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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
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6:34 pm - From the insane (but friendly) nursing student...
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Well midterm has passed and I am passing my classes...I still have most of my hair (I think) and my sanity (always a relative situation anyway). I still think they are trying to fry my brain, but I may be able to survive the semester after all...
current mood:  crazy
current music: new Evanescense stuff
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| Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
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2:24 pm - Black 'n blue 'n purple too!!!
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Oh my toe is sooooo pretty!!! The whole thing is bruised and hurts...and I have to work at the restaurant tonight. Anyone want to kiss it and make it better??? Sigh...oh well, worth a try.
current mood:  sore
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| Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
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11:46 pm - Ouch!!!
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Tried to embed my middle toe into my foot tonight. Left foot. Kicked an Army ammo box, HARD. most people that know me know that I am usually walking at a fast clip, so yeah HARD. Wanted to cry. Within an hour the skin around the base of the toenail was already turning gray. I have watched it get a little darker and bigger all night. Not broken, not swollen, but very, very, very sore. kinda gettin a magenta coloration to it...wonder what it'll look like tomorrow...
current mood:  sad
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1:41 am - People
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Days like today make you realize just how much people suck. People are inconsiderate and rude. They're cheap and demanding. And then when you have the nerve to get upset about it they:
1) Act like it's no big deal, and give you the brush-off
2) Look at you as if you are crazy, and how dare you take offense at their rudeness
maybe I am tired of being the one who lets people's rudeness roll off my back, maybe I should be allowed to snap back and verbally rip some-one's throat out, maybe if I showed a little bit of the bad behavior that 9/10 of the world thinks is acceptable, then maybe I would get treated with a little more respect, a little more consideration.
LOL...of course not, because noone wants to believe that their actions could possibly be wrong in any way...and those that know they are wrong for their behavior/actions don't give enough of a shit about me (or anyone else) for it to make a difference.
I am tired and cranky...can't sleep and I have a test tomorrow...
current mood:  pissed off
current music: none-trying to sleep, or was...
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| Thursday, July 13th, 2006
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12:24 am
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So anyway, update on me...since I never seem to post anything when it happens anymore.
Doing ok in Virginia. Working at Applebees and taking the summer off from classes. Had a nice 4th of July. Since it was Tuesday I had the day off. Hermit and I went to Chick's Beach early and walked about 2 miles (I think). After he spent the rest of the afternoon studying for his exam we went up to Applebees and had ribletts (I felt the need for BBQ for 4th this year). While there they let us join the employees on the roof to watch the fireworks from Mt. Trashmore (it is a really big hill that is a converted landfill...hence the name). That was nice, you could feel the sea breeze over the rooftop.
This past Saturday was cool. Hermit took his exam and I spent too much time at the garden center, Wal-Mart, and the grocery store. BUT...I cooked that night and used fresh herbs from the "garden" for the first time (went a little nuts in the herb dept..I think they may be trying to take over the little patio area, even tho they are all in pots!). I wrapped tilapia in foil with a little olive oil, garlic, pulverized dried herbs (parsley, sweet basil, marjoram, and thyme...i think), and then I crumpled the dried leaves of Keffir Lime on top (its used alot in thai cooking...got one outside) then baked it. Then made a pseudo rice pilaf. Cooked the rice in vegetable broth and just before serving added fresh shredded lemon balm and lemon thyme. to round off the meal I mixed cucumbers, tomatoes, yogurt, a tiny bit of onion, a little lemon juice, and salt & pepper to taste, and then I added fresh mint leaves for kinda salad. Yummy, yummy...
I also got my packet for Nursing School on Saturday...gotta get uniforms, a couple of shots, background check, etc & so on before 15Aug...
Sunday, after work, my car decided to be a little bitch. Just as I was pulling into the condo lot, I hear "SCRAPE!!!!!" I pull into a space and see what's up. My tailpipe is dragging the ground. The muffler wasn't on the ground yet but it was still very frustrating...definitely DO NOT have the spare $$$ for a new muffler. Got aggravated and just went inside...figured I would mess with it in the AM...
Monday Am, I went out and looked at the muffler. From what I could tell it looked like some welding broke, so I called Midas (they put the muffler on the last time I had work done). He said that it had a lifetime warranty on the muffler and to bring it in they would look at it and if it needed replacing I would only have to pay for labor (which was still going to be $50-$100!...oh well better than it could have been). Worked a double on Monday so had to wait til Tuesday. Took Hermit's new car to work...
