New phone, lots to do

I was so sick of my cell phone company and getting terrible reception at my house so I finally switched to AT&T. They have the Blackberry of course, the same one that I've been using and loved all this time but I decided to be fun and get the i phone. The first night, I hated it and planned on exchanging it for the BB the next day but I didn't. The i phone is growing on me pretty quick.

The Praxis clinic I attended over the weekend was amazing. Rather than focusing on what we needed to study and work on, she taught us simple strategies to figure out the correct answer even if we have no clue. The math portion helped me a great deal. I've had a mental block in the math dept. for years but her little tips and tricks took a lot of my anxiety away.

Tommorrow I have a full day. Moo is getting his tubes removed in the morning, then I'm headed to grocery shop before class. Tommorrow night I have to work on Praxis stuff plus any homework that hasn't been done for the week. I think I might schedule a night of drinks or something this week.

Furkid Friday (WARNING: GRAPHIC)

FML

Today after barely making it through my night class (I seriously caught myself nodding off at least 15 times) I walk out to the parking lot to discover my tire is flat as hell with a huge nail in it. I call for help only to find that my spare won't come off properly so I had to leave it at school until I can have it towed to the tire shop tommorrow. I ate stale Lucky Charms for dinner and if I don't get to bed soon I'm gonna have a meltdown. FML

Ups and Downs

This week has been a light one so far at school. Rachel Zoe started again. I love, love, love that show. I'm becoming a regular Bravo addict. I also have developed a lusting for the I Phone after my sister got one for her birthday. The 8 gig is $100 right now. I don't know yet if I'm ready to dump my Blackberry, it's seen me through my last year of college and first real job out of school. I had a Treo before that and absolutely hated it. Palm sucks.

On the downside, K's brother in law is on his last leg in his battle with cancer. I hate to see her and J hurting but their family is coming together and they're gonna get through it. Another downer, is the dog fight I had to break up after working all night last night. General and Moo got into it and Moo lost. I knew owning bully breeds that the day would come when I'd potentially have 2 that could never play together and today is that day. We are on a crate and rotate basis with them from now on and I'm suprisingly more ok with it than I thought I'd be. Poor Moo was sedated and had drainage tubes put in his chest. Poor baby is wearing an E collar for the next five days.

Sick Day

I'm taking my first web class this semester and I'm not too sure about it. The professor posted an assignment on Saturday that is due Monday at midnight. I did manage to get it all done but if I had worked all weekend it would've been impossible.

I went home sick on Saturday night. I started feeling bad Friday night right before I left work and woke up Saturday feeling horrible. I went into work that night then went home. I got some much needed rest and I'm not running fever anymore but I'm still stopped up and sneezing like crazy.

I feel super old. My little sister turned 18 today. We had a little family get-together at my grandma's with dumplings, corn, green beans, peas, biscuits and apple pie. I have 1 class tommorrow and 1 chapter left in my readings so I've got to get on the Praxis work because the test is in 3 weeks. After that, I feel like I can finally relax.

Mickey D's Meltdown

When bad things start happening they seem to keep happening until a huge hot mess pile of trouble is accumulated. One tragedy in a group of friends is sure to bring on a few more. But as sure as everything's falling apart one minute, you turn around and it's suddenly ok. I wish I could say that now was the ok part but it's not.

I had a minor meltdown today because I've been dealing with alot and not sleeping properly and forgetting to eat some days. After I went and got my nails done which consisted of me listening to a crying baby and 2 stressed out older children that need to start school TODAY rather than next week or their momma is gonna commit murder. On the way home, I realized that I hadn't eaten since some point yesterday or maybe it was the day before so I decided to be quick and whip in to McDonald's. Well I got home and discovered that the folks working there decided I needed a Filet O Fish with cheese instead of whatever I ordered so instead of going back or getting something else, I had a meltdown. The Filet O Fish is the most disgusting thing on the planet and I know the chicken nuggets I fatassed it and ordered weren't much healthier but they sure aren't Filet O Fish. The dogs are my only witnesses so I don't feel so bad about it but it was pretty unnecessary.

Tommorrow is a new day.

Aaaaahhh

School started Monday and so far, I have a handle on things but only because it's the first week. Moo will be starting school again too. We have to complete one more set of obedience classes before we move on to the CGC (Canine Good Citizen). I ran into his teacher at work tonight and we are going to do a private training to substitute for the intermediate because where she's working now combines Basic and Intermediate and what he took before was Puppy and Basic combined.

All this stuff is making me waaay to busy. I have to meet an old friend for drinks sometime next week and most likely, that'll be the only thing other than school and studying for Praxis that I do. I have one chance to pass it and less than a month to finish studying. I'm going to a clinic on the 29th that hopefully will help me. Tonight I'll get 6 hours of sleep before class then I have to come home and study plus do housework. I feel like I'm burning the candle at both ends already.

