By the time Jonathan and I are ready to procreate, there will probably be sufficient technology for us to have little to no interaction with the child whatsoever. I guess the idea of carrying, soothing or entertaining your child is becoming too much for society to trouble themselves with... Seriously, check these out (from www.babygadget.net):

Zacky Infant Pillow-- Big creepy hands help you put the baby down to sleep without waking them up on impact (or maybe just scar them for life, or maybe both)


Baby Calm-- The ingredients claim to be Magnesium, Vitamin C and Stevia, but I'm pretty sure it's probably just heroin.


The 'Why Cry' Baby Crying Analyzer-- This gadget gives me nightmares of a parent not feeding the child because "the lights didn't say so."


...It makes me wonder how our great-grandparents EVER survived.

This morning when I woke up, Chloe looked particularly comfortable and was NOT willing to wake up for anything. hahaha She's such a cutie-pie!
<3

Weee! The bridesmaids dresses finally came in, so I went with Kelly to pick them up and she got fitted for her alterations (since hers was a bit big)! (The dresses also came with a stole, but we didn't get any pictures with it.)

FRONT:


BACK:


We were both on the verge of tears once she got the dress on because it makes everything so much more real! She was like, "I always tell people that I hate weddings...but yours is different! I actually know for a fact that you guys are soulmates!" tee hee!

My dress should be arriving any day now.....................................

This morning we took Lorelei to see Dr. Jack. We awoke to find her having problems with her right eye- I flushed it out with water and let her rub it on me to get whatever the heck was in it out, but it didn't work: she wouldn't open it! :( So we ran over to see him and of course by the time we got there, she was fine! Her eyes were perfect and she was perfect and beautiful as always. He told us she was a beautiful specimen and that he loved how friendly she was- she was REALLY happy to go for a ride in the car which normally would cause some crazy panic in other chameleons. But yeah, she's the best. She's one of the most social animals I've ever had, more like a dog than a reptile really. He told us we were doing an excellent job and gave us some eye drops in case the eye thing comes back. ANYWAY, while there, we found out that SHE is most likely a HE haha...which is cool because now I don't have to worry as much about egg binding, etc...We were thinking about calling her him just "Lore" from now on (which we do anyway), but decided, she's just gonna stay a she and she'll be Lorelei or Lore... :)

*phew* I'm glad her eye is better and she's okay.

I've been filling out the same New Years survey since 2002, and let me tell you, it's pretty interesting to see the changes in my answers. I wish I had filled them all out online because I'd post all of the past years here, but I printed them out and put them in a little, private scrapbook that I have...I guess I wanted it to be private. Anyway, here is this years survey...not so private anymore, I suppose. haha ( New Years Survey )

I'm so sick I want to die and cry and die and cry some more. I'm so tired. and so sick. and I want to die. and puke and suffer the pain of my earache and sorethroat and runny nose. someone kill me now. :( I don't see how I can go to class tomorrow...but I have to...

:O ~~~~~~~~~~
ha. that's me puking right up there. haha.
(delirious from fever)

- I have an earache/cold thing going on and it is draining me beyond belief.
+ But, even though I'm exhausted I managed to get up the christmas tree and ALL of the christmas lights outside today!
- Tomorrow will be spent cleaning the house and preparing for my graduation party on Sunday.
+ Jonathan's brother will hopefully be coming and spending a few nights in Sarasota on Saturday!
+ I bought some ( Christmas presents )

Things I've been up to:

1. Updated our Wedding Website
2. Made ( programs ) for the ceremony (which includes a map to the reception venue)
3. Made a ( timeline ) of the entire day to give to the DJ, Groomsmen, Bridesmaids, etc.

4. Decided on a ( HONEYMOON! )
5. And right now, we're off to order chairs for the reception and reserve a limo! Hooray for getting things done!

*phew* We're done with our registries!
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Although I didn't camp out all night at stores, I did get up around 6am to check out some of the deals and ended up getting ( these things )

Hey Mere,

Honestly, you are the most together young person I know and you even beat a lot of the old farts I know :) and you'll have a great bacc. Relax, get a good nights sleep, dream happy dreams, and then go in there and set a new standard for baccs tomorrow.
good luck even though you don't need it!

much love,
Tawnya

OMG. I love this girl so much. *tear*

1. I'm excited for tomorrow, but at the same time, I feel all emotional about it. I feel like I might cry (at least once) tomorrow...but for good reasons (not because I'm sad). My mom tells me I'm feeling the way I am because it's a pretty big step...closing one door and opening another. (I don't feel like that's the reason, but I guess it makes sense) Still, it's rather unexpected coming from me (I think). This all sounds pretty retarded...so yeah...I'm excited and emotional 'nuff said. Here's to hoping my presentation makes sense...it's rather difficult cramming so much information into a 15 minute presentation...I've honestly never had this problem before, probably because this is my OWN research and I feel like I can't cut out ANY part of it. haha...Either way, I've had to skip A LOT of my thesis :(, I just hope I explain the nitty-gritty in a simplistic manner and people get the gist of WHY I did what I did! I'm such a nerd, because I REALLY want people to read my thesis!

2. 100k per year for an Assistant Director of Public Health with only a Bachelor's Degree? Heck yes!

3. So, I'm applying for an internship at The Health Department as we speak! I've already got 2 years of practical experience, but I want to try out some other fields (i.e. Epidemiology/Communicable Disease Control). I used to think I wanted to go into research, but now I'm really not feeling that vibe as much...(Although, that could change)...I want a job that I won't dread going into each morning and I'd like to get paid DECENT money. I also don't want to spend my life in "school" or feeling like I'm in school...and as much as I rock at writing grant proposals, I don't think I want to be doing that for the rest of my life. I want a stable job, not a job where I have to hope I get some grants to get things done (even though the field I would be going into would be pretty easy, grant-wise). *sigh* Does any of that make sense? The Director of Mosquito Management makes like 200k/year, and Sarasota County Director of Public Health makes something insane like 500k per year. I'd be pretty happy with that, and I really think thats what I'm leaning toward.

(Btw, this was more of a stream of consciousness/figuring life out for myself, than it was for you, the readers...but enjoy anyway! ha)

My bacc = tomorrow at 3:30pm in Chae. Go.

We started our registry at Target yesterday. This morning I was showing my mom some of the stuff we registered for to see if she had any hints or tips about certain items (i.e. no this one is crap, or this one is better for $5 more, etc.).

Me: *Me showing her online* So what do you think?
Her: Yeah, it's good. You know what you should do though?
Me: What?
Her: You should really throw a baby car seat in there to give everyone a scare!
Her: *Laughing hysterically at her own mischievousness*

LOL...she's such a dork.

So. Either I'm way too nice, or I have really nasty friends...lol. Here is the question of the day:

Is it easier to say mean things than it is to say nice things?

So far, 2 people have said MEAN IS EASIER.
I'm totally the opposite.
Please tell me I'm not alone people!

( AIM conversation w/ Andrew )