Da Me

You Are 69% Open

You're a pretty open person - and you don't mind sharing the good, bad, and sometimes ugly. And while sometimes you do catch yourself blabbing on, you usually exhibit restraint. You're openness is quite refreshing, and it encourages other people to be open with you!

You Are 100% Psychic

You are so very psychic. But you already predicted that, didn't you? You have "the gift" - and you use it daily to connect with others. You're very tapped into the world around you... Just make sure to use your powers for good!

Current Location: Rozsa Student Office
Humeur actuelle: good
Musique actuelle: Every morning I wake up, put on my clothes and make-up...

so if I am reading someone's lj and I am at their most recent entry why would LJ offer to show me the next entry... I am curious so I click the link... perhaps she has written since I started reading... nope, sends me to a page that says "sorry, no entries after this one." I found it humorous...

Oh, and the bio office is stupid. I can't change my 5040 class to 5340 because it is after last wednesday, even though the prof is willing to teach it and we really only missed one class period because of this whole stupid mess.... The office chick didn't even try. just said no, and that Dr. Gretz needs to learn to not drag his feet... like that is my fault, i should get to learn anyway! grrrr....

That is all I know.

Current Location: Bio comp lab
Humeur actuelle: I am feelign very "doc" :)
Musique actuelle: just an old fashion love song(love song) playin on the radio

Nothing much new has happened in the past week... just more school work. It is funny really, I always thought that I needed Fine Arts courses to take of some stress and to help me relax... as it turns out it was causing more then helping. This semester I feel more confident about everything and more balanced in my life. And way less stressed.

One thing that has been nagging at me these past couple of weeks is a group on facebook, one I was invited to... "I hate body hair". This group really frustrated me because it felt like a slap in the face from people I was considered friends... So what if I have more body hair than what you think is acceptable, does that mean you think I am disgusting. I am less of a friend of yours, I am less evolved than you. I don't deserve the same respect and acceptance and happiness in life as you do... I wanted to report it but figured that it wouldn't be any good because the Facebook people wouldn't understand why it hurt so much. I have been toying with the idea of creating a group called "So you have body, fine by me. I like you for who you really are." and inviting everyone from the other group into it. I know of a few friends that also found it offensive, maybe if we all reported the group it would make a difference. Or maybe I should just let it go and let the naive, superficial people be who they are. Anyway, enough ranting...

I am still studying for the GRE in November... kind of a little nervous, and I have to finish the grad application for Tech as well. I need to figure out who I want to be my advisor... right now I am debating between 3 or 4 professors.

Oh funny story... SO my BL5040 course got canceled because there was only two students in it, however it can be run fairly similarly (minus the lab component) under a different course number. The other student chose not to take the course like that... which means the class is now done to me and only me... and yet this class can be taught with just one student... go figure!

Well, that is all I have for now, perhaps more later.

HUGS!

Current Location: Rozsa student office
Humeur actuelle: amused
Musique actuelle: Tom's diner - of course

So it was the first week of classes this week... and all I have to show for it is a stack of reading to complete, and the possiblity of one of my classes being canceled. Oh and a bunch of screwi-ness with my schedule. As of right now I can't make it to pep band on Tuesdays cause of a meeting, well at least this week...

Highlights of the week: (the good and the bad)

-Tuesday - found out my Electron Microscopy course may be canceled
-Wednesday - spilled S. Aureus at work... not just any, but MRSA.
-Thursday - impressed my EM prof
-Friday - impressed Dr. Dixon at work

And now, I am sitting at work avoiding homework... before tomorrow I have a scientific article to read, a chapter in Anatomy & Physiology, a chapter in Toxicology, and studying for the GRE. before Tuesday I have a chapter in EM to read, lab procedures for A & P, Micro, and work to read.. oh and at some point I have to go with Dr. B to the bank and get on the Microbiology Club checking account.

Youpi! for classes!!

HUGS! all

Current Location: Rozsa Office
Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: Mighty Fortress is our God... thanks PRC

It is almost school time again. I am psyched! I am going to start taking Grad credits as well as Undergrad this semester. We will see how it goes. I took out a loan for the first time in my life. This means that I get a new computer. I am uber excited!!

I am glad that school is starting for another reason, no more Res Life! Don't get me wrong I love Debbie, but some of the other people.... BOO! on them!

