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[20 Apr 2007|01:48am] |
With some things stressing me out a lot lately, I thought it would be nice to make a post of things that I am happy about.
*Being up at 5 am most days to hear the birds sing and feel like the only one awake.
*Louie being there for me and being exactly what I need right now. For a year and a half now :)
*Having good friends that I can really talk to.
*Getting to see Gordon this weekend to hang out after giving myself space from him for awhile.
*Having a 4 day weekend every weekend and still being able to pay my bills.
*That I'm eating a lot better, exercising and losing weight.
*Dinosaur tattoos.
*Possibly going to L.A. in October for some video game thing. Yay video games that make Louie come to California with me!
*The knowledge that this case will be done by the end of this year I hope, and it can really only get better from here.
*Jessi is moving to Lansing for grad school!
*I think I'll be okay.
*I'm working toward something, and this crappiness won't last forever. Maybe only another year. I just need to be tough and hang in there.
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| An update of sorts |
[30 Mar 2007|02:04am] |
So this week has been kind of shitty, actually this whole month has kind of sucked it and it needs to end soon. Nothing is totally detached or unfixable but I am waiting for a better stage of my life to come soon.
This summer there will be 2 more babies showing up, weddings, baby shower, bar tour, concerts, graduations, etc. I have lots to look forward to.
I've lost close to 10 pounds this year, maybe more so that's good. DDR for x box is pretty sweet and I don't eat much at all anymore. Yay for stress making me not eat!
It's kind of sad to see a friendship just kind of fade away but I think I am mostly over it now. I guess people just grow apart and if you live far away it happens. I guess if you want to be a coward and not tell me how you feel.
Work is going well, applying to grad school is coming along, volunteering is working out, Louie and I have fun.
I am going home this weekend and next. There is a possibility of a dinosaur tattoo in my future with the ils or one of them. I am very excited about this.
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[21 Dec 2006|07:49pm] |
I found the best invention ever.
Scotch tape with hamsters on it! I never need to use normal tape again!
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[26 Nov 2006|06:24am] |
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[11 Nov 2006|03:43pm] |
I finally got a new job! By Thanksgiving, I'll be somewhere else. Making a little more and working nightshift. Until fall 2008 when I hope to God I will have gotten into an MSW program somewhere and I'm working on that.
I also may be moving soon to a place I'm at most of the time anyways. We'll see.
Things are going a lot better, finally I'm getting what I've wanted since January.
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[19 Aug 2006|10:18pm] |
I can't wait to move out, but there is a process to everything and that process is slow.
I think things are starting to look up for me. I can't expect to understand why everything is happening the way it is, so I just don't worry so much. I think I'll be okay.
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[01 Aug 2006|08:37pm] |
I guess I'm chilling out a little bit. I am in the swk 800 class this semester at msu so that is good. At least that is helping me get somewhere. The not so good part is the price of the class ($700!) but my parents are helping me out and I will pay them back... slowly.
As for jobs I am applying, but I have gotten a little lazy and distracted by the heat and not wanting to do anything. I applied for some stuff though. We'll see. I am not liking this weather but it will soon pass.
I feel like I have nothing to tell livejournal anymore.
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[21 Jul 2006|10:44pm] |
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I'm thinking very strongly about just going back to school, like MSU, for something that has nothing to do with what I've majored in and got a degree in. I'm not sure if sociology is for me and I'm leaning towards psychology a little but not too much. So I don't know. I'm very scared and freaked out but I think I should do this before I get too much older and I'm still not doing anything with my life.
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[09 Jul 2006|01:44pm] |
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Overall a pretty fun weekend. I woke up with about the worst hangover ever, coupled with a twisted/possibly sprained ankle that I got last night from trying to climb a tank. I did not succeed. I feel pretty terrible though so maybe I'll post more next time.
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| Weird weekend. |
[08 Jul 2006|03:00am] |
It's just now Saturday morning but it feels like a whole weekend has gone by. Thursday we hauled ass and got here around 8:30 pm, and caught up with the other people drinking for the bar tour of Oceana County. I started out driving at first, then ended up in the suburban with 9 other people (Louie and me in the way back) and we went to about a dozen bars. It's a fun idea to do a bar tour but going to a bar, getting like one drink you share and then leaving kind of sucks. I just wanted to stay at one place. It was pretty fun though. By the end of the night there were 16 of us. I will say that bringing that many people into a bar at once really confuses the staff and as a result I think I didn't pay for like a bunch of my drinks. So that is pretty sweet. We didn't really get that trashed (I didn't) and then after eating some food (which I remember had really small portions) we went home. I slept on the couch and ended up waking up for good at 7 am. Too damn early!
Today Louie and I went to Muskegon and did some shopping and visited with Jami. We both had some weird experiences at the mall. We found a kitten in the parking lot but it hated me and ran away. While we were at Jami's she mentioned we were all having dinner at 6, so we hauled ass back to my parent's and went out for an incredibly long meal. Actually it took about 2 hours but that is a long time just for eating a meal. There were 12 of us. Then we got back and took some pictures and a few of us left for the drive in. We ended up going to Click and it wasn't bad. The second movie was Nacho Libre, I had no desire to see that shit so I kind of slept in the car. One weird thing did happen though, during Click me and Louie hear this scary barking and two fucking dobermans are running towards us! I kind of shit myself a little (not really) but luckily they were called back by their owners and they turned around. But, seriously. WHO THE FUCK BRINGS DOBERMANS TO A FUCKING DRIVE IN MOVIE? Not just one, but two. Did they think they would need protection? Good lord, people are stupid. And now we just got home and I am exhausted and there is a lot in store for tomorrow. I have some funny stories related to that but they will have to wait. Tomorrow is going to be a crazy day as well.
