Normally I don’t get into reality shows.

But here’s a show I could really get into!
:biglaugh: :meow:

Well, I’m still alive in case anyone was wondering.  I just haven’t felt like writing much lately.  Plus I think I was getting bored with blogging there for a while. 

School has kept me pretty busy lately.  So far I have an “A” average in my math class and a “B” in my Spanish II class.  I’m hoping to bring the “B” up if possible.  I just would prefer to have all “A”s if possible.

The last several days I just haven’t felt very motivated about much of anything.  We’ve been fairly broke and hubby being sick for almost 2 weeks didn’t help.  I’m just glad he’s better now.  At least I’ve been able to carpool to school most days, so that has helped out some.  The truck is running a bit rough and we just don’t have the money right now to take it to the mechanic.

Last weekend we noticed that one of Priestess’s (my Persian cat) pupils stayed a bit dilated in the sun.  We were worried she might have suffered a stroke.  She was acting normal and the eye didn’t seem to bother her, but it worried me quite a bit.  I decided to take her to the vet last week to get checked out.  My tooth had still been hurting and I had thought about going to the dentist.  Then this happened with the cat and the cat’s health is more important to me than my tooth hurting.  They did some bloodwork on her to the tune of $150.  Everything came back normal.  I was thankful for that but then I was still concerned about what was wrong with her eye.  Two days later I noticed the pupil was normal and no longer dilated.  I have no idea what caused it, but it seems to be fine now.  The vet still wants to see her in about 3 weeks to check on her again, so I will still take her then just to make sure all is okay. 

Strangely enough my tooth quit hurting.  It did this before so I have no clue why it sometimes bothers me so much.  I’m just glad that at least the cat’s eye and my tooth seem to have fixed themselves for the time being.  Now if only the truck would do that…

There has been a lot of talk about today’s date 6/6/06.  I wanted to see the remake of “The Omen”, but I wasn’t going to try to see it today.  I noticed that the town of Hell, which is in Michigan, I think, was having some type of celebration and selling T-shirts and a square inch of land in Hell.  I guess that means that Hell does sometimes freeze over if it’s up north.  :biglaugh:  I just want a T-shirt that says I’ve been to Hell and back.  I wonder if they sell one like that? 

Funny names of towns always crack me up.  We don’t seem to have too many in Florida, except for Two Egg, Florida.  I asked my mother about Hot Coffee, MS and GoodFood, MS and she hadn’t heard of them.  I know there were some funny town names in Texas, but I can’t seem to recall any of them right now.

Ah well, I’m just bored and don’t really have anything much to write about.  Other than studying, I’ve been playing around with some freestyle rap.  It seems I always find some new hobby or interest to keep me occupied for a bit.  Right now I’m just really tired.  I haven’t slept well the last few nights for some reason and since I have two tests this week, I doubt I will get a whole lot of sleep until the weekend comes.

I guess I’d better go start dinner since hubby will be home soon.  I hope everyone else is doing well and I’ll try to visit some of your blogs soon.  I have been a bit low on energy lately.  Hopefully I’m not coming down with something.  There’s nothing worse than catching a cold in the summer, it seems.  Ugh…

Well, that’s all for now.

This video is getting circulated around and is pretty funny if you haven’t seen it.  This one has the English subtitles so you can understand what they are saying.  The Chinese to English translation makes it even funnier…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSHziqJWYcM

My tooth has started hurting again.  I went through this a while back where I thought I was going to need a root canal.  My dentist gave me some painkillers and had me wait a week for an appointment just in case it went away.  I got lucky and it went away.  Well, now it’s back.  I don’t know why, either.  All I know is that I’m in quite a bit of pain.  I really don’t have the money to go to the dentist right now, so I guess I’m going to play the “wait and see” game and hope it goes away.  Except this time I don’t have any of those good painkillers that my dentist gave me.  But it would cost a little over $200 to go to the dentist to get checked out just to get a prescription and I doubt they would be up for prescribing them WITHOUT me coming in to see them since it’s been over a year.

I guess for now I have no choice but to deal with the pain as best as possible.  I have some Orajel that works for about 5-10 minutes and I’ve been taking 4 Advil at a time.  I can tell the lower part of my jaw on that side is a bit swollen as well.  I can’t eat on that side and actually haven’t been that hungry anyhow since the pain is just constantly throbbing and I can feel it in my ear at times.  So yes, I’m a bit crabby right now.

