Home Grown Country Girl

Man I love how the lil box under "home" is telling me, and I quote, "Schneller im Web. Milt Firefox Inklusive. Google Toolbar." Even in German, Google still has the upperhand! Hah! I know I sound a bit bitter, but jeez! This place has sure lost a lot of loyal, everyday, bloggers. That's sad. The admin. here needs to, perhaps, take a good look at that and maybe ask themselves why this has happened? Oh well. I have a point, I really do.

I will be blogging at the other blog. Im not going to be updating here on blogigo anymore, however, I do still come and read the few friends I have here that stayed. I really hope ya'll come by the new blog. Im still doin the Hillbilly Humpday Challenges, so feel free to check those out! For those of you that are staying here at blogigo, I applaud you! It's so difficult for me to customize this place, and well, we all know Im all about customization! Anyway - just c'mon over and see me. Id love to have company! You can leave a lil note on my tagboard or drop me a little comment. Whichever.

Take care!

Shel

http://missdiagnosed.bravejournal.com

Mood: Im Doin Ok.
Listening to: Nothin - Steve's still asleep

Hey guys! It seems blogigo is making more of its features come back, that's a plus! Mahah! I've been waiting to see when all of the changes are finalized so that I can mess with html codes again and try to get alys songs working and get some of my blinkies and stuff back up. I just might redo my entire sidebar and put up fresh blinkies. Mahah Who knows! Im still blogging at: http://missdiagnosed.bravejournal.com  if you wanna find me. I think it's need that you can put someone on your enemy list on blogigo and they can't comment on your blog or write in your guestbook! that's so neat! Theyve added some new stuff and Im glad. It's just going to take everyone time to get used to it. I dont really have much to say, other than I'm glad the little links are back that you can click on 'more updated blogs' and stuff like that. I was gettin frustrated with that.

Well, I think this is all for now. I hope ya'll have a good week! I have two weeks of classes left this quarter: This week and next. Woohoo! Mahah! I talked all about it on my other blog, so check it out. It's in the entry below the fall lineup. Yeah, I made a fall lineup of the season premiers and the new shows that are starting this season - dates and times! :) Im not sure if Im gonna stay here or stay at bravejournal yet. Just trying to kinda hang on and see how things go. I really am starting to love bravejournal cause it's a lot more user friendly than blogigo - right now. I've not tried to change anything as far as the backgrounds go on here. I think that's gonna get tricksy. Anyway - I need to go. Im leaving for class in an hour. Gotta do some stuff up in the computer lab. :)

Mood: Frustrated
Listening to: Nothing

Because I have spent the last 3 hours trying to figure out the FLIPPIN HTML CODE on this badboy, Im mad and frustrated. So, Im going to temporarly be blogging at :

http://missdiagnosed.bravejournal.com

Feel free to come by there and leave a lil message on my tag board or a comment! I'd love to have ya'll! =) I might end up staying there, too, if all of this html crap doesnt get fixed. :(

Mood: Doin Peachy!
Listening to: My Humps! Mahah!

Hey guys! So I've been looking around our new blogigo and I've figured a few things out. First of all, to get your HTML codes up wherever you want them, click on preferences [the wrench] and go to sidebar. You can add up to 8 HTML boxes. In the right column click on HTML box 2 or whatever, and click the arrow pointing left. When it moves over to the left box, use the up and down arrows beside the box on the left to move that particular HTML box (it should be highlighted already) to whever you want it placed. THEN paste your html codes in there.

If you go to User Privileges, you can add user names (like mine is shellbug773) to be able to go in and look at more specific stuff with your blog. They can have access to view things, but not change things permanently. Kinda neat. =)

Hope this helps! Oh, be sure to click on "My Profile" and check your personal data. Like, the country you're from. Also, in preferences, make sure all of the boxes that have to do with comments are on "on". If you have "on with activation" that means you have to pre-approve the comments. You can also set up your blog to where NONmembers can leave comments in the preferences section. At the bottom of each entry, you can check the box to disable comments on the entry so if it's a really personal entry - no one can leave any comments on that particular entry. =)

As I figure things out, I'll update again. :)

Mood: Tired and patient
Listening to: Nothin - bout to go to sleep.

