Nadia's blog.

I'm soo excited for Nights in Rodanthe to come to theaters (Sept. 26, 2008)!  I still have yet to finish the novel by Nicholas Sparks, but I know it's going to be good...  Plus, I'm slow and just discovered the TRAILER and found out that Richard Gere, Diane Lane, and James Franco are going to be starring in it.  Ahh... I love Diane Lane!  She was really good in Under the Tuscan Sun which is one of my favorite movies! Yay :)

Nights in Rodanthe starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane.

"There's a kind of love
that makes you feel that
anything is possible.
I want you to know
that you can have that..."

Panera Bread's bottle of Balsamic Vinaigrette that they sell in their store, tastes NOTHING like the Balsamic Vinaigrette that THEY put on their salads. :(  I should have known though when I saw that the dressing looked nothing like theirs. Alas, I have failed again.  Will I ever find a BV dressing that tastes just as good as theirs? :( Anyone have the recipe? ;)

Oh my gahhhh... Stupid drivers!!! OK, I admit I have road rage, but it's not near as bad as some people *cough* my boyfriend... *cough* But this isn't about him for once...

Sooo I'm already pissed when I leave the South Campus from trying to get some of my nursing supplies, books, etc b/c they didn't have half of the stuff in stock!! I only got to buy one note packet, so I was pissed needless to say b/c I drove up there for nothing basically.  And then my retarded butt drove up there this past Friday to go get my books only to find out that they weren't OPEN!!!! Gahhhh.... Waste of gas twice in a row. So yeah... And I know I shouldn't be pissed over something so little/stupid, but I am.... I left today with nothing but a note packet, and as I'm driving on the highway back home... This white car in front of me is kind of swerving back and forth slightly between other lanes and going 60 on a 65 mph highway! HELLOOOO?? Wouldn't you pass this idiot too?? Well, that's exactly what I tried to do.  I went around her/him (couldn't get a good look) and the stupid car starts speeding up along side of me trying to not let me over... And I had to get over somewhat quick b/c there was this school bus in front of me.  Well, I guess the bitch absolutely didn't want me passing her, so I tried speeding up to 85 and the bitch does the same and makes me get stuck between her and the school bus. Talk about ignorant!!!!!  So I look at her to the side of me and FLIP her off!!! That was rude!  And I get behind the car, and she sticks her hand out the window and flips ME off. WTF??? What did I do to YOU? I'm just trying to pass your slow ass, thank you very much.  Cunt.  Sorry.  My cursing has been off the charts here lately.  And I swear I'm not a huge racist... And I NEVVVERRRRRRR call black people the N* word because it pisses me off when others do it, but this bitch was definitely a Nigger.  Sorry, I said it.... Now I'm a hypocrite.  But I'm not sorry for calling HER that.  How can people be like that? I never freakin' do that to anyone.  If you want to pass me, go right on ahead.  Grrrr... I just needed to rant about that b/c I'm srsly steamed over it.  Like I said, something stupid to be pissed over, but it totally added on to me already being pissed off.  Plus, not to mention that my friend cancelled lunch on me today. :(

I went to Panera yesterday to try their new tomato and mozzarella salad, and I'm dumb b/c I totally forgot that there's no lettuce in a tomato and mozzarella salad... lol So I get this huge to-go box filled w/ a bunch of tomatoes and hardly any mozzarella... Plus with some focaccia bread it comes with...  It would be good to eat as a mini salad, but there's no way I could eat that many tomatoes... lol. So that was waste of money... I did however finally buy their bottle of balsamic vinaigrette so I can make my own salads.  I mostly get their Classic salad when I visit Panera anyway.  It'll save some money.  And I don't think Ryan will be going there anytime soon, possibly, b/c they discontinued his Chicken Tomesto sandwich. lol. :P

I went bowling yesterday night w/ Renee and Justyn and some of Renee's friends...  They all were really awesome.  I haven't been bowling in a long time, and it showed in the score I got. ;) 

My best friend, Jess, just got ENGAGED!!!! Congrats to herrrrr!!!!! They actually got engaged two days ago I believe on their five year anniversary.  She's been waiting forever to be engaged, and it finally happened! And I'm her Maid of Honor!!! :D Of courrrseeeee.  But they're not getting married for another two years apparently which works great w/ my schedule. LOL! It'll take me two years to get through nursing school and hopefully I will already have a job by the time they decide to get married, so I can be somewhat of a good Maid of Honor and pay for some of her stuff.  She already wants to go to a bunch of bridal shows and such and it's basically just going to be me and her planning everything.  Well, I suppose that's what Maid of Honors do, right...? Haha. I don't know. I've only been to one wedding and been a part of another wedding, so I don't have much experience... but I'm going to make sure I can do everything possible to let Jessica have an amazing wedding, bachelorette party, shower, etc.

