[Ok, so I am really bad at this... and this will be the last time I say that. =] New goal - instead of every Monday, it's once a week. Problem solved! ]

Life is good. It really is. I am pretty much set to graduate this spring, and that is totally worth jumping up and down! It's almost unreal. I feel like I've been in school forever... oh wait, I have! But, it is almost finished. And that makes me very happy.

I'm getting a lot of extra hours at work, which is great, and my schedule this semester is making it very easy to catch up with friends. I just wish I had more gas $$ to go and see those that are farther away.

I had breakfast with my bestie this morning. We have decided to make a tradition out of it - every other week, we get together for breakfast and giggle and gab and catch up on each other's lives. With our schedules nowadays, we don't get to see each other very often.

My boyfriend is planning our Valentine's date... and won't tell me what it is!!! All he told me is that I need to wear snow-gear because it'll be outside, and that it's something I haven't done before. Don't get me wrong, I like surprises ~ but this one is driving me crazy! Until now, I thought I had tried everything winter-outdoor-sy. I've been skiing, tubing, sledding, fort-making, ice-fishing, ice-skating... what else is there? Snowboarding I have not done, but I don't think he would choose that, given my skiing experience (it took me 45 minutes to finally make it to the bottom of the hill the first time - skiing is not my thing). So, that leaves me to wonder and wait, I guess.

I baked an angel food cake yesterday. It's definitely my favorite kind of cake. While looking through recipes last week, I came across a little notecard my grandma had written, and it made me really happy. Here's what it said:

How to Preserve a Husband

Be careful in your selection. Do not choose too young. When selected, give your entire thoughts to preparation for domestic use. Some wives insist upon keeping them in a pickle, others are constantly getting them into hot water. This may make them sour, hard, and sometimes bitter; even poor varieties may be made sweet, tender, and good by garnishing them with patience, well sweetened with love and seasoned with kisses. Wrap them in a mantle of charity. Keep warm with a steady fire of domestic devotion and serve with peachest cream. Thus prepared, they will keep for years.

I thought that was super cute!

Song for the week... hmm. Well, Valentine's Day is around the corner, so this week's song is Galileo, by Josh Groban. Not only a gorgeous voice, but great lyrics.

Galileo fell in love

As a Galilean boy

And he wondered what in heaven,

who invented such a joy?

But the question got the better

Of his scientific mind

And to his blind and dying day

He looked up high, and often sighed,

And sometimes cried

Who puts the rainbow in the sky?

Who lights the stars at night?

Who dreamt up someone so divine?

Someone like you and made them mine?

Love can make you ask some

funny questions now and then,

But just remember the alternatives-

For I remember when I was lonely

And unhappy and my lips were cold as ice

But you kissed me, and good heavens,

Now I'm here in paradise!

So if ever I'm not kissing you

Or looking in your eyes

I won't be blind, and I won't cry

I'll look up high, and gladly sigh,

and thank The Guy

Who puts the rainbow in the sky

Who lights the stars at night

Who dreamt up someone so divine

Someone like you and made them mine

Someone like you and made them mine.