It's been a week

I'm in my last 18 minutes of my five hour shift in Academic Advising. It's going to crawl by. I have finished all of my reading homework for the day. I only have two writing assignments left to do and I will have to wait until I go to my job at MACS tonight to do them because I can't access my H drive on the Academic Advising office computer. It has been one week since the night at the bar. I have had a lot to think about. Most of my thinking has made me sad because I could really like this guy, but he lives so far away which means the chance of this going somewhere is slim. I wish I knew what he was looking for. He seemed very interested, and we talked for two hours on the phone last Friday. We have a lot in common. He told me I should call him sometime. I have decided to wait to call until Thursday because I don't want to scare him by calling him sooner. I think a call before then would make me look desperate. I don't know. All of this stuff is so difficult! I'm getting really excited about this weekend! It's finally here....the weekend I go to Michigan to visit my family! I get to meet two of the family's new babies. I have to restrain myself from packing because I'm so excited. I will wait until Thursday to pack. Thursday is going to be a big day! The roommate and I are planning to watch the movie Swingers Thursday night (if she remembers). I'm sad that I won't be going out tonight like I did last week. I just have a meeting to attend, which will be no fun. I am going to go straight to the library right after I get done here because several items that I requested have come in. Maybe I'll watch one of the movies I requested tonight since I won't have any work to do. That is what the roommate and I were going to do last Tuesday night---watch a movie, but then something better came up! I'm getting a little nervous that I'm coming down with a cold because I have a slight sore throat. It comes and goes and it just started this afternoon. If I get sick, I don't know what I'm going to do about this weekend because I'm planning to ride up to Grand Rapids and stay in the hotel room with my pregnant cousin. I don't want to risk getting her sick! Hopefully I'll be able to rest up enough tonight. I'm take some cold medicine tonight too because the earlier you start it, the more mild the cold will be. Getting sick will definitely put a damper on the weekend. Oh well. Only five minutes left....I guess I can waste that on Facebook.

I'm a beast

Picking up men is the best! The roommate and I went to a bar last night to watch her friend (and romantic interest) perform with his comedy troupe. It was pretty cool. After the show he sat at our table and a couple of his male friends joined us. One of them talked with me most of the night, and pleaded with me to sing a duet with him since there was karaoke going on after the show. I refused because I don't sing in public. He got up and sang "I Will Survive," "I Got You Babe" as Cher with my roommate's young gentleman, and "It's Raining Men" with a friend of his. It was pretty humorous. He asked me if I would go out to a blues club with him on a Wednesday evening soon, but I had to tell him that my Wednesday's are all booked until February 25, so he said we would go out after Feb. 25. We'll see if that really happens. We exchanged numbers and he said he'd call. Then he walked me to my car and kissed me. It was nice. The roommate was on her game as well. My young man lives in PA near Pittsburgh, I think. He's around five years older than me. I'm so silly. We'll see what happens. I'll be fine if nothing does because I am finally happy being single. Last night was the best night I have had in a really long time because I got to hang out with really cool people. This guy actually seems to share my interest for the arts, which is something I am looking for in a man. He was wearing some awesome brown corduroy pants. I was pleased with his appearance. I'm so glad that the roommate and I were spontaneous. I had so much fun! I love doing new things. College is great!

Anger

Last night was good. I had a lot of fun hanging out with G Gill, her friend and MK. We went bowling. It was glow bowling. It was kind of lame glow bowling though because they only had half of the alley darkened with black lights and we were on the very last dark lane. They also played crappy music for the most part. We had a run in with an outrageous employee that at first scared me, then enraged me. This guy had to fix the lane next to ours so he goes down there and begins fixing, G Gill's friend goes up and bowls and as the ball is rolling down the lane the man fixing the lane begins to straddle our lane and the lane next to ours, and of course this kid throws a gutter ball and it hits the guy in the leg. The guy turns around and keeps pointing and making faces, then goes on fixing the lane. As he comes back down the lane we can tell he is super mad. He walks right up to G Gill's friend and yells in his face, "You mother fucker what the fuck were you thinking? You hit me with the fucking ball!" and he went on like that for about twenty seconds, until he stormed off. We were all terrified at this point. Poor MK had to stand up and take her turn. We sat in silence for a while until the guy bowling in the lane next to us told us that that guy is crazy and not to let it ruin out night. It was totally the worker's fault! He should have looked in the lane before he put his leg in it. After I learned that G Gill's friend was only in high school I got pissed! I wanted to go yell at that guy for yelling at a kid! He would have felt like an ass because this kid looks older so the guy probably thought he was in his twenties. I lost all of my fear because I realized that he couldn't do anything to me. What would he do? Hit a little girl? Even if he did hit me, I'd be glad because then he would go to jail for hitting someone the size of a 14 year old. That's just sad. I wish I had looked for him so I could yell at him. I'm still a little angry. We paid big bucks to bowl! This place was just completely outrageous. I'm never going there again. Shoes cost $4! That's ridiculous! Okay this rant is over. Sorry, but it had to be done.

