No I did not just prematurely declare an end to the war in Iraq (cough, cough, President Bush, cough). I am referring to my grade in the psychology class. I did pass it (barely) and I will be retaking it during the 2nd half of spring quarter so it does not completely tank my GPA.
My dad did the unexpected today and called to ask if he could take Chucky out for a couple of hours so we said sure and while they were gone Chris and I went shopping for a new bed. I'm sure I've mentioned it in other posts that Chris is a big behemoth of a man. If not there it is. He is quite big. Well we currently have a queen size bed which would usually be adequate for most couples but definitely not for us. He takes up most the bed which is bad enough but he makes claims of "poor circulation" which he says makes him uncomfortable and causes him to roll all over the bed all night. I usually have about a foot and a half of space to sleep in because of this. That was all fine and dandy when we first got married and I was a size 3 but I am definitely not that small anymore and I am tired of sleeping like crap. The color under my eyes is a lovely shade of purple which I try to hide with makeup so I don't scare people. I've reached the point where I'm tired of looking and feeling like a corpse so dammit we are getting a new bed. I'm sure I'm not the only one to have a sleeping partner I'm incompatible with. We're getting a king size. Moving up in the world we are.
I've decided as of late that I want to start reading again. Maybe not as much as I used to because I just don't have time for that. I used to be holed up in my room all day long some days when I was younger and back then I'd be able to get through 2 300 page books a day. I would also stay up until 2 am reading and then get up at 7 for school with no problems. I just can't do that anymore. I would like to fit it somewhere in my schedule to be able to read at least one book a month, textbooks for college not counting of course. I don't think this is too overambitious so hopefully I can do it. Just for giggles here is a list of some of my all time favorite books:
1. The phantom tollbooth by norton juster. Our teacher made us read this in 6th grade. By the time she made us read it I had already read it at least 10 times. Still have a copy of it in my basement somewhere
2. The Egypt Game by zilpha keatly snyder. Read this one mulitple times as a kid too.
3. Imzadi by Peter David. Every Trekkie worth their salt has a favorite Trek novel and this one was it for me. A trek love story. I first read this back when I had a crush on Jonathan Frakes who played Commander Riker. Krista decided one morning in 7th grade that it would be hilarious to draw a picture of leapord print underwear and put Cdr Rikers pic in the middle so when I opened my locker that morning it would pop out at me.
4. Roots by Alex Haley. This book was just amazing. Even better was Queen also by Alex Haley. Both were made into a miniseries, neither of which even came close to comparing to the books.
5. The Stand by Stephen King. I think this is the most popular (and possibly the longest) book he's ever written. I love me some Stephen King books.
6. Wanderlust by Danielle Steel. I've read alot of her books but this one is my favorite because its the first one I ever read.
7. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. This is my all time favorite movie. Seeing the movie made me wish I was alive in the era when Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh were big stars. The book was even better. The follow up book Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley was awesome too.
8. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. She is a great writer. I heard they are making this book into a movie starring Scarlet Johannsen. This author started my current love affair with historical fiction books.
9. I love anything written by Michael Connelly but my favorite in the Harry Bosch series is the Concrete Blonde. Don't know why but I just really liked that one for some reason.
10. Last but certainly not least on this list is Pride and Prejudice. I think we read this one in school and I know we watched the movie. I liked all of Jane Austen's books I have read so far but by far this one is my favorite.
And now that I have shown my true nerd colors by posting that list, I think I will go do me some homework before I get too tired.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Praying for a passing grade
Well I did all I could to resuscitate my psychology grade during the last week of class. Now its just waiting to see if I passed it or not. I had a really difficult time with it because i have been burnt out and exhausted for weeks now and I just couldn't do the late nights to get the homework done. There will be consequences if I do not pass the class because my schooling is paid for by the VA and if I don't show "progress" in my degree then they can stop my benefits and it may take awhile to get them started again so here's hoping I passed the class. If I did I'm planning on retaking it again the coming quarter so I can get the higher grade to boost my GPA back up. Yesterday I started two new classes: American Political Systems and Intermediate Algebra. Wierd thing is I feel such a big sense of relief from having finished the psychology class that it gave me alot of motivation to start these two classes off on the right foot. Hopefully I can keep that going for the next six weeks.
