That is life....

...and this is Walgreens. Yes, every single time somebody says "That's life", I remember the silly Walgreens commercial. Sad thing? I don't watch TV hardly EVER! Is that commercial also on the radio? *shrugs* I don't recall.

So why am I saying "that's life"? Few reasons. I take this blog to vent, sorry if it gets old =P Mmmm..and btw, I'll probably still post here every once in a while, even if I do not have to post for English class anymore. I'll tell my friends about it so they can come read it. Or maybe not. Maybe this can almost be like a clean version of my diary. I can talk about them and they would never know!

Alright, that's a bit mean...so I'll try to refrain from that. I'm at my friend's house...and her keyboard sucks. I'm trying to fix typos as I go along, but hitting the 'backspace' key every few letters is quite annoying!

I have a tendency to get side-tracked. "That's life." I have been trying to save up for two big things for my house. #1-removing a dead tree in my side yard that is right next to my neighbor's fence. There was another one, a taller one, that was present when I bought my house, but it fell after a few months...onto their fence and part of their roof >.> Insurance covered it, so it was alright. There is another dead tree...well the tree was dead, but there was wisteria that had wound up and around the bark, so it was quite sturdy. Until my neighbor had her yard guys kill my wisteria. So now it's ALL dead. After we had the tons of rain, the bark is falling apart, and leaning against her fence. I broke off some of it today, but I need to get my stump removal guy over to get rid of the eyesore. Problem is...every time I get the money saved up, I have to spend the money elsewhere. This time it was my cats getting sick. One of the little suckers escaped outside, got sick, came back inside, and spread the kitty flu. Oh joy. Vet visits are GREAT!

#2 savings fund for my house: Save for heater to get fixed! When I first bought my house I did not get home...can't remember the name atm (home owner's?), but I didn't get the 'special' insurance that covers the a/c and heater. I didn't know to get it. When I told everyone that I knew that I was shopping for insurance for my house, nobody told me to make sure about this. I didn't think to research it online...but I guess I should have. Anywhos...that's a prob to save up for as well. -.- BUT...I think I'm to the point where I can get it done, and that makes me happy.

I don't mind the cold that much, and I have a little electric heater...but I feel kind of sorry for my kitties when it gets really cold. Yes, they have fur...but even their little ears get cold! They aren't allowed in my bedroom where the 'lectric heater is. My kitties like to get into stuff...which is not rare for a cat, right?

SO! That's my life right now. That and I have a crush on a guy and I'm totally clueless how to bring it up. It's not on a friend, but not on a complete stranger. He is a man I see every few days at my work. I'm so sad =P

Have a great weekend! And hope everyone had a fantabulous Friday the 13th!

Already November?

I am pretty sure I mentioned this somewhere in a blog before...but time REALLY does fly! The first week of November is passing already. Not that I mind too terribly much...but I'll be 24 in little less than a month. Yea yea, not old at all, i know! But...if months keep whizzing by this fast, I'll be 40 in no time. THAT...is intimidating. I don't think 40 is old, that's not even halfway through life yet! To just THINK of where I may be at 40? Gives me the heebeejeebies (I'm sure I spelled that wrong).

On a happier note! I got a bonus yesterday from my first job! Now I can get my heater fixed in me house and get some bills out of the way. Everyone in the company was happy, of course. I'm glad we got one. Not because it helped me out, but because it is helping others out. At least two people at my work, their spouses have lost their jobs and are having difficulty in getting another one that is steady. Two others have medical bills out the whazoo. I'm glad that now everybody will be able to catch up, even if it's just for now.

The holidays are coming up! And I'm off at my first job, but not my second one...so I'm pretty sure I'll end up working on Thanksgiving..and probably Christmas. *shrugs* My family won't mind. =P There IS always next year!

Oh yes...I also meant to add...

....My Slate link!

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2234270/entry/4/

I really need to read more into the whole pirate thing. I have "Pirates of the Caribbean" stuck in my head when I think of piracy. The "older" idea of pirates. I'm curious as to how they actually are nowadays. I still think it was funny when pirates attacked the British naval ship. Really? Smart move!

Technology can soooo suck!