Less exciting news... I had to make an emergency dental visit yesterday... looks like I am going to need a root canal on Friday BOO!! On the plus side I had the sexiest dental hygienist EVER!! (though I may be bias ;)) I am happy though, I am no longer in unbearable pain. Yeah yesterday sucked I hardly slept the night before because I was in so much pain, it got to the point where I had a migraine because of the pain. But the dentist lady was nice.. shot me up with lots of novacane (sp?) and drilled a hole in my tooth and got a whole bunch of puss out... yeah it wasn't fun, but had good results.

More exciting news... my sister is back in school and I think she is really loving it, though may be a little lonely. I helped her with her math homework for an hour on Tuesday night... turns out all the problems she was having trouble with aren't going to be covered in calc 1.. they are calc 2 stuff... but we got them all right for her anyway :) Oh, other exciting news, I get to go to a demolition derby today!! I used to go with my sister and dad when I was a kid... one of few happy memories. So I am excited, and I am going to take LOTS! of photos... maybe some video too... we will see how it works out! YOUPI!

Anywho, that is about all I had for now. Oh and I bought myself Seasons 2, 3, and 4 of Pretender so now I have the whole series!! HOW EXCITING!!

HUGS ALL!

Current Location: Rozsa
Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: oldies... but goodies! :)

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

March 6

Interesting facts -
1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. ;
1899 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
1964 - Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali meaning "beloved of Allah".

Births - 1906 - Lou Costello, American actor comedian (d. 1959); 1946 - David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd)

Death - 2006 - Kirby Puckett, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1960)

So I was sitting thinking about my man, and about my friends and their relationships... so here are my thoughts/quasi-predictions:


Friend A: Engaged to guy whom she has been dating for quite some time. They broke up earlier in the summer because he had some issues that he didn't talk to her about. He started dating other girl, then realized he missed Friend A so they got back together. They are now going to counseling. And the main issue that he had - he thought that once she graduated from Tech she was going to leave him.

My Thoughts: Totally messed up! Personally I don't think a relationship should be something you have to work for. Yes they do take work don't get me wrong, but the relationship should ber there first... in all their open and honesty before any work is needed. And if you are so insecure with yourself to hurt someone you care about because of misconceptions, you shouldn't be in a relationship to begin with. Make yourself a healthy happy person before going for a happy healthy relationship.

Friend B: has a boyfriend whom she absolutely adores, they spend every possible moment together, but know when work and what not needs to get done. He makes her happy. And I think they bring out the best in each other. It was a little shaky at first, but they worked through it.

My Thoughts: This totally reminds me of Nate and me almost two years ago. Besides the fact that Friend B and I have WAY TOO MUCH in common (like a certain ex player we both got taken by) Friend B's boy toy reminds me a lot of Nate - loving, caring, musically talented, likes to play in the dirt, got pressured in previous relationship, haven't had much experience in the relationship realm but still the best EVER! Yeah, they make me smile when I am around them. Just like Nate and I do for other people.


That is all, work is done and I get to eat lunch soon!! YOUPI!

Humeur actuelle: pensive

So to start off with I am going to take a little blast into the past... (prompted by the quiz I just took)...

This was nearly two and a hlaf years ago. The lovely dorm room of Nick R. and Derek C. Nick and I were talking vehicles. And the conversation went like this...

Nick: So you want to see my dream car?
Me: Of course!

Nick shows me a picture on his computer of a sexy little red sports car...

Nick: What can I say, it is the little straight guy in me.
Me: Well my dream vehicle is a Dodge Ram 3500 extended cab, fully loaded, dualies, and an awesome paint job... (or something to that effect)
Nick: Sounds like you have a little butch lesbian in you.
Me: I'd prefer to have a little straight guy in me.

Short pause... Then lots of laughter.



OK so back to the past few weeks...

Well, where to start... hmm maybe categories would be better then chronological.

SCHOOL:
So I turned in the paperwork for senior rule, so if everything goes well by next spring I will have 13 grad credits. I am working on the paperwork for grad school application to Tech, should be done by Sept/Oct depending on recommendations. If I am accepted then I will get to graduate two springs in a row.. theoretically anyway.

I told my FA advisor (CHristopher) that I wasn't going to do the FA major any more. He seemed pretty ok with it, I just have to finish up this Jazz recording I am working on from the spring. It has been way more work because of the system upgrades and my files not saving right, I have had to do everything twice. Oh, and the fact that Christopher won't teach me how to switch EQs throughout a track has made it increasingly difficult.

I got another e-mail about the stupid WS/CCB mix that I am not working on because I am not an employee there any more, or rather never was put on payroll.