Not much going on otherwise. I have been sick with a cold this week. It started out as a sore throat. Once the sore throat got better my nose got all plugged and my ears started hurting because my sinuses are draining. I'm hoping this goes away soon because I'm tired of feeling like my head weighs 30 lbs and I hate having that feeling in my nose like I'm going to sneeze and I never do.
I have monday off and I'm planning on sleeping in til at least 10am every day this weekend. I stayed up til 4am thursday morning to finish my psychology paper and then I got up and got ready for work at 7:30. I haven't quite caught up on the missed sleep yet. Gonna get some homework done before I go to bed. TTFN.
Not much going on otherwise. I have been sick with a cold this week. It started out as a sore throat. Once the sore throat got better my nose got all plugged and my ears started hurting because my sinuses are draining. I'm hoping this goes away soon because I'm tired of feeling like my head weighs 30 lbs and I hate having that feeling in my nose like I'm going to sneeze and I never do.
I have monday off and I'm planning on sleeping in til at least 10am every day this weekend. I stayed up til 4am thursday morning to finish my psychology paper and then I got up and got ready for work at 7:30. I haven't quite caught up on the missed sleep yet. Gonna get some homework done before I go to bed. TTFN.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Randomness as Usual
So my 25th birthday is coming up in 10 days. Is it sad when you look forward to a birthday because your car insurance is going to go down? Yet another example of how I am a far cry from the person I was just 5 years ago. I don't really look forward to birthdays all that much. When I was little my dad used to have a birthday party for me every year. When I got into my tween and teen years though since my dad and stepmother were both working I would come home to some birthday cards and a pineapple upside down cake (my dad makes me one every year) on the table and that was that. This year I don't want much. I just mainly like cash these days so I can get myself new clothes. I am one of those people who doesn't have a huge wardrobe, just about 5 or 6 outfits that are in heavy rotation all the time so they tend to get worn out faster. My dad said he is getting me a cell phone for emergencies which is definitely something I need because I have a 70 mile roundtrip commute to and from work every day and if something happens during that time I have no way to get ahold of anyone.
Last year I slid off the road at 70 mph, slammed into a road sign and skidded to a stop about a foot from a big tree. I walked up to the road and some lady was nice enough to stop and pick me up and give me a ride to a gas station so I could call Chris and have him come get me. So the cell phone will definitely help if a situation like that happens again.
I used to be one of those people that oohed and aahed over things with designer labels but I've never owned anything designer in my entire life. JC Penney is about as high end as I go shopping for clothes and I don't have a problem with that. This year though there is one item that is designer that I would just love for my birthday and I can't afford it. There are 3 bags that are designed by Dooney & Bourke. I want either a medium banana bag, a saddle bag, or a pocket sac all in denim. Those suckers retail for between $195 - $300. Well for the past week I've been bidding on brand new ones on ebay and every single time I've been outbid because I can't bid more the $90 on it. Hopefully sometime before my birthday I'll win one. Thats all I really want for my birthday this year besides saving whatever money I get for the trip to Chicago in May.
Today is going to be busy for me. I had to work yesterday to make up for monday when I stayed home sick because I completely misunderstood the sick leave policy that the company that took over my contract has. Today I have A TON of homework but I am planning on laying down for an hour or two before I start it. I was planning on sleeping in til about 11 this morning but Chucky woke me up at 9:20 this morning because he wanted to see his daddy and Chris was downstairs on his STUPID computer game again and didn't hear him get up. I swear this happens to me every single sunday. Sunday is my designated day to sleep in. Either Chucky ends up waking me up because he can't find chris and he wants his oatmeal or somebody forgets that I asked that they not call before NOON on sundays and the phone ends up waking me up. And every time they say "Oh, I thought you'd be up by now". Um, no and i've told you 5 hundred billion times not to call here this early because I WILL BE SLEEPING STILL. No, this doesn't piss me off, not in the least bit.... Anyway I don't want to start the homework when I'm still feeling tired because around 11 pm I will be hit with a wave of exhaustion and won't be able to work anymore and I don't want that to happen.
