Yay for Friday...

Glad today is Friday....just got out of my 6 hour class. I'm always so busy! I badly need to do laundry and to try to work out a bit. I'm going to try to do part of a work out video. I don't want to do anything to strenuous b/c I still have a cough a little bit.

Ordered two books off Amazon last night and I can't wait until they arrive. They both look so good and at a price I can't pass up. They can not get here soon enough.

And now, I think I must have a nap. Tonight AM and I are watching movies and resting up for the Vandy game tomorrow.

A Redneck Playlist

Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On - Mel McDaniels

Halloween Kitty....

Today I got an adorable Halloween card at work from my Mom. We own a kitty, Daphne "Roo", that is very Halloween. She is a black and orange tortishell to explain. We found this little sweetie + her litter by the side of the road the summer between 7th and 8th grade. I remember being so excited to have kittens. Her litter mates were adopted by the couple that I worked for at the restaurant all through high school. I love snail mail and the card totally brightened my day.

Another thing that brightened my day was my awesome co-worker was watching an old episode of Designing Women on YouTube when I came in this afternoon. The episode was "The Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia"...it's a good one.

I really want to see Tyler Perry's movie Why Did I Get Married as well as The Night Is Ours with Eva Mendes.

I have been productive today and sent a nice professional looking (or so I hope) resume and cover letter to BMW today. I also spoke with old advisor at TCTC about re-enrolling and putting my name on the list for nursing. I know, I've been in school so long now and I left that to come here, but I just don't know that I have it out of my system. Before I had so many doubts about doing the clinicals (and still do have some!) but I think I am in a place now (study skills, maturity) where I could hang with it. As far as careers go I think I might want to be a nurse more than work in hotel or restuarant managment. My friend M, a doctoral candidate, told me today she thinks I would make a phenomenal nurse b/c I am caring and a good listener. She is one of my favorite co-workers anyways,but that is serious one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. My Mom said I can live at home while I complete the nursing program at TCTC (she enjoys it when I'm home) so I wouldn't have to worry about living expenses (housing, utilities, and some of my food for free). I think financially it will be possible due to Pell Grant and Lottery. On the other hand....dang! I'm just finishing one degree to begin another? and it takes two years once you start so will I be like 26 and still living at home with Mom?! In a way I think that is lame and in a way I could care less. See clinicals are very demanding so TCTC advises you do not have an outside job while doing them so paying my own rent would be out. I feel what I want as a career is most important though. I also have an interest in working in/around HIV/AIDS b/c I already have some familiarity from my job now and know that area interests me.

So, yeah, lots of thoughts tonight. Tomorrow:my 6 hour class and then tailgating bright and early Sat for the Vandy game...and soon I could be back in A-town enrolling at TCTC and meeting with my advisor...........wish me luck and warm wishes and prayers.....registration there is coming up soon and the class I need to enroll in fills up very quickly so I'll need to make a decision and get up there.

J says we are going to the biggest party in Charleston on Halloween and the rest is a surprise!

90's Throwback Playlist Tonight

Save the Best for Last - Vanessa Williams

Like a black cloud....

Like a black cloud, my dark mood from this morning seems to have blown over (for the most part). I had lunch with AF (you know, Frashley). It was nice. My Halloween costume has arrived and I am looking forward to my weekend with J.
I'm still having some turmoil about a situation...but this blog is public so anyone in the world could see it so I can't say much. It is a situation where I don't have a lot of information. At all. One would not want to be at one extreme and be paranoid and jealous.....but the other extreme would be naive and in the dark. Hmmm.

Already

It's just past 8 AM and already I am in a terrible mood. A teeth grinding terrible mood. I feel like I don't want to go to my classes because I hate them and my major. I should have stuck out nursing. In addition....stuff with Shawn :( Grrrrr. Damn. I want to skip and lay in my bed all day. The entire day. Maybe the rest of the day will go better, but I have a feeling if I don't change my attitute it won't.
An Angry Playlist
You Outta Know - Alanis Morisette
St. Anger - Metallica

It's Been Awhile.....

