so...it turns out there's a very simple explanation as to why i couldn't buy a plane ticket online with my credit card - it's almost maxed out. at first, i thought that there was something wrong with the credit card. like the bank cut me off or like someone charged something onto my account without me knowing. so the next day, i called my parents and told them that there was something wrong with my credit card. about an hour and a half ago, my dad called and told me that he called the bank and they told him that my balance is now $83, which, i admit, isn't *that* little, but it's a little scary considering that my credit limit is $500 which means that i spent over $400 in less than a month.

ergh... at first, i told my dad that there must be some mistake...that either the bank made a mistake or someone charged something onto my account without me knowing. because i looked at my receipts for my textbooks and i only spent about $170 total on textbooks. but then, after he hung up, i realized that i had also used my credit card to buy groceries and such and i realized that it made sense, unfortunately. :-/ so, i called dad back and told him that i forgot about the groceries and that he didn't have to call the bank tomorrow. i totally expected him to like, yell at me or something, but he didn't, bless his heart. i love my dad. but i still feel really guilty about it, even though my roommates paid me back for the groceries. maybe it's cuz i'm still planning on going major clothes shopping tomorrow with melissa. even after i found out that my credit card wasn't working (or so i thought), i *still* planned on going shopping with melissa. i can't help it. :( i neeed new cloooothes...

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! i really need to marry rich or something. otherwise, i'm gonna be bankrupt and still living with my parents at 28 years old.

well, okay, so maybe i'm like overreacting just a little. the first month of the quarter is always expensive because of books and crap and especially since it's the beginning of the year, we had to stock up on groceries and stuff. so it makes sense, right? i'm not just a bad spender, right? right? hello? hello...?

anyway, the fire drill wasn't too bad. i set my alarm for like 705 because i didn't want to be awakened by the fire alarm. so i woke up at 705, got out of bed, looked around, and then plopped back into bed and just lay there waiting for the alarm. it is the freakiest, scariest alarm i've ever heard. it is NOT a normal alarm. it's like screechy and sounds like it belongs in a horror movie or something. anyway, got out of bed again when i heard the alarm go off. dragged my scrawny ass outside into the FREEZING COLD. it was unbelievably cold this morning. it was painful. it was also really really REALLY foggy. the fog here is really thick and really low since we're so close to the coast so yeah, that was gross too. it was kinda funny seeing like a ton of college sophomores standing outside at 7 am half-asleep and freezing though. okay, so i have a weird sense of humor. we checked in with carlos (our ra) and then just stood around waiting for them to tell us we could go in. me and sanaz just started singing "your song" from moulin rouge like really badly and totally off key. i don't know why we did that. we just did.

ooh!! that reminds me, whose line is it anyway last night was HYSTERICAL. yeah, it usually is, but like, every skit/game just made me burst out laughing. maaan, that show is hilarious. anyway, they played the "scenes from a hat" game, and there was this one scene that was like, "what life would be like if people randomly burst out into song." of course, couldn't help but start laughing because it totally reminded me of what happened last last weekend. and what ryan stiles did was pretty funny. he squat down and started singing, "*WHERE IS ALL THE TOILET PAPER? WHERE IS ALL THE TOILET PAPER?*" ahhh...such a funny show. =D

anyway, back to the fire drill. after we got the okay to go back to our rooms, carlos told all of us to head over to A5 where he had boxes of glazed krispy kreme donuts waiting for us!! he's such a cool guy...our building was the only building that got free krispy kreme donuts!! ;) so then i took one, went back to my room, and fell back asleep. when i woke up at 10, it was really warm and sunny!! such weird weather, man. but i didn't complain. :) love the sun.

blah, this is a boring blog. so i'll stop talking now. can't wait to go shopping with mel tomorrow though. yaaay!! :)