I'll post more when I'm not so tired and I'll put some pics in too.
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[06 Jul 2006|06:42pm] |
I'm only working 3 days this week but that's too much right now. I need a vacation or something. Can't wait til tomorrow night when I get the fuck out of this town. haha.
So Ross' wedding is this weekend and that may be a little weird but it will be interesting.
Hm. I don't really like using public computers. I hope tomorrow's work goes by quickly and painlessly.
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[28 Jun 2006|10:17pm] |
I've been so busy with work/hanging out/god knows what. I can't believe it's already almost Thursday. I have no major plans for this weekend, for once, and that is good. Stuff is getting crazier at work but nothing I can't handle.
I miss some people.
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[18 Jun 2006|12:34pm] |
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Last night was pretty fun. Jon and I saw "An Inconvenient Truth" and I kind of liked it. It made me sad. I'm sure lots of people will have stuff to say but go see it when you can, it's good. Even if Al Gore is not the most charismatic person alive :)
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[15 Jun 2006|05:22pm] |
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Time is flying by and I'm really not sure exactly why, but it seems like I'm super busy all the time. My place is pretty messy always. I don't know but I like it. I haven't seen friends in awhile so I'm working to do that more. I am going to visit Jon's parent's house for the first time ever Saturday so that should be fun. And I get a 3 day weekend because my boss is nice and is letting me take Friday off if I work 12 hours today. I have about 2.5 more hours until I get to leave. And I don't have to come in until noon monday so it's a super long weekend for me.
Last weekend was really fun, Louie and I went to OC and saw baby Henry and my family and also the ils. It was a super packed weekend and we packed so much into the day or so that we were around. I will be returning to OC the weekend after this to hang out with Amber and Tami. My parents got me an air conditioner so that is pretty sweet, I just have to get around to having someone help me install it.
So I am working now and the whole time I've been writing this not one person has come in here, that is pretty nice. I'm not even that stressed out for already being here 9.5 hours.
I am slowly looking for other work and figuring shit out. Thoughts forthcoming.
I'm fairly happy with everything though, I feel way more optimistic and I'm just thinking about stuff way more than I was last year at this time. I think it's definitely good that I am living on my own. I don't want to be totally immersed in a relationship again until I am married. And by immersed I don't even mean crazy, or unhappy like I was in the last.
I suppose I should go I'm sure someone will want to talk to me soon enough.
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[05 Jun 2006|06:37pm] |
I am totally broke til Friday. I did get kind of contacted back about a job that would pay pretty well. I will not say more unless I hear for the better but that is encouraging. I had a really fun weekend, and this coming weekend will be fun. I wish my life was only weekends. No, I guess I take that back. I'm getting kind of stressed out with some parts about work, like how it seems like I have to drive my own car more and that's lame but usually I don't have to drive it far. I wish I didn't have to at all though.
Things are looking up though. My ghetto landlord put good screens in my windows (good enough to keep bugs from coming in) so that I am getting a nice breeze into my apartment. My parents are going to buy me an air conditioner (they just emailed me and asked so that is cool). I may be broke now BUT I have not used my credit card for a month now and if I can keep up like this, not using it and slowly paying it off I'll have it paid off by 2010. Not really. My willpower is really horrible though and the only reason I haven't used it is because it is at my parent's house 2 hours away. I can't even keep it at my place or I would end up using it over and over again. I've been lucky to have Louie help me out with some monetary things. Nothing major, but I do appreciate it.
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[12 May 2006|11:55pm] |
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Life has been strange but good lately. I feel like I have no time for anything (it's been that way for awhile). I go to work, work out, hang out with people, read. It's like I don't even have time to cook and I really should because the shit I eat when I don't cook may be healthy but is not the best. I really want to have time every week to cook and clean and do all the other stuff but I never seem to get around to it.
There's a lot of stuff I want to be doing but I feel spread so thin lately. It's been really good to see friends lately, I seriously feel like I'm better friends with Jon now than I have been in years. I am reconnecting with people as well and that is excellent. Except for the not so great job right now I feel really lucky. I like where I am living and maybe I won't be sick of it for awhile (my apartment sucks but I meant the town).
Tomorrow is a very long day and perhaps Louis and I will invest in a $9 garbage bag full of popcorn.
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[10 May 2006|07:19pm] |
This question is mostly for females but if males have experience they can answer as well.
I just want to know... in my experience I've had a lot of occasions when it felt like men were sexually harassing me. These experiences have ranged from the bar (where it's kind of expected) to the job. I just wanted to know how many other people had similar experiences, if it's more common to happen to females, if perhaps there is something I did to encourage this behavior (I'm not sure what, besides be nice to them beforehand). I just want to see how normal it is basically. Does it happen to everyone?
I don't know maybe this is a dumb question but I've been kind of curious. What is the best way to deal with a gross coworker when you know that if you say something to the supervisor it's going to cause people talking about you behind your back and other problems? I just want some ideas I guess.
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[02 May 2006|09:38pm] |
Today was really not good but I'm trying not to let it dictate my week now. I have lots of stuff to look forward to soon and I can't let one crappy crappy day get me down.
I wish I was easier to please :(
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