A career!

I have decided on a good career for me. I want to be a middle school Guidance Counselor. For some reason I love that age of kids. Most people think I'm crazy for loving teenagers, and I agree with them. I was terrified of my peers in middle school! For some reason, now that I'm no longer a teenager, I really love talking to and listening to teenagers. I like to give my insight on situations. I love helping people. I want to prevent kids from making the same mistakes that I made. I know I can't save every kid, but I can do my best. I also love scheduling. This job would combine these two loves. Since 2003 a teaching license is no longer needed to become a guidance counselor. There is a masters program at most state schools to certify counselors. I'm excited about this. Of course the plan could change in a week, a month or a year, but I'm happy now and that's what matters. If the career choice changes it will only be for the better, and I love this idea, so whatever I do in the future will make me happy. I'm going to declare my English major and Psychology minor tomorrow. I'm really excited that I can now tell people that I actually have a major. I will sound more put together. This really excites me. Bed time!

Adjustment

I was kind of lame this weekend for it being my first one back at school. I really needed to adjust though. I spent all day Saturday in my room doing homework and watching a movie. I went to be at midnight both Friday and Saturday night. Friday night I went out bowling with some friends but I was so tired that I just spent most of the time staring off into space. I went back to my room early and popped in a movie for myself. Sunday I went home for the afternoon to get some things. When I got back I finally had contact with people. I spent time hanging out on the floor which was great fun. I really needed to have extra alone time this weekend because I was so tired out from my first week. back. I spent four weeks at home by myself so seeing so many people in one week made me tired. It was good for my health to spend a whole day alone. It made me feel normal again. I guess I needed time to recharge. Next weekend I probably won't need a whole 24 hours to myself. This is an adjustment period. I got an important phone call on Saturday and promise of another one this week. That made me quite happy. My phone broke again this weekend so I had to go out and buy some more plastic glue and fix it. I do this at least once a month. Our contract is up soon so I can get a new phone then. There is a grace period before the contract is up where I can get a new phone with the promise of renewal so I will have to find out when that starts and take advantage of it. I'm going to have to start looking at consumer reports on phones so I can pick a good one. I don't need a camera. I just want one that won't fall apart. Durability is important since I tend to drop my phone. Mom made some chili for me to bring back to school with me, so I won't have to eat union food this week. I still will occasionally, but when I have to work at dinner time this will be nice because I can eat before work without having to go out. That's enough for now.

Let the madness begin

I have made it through my first first day of school. Tomorrow will be round two, although I only have one class. I also start my new job in Academic Advising tomorrow. I'm nervous about it because unlike my Math Office job, I may actually have to do some work. I have bad luck with profs this semester....well actually they have the bad luck, I just happen to be in their classes. My chem prof died over the weekend, and my soc. prof injured herself somehow and will be out for the entire semester so we have a replacement. The new lady for Soc. doesn't seem bad. We only have tests, no papers. I can handle that. Profs should look out for me. I hope the rest of my profs stay healthy. I bought my school supplies this morning. All of my notebooks and folders are color coordinated. I even bought a plastic folder for chem lab in case I spill stuff on it. I'm excited about my coordination. I was able to snatch up two extra hours at the Math Office which puts me at a total of 12.5 hours per week between the two jobs. That's not too bad. I love not working on weekends. I even have Friday off. The sucky thing is that on Tuesday's I work a five hour shift at Academic Advising, the job where I'll actually do work. Oh well, I'll be making money so I might as well earn it. I got my Junior parking pass today...it was really exciting. I now park in the lot behind my building....no more treks out to Center Lot. Not that it is that far, but in the dark and the cold it sucks. This is the worse semester of the two for darkness and coldness, so I'm glad I was able to upgrade at this point. My tummy feels strange. I think it was the tacos and ice cream....it was a bad combination. It will be better tomorrow. I think I'll go deposit my Christmas money now....or maybe I'll just stay here....we'll see.