Unfortunately when I wrote a week or two ago that I had to catch up on the homework for my psychology class or I would probably fail, well that never happened. Now its the last week of class and it really is do or die because the class ends wednesday and considering almost everything has been late I probably won't pass it anyway. I'm going to try like hell though. My goal is to get the D to pass so I can sign up to take it again spring quarter. If I don't pass it this time then I get in deep dookie with the VA, possibly with them cutting my funding until the certifying official at the school tells them to re-enroll me and who knows how long that will take? Oh the messes I get myself into sometimes but I've been feeling SOO EXHAUSTED lately and on top of that the first week of class was when my old computer took a crap and I had to get a new one and the fifth week of class chucky, chris and I were sick. I'll work it out hopefully.
So, I have a whole lot of stuff that I need to sell. I just need to decide where I'm going to sell it. I could do EBAY where the most people would see my stuff or I could do Craigslist because thats free. Right now I have my extra set of wrestlemania tickets posted on Craigslist and Stubhub for $200 so hopefully they sell. I'm sure I could make a good chunk of cash if I could just find the time to list all the stuff. One thing I did purchase recently from amazon was Quicken Willmaker 2007. Krista's girlfriend Sarah did a post about it and although I wanted it for different reasons, I think its a good thing to get because we can't afford an attorney to do one either. I discussed this with Chris about a week ago and we both agreed that we needed to get this done soon because if something happens to both of us and there is no will, the state of michigan is going to decide what happens to our son and I DO NOT want that to happen. It should get here sometime next week. Hopefully I can set down with my dad and do up his will too so he has it in writing what he wants done. I think if we do that if will give peace of mind to both of us.
I also started Chris' 401k plan through his work this past week. I did a little research and found out that I cannot start one with my place of employment until I've been with the new contractors for a year. Since I don't want to wait a whole year to start my retirement savings because my goal was to start that this year, and I don't have $2500 to dump into and IRA or $200 a month to contribute to one, I need to do some research sometime today to find out what I want to invest in for my retirement. I'm finally getting the feeling that we're on the right track. After I get my tax check the only debt we will have is the house, the timeshare, and the payment for my car which I only owe $5,000 on.
I've been thinking alot lately about what's going to happen when my dad is gone and I think there are going to be big changes in store for me and my family when that happens. He is really the only tie that is holding me here in Muskegon. When I moved back here in July of 2005 I was hoping for a fresh start but that fresh start kind of sputtered out before it began. Nothing really changed for Chris and I but our location and thats not what I wanted. So I've been thinking lately, is there really any reason to stay here once he's gone? The only person I will miss if I left would be my sister and I can't stay here just because of her although I know it would upset her a great deal if we were to leave because she would miss Chucky. We've both been considering selling this house and my dads if something happens to him and moving to NY. It would be quite the upheaval for all of us and we'd really have to think on it but I'm confident I can find a job through the state or a federal job that would pay me at least as much as I'm making now and by the time something does happen to my dad (God forbid but its going to happen sometime in the future)I should be done with my Bachelors and working on either a 2nd bachelor's or a Master's degree. Lots to mull over anyway. And now for that power nap...........
Last year I slid off the road at 70 mph, slammed into a road sign and skidded to a stop about a foot from a big tree. I walked up to the road and some lady was nice enough to stop and pick me up and give me a ride to a gas station so I could call Chris and have him come get me. So the cell phone will definitely help if a situation like that happens again.
I used to be one of those people that oohed and aahed over things with designer labels but I've never owned anything designer in my entire life. JC Penney is about as high end as I go shopping for clothes and I don't have a problem with that. This year though there is one item that is designer that I would just love for my birthday and I can't afford it. There are 3 bags that are designed by Dooney & Bourke. I want either a medium banana bag, a saddle bag, or a pocket sac all in denim. Those suckers retail for between $195 - $300. Well for the past week I've been bidding on brand new ones on ebay and every single time I've been outbid because I can't bid more the $90 on it. Hopefully sometime before my birthday I'll win one. Thats all I really want for my birthday this year besides saving whatever money I get for the trip to Chicago in May.