I love this website - Hungry-Girl.com.  There's recipes on there that show you how to fix healthier versions of some of the fast food we eat., FAQ's, and some new healthy products that are coming out all the time.  Also, she's giving away free VitaTops for a year (and they're damn good) to her 500,000 subscriber, which she's almost reached), AND who ever recommends them to her. *ahem* heheh.  Sooo.. Even though I don't have very good luck, I think you should all subscribe anyway for some good tips and put my e-mail (nads163@yahoo.com) in the part where it asks, "How did you hear about Hungry Girl?" I'd appreciate it. :) It's worth a shot...

I've gotten back to working out three-five times a week and hopefully I'll keep it up.  I'm TRYING to eat healthier again too, but it's so hard since I got used to eating yummy, greasy fast food. Haha.  If I could just get my weight into the 120's...  I'd be SOO freaking happy!  I haven't been down there since high school.

On a crappier note, my pap smear is later today... I just want to get it over with. I know I sound like a baby, and I know I only have to go once a year, but I seriously hate the damn things.  Periods and pap smears can kiss my butt.  Suck it up, Nadia, suck it up...

I've been hanging out with Steph like four-five times a week for almost two months now.  Haha.  No telling how much gas we've wasted driving back and forth to each other's houses... But sadly, she's going to Mexico to see her family the whole month of July, and I don't know what I'm going to do without her. lol We're joined at the hip now... 

You're probably thinking, "Oh c'mon... It's only a month." Haha. And you're probably right... I'll get over it... I just know I'm going to miss her a lot.  Considering all I do is sit around the house most of the time, it's going to be a long month.  I guess it'll give me time to study though... I need to quit going out to the bars and spending money anyway. :)

Anyway... We've been best friends since 4th grade.  We went to the same elementary together, but b/c of where we lived, we had to go to different junior highs. We still hung out a lot though.  And when it came time for high school, 10th grade, we were able to go to the same high school together.  However, a stupid, immature fight "ruined" our friendship all the way until our first year of college.  We slowly started talking again and somewhat hung out together and with our best friend, Jess, who we also became best friends with in 4th grade... Now, for the past two years or so, we've been great friends!  We've been inseperable this summer, and I'm so glad to have my best friend back.  Everything is just like it used to be and even better.  I'm so happy we were able to grow up without growing apart...

All I've been doing is hanging out with my boyfriend, the crew, or just me and Steph mostly going out to the bars and whatnot. Geez, I sound like an alcoholic.  We mostly just go there b/c of the atmosphere and to chill and talk.

The Rascal Flatts concert was last night, and I'm soo sad I couldn't go!  I couldn't find anyone to go with me, and my boyfriend definitely wasn't going to go w/ me b/c he doesn't even really like RF, and then this guy that used to like me took me to their concert last year (this was during the time Ryan and I had broke up for a little while.) lol That's a whole other story in itself which I definitely don't feel like talking about.

My freakin' pap smear appointment is this coming Tuesday, and I'm dreading it!  It's one of the most uncomfortable things for me. Apparently none of my other friends have a problem with getting their pap smear, but I pretty much cry every time I get one b/c it's so uncomfortable.  I guess I'm just a baby.

So, I haven't even really gone to bed yet.  I'm probably about to though.  My hours are all screwed up.  I fell asleep at 6PM yesterday and woke up at 10PM, and I've been awake since.  I watched my two Netflix movies, "Say Anything" which was alright, and "Howl's Moving Castle" which was awesome.  I love anime movies!  Steph, Jess, and I decided we would go to IHOP together at 5AM.  lol.  The three of us were half dead, but we went anyway. 

Jess and her boyfriend, Jeremy, just moved into their new apartment yesterday.  I'm waiting for them to get their new furniture, and then I'm going to check it out.  I'm happy for them... and apparently it sounds like marriage is not too far off for them.  Crazy how time's flying.

