Prom.

Hunter is throwing a formal party this weekend, in honor of Emily being away at Randy's formal in Kansas City.
I still don't have a date, but I am expecting him to get around to asking me at any time. I've been teasing him about it all week. It's going to be like prom, only better. Because I'm sure you remember my prom experience. I looked great, but had a fail date. Ugh. So hopefully, my dress will arrive in time, and if not, it's cool, because I'm going to wear my Halloween costume dress all over again.
So either way, I am going to look awesome and have a great time!

Also, I've been sick this week, but I have been in a great mood.
Next weekend, after all of my midterms, Hunter and I are going to head up to Wisconsin and hang out at his cabin for the weekend, and then I'll fly back to Denver and then hang out for a few days and then fly back to Chicago and then finish the semester.
I'm sort of doing PR for Emily's Randy's production company. I mean, it's not a huge thing, but it's going to get me a little bit of experience.
I NEED to find an internship. I'm nervous. You know how scared I get about new things. It's ever-present, breathing down the back of my neck kind of fear. I'm anxious. So let's hope for the best here. I have zero idea what I want to do with my life.
As soon as I get my computer back, a romance novel will be in the works, but I don't feel as though that will be getting very far very fast. Hopefully by the end of the summer, I'll have something to show for it.
I'll be taking summer classes, obviously, and living here and doing some traveling and hoping to head to Africa or South America and get some volunteering in. So here's to me finding an internship, building a resume, somehow managing to create a career path while making enough money to travel a bit and get back to Denver to hang out and then building a life.
UGH.
Good news, though, I found some houses that I love.
So you know, that's a plus.

I hope your day has been filled with love and peace!

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Email Insults.

Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'
'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom'
'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!'
'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'
'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'
'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom,
'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.' 'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'
Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.
If you agree please SEND THIS ON...IF NOT, DELETE!!




I worry about the state of our country when I find things such as the one posted previous in my inbox. I get several emails a day preaching Christian beliefs and how they should be tied in with government, but let me remind you of a simple fact, one that I hold dear to my heart:

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
Now see, the things that you believe may be one thing, but this is NOT a Christian country! No matter how hard you try, you still have to coexist with people who share different beliefs! GASP! oh no! Muslims? God, save us all!
We good Christians killed the Native American's in order to become the "Americans" that we are so proud to be.
So while I support everyone being able to speak English, I won't support this (or Australia's) right to push people away based solely on their "immigrant" status.
And this "backbone," you wish you had...trust me, if you had it, you'd be shuffling away from black people on the bus, making Jews wear stars of David on their coats and burning mosques.
Let's not, really.

We're all transplants. We share the world. Let's share our lifestyles and our love. Let's end hate and discrimination....isn't that what Jesus would do?

Oh, and by the way, I deleted the email. Perhaps I should have deleted this post, but I felt that it deserved some attention.

Update.

With the fever came the tears. Great hiccuping sobs that wouldn't stop. My eyes were red, full of water, my body ached and burned, my head was throbbing. He brought me tea and held me until I stopped crying and even then nothing felt better. The heat was quickly replaced by the cold, the feeling that you'll never be warm again, which was quickly replaced by the feeling that you are cooking, baking from the inside, which was quickly replaced by the chill....
I felt no better this morning and as of 8:30 tonight, I am feeling the same. Terrible.
This flu-like bug is hurting me. I missed class (no surprise) but for the first time in a long time, I had a legitimate excuse.
So here's hoping that tomorrow I'll wake up and be magically healed, some sort of gift.

Valentine's Day was uneventful.
We passed the four month mark.

Emily passed her test with flying colors (98%) and is currently serving customers as I type this.

It rained in Chicago and I was able to remember what Simon looked like. He needs an official car wash but something tells me that it'll have to wait until April.

I need to get a summer internship.
Or a job.
Or something.

I am stressed out.
The other day, I spent the entire afternoon cleaning my room. It felt nice. I put up some new pictures and stuff, and I was hoping that it would stay clean for awhile. It didn't, but you know...It was worth the effort.

Thanks so much for the Valentine's Day cards. I bought some, but haven't sent them out. Ha, don't think you won't get them though, they are beautiful.