WORK:
I have decided that I don't care for the way my new boss treats me at the Res Life office. She explains things to me, things that I have done before and know how to do, 3 times; then asks me if I understand (of course I say yes); then she starts explaining it to me again. And if that isn't enough she'll have Debbie explain it to me AGAIN... which usually results in me snapping at Debbie and her calling me cranking. Which of course puts me in a worse mood. I hate when people assume they know how you feel...most of the time I am not crabby or cranky or in a bad mood or evil or bad tempered... I am just upset about something. And would be right as rain if people would just take the time to care a little. Anyway...

The other thing I don't like about my new boss is that she makes me feel incompetent. (Well, it is the same as the first just she does it in a different way) The old boss made me feel valued because he entrusted me with a project. Which new lady took away and told me there were more pressing things for me to be doing... i.e. consolidating glue bottles, or cleaning coffee pots. Yeah...

HOME:
Dripping Shower - still dripping, but landlord said he would give us $10 back on water bill. Instead of waiting for him to give us the money I think I will take it out of the next month's rent.

Basement - flooded again, this time the carpeting got wet. We have to throw it out now. Bah!

FAMILY:
So my dad ALMOST sold our house, but since he hasn't that apparently means the wedding gift he planned on giving me (fall's tuition), isn't going to happen. Way to tell me now dad... NAte and I think we can cover it and hopefully Nate will have a good paying job within a month and then we won't have to worry about the rest of my schooling.

HEALTH:
ALso because my dad got laid off, I am no longer covered under his insurance. Which would have been slightly ok, since NAte said I was covered under his... but I am not, unless we wanted to pay like $400+ for a month and a half. Which didn't even cover the two things I wanted - co-pay Dr. Appts, and prescriptions. Oh and solicitating healthcare people SUCK!

My new prescription smells NASTY when you open the bottle. And I am not even sure it is working right. It is for my PCOS. I have to take it three times a day with food, which means I am forcing myself to eat more. It is suppose to help regulate my periods too... it isn't. Well, I guess I will just try it until December and then go back to the Doc's when my prescription runs out.

NEWS:
We are leaving for China on Wednesday, and I UBER excited about the trip. But there is so much to get done before then... AAAHHH!!!

Oh, and I uploaded a new userpic... I'll use it for this post :) Thanks Nick!!

HUGS ALL!!

Current Location: Rozsa office
Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: It is well with my soul... thanks church group...

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Current Location: Rozsa office
Humeur actuelle: content
Musique actuelle: The Music of the Night

It is decidedly so...

I am going to drop my FA degree and do the whole "senior rule" thing. If that works out then I will apply to grad school at Tech and get a Masters by Spring/Summer 2008. Looks like I may be around here for an extra year.

Well, time to make an appointment with my advisor.

HUGS all!!

Current Location: Still in the Rozsa
Humeur actuelle: chipper
Musique actuelle: Classical

Nothing too interesting happened in the first have of this past week. Just work and the likes. OH, I watched Matlock on Wednesday! I LOVE that show!

So Thursday I drove home to MN. I picked my sister up from work, I didn't get to look around the store though :( Probably for the best though, I don't need more clothes and I certainly don't have the money for it right now. When we got home Mom had dinner made for us, chicken nuggets and fries. I gave Bryan his Father's Day present. He liked it. (It was jam from the Laurium Inn.) Though he seemed more interested in the Sound Engineering book I gave him.

On Friday morning I wasn't too productive. Went to Peir 1 to find a bench for the entryway and a trunk type coffee table for the living room. Found lots of cool stuff but all too expensive. Michelle made lunch, I cut the tomato! :) After that Mom and I took her to work and we went to look other places for furniture and then we went to the doctor. My health insurance is all screwed up right now. I think that I am going to try and get some of my own through the university, but I have to see how expensive it is. Nate thought I was covered under his plan since we're married, but apparently not. BLAH! The doctor's office went well, I now have more drugs I have to take... ugh! Though one is apparently suppose to help me lose weight as a side effect so we will see how that goes. and I want to start eating better, though I am not sure how to do that with the busy schedule I have. Right now it is just sort of eat and run... I just have to grab eats that are better for me.

Friday evening my mom and I went to the Science Museum and watched The Human Body at the omnitheatre and went to Body Worlds. It is this wicked sweet exhibit with human bodies in it, they are all plasticized. Check it out http://www.smm.org It is awesome! my mom and I spent two and a half hours going through the exhibit!! It was kind of sad though, there was only one brown eyed person in the whole exhibit. I might have to donate my body so there are more! :-P ANd surprisingly, there were A LOT of smoker's bodies in the exhibit. It was really amazing to see the difference in the coloring of the lung tissue... made me glad I didn't smoke.

