well now in the evening, i am 90 bucks poorer but the new owner of a cool new lamp, flat iron, paint pens, and a new pair of shoes. oh and some groceries to tide me over thru training. so glad that next week is payday week...i still haven't gotten to lowe's for my wood and paint to make my coffee table, but that will come next saturday. only ~11 days until i can have my car all to myself! i can't wait. i did much better with the driving today; i even had my first experience driving in the rain and using my wipers. not bad.

how weird is it to know that justin is now up at school? i keep thinking that when i call home, justin will be around the house playing the guitar or some video games. and now i have to call his cell or his room in raleigh to get ahold of him--and lord knows if he'll even be around in there half the time! my parents finally have the house to themselves for the first time in 21 years...i wonder how my parents will deal with having both kids gone...my mom will probably like the decrease in the food bills and making less at dinner! i'll have to call mom in a few days to see how she's doing with this new "freedom."

i hope that i can pick up tix for the rascal flatts concert in september, right now they're harder to find than a freakin' diamond in a coal mine. might just have to settle with coldplay and jlc... :-(