I have had my laptop for about 4 years...maybe a tad longer than that. Welp! It has decided to die on me. I need a new video card ='( Mind you, i have spent thousands of hours on that beautiful thing, :3 It's a Dell XPS...and, of course, I've played vid games on it =P Newhos...to get the part-refurbished-from Dell, it would cost $499.99 >.>' To get a cheaper one it's at least $300. So...now I just need to save up for a desktop. I've been wanting one, anyways, but this could not have come at a worse financial time! Ah well, that's what I have my best friend, Katy, for xD Between her and her mom, they have at least 6 computers in the house. Soooo...I can definitely get online at pretty much anytime. Well....after kicking a kid off the computer. But I'm an adult, so I rule, right? ^_^

Today is Halloween...and I'm sad b/c I never got to go to a haunted house, nor to any parties. *sniffles* I will live, though! There is always next year, right? I'm planning on being Aeon Flux for Halloween next year. After...I...um...get into better shape....

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm off of work and about to visit with my friend before reading the 3rd book in a 6 book series before going to bed. Then I get to wake up and do laundry! JOY! (sooooo sarcasm!)

Painful Memories

My friend is in from out of town today...he moved to Mississippi to train units for the Army. He trains units so they can train the Iraqui police and the Afghanistan police. He has been to Iraqu twice. I'm mentioning all of this, not because he is just a friend, but because I was doing my reading summary assignment for English class. I read to him the essay by Kandi Tayebi "Warring Memories", and he gave me a few memories and experiences of his own. It makes me feel priveleged, because I know that he did not even talk to his now ex-wife about these things.

Which brings me to a different point alltogether. Sometimes I get irritated because with guys I'm always 'just a friend'...but I also love it because I am told things and joked around with like 'one of the guys'...and get to learn things about them that not many others know. It makes me feel quite special, as silly as that sounds. And they probably know a few things about me that only my two best girl friends know.

Still, it can be frustrating. It's hard while everyone I know is getting married and have been in relationships for long periods of time, and I am still struggling to even have a short term relationship. It's not that I don't want one, or not that I don't get out to meet people...I'm just always viewed as a guy with...umm...a different physical structure.

Ah well! It'll be alright. Something will happen one day =P At least I have everyone's secrets to harbor! ^_^

It's A Beautiful Day!

The sun is out and shining bright! I wish I still had wireless so I could go sit out on my side porch and work on my "personal essay" while feeling the cool breeze. Dang...and I need to make some sweet tea! A customer at work told me that I needed to make Mojitos at home xD Heck, I've never even had a Mint Julip! One day...one day...

I cannot believe it is already October! Next weekend is one of my best friend's bachelorette party! That ought to be interesting..then she gets married October 17th :3 Her and her man have been together a year. I don't know if I could get married after only a year O.o

My favorites about October...the weather starts to cool off (GREAT weather we are having, no?) and, of course, Halloween! =D I love decorating for it, dressing up for it...and haunted houses are awesome! I think I will be able to go to the Ultimatefear one they are having downtown this Sunday. *sighs happily* *^.^*

I do not get scared easily...but for some reason it is amusing to watch other folks get scared. Is that mean? Maybe...just a little...but I don't want to scare people tooooo bad. Saw takes it a bit far..... *Shudders*

Sleeeepy! <3

What a WEEK!! Whew! Almost done with everything around the house =D I get to pull an all-nighter tonight. Inspection tomorrow! I'm anxious to hear the results!

So I have discovered EF College Break (http://www.efcollegebreak.com/). I want to go on a trip REALLY bad! I love to travel, even though I have not been as many places that I would like to go, but I plan on making as many trips as I can afford! (Zero, right now =P)

Next year I am supposed to go to Yosemite for a second trip, and Yellowstone for the first time. I'm working on getting back into shape so I can do some hiking this time around. Out of shape people + really steep hills = tiredness! I WILL be prepared this time around!! ^_^

Then in 2011 I think I will be taking a trip on the EF College Break schedule. It's called Egyptian Kingdom..you get to tour Cairo, see the Great Pyramids, ride a ship down the Nile and visit quite a few temples! It makes me giddy just thinking about it. I have at least one friend that already wants to go. If it ends up being just him and I, we may try to get a room together (the base amount to pay for the trip includes hotels...but you have to share a room with 3-4 other folks x.x). At first I thought it was a really great idea, and now I'm not so sure...if he hooks up with any chicks, he would have to go back to their place -.- (I love the man to death, but he sleeps around a lot O.o)

I dunno....but it would be fun. My friend and I get along very well, and we enjoy the same activities...so I doubt I would want to kill him during the trip. I guess we shall find out! I'm definitely ready for a vacation, though! And to be able to work just one job again ^_^

What a week!