Just hang in there. Let em finish workin out the kinks and then we'll all figure it out together. =) They've got all of the lil commands in English now - so they're workin on it. Just give em a day or two. I know it's frustrating, different, and changes are scary. They're doin this to improve blogigo! We can adapt, right?! We're good at it! =)

Im gonna be messin around with it tomorrow, so let me know what you guys are frustrated with and I'll try to figure out ways to unfrustrate those things for you. =) Just leave it in a comment so I'll be sure to get it. Im gonna work on making fonts bigger and figuring out how to get html back up in sidebar. Make sure, when you go to preferences, that the little drop down box beside html is on yes. If it's not, it'll just spat out HTML instead of actually recognizing it as code. =)

xoxo

Mood: Happy! Relieved! I got all of my papers finished!
Listening to: "Changes" by Ozzy Osbourne is going through my head right now as we speak!

Hey guys  How's your Thursday? Mahahahah! So yes, we all woke up in Germany today. Really gives me a sense of how it would be for someone from Germany to come to the United States. Im sure they felt as confused as I did and really have to look at pictures to help them out. Wow. Really peeled back my eyelids and opened my eyes. That's why I feel so sorry for the families of the people in the united states army or other armies really, that have to travel to another country and learn their culture, their language, and pretty much everything. I felt so dumbfounded. You either get mad and give up, or you just randomly try things to see if it works. I am so glad I'm not an ethnoscentric american. That makes me feel really well about myself. Ok, so the smilies are still the same and everything. That's comforting.

Im in the computer lab right now and they close in 30 minutes. I've been here since about 3:15 this afternoon and it's 5:30pm. I've finished all of my papers and this weekend I'll do my powerpoint. Then, nothing else until my finals on August 21 and August 23. I turn in my final paper on August 24 (which it's already written) and I'm finished for the quarter! Mahha! Man it feels good to be a gangsta!

I really like the changes they've made to blogigo. The entry screen is new. It has TONS of new stuff in it. I really like it. You can change the color of your text easier - tons new colors! You can click the lil highlighter beside the color pallett at the top and highlight a word or sentence! It has an undo button! I love that! An HTML button! You can highlight stuff, even! Wow! Now we're getting spoiled! It even has a spellcheck! It's even got these great lines that I have between the paragraphs. For those of you that want them, just look for the big smiley face, the checkmark with the abc over it and its the next button. Between the checkmark and the printer. OOh you can print out your entry now! See? They're making really good changes. Im so glad. They've got the clock at the top and you just basically use military time to change it. See? They're doin good things guys. We just need to hang in there and let them finish. Hopefully by this weekend everything will be done.

Well, Im going to go get me a bottle of pepsi or something and a bag of chips to eat before class. This weekend is going to consist of one word: HOUSEWORK! Sheesh! Oh, and guys - I'll try to figure out how ya'll can get your graphics back up with the html stuff. Just gimme a day or so to play around with the new changes. :) I'll let you know as soon as I find out!

Mood: I think this is "mood" its got the lil drama faces so: MAAAAAD!
Listening to: and this is music! so I'll put :NOT LISTENING TO MUSIC

Ok, so this is upsetting. They redid all of these changes to blogigo and if you log in, you'll see your favorites listed, guys. It'll be difficult, though, to find where you have to update an entry. So, Im going to walk you through it and PRAY that my words don't get switched to german when I update so at least all of my ENGLISH SPEAKING FRIENDS can update their blog. Ok, here we go!

1. Log in with your user name and password.
2. On the left side, find the flower that's beside the name of your blog.
3. Click on the name of your blog.
4. You're probably seeing your favorites listed.
5. Look for an ICON that is a piece of paper (single piece of paper) with the top right corner folded down and a GREEN PLUS SIGN. CLICK THAT. It says Eintrag Schreiben. That means Update Entry.

I HOPE THAT HELPED!!! This is insane. The BLOGIGO ADMINISTRATION needs to understand that we have ENGLISH SPEAKING people here as well. Ugh. If there isnt an ENGLISH VERSION out by TONIGHT, then my updates will be at this website:

http://missdiagnosed.bravejournal.com/

Let's hope they get this fixed.