Today is going to be busy for me. I had to work yesterday to make up for monday when I stayed home sick because I completely misunderstood the sick leave policy that the company that took over my contract has. Today I have A TON of homework but I am planning on laying down for an hour or two before I start it. I was planning on sleeping in til about 11 this morning but Chucky woke me up at 9:20 this morning because he wanted to see his daddy and Chris was downstairs on his STUPID computer game again and didn't hear him get up. I swear this happens to me every single sunday. Sunday is my designated day to sleep in. Either Chucky ends up waking me up because he can't find chris and he wants his oatmeal or somebody forgets that I asked that they not call before NOON on sundays and the phone ends up waking me up. And every time they say "Oh, I thought you'd be up by now". Um, no and i've told you 5 hundred billion times not to call here this early because I WILL BE SLEEPING STILL. No, this doesn't piss me off, not in the least bit.... Anyway I don't want to start the homework when I'm still feeling tired because around 11 pm I will be hit with a wave of exhaustion and won't be able to work anymore and I don't want that to happen.
Unfortunately when I wrote a week or two ago that I had to catch up on the homework for my psychology class or I would probably fail, well that never happened. Now its the last week of class and it really is do or die because the class ends wednesday and considering almost everything has been late I probably won't pass it anyway. I'm going to try like hell though. My goal is to get the D to pass so I can sign up to take it again spring quarter. If I don't pass it this time then I get in deep dookie with the VA, possibly with them cutting my funding until the certifying official at the school tells them to re-enroll me and who knows how long that will take? Oh the messes I get myself into sometimes but I've been feeling SOO EXHAUSTED lately and on top of that the first week of class was when my old computer took a crap and I had to get a new one and the fifth week of class chucky, chris and I were sick. I'll work it out hopefully.
So, I have a whole lot of stuff that I need to sell. I just need to decide where I'm going to sell it. I could do EBAY where the most people would see my stuff or I could do Craigslist because thats free. Right now I have my extra set of wrestlemania tickets posted on Craigslist and Stubhub for $200 so hopefully they sell. I'm sure I could make a good chunk of cash if I could just find the time to list all the stuff. One thing I did purchase recently from amazon was Quicken Willmaker 2007. Krista's girlfriend Sarah did a post about it and although I wanted it for different reasons, I think its a good thing to get because we can't afford an attorney to do one either. I discussed this with Chris about a week ago and we both agreed that we needed to get this done soon because if something happens to both of us and there is no will, the state of michigan is going to decide what happens to our son and I DO NOT want that to happen. It should get here sometime next week. Hopefully I can set down with my dad and do up his will too so he has it in writing what he wants done. I think if we do that if will give peace of mind to both of us.
I also started Chris' 401k plan through his work this past week. I did a little research and found out that I cannot start one with my place of employment until I've been with the new contractors for a year. Since I don't want to wait a whole year to start my retirement savings because my goal was to start that this year, and I don't have $2500 to dump into and IRA or $200 a month to contribute to one, I need to do some research sometime today to find out what I want to invest in for my retirement. I'm finally getting the feeling that we're on the right track. After I get my tax check the only debt we will have is the house, the timeshare, and the payment for my car which I only owe $5,000 on.
I've been thinking alot lately about what's going to happen when my dad is gone and I think there are going to be big changes in store for me and my family when that happens. He is really the only tie that is holding me here in Muskegon. When I moved back here in July of 2005 I was hoping for a fresh start but that fresh start kind of sputtered out before it began. Nothing really changed for Chris and I but our location and thats not what I wanted. So I've been thinking lately, is there really any reason to stay here once he's gone? The only person I will miss if I left would be my sister and I can't stay here just because of her although I know it would upset her a great deal if we were to leave because she would miss Chucky. We've both been considering selling this house and my dads if something happens to him and moving to NY. It would be quite the upheaval for all of us and we'd really have to think on it but I'm confident I can find a job through the state or a federal job that would pay me at least as much as I'm making now and by the time something does happen to my dad (God forbid but its going to happen sometime in the future)I should be done with my Bachelors and working on either a 2nd bachelor's or a Master's degree. Lots to mull over anyway. And now for that power nap...........