After that Mom dropped me off at Denny's house... my sister and mine's friend. I taught Dennis and Michelle how to play hand and foot (card game) it was fun. And Denny made malts... oh oh and Dennis and his family gave Nate and me a malt maker so now we can make malts and fruit smoothies! YOUPI! it rocked!

Saturday was a long day. I dropped my mom off at work at 10 and then headed out of town. It took me 40 minutes to go 18 miles... BLAH! no it wasn't construction, it was just EVERYONE headed up north for the Fourth. So I stopped at an outlet center and ended up finding a trunk I liked. Oh and my mom gave me a bench so there is one in our entryway so people can sit and put shoes on now. Though I do need to make a cushion for it... I'll have to get some padding when Steph and I go to Marquette... I miss Jo-Ann's!

SO anyway, it took me 8 HOURS to get back here... usually takes six. it sucked, my head hurt. Then Nate and I returned our cans, got dinner and watched Harry Potter (thanks Nik ;)) Then I went to bed. Now I am here at work again... woo hoo!



After the issue with Christopher last weekend, I have been flirting with the idea of dropping my second major. Here is my justification: 1) Not really ever going to use the degree. At most I would get involved with theatre at the community level once Nate and I settle down somewhere, but you don't need a degree for that. 2) It is a lot of time, effort, and energy that I could be putting towards my primary major, future career. 3) Comparatively, with all the time put into this degree program I have learned pretty much nothing. 4) I am tired of headache, and the stupidity of the people involve in the degree program.

Reasons not to quit: I hate not finishing things I have started (Which is the reason I started the program to begin with)

Here is what my schedule would be like next year with and without the second degree:

Fall '06 (with FA):

Biology - Toxicology, UTA, Medical Terminology, Research
FA - Intro to CAD, Independent FIlm Studies, Advanced Sound Design, FA 3662(which is me doing the sound design for the fall musical).
Organizations - Micro Club, Choir, pepband
# of credits - 18

Spring '07 (with FA):

Biology - Biochem 2, Senior Essay, UTA, Research
FA - Recording, Modern Theatre History, FA 2662(FA bitch), Final Project
Organizations - Micro Club, Choir, pepband
# of credits - 17

Fall '06 (no FA):

Courses - Toxicology, Research, UTA, Medical Terminolgy, Anatomy and Physiology, and possibly BL 5040 (learn about cool instruments in lab)
organizations - micro club, choir, pepband, and maybe Psi
# of credits: 12 or 14

Spring '07 (no FA):

Courses - Biochem 2, Research, Senior Essay, Med BAc UTA, possibly - Analysis of Biological Data, Clinical Chemistry, BL 5060(more cool toys), and Micro UTA.
# of credits - 8 - 18
orgs - micro, choir, pepband, possibly Psi depending on credits.

Current Location: Rozsa Center
Humeur actuelle: contemplative
Musique actuelle: choir music

Your 1920's Name is:

Lurline Esperanza

Current Location: Rozsa Student Office
Humeur actuelle: amused
Musique actuelle: Opera music

So here is the e-mail I got yesterday:

Tara,

How is the Spring Wind Symphony and CCB concert recording coming. I would really like to have it!

Nick

--
Nicholas Enz
Director of Bands
Michigan Technological University
Phone: (906) 487-2825
Fax: (906) 487-1841

my response:

You'll have to talk to Christopher. I was supposed to be hired by the recording studio and since I have not been put on payroll or paid for the work I have done I stopped working on the recordings I was assigned.

Sorry,
-Tara

(which I CCed to Christopher)...



here is the response I received:

I thought you were doing this for credit? Have you thought about discussing this with me?

Christopher



Then 6 minutes later:

I find this an extremely unprofessional way to represent your self. Last I knew you were having the waves plug-in problem that has long been solved. Talking an issue like this to a client of a recording studio will get you fired pretty quickly and certainly wouldn't get you added to the payroll. Studios live and die with their relationships to clients and depend on there employees to keep things professional. If you establish a reputation for blaming the studio or complaining about things with clients you will soon find that your reputation has spread and it will be hard to get a job.

Christopher



What I would like to say in return:

I have tried talking to you about getting me on payroll and every time it is the same answer you will take care of it... that seemed rather unprofessional. For me to have to ask my employer repeated times to pay me for a service that they had been so eager to have me do. And if the employer is going to tell the employee that they are going to get them paid and so the employee starts to work for them under false pretenses and ends up not getting paid for their services. It would seem that a disgruntled employee, "in the real world", would warn clients of inappropriate behavior by said employer. And as far as blaming the employer goes, the only reason that I don't have this recording or any other recording done is because of not being put on payroll.

