Fuzzy Wuzzy....

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy has a tummy?! I have decided the little protruding belly I have is a "teddy bear tummy". Look at a teddy bear, they have a little beer belly going on. Mine isn't really a beer belly. I think part of it is poor posture. I have noticed since I started really trying to get flat stomach that I tend to let me lower back go sway back and stick out my tummy. I'm also working on strengthening my lower back so I don't look so sway backed.
I'm about to take a much needed nap. I was up studying last night and this morning. I feel like I did really well on the test I took and the rest of my day is easy, just classes and work. And of course, Grey's Anatomy.
On The Playlist
Sweet Dreams - LaBouche

Down the rabbit hole....

I'm so tired from my visit to Charleston. I am also dehydrated and need to go to the grocery store but I'm going to put that off since it's so late now. I did manage to make it to the gym today and I am serious about getting back on track in that area. This afternoon I watched The Family Stone with SJP. It was a good film and made me cry! It is a Christmas movie and now I am looking forward to Christmas.

I had a lot of fun this weekend. J and I went to a rooftop bar on Friday evening (after her mom cooked us a delicious meal). It was very chic...good times. Saturday we went to IHOP for breakfast, went and relaxed on the beach (I saw a jelly fish while there - are they following me now?), met up with an old friend for late lunch/early dinner, and went to a Halloween party at the Plex. The theme was Pirates of the Scaribbean. There were some amazing creative costumes and a lot of pirate wench hos. We sat in the VIP area. I was happy with the way my Alice costume turned out. J made the cutest bee ever. More pics to come soon! Halloween is the best!!

Spooky Playlist

Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Replay

Today is another rainy day. I actually LOVE rain. I love to watch it, I love to listen to it fall...I just don't love making it to class in the rain. Today I went with a more weather friendly hairstyle and wore my hair curly.

A few friends and I went to Delaney's in 5 Points for lunch after class. Okay, let me be totally honest here, the prof was not there and had his t.a. showing some really boring video of a person giving a lecture so we ducked out. I had a pint of Amstel Light with my lunch. Ahhh how I love Amstel Light. And it is all the much better in the middle of a rainy school afternoon. I have great friends. Especially my friend S - she is a sweetheart. Just an observation, but isn't it weird how a when there is a group of people drinking the mood can go from happy and upbeat to pensive and sad quickly? Today the conversation drifted to relationships...I talked about my former love before Shawn, other people talked about stuff and all of a sudden the mood had really shifted. I still had an amazing time though.

The rest of the day is just classes for me...

Have a great one!

Playlist

Rain - Patty Griffin

Rain Keeps Fallin' On My Head....

It's a rainy day here in the city. I don't much care - except my hair was so beautiful and sleek and glossy this morning before I got caught in it.

Here's a list for today

1. I read about the cold case that had been re-opened in Anchorage, AL online and now I am facinated with it. Apparently the woman who commited the murder around 10 years ago got the idea from a movie plot. Now I must see the movie. The movie she used as inspiration is The Last Seduction (1994). At any rate, I'm glad she got caught all these years later and impressed with the justice system. With any luck A & E will do a show on it that I can watch. Crime shows are the best. I watched one as a fell asleep last night, but it gave me nightmares and I did not sleep well.

2. I put on my cap and gown today. I hope my hair grows some before graduation.

3. Shawn said his step mom wants to throw me a graduation party. Yay! That would be fun. Their home is beautiful. Of course my two blog readers will be invited.

4. I have some weird sore place on the top of my left leg. Swollen lymph node? Pulled muscle from practing dance while babysitting? I don't know. All I do know is it is painful and the pain is spreading down and around.

These gorgeous photos of San Fran were taken by a friend of mine over fall break. I think she has a job all lined up....so far I don't but I may send out more resumes this afternoon, depending on what's going on at work. I'm still hoping I can line something up for myself. And of course, there is always nursing school I can go back to. I would love to move to San Fran or NYC or Texas, I really would. Honestly, knowing myself I just don't have to courage. There's Shawn and I don't see me wanting to move away from him and the fact that I am very close to my Mom and don't want to be far away from her. I do sometimes wish a turn of fate would land me in a great city, but more than likely I will be living near home after graduation.

Have a great day!

Playlist

Everyday I Write the Book - Elvis Costello

Almost Halloween!

It's almost Halloween, yay! My big weekend w/ J in Charleston is fast approaching. Can't wait to wear my Alice costume.

Last night I decided against going home last night to register at TCTC this morning. If I decide I do want to persue nursing, registration will just have to wait. Maybe I can make it up there next week. After the game and going out in 5 Points Saturday and then a day full of babysitting yesterday I was beat. And had a huge basket of laundry waiting on me.

The girl child I babysat had taken dance so we had a little mock dance class....warm ups, barre work, and of course dancing. I am sore today. Today I also plan on going back to the gym, I haven't been in two weeks since I have been sickly. I did find out I had lost a little weight when I went to the doctor though.

I have to head to work now. Tonight: watching the Bachelor w/ my girls!

worth 1000 words

this is yesterday. The first photo is the hilarious and gorgeous C that I used to live with. The others are my with AM. Today I am tired and ate Applebee's leftovers which made my stomach feel funny, but I'm off to babysitting!

Crank Dat - Soulja Boy

Moving Slowly

I am moving so slowly this morning. 12:30 Kickoffs are just too early! I need to eat breakfast, shower, put on makeup, get dressed and make it out to tailgate. I feel exhausted...from the school week, from the situation I think may or may not be going on at home, from my bout of bronchitis....

Tomorrow AM and I are babysitting A BUNCH of kids.

And I may still need to come register and reenroll in TCTC Monday morning. I have Pell for this year which should cover the one class I need to take at TCTC in spring so the way I see it is :

1. I don't have a job lined up right now, but can continue to look now and while I am taking one class at TCTC in the spring

2. Just b/c I reenroll and put my name on the list and take the class I need in spring dosen't mean I am comitted to doing this (which may be the wrong attitute) I can still look for a job and continue to really think about if nursing is right for me

3. About the earliest I would be able to start clinicals (due to competitive admission I may be able to cut down the wait time) would be fall semester of '08 so I still have plenty of time to search my options (job wise) and think about what I want my career path to be

4. As I mentioned above, for the class in spring semester I won't be out any money. Probably just my text book is what I would pay for. Not bad at all!

I will have plenty of time to search my options and think about my options and I won't be out anything for taking the class. The way I see it I have nothing to lose. And even if I freak out again like I did last time I was supposed to begin clinicals taking the class I need won't have been a waste. As dorky as this sounds I think learning something is never a waste.

Maybe I am incredibly immature for my age...an arrested adolescent...among my friends those that I graduated high school w/ are long through w/ college and all in their carreers, my friends here are all set on what they want to do after graduation. Then there's me who is about to graduate and still not 100% what I would like to do.

Nursing is a really good profession for several reasons. You can work in a lot of areas and many settings. You can work in the hospital or if you prefer 9-5 you can work for a doctor in a private practice. You will be helping and healing people on a daily basis. You can make good money do it!And I am good w/ my hands and enjoy doing things that use my hands.

On the other hand, it can be high stress and if you make a mistake you can kill a person. WOW.

I have got to get the surgery on my ankle. Right now it is tender to the touch. Eow!

These pics are Addison Claire (Addie) just cause she's so effin cute! She's the one we found this summer. Needless to say, my family is keeping her.

This song makes me think of fall for some reason and my old roommate J. We played it all the time the first year we lived together (2002/2003). Time flies b/c that dosen't seem like long ago.

Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest