It's catch-up time on these...this time it's from Kelley...
8 Things You Might Not Know (or want to know) About Me
1. I was al about Superman when I was a kid. Superman is what I called my priest when I saw him walking down the aisle in mass. I actually got kicked out once for yelling out "Superman" as he was coming by. LOL! And that's also what caused me to break my arm when I was like 3. I stood up on a tall stool with a "cape" on my neck, cried out "Superman" and landed on my left arm. So much for flying.
2. When I was about to begin my freshman year of high school, I cried and begged my mother to let me move to Mexico and live with my aunt and go to school down there. I wanted to change where I was from. I no longer wanted to be from Texas, but from Chihuahua, where my family is from. I had gotten so used to being down there on vacations and pretty much having more freedom than I did here at home, I felt that I truly was from down there. It took me several months to get over my anger of her not letting me go that year.
3. Basketball is my all-time favorite sport. I was manager for five years. I quit helping my high school team when our varsity coach decided to quit. I didn't want to work under anyone else but Coach Kelley! She'd made us State-champs that year! None of the other coaches had made it further than just the regular season, so I quit. Boy do I love the sound of a basketball bouncing on the court, and going through the net!
4. Don't know how I did it, but I took gymnastics for a few years when I was in elementary school. I always told my mom, "I want to win a gold medal in the Olympics." The gold medal never came soon enough, so I gave up.
5. When I was about six, I saved a kids life by calling 9-1-1 when the house next to my babysitters was on fire. She saw the smoke, knew little English, and had me dial the number and talk to the person on the other end of the line. I remember the call lasting for a long time. As soon as I hung up with them, I remember my mom calling and me saying, "I just got to call 9-1-1!" Needless to say she showed up within minutes freaking out! The news reporters came up to my babysitters house and interviewed me. I think we still have the newspaper article somewhere.
6. Mom's proudest moment: Seeing her daughter on the news. I was president of LIGHT Brigade in high school. We ended up going to MADD camp in 2000 at TCU. Out of nowhere, my friend Cereida and I saw the news reporter for channel 23. We just wanted to say hi to him cause he's well known, and he ended up interviewing us. We called our parents within minutes, and when we got home, there was the recording of us talking on the news. My mom showed that news report to everyone that walked through the front doors for the longest time!
7. I'm going to be the first person in my entire family to graduate from college. No one else in my family has even set foot on a college campus. So for me to be a student at A&M Commerce is already a big accomplishment. Come December 2007 (unless I change my major and make it last until May), I will have fulfilled this duty in the family!
8. Man it's hard coming up with 8 things!!! Let's see...I'm just like my grandmother, I keep EVERYTHING. I keep the envelopes that cards come in, boxes that brownies are sent in :), little papers with my name drawn on them, post-it notes that say "I don't know what to say soooo...." that was placed on m laptop, ticket stubs from the movies, airplane tickets, rocks, grain of sand, whatever it is I keep. But there is one stipulation, it stays only if it was a gift. If it's something that I've bought, it tends to go in the trash within a month. I know, call me crazy!
There you go. Once again, it's late. I'm sure if I'd done this during the day, I may have come up with better things. Oh well...my duty here is done!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Meme
So Erin tagged me almost a month ago on this, and I just now remembered that I haven't done it. Sorry Erin!
Four jobs I've had: customer service rep for Hat-Co (Resistol & Stetson hats), receptionist, pre-school teacher for my beloved Blue Ivey School, and night security for one of the A&M Commerce dorms (no, I didn't get to carry a gun-so sad, I know).
Four places I have lived: Garland, Rowlett, A&M Commerce dorms, Commerce apartments
Four movies I watch over and over: Pride & Prejudice, Stepmom, Double Jeopardy, Elizabethtown.
Four favorite foods: Red velvet cake, sesame chicken, shrimp alfredo, brownies
Four favorite TV shows: Ummm...we don't have a tv, but when there is one: Food Network, TLC, and Grey's Anatomy
Four places I'd rather be right now: the beach, the lake at sunset, in bed asleep, on a plane
Four things I wonder about: must I really answer this one, it's almost 2 am! I don't have the mentality to think right now.