Once I learned that I had already done 10-15 hours of work for the Fine Arts dept. and had yet to be put on payroll, I again asked you to talk to Karyn. That time you didn't really give me a straight forward answer, and that was still during the school year. I have since tried to discuss this issue with you but have found you extremely hard to hunt down. And after my car accident I didn't really have the energy to continue to come to Walker at least once a week to try and find you during the regular work day. I resolved to just not work for the Fine Arts dept. any more and cut my losses at the 10-15 hours that I had work and hadn't got paid.

And if a client is going to contact the employee as opposed to the employer, it seemed only right for them to know that I no longer worked for that employer and give them the reason why their project was no longer being worked on by me.

When I couldn't find you I discussed it with the Studio Manager as well as a higher ranked, more experienced recording engineer. I was advised by said engineer that I was being treated unfairly and within my right to no longer work for said employer.

This recording and the Chamber Series recording were paid events. The Jazz Show was the one for credit.


Perfect end to a week that started out just as wonderfully. Hopefully this week will be better... thus far it is good... but that is because I adore The Bergonzi Quartet!

HUGS ALL!

Current Location: Rozsa Student Office
Humeur actuelle: confused
Musique actuelle: all sorts

So this week was about average... I worked at Wads and Rozsa... The Cabaret was fun, I totally want to get the CD's with the songs that they were singing on them cause that would totally rock. They were really good songs.

Wednesday there was a power outage in the Western half of the UP and in Eastern WI. Apparently a tree fell some where in the woods and they had to take a heli up to find it. But what is new there... happens at least once a year.

The issue with class from earlier this week is taken care of... I have decided Tech is stupid! but again nothing new there.

So I learned more about Double A and his personal life then I ever wanted to know. I think that is the only downfall of Steph dating Pat, cause they are cute together and seem to make each other happy. But he better not screw her over cause then I will... I don't know but it would be painful... :-P Steph is a cutie pe-tootie all by herself anyway.

Nate and I realized last night that we totally had no idea how long we had been married... mainly because we didn't know the date hehehe... anywho, everyone keeps asking me how married life is. Nothing too different, not sure why everyone is like oh OH OOOHHH! How is it... blah blah blah... don't get me wrong it is great, just not much has changed. My hardest adjustment will be when Nate gets a job some where... that will be hard. People keep asking me if I am ok with him going off to work some where, and as far as I know I am. But I really won't know for sure until it happens. I mean I know that it has to happen and that I have to be okay with it, but I just don't know what it will be like.

The other awesome thing that happened to me this week was I had an epiphany... Jimmy doesn't scare me any more. He could come back up to Tech and I wouldn't free for my life or safety. I have been thinking a lot about him with what was/is going on with Steph. It felt so great yesterday morning when I woke up and realized that with everything that I have been doing and Nate and me and everything that has happened to me recently... that the weight of Jimmy has totally been lifted from me. It makes me smile and a little smirk on the inside because he lost... he has no more power over me, and never will again :) YOUPI!

That is about all I have for the past week in review.

HUGS all!!

Current Location: Other work
Humeur actuelle: and chipper :)
Musique actuelle: Wilkommen - Cabaret

So today I was confronted by my boss's boss's boss about missing class because apparently he was called by my professor... my professor and I had already been discussing my situation and the last I had heard from him was "EET2120 shouldn't even be on your "to do list", so, I'll just leave it up to you to contact me after things settle down for you."

I don't know which frustrates me more, the fact that he contacted Student Affairs after saying that. Or the fact that my boss's boss's boss talked to me about it in the middle of the Res Life office when this is definitely a situation where I should have been taken aside and spoken to as a student and not a worker.


OH so boss's boss's bossman just came in at sat down and talked to me about why he did what he did. And that I could withdraw from the class and take it later... or I could just get an Incomplete... depending on what the prof says...

gah, I need a hug!

Current Location: work
Humeur actuelle: depressed
Musique actuelle: none

So I didn't die at work yesterday... YOUPI! But I haven't been feeling very good today... my head is all tingly. I have been cutting out Ellison letters and shapes for RAs in the fall cause apparently they are unable to do it themselves?? I dunno... So State Farm insurance is now suppose to pay for all this medical stuff that is going on.. w00t... crazy silly craziness. Hmmmm, I think I need a nap, maybe I can take a nap while Nate makes BBQ chicken pizza... here's hopin' I get a nap in an hour.