I’m also still tired, but not as bad, at least.  I had a test on Monday in Spanish and a test today in Math.  I got a “B” on the Spanish test, which I was disappointed in.  I have gotten “A”s in Spanish mostly.  I did get an “A” on my Math test today though, despite me being in pain the whole time.  I only got one question wrong.  My next Spanish test will be a take home test over the Memorial Day weekend.  I should be able to bring up that “B” by doing well on this test.

Yesterday I found someone to carpool with to school and back.  That’s one major worry off my mind.  We have four frickin’ cars and only one is running.  So the days that hubby drives to work, I have been stuck with the motorcycle.  I don’t mind unless it’s like yesterday when it decides to rain.  I ended up not going to school because of not feeling up to riding 25 miles in the rain.  Because I missed class, one of my classmates called me last night and she lives just around the corner.  We have Spanish together and she also has a course right after Spanish like I do.  So it worked out perfectly and I can just ride with her and help her out with gas money.  With hubby having been out of work for almost 2 weeks with a serious case of strep, we just don’t have any money to throw at fixing cars right now.  I like carpooling anyhow because it gives me someone to talk to on the ride there and back.

I decided I’d like to possibly print out my own graduation announcements for the end of summer.  It’s only for my A.A. degree which is Phase 1 anyhow.  I’m going on for the Bachelor’s so when I graduate then it will be a bigger deal.  I’m not even going through the ceremony this time around.  I would like to just send a few announcements to some of my family and friends to let them know I earned my A.A. but that there is no need to send me any gifts or anything like that.  I’m not having a party.  I looked around on the Internet on how to word the announcements and to let the people know not to send gifts and came up with a couple of sites.  Now I just need to find what artwork, etc. I want to put on them and get greeting card paper to print them out on.  If anyone knows of any free sites that you can design cards or announcements, let me know.

I got a new digital camera I’ve been playing around with.  Actually it’s a 6 megapixel camera, plus camcorder, voice recorder and MP3 player.  You can download or record TV programs or DVD’s to watch on the small screen it has or you can hook it up to a TV or computer and watch it on there.  It has headphones with it and you can download MP3 files onto it for listening to.  It’s fairly small for its size, too.  It’s approximately 4″x2″x1′.  It stores information on SD cards so you can record as much video as will fit on the card.  I can tell I’ll probably need a 2 gig card if I’m going to do a lot of video.  It also came with a USB plug so that I can download pictures, movies, etc. right to my computer.  The video is pretty good quality.  The only problem I’ve seen so far is that you really need some light if you are videotaping anything inside.  It has a Night Shot mode but then if you move the camera too fast, things can get a bit blurred when using that.  It’s best to have it on a tripod in that mode.  I think all of it together was about $150, which is a pretty good price for a 6 megapixel camera, especially one that is able to do all the other things this one can.  It’s some off brand name that I had never heard of and I think some places bought a whole bunch of these and people have been snatching them up.  So far I haven’t heard any complaints about it, except one.  They didn’t give us a lens cap to protect the lens with.  Eventually I want to post some pictures from it to see how they look.  So far I can tell they look a lot better than my old camera.  I just haven’t had much time to mess with it and today I haven’t felt like doing much of anything anyhow.

In fact, I may just take a nap.  At least while I’m asleep I won’t know how bad I hurt.  I was in tears earlier until the Advil took some of the edge off.  They are wearing off way too soon, it seems.  I’ve got other stuff I really need to do, but it’s hard to focus on anything for any length of time while this pain is railing me.  I should figure out what I’m cooking for dinner tonight, since it will have to be creative.  We’re near the time when we need to go grocery shopping so it’s one of those nights where I have to figure out what I can put with what to make a meal.  The only problem is that I don’t even feel like eating, much less cooking.

It might just be one of those “fend for yourself” nights…

I haven’t had much time to blog so here’s a picture of my musically inclined cat, Mr. Peabody.

I am tired.

I am tired because Summer School sessions are only 6 weeks, I go to class everyday, I have homework every day, and a lot of material is covered in a very short time.

I am tired because hubby has had strep throat for over a week and the sores on his tongue still haven’t gone away.  He tends to be a bit negative and depressed when he’s well.  When he’s sick, he’s very difficult to deal with and it has been very draining.

I am tired because I usually can’t even begin studying until late at night because I’ve been taking care of him.  And I usually have 2-3 hours each night of homework.

I am tired because I’ve had little time for much else although I have a ton of other stuff I need to do (like finding a job).