Back to School

My gazillion dollars in tuition, books and fees has been paid. I have finished shamelessly begging to be let in my last 2 classes and got my .edu email problem, that I ignored most of my undergrad life, fixed for good. I have my paper, binders, pens and hi-lighters. Praxis II has been scheduled and prayers are needed now to insure my passing on September 12th. I am 2 semesters and a summer away from teaching some kindergarten hellions. Thank God!

Now, I can sit back and relax on this Fab Friday since I'm off work. This closet still isn't done but I make deadlines just to break em so no biggie. I noticed one of the electronic billboards had an ad for a free consultation from the closet makeover people so I may entertain the thought of calling them up "just to see".

I'm going to get a haircut at 3:00. I used to have it fairly short (a little above my shoulders) then I let it grow pretty long but now I'm just tired of it. I have to wear it up for work so I need something that'll fit in a pony tail but I also want something that just doesn't lay there when it's down. I trust T so I'm sure whatever she comes up with will be great.

Furkid Friday

Tonight at work I found out that Michael Vick signed with the Eagles. I found it much more satisfying when his sorry ass was making 27 cents an hour in prison. The video link below is of Johnny Justice's visit to Rachel Ray courtesy of BadRap (www.badrap.org)
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/video/vick/badrap_rr_022808.html


2nd video link is to the "pit bull problem" or "i'm sorry video"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Qlw3pzWv4


Pit bulls can blog too: http://princessthepit.blogspot.com/

Lack of Sleep + No Food = No Good

I feel for anyone who has ever worked at a bar. My sleeping schedule is all kinds of jacked up. I'm staying up today as long as it takes to run my errands then I'm taking a nap before I go meet a friend for drinks tommorrow night. I got home at 3 which isn't too bad. I've pretty much slept the past 2 days away except for the time I've been at work tonight and Sunday night. I think the last time I ate was Sunday or possibly early Monday morning so I'm gonna be bad and grab McDonald's breakfast when they open at 5:30. I severly need a break, I don't know whether I'm coming or going. This must be what being on drugs feels like. I wouldn't really know because I only tried pot once and nothing happened. Otherwise, I was/am a good goody. Breaktime is over though because school starts in less than a week whether I'm ready or not.

Tonight Sucked. The End

It was fight night again at work tonight. Silva knocked out Griffin in the first round (thank you Lord!) but the championship match after that lasted waaay too long. Tonight's suckyness can be summed up with some self-explanatory bullets.

*Chasing and fussing at underage drinkers
*Fight in the parking lot
*Broken air conditioner in a building full of sweaty meatheads in Affliction shirts who kept complaining. I wanted to say, "Bitch you are sitting on your ass drinking beer. I'm running my overweight self in circles around this place to get your beer. Don't tell me how fuckin hot it is." Instead I say, "Gosh it is a little warm. I'm sure once the crowd clears it'll be fine. How about I get you another round?"
*Ice machine quit making ice, delivery people finally showed up with very large glacier like ice that was a pain in the ass and looked silly in the cups
*I didn't make jack shit and my car note is due soon
*Wasted an hour and a half waiting to leave
*Have to go exchange brand new, took hours to program BB because the damn keypad won't light up and there is annoying flashing mystery light (Googled both issues and the general consensus is to return it.

FML today. Tommorrow will be better.

Cleaning Out the Closet

Image from HGTV.com

I love this closet. Mine is not quite that big but pretty close. I love how everything is tucked away but the downside to that is not being able to see what you've got. Plus I have severe ADD and would work myself into a fit trying to find a pair of shoes I haven't worn in months. I still haven't finished organizing mine but I have everything ready to get started. Hiring someone else to do it is looking better every day.

RIP Blackberry

Last night, my dear Blackberry died. I had it for about 2 years so it was looking quite rough. I was going to upgrade pretty soon anyway. They had black, red and orange so I decided to be a little fun and get the orange. I had the Curve before but since the old one's screen cracked and went white, I've spent the afternoon so far transferring all of my numbers.

Crate and Barrel Wishlist

Images courtesy of Crateandbarrel.com


It seems someone is a bit obsessed with paisley.

Fall Cleaning

I have some serious overhauling to do at home. It's sort of a Fall Cleaning. School starts August 17th and before then, I have to:

1. Finish furnishing the guest room
2. Clean and organize the office
3. Set-up a lap top workstation in either the kitchen or corner of the living room
4. Overhaul my closet (give away all clothes I don't need, organize all shoes and misc. crap in there)
5. Random cleaning duties like washing covers on couch cushions, cleaning rugs, organizing under all sinks, linen closet overhaul

I'm starting today and I've gotta stay motivated. My Yukon also needs to be cleaned and vacuumed sometime this week. It makes things easier when I write it down and discuss it, but I get so overwhelmed. Part of the problem are my hours at work. I still haven't gotten in the groove of getting home at 3 am.