Four people I tag to complete this survey: There's only one person I can think to tag, Simran. Otherwise, sorry Erin but I must stop it here. :)
Four jobs I've had: customer service rep for Hat-Co (Resistol & Stetson hats), receptionist, pre-school teacher for my beloved Blue Ivey School, and night security for one of the A&M Commerce dorms (no, I didn't get to carry a gun-so sad, I know).
Four places I have lived: Garland, Rowlett, A&M Commerce dorms, Commerce apartments
Four movies I watch over and over: Pride & Prejudice, Stepmom, Double Jeopardy, Elizabethtown.
Four favorite foods: Red velvet cake, sesame chicken, shrimp alfredo, brownies
Four favorite TV shows: Ummm...we don't have a tv, but when there is one: Food Network, TLC, and Grey's Anatomy
Four places I'd rather be right now: the beach, the lake at sunset, in bed asleep, on a plane
Four things I wonder about: must I really answer this one, it's almost 2 am! I don't have the mentality to think right now.
Four people I tag to complete this survey: There's only one person I can think to tag, Simran. Otherwise, sorry Erin but I must stop it here. :)
Friday, May 18, 2007
Summer...changes
Yay, we finally have internet in the apartment. You have no idea how bad it has been. I've had some major withdrawals from the stinkin' thing. I've been so bored, I can't even tell you the things I've been doing around here to stay sane.
It's Friday! The week is over!
The Spring semester ended last week, and it ended much better than I expected. I actually passed all my classes. Yes, there was a bit of doubt. But the teachers were kind enough to pass me. I've already started the may-mini, which is three weeks long. The class has been very interesting. We've had speakers come in every day that work with different agencies in the Social Work field around the area. I gotta say, Social Work is something that is sounding pretty good to me right now. Anyway, two more weeks and this class is over, just to be followed by a new semester five days later. Kelley, I may have to make a trip to your place in that short break.
I've moved into the apartment, and am pretty settled in. I still need a few things, but I'm managing fine. I'm praying about finding a job for the summer, although a part of me is saying "Don't worry about a job". I did get a call last night from a friend that is going to quit his job at the Children's Museum here, and asked if I'd like to take his spot. But that's all up to his boss. We'll have to see about that one. I definitely wouldn't mind working there!
Mother's Day was a loooonnnnggg day. Not because I had to go back home to be with my mother, but the process of getting back home. The roommate and I went out the night before and didn't get back 'til 5 am. Then there goes my phone at 8 am, "When are you coming home?" It was my mom. I didn't even know what to answer her 'cause all I wanted to do was sleep. We finally got up around 2 pm and started getting ready to head back to our respective homes. I finally made it home around 5 pm. We ended up going to my cousins and celebrating Mother's Day there. I have to say, it's really nice when I see my mom and her sister and all her nieces getting along. It's such a rare occasion, but beautiful to see...
(Pics: my mom, and pretty much her 3 daughters)
I got to go out to Garland last week to see my goddaughter in her first school program. Amazingly enough the school never had any other programs throughout the year. Anyway, she is finishing up her pre-school year at one of the public schools in GISD. They had a special Cinco de Mayo presentation. The kids wore traditional, and I mean traditional, Mexican outfits for the celebration. Even the teachers joined in and performed. It was all too cute! I'm so glad I didn't miss out getting to see that. I was very proud of my girl!
Besides the moving, starting up school, the excitement of learning that I passed my classes, Mother's Day, and Jasmine's program, nothing else has happened. I miss my friends. Todd's in Chicago, Simran (can't wait for you to come back girl!) is in Malaysia....Come Memorial Day weekend and we're heading out to the lake for a cookout, Christina, Nick, Todd and Me. Sooooo looking forward to it!
For now, I should probably get off of this thing and finish putting some things together that we bought for the apartment. I can't wait to see everything clean and put in place!!!
It's Friday! The week is over!
