Life is what you make it and I'm trying to make mine the best I can. Trying to take things one day at a time.

I don't even know why I have a Livejournal anymore, other than for nostalgia and my friends list. I should post more but I just don't have much to say lately. I'm sorry, I guess.

But! I do have a Tumblr that I've started using more (I blame okthx completely. She's peer pressuring me to watch Gossip Girl and next is going to be Twilight. NO R.PATTZ, PLZ.) so you should follow me on there if you have one. Not too much real substance over there, but that's fine too. My tumblr is http://littlelea.tumblr.com/ so hit that shit up, if you want.

I'm going to make an effort to update more here, though. I'm heading to Orlando for the weekend tonight, so I will have lots of pictures of me and my beautiful best friend and her wonderful pups to post. So fucking stoked.

( I want lots of things. )

+ The NBA Finals start tonight!!!
+ There's a shit-ton of trees (and this one boy) currently in transit to me from Tampa!!!
+ My new house/car/bowl? All amazing.
+ Payday tomorrow and dinner plans with Grams.
+ Natalia will be home for the weekend and I am ridiculously excited.
+ Ikea on Friday, bff-reuiniting rage with Tal on Saturday, and possibly Miami on Sunday!
+ Driving up to Orlando June 12-24.
+ Brother's coming home June 19.
+ Roadtrip to Atlanta for Asher Roth and Brittany's 20th birthday in August.

Things are going good, with the exception of boys with girlfriends that like to fuck with my head. I've been having some pretty wonderful girl hangs lately, and it feels kind of nice to not always be around boys. I still need to get off my ass and apply for a second job, but that will need to wait til after the weekend. I'm not letting myself get stressed about anything because what's the point? I'm taking shit as it comes for once and it feels kinda nice. I need to burn a new cd for my car, which also needs to be cleaned desperately!

Not the best picture but whatev, everyone knows what a Volkswagen Golf looks like right? I still need to name my new baby but I guess things like that take time. I put 280 miles on it in two days and I'm already planning roadtrips. I fucking love it.

Things I do not love: the rain for the past two weeks, my runny nose, the fact that I'm at work, the stupid ATM not accepting my cash deposit this morning, no one ever having change for a $100 (why do I even have hundreds?), living so far away from all the people I really want to hang out with (I'm looking at you, Jobeth), did I mention the rain?, gas prices, and toothaches (where the fuck's my insurance card already?).

My birthday was nice, this boy bought me a bottle and we got all drunk and watched "Don't Be A Menace". Spent Friday night at Sarah's house since we weren't allowed to go to the bar, but Ring of Fire's always fun. This weekend was pretty horrible and emotionally draining. I didn't go to work yesterday for a bunch of reasons, but mostly because I wanted to sleep and have a day that I didn't spend crying. I drove down to Boomer's and Val and I rode the go-karts because I needed to blow off some steam (it was either go-karts or a shooting range). I had never driven a go-kart before so it was all sorts of exciting! I was basically drift queen of the south 2k9 and I want to go back!

On a more positive note, I think I found somewhere to live. I'm going to see it tomorrow with Billy to make a definitely decision. It's a super good location, affordable, and just generally really nice. The landlord is super nice so I'm pretty excited about it. I'd move in June 1st and I really can't explain how happy that makes me. I need out of my grandmother's house soon or else I'm going to have a nervous breakdown.

I'm getting my shit together about school, thanks to persisting by my family. I still have to request transcripts and file my FASFA, but I'm tentatively starting in fall. I'm going to go to BCC (I refuse to call it "Broward College", whatever) because it's cheaper and closer than FAU. I'm going to go part-time (two night classes at North campus, and one online class) for fall and full-time for spring and summer. Depending on my financial aid, I might just work part-time and go to school full-time after this year, so I can double-up on classes and get back on track. I want to graduate ASAP so I can just join the fucking Peace Corps.

So hopefully, with these school and housing related breakthroughs, I will have a car soon. I've got my fingers-crossed big time for everything to go off without a hitch, but I am being realistic about it. I've got a lot of moves to make in the meantime. Gotta get on the grind and get my shit together, end of story.

...and just when I started making progress again, I saw a boy with a backwards hat in a black Tiburon and I thought I was going to hyperventilate. God damn.

Ritter's Banana & Chocolate Chunk Frozen Custard (omg), coconut hookah, homemade vegetarian egg rolls, DMV appointment on Tuesday, Every Time I Die's youtube, Okkervil River, free movies, meeting new people, amazing dreams, self-affirmations or whatthefuckever, Sudoku, Photoshop cracks, celebrities on Twitter, steamrollers!, Capeside, tattoo ideas, birthday in 16 days, genuine affection, Weeds, Billy's apartment, bubble gum.

In no particular order.

HAHAHAHAHA this has been cracking me up for like 3 hours now. Obviously, I win at MS Paint. I am now determined to grow long Maria Taylor hair.

Oh, and I'm using my Tumblr again: littlelea.tumblr.com/. I don't really understand the point of it, other than reposting silly things, but that's cool with me I guess. Follow me or something.