Summer

Well, Classes start in the morning. Summer has come and gone, and it went by so fast, its hard to believe! I actually managed to get away two times for vacations, the first being over the fourth for about 5 days, Wed. to Sun. Part of that was at the lake and the other part was in St. Louis, so I actually got away with both sides of the family, which was really good! Then in the begining of Aug. my dad's whole family went to MN for a week of fun in the sun. We had such a good time! One of the best stories comes from the middle of the week, when my grandpa rented a pontoon boat for an hour and took us all around the lake. We were comming around a point in the lake and there was a 'danger' bouy, and we all pointed it out to him, he insisted in going between the point and the bouy, well, we all warned him, and my cousin looked from grandpa to the bouy about three times then started saying "Ummm, I can see the bottom, it's really shallow here, maybe we should go out and around!!!??? Classical grandpa kept going and we beached the boat, and the motor died!! Luckly it started right back up and we were fine!!! It was so funny, and classic of him. We all about died laughing, my dad actually had tears running down his face, my grandma could have died of hummiliation, she HATES boats, but was trying to be a good sport!! So we make it back to the dock all safe and in one piece, and papa actually docks very well for him, we were all amazed, and he high tails it off the boat and leans off the back to pee, which was also very funny, because we all looked at him and were wondering what he was doing when it became ovbious what he was doing. My middle cousin almost let the cat out of the bag about our incident on the boat, but I managed to stop him, whew!! The trip was so much fun, I hope we can do it again!! The only bad part was when we all left, adn it was on my birthday, that was NOT fun!!

wow, Redux

Well, I can't believe it has been over two months! It's been crazy around here. I'm now working 2 places at the same company, taking a summer class, and, and, and. It seems like so much more, but I guess that's it for right now. as far as that goes

Floods- In a town close to my heart, they are preparing for floods that are compairable to the one in '93. This is not where I live, but I have family there, and lived once. The officials are now saying that it is not a matter of if, it's now a matter of when it will happen, so I've been contemplating on whether to go over and help with sandbagging, as they have been asking for help, but that's as far as I have gotten.

Crazy Weather-Not only has it been raning like crazy, but we've had some mightly scary weather, like big storms, up north there were 8 people killed in late May. We have had more than enough rain for the whole summer, and then some. Farmers have not gotten all the crops in, and it's going to be at LEAST 1-2 weeks before they can start getting back in. The crops that are already in, well, lets say it's not going to be a 'bin buster' this year, I don't think. There is worse that could be happening, I guess, so in some ways they are lucky

Summer- Just a month and a half before we leave for our big vacation up north and I need it! Like up north-another state and with my whole dad's side of the family. I'm so excited!! Well I guess that is it for right now, I should be able to updaye again soon, I hope it won't be months, I guess I've been busy with nothing.

Wow!

I can't believe that's it has been this long of a time. It's been crazy as usual- work, school, and more work! I love my job! It can be slightly frustrating at times, but that is a job, hell, I'd be worried if it wasn't!! I have to say eventhough I haven't been home a lot at the appartment, I'm getting frustrated with my roommates and how they expect me to ALWAYS do things for them and then if I need anything from them, they act like it's the end of the world. Tonight for example one of them came and asked if I knew where the iron was, I told her no, it should be by the dryer, so she found it, but then couldn't figure how to get it turned on. When she was done with it, she did unplug it, but was going to set it on a metal cart, which was fine, but she put the hot part twards the drywall wall, and I told her not to, because it was a fire hazard, because I'm kind of crazy like that. It probably would have been fine, but I'm crazy. I told them that we (they) need to wash the dishes better, because when I've been getting dishes out of the cabnet, I've been having to wash them before using them, because they are still dirty. UGH this frustrates me to no end!! Also it is weird that they can get up eairly or stay up as late as they want, and they can be loud, but when I get up early, or stay up, I'm always quiet to not disturb them, but I'm sure that if I was loud I would not hear the end of it! Is it crazy for me wanting to get up at the crack of dawn somemorning and be loud so that the wake up and possibly understand how frustrating it is to me. I also want to SLAM the door about a kijillion times, because they always let it slam, and it is so LOUD, if they are up later than me, it usually wakes me up. And if they leave before I'm awake, it wakes me up, and it just drives me nuts!!!!!!!! I don't want to say anything to them as I don't want to scare them away from me, but I feel like I need to because I'm going NUTS. This is not all they do, I drive them EVERYWHERE, and at the drop of a hat. Take last night, I got home from work at 9:45, and they wanted to go to Wal Mart sometime, like today while I was in class, I told them this would not work, and the only time to go would be right then, it was 10:20, and I realized that I had to go back to work and drop something off, and it had to be right then, so I told them if the are coming, that I was leaving then, because what I had to take back to work, should never leave work! It was a complete accident that I brought it home with me. It took me a half hour or so at work and they were mad that it took me so long, they needed to get back to study, they would be up till 3 or 4 in the morning, but they were the ones that needed to go. They got mad that I parked so far away from the door, but I coulden't park closer because of handicap parking! They got mad because I took the long way from work to the store!! Maybe it's me getting the wrong impressions from them, I NEED A VACATION!!!!! I'm starting to get stressed about all the papers that I have to write for school.... 2 in gov't, 2 in Human relations, about 3 more in Comp II and I'm not doing well in math class. I'm divoting all of Saturday to studdying, because Sun, I have to drive 85 miles each way to a class for work!!!!!!!! UGGHH!! They are still up and the door keeps slamming!!!!!!