The Spring semester ended last week, and it ended much better than I expected. I actually passed all my classes. Yes, there was a bit of doubt. But the teachers were kind enough to pass me. I've already started the may-mini, which is three weeks long. The class has been very interesting. We've had speakers come in every day that work with different agencies in the Social Work field around the area. I gotta say, Social Work is something that is sounding pretty good to me right now. Anyway, two more weeks and this class is over, just to be followed by a new semester five days later. Kelley, I may have to make a trip to your place in that short break.
I've moved into the apartment, and am pretty settled in. I still need a few things, but I'm managing fine. I'm praying about finding a job for the summer, although a part of me is saying "Don't worry about a job". I did get a call last night from a friend that is going to quit his job at the Children's Museum here, and asked if I'd like to take his spot. But that's all up to his boss. We'll have to see about that one. I definitely wouldn't mind working there!
Mother's Day was a loooonnnnggg day. Not because I had to go back home to be with my mother, but the process of getting back home. The roommate and I went out the night before and didn't get back 'til 5 am. Then there goes my phone at 8 am, "When are you coming home?" It was my mom. I didn't even know what to answer her 'cause all I wanted to do was sleep. We finally got up around 2 pm and started getting ready to head back to our respective homes. I finally made it home around 5 pm. We ended up going to my cousins and celebrating Mother's Day there. I have to say, it's really nice when I see my mom and her sister and all her nieces getting along. It's such a rare occasion, but beautiful to see...
I got to go out to Garland last week to see my goddaughter in her first school program. Amazingly enough the school never had any other programs throughout the year. Anyway, she is finishing up her pre-school year at one of the public schools in GISD. They had a special Cinco de Mayo presentation. The kids wore traditional, and I mean traditional, Mexican outfits for the celebration. Even the teachers joined in and performed. It was all too cute! I'm so glad I didn't miss out getting to see that. I was very proud of my girl!
Besides the moving, starting up school, the excitement of learning that I passed my classes, Mother's Day, and Jasmine's program, nothing else has happened. I miss my friends. Todd's in Chicago, Simran (can't wait for you to come back girl!) is in Malaysia....Come Memorial Day weekend and we're heading out to the lake for a cookout, Christina, Nick, Todd and Me. Sooooo looking forward to it!
For now, I should probably get off of this thing and finish putting some things together that we bought for the apartment. I can't wait to see everything clean and put in place!!!
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
The storm
We had an amazing storm roll through Dallas today. Don't know if my friends back home in Commerce got to experience the intensity. I was only fortunate enough to see it because I was out in Mesquite.
I looked out of Sandi's house, where I was at, and was just amazed at the strength of the wind, blowing that rain and the trees everywhere. Ever seen those commercials where they are testing cars against air/wind, and this "imaginary" blanket forms over the cars with the wind? That's exactly what I saw today as the wind pushed the rain. It was amazing...
The storm was on my mind all night long. Don't know why, but I couldn't get the vision of the trees being swayed back and forth, and the rain being pushed with the force of the wind. Then as I was driving home, I heard a song, Keith Urban's song Nobody Drinks Alone:
"Don't you know
Nobody drinks alone
Every demon, every ghost
From your past
And every memory you've held back
Follows you home
Nobody drinks alone"
I started thinking about the path that I've been following the past couple of months. I thought of all the times I have tried to forget friendships I've lost and the loneliness that has come with it, and going so easily from my strong faith to practically no faith at all. Then of course, I started thinking of way back in the day, all the things I'd done wrong in my life, the mistakes I'd made, and started thinking of how my life could be different in so many ways. What if I hadn't ended my closest friendship five years ago? What if I had said yes to that guy? What if I had spoken up more when the yelling started? What if I hadn't met my friends? What if he died that night? What if? What if? What if?
There was the storm of my life, the demons and ghosts from my past. All the "what if's" that I have constantly been playing in my head for the past two months, then trying to forget them all. The "what if's" were that wind pushing all the feelings I've been carrying inside (the rain). My storm is a continuous storm. It doesn't just come and go like today's storm. It shows up every day, when I least expect it. And I've hated it! I've been ready for it to just break apart, and never come back. As I watched that storm that came through today, all I wanted to do was battle with it. Alexandra was ready to get in the closet, I was ready to say "Bring it on!"