And lastly I am tired because I was looking forward to something from a friend that I was hoping would happen very soon and it hasn’t.  Waiting makes me feel even more tired, it seems.  The brief spout of energy I had upon learning that my friend was going to do this particular thing for me has long vanished.  It’s probably because I’m just so extremely tired.  I feel like sleeping nonstop for a week.

So now you know why there’s been a lack of blogging lately.  I was going to post a more informative entry, but I’m nodding off at the computer as it is. 

Therefore, I’m off to bed.  I’m just too tired and too drained to care much about anything right this moment.

Yeah, yeah, I know I haven’t posted since the beginning of the month.  I have commented on other blogs here and there, but I’ve just been pretty swamped this month.  Some of it has been good and some not so good.  This is probably going to be a lengthy post so to make it easier for my friends out in LJ-land, I’m going to put it behind the cut.

Yes I am still curious »

It appears that at least one grocery store thinks that the average shopper is not very well educated.  In fact, they are counting on it in order to make a few extra bucks. 

Check out the following link: Winn_Dixie_Weekly_Specials

You will notice that they are advertising their brand of charcoal lighter fluid in the 32 oz. size.  You can buy two of these for $5.00 or one for $2.50.  That is, if you use your Customer Rewards Card.  So you can only get this deal if you have one of their loyalty cards.  On the shelf, they have a nice ‘Sale’ or ’Special’ tag right under the product that says 2/$5.00 so that you can spot these ’specials’ they have throughout the store.

In this particular case there were a few other types or sizes of charcoal lighter fluid next to the one advertised in the special.  They had their brand of charcoal lighter fluid, but it was the 64 oz. size.  Then next to that, they had the Kingsford brand charcoal lighter fluid in two different sizes as well.

I noticed that quite a few of the advertised charcoal lighter fluid bottles were gone already from the shelf.  The 64 oz. size that was next to it had an advertised price of $3.79.  It wasn’t on sale or on ’special’ and it also didn’t require you to have a Customer Rewards Card in order to get that price.

What’s sad is that evidently quite a few people picked up two bottles of the 32 oz. size for $5.00 because it was on ’special’ and they ended up paying more than if they had picked up the 64 oz. size bottle.  I wonder if it’s just the mistaken idea that if it’s on ’special’ or ’specially marked’ that it’s cheaper than anything else or if it’s just that people don’t know how to add or if people are just so much in a hurry that they don’t look carefully at these types of things to see if they are really getting the best deal?

The stores want to make money and sometimes they resort to practices like this in order to do so.  So the next time you’re reaching for something because it’s on ’sale’ or on ’special’, you might want to take a closer look to see if it REALLY is cheaper than any of the other products next to it.  You could be deceived into thinking that you’re getting the best deal because the product is listed in the stores weekly specials when in fact you’re actually paying more for it. 

I suppose it’s time for an update or an actual post.  I’ve been posting filler entries for a while because I didn’t feel like writing an entry.  Also I’ve managed to procrastinate a few things to the point where now I’m scrambling to get them done.  Therefore I haven’t really had the time to post.  It’s my own doing, so I can’t blame anyone else. 

This all goes back to my lack of motivation lately that I posted about a few weeks back.  It hasn’t gotten any better and I really have no idea how to motivate myself at times.  In a way, procrastinating must give me that needed motivation to get moving (Oh my God, I only have an hour and a half to write a research paper before I have to turn it in!).  Unfortunately it isn’t a good way of self motivating.  While I do seem to work better under pressure at times, it’s the little things that can really throw you off, like running out of printer ink or discovering there’s a huge brush fire near the campus that’s causing road closures, detours and massive traffic back-ups.

So now what I have left as far as this semester goes (and summer session isn’t in stone yet) is to either write 2 smaller research papers (where I don’t have to cite sources) or 1 larger paper that is the size of the two smaller ones and I do have to cite sources.  Oh, and this has to be done by Thursday at 6, along with reading 2-3 chapters in the text and studying for the final.  Then next week I have a test on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  After that, I think I’m done.  But the in-laws will be here this Saturday.  It’s really bad timing, but can’t be helped.  I also need to work on cleaning house to get ready for their visit in between writing research papers and studying for a test.  Plus, I have forms I need to fill out very soon, decisions to make, several phone calls to make, emails to write, application forms to fill out, some job assistance seminar I have to attend next week as well and bills to pay.  The in-laws generally like to go to some attraction and spend the entire day there.  One year it was Disney’s Animal Kingdom, another time it was Kennedy Space Center, another was Cypress Gardens and then there was Marineland.  The attractions are fun, but they are the people that get there first thing in the morning when it opens and generally will be leaving about the time they are closing.  Which means I am totally beat afterwards. 

