2:38 am, Sunday morning (but really Saturday night), last night of Thanksgiving break. I almost added '2004' to the end of that sentence but it read too melodramatic.

As always, I wish I'd done a little more during this break. My intention was to write my CDP (community development plan), which is due on Wednesday, tonight. I was stuck in babysitting for the little sister, you see. But instead, Ryan came over. This makes an even (odd?) 5 times this week we've seen each other. Not too damn bad. If y'all want juicy details you're gonna have to get them outta me in person, cuz I'm not writing a lot about it in here. At least not right now.

Three more weeks. Three more weeks of classes, last minute cramming, paper-writing, examming, program planning, program organizing, program publicizing, UCTV nonsense, small infrequent paychecks, being the person 50 people go to with their problems. At home I'm the daughter, big sister, little sister, granddaughter, niece, girlfriend, temporary housekeeper, babysitter, and cat owner. At school, I'm the CA, the new CA, the junior accounting major, the finance manager, the girl who works at the tv station, the friend, the ex-girlfriend, the girlfriend. It's funny how the hat you wear changes depending on who's looking at you. One of my goals that I had never verbalized had to do with personal integrity - being me no matter who's looking. It's tough when the room has you labeled as 'newbie' when you just want to be 'Laura'. That is the reason college kids love to go home - their families know them regardless of what labels they've gotten themselves stuck with. So no matter how caught up I get in my own importance at school, someone here will always make me clean out the bathroom tub.

Tomorrow......pack, clean (?), pick up Brandon and his girlfriend, head out - at school, edit weekend program commercial, make fliers for thursday program, start (hopefully finish) paper for EPSY, do any EPSY assignments I may have neglected, maybe gym, a lot of general organization of my person. And finance homework. Accounting 201 exam Thursday, paper due Wednesday, Finance due Tuesday. Meetings Tuesday night and Friday afternoon, possibly Monday afternoon as well. Programs Thursday night and Saturday night. Duty Friday night. Group project for EPSY due following Wednesday.

Gotta figure out finals schedule.....but even more than that, need to go to sleep. I hope I get all A's this semester. It's a possiblity.

Have I written in here yet that I love break? I love break. Love it.

Most breaks like this I'd be on day 3 or 4 of staying up til 4am and sleeping til 2, wondering how it got to be Wednesday already when all I'd accomplished is laundry (if I was that lucky). This time, I can honestly say I'm using this break in a most excellent fashion. Y'all already know about the shopping and show at the Palace - that was the weekend. Monday, did a couple errands, read an entire Amanda Quick novel, and went to Cromwell with Ryan for movie at Julie's. I got to see my J girls, and we all got to hear Ryan and Alejandro discuss the mythical inaccuracies of Disney's "Herculese". Today, another couple errands, then drove down to Seymour to Ryan's house for the first time. It went really, really well - got along just fine with the parents/brother, the food was awesome, and got in some high-quality time with my boy. Plus scored one of his sweatshirts (wearing it now). It is now 1am and I am pleasantly sleepy, and looking forward to another night of sleeping in my own bed in my own quiet house.

Life is indeed good.

I am home, my room is a horrid mess, went shopping with my mom today, and I miss my man. I did get an awesome new outfit at the Weathervane though...it's odd, going from constant motion to dead stop and three meals a day - I may just put back on the weight I lost at school. Tomorrow, going to see Lord of the Dance with mom and Aunt Anita. Monday, hopefully seeing my J girls plus some other randoms, and Tuesday....meeting Ryan's family. I can't wait to see him again, already feels like it's been too long.....ah, the honeymoon stage. I saw him on Thursday for about an hour, so by Tuesday it'll be a full five days since we've seen each other last. Unless I can get him in on whatever movie night thing we do Monday.

Damn, it's nice having just....this stuff to worry about. Just wish my room wasn't so gross...maybe it'll magically clean itself the same way my laundry has been since I got home ;)
I'm going futon shopping, looking forward to rearranging my room at school with a childlike sense of anticipation. I think I ate too much today.

Sleepy like crazy right now. It's been...a constant blur of motion lately. I know I'm in the right area of study - I look at the CSE or science majors and I think, why? Academically I've been doing very well lately - 4 or 5 100's in a row on Accounting 201 quizzes, 98's on Finance and OPIM midterms, A- on tax exam, etc. Those are just the highlights, believe me there's plenty of variety in there. Wow, I'm exhausted.

