This Week is AMAZING

No really. Are you ready for this? So Cassie spent the night on Friday. I had gone to Hobby Lobby earlier that day to buy two black t-shirts and some very vibrant colored paint for, are you ready for this nerdiness, MEG CABOT T-SHIRTS!!!!!!!!!! Cassie and I stayed up until 2:30 Saturday morning watching What Women Want (a classic sleepover movie) and painting our shirts. Then we had to wake up at 7:30 on Saturday so that we could go with her mom to Barnes and Noble in Southlake to get our MEG CABOT WRISTBANDS!

Funny Story? Nobody really cared about the wristbands except for us. No really... we got there as soon as the doors opened, went to the front desk and asked the lady behind the counter about the wristbands. She didn't act like we were completely mental, so we knew we were in the right spot. She had to call around to see where they were, but found out they were being handed out at the customer-service desk. So we walked over there and lo and behold, we were the only two dorks that cared. The guy didn't even ask to see our printed-out receipts, proving that we had bought Abandon. We got purple wristbands, which means we're the first (and only) two people in Texas who want to see Meg Cabot.

But we'll be meeting her in STYLE:

Aren't they COOL??? Mine's on the left, Cassie's is on the right. And on the back they say our names and then names of Meg's books!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED.

And we might get more than two seconds to see her because, um, we'll be the only two people there.

Anyway, I'm also SO EXCITED about Thursday. It's mine and Kevin's FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. We don't get to see each other on Thursday, though, because he has work in the morning, and I have work at night. We've been trying to plan a few things but they fell through. He wanted to go to a Ranger's game (which I hope we get to go to this Summer!) so instead, I'm taking him out (Well technically he's driving and I'm telling him where to go ... but whatever) to a SECRET place that I won't post here until after Sunday (when we're celebrating our anniversary). I can't wait to see the look on his face- I hope he loves it as much as I think he will.

I can't believe it. FIVE YEARS. Wow.

We went to his grandma's for Easter on Sunday and I swear that we would've won the "cutest couple" award... at least, that's what everyone kept saying, that we were "soooo cute together!"

So I have work at 3:00, and even though that's three hours away, it takes me FOREVER to get ready.

-Lindsay

Meg Cabot is amazing :)

AND IS COMING TO TEXAS!!!!!
No really. Do you know how excited I am??
It's a dream come true.
And I mean, I know there will be a thousand people there, at Barnes and Noble in Southlake (not to mention half of those will be screaming 12-year-old girls) (That will be pushed out of the way by Cassie and me) (because you know ... we're so big and strong), and all it will be is "Hi Meg! I LOVE YOU, will you sign my book? Kthnx, bye!" but STILL.

Doesn't she look like she would be everybody's best friend?
Not stuck up and "I am better than everyone because I'm the best writer in the world and I have a bazillion books published"?
(No seriously. She is. The best, I mean.)
And that's why I can't wait to meet her!
I want my picture with her.
I want an autographed book.
I want some actual tips from her on writing- not what she has on her website for everyone to read. But the real juicy stuff that nobody else knows.
I want her to know that, um, I LOVE HER... I mean, that she's my idol.

So, Cassie and I are trying to find Meg Cabot t-shirts online, but can only find the cafepress unecessarily high priced t-shirts that have two words on them, like, "Princess Mia!" or whatever. I actually want this on a t-shirt:

But I can't find one at all...
Maybe I can make my own?
Mmm, I don't care. I'm just SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Lindsay

Never Thought I Could Love This Much

So ... funny thing. Basically the last time I wrote, Kevin and I were about to celebrate our ... three year anniversary. Is that right? I believe so. ANYWAY, we're about to celebrate our (are you ready?) FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! FIVE YEARS. No way!

But we'll get back to that later.
How was my weekend? Well, I'm glad you asked!