Tuesday I crawled around on the ground trying to get a wire hanger wrapped around tight enough to hold the tailpipe off the ground so I could get over to Midas. The freakin asphalt was hot and I got all gritty with black stuff all over my hands (good thing I remembered to changed out of the white cotton peasant blouse I was originally wearing that morning). Took it in and they looked at it. They told me that I was right it was just a bit of welding that had come loose. They fixed it right then and $20 later I was on my way...WHEW!!! that was close. So I finished running my errands and then went home and relaxed a bit. Decided to make a pound cake to go with dinner...gonna make Hermit take some to work or it will take forever to eat AND I am trying to keep the fluff from multiplying on my hips... :-D
Today, walked on the beach again (attempt at fluff control...plus I love the beach!). Then spent the rest of the day trying to track down immunization records from when I was a baby and when I went through Boot. Should get the military ones in a few weeks...Gonna call Keesler AFB tomorrow, apparently my father and I are both loopy. He told me to call the Mobile County Public School System to see if they still had a copy from when they registered me for school (umpteen jillion years ago)...yeah they thought I was crazy when I asked for that...finally found someone who told me that the only things they still had in my files were grades. She told me to call the Health Dept or the Doctor (if my parents could remember who that was). So as a last resort I called my mom to ask if she remembered the name of the Dr that did my baby shots...she didn't but it was a Dr at the AFB...SINCE MY FATHER WAS IN THE FREAKIN AIR FORCE WHEN I HAD ALL OF THAT STUFF DONE!!! You would have thought that my father or I would have made that connection...sigh...
Also, I decided that my craft yarn wasn't going to make itself into anything, might as well do something with it. I made a lap sized afghan out of a bunch of chenille yarn I had in a box. It turned out nice. Too bad it wasn't made exactly according to the pattern. I am the proud owner of an afghan made up ENTIRELY of slip stitches!!! It has been soo long since I have crochetted anything that I thought that was a single crochet stitch. At least its soft and cuddly...
I know that doesn't cover the MONTHS that I haven't posted...but I'm not sure I can remember that far back...well off to bed, have alot to do tomorrow before I go to work!!!
current mood:  tired
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| Monday, April 17th, 2006
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2:40 pm - Sigh...
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How do you tell someone that they have hurt your feelings? When the reason might be seen as stupid or silly, but it is something that really bothers you? How do you tell someone what is bothering you without sounding petty and childish? I shouldn't have to ask for that which is available to everyone else...
current mood: sad
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| Friday, January 6th, 2006
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7:11 pm - Safe and sound & in one piece...
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So I am now a squatter in Hermit's home. But he says he ok with it...so we'll see how it goes. The drive up was relatively uneventful (thanks god!).
I am enrolled in classes for this semester. I have been properly ID'd, decal'd and whatever else they could think of. had issues (AGAIN) with my financial aid stuff, but think that I have finally gotten everything straightened out. Over the last 2 days I may have walked the entire campus at least once. Classes start on Tuesday and I have all my books, so I am ready to go!!!
Now I just need to get unpacked and settled in. Oh, yeah, need a job to...so I will be a busy bee for awhile...but I am still planning on trying to get back down to Jackson in March.
current mood:  accomplished
current music: random stuff on the radio
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| Monday, November 21st, 2005
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8:26 pm - Attention Mississippi Hunters...
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If you come across a buck with the driver's side mirror of a Honda Civic tangled up in his horns. Kick his ass, I'm laying claim to his hide!!! Stupid, idiotic hormonal males!!!
current mood:  stressed
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| Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
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1:01 am - Sigh...
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Tired, tired, tired, tired, tired...You'd think after not being able to convince myself it was necessary to get out of bed until 1pm on Sunday, that I would try to get more sleep during the week! But I really want to start being more involved again and in the process of doing so I am spending way too much time on this computer and not enough sleeping/resting...add in the fact that sleep eludes me for at least 45 min after I crawl in the bed (no matter the time!)...I really need to start getting in the bed before 2am, esp. on a work night!...LOL...I know, I know! I could still make it if I jumped off right now, but it'll still be closer to 2am by the time I get ready for bed and actually crawl in!
Ok...I know I have majorly sucked at being an active participant in my friends' lives and all such things...This is the beginning of an attempt to jump back in, but I can't promise it'll get better, I'm just gonna try. Posting and talking on lists are difficult to do when I can't even seem to concentrate worth a damn on classes I am paying to be graded on...Is it possible to temporarily clone 2 of me so they can do all the other stuff I need done and I can just concentrate on school and spend a little time getting my life back in order. Damn, I really, really hate looking at boxes!!!