Whew! Soon I will have free time! It makes me soooo happy! =D I had an assignment this past week to write a memoir for my English class....and I actually enjoyed the project! It took me a while to figure out what, exactly, it was that I wanted to write about, but after reading some of the sample essays we had assigned to us for class readings...I had figured it out! And, goodness! I definitely had to revise that thing over and over again. I'm still going back and looking at it and saying "that doesn't sound right"..and I still feel like it's not quite whole. I'm curious to see what my fellow classmates think about it. I'm also interested in what they have to say in their memoirs! Of course...that will have to be done tomorrow. I feel bad for not getting around to doing this blog til so late..but time seems to like slipping through my fingertips! (I think it enjoys doing that to everyone! ^_^')

The house 'project' is coming along. I'm almost through with everything that I had on my checklist for now. Painted rooms are quite nice! It's amazing what a coat of color can do to an area.

I started writing a little story a while back, and I got to go back today and read some of it. (It's been sitting in my binder that I was using for last semester...finally cleaned out for this semester of school). I used to write stories on a regular basis. My friend also wrote, so we would write and pass them back and forth to one another. I wish I could go back and read one of them! How young we must have sounded! XD I've never been good with inputting dialogue into a story. I know what I want the characters to say, but never know how to 'slide' it into the work. I think I would be better with a play, where I can just put Person 1: and be done with it!

I'm rambling now. I had a point that I was going to make when I got home, but it ran off. I think I need to carry a 'daybook'...it would at least be interesting to look back and read what I have thought about!

Oh! A random thought from earlier. I was outside of one of my jobs, smoking (yes, I know it is bad for me, they'll go away soon) and across the street is a hospital. I'm not particularly fond of hospitals..never have been...was made even worse for when my dad passed away..but I was thinking of hospitals in general. If I was very ill and had to stay at a hospital, I would like it to be more 'serene'. Hospitals are so...clinical (duh, I know). It would be nice to have a room that had a nice big window that looked onto a lush garden or something. Maybe a trickling fountain that you could hear in the hallway or in your room. Then I thought...the more expensive nursing homes are like that. My mom moved my grandma to a room that overlooked a garden and a little pond so when she didn't have the supervision to go outside, she could at least LOOK.

I'm stopping now. I could write forever on the the thought of death and life. Soo....have a good week! Til we meet again ^.~

Time Runs...Faster Than Any Cheetah I've Seen...

...not saying that I have ever seen a cheetah run! I bet it would be beautiful. (I'm SUCH a cat person!! err...animal person, I guess).

SO! I need to vent my frustration...so WHY NOT in a blog for class! WOOO!! >_>

Procrastination is a very bad thing, we all agree? Well, a bad thing on big, important things. It's a good idea to get things done earlier on, then go back and check out your work to see if you need to fix anything. This concept works for writing...and...fixing up a house. O.o

I bought a house 2 years ago, at the loverly ripe age of 21. Probably not such a great idea. I rushed into the loan process because somebody had put a bid on the house that I LOVED. Mind you, I looked and looked and looked at houses everywhere. I looked in the city AND in the country, just so I could see what would fit me better in life now. I got the house, got a bad interest rate, blah blah. Oh, and I bought the house 'as is.'

I've gotten far on fixing up the house, outside things have been done along with a bit of painting inside. I get a bright idea that I would LOVE to refinance my house. Lower interest rate, less money a month, I think I would be a happy dandelion! Here I think, since my bank (Chase) usually takes FOREVER in processing things, I would have plenty of time to get things done (like more painting, and maybe some tiling!)

Gee! I was WRONG! So now I have a deadline that is very close, the tile guy (who is working on my kitchen counter top and bathroom-around the tub) keeps running into problems (the counter cracking in my kitchen when the sink gets taken out...), and I keep having to run errands to get these things fixed, so painting keeps getting pushed back. Oh! And I have 2 jobs and some classes!

This may seem like whining, and maybe it is...but I enjoy both of my jobs, classes are fun (yes...I said class and fun in the same sentence), and I am SO very happy that this refinancing thing is making me crunch to get things done around my house. It's already looking a LOT better. And, most of all, it feels even more like home! I'll be able to invite more folks over and not have to apologize for my hallway being halfway painted (not that anyone I know actually CARES....it's a woman thing in my family).

I'm surprisingly not that stressed. I think the paint fumes are getting to me.

Have a GRRRREEEAAT day! Meow!