Mood: Hungry
Listening to: Nothin

Hey ya'll! Today is Humpday so that means it's time for the Hillbilly Humpday Challenge! This challenge is going to be all about you and your life! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write about events in your life that are significant to you that begin with each letter. These can also be characteristics about yourself that you like. Good luck!

A - Always trying to eliminate drama.
B - Began college right after a divorce.
C - Caring about loved ones more than caring about myself.
D - Diligently working to maintain a high GPA.
E - Established a better relationship with Steve.
F - Fight for what I believe in.
G - Graduating College.
H - Happy, finally, with my life.
I - I'm intelligent and I know this.
J - Jump to conclusions rather quickly and irrationally.
K - Kind Hearted
L - Learned how to live independently instead of dependently.
M - Made a choice to remove the negative people from my life.
N - Never regretted things that made me happy at any point in my life.
O - Openly talk honestly, finally, to Steve and put trust in him.
P - Preparing for my future, no matter if I'm alone or not.
Q - Quit putting so much emphasis on how others see me.
R - Respecting myself, again. I head to relearn this.
S - Saying "no" to people I love. This is really hard for me and Im trying.
T - Taking life one day at a time. This is a major accomplishment for me.
U - Utilizing what I have instead of focusing on what I don't have.
V - Validating myself.
W - Working extra hard in school.
X - Xtra Baggage: I've learned to let go of. (i know I sound like Yoda. I couldnt think of anything that started with "X". I hate X). 
Y - "You never judge a book by its cover." <-- I've really had to learn that in the past two years, especially in classroom settings.
Z - Zooming through life isn't what life is about. Life is about taking the time to stop and recognize people, recognize your surroundings, and make sure everyone you care about knows, for certain, that you care about them. This is the most important thing I've learned in my life. Appreciate the little things. The little things make up the big things.

Welp, there ya have it! The Hillbilly Humpday Challenge. I think this challenge will really let people know you. I liked this one. It was rather easy for me! Mahah! I hope ya'll are havin a good Humpday. Im fixin to go to school and write a couple more papers. Looks like we're havin some thunderstorms, so it should make for a headache-ish day. I need to get ahold of Amanda. She hasnt called me yet and normally she does. Wonder if she's goin to class tonight. She has a speech due and she was really nervous. Love her heart. Im tryin to help her all I can, but I can't deliver it for her. If I could, I would. I've gotta get goin guys. I'll update later tonight or tomorrow.

xoxox

Mood: Mentally and Physically Exhausted
Listening to: The fan

So hey guys! It's Tuesday. That means it's day 2 of this week. Ugh! This week is going by so slow. Mahahah! Anyway - I can't sleep at night. At. All. I think it's because Im so worried! I have 2 weeks of school (well, 2 weeks + the rest of this week) and I still have my ginormous paper to write, 7 papers for my law class to write, a presentation to research and put together for sociology, and another presentation for my health admin. class. I just lie in bed and think of all of the things I should be doing. I wake up repeatedly throughout the night worried because I dont have things done. My stomach has hurt me for 3 days now and I feel like I could puke any second. Other than that - I'm doing great. How're you guys?

Today I've made plans to leave in 1.5 hours and go to school. Im going to do 6 of the 7 papers for my law class. The 7th paper is the final paper. It's gotta be longer and he's asked specific questions to address in the paper that require opinions, so that isnt going to be difficult for me. Hopefully I can sift through all of this research I have printed out and get my paper on Canada's Healthcare completed this weekend. If I can get my research read and highlighted, writing it will take about 2 hours or so. I can do that one evening when I'm here by myself. Once I get that done, I can put together my power point presentation (because the presenation is just basically a review of my paper to tell the class about Canada's Healthcare System vs. United States Healthcare System). Then, I have one class completed, one paper to write, and one presentation to research. The good news is, I have all day tomorrow to work on it as well, so maybe I'll go in early tomorrow and work on these things.

So I've been up since 9am. I went to bed at 2am and fell asleep around 4am. I was up at 6am and 8am. Finally at 9am I refused to try to go back to sleep so I just got up. Watched some T.V. and talked to Amanda on the phone. Picking her up between 1:30 and 2pm today then going to the computer lab. I've *got* to get my schedule straight for next quarter. I have one class on Thursdays and the rest are on Mondays and Wednesdays. I'd love to be home by like 5 or so on Mondays and Wednesdays, since I'll have to be at school before 9am, instead of 7:30pm. So, Im gonna see what I can do. I might take a morning class on Tuesday or something. Who knows. I want my evenings off, that I do know. Why? Because Fall is my favorite time of the year! There's so much to do in the evenings, plus it's gonna get cold (hopefully).