Ok, ok...going to take a really quick, really hot shower, and go directly to bed...wish I still carried my tin of herbal teas...that would help me relax...maybe I should rethink my choice of music for late at night too...
current mood:  exhausted
current music: Sevendust "Denial"
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| Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
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| Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
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12:59 am
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Today I went to Starkville after work and joined some of my friends their for their Fighter Practice. I actually got in armor and managed to get out there a little. It is depressing how quickly my shield arm gave out. I actually have a few bruises for my efforts, but only one is actually from a sword strike. The ones on the insides of my biceps and on my wrist are from wearing loaner armor that was too big. LOL...the chest protection they loaned me was too wide across the upper chest and I could barely bring my arms to the front (much less touch my hands with my arms extended!) And that is what caused the majority of the bruises on my biceps. Drogo fixed the problem by wraping his belt around my upper chest and using it to cinch the sides flat agaist me, of course then i felt like I had a tail as the end of the belt ung to my calves. But all in all I think it was a good try for my first time out in a very long time. Maybe this time I will stick with it long enough to get good at it...I think it will be even better once I get body armor that actually fits me, of course that means I need to get off my ass and do it. I really am only missing my own body armor, gauntlets an a helmet, the rest is already in my possession.
Oh here's a good one, as an added layer of padding they gave me 2 knee pads to stuff in my sports bra...I guess when you are out with a bunch of GUYS in armor you have to make do with what they have available. It actually worked fairly well. And I have decided that athletic cups are a bit awkward, and mine isn't even as bulky as a dude's!
Well, I've had way too much on my mind lately, and though being out and active helped relieve some of the tension, I still have way too much I am thinking about. So I guess I'll take another hot shower and go to bed, maybe I'll come to an epiphany in my dreams...If so let's hope it's a dream I actually remember!
Damn, this hotel living gets lonely sometimes...
current mood: exhausted
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| Monday, September 19th, 2005
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12:46 am - whew!
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This has been a very long and busy weekend. Except for 3 breaks, I spent the entire weekend either doing homework or doing housework. Well, not a whole lot of traditional housework got done, but I did spend 3/4 of Saturday going thru boxes and other stuff. I have a ton of stuff to take to the trash tomorrow, and lots of little piles labelled as give-aways.
I went to lunch with Graywalker on Saturday. Hadn't had a chance to just sit and talk to him in awhile. I am glad you are feeling better. Thank you for the company it was a welcome escape. It was very nice to talk to someone other than the cats, who felt it was necessary to try to plant themselves on some portion of my anatomy the ENTIRE DAY. and god forbid that I leave the room, Cleo took that as a cue to stand in the hallway and caterwaul like she was in heat or something! When I came out of whereever I happened to be, she would lok at me as if she didn't have a clue why I was looking at her as if she had lost her mind. This was an all day affair. She would be perfectly fine sitting somewhere ignoring me and then I go into the bathroom and she is trying to cram her face under the door so that she can get a real good echo in there...I open the door and she sashays he bow-legged self back to her original location...
Saturday night I went to my brother's show (see previous post - so as not to bore everyone with repeat info). This morning (Sunday), I decided to take a break from studying and spent 2 hours at the pool. I can tell the weather's changing, the water was really cool. the last time I was in the pool the water was just barely cooler than lukewarm. But as welcome as that break was it cost me. I was so relaxed and lethargic that I kept dozing off while reading my Tutorial for class. I finally woke up, but as a result I am just now finishing up with the assignment that is due at 8am...
Talked to my friend Jon a couple of times today. He was down at the Gulf Wars site this weekend. Even with the the 4 of them working non-stop for a day and a half they still felt like they didn't make much of a dent. Alot of downed trees, some of the cabins are really messed up, but he said that it looked as if most of the permanent structures had sustained litle or no damage. I'm sure that once the individual groups get down there to look at their pieces of land that a better idea of the work needed will emerge.
Talked to Hermit for a bit this evening. He's doing pretty good, tho his parents are packing this weekend and have to be out of the house by Tuesday, and he of course, will spend all day Tuesday helping them load the truck and then work that evening at one of his jobs...I expect that he is going to be freakin exhausted by next weekend.
Well I am going to shut down and go to bed. Have to be at the office at 8am for a meeting and then it is off to Columbus for the rest of the week...Hoping to be able to make some plans with a friend for this coming up weekend, but it will likely be a last minute decision. Tho I have my doubts that the plans will come to fruition...can't hurt to try!!!
current mood:  sleepy
current music: Sunyata "Vas"
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| Sunday, September 18th, 2005
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4:16 pm - LOL...Which do you think fits?