Prayers go out to Dekalb

Well, I don't feel that I'm qualified to post much about this incident, but I do have oppinions about it. What have we as a society done or done wrong to the individuals that have done this kind of stuff, I realize that people may not know that the person is dangerous, but come on, there has to be SOME sort of indication that they are troubled and are in need of help. What can we do to help prevent this from happening more and more, because it sooms that is happening at an alarming rate, and this is the closest one to me by far, in December it was Omaha, and now in Dekalb, which is only about 3 hours from here, maybe that's why I'm so concerned with this one. When I first geard about it I had a major freak out session, because I saw Illinois University, and my cousin attends school in Illinois, but at another school, I knew this, but when I saw that, I did not take the .25 seconds it would have taken to put this together, I immediatly called my mom, and she reminded me that he's not in Dekalb, and it is the wrong school name, and while I've been somewhat able to calm down, at least about that, but for reason this shooting is hitting close to home or something, because I'm still worked up about it. I think we as a society need to figure out what and if we can do more to help prevent things like this from happening, and help the people that are so troubled that they carry something like this out. Like I said earlier, I don't think that a person can nessairly tell that another person is going to be this violent, but there has to be some sort of indication that the person needs help, a person just dosen't get up one morning, and decide to do something like this, at least I don't think so. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so! Please know that this rant is not meant to take away any of the seriousness of the situation, or to make any less of an ordeal out of it, I truly am praying for the people affected by this tradigy! 5 dead, and 16+ injured, and then the gunman killed himself, this is horrible, horrible, horrible.






Discaimer: Sorry for the bad spelling, the spell checker is not working and I can't figure it out (supprise, supprise!!)

Snow, Snow, and more snow!!

We have about 7 inches and are still getting snowing, we are to get 10+ inches most likely 15 or so. We are stuck in the building today, I'm already board, and it's not yet 8. It's going to be a LONG day, I did rent a few movies yesterday, I think 4, but 2 were free, and I have them all for 5 days, so I think I'll be watching movies and resting, I don't feel that well, I had the jibbies this morning, NOT fun!! We went to D-town Sunday, and on our way back we went 25mph, no faster the roads were horrible, it had started to snow. Then we went again Monday and it was so foggy, we got so lost in Milan, we finally made it back safely, thank god. The drivers side winsheild wiper quit working between here and BG, so I pulled off there and tried to get it working, but I couldn't, so I got to get that fixed, I should probably take it to Cole, but we'll see!! That's about all the exictement that is going on here. I might make cookies later, I need to try and go to church today, it is Ash Wednesday, and a Holy Day of Obligation

Well

I'm not working this morning, I called yesterday morning to see if they still needed me, and they didn't, so I don't have to work, Yeah!! We are not going live on the registers today, they have a couple of weeks worth of work left to do, I could have told them that last week when I was there. The whole store, EVERY item has to be double checked in to the new system, and part of the process is not working right, we are going to have to do it the ahrd way, which also takes much more time, for part of the store. They still have to find checker stands that are compatible with the new equipment, they were lucky enough at the other stores that the old stands worked with the new equipment, but not at my store, which dosen't supprise much. Last I knew, they were going to flip flop our stands with another store. We'll see... Sunday Kaltrina and I are finally going to get our belly buttons pierced. I've waited for this since before Christmas, and I'm so excited!!! I work Saturday morning, 7 till 2 or 3 ish, we'll see what time I manage to get away from there, he11, I might just stay most of the day, I'd rather it be worth my trip over there, I don't just want to work 4 or 5 hours, I'd much rather work 10 or so hours, but not less than 8, other wise it dosen't pay for me to go there.

New Job!!

Well I got the job yesterday, I start training Feb.11 I think, I'm excited.. It was not so much an interview as come in lets fill out all this paperwork, and as long as all the background checks come out OK, your hired So the lady called me back today, and they got all the checks back, and I needed to get signed up for the trainings, so I got the dates picked out and she signed me up. Before my interview I decided that I shouldn't be trusted to read my school schedule, I messed up when my Comp II class is by an hour, I thought it was to start at 12:50, but it starts at 11:40, and I sat through a week of classes not knowing this. The two classes are the same, just with different instructors, so I went and talked to my instructor, and the one that I was supposed to have, and told them that it's my fault, but if no one was opposed to it, I would prefer to stay in this one, because I don't want to be a week behind in the other class, and they were all fine with that, I just need to add the new class, and drop the old one for formality sake, so basically I'm just changing times and instructors. I feel so stupid....Other than that no big news, I'm going to work at the store on Wednesday mornings for right now at least, because the other day person had to quit, so I'll help out for about 4 hours, 7-12, I don't have class until 12:50, and next week, we are going live on the new system supposedly, so they (the register company) will come in Tuesday night and switch everything over, so our first day will be Wednesday the 30th, so I'm nervous, because I'm the checker that day.

