This is a picture of my fish Florence. She is a pink kissing gourami. I got her December 4th, 1994. I have had her for about 10 years and got her when she was pretty big...so she could be close to 11 by now. She was a present when i was in 5th grade for my first report card graded with numbers. I never knew how much a fish really has a personality, but i guess if you haven't had one around for 10 years you might not realize that. For example, every time i walk in the room she zooms to the front of the glass and starts kissing it with her lips while wiggling back and forth. I equate this to my dog coming to greet me and wagging her tail. Florence also is very curious and always comes to the corner of the tank where she can see out my door whenever anyone is passing by. Also, she can play this game where if you stand up in front of her tank, she will swim vertically up to the top, and if you squat down in front of the tank, she will follow you and swim down to the bottom. My point: fish aren't just fish, and this one sure does mean a lot to me! She got sick a few days ago, and only time will tell if she can recover. I know she is old for a fish, but I need her so all i can do is believe in her and know she's gonna try and be with me a little longer.

So today once again I did not have to work. Well actually I was called into work but I was not home. oh well. I went to Canisius in the morning to write down the ISBN numbers for the books that I need for classes. Books at the Canisius bookstore are so expensive and over priced. The books for my marine biology class (if i were to buy them from the bookstore) total to be $250. To me that is a crazy amount just for one class. So, I'm going to buy the books online and save some money. I can't believe how long it took for us to figure out you can get the books much cheaper online...many times for less than half the price in the bookstore. Although I always do worry that the books will not come or that they will not be what I expected. However, nothing tops the excitement of getting packages in the mail...even if you know what they are and they are just textbooks. I love the mail!

So after Canisius I did some shopping and then went ice skating with Katrina. I have not been ice skating since last year...and even then it was only once. Needless to say I was almost as rusty as my skates were. We went to the Amherst pepsi center for the ice skating. I had to get a new town ID card because mine had expired. The ID cards are such a good deal if you go ice skating a minimum of two times. This is because it costs $4 to get the card and then $3 ever time to ice skate. So, today it was $7 for a fun filled hour and twenty minutes of skating. But, the next time it will only be the $3 to skate. This is so much better than the $6 that they charge if you are not an amherst resident of if you do not purchase the ID card. Here is a pic of what mine looks like. Can you tell i love to use my camera phone??



Well lets just say after not ice skating in a while and having rusty skates I did manage to take a pretty good spill out there on the ice. Last time we swore we wouldn't go again til we got our skates sharpened, as its almost impossible to even stand with no edges on the skates. However, the sharpening was $6 and I only had 5 because for some stupid reason I left my other money in the car. And, the effort it would have taken to unlace the skates and go to the car to get the money just seemed not worth it. Lacing skates up is not the most fun thing to do. So, we decided to make do with our dull skates. However, some people were like twirling around with figure skates and making all kinds of dents in the ice. Now i'm not making excuses for my skating ability, but i do believe that the uneven and pitted ice did contribute to my falling. I fell straight backwards and came down on my back and wrists. I feel like i just re aligned my back...and not for the better. hmm..hopefully it will be ok tomorrow. I still do loooove skating...only next time I will have that sharpening done.

After skating we went to applebees for dinner. I had a coupon for two free menu items up to $20. Consequently, we got the most expensive things we could find and ended up only paying a little over $2 for the meal. what a deal! I wish i had more of those coupons!

While ice skating, Walaboo (or mike) called and wanted to go for coffee. We havent done anything all vacation, so we were excited to finally get to hang out. So, seeing as we were right by starbucks, we convinced him to cross over to the world of chain coffee shops and meet us. Hey, at least its not wal-mart, right Walaboo? ;) Katrina, Walaboo and I all had the Chantico, which is their new drink that is like thick, liquid chocolate. It's good, but I don't think I could order it every time. Anyways it was fun!

Ok well thats about my day...except the phone call that I just got from Julie an hour ago. I still can't believe that happened...maybe if you're lucky she'll post it. haha but I can't, I just can't.

This past Friday I didn't have to work all day! So, Julie needed to find a wool coat and boots before she left for Miami on Sunday. Yeah, I know what you're thinking...who needs a wool coat when they live in Miami. I guess it will be good for next winter though. Anyways, we went looking for one in all kinds of stores. We stumbled across some pretty crazy coats, so I decided to try some on. Can you believe they are selling these things??

So lately i've had this feeling like i can't split up all of my time. i feel pulled in different directions. i don't know. maybe its just something i'm imagining... but i feel like i'll never have enough time to do everything and see everyone. And, when i do have time, i don't use it for myself. its not like i lead some crazy, busy important life or anything, so why do i always feel rushed and like im running from one thing to the next?? hm maybe it will straighten out, but i really need to start doing stuff for me...like taking those stupid GRE's i've been putting off and applying to some grad schools.