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2:53 am - Dancin'!
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I had a blast tonight. Though I wish I had more friends who liked techno. Would have been great to have some people there I knew that weren’t related to me. But, that’s the way it goes. I definitely don’t want to hear Monica say she never gets to dance to techno anymore! I tried calling her for 2 days, finally giving up about 11pm tonight. Oh well her loss!
My brother was in Jackson doing a show tonight. It was a benefit for the Katrina victims. Started at 9pm with DJs spinning until about 12am. Then Def Rock Crew went on and Kim Kelly did 3 solo songs and 2 singing with my brother. Def Rock did several more songs and then techno DJs took over again. It was a really good show.
I had a great time and danced my ass off. God, I miss dancing. Guess I’ll have to do something about it. Anyone wanna go with me? LOL…
Well I smell like an ashtray so I’m headed to the shower and then to bed!
current mood: exhausted
current music: Mudvayne
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| Tuesday, September 6th, 2005
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12:09 am - LOL...
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Trying to get my mother to cut an inch off of my hair is a bit like pulling teeth! She managed to only cut off a 1/2 in. "But it's even honey! It didn't need anymore cut off!" Oh well, it's not like I paid for it. You take what you get with a free hair cut!
current mood:  amused
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| Monday, June 20th, 2005
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6:46 pm - Wednesday...
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I can't wait for Wednesday to get here. On Wednesday I get to come home and pack for my trip, a much needed vacation! I had a blast on my trip to Radford, VA a few weeks back (can't wait to go again!). Hanging out with J and a bottle of wine. Tubing down the New River, man it was exactly what I needed. But it wasn't long enough. I am getting on a plane Thursday AM and will spend about 5 days in Virginia Beach, with a very dear friend. I will relax and play on the beach and enjoy the hell out of myself, if it kills me! Believe me it can't get here soon enuf!
current mood: stressed
current music: "Happy?" - Mudvayne
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| Wednesday, May 11th, 2005
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9:53 pm - sigh...
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I think I have had one of the best meals I have had in a long while. I have been exiled to Natchez for the last few weeks and am ready to go elsewhere...unfortunately the next stop on my agenda is Brookhaven. But tonight we went to a hole in the wall called the "Corner Bar", because, well, it sits on a corner...LOL...On wednesday nights one of the owners cooks. Tonight he cooked sashimi grade tuna on the grill. Yummmmm...for $10 you got a really good size of tuna steak, potato, salad, and a roll. Next week he is cooking filets and the dinner is $15...may hit it next week...Well I guess I will go on to bed since no one I care to talk to seems to be online right now...
current mood:  full
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| Saturday, April 30th, 2005
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10:19 am - sigh...
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Tired and ready for something else. These past couple of weeks have been pretty much hell. Sociology teacher falls off the face of the earth 2 weeks ago, and we are assigned a new teacher 3 days before the end of the semester. The dean emailed the whole class to tell us about the switch over and to let us know that we would have until May 4 to finish any assignments she may come up with for us and our final. This wasn't something I wanted to hear as I was pretty set on trying to finish what the other teacher had assigned us and having an at home test for the final as all of our other tests had been proctored. So then I wasn't sure if I needed to finish the assignements I was working on or wait to see if she was going to give us something completely different, and then stress over how in the hell I was going to manage a proctored final while I'm traveling with work...Luckily by yesterday she had emailed us all and told us she was just going to let us finish out the semester as the original teacher had assigned it and was giving us the same test...one load off my mind...
To add to all the school nonsense I have also been dealing with a ton of emotional crap. I won't go into the gory details, but suffice it to say those that need to know the insanity in my head already do, and thanks for listening to all my crying, whining, whoa-is-me bullshit. Things will get better. This was just another slap-in-the-face reminder that life sucks and you can't believe what you're told, no matter how pretty it sounds or how sincere you thought they were. At least I know that my freinds are there for me and even when I need to bury my head in the sand or swim for the bottom of a bottle of Jack, when I emerge, you guys are always there for me and I will never forget. On the upside, someone I thought might disappear from my life is still talking to me, albeit from another state. So I am doing somewhat better as of Thursday, at least on the emotional front. Now if I can just get this school crap out of the way...
current mood:  cynical
current music: Mudvayne "Happy?"
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| Sunday, April 10th, 2005
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3:09 pm
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Fire & hair do not mix well...after a close encounter with a candle last night, my hip length hair had to be chopped off! OK...not all of it, just to the middle of my back but it is definitely different...my hair's been waist-length or longer for the past 12yrs...so this is gonna take some getting used to...
current mood:  busy
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