This year I don’t know what they have planned, but I’m sort of hoping that whatever it is will be on Thursday or Friday AFTER finals.  The rest of the time we’ll be going out to eat (one of their favorite things to do) and probably lazing around in the pool (which I can definitely handle in between times of studying) and watching movies.  Hubby’s stepmom has this schedule of going to bed at like 7 or 8 and waking up at 4 a.m. because of the hours she has had to work.  She would get up extra early to actually do some cleaning before going to work.  When she’s here, she has this habit of getting up butt ass early and scooping our catbox.  I generally scoop it in the evenings so naturally there is something in it by morning.  For some reason, this irritates me.  I don’t say anything and I know she is probably just used to doing that and feels she is being helpful.  Still, I don’t know why, but it makes me feel guilty for not being up at 4 a.m. to scoop my own catbox.  Am I being ridiculous?  I certainly don’t plan to start getting up that early just to beat her at scooping the catbox, but I don’t know if I should say anything or not.  I’m thinking if I did, it would be along the lines of her not having to do that because I will take care of it and she should just enjoy her vacation.  I dunno. 

Sunday, I played in the Lung Association Charity Poker Tournament here.  It was the second year they’ve had it.  I played last year so naturally they called me and asked me to play this year as well.  I donated a little more so I could choose the table I wanted to sit at and we’d have our own dealer instead of having to deal the cards ourselves.  I wanted to sit at the table of a locally known female attorney that I wanted to meet.  I was really going to the poker tournament to network, more than to play poker.  I had made some small business cards with a very brief version of my resume on them to hand out.

I dressed very professionally for the tournament for this reason.  After handing the valet the keys to the car, I was walking towards the entrance and noticed my ex-boss from several years ago right next to me.  He opened the door for me without realizing who I was and then he looked and recognized me.  He played last year as well.  We chit chatted some, but neither one of us brought up business of any sort.  I had to get my table assignment, which turned out to be Table 1.  Once everyone arrived at the table, we all introduced ourselves and chatted.  Most everyone was looking at the rule book for Texas Hold ‘Em.  My table was all women except for 2 men.  One of the men asked everyone to raise their hand if they had ever played this game before.  I was the only one.  I was also the only one who had actually WATCHED poker on TV.  So they declared me their ‘leader’.  Well, there’s not really a leader of that sort in the game.  If you’re leading, that means you are taking other people out.

Now a few days before the tournament, I was chatting with another friend online that likes to play poker and I mentioned that I would be playing in the tournament.  He and I had never met in person, although we had chatted online and played poker online.  It turns out that he came and he brought a friend.  So my mentioning it to him got a few more donations for the Lung Association because of their entry fees.  That was cool.

Anyhow, 3 glasses of Chardonnay later, I find myself at one of the two final tables.  I think there was about 180 people in the tournament.  I don’t know because like I said before, my main reason for going this time was for networking.  At the two final tables there are 3 women, including myself.  The rest were men.  One of the men was the friend that my online friend brought with him.  I recognized the woman next to me but couldn’t place her right off the bat.  She noticed I couldn’t remember where I knew her from.  She’s the wife of one of the local morning radio personalities who also does poker/catering for people.  I had played in some of their games previously (like the one I ended up winning because a fight broke out at the table and everyone quickly left their seats, and for some reason didn’t return).  One would think I knew a lot of the people that were there, but most of the ones I knew were other poker players from weekly games I’ve played in.  One came up to me at the table and said “hey, aren’t you Catgirl online?” (that is my poker nick as well). 

As we started final table play, I had my previous table all there supporting me and cheering me on.  One lady who I think had more than 3 glasses of wine and brought me another one (my 4th) was hanging all over me and encouraging me.  So I had an audience for a while, or at least until they got bored of watching and a few went on home.  The two final tables went to one final table and I was still there, believe it or not.  So were the other two women.  Then I couldn’t get cards to save my life.  I think that was the worst run of bad cards I’ve had to date.  I was seriously short stacked to the point where each hand before the blind gets to me, I’m trying to decide whether this is the hand to go all in on or wait for the next.  Then I was dealt A/K.  That was the best hand I’d had at that table.  It was a no brainer.  I went all in pre-flop.  I had two other callers.  At the showdown, I lost though.  One of the other callers also had A/K and he was all in, so two of us were taken out at once.  Oh well.  I had a good run, I had some fun and I met some interesting people.  Plus it was for charity anyhow.  The next day I remembered why 4 glasses of Chardonnay weren’t such a good idea.:what:

Well, I guess that’s my update.  I need sleep and then I need to get my butt in gear and get some crap done the rest of this week.  Can someone please light a fire under my ass?  I need it.