I'm ready to fight this storm. I'm ready to let the wind just take all the "demons and goshts" from my past, and all the pain, and just let them all fly. Fly far, far away! I'm ready to trust the One that says "I mend your heart and wounds" Psalm 17:3, "I hear your voice" Psalm 55:17. And I'm ready to say "The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies" Psalm 59:10.
I think I'm ready to say "Bring it on!"
I looked out of Sandi's house, where I was at, and was just amazed at the strength of the wind, blowing that rain and the trees everywhere. Ever seen those commercials where they are testing cars against air/wind, and this "imaginary" blanket forms over the cars with the wind? That's exactly what I saw today as the wind pushed the rain. It was amazing...
The storm was on my mind all night long. Don't know why, but I couldn't get the vision of the trees being swayed back and forth, and the rain being pushed with the force of the wind. Then as I was driving home, I heard a song, Keith Urban's song Nobody Drinks Alone:
"Don't you know
Nobody drinks alone
Every demon, every ghost
From your past
And every memory you've held back
Follows you home
Nobody drinks alone"
I started thinking about the path that I've been following the past couple of months. I thought of all the times I have tried to forget friendships I've lost and the loneliness that has come with it, and going so easily from my strong faith to practically no faith at all. Then of course, I started thinking of way back in the day, all the things I'd done wrong in my life, the mistakes I'd made, and started thinking of how my life could be different in so many ways. What if I hadn't ended my closest friendship five years ago? What if I had said yes to that guy? What if I had spoken up more when the yelling started? What if I hadn't met my friends? What if he died that night? What if? What if? What if?
There was the storm of my life, the demons and ghosts from my past. All the "what if's" that I have constantly been playing in my head for the past two months, then trying to forget them all. The "what if's" were that wind pushing all the feelings I've been carrying inside (the rain). My storm is a continuous storm. It doesn't just come and go like today's storm. It shows up every day, when I least expect it. And I've hated it! I've been ready for it to just break apart, and never come back. As I watched that storm that came through today, all I wanted to do was battle with it. Alexandra was ready to get in the closet, I was ready to say "Bring it on!"
I'm ready to fight this storm. I'm ready to let the wind just take all the "demons and goshts" from my past, and all the pain, and just let them all fly. Fly far, far away! I'm ready to trust the One that says "I mend your heart and wounds" Psalm 17:3, "I hear your voice" Psalm 55:17. And I'm ready to say "The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies" Psalm 59:10.
I think I'm ready to say "Bring it on!"
Monday, April 30, 2007
NO MORE PLEEEAASEE
So can I say that I'm already ready for this week to be over???
I officially hate computers right now. I really shouldn't because I made the stupid mistake. I worked last night on a paper that was due this morning until about 4:30 in the morning. I was running so late this morning I quickly got on my laptop to transfer the file to my jump drive so I could print my paper out at school. Apparently I had already done it last night when I was saving the file, and instead of duplicating the file, I accidentally replaced it with a blank page. I was sooooo mad this morning when I got to school and saw that it was missing. I had only 10 minutes to quickly right the paper over again. I had no choice but to try and summarize everything that I had said in 2 pages. It sucked completely!
Then I go to my mythology class ready to turn in my copy of my final project to my professor, and she tells me that I was supposed to turn in 2 copies. A&M Commerce is so gay they make us pay for every paper we print out. I ran out of money printing off two other papers I had to turn in as well. So I had no choice but to tell the prof that I didn't have the second copy. She gave me until 5 to email it to her. Don't know what the rush is all about, it's just a stinkin copy. And this is the professor that gave me an 89 on a take-home exam that I only half answered, then turned in two days late. She's lenient with the grades, but not with a stinkin copy? Whatever!
And then I head towards my final class, and walk in to "Okay guys, go ahead and hand me your papers." I totally forgot to print out my paper for that class. Luckily she also gave me until 5 to email it to her.