I just spent the ENTIRE weekend with Kevin. ENTIRE. WEEKEND. He came over Friday around 6:00 (and thanks to Sheldon Cooper, we now have a word to describe this time of day- the "preevening") and we ate supper, then stayed up until 12:30 watching movies! I went to bed and he kept watching television in the living room. The next morning I woke him up at around 11:00 and we ate breakfast together. We basically just lounged around all day and watched movies- He watched Glee with me! That was amazing! Then we stayed up until 1:00 this morning, watching Glee and other movies. This morning I woke him up at 10:30 and I don't think he got off the couch until noon... and then he left around 2:00?
So, I had a fantastic weekend, thanks!

So, back to the anniversary? Okay. We couldn't think of anything to do, and I REALLY wanted the two of us to sit down and really think of what we wanted to do for our day. Because it should be our decision- not his and not mine alone. But he came up with this fabulous idea (that he got from his co-worker's shirt) that since, hey, we both love baseball, and I keep talking about wanting to go see the Rangers, that it would be a GREAT IDEA to go see a Ranger's Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry. I'm just a teensy bit excited.

But, pictures are PROMISED. And I'm not sure which day exactly that we're going.
Updates. For sure.

And now I'm sleepy :)

-Lindsay

Last Day

Well, that's it. Today was my last day at The School Zone. We've sold all we can and everything else will go to Teach Mart, our competition, who is winning. It hasn't quite hit me yet that we're finished, but as everyone keeps saying, I'm sure it will finally kick in on Monday.
What's Monday?
Well ... People from Teach Mart are coming to The School Zone to start packing everything up and taking it to their store. But while they're doing that, I'll be at Teach Mart helping them put everything out.
Why?
Because Teach Mart is my new job!!!!
I'm so excited, but also very nervous.
And very, very sad to see The School Zone go.
It's been three years of my life, but it's time to let go and move on.
And this is a definite push into the real world and telling me that "Hello, Lindsay, you dork. You should've learned how to drive when you were 16, like all of the normal teenagers!"
Well. Coulda Shoulda Woulda, I guess. It's also time to move on from that and just get it checked off of my list of things to do.
Things to do before I die.

Anyway, I start Monday...
Eeeeek!

Sorry So Long.

Um, wow. It's definitely been a while.
I mean: HOLY CRAP IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF MONTHS since I've written on here.
Seriously, though. Nobody reads my posts anyway, so what's the point?

Ah well, I enjoy it.

The past two months have been weird. That's the only word I can come up with to sum up everything that's happened.

Let's see:
After the anniversary, Kevin was nothing but lovey-dovey. It was a different, but very cool adjustment. I don't mean that as, "Gosh, he's never romantic!" Just ... he hadn't been in a while.

I remember having a conversation with him quite a few times about our relationship. At one point I didn't think I could handle it anymore. And, on the other end of the spectrum, I was head over heels in love with him. Which is not to say that I'm not still in love with him. Because I totally am. I swear. It's just, you know, he's a boy.

We talked about our future together, and how we want things to work out. Not only solely between us, but just everything in life to ... come together. It doesn't seem as though things will come together soon, sadly.

We got into a couple of arguments, of course. But none of them were so intense to send me over the edge.

Not that this has anything to do with an argument, but I remember one day in particular in June when Kevin came over to my house. He had a school project to do that entailed pictures on a posterboard. He had to come up with a Mission Statement and talk about what he really wanted out of life. He wrote that he'd always wanted to be a rockstar, no matter how silly that may sound to anybody else. He came over to my house to take pictures of the two of us, because the other thing he wants out of life is to have a family and live comfortably. We took pictures of the house as well as us out by our pool in the backyard.
Later, we were in my room together and as he looked around, he said, "So, where is your Twilight poster?" I told him, "I don't have one. As you can see, there is no room for one." After taking pictures of the house and us inside and outside of it, he went back outside and went to his car while I was sitting in the grass in the front yard. He came back in my direction with a poster that he had bought the day before. It, of course, was of Twilight. He was just trying to trick me and make sure that I didn't have a poster before he gave it to me.
We sat in the grass for a long time until the feeling of the grass blowing against his arms finally got to him; it feels like bugs crawling to me, so I wasn't surprised.

Anyway, Kev is on his way up to The School Zone.
I better get going :]

-Lindsay

THREE YEARS!!!