I had one of the best nights last night!  Me, Katie, Paul, Chase, Steph, Caren, and Nuge had all planned to go out Saturday night to our usual bar.  And ok, I probably sound like an alcoholic saying that, but you can think what you want. I haven't actually gotten "drunk" in a long time!  Last night, however, my little friend, Chase, made sure that was going to change...  I had totally planned to only drink like one drink when I got there, but my friends kept feeding me drinks.  I guess as early birthday drinks.  Anyway... Steph and I saw our newly aquainted and favorite bartender, and he started us off the night with a free shot.  Suh-weet!  Then we all just kind of chilled and talked.  Well then Chase surprises me with a double shot which tasted awful by the way.  So after my free shot, his double shot, and my tall glass, I was already feeling tipsy.  Leave me alone.  I'm somewhat of a lightweight.  As the night went on, we danced some and laughed and had a good time.  By the time the four of us girls were pretty much drunk, guys started flying our way trying to hit on us and dance with us. Uhhhh NO thanks.  Also, I forgot to mention that my boyfriend, Ryan, didn't come out last night and it was my first night going without him to the bar. lol.  Paul and Chase took care of me though and chased the guys away.  This short little guy heard me say "It's my birthdayyy!" (Even though it obviously wasn't my birthday... Not until Wednesday anyway...) and he kept calling me the "birthday girl" all night and asking me what we were going to do afterwards.  Leave me the heck alone!  He kept staring at me and the girls all night.  Then towards the end of the night, I had some random weird looking Asian guy who kept tugging at my shirt and trying to turn me towards him so that I could talk to him.  Ughhh. *shivers* but I, of course, kept ignoring him and Chase would dance up on me and tried to pretend to act like he was my boyfriend.  Well, that obviously still didn't seem to chase this guy off.  So then he decided to buy me a drink.. Wth? And I asked him what it was... And he replied that it was a water... I took a sip, and it definitely wasn't a water.  So then I got a little scared... no telling what that weirdo put in it. lol. So I put it on the bar table when he wasn't looking.  After that he kinda walked away and then came back and tried tugging on my shirt again and ONCE AGAIN I ignored him and I heard his friend say, "Just leave her alone.. She's either not interested, or I think she might have a boyfriend..." LOL. Got rid of him.  Around this time, it was about time to go and I was freakin' trashed.  I had to hold Paul's hand to walk all the way back to our car b/c I kept stumbling around. We had the DD drive us to IHOP where I ended up throwing up in their bathroom.  Fun times.  And apparently at that same time, Katie threw up in her napkin at the table. lol. Or so I was told. We waited for an hour and got fed up b/c they took forever to serve our food, so we left. And instead, we ate corn dogs over at Paul and Katie's house. Haha.  But not before I barfed in their toilet one more time.  I felt so much better afterwards though. 

And anyway... I don't know what all happened in order at the bar, but I can remember going into the restroom and this girl was putting on her make-up and told me that it was OK for me to pee while she was in there. (It's just a restroom w/ a toilet and sink) LOL So I thought, "screw it" and peed while she was in there. Haha.  Something I would probably never ever do sober.  It still felt awkward, but whatever.  And she was talking to me while I was taking a leak as well.  I also remember like kind of swinging my arm behind me in the bar, and I started to feel this slightly sharp pain on my arm and then it hurt even more like something was burning me.  I freakin look and turns out I burned myself on this guy's damn cigarette, and he didn't even realize it.  I'm such an idiot. 

Steph, me, and Chase ended up staying the night over at Katie and Paul's... and weirdly enough for me, my best friend Steph and Chase kept hitting on each other all night, so I pretty much figured that they would sleep together last night in bed.  I don't mean have sex, b/c she's a virgin, but just probably cuddle and makeout all night. Ew. And I was right... They slept in the nice comfy guest room bed while my ass had to sleep out on the living room couch.  Which I'm not totally complaining b/c as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out. Haha. 

I totally had a blast at what ended up being my little pre-birthday night at the bar though.  I'm excited for next weekend for my actual "party" at the bar...  I don't want to get trashed again, but it's been made quite clear that everyone's buying me a shot or drink or something anyway.  I don't freakin think so, but whatever.  Should be fun...

OH OH... And my parents bought me a Wii for my birthday!!!  They bought me Mario Kart and Guitar Hero as well! I've been playing with it nonstop and I've been playing with people "online" on Mario Kart.  SO much fun even though they're hella hard to beat sometimes.  They're still taking me out to eat on my birthday and buying me a cake even though I sure as heck don't need any of it.  And then Ryan says he's doing something for me on my b-day but won't tell me what.

Memorial Day weekend was so much fun!

Thursday night I went out w/ Courtney and Stephanie to BENT in Downtown Ft. Worth.  They play nothing but Electro music on Thursday nights.  It was definitely something I wasn't used to, but I had a BLAST anyway!  The bartender was freakin' awesome and hooked us up with some free shots!  I briefly talked to this one guy and he wouldn't leave me the heck alone the whole night.  After ignoring him so much, I think he finally got the hint.  And I ran into our old "door guy" from the bar we go to every other week.  Annnddd at the end of the night, Steph ended up making out w/ him, and he even got her number.  Haha.  Crazy.