This was just not my day!!! There was one good thing that happened. I got my annotated bibliography back. Kelley, you should be happy to read this. I got a 50/50, a perfect score!!! What I find craziest is that I apparently write better when I've had little or no sleep, and with only a couple of hours left before having to turn in an assignment. I won't even tell you when I started and when I finished this assignment, which was 70% of my grade. You'd probably freak out.
My friends just called to ask if I wanted to have dinner. Sniff sniff, they were going to treat me to Chili's. How sweet! I actually hadn't seen them in the past couple of days, which is a bit strange. But oh well...there's always next week to celebrate the end of the semester together!
Now I just have to study for my lab final, which is tomorrow. And then start writing my final paper for adolescent lit. I haven't the slightest idea what I'll be writing about for that. I guess I'll figure it out in a couple of days.
I officially hate computers right now. I really shouldn't because I made the stupid mistake. I worked last night on a paper that was due this morning until about 4:30 in the morning. I was running so late this morning I quickly got on my laptop to transfer the file to my jump drive so I could print my paper out at school. Apparently I had already done it last night when I was saving the file, and instead of duplicating the file, I accidentally replaced it with a blank page. I was sooooo mad this morning when I got to school and saw that it was missing. I had only 10 minutes to quickly right the paper over again. I had no choice but to try and summarize everything that I had said in 2 pages. It sucked completely!
Then I go to my mythology class ready to turn in my copy of my final project to my professor, and she tells me that I was supposed to turn in 2 copies. A&M Commerce is so gay they make us pay for every paper we print out. I ran out of money printing off two other papers I had to turn in as well. So I had no choice but to tell the prof that I didn't have the second copy. She gave me until 5 to email it to her. Don't know what the rush is all about, it's just a stinkin copy. And this is the professor that gave me an 89 on a take-home exam that I only half answered, then turned in two days late. She's lenient with the grades, but not with a stinkin copy? Whatever!
And then I head towards my final class, and walk in to "Okay guys, go ahead and hand me your papers." I totally forgot to print out my paper for that class. Luckily she also gave me until 5 to email it to her.
This was just not my day!!! There was one good thing that happened. I got my annotated bibliography back. Kelley, you should be happy to read this. I got a 50/50, a perfect score!!! What I find craziest is that I apparently write better when I've had little or no sleep, and with only a couple of hours left before having to turn in an assignment. I won't even tell you when I started and when I finished this assignment, which was 70% of my grade. You'd probably freak out.
My friends just called to ask if I wanted to have dinner. Sniff sniff, they were going to treat me to Chili's. How sweet! I actually hadn't seen them in the past couple of days, which is a bit strange. But oh well...there's always next week to celebrate the end of the semester together!
Now I just have to study for my lab final, which is tomorrow. And then start writing my final paper for adolescent lit. I haven't the slightest idea what I'll be writing about for that. I guess I'll figure it out in a couple of days.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
What a week!
I sure do hope that all the drama will be over after this week!
My week started off okay. Stayed at my friends, watched movies from the 80's. I finally saw Pretty in Pink. She made it sound like I was going to go to hell for not having seen that, or a few other movies I still haven't seen. Monday and Tuesday pretty much rolled on by.
I woke up just in time for my lab on Wednesday. Wednesday was another night of watching movies, after hanging out at Todds's. I don't even remember anymore what we actually watched.
Thursday night was an awful night; I almost lost a friend to alcohol poisoning. The experience was awful. I don't ever wanna go through something like that again!
Friday was a recovery day from the previous night/that morning's events. Friday afternoon I returned back to my room to pack, after which I finally enjoyed some real food at Chili's with my friend Christina.
And Saturday, after arriving at the Glahn's for a couple of hours, I get a call at midnight that one of my friends had been in a car wreck and was bring transferred from Terrell to Greenville. So there I go heading back to Greenville to see how she's doing. At first there was concern 'cause she couldn't feel anything on her left arm. But after some drugs, x-rays and what not, the doctors came to the conclusion that it's just a pinched nerve. She got out about 3 hours later.
Sunday...well Sunday has just arrived. I don't know how I'm going to make it! I'm supposed to be up in approximately 3 hours to get ready for church. And I'm also supposed to go to Six Flags with Alexandra, and then come back to write a paper.