Not much to report....

Well I got a call from the interviewer and she needed to reschedule my interview until tomorrow, so we'll see what happens then, I think my car insurance will be fine, I've got the minimum and why would they care if I have comprehensive, all they should be worried about is liability, I'm so excited...When I donated blood today, one of the ladies, who I know from when I volunteered there, said that she thought I'd be a good person to work there, her daughter has services from the company. She said that the insurance thing should be ok, and she explained her thoughts about that to me, and now that she has, I think I feel the same way. She said to also make sure to tell the lady that j/g tubes don't scare me, as long as someone shows me what to do a couple of times. The medical things are interesting to me, and I would like to have some of those clients, as well as some of the more 'normal' ones, although I know that probably is not the way to describe them. I am more than willing to work with both kinds of people. It looks like every ones prayers for Nate, Tricia and Gywneth are working, but lets keep them up, they could always use more I'm sure. Well not much else, I thought this was going to be short, ,but I guess not!!

Odds and Ends

I forgot to say the other day that the lady thats doing my interview today told me to bring my DL, SS card and car insurance, so it sounds positive, so lets be hopeful. I found a blog yeaterday that I feel I need to pass along, they are really needing prayers, Confessions of a CF Husband, and I'm dumb and can't figure out how to link the address, so it is, oh well, I think I figured it out http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/. So thats it for now, I have class this morning, and then the interview alter, so I'll let you know what happens later!

New job on the horizion?!?!

I filled out an application for Nea buisness that, helps disabled persons in the community, they provide SCL, respite and other services to both the disabled person and the family. I am so excited about this, my mom worked at the same kind of place for years and I always enjoyed going to work with her. They provided the same services, and you are out in the community with the clients and, I'm just so excited. I had a brother that had CP, although I don't remember him, there are pictures of us together. I just think I'm going to really like working with disabled persons, for some reason, I think it's going to be my calling. I'm just worried that I'll get impatient with them and frustrated, but I think that I'll really like the job, that is if I get it. The only thing that I think will hold me back is the car insurance thing, I think I possibly don't have enough, but then I think that the buisness might have coverage that will cover what I don't have. I think they would have to, because of the liability that can come with buisnesses of that type. I guess we'll see what comes of it, and if possibly the pay would be enough that I could increase my insurance and it would pay for me to do that, with the extra I'd have to pay and hopefully I could manage enough hours for that and my full time schedule at school, but I know that school is my first priority, and should be my only one, but I feel I do have to work at least a few hours, for my sanity and for the little bit of extra money. I also would probably have to quit at the grocery store, and although I know it would be best for me, and probably them, I don't quite know how I feel about that. I feel 'attached' some way to it, and I don't know if I could just out right quit, so I think I'd probably just stay on one day a week at least for right now, and I'm not going to tell them. I know that I need to move on to bigger and better things, I can't wait to make more than minimum wage, and not have to drive 20+ miles each way. I just need to wait and let what happens, happen. "Que pasa, pasa"

drama, drama, drama

Is it just me, or are other people tired of the drama that goes on at places such as work, school and others. I feel like I play a major role in a soap opera, or sometimes, an even more dramatic show. Today was one of those days, that was just 'wonderful', NOT... big dramatics at work today, and I was the person that had to deal with it, and ironically also the person it revolved around, I'm just so tired of this!! When does it end????? I managed to make chicken salad, fix two reciept printers, (one involved a 10 minute phone call to tech support, only to do 2 things and it started to work, wrote that down for next time!!), put things in to the system, did some price changes, mopped the bottle of wine up off the floor, after picking up all the glass, stocked produce, made chicken, organized the stock room, washed dishes x a zillion, teach myself more about WIC, and what is and isn't approved, I started off running when I walked in the door, and was lucky enough to be able to slow down slightly by the end of the day. I know that I did more than this, but I just can't seem to think of it right now....

I'm off to bed, I have an appointment in the eairly morning, (and I'm still on winter break!!)



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Getting to know me

I'm a full time college student at a local community college for a yet undecided degree....I fluctuate between education and medical, and business.... it changes daily....

I live on campus, my community college has student housing, and I love it... I wouldn't change it for the world. I currently work at a local independent grocery store once a week, (but up to 40 + hours a week during breaks, like now). I really like my job as a part time worker, I especially enjoy the customers (most of them!!) and the ever changing work environment. I can't sit at a desk all day and 'push papers', I can do some paper work, but I need to be up and moving around, physically doing things.

I really don't know what will happen with this, but I hope I can get to it a couple of times a week at the least, and I hope some people get some enjoyment out of it.