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Busy Day
Leave it to mother nature to completely put a damper on my plans today. We went the entire month of december with hardly the sighting of a snowflake and most of january was the same way. Now here it is february and its snowed a foot in 1 week. They actually let me come home from work and hang out at the Muskegon Recruiting Station until 5 when I go home because a winter storm warning was issued and I was afraid I was going to get stuck in Grand Rapids. My car, as I'm finding out, is great for fitting alot of stuff in and for roadtrips in general but it is absolutely horrendous in the snow.
Tonight is supposed to be Chucky's first overnight trip. He was going to spend the night at my sister's house. Now because of the weather and also because he got sick last night I don't know if that is going to happen. He kept complaining that his belly hurt yesterday and he kept farting all day long so I knew it had to be gas and that he was probably constipated. Well he woke up last night with the same complaints so Chris put him in our bed and he fell back asleep. He woke up at 1:30 am asking for some juice so I got him some and he fell back asleep. Half an hour later I wake up to the sound of the poor kid wretching all over my husband and his side of the bed). It was like a scene out of the exorcist. Well Chris got him cleaned up and I tore all the bedding off the bed but the room still stunk so bad we didn't want to sleep in there. Chris ended up sleeping on the couch and Chucky and I slept on the twin bed in the spare room. He seems to be doing alot better today besides being over the constipation, having moved on to explosive diarrhea. So now I'm trying to decide since he is feeling better except for the pooping thing, if I want to let him go to my sisters as planned or keep him here.
We were planning on going to our favorite chinese place in GR if he did go to my sister's. Okay, now that we're over that bit of grossness, moving on....
Has anyone ever looked up their exes (I mean not called to say hi how ya doin' but just googled them or put their name in myspace to see if they had an account and what they're up to now, you know, just to satisfy your curiousity? I have done this before because most of my past relationships have not ended on a positive note. There was only one that I can remember where we promised eachother we'd be friends and stay in touch even though that never happened. Well in my searches, here is what I found out:
The person I considered my first "real" boyfriend way back in the 8th grade is gay now.
Both people that I dated in sophomore year of high school (they went to a different school) are married and one has a baby.
One of the guys I dated in senior year of high school (also from a different high school) is now married with a kid. This is the one I was supposed to stay friends with and didn't.
I have no idea what the hell happened to the other guy I dated in senior year (the one with the kid, that almost drug me down into his pit of nothingness and ruined my life) and frankly I don't care what happened to him.
The guy I dated in Korea that I was engaged to and broke it off when I got back to the states is still in the Army and still searching for "the one". Developed a bit of a drinking problem, that one did.
The guy I dated after him that went a wee bit psycho on me and kind of became a stalker after we broke up for good is married with a kid.
And then after that there was Chris. Met him in may of 2002, married him 6 months later and he's still here 5 YEARS later. The guy deserves a medal or something. I looked up the hubby to see if he a myspace account and he did. Funny thing was he didn't fill out the profile at all so it is set to the default info. His profile says single, doesn't want kids and "no answer" under his sexual orientation. I pointed this out to him and teased him mercilessly about how he's trying to get rid of me and Chucky to find himself a myspace ho and since he has no answer for sexual orientation he must be a closet pooper poker (members of the gay community please do not get offended, I have no problem with people being gay at all, I just say that to him because it gets him all flustered).
For those of you who don't know my husband, he is a good guy but he doesn't like me or anyone else messing with his tough guy persona. Normally his physical appearance alone is enough to make most people think he could snap them like a twig (he's 6'2", 250 lbs). Still he likes to talk the good game about being able to beat the crap out of anyone, anytime, anywhere (# of people he's beat up in the last 5 yrs: 0) and associates himself with the usual manly activities (burping, farting, scratching, smelling up the house when he takes a dump, dominating the remote, gaming and computer nerdism etc...) just to cement his complete masculine status to anyone he may encounter. So insinuating he's gay.... yeah he's not exactly thrilled when I do it which makes his reaction and inevitable attempts to prove how manly he is all the more hilarious to me. He has his comments he says to get back at me though so don't feel too bad for him.