That icon made me laugh so hard that Im tearing up! MAHAHAH! That's actually something I would say, too! Just ask momma! Steve says I say the most random things at times and I crack him up. Mahahah! I love that icon!!! Im completely rambling. I am totally wasting your time if you're still reading this. Mahaha! I dont have much to say. Well, apparently I do. OH! Im putting together a few things for some friends that Imma be mailing out, once they all come in. Im just gonna mail em all at the same time and see who gets theirs first. Mahaha! Im sure Teri will be last, since hers is going to another country. Sorry, Sissa. Mahahah! I wish I could pay someone to write my paper for me. Man that would be sweet. Only problem is: One - It's unethical and waaay against the rules at school and two - I dont have extra money to spend on that kinda crap. Mahah!

Mkay - I think Im gonna go now. I've wasted my time and your time for far too long! I hope yall are having a great T-something Tuesday (gotta thing of a name for Tuesdays! Manic Mondays, Humpday Wednesdays, Fantastic Fridays, what about Thursdays?!) ... hrm, how about Tantric Tuesdays. That makes it sound more exciting than "the second day of the week". Mahahahah! SWEET! Amanda just called and said we can leave earlier! That means I can get these papers done, get my schedule fixed, AND (hopefully) read up the research for my paper. That's great news for me. So, that means instead of falling asleep, Imma be busy. My eyes are burning. I need to sleep. I think it'll take a lot of stress offa my mind if I can get these done, so Im gonna stop here. I gotta get dressed. I have 30 minutes to eat lunch, get dressed, dig up some change [because i have to pay 5 cents per page i print off] and head out the door! Be lookin for tomorrow's Hillbilly Humpday Challenge!

Dude, today is 08/08/06. That reminded me of the song "'Cause I'll be goin' boom like an 808; Be makin' circles like a figure 8; You know it feels good from head to toe; Now hold on to me baby here we go." Ok, that's 808 by Blaque. Mahahah! Just thought I'd throw that in there. Enjoy! I think Im gonna burn a cd real quick before I leave. xoxoxo

Mood: Tired
Listening to: Nothin

So, I checked the mail today when I got home and ANGEL sent me a BIRTHDAY CARD!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

It's a hilarious card! I love it. Thank you so much. I felt like crap all day, and that just made my day. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

Love you so much!! *HUGS*

Mood: Headache + it's Monday + midterms = NOT SO GREAT
Listening to: Tims boss trying to speak and understand English. He's very loud.

Hey guys. Hope your Monday is going better than mine! Sheesh! Mahah! I started off the day with Charlie leaping out of his cage, breaking his wheel, and falling about 3 feet into the floor. At that time, Milo and Otis see a play toy when they look at him, so they proceeded to smack him around the floor. I was still in bed. So, Steve and I jump up, rescue Charlie, put him up and decided to stay awake. Tried to call my friend I pick up, but the person that answered said that she wasnt home. So, I told him I'm her ride to school and to have her call me. She didn't.  Im not sure if she moved or whats up. I just emailed her though. Im worried. I hope she's ok. So, I then talked to a friend online with Steve [he's a mutual friend of ours in Virginia] and then took a shower. While in the shower, the cold water decides to not work so it turned SUPER hot.  I did a super quick shower. Because it was a super quick shower, I didnt have time to shave my legs. So, on this bagillion degree weather today, Im wearing pants. Lucky for me it's freezing in the classrooms. I get out of the shower and an ant crawls on my foot.  That made me so mad. Then I got dressed and came on to school. I stopped and paid rent, as I had forgotten about it! Stopped at the gas station and got me a bottle of water, talked to my friend that works there, then came here and studied from 1pm - 1:50pm. Went to class and took an 80 question midterm that was mainly: define this, which sociologist is associated with this theory - those types of questions.  All multiple choice. No idea how I did. I did get some good news! Class is cancelled for Wednesday, so that means I dont have to come to class til 5:30pm! Gives me all day tomorrow and Wednesday to write this stupid research paper. Now, Im up in the computer lab.