Oh, ps - I ate a healthier lunch today cause of everyone's diet discussions on Lj.

HUGS!


pps - Sir-mix-a-lot just came on the radio at work!! hehehehe!!!

Current Location: work
Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: my anaconda don't want none unless ya got buns hun!

So this job is rather boring some days... I have nothing to do, but I have to be here in case the phone rings and what not. So here I sit bored out of my mind when I could be working in the DOW, or at home unpacking, or taking a nap so that I feel good enough to go to class again. Which is kind of pointless now seeing as how I have missed 3 of 7 weeks. I do need to start working on the homework again, I just don't have any energy. Blah! just 23 more minutes and I can go eat and then go to the ROzsa and work more. That will be the real test as to whether or not I am up to snuff yet. My guess is I am going to fail miserably, take forever to do something that should take me an hour or two. But I suppose that is okay when I am being paid hourly... yeah so I have to go to a neurologist on Friday morning and get an MRI. Way not cool... maybe I can bring some ear plugs with me. With my head hurting as much as it has been those noises are going to suck @$$. That's about all I have for now... nothing really new other than that.

HUGS all!

Current Location: work, in Debbie's chair
Humeur actuelle: anxious
Musique actuelle: at the end of the day you're another day older...

Hmm... things to do to mean evil boy that hurt my Stephie... on purpose no less...

(most of which occur in the Rozsa during his next performance...)

Shine a light directly into his eyes, from several directions
rig a light to fall on his head
Tap a rainbow flag on his stand
Tap a rainbow flag on the back of his stand so everyone can see it but him
leave a "gay? fine by me" button on his stand
kick him in the head
cut his cello strings
break his hand

my personal favorite... go up to him and say... It's okay, we accept you for who you are even if you don't and give him the Keweenaw Pride information.

Bastard...

Current Location: work
Humeur actuelle: devious
Musique actuelle: none right now... sad!

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Current Location: still here
Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: just like the white wing....

p.s. - I'm MRS. WAYBRANT!! hehehehehehehheheheh :-D

Current Location: still in the boss's chair at work
Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: Flash bam alla ca zam.... Nat King Cole song...

So it all started on May 24th when I got into a car accident going to work... I don't remember that day at all, and had to spend two nights in the hospital up here at Tech. There are some interesting stories from that experience, give me a call if you want to hear them :)

Once I got home from the hospital I wans't allowed to do anything but lay there and sleep, which sucked because we were suppose to move out of our apartment May 31st. With no car since they had to cut the driver door off of Nate's truck to get me out. BIG HUGS to Holmie's for helping us move. (which reminds me we have your stuff from the picnic cleaned, when would you like it?)

So we got mostly moved on the 31st but finished it on the 1st of June when my truck got here with two of my bridesmaids... and then I got married that weekend. It all went by crazy fast, especially since the stuff I was going to do the week before hadn't gotten done because of the whole hospital stay deal. let's see highlights of the wedding weekend... we had a picnic on Friday night so people could get to know each other or catch up and what not, my dad got his tux the day before the wedding, I needed help from all 3 of my bridesmaids to go pee that day, my sister left the ring in the bathroom at McLain, Nate got laid ;), hmmm... I think that is about all that I can think off of the top of my head. Which still hurts by the way.

Now I have been slowly unpacking and started work again this week...


OH YES!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK -

Think of the whole Rachel and Ross from Friends situation with the "We were on a break!" thing... what would you do from the perspective of both Ross and Rachel... Those of you who aren't Friends fans - Ross and Rachel are in a serious relationship, having long argument, Rachel says maybe we should take a break, Ross gets drunks and has sex with Chloe the Xerox lady, Rachel wants to get back together the next morning and shortly after finds out about the sex with Chloe the Xerox lady.....

Current Location: 155 W Wads - new Res LIfe office
Humeur actuelle: chipper
Musique actuelle: you and me and the bottle makes 3 tonight :)

Your results:
You are An Expendable Character (Redshirt)

An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 85% Geordi LaForge 80% Beverly Crusher 75% Uhura 65% Deanna Troi 60% Spock 59% Data 59% Jean-Luc Picard 50% Worf 50% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 45% Mr. Scott 45% James T. Kirk (Captain) 35% Mr. Sulu 35% Chekov 30% Will Riker 25%

Since your accomplishments are seldom noticed, and you are rarely thought of, you are expendable. That doesn't mean your job isn't important but if you were in Star Trek you would be killed off in the first episode you appeared in.

