Man, I can’t believe how many movies I devoured this weekend, and I picked 4 really great ones. Three of which I desperately wanted to see in the theatre but that never happened. Yesterday I watched Rumour Has It with Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner. And that cutie Mark Ruffalo. He’s such a cutie, I think I’m going to put 13 Going On 30 right now. (Everyone has to agree he’s a friggin’ cutie in that movie!.. but not cuter than my Mike! :D phew, good save! :P)

Anyways, Rumour Has It was actually the only movie that I had only marginal interest in seeing, and I pretty much only got it because Memoirs of a Geisha was already gone. I put it in right away because I assumed it was a comedy and that it would be stupid slapstick romantic comedy. Key word: thought. It ended up to be kind of a really sweet movie. I didn’t even really find it all that predictable, but then I’m usually the last to catch on with movies it seems. Anyways, it was actually pretty touching. I enjoyed it. Then this morning I watched In Her Shoes. I read the book before and really enjoyed it. The movie was a pretty faithful adaptation. There were a few differences, but it’s hard to exactly recreate a 400 page book into a two hour movie. I think the cast was done pretty good too, Jim Danvers was an excellent cast with Richard Burgi who also plays Carl on Desperate Housewives. I personally pictured Sydelle as Jane Fonda, probably from watching Monster-in-Law. But yeah, good job on that one too. If anyone hasn’t read the book I could truthfully recommend the movie in its place. Next up was The Family Stone which I really wanted to see in theatres but had to choose between that and Shopgirl, and I chose Shopgirl since it was in limited release. It ended up making me cry, which I totally didn’t expect because I thought this one was also going to be funny. I’m apparently not very good at picking out comedies these days. Anyways, it was kind of easy to tell the ending about midway through but it was still quite good. The previews don’t give away very much, which is always nice. It was set around Christmastime but it wasn’t really a Christmasy movie, it was more about family and relationships. The last one I watched was Last Holiday, which was also pretty good but I totally guessed the ending of that just by the previews. That one also made me cry by the end. I guess I’m a sap today. Anyways, it was a good bunch of movies, and Rumour Has It especially surprised me.

While watching all these movies, I did wedding scrappy-type things. I finished the gift tag-like things for the wedding favours. Then I decided randomly to make place cards for the rehearsal dinner, so I ran into New Minas and picked up some new stuff. After I cut them out and glued them together, I realized that I wanted some ribbon to add to them and the place was already closed by the time that I thought of it. I’ll run in on Monday to get it, and then finish them up. I plan to go into Halifax sometimes this week if me and Lyssa’s schedules match up so that I can bring all of my homemade goodies to her so she can make calligraphic magic. Here’s hoping! It would be nice to have all of the wedding goodies all done. I can’t believe that 2 weeks from right now is my wedding night. … Wow. That just kinda hit me. And only one more week until I see Mike again! :D

I’m feeling a bit better, but I still think I’ll need a few more days to recuperate fully. I’ve still got a stuffy nose, but it’s the first day I felt good enough to not lie in bed all day. I even had a good night’s sleep last night. So doing up those scrappy things and watching movies was my way of relaxing and getting better. Hopefully by tomorrow I’ll feel even better! I’m looking forward to not being sick anymore and getting back to exercising. I feel like I haven’t done anything but sit on my butt the last week. Anyways, I guess it’s time for bed!

Sicker than sick. Need more sleep. Can barely breathe. Darn supposed strep transforming into head cold. I can’t wait to be healthy again.

Ahh, sweet sweet penecillin. How I love thee! I’ve already taken my first dose, now I have to wait an hour to eat, but it is so worth it to get rid of this stupid strep throat. I want the meds to work as well as possible. I’m supposed to call the hospital on Friday if they haven’t called me yet about my results to make sure that it was indeed strep. I don’t know, even if I feel better from the penecillin by placebo effect, why should I stop taking it? If taking the pills made me feel better psychosomatically, I’ll take it! Sometimes I wonder why the placebo effect is so bad :( If it works without chemicals, why not? Anyways, I’m as happy as a clam in mud flats right now, it’s that time of the month, right on schedule even though I’ve missed taking those chemicals for awhile now too… sigh. Sometimes I don’t think I’d remember my head if it wasn’t attached. Anyways, here’s hoping that tomorrow night or Friday at least I’ll be feeling better. Or even tomorrow morning, that would be nice.

