Physically and intellectual pooped.

Today has felt like the longest day of my life, and I've barely done anything! I didn't go to sleep last night until after 2AM, so I guess that's my problem. I'm used to going to bed before 11PM. When you get a cool new phone, you must stay up and play with it. Speaking of, Verizon works amazing. I have 4 out of 4 bars in my apartment, and 3G. Ten dollars more a month is so worth it. I'm uploading all the good games onto David's phone so when I send his to him, he'll have lots of entertainment. I will be putting it in airplane mode before I send it though. There are too many nightmare stories about thousand dollar phone bills from Afghanistan. I've been looking at more cars tonight. Our search consists of a 4-door, anywhere from 2007-2011, preferably below $20K, decent mileage, and 6 cylinders. I'm trying to sneak a Jeep Commander in there too :) That's my favorite vehicle that I plan on getting when we ETS and have to get a second car (seeing as I actually be able to work when we get back). The condo we really really loved that we were hoping would stay on the market for a few more months was gone when I got on AHRN today. So disappointing. I'm hoping another one will come up in the same complex that is just as nice. In my 3-hour night class tonight, all of us were zombies. Our professor (who is hilarious) told us to leave class, "go get coffee, soda, a cigarette, do jumping jacks, run up and down the halls. Just please wake up." So sure enough, we all left and tried to energize. I just bought a Pepsi from the vending machine. My first soda in at least a month. Soda doesn't taste very good when you don't drink it for a while. Tomorrow I have the worst class from 6:45 to 9:15--yeah, ridiculous time for class. I have a learning strategy analysis due (approx. 2 pages) as well as a huge presentation to make. It's me and 4 other people, but of course I got stuck with the 2 most obnoxious guys in the class, and the 2 quietest girls. The guys made the PPT and it looks like crap. I'm embarrassed to have  my name on it--I'm such a perfectionist when it comes to school assignments. I'm that student that takes control in group work and typically comes to the group meeting with the PPT already done all by myself so that I can make sure our presentation looks good. This next Monday and Tuesday is our Fall Break, and oh my goodness do I need it. The Friday/Saturday/Sunday after that is the VATE (Virginia Association of Teachers of English) conference which I'm really looking forward to. So, it's 10:38 which is definitely my bed time! Hopefully tomorrow I'll catch up on rest and feel more energized.

Thank You T-Mobile!

So as many of you know, David and I have been in a constant battle with many things, one being our phone company. I had Verizon before we got married, and in December, a few months before our wedding, I joined his plan with T-Mobile. Well, at school in my little apartment, I have NO service. At my parent's house--NO service. My drive to and from school--NO service. You get the picture. David calls and can't hear a word I'm saying because I'm breaking up, and 99% of the time, we drop the call--and all the military wives know we can't call them back. We just have to hope they can call us back. So it's been so upsetting for the last few months. A week ago, I sent a letter to T-Mobile about the issue and explained to them how precious our phone time is, and they called today and said they are going to end our contract without making us pay the Early Termination Fee that is $200. So, this was the highlight of my day. It's been a major stress in our lives the last few months, because communication is all we have to maintain our relationship for now--there's no sweet glances at each other, no hugs, nothing--just words. I am literally thanking God over something like T-Mobile's understanding. We all know how tough it can be to get through to corporate people when it comes to money and sympathy. So, I asked them to terminate our services on Friday, so that I'll be able to travel home (seeing as the nearest Verizon store is on Hull Street an hour away). I probably sound crazy to be so excited over something so small, but phone service is essential to the military couple, especially when you need to be within reach at all times. So, while we had a decent run with T-Mobile, we are on to the amazing service of Verizon (and only for $10 more a month than no service at all with T-Mobile). We both want the Droid 3, which is a touch screen with a slide out keyboard. David has requested that before I send it to him, I load all the awesome games I can possibly find in the Market on it. He can't use it to talk, but he can definitely play Angry Birds :)

The Droid 3!