Last day in Fremont

Today was my last full day in Fremont. I did not go outside once! I just stayed in and packed and continued my Gilmore Girls marathon. Currently I am on episode 2 of Season 3. I love Jess. I want to have his babies. I have the hiccups. They are the really loud and painful ones. I keep holding my breath but it's just not working. I got to pack up my extensive wardrobe today! I love to pack. I have been waiting all week to pack. It's so great. It is going to be wonderful to see everyone again tomorrow. I am getting up there as soon as possible, although I am going to spend part of the time away shopping with my daddy. Probably just for boring things but shopping is shopping. I just took a break for a Fudgecicle. It was soooo yummy. I love chocolate....not as much as most girls do but enough. I bet I have chocolate all over my face. Oh well it adds to my charm. Any boy would have quite the treat kissing me because with chocolate on my lips I taste sweeter than I already am! I know you didn't think such a thing was possible, but it is. I made my crescent rolls today. They were pretty yummy, but not as good as I remember but at least the craving for them is fulfilled. I still really really want to have a KFC biscuit. I have been wanting one for months now. I just never get the chance to go to KFC. Maybe I'll get there at some point this semester. Doubtful. Oh well. I really want this to go somewhere (not talking about the KFC biscuit anymore). I want to do some more packing, but I can't think of anything else that I can get together at this point. Most of what is left is stuff that I use daily. I'm all out of thoughts...for now.

My nose is stuffy

I suddenly have a stuffy nose again. I hope the cold has not returned after lying dormant for my week off only to wreak its havoc during the first week of the semester. That would be very convenient. I finally picked up some pictures I had developed about 3 months ago today. They look good and I was excited to put them in the special album I bought for them that has been screaming at me to go pick up the pictures for 3 months now. I don't have much to say other than I am excited to pack tomorrow. So that's all for today.

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

I got an important phone call last night. I was quite pleased. It did not end with the promise of another call, but I think that's because I will be busy next week and the caller does not want to disturb me. So I have decided to initiate a call next week. I think the caller would like that because the caller would not have called every week over break if the caller did not want to see me again when school starts. This gangsta got seasons 2-4 of Gilmore Girls (I got season 1 for Christmas) because Best Buy was having a special on the sets which cut the price in half. I am breaking in season 2 as I type. I have finished season 1. I love this show! My cold never progressed. It was great. It was pretty weak. I got sickness sympathy and I wasn't that sick. I think I did have a fever on Monday, but Tuesday was fine. I stayed in my pj's for two days straight and was absolutely worthless. I was really tired on Tuesday so I didn't get on the computer. I love the movie Pleasantville. I got it for Christmas and today I watched it to remind myself why I asked for it. The movie is just so great! I love that it has layers. The plot is so rich. Anyway, school starts soon. I'm kind of excited. I can't wait to see everyone and be in my room. I love packing. Tomorrow will be great because I'm going to begin packing. I love packing. I hate un-packing, but I will spend time doing that on Sunday to get it all out of the way as soon as possible. I plan to go back kind of early. More excitement----I have almost caught up to my age group---I am starting my first semester as a junior! By half a credit this chick is a junior! That means I get to exchange my center lot pass for a pass that allows me to park by my building....damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

A new year

I went down to Columbus to spend New Year's Eve with my cousin, Juan and his girlfriend Annie. We went to a party that was wall to wall people. There was no room to walk. It was nuts. The upstairs toilet overflowed and water began leaking through the ceiling into the kitchen...it was weird. Juan, Annie and I left and decided to drive to my Juan's sister, Hot Dogg's apartment where she lives with her boyfriend Leon. They weren't home so we had to celebrate the New Year in Juan's car. We went to Juan's apartment where he lives with his other sister, Potato. She was home from work by then so we all sat down to watch the movie Memento. Annie and Juan fell asleep on the floor and I was dozing so when Potato's boyfriend Michael arrived I asked that she turn off the TV. I went to sleep and awakened with a sore throat, which is the first step in the progression of every cold that I get. I spend Sunday with Annie. We went to the mall and walked around campus. We picked up Juan at Hot Dogg's and got food from Wendy's and brought it back to Juan's apartment and watched Memento the whole way through. After that there was still time until Potato got home from work so we watched Saw. It was weird but not scary. Potato got home and Juan and Annie decided to sleep at Annie's apartment. Potato and I went out to a bar to meet up with some of her co-workers and her boyfriend. It was a good time. Then Michael, Potato and I went to a pizza place and had some super-yummy pizza...then Potato and I went back to her apartment and talked for a while. It was nice to just talk with her because it has been so long since I've been with her alone. She always has a lot of people to see in Fremont and I have to try to see Juan, Hot Dogg, Annie, and her when I'm in Columbus. This morning I woke up with a stuffy nose and less of a sore throat...the typical day 2 of my cold progression. Potato, Michael and I went for pancakes...which were amazing. Then we picked up Juan and went shopping...during shopping I started to get worse, I had a fever and my eyes were itching so that I couldn't open them well and my nose was running so we decided I should drive home sooner than later before it got worse. So I drove back to Fremont and laid down until dinner time. After dinner I laid around some more until I craved human communication and got on the internet. Tomorrow, typically the worst day in the cold progression (day 3), will be spent in bed with the TV on. I need to get back to resting now so I'm well for school next week.