My momma is home sick until Thursday. She's got asthma SUPER bad and while I was talking to her Saturday she could barely breathe - but she still talked to me on the phone. She went to the doctor today and diagnosed her with asthmatic bronchitis.  My mawmaw called me and told me. I'll call her tonight and check on her. Might go see her. Sometimes it helps when you can see someone when you're sick.

I have one more class at 5:30pm and hopefully we get out around 8pm. Next quarter Im gonna be griping all the time. Why? Because I scheduled classes at 9am. Mahahah! Oh well, at least Im working on a super hard, very prestigeous degree. I just wish this was my last quarter. That would be fantastic. I just saw my step dad and he doesnt look very happy.  <-- thats what he looked like. The faculty had a meeting this afternoon and he just got out. He hates meetings. Mahha! Oh, now HIS boss is in that room.  Well, Im just rambling now. I think I'm going to do some research to get all kindsa information for this research paper and presentation I have to do on Canada's Healthcare System. On August 24th Im going to be so happy. Thats the last day of this quarter. Its not that far away!

OH! Cory got his times scheduled to take the placement testing and everything for school. He'll be starting in the fall [September 5th]. We just might have the same computer class together! Mahahha! That would be wierd. In class with my cousin. Mahah! Ok, gonna stop now. Gotta do research. No more playing. Have a great day guys!

Mood: Doin Alright. Im hot.
Listening to: Headed for a Heartbreak

Hey guys. Not a whole lot going on today in my house. =) That's a good thing! I've just been working on laundry and studying for my midterm tomorrow. The summer quarter always flies by so quickly and I feel like Im doing good just to keep up. I hope everyone had a good weekend. Tomorrow, it's back to the grindstone for another 5 days. I have 12 more days of classes and that's it. The 25th is the end of this quarter, then we get from August 26th - September 4th off. Fall starts September 5th. Im excited for fall quarter to start. I just wish it was next fall, already, so I'd be in the home stretch of this health admin. degree. It's going to be a rough year ahead, I know this. I'm just going to have to spend the next 9 months really buckling down and studying twice as much as I have been. These aren't easy classes, by any means. In the end, it will be worth it.

So, anyway - today I've not really done a whole lot. I've been studying off and on. I guess I'm blessed because I only have one midterm and two finals. Most people have midterms in every class and finals in every class. I just got bombarded with writing papers, as you guys are well aware of. Tomorrow, after the midterm, we won't have class. That will give me plenty of time to go up to the computer lab and *HOPEFULLY* type up and print out my 10 page paper. If I can get it done, I'll be turning it in Monday night, along with the 2 journal articles that were due. That means, for that particular class, all I have left is my power point presentation. That's cake. =) By this time next week, I hope to have every single paper for my law class completed. He gave us a list of what we need to write about the first day of class. One paper is due per class and we meet on Tuesday and Thursday nights. So, that's 2 papers per night and then one paper for the final exam. If I can get these two per night completed, then I can work on the other one. Once I get the 10 page paper, the rest of the two per nights completed, and the one final paper completed; I have two presentations to give and thats it. There's light at the end of the tunnel!

Throughout the summer, I start on Christmas gifts. Things are cheaper in the summer. I order things from online a lot, too. Sometimes they'll even prewrap them! that's awesome! Mahah! Anyway  - yesterday I sat down and got everyone taken care of. Im even doing it for $ 300 cheaper than I budgeted! That's some fantastic news right there! I even got Steve budgeted in there for his Christmas gifts he doesn't know about. Mahahah! Now, I dont have to worry about fighting the crowds or the traffic during Christmas time. I wonder if all of my family will be home for Christmas. I was thinking of putting up a little tree here for me and Steve, then I thought about how we probably wont be home. So, I'm just going to hang lights and stuff. My kitties would love to climb the christmas tree, too. Mahah!

Ive been feeling so tired and sluggish lately. It's like, no matter how much sleep I get, it isnt enough. I will go from feeling sick to my stomach to feeling really tired, then having all kinds of energy. It's probably the heat. It's makin everyone act a fool around here lately! Well, I've been rambling on long enough, and its hot all up in the bedroom, so Im gonna get off of here for a bit. Gonna go throw this load of laundry in the washer, watch some tv, and spread all of my notes out on the couch and study. I need to put up the dishes too. I hate to leave dishes set in the dishstrainer after theyre clean. So, I best get going. I'll be back and forth throughout the evening. If you're online, leave me a message. I'm always on yahoo messenger.

