The Thoughts of AmyG...: When did life get so busy?

When did life (or the rest of June) get so busy?!?!?!

Next week, I have (my last! well, almost...) three days of work at UNTHSC. After spending almost two years here, it's hard to believe that this is the end (again, almost. I have to go back for a day in July sometime). So, Wednesday is my last day at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Then on Thursday, my mom and I are flying up to Montana (EXTREMELY early in the morning) to go look for apartments, check out banks, go check out Yellowstone, and just hang out in Bozeman. Then, as soon as we get back, we head straight for Texarkana (Texas!), because I need to catch up on doctors appointments, etc (it's hard to go home for these things when you're in school. And I haven't gotten around to switching doctors and dentists and such. Why would I? I live so close...). Then straight from Texarkana to, get this, SPAIN! My mother, sis, and I are spending 2 weeks traveling northern Spain. It'll be super awesome, and we all can't wait! I'll then be home (TXK and Fort Worth) in July, and then maybe I'll get to slow down and rest a bit before packing and figuring out how to move all my crap (whoops, I mean lovingly gathered furniture and personal memorabilia) up north. Crazy, crazy few months...

As for the rest of my life, nothing very exciting has happened recently. I've just been hanging out with friends and my sister as much as I can before I leave. And today, I bought new pillows, so I'm excited to try those out. My cat is as cute as ever. Although, the long-haired pet thing is getting a little annoying. He is shedding like crazy! So, in order to try to keep it under control, I've been brushing him daily. He HATES it! He's more than happy to make my apartment un-enterable (is that a word? I doubt it... but you get the point) for anyone with the slightest allergy to cats. Thank you, London, for crippling my social life even more. But, I'm trying to take care of the problem, even if I endure a few scratches... He's still a cutey.

And on that note, I'll wind up my latest blog post with a few pictures. Enjoy!

A joke at school. The lab next door to mine has this, well, I only know it as a sewing light, only because it is something my grandmother has in her house. Basically, it is a magnifying glass surrounded by a light. Well, that day (it had been a long day for all of us) they figured out that if you positioned it just right, well, it looked like a halo. And I got to be the 'angel' that day. haha! I'm such an angel!!!!

A couple of months ago, my cousin lost her poor French Bull Dog, Gigi, to a stroke. My cousin was devastated. But ended up adopting a new dog, this time a weinie dog, which she named Bogie, after Humphrey Bogart (my cuz in an absolute movie freak). Here he is, at a FABULOUS Mother's Day luncheon thrown by my aunt. My cousin's cousin (I have no idea what that would make her, to me) modeled with Bogie and his Hollywood style. Too cute!

Okay, this picture needs an explanation. Recently, I have been making sandwiches to bring to school for lunch. Well, I have been making them first thing in the morning, and leaving them on my table. It has never been a problem, until a couple weeks ago. My cat has been stealing my sandwiches. He takes them (and I SAW him do this) and starts throwing them in the air, catching them in his mouth, and shakes the bag back and forth, before starting all over again! That's my lunch! I started putting my sandwiches in my bag. He still got them. So I started buttoning my bag. He still got them. I started putting my sandwiches in the bottom of my bag, and latching it, TWICE. He still got them. WTH? I decided to try to catch him in the act. This is what I found. He was waiting for me to take my shower, before digging in it and stealing my lunch! The little bugger!!!

I didn't realize how big he was until I took this picture. He seriously took up over HALF my bed! (yes, I know my bed looks messy. I just woke up, hopped in the shower, and came out to find him laying comfortable across my bed before I made it for the day.) When I worried about his size, I took him to the vet for his check up, and I was told he was a perfect 5 (1 being way underweight, 10 being terribly obese. The vet said she RARELY ever sees a perfect 5. Go London!) Although the vet wondered about his breed, he is in perfect health and is just a big cat. How did I end up with a monster for a pet? And I love him, even though he is a monster...

The biggest frog I have ever seen (alive, I dissected a few in high school. Yes, I'm a science nerd) right outside my apartment one morning. And my sister had pet frogs. And they never got this big. Too bad the picture doesn't do them justice. My lab told me I should have put my hand up next to it to show the size compared to something, but I was too afraid. This frog was seriously hopping after me. I was extremely disturbed (read: kinda scared he was coming after me, for my LIFE!)

My new wallet, a victim... how sad! He's been in a biting mood recently...

He's been obsessed with my shopping bags...

Crazy, no? He LOVES to get tangled up in them. I will admit, my cat is a little weird...

Long story (kinda) short: my friend just got married and moved into his first apartment, which is right across the driveway from me (he lives WAY too close! kinda weird...) and he's been borrowing (stealing, but no one cares) boxes from the school to move. He gave them to me, but the afternoon I got them, I gave them to my sis because she was moving across town before I would ever need them. Well, she gave them back to me. One of the complaints I have about this apartment complex is the lack of storage. I mean, in Sherman my senior of undergrad, my apartment had at least 2 extra storage closets, plus the biggest closet you've ever seen. The only thing I have here in Fort Worth is a big closet. But overall I lack storage space. So, when my sis gave ALL THOSE BOXES back to me, I'm not ready to pack yet! So, my solution, tacky as it is, is to flatten all the boxes and stick them behind my couch. Before I shovedslashstored these boxes behind my couch, my cat found them. And has really enjoyed them since...