I'm back from the mountains. Shawn and I had fun. I cooked a nice meal with wine and cheese the first evening. We got in the hot tub and it was so nice to be in cool weather for a change. We went to the outlet malls in Blowing Rock the next day, where I got a red sweater from the Gap. Then we had lunch at Ruby Tuesday. That evening we both got sick and had to deal with that for the rest of the trip. We managed to go out for bbq that night, even with the illness. I haven't had much of an appetite though.

When I got back to school I went to the MD and it turns out I have bronchitis. Yuck! It hurts, too. I have an antibiotic and hopefully will be better soon. I can be grateful that this is not a bad week school/work wise so I do have a little extra time to rest.

I got some good news at the doctors office, I've lost some weight. I think it's from not having much of an appetite for about two weeks, walking a lot on campus, not eating late at night and trying to limit the fast food. I am very very happy about it! I haven't seen the 130s in a long long time....maybe like since 2005. I think it will be hard to keep from putting it back on, but I really want to stay around this size.

I am totally having Senioritis. Today is 62 days until graduation. I think in weeks it is 6 weeks, which is not long at all. I still have no clear direction about what I want to do after. I am pretty sure that since I hated my internship I do not want in a hotel or in customer service, period. I have been an assistant manager in a retail store and waitressed for several years too so I have a good idea of what customer service entails. I am pretty sure it's not for me. I may end up taking a job just becuase I need to ($), but I hope some other opportunites come my way. Tonight I had to go to an Alumni Career Night. A bunch of students had to sit and listen to alumni speak about thier post college life and career. The alumni's talks were all quick, painless, and fairly interesting. We were supposed to network and talk to them afterwards, but with the bronchitis, senioritis, and me knowing I don't want to work in this field I just left as soon as I could get out of there. The whole thing left me in a weird mood, but maybe it's just the bronchitis.

Hopefully soon I'll be over this illness and can start going to the gym again with AM. She and I went to California Dreaming yesterday and it was so good. She is always great company anyways. Afterwards she had an appt. so I headed over to EP's for the Bachelor. Fun times...

OK, right now I've got to stop blogging and do something about my toenails. I hate to neglect my feet, but right now they look awful. I don't know why I've been doing it. Laziness, I guess. It has got to stop so now I'm going to go remedy this situation. Usually I make sure my toenails are in impecable condition, as I said I don't know what's up with me!

On the playlist

Valerie - Steve Winwood

I'm Off!

I'm about to be off to Boone, NC for fall break. Right now I'm listening to my itunes, doing laundry, doing dishes, cleaning and packing. I am not capable of packing light. I envy people who are, but I like to have all my hair stuff, makeup, and clothing choices when I get to my destination. The pics are me and A at the last game, a bed I want to order from Pottery Barn (I need my big girl job first), Melissa Sue-my horse that is in retirement due to navicular disease. She earned her retirement. She has spent many a long week at 4-H camp getting the bejesus ridden out of her. She is one gorgeous horse, she won a lot for me, but was always tempermental as mares tend to be. She is probably more so than most mares. In all the years we have owned her my Mom has never been on her back b/c she is afraid of Mel's sometimes nasty tendencies. Once I was on her in a riding lesson and she got fed up with what we were doing and swiveled her head around and bit my foot while I was on her back. The last photo is sweet little Ruby.

I probably won't post for while. After the mountains I'm home for the weekend...which involves meeting up with SC and getting a haircut. I also need to spend some time with my dog, Morgan.

Have a great week!!

Playlist

Friday I'm In Love - The Cure

Dosen't Get Any Better Than This

A just sent me these pics from the Mississippi State game we went to. On the 20th we are going to Vanderbilt. I know I say this everyday on this blog but I hope it will be cooler by then. Is it global warming or what? It is not fun.

The girl cock with Cocky is his girlfriend, Cockette. She only comes out for Homecoming. Is she adorable or what?