With the thought that I could have lost a friend Thursday night/Friday morning, and then the fear of tonight, I can't help but wonder what isn't right? Something isn't lined up right! I just hope next week goes by a bit smoother. I need it to, otherwise, I think I might lose it!
My week started off okay. Stayed at my friends, watched movies from the 80's. I finally saw Pretty in Pink. She made it sound like I was going to go to hell for not having seen that, or a few other movies I still haven't seen. Monday and Tuesday pretty much rolled on by.
I woke up just in time for my lab on Wednesday. Wednesday was another night of watching movies, after hanging out at Todds's. I don't even remember anymore what we actually watched.
Thursday night was an awful night; I almost lost a friend to alcohol poisoning. The experience was awful. I don't ever wanna go through something like that again!
Friday was a recovery day from the previous night/that morning's events. Friday afternoon I returned back to my room to pack, after which I finally enjoyed some real food at Chili's with my friend Christina.
And Saturday, after arriving at the Glahn's for a couple of hours, I get a call at midnight that one of my friends had been in a car wreck and was bring transferred from Terrell to Greenville. So there I go heading back to Greenville to see how she's doing. At first there was concern 'cause she couldn't feel anything on her left arm. But after some drugs, x-rays and what not, the doctors came to the conclusion that it's just a pinched nerve. She got out about 3 hours later.
Sunday...well Sunday has just arrived. I don't know how I'm going to make it! I'm supposed to be up in approximately 3 hours to get ready for church. And I'm also supposed to go to Six Flags with Alexandra, and then come back to write a paper.
With the thought that I could have lost a friend Thursday night/Friday morning, and then the fear of tonight, I can't help but wonder what isn't right? Something isn't lined up right! I just hope next week goes by a bit smoother. I need it to, otherwise, I think I might lose it!
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Summer paid in full!
So I found out on Friday that I don't have to worry a single bit about paying for my tuition or housing (if I stick to on-campus housing) for the summer. I was granted more than enough money through Pell grants to pay for my the cost. I will probably even have enough money to pay for books. Exciting! I haven't told my dad just yet. I think I'll make him worry just a little bit longer. Ha!
Alright, I had to put this up b/c someone told me I should share the good stuff too! You know who you are... ;). I must go back to working on my annotated bibliography. I finally got done reading a 24 page article, and have actually written the response. Although I will say that I'm not quite certain if I did it right or not. Ugh! But that leaves me with 4 more articles, which are all due at 10 am. I guess I better get back to work!
Alright, I had to put this up b/c someone told me I should share the good stuff too! You know who you are... ;). I must go back to working on my annotated bibliography. I finally got done reading a 24 page article, and have actually written the response. Although I will say that I'm not quite certain if I did it right or not. Ugh! But that leaves me with 4 more articles, which are all due at 10 am. I guess I better get back to work!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
close to the end
Two more weeks, then finals. This semester if finally coming to a close!!!
This week has been full of long nights, drives out to the lake, thinking - lots of thinking.
Looks like I'll be moving into a house over the summer here in Commerce. I am super excited. Details are getting worked out. But the cost would be far less than what I'd be paying to live on campus. And come on, it's a house. So much more breathing room. Then in the fall, there's a chance that I'll be living in an apartment. But I'll think about that one more as that gets closer. For now, I'm just excited about the summer plans. :)
Things have slowly, and let me repeat that, SLOWLY, have gotten better. My friends here have shown a tremendous amount of love. Anytime I begin to feel down, they are right there to cheer me up. I will say, I am not down as much as I have been the past couple of months. So that's a good thing.
I've been asked again to consider being an RA (resident assistant) in the Fall. I have to say, a part of me wants to say yes, but a big part of me wants to say no. Perhaps I'm being selfish, but I don't want to go through as much crap as some of my friends are going through right now. I saw the negative changes in certain people. And I see the treatment that some of my friends now receive. It sucks! I'd much rather worry about my own life, and not about some 60 residents. Ugh! Besides, what experience could it possibly give me? I don't plan on being a hall director or living on a campus for another 10 years like some people have! The only benefit would be free room and board. But that won't even be enough to convince me to do it.