Several factors in the sleepiness - one, Ryan stayed over last night, and if you're just tuning in, Ryan is my new boyfriend. And every time I mention him, I mention that he's 6'3". Because next to me, yeah looks odd. But this kid makes me happy. So last night, just an innocent sleepover, except that's really hard to do in a twin bed. Everyone knows that, but we tried anyway. So consequently, there was a fire alarm at 4am. I'm convinced that was the reason. I'm going on 2-3 hours sleep, max here.

Today after my first class, I went to the station, updated the books, did payroll things (went to business office at Student Union first, forgot that), and a couple other housekeeping things, headed back here. Then I.....what did I do......made some calls about upcoming group program, found that the body shop idea isn't going to work out, called UConn wellness center, who never returned my call. Worked on publicity for big weekend program, got some things finalized. Showered, went to class. Got out early, went to get food - random breakfast food at Ryan, went for the omelette bar, they screwed mine up twice. Came back, did some more housekeeping things, e-mailed uconn wellness, sent out e-mail about upcoming commercial shoot, went on duty. Had floor meeting at 8, went well - was going to do movie night, but was postponed to tomorrow night by popular vote. Chilled with neighbor, had deep insightful conversation about relationships, and now I have an anecdote. See, there are a few accounting majors in my building, and being that I see them in class and here, it gets confusing telling them apart. I know there's an Eric on the 6th floor and a Steve on the 3rd. So, Alana had a program tonight for floors 3 and 6. While on duty tonight, after the meeting, one of the guys stopped to say hi to me, and I introduced him to both the kids I was with as Steve. In the course of conversation he asked me what was going on - I said it was a pizza party for them, and there was his RA walking by. He was confused. And then I realized that he was in fact Eric. The crazy part is, he played along so I wouldn't look stupid. Cute, eh?

So after coming upstairs and doing rounds, during which I because confused as to what floor I was on (I said I was tired), I settled in and proceeded to set a new record for myself on simultaneous AIM conversations. Or rather Gaim, which I found out is much cooler than AIM, and is free. This is also when Ichecked my e-mail and found out my OPIM grade, which I still don't quite believe. So I had to rub it in one of my guys' faces. Because I'm a good CA like that.

Just now I did rounds again, and on 6 I walked by an open room and I thought it was Eric, but I didn't say hi - I know now that it was him, and I was going to give him a hard time about the Steve thing (another weird thing about that is that the real Steve showed up later in the night and I introduced him as well), but instead I walked by on autopilot. Picture the overtired RA stumbling down hallways and pinching herself in the arm - I'm just glad it's a Wednesday night, and consequently nothing is going down.

I have like....a lot more to do in the next 2 days, but at the end of it, I'll be home and I'll sleep for a very long time. And on Sunday, girls' day with my mom and my aunt. The good aunt, too! Sometime next week, meeting Ryan's family. And then he meets mine. Or maybe in the reverse order.

So, do I write better when I ramble like this?

Someone remind me to not volunteer for extra Saturday duty.....ugh. So this weekend so far, not the most productive....yet still, I'm holding my eyes open long enough to blog. My fingers are sore from guitaring. That's what I have to show for today - sense of frustration, sore fingers, minimal work done. Could be worse though - I still don't have cancer. So there's really nothing to complain about. And thanks to a renewed interest in Jagged Little Pill (older Alanis Morissette album), I can play at least two new songs.

Time for sleep.

There may be something to all these moral development theories they feed to us in EPSY 230. I'm not the same person I was last year, or even last week. It's like the learning never stops!

Updates:
1) Beloved staff member from my building is "no longer on staff."
2) I'm getting good grades.
3) Stress level on an overall decrease.
4) New beau!
5) Childhood friend deployed to Afghanistan.
6) Thanksgiving break happening in 1.5 weeks.

Accrued bonuses ARE deductible, provided that
1) They are paid within 2.5 months of the next fiscal year, and
2) The person(s) they are payable to are not related parties of the business in question, usually meaning they own less than 50% of the shares.

If they're payable to a related party, ie major shareholder, and that shareholder is a cash-basis taxpayer, then the corporation cannot deduct the accrued amount until the payee recognizes the income.

What have we learned today?

1. When calculating the total value of the annuity in problem 6-22, use 8%, NOT 5%.

2. Unearned revenue is tax-deductible.

3. Accrued bonuses are not.

4. Reslife...I don't know how to put it into words. Speechless. In the bad way.

5. We're all behind you, Kwan.