As most of you know (because I never shut up about something I'm excited about), my three year anniversary with Kevin was yesterday.

Now, I remember on April 1st, I had asked my dad if I could have the 28th off. I begged and pleaded; I even marked the store callendar to make sure he didn't forget. On the 27th, as I said, Dad had told me he wanted me to work on our anniversary. I was SO MAD, I even told Mom, "I can't believe he's making me work!" Remember? I was fuming by that morning, and couldn't believe he would make me work!! But, I guess that's life. And besides, I was looking forward to being able to see him that night, anyway. So I got up, I put on my beautiful shirt that I had bought myself from Buckle, put on some makeup, and walked out the door positive about the day ahead of me. It was, after all, my THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY :]

I had made Kevin a scrapbook consisting of the MySpace conversations between us the first week that we basically knew each other. You know, the messages that say "Hey, I think I like you," and lead to (that week, anyway) "We should go on a date." I thought it was special and something he could laugh at, something that would make him smile, and most of all, remind him of how we met, three years ago.


I brought it along with me when Dad and I went to work. For some reason, we left at 8:30 that morning. I had been WAY too excited to sleep until 8:00 (like usual) and I woke up at 6:30 instead. So we had plenty of time to get ready and leave early because Dad had woken up early too. We were in the car, on our way to work, and I got a call from Kevin. I was shocked that he was up that early, and he said he was doing homework and just waking up. When we got to the store, Dad opened up; turned on the computer, turned on the laminator and the radio. Then he glanced at the clock and said, "I thought it was a quarter to 10:00, not 9:00!" For some reason, I had a sneaking suspicion that he had really known what time it was all along. I don't know, maybe it was my still-wishful-thinking that they both had something up their sleeve to surprise me.

Dad kept asking about the scrapbook, and I said it was for Kevin. He asked if since it was so early, I wanted to go to drop it off at Kevin's house to say Happy Anniversary before work, then we could go to Wal-Mart. I said sure, and we locked up the shop. We headed over to Wal-Mart first, and I got batteries for my camera. We got snacks for the store and other things, too.

Afterwards, Dad drove to Kevin's house and parked in the driveway. I got out of the truck and told him I'd be right back, not worrying about my purse or anything; just the scrapbook. When I ran up the sidewalk and pressed my ear to the front door, I could hear music coming from inside. I rang the doorbell twice anyway, just incase anyone else was home; I didn't want to go barging in! But after nobody came to the door, I walked inside myself. I was greeted by the wonderful smell of bacon and eggs. I walked around the corner and hugged Kevin. When we parted, I crossed my arms and glared at him, smirking at the same time. He kissed me, told me Happy Anniversary, and told me to sit down. My first thought was My dad's outside. So I went outside and saw the truck still in the driveway. I walked up to it and crossed my arms again. I couldn't believe they surprised me! They did, after all, have something up their sleeves! My dad smiled and said, "Ahh, we got you good!" and handed me my purse through the car window. He told me he'd see me later, and drove away. I went back in the house and watched Kevin cook for me. He made scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes. Breakfast was delicious and the most amazing surprise. I gave Kevin the scrapbook of our MySpace conversations and he laughed about each page, reminiscing on our life three years before.

Our fun-filled morning finally came to a close when his dad came home at around noon. I was dropped off at The School Zone and Kevin had to go to school at 1:00. I basically stayed in the back room for the rest of the day, until it was time to close the shop. My dad went out to eat with my mom and her friends for some school function they were having. So I was to lock up at the end of the day.

Kevin's family is always having issues with who gets what car for what day, and Kevin's brother Chris is always getting Kevin's car because he has school every day, all day long. It came to be 5:45, and I called Kevin to see if he had his car so I could be picked up by the time I got off work, at 6:00. Lo and behold, though, he didn't, and he had to wait for someone to get home, since he was home by himself at the time. Once his dad got home, though, he was told he wasn't allowed to take out his dad's car. Nor was he allowed to take out his mom's car when she got home. Yeah, I was pissed. Because then somehow it became MY fault that Kevin and I couldn't go out because I DON'T DRIVE.
Oh look, there's some of Lindsay's self-esteem. Oh! And there it goes! Bye-bye Lindsay's self-esteem!