I came across this blog that I wrote quite some time ago, and I’m still impressed with how good and eloquent it is. It’s also something that I think people should be reminded of every now and again. So enjoy today’s blast from the past, “Being In-tar-net Savvy“. I feel like I could emphasize once again how much I hate hate HATE chain emails and other various degrees of spam. And how much I hate those “birthday reminder” websites. And myspace. I personally feel that myspace is a bane to human existance, and my account is not in use. I keep getting friend requests from these random musicians all over the US. I should change my info to be something really nasty so people won’t send their requests! Aw, all those websites are just a pain. I’ll stick to msn and livejournal to keep in touch with friends. Anyways, enjoy the blog and leave some comments!

It’s a good thing this wedding is in 3 weeks, because I don’t think that I could handle much more craziness. I’ve been trying really hard to relax, eat right, and exercise, but it seems like I can’t fit all those things in 24 hours. It’s weird though, because I managed to fit them all in when I was doing 6 classes no problem, but now it seems incredibly difficult, with one class that has not a whole lot of work. I actually don’t spend that much time on schoolwork. I’m finding it more difficult to actively relax. It seems like I can sit down and watch TV but it doesn’t actually relax me. Yoga does a little, but not as much as it could. I’m hoping that this massage therapist thing will help. Not to mention, I’m also going to see a counsellor at the Acadia Counselling Centre, my next appointment is on the 24th (then in 5 days after that, Mike gets here – and with him, free massages!) I’m thinking about dropping in on a yoga class a few times too, there’s one in Wolfville that meets on Thursdays, so I think it would be good for me, not just the moves but the social aspect too. I’m not going to commit to going every week, but maybe a couple of times – just to get out and do something good for my body. I’m determined to do my body right and get through this stressful time, even if it means sacrificing a little bit of schoolwork. I didn’t do tomorrow’s reading, probably not the best idea, but I can catch up on the chapter tomorrow if I’m feeling better. I seriously feel awful today, scratchy throat, headache, the entire deal. Right now, I think it’s time for a bubble bath. Wedding update tomorrow.

So what have I been up to lately? Well, in between studying and being completely exhausted – my bedtime has changed from midnight to 10:30! – I’ve become addicted to talk shows. Specifically, it’s become routine to watch Oprah and Dr. Phil every afternoon. I’ve found lots of neat books and heard lots of interesting stories. Right now, I’m reading “Lies at the Altar” by Dr. Robin Smith, about mistruths that married people tell themselves and it’s pretty interesting. I also bought “YOU: The Owner’s Manual” which is about taking good care of yourself to live longer. It was written by two doctors, so hopefully it will have lots of insightful advice. Both of these books were featured on Oprah, so we’ll see if Oprah will steer me right. I don’t know if I could read her book club’s list or not, I’ve already got a bazillion fiction books that I want to read anyways. 3 of them are in Texas, sitting in my storage container! I would love to start a book club with just my friends, where we could pick a book to read and then do a chatroom thing where we discuss it. If anyone’s interested, maybe we could start this after the wedding or something. Let me know.
So tomorrow I have my first test, yikes! The instructor said that it would be mostly multiple choice and some short answer. I’m hoping they are mostly objective, because I’m not sure if I could answer a short essay-type question. I studied for a couple hours already, and after Dr Phil (hee hee) I’m going to get back to it. Mike is finishing up his exams today and tomorrow morning, so we’re both pretty busy. He got a call back from a job finally – an interview next week! It’s in Harris County, TX (really close to where we want to be, I think Friendswood is in Galveston County, they neighbor each other) so that’s very exciting! Mike and his family are coming on the 29th of this month, I’m pretty excited to see him again! Good things are happening, all around! I hope that everyone is getting excited about the upcoming wedding!! It’s only 3 weeks away!!!