Until the Stars Are All Alight

So after a nice long spring break (that I wish hadn't ended, sigh) I spent the weekend at camp, then went into Harrison to shop. Ended up buying two shirts and a pair of pants, which--drumroll please!--are a size smaller than the last time I bought clothes! YAY! (And one of the shirts was a size smaller, too!) Go me.

Saw Nickie at Harrison Taco Bell--she's not showing yet, but she knows it's a girl. ^_^

Went over to LynnDee's house--she's moved, or rather her whole family's moved, since her parents hit the rocks. They have a house and he has an apartment. She didn't seem too upset about it all (then again, that was back in January already) and it's a nice little house. (I'd live there, or at any rate in a house like it.)

We watched "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," which was really good and had about twice as much plot as I was expecting. And, gamgeefest, I have to say--we get your point about Shemar Moore! While he's nowhere near knocking Elijah off his pedestal, he definitely had us drooling! ^_^

On the way home, I checked the mail, hoping for Everything Is Illuminated (which, as I found out from my email today, didn't go into the mail until Friday even though it was supposed to ship out Tuesday, grr) and it wasn't there, but OMFG SQUEE! HOBBITY'S LETTER WAS THERE!

And I want to write back, but SOMEONE forgot to put their return address on it! (Or was that intentional?) At any rate, once I know I have time available I'm going to check out the Honors laptop and take pics of me with the letter. So at least, Hobbity, your mom will know I really do receive mail at that address, that I'm not gacking a bunch of pics of some random chick off the internet. XD I'll wear the crown in at least one pic, okay?

GLITTER! And I <3 the butterfly!

Ahem. I don't think I can use the Wendy's thing, because the first thing it says in the fine print is "redeemable at Wendy's of Canada." XD You know, I'm not entirely sure we have one in Mountain Home, anyway. I don't remember--I generally prefer Sonic and Burger King if I'm getting a burger.

BWAH! I have your old ID! I could, like...break into your school or something! (Not likely, as it's clearly dated, lol...)

And, Hobbity, you will notice that now that you have crossed into the RL realm, you have a tag of your own. ^_^

And it gets better! Oh yes, it does! Yesterday Mom and I watched about four eps of What Not to Wear right in a row, and in the second one I saw one of those Centrino computer ads, but it was some woman pop singer (Mariah Carey? I think...yeah, that seems to be what Google's saying) on a guy's lap. (The idea is that Centrino puts real entertainment in your lap, I guess.) I didn't think anything of it, until this aired during the third ep.

I sat up straight, watched with rapt attention, and when it was over, squee'ed as best I could with a congested throat. (It sounds really weird, I assure you.)

Mom was all like, "Now who was that?" I told her I was disowning her. Apparently she doesn't recognize him without the Hobbit wig.

I spent the weekend reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. You know you're a Ringer reading Harry Potter when...you look over the chapter list for CoS, see the one titled "The Very Secret Diary," and you sniggle madly, wondering which character it is and how slashy it gets. Especially if you've already seen the movie and actually know what diary that is.

I bought Prisoner of Azkaban on Saturday, and literally set down CoS and picked it up right away. I have a box set of all four movies on layaway, awaiting payday (Monday). Gack. Next thing you know I'll be drawing fanart...

Anyway, I have to go remove my personality for work now. Bye!

Retreat (at camp) is this weekend, and I hadn't ever heard back from Kyle via e-mail as to whether or not he wanted to go, so I called him today.

Tried, anyway. His mom picked up and informed that he has moved out! O_O

Which, like...I knew he was planning on it. But--WOW! That was sudden! And the last I'd heard he had almost decided against it, or at least to put it off.

So he's SOMEWHERE in a town that I pass EVERY DAY on my way to and from school. But here's the bad news--he hasn't left any contact info. His mom said that she hadn't talked to him in a few days, but knows he's got no phone yet. She said she'd call me when she talked to him.

I got a phonebook, looked up "apartments" in the yellow pages, and called all the ones in that town with no results. (Though he MAY be in with friends, not in his own place, I really don't know.) I think the one woman I talked to thought I was some kind of stalker, lol... (I don't know, do I qualify for real now? Lol.)

This bothers me. I'm really, honest-to-God afraid I'll never hear from him again--which is kind of silly, because if I hear nothing I'll just call his mom again sometime next week and at least try to find out what building it is and leave my number this time. (I told her Kyle had my number, but then, he loses things, lol.)

But...mmm. I'm worried. Not that he won't do okay (he will, provided that his friends are decent people), but of being so close and yet so far away.

I'm trying to focus on the fact that if I do actually track him down I'll be able to spend a lot more time with him, since he's only 15-20 minutes away. Yayz!

(On a side note, it would actually be the first time I've had a friend--as opposed to an acquaintance--live that close to me! I think the "nearest" friend I've had was LynnDee, and that's a good 30-minute drive from my place...)