So I kept calling my parents at the restaurant that they had been at since 4:00. Dad kept telling me that he could be at the shop in 10 minutes so he could pick us off and drop us off at Southlake. But I didn't want my dad to drop me off; I had to figure out a way to get Kevin and me out there by ourselves. So I sat on the counter after 6:00, after closing down the shop, turning off the lights, and locking the door from the inside so nobody would come inside. I had the phone pressed to my ear, talking to Kevin about everything from where we wanted to eat (a tie between Italian Bistro and Campania's Pizza and More) to what movie we wanted to see afterwards. Since Kevin's present to me was making breakfast for me, I wanted to take him out and pay for anything he wanted to do. But reality set in, and the time seemed to fly by, as it rarely does at The School Zone, and suddenly it was 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, and my anger got the best of me. I hung up with Kevin and called my dad to tell him what was going on and to beg him to take us to Southlake. They both left, went to go pick up Kevin, then came to pick me up from the shop. We were dropped off at the front, and then they left us. Kevin and I went to Campania's for supper, as we went there last year, and thought it would be a good tradition to begin. Alas, the bad events continued: when we asked for the rooftop seating, the waitress told us the rooftop was closed, due to the apparent rain we were supposed to be getting. We tried to make the best of it, and ordered Fettucini Alfredo. When our order came, though, it wasn't alfredo noodles, oh no, it was SPAGHETTI noodles. How dumb is that? Plus, it was super expensive, for some reason, and really gross, honestly. I paid, and we left. We went to go buy movie tickets, and found a showing for "I Love You, Man" at 9:15. I thought about it, and most movies are around two hours long. I didn't want my dad to have to come pick us up at 11:30. I called Dad and he said that it would be okay, since it was our anniversary, and he felt bad that Kevin's parents wouldn't let him drive.

Kevin and I walked around Southlake for a while before the movie started. Once it got to be around 9:00, we went back to the theater. I was very skeptical about this movie, though. I mean, really. It's about a guy who's getting married and doesn't have any guy friends, so he has to find the right guy to be his Best Man at his wedding. So he goes on a bajillion "bro-dates" and it just keeps getting weirder and weirder with each guy; one thinks he's gay, one IS gay, and the guy he ends up finding is a lonely bachelor who thinks girls are dumb. But I mean, to tell you the truth, that movie was AMAZING. It was hilarious and I could not stop laughing to save my life. I swear, every two minutes at least had a funny moment.

Us at the Movie Theater :]

It came to be the end of the movie, and I called my dad to let him know it was over. He told me he was sitting in his truck outside of the theater, and had been for quite some time. Apparently the movie had run over a little bit. So we both got in the back seat, and I had to regrettably tell him good-bye, goodnight, and Happy Anniversary one more time.

All in all, it was an amazing day.

I can't wait for year four :]

Three Years, Part 1

Not much to say tonight. Just that I'm SO EXCITED about mine and Kevin's three year anniversary tomorrow :]
I'm a little upset, though, that Dad wants me to work tomorrow morning because of some little "errand" he has to run that he won't tell me about. Wonder what it is. Also, I'm a little upset that Kevin has school from 1:00 to 5:00, and I work from 10:00 to 6:00...so we're not hanging out until AFTER 6:00, more than likely. So that's what, four hours? Whoop-tee-doo. That's like every OTHER date we go on. So how is this special? I guess because, well, it IS our anniversary, after all. I just can't help but wonder if Kevin (and my dad) have a little more planned than what they're letting on. I hope so...Kevin needs to work on the whole "surprising me" thing, so I wonder if he has a little something up his sleeve. :]

Anywho- I'm exhausted. Mom, Dad, and I moved around my room yesterday. So I think I moved four pieces of furniture. Whew, my back hurts, my shoulders hurt...but I'm a weenie, what can I say?
But my room looks SO GOOD. In my opinion, anyway.

So, goodnight :]