Well its almost an hour later, Chucky is still napping (I tricked him into taking some Motrin by putting it in his juice) and I still haven't decided if he's going to my sisters. Guess we'll see how he feels when he wakes up.
Tonight is supposed to be Chucky's first overnight trip. He was going to spend the night at my sister's house. Now because of the weather and also because he got sick last night I don't know if that is going to happen. He kept complaining that his belly hurt yesterday and he kept farting all day long so I knew it had to be gas and that he was probably constipated. Well he woke up last night with the same complaints so Chris put him in our bed and he fell back asleep. He woke up at 1:30 am asking for some juice so I got him some and he fell back asleep. Half an hour later I wake up to the sound of the poor kid wretching all over my husband and his side of the bed). It was like a scene out of the exorcist. Well Chris got him cleaned up and I tore all the bedding off the bed but the room still stunk so bad we didn't want to sleep in there. Chris ended up sleeping on the couch and Chucky and I slept on the twin bed in the spare room. He seems to be doing alot better today besides being over the constipation, having moved on to explosive diarrhea. So now I'm trying to decide since he is feeling better except for the pooping thing, if I want to let him go to my sisters as planned or keep him here.
We were planning on going to our favorite chinese place in GR if he did go to my sister's. Okay, now that we're over that bit of grossness, moving on....
Has anyone ever looked up their exes (I mean not called to say hi how ya doin' but just googled them or put their name in myspace to see if they had an account and what they're up to now, you know, just to satisfy your curiousity? I have done this before because most of my past relationships have not ended on a positive note. There was only one that I can remember where we promised eachother we'd be friends and stay in touch even though that never happened. Well in my searches, here is what I found out:
The person I considered my first "real" boyfriend way back in the 8th grade is gay now.
Both people that I dated in sophomore year of high school (they went to a different school) are married and one has a baby.
One of the guys I dated in senior year of high school (also from a different high school) is now married with a kid. This is the one I was supposed to stay friends with and didn't.
I have no idea what the hell happened to the other guy I dated in senior year (the one with the kid, that almost drug me down into his pit of nothingness and ruined my life) and frankly I don't care what happened to him.
The guy I dated in Korea that I was engaged to and broke it off when I got back to the states is still in the Army and still searching for "the one". Developed a bit of a drinking problem, that one did.
The guy I dated after him that went a wee bit psycho on me and kind of became a stalker after we broke up for good is married with a kid.
And then after that there was Chris. Met him in may of 2002, married him 6 months later and he's still here 5 YEARS later. The guy deserves a medal or something. I looked up the hubby to see if he a myspace account and he did. Funny thing was he didn't fill out the profile at all so it is set to the default info. His profile says single, doesn't want kids and "no answer" under his sexual orientation. I pointed this out to him and teased him mercilessly about how he's trying to get rid of me and Chucky to find himself a myspace ho and since he has no answer for sexual orientation he must be a closet pooper poker (members of the gay community please do not get offended, I have no problem with people being gay at all, I just say that to him because it gets him all flustered).
For those of you who don't know my husband, he is a good guy but he doesn't like me or anyone else messing with his tough guy persona. Normally his physical appearance alone is enough to make most people think he could snap them like a twig (he's 6'2", 250 lbs). Still he likes to talk the good game about being able to beat the crap out of anyone, anytime, anywhere (# of people he's beat up in the last 5 yrs: 0) and associates himself with the usual manly activities (burping, farting, scratching, smelling up the house when he takes a dump, dominating the remote, gaming and computer nerdism etc...) just to cement his complete masculine status to anyone he may encounter. So insinuating he's gay.... yeah he's not exactly thrilled when I do it which makes his reaction and inevitable attempts to prove how manly he is all the more hilarious to me. He has his comments he says to get back at me though so don't feel too bad for him.
Well its almost an hour later, Chucky is still napping (I tricked him into taking some Motrin by putting it in his juice) and I still haven't decided if he's going to my sisters. Guess we'll see how he feels when he wakes up.
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