I got to talk to my cousin that lives out in Cali today. Her mom, my "aunt", has been fighting cancer for the past two/three years. My mom had the chance to talk to her mom about a month or so ago. My mom didn't handle it very well. My aunt couldn't really keep the conversation going. Her health has gone downhill over the past 6 months. But my cousin today gave us a little bit of hope. She's been put on this new medication that was just approved in March. And in just a couple of weeks, she seems to be with so much more energy. My cousin just seemed so hopeful. The question now is can this medicine get rid of the cancer? More than likely, no. She has many tumors in her brain, tumors all over her body, the cancer has just taken over her body. It's just a matter of seeing what results the doctor gives in a couple of weeks.
My cousin was excited to hear that I'll be heading over there in a couple of months. I haven't seen her since she moved last year. Her oldest daughter, now 18, I used to carry like a football when she was little. LOL! To hear that she's graduating next month is just mind boggling. I guess it's just as crazy for her to hear, "I'm graduating soon!" Ah, family...I love them so!
Gosh, the rest of this month is going to be so hectic! First Communions, Confirmations, Quinceañeras, test, papers, projects, finals, and all the "extra-curricular activities" to end the semester. It's going to be insane! I guess I should use that handy planner I was given at the beginning of the semester so I make sure to not forget anything!
Anyway...well I guess this is enough thinking for the night, o... morning shall I say... I can already tell that today is going to be a good day!
This week has been full of long nights, drives out to the lake, thinking - lots of thinking.
Looks like I'll be moving into a house over the summer here in Commerce. I am super excited. Details are getting worked out. But the cost would be far less than what I'd be paying to live on campus. And come on, it's a house. So much more breathing room. Then in the fall, there's a chance that I'll be living in an apartment. But I'll think about that one more as that gets closer. For now, I'm just excited about the summer plans. :)
Things have slowly, and let me repeat that, SLOWLY, have gotten better. My friends here have shown a tremendous amount of love. Anytime I begin to feel down, they are right there to cheer me up. I will say, I am not down as much as I have been the past couple of months. So that's a good thing.
I've been asked again to consider being an RA (resident assistant) in the Fall. I have to say, a part of me wants to say yes, but a big part of me wants to say no. Perhaps I'm being selfish, but I don't want to go through as much crap as some of my friends are going through right now. I saw the negative changes in certain people. And I see the treatment that some of my friends now receive. It sucks! I'd much rather worry about my own life, and not about some 60 residents. Ugh! Besides, what experience could it possibly give me? I don't plan on being a hall director or living on a campus for another 10 years like some people have! The only benefit would be free room and board. But that won't even be enough to convince me to do it.
I got to talk to my cousin that lives out in Cali today. Her mom, my "aunt", has been fighting cancer for the past two/three years. My mom had the chance to talk to her mom about a month or so ago. My mom didn't handle it very well. My aunt couldn't really keep the conversation going. Her health has gone downhill over the past 6 months. But my cousin today gave us a little bit of hope. She's been put on this new medication that was just approved in March. And in just a couple of weeks, she seems to be with so much more energy. My cousin just seemed so hopeful. The question now is can this medicine get rid of the cancer? More than likely, no. She has many tumors in her brain, tumors all over her body, the cancer has just taken over her body. It's just a matter of seeing what results the doctor gives in a couple of weeks.
My cousin was excited to hear that I'll be heading over there in a couple of months. I haven't seen her since she moved last year. Her oldest daughter, now 18, I used to carry like a football when she was little. LOL! To hear that she's graduating next month is just mind boggling. I guess it's just as crazy for her to hear, "I'm graduating soon!" Ah, family...I love them so!
Gosh, the rest of this month is going to be so hectic! First Communions, Confirmations, Quinceañeras, test, papers, projects, finals, and all the "extra-curricular activities" to end the semester. It's going to be insane! I guess I should use that handy planner I was given at the beginning of the semester so I make sure to not forget anything!