Mood: Tired
Listening to: Nothin - bout to listen to music while i clean though!

Ok, so momma and I saw Pirates 2 last night and let me just say... WOW! Johnny Depp can melt me. I love him as captain jack sparrow. *drool* As you can tell by the new icon on my sidebar, I loved the movie and i love him. Mahahha! The movie had some hilarious parts in it, and a coupla scary parts, and a few just nasty parts, and if you hate birds like I do, you'll get freaked out in one part!

So my birthday was nice. Momma and I went to a new resturant in town called Max and Ermas. We had a nice talk over dinner and she gave me the sweetest card. She also gave me a gift card for my birthday so that means clothes shopping! We went and saw our man in his new movie [gotta show the love], and then we came home. Last night I was so tired I just crashed. Steve brought home some supper and we just kinda vegged.

Today I've done much of nothing. Mahahha! Im supposed to be doing the dishes, laundry, sweeping, etc. but I've not. I've been making out my Christmas list so that I can start working on that by the end of the month. I know, ya'll may be makin fun of me, but at least I get it done and I *know* everyone has gifts. I also don't have to fight the holiday traffic and crowds. =)

I just wanted to do a quick update. I've got to at least get the dishes done, this one load of laundry done and hung up, and the litter box cleaned before Steve gets home. That's only 3 hours from now! I think I have time. Mahaha! I hope ya'll are having a great weekend. I'll be around tomorrow, especially if I get alla this done today. =)

Savvy?

Hey guys. Mom took me out for my birthday. We had dinner and saw the new pirates of the carribbean. We had a good time. I've got stuff to do around the house so I best get to it.

Bye.

Mood: tired
Listening to: nothin

In my favorites I have a new link. It's a link for you guys who want to customize your blog. This website is amazing! It's got backgrounds, icons [for your sidebar], cursors [like the one i have. you just copy the code provided and put it in your sidebar], everything. I love this website. It's easy to use and has some nice stuff! Now... click me to go play!! Teri and Angel: You two would love this website! Mahahah! You dont have to host anything through photobucket or imageshak. Its right there for ya. I love it!

OH! Thanks Blogigo for giving me a birthday present. You took down the ads from my blog at the top! Thank you very much!

ps. Ghostgirls birthday is on the 11th! =)

Mood: Tired
Listening to: The Birthday Song

Welp, it's officially my birthday. Im 26 years old. I dont really have much planned. Steve is going to be leaving early for work, which I have no idea why. So from noon til midnight I'll be here alone. I think momma and I are going to have dinner out. She's treating me for my birthday. Thats sweet of her. My grandparents gave me $ 30 for my birthday today! That was sweet of them. Welp, I guess Im going to go to bed. I'll update sometime tomorrow during my cleaning session. I hope ya'll have a good friday.

Mood: Calm
Listening to: Steve sleep and the cats play

Well, hey guys. Ive been so busy with papers! I've done six 2 - 3 page papers in the past two days. It's so freaking annoying! I dont really have much to write about. I did find out that I can continue with my major, I just can't get the long term elderly care admin. That's what was pushing me over. So, I can still do healthcare admin. That makes me happy. This weekend my brother and whatsherhead are coming in, I think. Yay. I really miss him and would love to see him, but if shes hanging around, Im not going to. I have no idea what I would or wouldn't say to her. It's not worth it. Things are finally Ok now to where I talk to him every so often. I'll just stay at my little house and just be. This is my haven, my sanctuary. Im sure it will make my family mad, but honestly I dont care. It will take me a little longer to get over, or let go, of the hurtful things she's said and done to my family, my brother, and myself. I best not talk about her. Lord knows if she were to ever read this, she'd start being manic and create drama again.