Current Location: Res Life Office
Humeur actuelle: chipper
Musique actuelle: good vibrations

So it has been a while... though I suppose one can get swamped when planning a wedding taking summer courses, packing to move, and working 3-4 jobs.... so I am getting married in 16 days.... YIKES! I am uber excited, but exhausted from all the planning... yeah, I am totally glad that I am only ever going to do this once. hehehe, can anyone imagine me in an uber pretty dress!! HA! I know.

I am picking up the keys to the new house next monday so that I can start moving our stuff (mine and Nate and Nikki's) there. Though we can't actually move in until June 1st because that is when the utilities change over to my name. My Dad now says that the rentor's insurance isn't what Allan explained it to me as... so I have to go back and talk to him now too... blah!

oh yeah, note to self, buy fire extinguisher for kitchen... especially with the way Nate has been going...

Hmm, well I don't know of anything else I should say. I am tired and I have a headache and I have to go get into a uber fancy dress with extra poofy stuff on the bottom and a corset underneath on top... youpi!

is it naptime yet??

HUGS!

Current Location: Res Life office
Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: doo-doo-do-doo-do-do-doo-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-dooo

Ten years ago, it was early 1996. Take this survey, post, and see how many things have changed since then.

1) How old were you: 12
2) What grade were you in: 6th
3) Where did you go to school: John Glenn Middle School
4) Where did you work: I was 12
5) Where did you live: Maplewood
6) How was your hair style: long... really long
7) Did you wear braces: No
8) Did you wear contacts: no
9) Did you wear glasses: yes, really ugly ones
10) Who was your best friend: in 1996? Tricia, Becca, Mariel
11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend: I was 12
12) Who was your celebrity crush: Frank Sinatra
13) Who was your regular-person crush: I was 12
14) Were you a virgin: I was 12... YES!
15) How many piercings did you have: None, stupid ears
16) How many tattoos did you have: None
17) What was your favorite band/singer/rapper: Big Bad VooDoo Daddy, Nat King Cole
16) Had you smoked a cigarette yet: I was 12... and besides, I am allergic
19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet: I was 12... no, and no
20) Had you driven yet: NO, but I had shifted gears for my parents
21) If so which car:
22) Which of your pets were still alive: I had just gotten my dog duke in the summer of 96
23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996: Not quite
24) If you could change one thing from the past 10 years what would it be: My past make me who I am and I like who I am... so nothing

I CHALLENGE YOU! List 10 positive things about your life right now:

1 - I have a loving supportive family. Even if they are sometimes stupid and naive and insensitive. They try their damnedest and I wouldn't trade them for anything.

2 - I have a loving and supportive fiance. He is the man of my dreams and so much more... and I can't wait for us to start our own loving and supportive family.

3 - I am alive and essentially healthy.

4 - This past year has been the best year of my life. The happiest, and the fullest.. I want the rest of my life to be like this

5 - My friends... I have a loving and supportive network of friends, whom I consider family.

6 - I'm not starving... I have enough food and money to sustain my life.

7 - I am not in debt. My credit card is paid off, and I really really want to keep it that way!

8 - I just finished SMing one of the biggest, longest, and most technically demanding plays the university has put on in the past several years.. and I kicked ass!

9 - My puppy dog is going to live with me next year. this also makes me happy because it means that my sister is going back to college and has found a path for her life and I am so very proud of here!!

10 - in under 9 weeks I am going to take one of the biggest steps in my life.. I am getting married. I feel like I am going to be a real adult now, kinda scary huh?.... anywho all are invited... June 3rd. Let me know if you want me to send you an invite!

HUGS!



Oh, and my opinion about my last post... the whole "new monogamy" thing...

It is a bunch of bull. It hurts more then helps any relationship. And if you aren't mature enough to control your lustful instincts you shouldn't be in a marriage... and as far as the whole divorce rate thing... I have quite a few words to say about that...

I was always perplexed as to why my parents got divorced a week short of the 20th anniversary, and I didn't figure it out until this spring. My mom told me about when her and my father were just recently married and living on different continents... apparently they both had special friends. It all fell into place after that... they could never fully trust one another again, they could never give themselves fully to each other after having done that and known that the other had too... and that is why the divorce rate is so high. That and people "leap into wife" (Thanks for the quote Shakespeare:)!)... my father's second divorce was because he knew this woman for 6 months before they were married...

it is like the whole aspect of holy matrimony is tarnished and being destroyed with the drive-thru weddings one can have now-a-days...