During the day on Friday, Ryan and I helped his grandma w/ her new TV and then I played Mario Kart on Wii with his little sister as well.  SO much fun!  Friday night we went over to our friends house, Katie & Paul's, to celebrate his b-day.  Nuge, CJ, POB, KOB, RyGuy, me, Nasty, Mammoth, Heather, Manny, and Chase were in attendance that night.  Yes, you like the nicknames we give our group?  My nickname happens to be "Nads" which everyone has always called me that.  Anywayyyy...  We spent the whole night playing Power Hour, which I didn't even bother playing b/c I didn't feel like drinking that night.. and we played Guitar Hero on Wii all night.  I totally sucked at Guitar Hero.  However, it totally made me want a Wii now!  Especially b/c of Mario Kart as well. 

Saturday night we went to visit Ryan's dad, uncle, little sister, & Ryan's cousin who came in town from Ohio.  He hasn't seen her in 10 years.  Anyway... They just swam in the apartment pool while Ryan and I watched.  Ryan and I didn't go swimming b/c we didn't know to bring swimsuits.  And then Ryan's cousin cooked us all dinner.  It was pretty good.  Afterwards we just chilled and watched some TV and then headed back down to the pool and just chilled and talked while drinking some cold beers.

Sunday afternoon Ryan and I headed over to Katie and Paul's house again to BBQ and drink a little w/ Chase and Nasty as well.  Paul bought steaks, hot dogs, and hamburgers from Central Market. SOOOO freakin' good!  Especially the filet mignon!!  Gawd I love Central Market!  After we ate and played some more Guitar Hero, which btw, I did pretty well this time, we decided to go swimming.  Ryan and I didn't have a swimsuit once again, b/c we didn't know we were going to go swimming, so him and I both borrowed Paul's swimming trunks.  Haha.  I feel like a fat ass for being able to wear the same size as Paul and Ryan.  Although I know girls have bigger hips usually yadda yadda yadda...  And I sure as heck do.  So we just swam and talked for a while, and before we knew it, these snotty little kids kept trying to do cannonballs to try and get us all wet.  Well, the guys had enough of it, haha... so they decided to do their own cannonballs. LOL.  I think they soaked everyone in the pool.  Lmao.  It was hilarious.  You could tell the kids loved it oddly enough, b/c they kept saying "Oh no" and "do it again" when the guys got ready to jump into the pool...  It was also funny b/c right before the guys jumped in, you could seriously look at most of the parent's faces and they'd have these shocked looks on their face like I guess they thought the guys were going to jump on their kid's heads or something... Anyway...

I was supposed to go swimming w/ Katie and her friend today, but it rained all friggin' day.  It finally stopped at 6PM-ish though.  I decided tonight that I was going to plan to do something for my 22nd birthday.  My b-day is June 4th, but I'm planning something for the 7th on a Saturday.  I'm trying to get all of my friends to come out that night and party/drink w/ me at some of the bars in Downtown Ft. Worth.  So far, everyone that I've invited has said Yes!  Yay!  I've also decided to make it like a black and red theme.  Everyone has to wear something black, red, or both that night.  Kinda dorky, but I think it'll be neat.  I'm hoping my b-day this year is much more awesome b/c last year for my 21st didn't go so good.  I have like three different groups of friends and none of them get along w/ each other. *rolls eyes* So for my 21st I had invited all of them for just dinner and NONE of them talked to each other.  It was awful.  I got kinda tipsy, so I didn't care too much and I still had somewhat of a good time... That's all that matters, I guess.  Haha.  So I'm inviting most of the same ppl that I did for my 21st and giving it a second try.  I think it'll go better this time though.  I'm not going to let anyone ruin my b-day...

So not too much has been going on... as usual.

I say I want a summer job, but I haven't even made an attempt to fill out applications besides at Barnes and Noble.  I kinda like doing nothing all day.  Haha.  WOW, I'm lazy.  All I did today was tan outside for a little and clean the crap out of my room.  I'm hoping my room will stay dust-free for longer than two days this time.  Gah.  All of the furniture in my room is black just about.  And our house collects dust like crazy.  Thank goodness for my Swiffer Dusters. :D

Our friend, Anna, is having her wedding this Sunday.  Crazy.  She's not even 21 yet.  I'm happy for them though.  I can't wait to see her wedding dress.  I've only been to one other wedding, and I was a bridesmaid in the wedding.  This will be my second, obviously.  I didn't have anything nice to wear, so Katie and I went shopping on Monday and I found a cute black & white dress.  I can NEVER EVER find a dress that looks cute on me.  Katie was looking for a dress to wear to the wedding too but didn't have any luck on finding one...

Wow, this entry is boring... 

Anyway... I stink.  I'm going to take a shower now.  Gnite!