lovelovelove

so last night was the engagement-- everyone went: me, mandi, lauren, lele, alex and of course my mom and all of her friends. it was a nice time. the engagement went off without a hitch and it was cute and romantic and we took lots of pictures.
i had a self imposed curfew of 2 am, which was meant to detour me from drinking too much since i was supposed to be at work at 4 today; it didnt really work. instead i ended up downing mulitple rounds of appletinis and cosmos in a shorter period of time thus getting pretty toasted, but not quite sloppy drunk. next time i suppose i will have to just give myself a drink limit, rather than a time one. luckily for me i didnt have to come to work at 4 today since ms. hesters mother is still sick and they needed me for audit. normally, i would be aggravated about being asked twice in one week to work audit but i dont mind really now because of the circumstances. i got some good pictures of everyone and had a good time drunk dancing the cupid shuffle and the bunny hop (i dont know why that dance ever died, its amaaazing). all in all, it was a nice weekend and i have tomorrow and tuesday off.

overnight

so im working overnight tonight because ms. hesters mom was sick and pal asked me to come in. it kind of worked out in my favor though bc i got to go shopping with lele this afternoon. we went to get shoes and ended up running into maria who was shopping or her dress for the party tomorrow. im really excited. tomorrow will be the official engagement and she ended up with this beautiful jewel tone green/blue dress from calvin klein that looks amazing. im really happy for her. she has only known the guy for about three weeks and theyre already getting married. its all so whirlwind and romantic, and you all know im a sucker for love. the only thing is that in the back of my mind i keep wondering if maybe it isnt all a little fast. he keeps talking about wanting to take care of her and how she wont have to work anymore but for some reason, things like that throw me off a little. ive met him, and he seems like a genuinely nice guy it just all seems too good to be true. but it seems like theyre both happy and in love so its really not my place to put any doubts into her head when everything is falling into place. plus my mom says that once your of a certain age, you know what you want so you dont have to go through all the same stuff you do when youre younger. i can neither confirm nor deny this, so i'll just take her word for it.

other than that things are the same. im currently listening to matt & his family/friends have drunken conversations in the lobby. its kind of annoying but only bc im trying to type and its hard to concentrate with noise in the background. its been rather busy tonight. people have been in and out since i got here bc of jazzfest but its a good thing, i suppose.

im trying to figure out what to do for my mom for mothers day. i realize that the smartest thing to do will be to just give her money since she is so low on cash these days, but i was also thinking she might really enjoy a nice massage or spa treatment. im looking at the aveda parker salon for now bc it seems like they do a lot and i want it to be really nice, but we will have to see. i was gonna do jewelry but lele said she is getting her a bracelet and so now im grasping for ideas... so if you have any leave some!

also, the cruise is like 3 weeks away and i can not even wait. ive got my swim suit, luggage, and dresses all set and ready. i just have to return a few things i didnt like and maybe get some more sandals and a few extra dresses.

this song has been in my head all day

"thats what makes my life so fucking fantastic"

so now i think jordan might be moving down here and moving in with us. im pretty excited. i know me him and lele fight sometimes, but its always the kind of fighting we just end up laughing about anyway. plus, we survived living in that damn fema trailer when he came to school here, so i figure it cant get any worse than that.
now we have to start looking for three bedrooms though, bc previously we only toured 2 bedrooms. so i suppose i will be putting in calls this weekend. i really dont want to live anywhere but the saulet apartments, but i dont even know if they have 3 bedrooms available.

anyway, i need to go or i will be late for work, so i will finish this later tonight.



LISTEN TO THIS SONG.
im obsessed with it.

"I've never been good at finding things, I'm really good at losing things. "

so far today all i have managed to do is watch two movies, which both coincidentally had mandy moore in the cast, make some noodles, do a facial, listen to music and wash my hair. tbh, its actually been a rather fulfilling/relaxing day since no one has been home since i woke up.

it seems that this summer me, lele, and alex will be getting an apartment together. we went looking around uptown on saturday morning before the v-day thing. we saw a lot of places we were interested in but me and lele pretty much have our hearts set on the saulet apartments on tchopitoulas. theyre super cute and in a great location and for the price i think you really cant beat it. so we are all trying to get our shit together so we can be out in about 2 months, if alex has his money together by then. hes really the one we are waiting on bc he doesnt want to move out until he gets that money from the military. personally, i think that sucks. i mean, me and lele are gonna work more and save and do without a lot once we move out bc we dont have our jobs paying our portion of the rent so i dont see why he cant sacrifice for like a month or two. but whatever, his money, his decision, i just know im not waiting past july 1 bc by then i will just find a place where i can live alone instead of waiting.

im also pretty fucking excited bc the cruise is less than a month away. i have like $700 saved but i will probably end up spending the majority of that on a camera since my old one is no where to be found. whatever money i have left over is going on my credit card to pay for the liquor i will be drinking on the cruise or to pay for the excursions i want to do. the only thing i really want to do no matter what is the mayan ruins thing and im pretty sure lacey or lauren will be up for that.
ive also been thinking about going to talk to the manager over where rosie is. i dont really want to leave the drury bc i like the people but this other hotel just seems to really have their shit together, the front desk sounds so easy with maintenance & housekeeping there until 11 and the no reservations/no walk in thing is amazing, but ive decided that the only way i will swith jobs is if they pay me more or at least match what i make at the drury bc the amount of money im making is way more important to me than the actual job itself {that sounds so terrible, but i really do mean it}.


blah blah blah.

anyway just in case you want some movie/music recommendations this is what ive watched/listened to today:

movies
romance & cigarettes
dedication

music
les chansons d'amour soundtrack
random pop songs from the 80's