If two people love each other.. honest, deep down, you complete me, love... then they should be together... anything else is hopeless.... it shouldn't matter your creed, race, age, or sex... if you love someone you love them... and nobody, no society, should be able to tell you otherwise.... how on earth, can society accept "new monogamy" and yet won't allow to people who love each other so deeply they would go to the end of the earth for them to be married because they are the same sex???!!! people are stupid... strike that... society is stupid!

Current Location: work
Humeur actuelle: pensive
Musique actuelle: Amazing Grace

HOLY WAH!!

There is no better way to put it...

http://lifestyle.msn.com/Relationships/CouplesandMarriage/ArticleIV2.aspx?cp-documentid=299661>1=7909

I started reading this article and I had so much to say about it...

but I want to hear what y'all think first!!

HUGS!

Humeur actuelle: shocked
Musique actuelle: dang! I can't think of the name, but the song is stuck there

So I got back to Houghton two days ago... played Uno and Wig Out with John and Kirsten. Nate left yesterday and went to the MEPS place in Milwaukee... apparently he got a 98 on the examy thing he took... but that is no surprise. Today is the real test... Doc's physical. If the Doc clears him, he will be going into the army as an officer in august, and we will have a wedding to plan for this July... eep!

I was at home for a whole week and a half.. it was weird... though I didn't get to relax much. let's see got there on Thursday (Dec 15) and helped my step-dad videotape and audio record my mom's concert (K-2 Christmas concert). The next morning I went to the doctor... received three vaccinations, got tested for chicken pox, and a note saying I had to get an MRI done, and made an appointment for a physical, got a prescription for Effexor again. That weekend I went to work with my mom Saturday, did all the Christmas shopping for the family sunday. And by did all the shopping I mean I bought all the presents and my sister and my mom paid me for half of them. Went and got an MRI Monday, had a physical Tuesday, more blood work then and another prescription to be taken that night, had to go back wednesday morning for more blood work, Thursday went and saw the headache specialist (as a sidenote - discovered I have a head tilt and a ding in my brain.) and got another prescription.

A midst all of the medical work I had to help my sister clean our dad's house since her boyfriend, his brother and her pretty much trashed the place over the past two years and my dad was coming back on the 23.

Nate got there the 22 and helped us clean on the 23rd, then my dad showed up two hours early from the airport. The house was still a mess and my dad calmly said that it should never have gotten this bad. well, he said that was going to be the end of his lecturing but my sister and I knew better... that night he pretty much kicked my sister's boyfriend and his brother out of the house. of course only after lecturing them and forcing them to clean a toilet. Also, that day I tried to take my headache medicine.. about an our and a half later (after not being able to eat dinner) I threw up. But the headache was gone.

The next day we went to the science museum that was fun... my sister got to take her mind off of the house for a little bit and my dad got to snore during the omnitheatre movie... Nate had a blast too.

That brings us to Christmas day (first day of Channukah)... my mom invited my dad over for lunch since he had no place else to go or anyone to be with... he turned her down. he had fun. I took my headache medicine again that day and though I didn't get sick felt rather close for a few hours. I think my body just needs to get used to it. so when nate and i took my sister back home, and brought the presents for dad and julia(his wife) dad wasn't home... apparently he was out trying to find dinner but no place was open... if only he had eaten with us the poor dear ::rolls eyes:: So i said good bye via the phone... what a shocker.

Oh, somewhere in there my mom, my sister and I made lots of chex mix and cookies and fudge and truffles... but even that fun tiem was thwarted by my mom's brother and mom...

here is my explanation of what happened this holiday season on my mom's side of the family...

Grandma made a comment to Aunt, Aunt might have misunderstood it as grandma was in some financial trouble (though I am not sure since I don't know my grandmother's bank activity), Aunt sent e-mail to syblings about helping grandma out financial (also put in a humorous snide remark), Uncle misunderstood joke and called grandma and upset her because I think she misunderstood my uncles misuderstanding of what my aunt may or may not have misuderstood... which all resulted in my mom crying like two days before christmas cause my grandma told her and my aunt to go to hell. so in the end I have to cheer my mom and my aunt(who is in Texas) up and explain to them that my grandma was just hurt when she said that and that it was a series of misunderstandings.... though I am not to happy with my uncle at the moment...

And that is how I have spent my winter vacation.. and now it is time to get dressed and feed some daphnia and bosmina.

HUGS! to all and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Humeur actuelle: bouncy
Musique actuelle: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...