i procured it at Whole Foods. and i only needed half a bottle on my shortish hair.

so sleepy already...

im hennaing my hair!!! i've been dyeing and cutting my hair for a long time now-and i've always wanted to try henna. however, i was under the mistaken impression that you could not use henna on chemically treated hair-and i wasn't about to wait a year for my hair to grow all the old dye out! but i learned the truth and i have yummy smelling henna on my head :] no more deth-chemicals, hee hee. now i won't have to worry about balding like my grandma's who've dyed their hair since they were my age! i'm leaving it on longer than the package says-i bleached my hair the last time i dyed it- and i want the henna to last at least 4 weeks... so, wish me luck on not turning a weird shade. it might be darker than i want it- a nice light golden brown. but i'm okeedoo with that, cause henna is semi-permanent and fades with washes.

hmm i am helping students with IEP and 504 accommodations take their state tests this week and next!! it's a wonderful feeling to just do a few little things- like reading, scribing, and paraphrasing- and helping a student who would normally FAIL a state test to pass with better scores than their "average" peers!!! i really live for the one on one work with students- getting to know them, and help them on a personal level. it's wonderful to be able to spend the time i need to helping a student succeed-it gives me warm cocoa feelings!

next time i'm in eastern kentucky i want to ask chris to get a library card! i LOVE the public library, the way it smells, the way the books feel in their crinkly jackets, the Freeness of it all!

as i was reading the blogs i follow, Culinary Concoctions by Peabody, she had posted a link to a site called 1000 Awesome Things. I decided to check it out-and the most recent "awesome thing" posted was about teachers that change your life for the better!!! i LOVE teaching! its so challenging and wonderfully amazing! it is so so hard some days, some class periods-but it is ALWAYS worth it! i love my students :D

chris left about a half hour ago- i miss him already. its kind of discombobulating, because i start to miss him while he's still here.

yesterday chris worked on his car all day at his grandparents', then at 9 we watched the first episode of the new season of Dr. Who!!!!! it was so grood! [[great+good]] i can already tell this is going to be my favorite doctor and companion match up!!! i've only seen bits and pieces of season 1 and season 4- i wish i had access to all of the seasons and could watch them-damn being too poor for cable. my standard 5 channels don't include BBC or BBC America :[

well, off to look at lol kittehs and 'surf the web' [hee hee, so olde fashioned]

woah am i sleepy! chris is laying next to me, asleep. i'm so happy he came in this weekend! i didn't think i'd see him for a few weeks, and today at around four he called me and said he was on his way!!!

he arrived when i was still in the shower-i didn't even realize that he was knocking on my door for a few minutes! ahhh! i don't think he was out there too too long, tee hee. after i clothed myself in my favorite straight leg jeans [levi's], a pink lacy cami, my light grey crocheted cardigan with flower embroidered big buttons!, and my Real ballet slippers [payless-18 dollars], we went out to procure some noms. we decided to head out to Dancing Wasabi because i was craving veggie sushi :D when we got there chris noticed our friend john! our friends colin and chris were there too-everybody was needing sushi!! there was a crowd outside waiting to be seated-you put your names on a list, and when the number of seats opens up, you rush in-even if its say, three seats at the end of a full table of strangers!! its all very informal and crowded and delicious! somehow, chris found two seats at the bar-which is more like the counter at a soda stand then a creepy bar setup. only instead of milkshakes and soda jerks, there are asian american men in dancing wasabi hats and aprons, working furiously. we had parked up on a steep side street in mount adams, and as we were walking down to the restaurant, we passed another sushi place-but it was all stainless steel and men in uniforms. it seemed bereft of warmth and character-so we walked on by, even though dancing wasabi seemed to have such a long wait, its totally worth it. i hope it never changes. and its been the same man who has greeted us both times we've been there! i like that too, it makes it homey. chris treated me-he's sweet!! we had edamame, miso soup, warm sake, vegetable roll, chris had fried tofu, and we ordered a delicious dessert! it was redbean icecream in a rice-candy esque thick coating, with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and a cherry on top! we saw another couple eating it and knew we Must Haves It, hee hee.. at one point chris made me laugh so hard i almost shot icecream out of my nose-i slobbered a bit on my hand, and wiped it on his jeans leg!! mwahahahaha hah har! he had it comin'! after all, he made me laugh so hard that i lost control of my lips-tee hee!! twas a grood night all around!!!

right now we're laying on my new sheets-theyre light green geometric flowers with rounded petals, blue centers, and a very pale, faded yellow background. i can hear my neighbors windchime, and chris' soft breathing. i will sleep well tonight :D