is this what relaxation feels like?

so finals are over and i still haven't gotten my much anticipated facial or massage. yet. i'm thinking this week sometime, before the madness of summer internships begin. here are some thoughts and updates:

• i've found the cure for the horrendous break-out of post-finals blemishes and pimples: tea tree oil. L. and i went shopping last sunday and i got a tiny bottle from the body shop. i've been putting the oil directly on my "irritated" skin once a day for a week. oh. my. word. use it. love it. live it.
• making bath salts is INCREDIBLY easy. just combine 1 cup of epsom salts, 1/4 cup kosher or sea salt, a few drops of food coloring, and the essential/fragrance oil of your choice. put it in a pretty glass jar and voile! bath salts.
• i've had so much free time that i've rediscovered day-time television. even though i really should be doing the required reading for my internships (who REQUIRES reading for INTERNSHIPS anyway?!). so now i'm in love with charmed (yes, i said charmed, which i know is no longer even making new episodes). and i'm in love with drew fuller. and although i've always hated the term...he's such eye candy. had a dream about him last night....completely platonic, i promise.
• "i have a cute-ass friend named D."
• i want to remodel. i've been dreaming about doing that as well. and can i just say that in my dreams, i am DAMN clever?! i've come up with a bunch of things that i SWEAR are genius when it comes to redecorating. i should have been an interior designer.
• the oakland zoo is cool.

and CONGRATULATIONS L.! i'm so excited! first of the quints to get engaged!!!

and that's about it for me right now. i miss my friends, who are all gone all over the world right now. COME BACK ALREADY!!!

the bay just sucks you dry

can we discuss how expensive it is to rent in the bay area?

here i am, puttering around on craigslist (successfully blowing off studying for my contracts exam), and i quickly realize that with the money N. and i are going to spend on rent if ("if"? i really should start being proactive and say "when" instead, shouldn't i?) we move out, we could just as easily afford a MULTI-BEDROOM HOUSE in another area. i'm serious. look at north carolina. and yeah, i mean, what's in north caroline, right? you wanna know what? CHEAP HOUSING. and we're not talking ghetto either. no, we're talking brand new ocean side or beautiful historic down town.

okay, so i'm never moving to north carolina, but that's not the point. go look up seattle. we could get a nice apartment in fremont (beautiful lake side boutique-y FREMONT) for cheaper than it is to get an apartment in the middle of OAKLAND!

and we have this offer from N.'s mom. she wants N. to keep living at home for the first year of grad school so he can save money. if he does, he doesn't have to pay any rent. in additional (i guess it's "if i agree"), i don't have to pay utilities anymore. how's that for incentive, right? and it is great here (dog, family, nice house, low rent), but i moved out of my mom's house a long time ago, you know? i guess i'm just ready to move out of my boyfriend's mom's house too.

but that would be so much easier if i wasn't living in the most expensive area in the damn country.

so here you go USF, here's most of my money. and oakland? you can just have the rest.

*sigh* who am i kidding, i just really want to decorate something...