Just keep piling it on...

I am uber stressed out because of school, work, class, and moving everything out of my room in prep. for England. It doesn't seem like I have enough time in the world for everything. :/ I just want to lay and cuddle with Kyle for the next month because I am going to be missing him dearly. I am going to be in another country for 6 months and I am not going to know anyone or anything over there, but I am going to make the best of it! I think the lack of communication I will have with everyone will make me stronger and appreciate them more! :P 

Today was not off to a great start either, I woke up to someone's voice who I am not too fond of and I felt like I was going to vomit. Ya know, a morning that starts with vomiting is always a good morning... :| Then I went from Kyle's apartment to my house to get into comfy clothes because there was no way I was going to get actually dressed up because when I feel like shit, I want to wear comfy clothes. :) But now I am in the Clock office doing nothing with no one and that is pretty awesome. I have the perfect window for people watching because people just walk past the Clock office all day and they get their mail and I am watching them because I am a creeper. :P But, one thing I cannot wait for is the amount of people watching I am going to do in the airport!

I am just going to go on with my day, see Kyle, go home and craft, and go to sleep. Hopefully Kyle will brighten up my day. I can really tell that he is trying to be nicer to me now that the fact that I am leaving in a month has settled in. :)

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R.I.P. Sleeves

Last night was a grave night at the Benton/Costigan household...one of my beloved rats passed away. :( She was old, about 2.5 years old and their life expectancy is between 2-3 years, so it was her time. It just made me sad because she was all skinny and could not walk correctly and I hate seeing old people that cannot take care of themselves and animals that can't do it is much sadder. :( I took her out of the cage when she was living and put her into a smaller cage where she could be alone and eat what she wanted. My other rat, Stella, seems to be really sad because she saw me take Sleeves out and she knew that something was wrong with her, but she doesn't know that she is dead; she probably thinks that she is just gone. When I went to check on Stella this morning she didn't even come out of her house when I called her. She was all alone and with no one to curl up with. Stella and Sleeves were life mates and now Stella is without her bestie! :( But, I am letting my friend, Betsy, watch Stella while I am in England and she has a male rat named Bodie and he is fixed, so hopefully Stella will have a new life mate and friend. I really hate seeing social animals without friends. :( 


In memory of Sleeves, here are some pictures of her! I also have videos, so I am not without her fully. :) She lived a long and happy life, and she was treated like Templeton in Charlotte's Web, she always had more than enough food, and love. :) 


Goodnight sweet prince.

This is my favorite picture of Sleevers! :)

12 of 12 November Edition!!

1. Mike and Ben came over at like 11pm to visit and then left at like 1am..it made me sad because they were leaving, but it was a good start to my 12th! :)

2. When I finally woke up in the morning, I had to get ready to go to work, the newspaper, and then class.. But Before I did leave, I got some play time in with my Tuukka Tukk! :)

3. I have been using my bag that I have gotten from a swap on Etsy. :) I traded two knit hats for this Dia de Los Muertos bag. I really love it and it is so cute!! :)

4. The 12th was To Write Love On Her Arms day, and I did just that! I wrote "love" on my arm! This is the last picture of my wrist before the new tattoo!! 

5. I was in work alone.. :( Alice is still out from her surgery, but it was cool because Young Thaddeus was there and I really like him (my boss). I am really going to miss my work family.. :( I told them that I was going to cry the last time I see them before I leave, and it is so true, if anything it might be an understatement. 

6. This is my baby brother, I have his picture on my wall at work and he is turning into a little stud. I really like this picture and I think that he looks really good in it. 

7. This is Andrew's dog, and she was adorable! She reminded me of my dog before she died; they both had the same begging eyes and I loved it!

8 a. This is a shitty picture that Anthony took while Andrew was getting the stencil put on my wrist. I still like the picture even though Anthony did not know how to use my camera. :P

8 b. This is my wrist with the stencil on!! D:

I decided to get a tattoo of the state of New Hampshire because I love living in New Hampshire more than anything and I will miss it when I go overseas and I really wanted to get it to help me with being homesick! . 

8 c. Getting half of the state finished. 

8 d. DONE! :)

9. On the way back from getting my ink. Anthony and I were confused and irrate at this person driving the truck. It was a pretty new and nice truck, but someone would actually put "MASSACHUSETTS IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE TOO FAR NORTH" 

10. After getting the ink, we returned back to Ashland and had a Tremors and pizza night! I love Tremors!! They are the best cheesy movies ever! We watched Tremors 3 at Nick and Amanda's house, and then returned to Anthony's to watch the 4th one. :) This is Alexis, she Nick and Amanda's baby and I love playing with her! She is so adorable and fun.

11. Alexis sure took a liking to Anthony that night because he was wearing a sweatshirt thing with a zipper, and she adored it! 

12. Alexis and Nick...Alexis was embarrassed by her father picking his nose.. *shakes head* When in all actuality he was teaching Alexis not to pick her nose, but I was too quick with the camera!

Venting Session

I have been overwhelmed with so many different things, and I am going to have a little bitch fest because I need it! I have been doing so many different things for so many different places and it is kind of wearing me down. I have so much homework/papers to get done, and I feel as though I am falling behind. It could just be the overwhelming feeling that is causing that, but I still don’t like it. I have a Spanish American Culture and Civilization class that is kind of kicking my ass. I mean, it is not a hard class in the first place, but when I add everything else I have been doing onto it, the class becomes harder. I do well on the quizzes and homework, but the papers KICK my ass.

My schedule is booked solid! I have to make appointments to hang out with my friends because if I don’t have it in my calendar, then it doesn’t exist. Almost every day in the week has something different going on in it. I have not even had time to pack up my room for when I go to England. Gah! I like being busy, but this level of busyness is not fun. I am having a hard time juggling my personal life too. I have certain nights assigned to different places, because if I didn’t then I wouldn’t see either my family, or Kyle.

I am trying to see my family as much as I can because I leave in like 54 days and I am going to miss them, but Kyle needs me at his apartment to clean and cook; I am getting spread so thin! Also, a little kitten at Kyle’s house makes me want to spend as much time there as I can. :P I would love if I could have some time to do my own thing, and I am starting to get that. I have recently put some of my crafts in a store in Holderness, and I am really pumped about that. The only sad thing is that when I leave, I will not be able to put more things in there because sending them over from England is a lot of money. : ( <- Sadness.

Well, there was my little bitch fest. I would write more, but again, I don’t have the time. I have to get home and make a display for my crafts and write a paper. I have to keep thinking that this will all be done in five weeks. 

On another note, I looked up "family" on weheartit and this image came up...I am not saying I am upset, but just confused. :)

59 Days and Counting!

I am officially leaving for England on the 2nd of Janurary! I am so excited and nervous. I have never been away from my family for more than a week, and I live at home and commute to college, so leaving them is going to be hard. I am not going to stay up all night crying about it and bothering Kyle for hours with my nonsense crying. I am going to enjoy being over there, and I am going to make the best of every situation possible! 

I am going to need some tips and tricks for traveling, so I am asking everyone I know for some info on what to do while traveling. If anyone can give me a little tid bit, then that would be amazing! :D Thanks!