Anyway - mom said she wanted to take me to dinner for my birthday. Thats nice of her. I dont expect people to do things for me. My daddy, when I called him, said, "Someones birthday is friday." That was his way of letting me know he remembered. That was nice. I guess your parents will always remember your birthday. I went and talked to my step dad for like an hour yesterday after class. He was very helpful and he was having an awful day. I just kinda intruded while he was working on something, but he stopped and helped me and I thought that was nice of him. Really respectful. =)

I think I might leave a little early for class tonight and go to the computer lab and do the research for my presentation on the 14th. This weekend Im going to try to get that 10 page paper at least researched and halfway typed up. Ugh. 10 pages takes forever, but if I start on it, I can have it done in 2 - 3 hours. If I can get it finished, I'll have all of the papers for one entire class finished. I have a midterm on Monday. 80 questions. Worth 400 points. 1/4 of my grade. No pressure, right? I seriously do not feel like going to class tonight. I have been sick to my stomach all night last night and today. I slept forever and still feel bad. There's 3 weeks of classes left this summer. I have my schedule for next quarter. I'll be off on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Thats a good thing! Gives me time to write papers. I will, however, be in class on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9am - 7:30pm and Thursdays 5:30 - 9:30pm. I guess you gotta give a lil to get a lil. Mahahah!

Well, I just got an email from my professor tonight. Apparently he will not be in class, as he has to attend a meeting. Well, theres a birthday present! A 4 day weekend! I guess I'll be spending my evening cleaning, and spending time with Steve. Im gonna stop this here, as I've got some stuff to do around the house, so that tomorrow evening I can start on that ginormous paper. I hope you guys are having a nice Thursday and if you're bored, feel free to do the hillbilly humpday challenge in the entry below. I'll be online from tonight to Sunday night, if any of you want to talk, just message me.

Mood: Happy
Listening to: Steve tell me a bagjillion reasons why he hates the letter X. Things like X-Treme and X-Tra. Mahah!

Your mission, should you so choose to accept it, is to complete this Hillbilly Humpday Challenge! Mahah! Ok, this should be interesting. Name pet peeves that you have, whether it be with yourself or others or the government or whomever, that begin with each letter. Just name things that just flat out annoy you. This one is very broad.

A - Amazon.com has the 5 star review. You go to read the review and it starts off with, "I've not read the book yet, but..." HOW CAN YOU REVIEW IT?!
B - Backtalk from sarcastic teenagers.
C - Cutting Off [as in traffic]
D - "Drop It!" I hate when someone says that when we're in class debating.
E - Explanations that people use that start with the word, "Again" [like Again, I told you... GRR]
F - Fidigiting
G - Guys who make PMS comments.
H - Hangers! Hangers get on my freakin nerves. They get all tangled together and I'm tryin to hang up all of these clothes!
I - Interrupting
J - Jumping on a tramplene and someone 'double jumping' me. I hate that.
K - Knowingly show up late when you know Im cooking a huge meal!
L - Live customers being ignored by retail sales clerks so that they can handle the problem on the phone.
M - Members of a group refuse to work together towards a goal when they have personal issues that they can't get past.
N - Not saying bye before hanging up the phone. Thats just rude.
O - Openly abusing children. I mean someone who verbally, physically, or any other way openly [or secretly] abuses children.
P - People that purposefully leave their bright lights on at night to blind me when they're behind me, or have those annoying fog lights on the bottom to blind me, or ginormous trucks that blind me. GRR!
Q - Quick and sarcastic responses to questions when Im being serious.
R - Red lights when NOBODY is coming the other direction
S - Standing in my line of sight to the TV during the last 30 seconds of any show.
T - Talking over a loud TV
U - Understanding. People who refuse to ask questions and sit there and nod like they know whats going on.
V - Value Systems not in place. People do not have their values in order. What I mean is, figure out what is most important TO YOU and work for it. Dont work for something that is important to others.
W - When the shower curtain sticks to you when you're in the shower and it's freezing cold while your shower water is hot.
X - X-Tina. HER NAME ISN'T X-TINA! It's CHRISTINA Aguilera. *grrr*
Y - Yellow toenails. When someone has yellow toenails [naturally] and wear sandals to show them off. Thats just gross.
Z - Zippers. They will stab you, they will break off, they will mess up an entire outfit if they dont work right, they will rip on one side so when its zipped its not really zipped. Dont get me started about zippers.

Ok, So I feel much better after my rant. :) That was much needed for right about now! Mahahah! I hope ya'll have fun and don't get too upset. It's just the Hillbilly Humpday Challenge.

