Home Grown Country Girl

Mood: Tired
Listening to: Steve talking to me =)

So tomorrow is my first day of classes. It's been 6 weeks since I've been in class! It's almost like I'm starting my first day all over again! Mahahah! I'm excited, though. It's been a nice summer. Been to the beach, done things with family - really enjoyed myself. Im actually really looking forward to my classes this quarter. They really interest me. I just hope I can raise my GPA even higher!

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day for me. Let's see, Ive gotta get up and get ready. That should take like an hour and a half because I gotta shower, shave, and all of the other girlie things. Then Steve and I are off to the DMV to get tags for his truck, as they expired! Then I'm going to bring him back to the house and I'm off to buy school books! After that, I'll be in class from 2pm - 9pm! Well, maybe. Probably. It's the first day of class and normally we don't stay the entire time - HOWEVER, since it's the summer quarter [which lasts only 5 weeks], Im sure we'll stay the entire time. That's fine by me! I've got some neat classes! I know that with my degrees there's going to be a lot of paper writing, but that comes with any bachelor degree, in my opinion.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I'm only in class from 5pm - 9:30pm. That's my Healthcare Business Law class. The judge in our humble little town teaches that class. I really love his wife. She's awesome. We'll see how he is in class. He and his wife both teach. Honestly, they're good people. They do a lot for our community. Anyway - Monday and Wednesday are my long days at school.

Im really worried about Teri. She's going through some rough times, mentally, and I just want to remove all of the bad in her life and her mind and replace it with only the best. In reality, I can't. I know I always say you can't enjoy the rainbows til you go through the storms, but I wish some storms didn't last months and years. I think about her all the time. I think I have just the plan to make her smile, for at least 10 minutes. She's got a heart that's as big as the world and wants only the best for those she loves. I just wish she could catch a break and things be ok for her. Depression is a horrible thing. It can eat you alive from the inside out. I just hope something happens that just absolutely makes her feel like she's on cloud 9. Teri, if you're reading this, I hope you know that you have a lot of friends here that love you dearly. I know sometimes having friends online doesn't suffice when you need someone to just look at and laugh with and just spend time with. Just hang in there. Remember: unconditionally. [I hope you've read your email, else the word unconditionally won't make sense to you!]

Unconditionally means without any type of condition. There are no guidelines, no qualifications, nothing. Just because you are who you are. Nothing more, nothing less.

To everyone else who's having some bumpy roads in your life, just hang on for the ride. If you survive, you've learned a lot. There's some bumps in my life, too, but I really don't want to go into them right now. I've got too much to look forward to tomorrow. I hope everyone has an ok Monday. Mondays normally are the blue days of the week. Just remember, Hump Day is right around the corner! Mahahaha!

Mood: Relaxed
Listening to: Steve and Milo play

So, I've been playing with my blog today, as you can see. I really love the CSS coding here. It's really easy to personalize. If anyone wants me to help them or do their blog for them, just find 2 pictures you like. One for the background where people read your entries (where mine is pink) and other for sidebar and header (where mine is purple). Email me the two pictures and a password for your blog. Remember, you can change your password later when Im finished. Also, list some colors you like and I'll do the links and fonts and stuff. I love messing with blogs! It's relaxing for me. So, since the last entry, I've done nothing. Mahahah! Anyway - send me an email with 2 pictures + colors for your blog as well as a password and I'll fix'er up for you. Send me a message by clicking on my username and let me know that you want me to work on your blog. I'll send you a reply and then you send me the stuff.

Bye! =)

Mood: Doin alright
Listening to: washin machine

Hey guys! I hope your weekend is goin great! Mine's goin alright. Not really doin a whole lot, honestly. Cooking, cleaning, hanging out. Tryin to relax a little before the whirlwind of classes start back up. I'm gonna be bombarded with classes for the next two years. Hopefully it won't be as bad as I'm thinking. Just frustrated at the cost of books, and I know it's only going to rise. For fall, my books will cost $ 298. For summer they cost $ 198. That's insane! 3 books this summer and cost me $ 200, and that's after calling around and finding the 3 cheapest! Grr! Oh well, I guess I can chalk it up to the price you pay for a college education, right?

So, like I said, I've not really been doin a whole lot. Yesterday my cousin, Heather, came in from hawai'i with her husband. I think some of you remember heather. Cory's sister. I've not talked to her since before last Christmas! I talked to her online like 5 times total since she moved. I saw her in September at her wedding and that was the last time. When she came in for Christmas, no one called me to tell me where everyone in my family was meeting. Steve and I stayed with his family during the week of Christmas. Oh well - had a great Christmas nonetheless, right?! So, hopefully I'll get to see her and hopefully we'll all do something. I called momma's cell phone yesterday afternoon [cause Heather's plane landed at 10am yesterday morning] and left a voicemail to call me if we all go out to eat or something. Haven't heard anything yet, so here's to hopin! They're going back on the 4th of August, which is my birthday!

Honestly, I dont really have much to write about today. I'm just tryin to get the laundry done and the house cleaned up. Tomorrow I have class from 2pm - 9pm. Hopefully, it being the first day, we won't stay that long. However, summer classes are only 5 weeks long so the professors tend to have class the entire time class is scheduled. Some professors let out early. Working on 2 bachelors degrees and 2 minors is going to be vigorous, especially since I have to do a practicum [volunteer] PLUS an internship during my last 2 quarters. I just hope I can get all of the classes completed in time and on schedule. I've done so much, ya'll. I've looked through the past years schedules for each quarter, found out what quarter the classes are offered that I need to graduate, found out which ones are offered every quarter. Some are offered 1 time a year and some offered 2 times a year, so Ive gotta take those. It's just so much. This summer and fall Im getting 10 classes I need out of the way. Thats a good thing! I figured out that I can get a minor in Communications while working on the Healthcare Administration Bachelors, so that's what Im going to do. I also figured out I can get a minor in Psychology while working on the Longterm Elderly Care Administration Bachelors, so I'm going to grab that one too.

Well, time to go do some dishes, put a load of laundry in, and fold the laundry that just finished! I hope you guys had a relaxing weekend. Sometimes I can't wait to move from this area and other times I wanna stay. I do know this, when I graduate if a job is offered to me that pays really well, and gives me some kind of moving expense package, I'd go in a minute. I wouldn't think twice. So I guess I am ready to leave here, just not ready to leave the family that's still here...my grandparents, momma, uncle michael, cory, and caitlin. Alrighty, Im rambling. Im going to stop procrastinating and go get things done around here! =) Take care! I'll update tomorrow night after class and let ya'll know all about it.