The people you trust will expect it, your greatest enemies will desire it, and those you treasure the most will, without fail, abuse it.

Revenge is my favorite TV show this season. That’s really saying something, considering how many shows I watch. I’m kind of a television whore. The shows I’m keeping up with this season (mostly thanks to Hulu) are: Revenge, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Grimm, Whitney, The New Girl, and Glee. Not to mention all of the shows I am in the middle of watching on disc (Fringe) or on Netflix (I’m not even going to try to name all of them). Anyway, Revenge is by far my favorite right now. It’s chock full of drama, and I absolutely love the cast. I love Nolan (Gabriel Mann), and I’m loving my old lit professor for making me read The Talented Mr. Ripley last Spring because Tyler is SO very much Tom Ripley. Tonight’s episode was fantastic, and the preview for next week’s episode has me on the edge of my seat!

ANYWAY. It’s been a little while since I blogged last (as usual), and I suppose I should wish everyone a happy New Year! Mine was rather uneventful… We went to the Cactus with Russell and Erin, but I didn’t feel much like going out or drinking, so I was pretty bored for most of the evening. What kind of 22-year-old goes to a club on New Year’s Eve and spends the whole time reading Wuthering Heights and not drinking? I did see a couple of friends that I hadn’t seen since high school though, so that was really nice.

Did anyone make any really great resolutions for the new year? I haven’t really talked to anyone who has. I’ve seen a few good lists on blogs, though. I’m not really going to make a resolution this year – every year it has something to do with losing weight, and while I would LOVE to lose weight, I really just want to start eating better, exercising, and feeling better about myself as a whole. I have felt terrible lately, and I’m not sure if it’s my lack of exercise, what I’ve been eating, or my lady problems (or a combination of everything), but I would really like to start feeling good again. I think I would be a lot happier. I’ll tell you something, though – it’s really hard to eat healthy when you eat 85% of your meals at work or school. I’m trying, though. I’ve been drinking a lot more water for the past few days, and I am going to try to start either the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred or the Insanity work out this weekend. I know I won’t be able to keep up with it every day (I’m way more realistic than that), but I want to try to start doing it 2-3 times a week. I don’t think that goal is too high.

AND, as I mentioned earlier, I’m in the middle of Wuthering Heights right now! I’m really proud of myself for starting it, and I’m actually really surprised at how much I’m enjoying it. It’s not a quick read like I’m used to (I love the ‘look up’ feature on my Nook), but it’s a lot better than I thought it would be. I was having trouble finding something that I wanted to read after I finished re-reading the Mortal Instruments & Infernal Devices series’. I LOVE those books, and the characters are so well-developed that a lot of YA books just don’t compare. If you’ve read anything amazing recently (YA, science fiction, non-fiction, whatever), let me know! I need something that I won’t want to put down. I did make a goal to read 40 books in 2012. I’m hoping I’ll be able surpass that number easily, but I don’t know how classes will be this year. Wish me luck.

Okey doke, I’m going to go back to curling up on the couch and watching Friends reruns. I have to work in the morning, and I have the feeling it’s going to be a long day.

It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it was really just my Saturday night. And it was SO FUN! Haha. Nick’s birthday was last Wednesday, and we all went out Saturday night to celebrate. It was supposed to be a surprise for him, but everyone kind of flaked out. Tara and I were the only ones to surprise him – he thought I was out with Jordan in Frankfort. We didn’t get to Indy in time for dinner, but we were waiting for them at Talbott Street when they were finished. It was Nick and Kris, Nick’s sister Amber, their friend Heather, and Jim. And Tara and I, of course. I’m really glad we went out. It was really fun. I tried to talk Jordan into coming with us, but he didn’t think he’d be comfortable.

[I've been making sure that everyone knows that I was significantly closer to the camera than everyone else... My head's not really that big!:)]

There was a drag show at Talbott Street that night – it was pretty exciting. One of the queens actually came over and started talking to Nick about his birthday: “No honey, you’re not just queer – you’re FUCKIN’ queer! Everyone on the count of three, let’s say ‘Happy birthday, Nick, you’re a ‘mo!’” It was hilarious. After that was over, we danced for a while at Talbott Street and then headed over to the Metro, where Nick proceeded to dance around the pool table singing songs from Rent into his pool cue.

It was just a pretty great night in general. And Jordan and I had gone to lunch in Lafayette before that (TGI Friday’s for the first time ever! I know, I’m lame). Saturday was a fabulous day.

The birthday boy (Nick) is the one in the green shirt. I’ve been giving him a hard time all week because he is now closer to 25 than 20. Haha. I don’t have a lot of room to talk, though… I’ll be 23 in February!

Last week was fall break for my school. I even had an easy week at work. I’m ready to get back to busy again. I work five days in a row this week, and classes start again tomorrow. It’s going to be super busy, but that’s what I want right now. I can’t really explain it better than that… Today was supposed to be a good, relaxing day off with my boyfriend, but we didn’t do anything (he worked last night and went to bed early this afternoon), and I’ve had enough relaxation. I think too much when I have nothing more important to do.

Have a great week, all.

I was talking to Nick today about credit scores – he’s been trying to get a loan and had to pay a few bills before the bank would give him one (even with his grandma co-signing) – and I’m starting to wonder what mine is. So, I came home and paid all of my outstanding doctor bills with the insurance account ($471!!). I wish that was all I had to worry about.

However, I still have an ~$8,000 loan (with a 21% interest rate) going against my credit. Sebert and I bought a car from a buy here/pay here place when we were still married, and when we separated, he stopped paying for it. He stopped paying for it, stopped driving it, and I’m pretty sure it’s just sitting in someone’s driveway in Tennessee, immobile. The last time I heard anything about it, it wasn’t running at all. The company that we bought it from won’t repossess it because it’s in another state, and the company is Indiana-based only. They wouldn’t take my name off the lease when we got divorced because they considered me a co-signer, and I guess that means my name can’t be taken off the lease until the car is paid off. SO – all that being said – I don’t really know what to do about it.

I don’t want to end up having to pay off this car. It will take me years (upon years, upon years, considering how much money I make), and I was hoping to get a new(used) car soon. All I want is a dependable car that isn’t going to start falling apart two months after I purchase it.
So, my thought is that I am going to see what the finance company that we bought the car from can do for me, and if they refuse to help me, I’m going to see how much it would cost for me to hire a lawyer and sue Sebert for the amount that we still owe on the car (which, with interest, is probably around $13,000 right now). I don’t even know if it is possible for me to do that. But I do know that since his girlfriend is getting ready to have a baby, he won’t be willing to help me out AT ALL with the car. I’m not even going to ask.

Any thoughts on this situation? Has anyone been put in this situation before? I know that it is partially my fault for not doing something about it sooner, but I was under the impression that he was going to (should’ve known better, hey?). I guess my only plan of action right now is to get ahold of my friend Jamie to see if she knows where the car is (the last I knew, it was at her house in Tennessee) and wait for the guy from the finance company to call me back. Wish me luck.