Anyway...well I guess this is enough thinking for the night, o... morning shall I say... I can already tell that today is going to be a good day!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Our Mini Escape
After a long Thursday night, a Friday of feeling sick all day long, having slept only 4 hours, then working until 6 am Saturday morning, and sleeping another 11 hours, I got a break from Commerce and everything it entails. Todd and I went to dinner and decided that we needed to get out of good ol' Commerce. So we drove out to downtown Dallas to walk around. We invited Sophie, and she invited Ferai, her friend. So the four of us hung out in downtown all night.
We started off at the West End. I sort of had to lead everyone since Todd had only been downtown two or three times (and he's from Arkansas), and Sophie and Ferai hadn't really been.
We walked by the Dallas World Aquarium. Sophie really liked the lighting of the trees with the green lights, so we took some pictures. We saw a sign outside of the aquarium that says "Cichlids of Lake Malawi". We couldn't help but take a picture of that little sign, just for our friend Zikani (He's from Malawi).
We started off at the West End. I sort of had to lead everyone since Todd had only been downtown two or three times (and he's from Arkansas), and Sophie and Ferai hadn't really been.
We walked by the Dallas World Aquarium. Sophie really liked the lighting of the trees with the green lights, so we took some pictures. We saw a sign outside of the aquarium that says "Cichlids of Lake Malawi". We couldn't help but take a picture of that little sign, just for our friend Zikani (He's from Malawi).
We weren't really aiming to go anywhere, we just wanted to walk, so we headed east on one of the streets. It ended up being a street with the same name as the place we were all trying to escape from, Commerce Street.
We walked so much that we almost hit 45. So we turned around to go back towards the JFK memorial. On our way back, we ran into Thanksgiving Square. I didn't even know that it existed. We all stood on a mosaic sqaure whilee waiting to cross which read "Thanksgiving Square". As we stood on it, we each said something that we were thankful for. I was just thankful to be in Dallas and not in Commerce.
We finally made it back to the JFK memorial spot. We looked around, read all the historical landmarks, and just sat down to rest. We attempted to get so many pictures of the Reunion tower, but at night with the lighting and cameras being so difficult, we struggled. Ultimately, both Todd and Sophie got a picture of the tower that they were happy with.
And of course, we had to get a picture of all of us together.
We finished off our little escape by going to S'bux, Tom-Thumb, and Wendys. We made it back a little after midnight to Commerce.
It really was a lot of fun to just get out. We weren't certain what we were really going to do. I have to say, the spontaneous drive to Dallas, and just walking around without a sense of direction was very relaxing. Although next time, we do plan on going during the day! :)
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
random thoughts
thoughts for this week...
1) i hate school!
2) sick of reading. sparknotes has become my best friend.
3) the night time has brought many escapes. so the night has also become my best friend.
4) don't call me between the hours of 1 pm and 9 pm. you interrupt my sleep...well talk to Dillan, he'll tell you what i'll do.
5) people need to just leave me alone. i don't want to deal with things right now. pushing me to do it isn't helping. let me enjoy my time, and i'll be fine eventually.
6) dreams are quite interesting, especially when they carry your thoughts throughout the dream so vividly.
7) i think i have figured out what hate really feels like. don't like it at times, but it sure helps in not caring.
8) always remember where your car gets parked after the night is over...that's all i'm going to say about that. lol.
9) walk the talk...i am so sick of people that don't do it.
10) $8 can really go a looooong way.
1) i hate school!
2) sick of reading. sparknotes has become my best friend.
3) the night time has brought many escapes. so the night has also become my best friend.
4) don't call me between the hours of 1 pm and 9 pm. you interrupt my sleep...well talk to Dillan, he'll tell you what i'll do.
5) people need to just leave me alone. i don't want to deal with things right now. pushing me to do it isn't helping. let me enjoy my time, and i'll be fine eventually.
6) dreams are quite interesting, especially when they carry your thoughts throughout the dream so vividly.
7) i think i have figured out what hate really feels like. don't like it at times, but it sure helps in not caring.
8) always remember where your car gets parked after the night is over...that's all i'm going to say about that. lol.
9) walk the talk...i am so sick of people that don't do it.
10) $8 can really go a looooong way.
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