I spent my day at the library today. I know this sounds like a boring thing for most people, but for me, it’s like my own little slice of Heaven. I don’t care if the kids are loud - mind you, they were very loud today, and running on tables. I don’t care of people look at me funny. I don’t care about any of these things, as long as I get to be around things I care about - books! I know this might come as a surprise as I don’t mention it often, but I love books. I’ve been an avid reader since I was two. Yes, two. I was reading books and even parts of the newspaper as a toddler. Funny story, actually. My grandparents are always glad to tell it. I used to walk around with I Can Fly in my hand, reading it to anyone that would listen. They were so convinced I had memorized the words, but I kept telling them I was reading it. They finally believed me when they took the book and gave me a newspaper instead!

Anyway, back to the library. I spent all day there, looking at books. I took two out at one point in the morning, probably around noon if I had to guess. I went back and found about five more I wanted, so I decided to take those out as well! Went up to the self-scanner thing, put my library card under it, and what does it say? “Please visit the circulation desk to check out your books.” I’m thinking this must be some sort of fraud thing, since I’d already checked out books during that day, so I walk on up to the desk and explain that to the woman behind the counter. The next words out of her mouth crushed me, though: “Your card only allows you to check two out at a time.” Wait, WHAT? Two at a time? I have seven delicious books in my hand just waiting to be read, and I can only have two?

Thankfully, I was able to skim through a few of them before Matt came to pick me up and make a list of the ones I wanted for next time, so I know what to get out. I’m going to try to get my card up to “regular” status instead of this weird limited one. I think if I bring my temporary resident paper they’ll see my address and hey, it’s from the government! If not, I’ll have to get Matt to go back to get a new one, as he seems to have lost his, unfortunately. On the bright side, while hunting for his card (with no luck, of course) I came across a few letters and cards that we can add to our immigration pile for “proof” of our relationship. It still terrifies me that I’m putting my marriage in the hands of someone that I have never met, but I guess it’s a risk I have to take, since I’ve fallen in love with a Canadian man!

I’ve done more research on hypothyroidism over the past few days, and the more I read the more I realize that this has to be my problem. Once I have health care I think I’m going to go in to get it checked out, because it’ll be much better to know and have it treated. How amazing would it be if after struggling with anxiety, depression and weight gain (amongst other things, though those three are the most visible symptoms for me) that I would find out that none of it is my “fault” and that it can be treated? I’d be super relieved, not to mention the fact that perhaps for once my hard work when it comes to healthy eating and working out might actually finally pay off. I’m so over being fat and depressed.

I’m installing the Sims 2 right now. I uninstalled it because my previous installation was a mess - all random folders and tainted with custom content that didn’t work, and extra files in the game. It’ll be nice to have a clean slate to play on! I just hope I can have self-control and, oh, I don’t know, organization when it comes to custom content this time. No sense in messing up the game again. Especially not with this many installations, as they’d take forever to wade through and reinstall, like they are now!

Anyway, I believe I’m going to finish these installations and head to bed to watch some Spongebob (Hey, what can I say? I love the little yellow guy!) and read French Women Don’t Get Fat. I hope everyone has a wonderful night!

Obviously, it’s a great deal to a woman’s heart, too. Including my own.

I need to vent. After this morning, I had a rough day. The middle wasn’t so bad. After I got my laundry out of the dryer (still wet, mind you, because our apartment complex is cheap and won’t get good dryers) and took forever to fold it, I had a rather good day. I did some PvP with my guildmates (friends), I watched two episodes of House with Matt, ate a yummy dinner, started a new neighbourhood in The Sims 2… The day was going good.

Then… I started raiding. I’m in Hyjal tonight, which isn’t very shadowpriest-friendly to begin with. But my computer went berserk and I’ve died on both bosses we’ve killed so far, I’m way far down on the meters (yes, damage meters - they’re not everything but it’s a good judge of if I’m pulling my weight) and I’m generally feeling like tonight, raiding sucks. Oh, and one of my headphones is shorting out again and making freaky noises and not working. Why can headphones not last for me? I take good care of them. They’re always put away and in a safe spot. So why do they die?

Also, tomorrow I’m restarting this “diet” and “exercise” thing. I am so tired of shooting myself in the foot every time I start doing well. It just gets so tiring after a while that I want to give up. I just want to be happy, you know? I want to be content with myself.

* Quote from Francesco Guicciardini

Today was an emotional day. I’m okay, there’s nothing wrong, but I just felt emotional. I was angry, then depressed, then happy. I wish I knew why, but I figured it would pass, and it’s seeming to. I think I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

Because I wasn’t feeling too hot, we ordered pizza. Yum! I’m a fan of Domino’s, even though I know pizza isn’t the healthiest. I’m still determined to start fresh tomorrow. The forecast says there isn’t supposed be snow, so I’ll be able to go to the gym. I’m thinking I’ll go in the early evening and go to a body jam class.

I’m playing the Sims again. I’m loving the new expansion pack! I’ve got my second Legacy generation to the point of being toddlers. I hope I can get further this time than the other times. The new expansion makes it more fun to play, though!

I emptied out my downloads folder for the Sims 2, and now I’m re-downloading a bunch of stuff. I’ve decided to give this Legacy family yet another try, if only to check off the item on my 101 things list. May as well, right?

So, I’m on the lookout for quality custom content. Know of any sites? List them here!

Sigh, I only hope that this post will be nearly as good as it was the first time. Seriously, WTF, WordPress?

I’ve been slacking a bit on my 101 things list. I need some progress! So let’s see what is in progress that can be done fairly easily, shall we?

Sleep “normal” hours every day for a month.

I started this on 5/7/07, meaning, on 6/8/07, I can cross this off my list as complete. I’m shocked at myself, but maybe I’ve trained my body to work properly, hm?

Blog every day for 90 days.

I started this while Matt was away on April 2nd. This means that today marks 60 days of blogging daily. That leaves me with one month to go!

Finish my Legacy Challenge family: all ten generations.

Despite my computer giving me problem after problem after problem after problem trying to get this goal done, I think it’ll finally work. I’m only on generation two so far, but hey, it’s a start. I’ve started other families, too, but I’m leaving those as a surprise because they’re just nifty, but I want more work done on them, first. In the meantime, I’ve got my hot legacy family. By hot, I mean awesome genes. I need to get some default templates for skins and make my townies hot, too, though. I don’t want to risk losing the good genes somewhere down the line!

Anyway, back to the list.

Watch 100 of IMDB’s top 250 films.

Still quite a few to go, but I need to start watching films all the time. I’m home all the time, this shouldn’t be too hard, right? Right. Expect to see some progress on this one.

Get an alt character on World of Warcraft to level 70.

What can I say? Leveling just isn’t my thing.

Try three new restaurants.

I’m one restaurant short. ONE. This should be simple.

Finish this list.

I need to think of 15 more things, I believe. Any suggestions?