Mood: tired as crap
Listening to: otis in the litterbox

Today is Miss Sapphire's birthday!! Happy Birthday!! You can find her by clicking on the link to the left called Drenched 'N Wine. =)

I did find out I can do the healthcare administration degree just not the long term elderly care. It was two separate bachelors degrees. So, I'm going to be working on the healthcare admin degree. Im happy. It's what I wanted to do. I can always go back and get that certificate, as there are like 4 extra classes and 2 internship classes you have to take to get the long term elderly care admin.

Right now, Im getting ready to leave to head up to school. Going to write my 2 journal article reviews and get those finished. I have class from 2 - 9:30pm. I hope we get out early! Sheesh it's been a long week. Steve is off today and tomorrow. I have 2 homework assignments for my class that's due next week that Im going to try to do today as well. Once I can get those out of the way, I think Im going to spend this weekend writing that ginormous 10 page paper. The biggest part of that will be reading all of the information and doing the research. I also have to give a presentation on the 16th about Slavery and the Jim Crowe laws in my race and ethnic relations class. I have to prepare an outline for the class as well. That shouldnt be too hard though.

Ive just been plugging along, writing paper after paper to keep up. It was really stupid of me to take a law class on top of these other hard classes. I've learned my lesson! The law class will come when I have a more laid back quarter! Mahah!

Well, it's time to go! The Hillbilly Humpday Challenge will be posted, it'll just be later tonight. Mahah! I don't have time right now! Unless I do it at school if I get some free time, which I just might. ;) Ya'll take care now, ya hear?

I just wanted to pass this along. This was sent to me by one of my friends that I've not talked to all summer. I really like it. I'll post it in a second. Today, there's not much going on. Gonna hop in the shower, and head to school around 3:30pm. Im going to do the two journal article reviews this afternoon before 6pm and get those turned in on Wednesday. This weekend I am going to at least do the research part of my 10 page paper and do the 2 papers that are due next week. Tonight my family is getting together to have a big dinner for Heather and Curtis since they're in. I wish it was tomorrow night so that Steve and I could go, but they can't reschedule it for tomorrow. Mawmaw just called and told me that they couldn't. I tried to tell everyone yesterday that Steve isnt off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, he's off on Wednesdays and Thursdays. I get out of class on Wednesday nights around 7 - 7:30 and I could've made it tomorrow night. Im kinda sad, but thats just the way it goes sometimes.

So today is going to consist of writing papers and going to class. This quarter is just freakin depressing me for two reasons. Number one: None of the classes I'm busting my butt for this quarter are going to count for the Communication degree I have to get now. Number two: I got an email today saying that they *over*awarded me SEOG money, so they're going to be doing a deduction over the next school year to even it out. Also, this quarter, Melanie did alla that crap. That's depressing. Gonna spend my birthday alone, that's always depressing. BAH! I have too much to do than sit here and write about this! Im gonna go now. Gonna hop in the shower and get going. I'll update later tonight or tomorrow.

Here's the thing I wanted to post. Bye.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
...one old love
she can imagine
going back to..
and one who reminds
her how far she has come.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
...enough money within her
control to move out and
rent a place of her own
even if she never wants
to or needs to.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..something perfect to wear if
the employer or date of her dreams
wants to see her in an hour.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..a youth she's content to leave behind.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
...a past juicy enough that
she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
...a set of screwdrivers, a
cordless drill, and a black lace bra.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..one friend who always makes
her laugh... and one who lets her cry.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
a good piece of furniture
not previously owned by anyone
else in her family.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
...eight matching plates, wine
glasses with stems, and a recipe
for a meal that will make her
guests feel honored.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..a feeling of control over her destiny.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.
..how to fall in love without losing herself.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..how to quit a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend
without ruining the friendship...
and how to change a tire!!!!!!!

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
...when to try harder... and
when to walk away.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
...that she can't change the
length of her calves, the width
of her hips, or the nature of her
parents.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
...that her childhood may not
have been perfect...but its
over.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
...what she would and wouldn't
do for love or more.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..how to live alone... even if
she doesn't like it.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
...whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't
take it personally.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
...where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table.
or a charming inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she can and can't
accomplish in a day..
a month...and a year.