Home Grown Country Girl

Mood: Peachy Keen!
Listening to: That 70's Show on TV. =)

Hey guys! Finally a real update, right? I know it's been driving you insane. mahahah! This week has been pretty uneventful. I've just been hanging out. I got two graduation gifts this week. So very thoughtful. I really appreciate them! Sometimes life can be such a roller coaster ride, I swear. It's amazing how much the human mind can handle all at once. You've got thoughts going constantly, emotions flying everywhere, and yet you can still [for the most part] focus on what you absolutely have to do right at a particular point in time. I think right now is crazy for a lot of people. Im just thankful that I have friends that I can trust and talk to. So very thankful.

So, graduation gifts. My grandparents gave me one hundred dollars! That was so sweet of them. My mother got me the most amazing music box. It's absolutely beautiful. I cherish it. It plays "You Light Up My Life" and has this amazingly beautiful picture on the top. The box itself is made of a dark wood and has this gentle design in the wood around the edges. In the center there's a place for a photo. In that place it has a picture. The picture is of a white background and has very delicate butterflies and a few delicate flowers on it. It has the most amazing saying, to which I'll keep to myself because it's from momma's heart to mine. It just really meant a whole to me. I couldn't thank her enough.

In exactly 17 days Steve, Momma, Cory, and myself are leaving for Myrtle beach. We're staying at the Bermuda Sands Hotel. It's going to be lovely. Im so excited. I have two tickets to go on a casino cruise. Can't wait for that! While we're there, im going to get a tattoo, ya'll! That's right, Im going to do it! It's going to be a little bigger than a quarter. Im getting a celtic love knot. Im getting a specific design though. Here's a picture of what I want, except where it is silver, I want it red and where the gold is, I want it black. It's going to be so pretty. Im going to either get it on the back of one of my shoulders or right in the center of my back just above my bra line. I think it is rather beautiful, myself.

When we get back from the beach, I've got to get a TV Repairman to come and look at our big screen TV. I've also gotta get the cable people out here because Im going to upgrade! That's right! Im going to get the digital cable AND I'm going to get some movie channels. We're at the place where we can afford it and Im glad. Basic cable gets boring. Mahahha! I'm also going to hit a few yard sales to get some stuff for the house. My ultimate finds would be: a bakers rack, DVD holders, DVD Player + Remote, Maybe some DVD's, Book Shelves, a pantry type thing, and 2 lamps. Now, I know I won't find all of this. With all of the hillbilly types around here, though, you never know what you're going to find at a yard sale! Mahahah!

Steve and I have been talking about building our own home when I graduate. I think it would be great. We pretty much have an idea of what we want. I've also talked to some students at school who used to be former general contractors and they've suggested a time of year, the type of layout, and what to use for cheap supplies. My daddy is going to save me a lot of money. The contractors said that the biggest cost of building a home is getting the land approved, flattened, the water and sewer lines dug, the foundation and the driveway. My daddy can do all of that. So, our biggest cost is going to be the electrician and plumber. Oh, and the interior, naturally. I watch HGTV constantly. My goal for the next 6 years is to have a really good paying job to be financially secure, and hopefully be living in a home I designed and had built. I keep going back and forth from moving away when I graduate to staying here and building a home. Who knows what's going to happen. I guess we'll just see how my cards play out.

Tomorrow I've got a couple of errands to run and Im going to go visit my grandparents for a majority of the afternoon/evening. I've been trying to get Cory's financial aid straightened out, but I keep running into road blocks. Been working on it for a week. Tonight, I finally just gave up. Friday, Im going to take everything I have to my academic advisor [because I have to pick up some paperwork for a meeting I have at 2pm], and Im going to have them work on it. Bless his heart, I feel like Im holding him up and that's the last thing I want to do. So hopefully by the middle of next week, he'll have everything turned in and then we can wait on the school to do their part of it! Mahah!

This weekend is going to be quiet around here. We don't really have any plans. Next week is going to be busy for me, so I've been soaking up the fact that I have nothing to do. Infact, I've stayed in my pj's all day! It's been a long time since I've done that! Well, I think I've rambled on long enough. I've talked to my friends online all day! It's been great. I talked to Teri for the longest time. OH! I called, Teri, and found out how much it would be. Not gonna be expensive at all... so I'll be calling you tomorrow or Friday. Just let me know when the best time would be. I dont wanna freak out your momma and I also dont wanna call in the middle of supper or anything. I talked to my friend Lori online. I was worried about her! I hadn't heard from her all week. She had went home to visit her pappy in Indiana. I also talked to my gangsta sista, Jackie. She has so much on her, guys. I wish I could take just 1/4 of her problems and eliminate them in the best possible way...ever. For the rest of ya'll, I hope your week is going ok. I'm sure I'll be updating tomorrow with some sort of survey/quesiton/game thingy! Mahahah!