All for now…

A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY.The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and explains that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains “I ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5, and vice-versa.”  Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep.

The lawyer, now somewhat agitated, says, “Okay, if you don’t know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you $500!”  The lawyer figures that since she is a blonde that he will easily win the match. This catches the blonde’s attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question. “What’s the distance from the earth to the moon?”  The blonde doesn’t say a word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer.

Now, it’s the blonde’s turn. She asks the lawyer: “What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?”  The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references.  He taps into the Airphone with his modem and searches the Net and the Library of Congress.  Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his coworkers and friends he knows, all to no avail. 

After over an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500. The blonde politely takes the $500 and turns away to get back to sleep. The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, “Well, so what IS the answer!?”  Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.:biglaugh:

Here are a few from my top 20:

 

1. Cat’s Meow Patterns (now I’m curious…)
2. Hot Female.com (I don’t mind the flattery)
3. Nutty Knitting Space (I thought this was amusing)
4. Music Dead Armadillo Lyrics (OK, so that one is just weird)
5. The Cat’s Meow Brand Yarn (Now I think I understand the first one with the patterns.  Is there really a yarn brand called The Cat’s Meow?  And just how strange is it that I would blog about knitting and not even know that?) :biglaugh:

Sense of unfairness

flows through my mind and body

Makes me doubt myself

 

 

My one wish for now

Injustice to be made right

and tears wiped away

 

 

I wish for a friend

to understand and to make

my world right again.

 

 

You know who you are

You know what you mean to me

I mean something too…

 

Well, I said I’d post a few pictures to get my mind off my melancholy mood.  I put them on a separate page, so you’ll have to click on the link below.  The first one is what I call the Mafia Wedding Party photo.  It was hubby’s idea and it still makes me giggle when I see it.  Then there are some more of my family and one of hubby’s family with hubby and I at our wedding.  I have this weird look on my face because about that time, I was seriously sick of having my picture taken.  I had to be in all of them, it seemed.  The bouquet was heavy, I was hot in that dress and we were antsy and wanted to get through the reception and on the road to our honeymoon.

So without further ado, here are some pictures of my crazy family :

http://felinefemale.com/family-photos/

List ten things you want to say to ten random people, but you know you never will say these things to them. Don’t say who the comment is meant for, and use people only once.

In my case, I have some things I actually would say to the intended person.  So some of these I would say to them and some I wouldn’t.

1. Words will never express how deeply sorry I am. 
2. Dude, they aren’t your kids.
3. Do you really think I’m that stupid?
4. I miss you badly and want to see you soon so we can have some fun together.
5. I know you will probably always think I’m a deadbeat, but I used to look up to you and want to be like you.
6. Thank you for treating me with respect and loving me like one of your own, even after what happened.
7. I wish you found me as interesting and inspiring as I have found you, because I really enjoy every moment with you.
8. Sometimes I wonder if we could have made it work.
9. I don’t care what you thought or felt.  It was wrong, you knew it and now I get to live with the regret.
10. Can you ever go 5 minutes without thinking or saying something about sex?  Or is that all you see in me?.

I had been so much better and now I feel I have regressed into a depressive state once more.  I haven’t felt well, either.  My stomach has not been feeling well, but I think it’s because I’ve been depressed somewhat.  It’s a good thing I’ve been close to a bathroom all day.  I should be studying right now.  I haven’t been able to concentrate on anything much the last week or so.  I had a test tonight that thankfully I can make up on Wednesday.  I have another test tomorrow and I haven’t prepared for it.  This is something I have a problem with, though.  Whenever I feel hurt, depressed, upset, or sad, I’m absolutely no good as far as working or getting anything productive done.  I had days at work that I couldn’t get any work done because of how I felt emotionally.  Now it’s affecting school. This is really bad timing for me to hit a low depression.

I’ve got family coming in town the end of the month.  I’ve got cleaning and boxes to sort through before then.  I’ve got to get the brakes fixed on the truck this week sometime.  I’ve got bills to pay.  I’ve got to figure out whether I’m going to retake the math placement test and if so, I really need to do it this week.  If not, then I need to get registered for Fall Session and make sure I’m taking the right classes.  In the meantime, I still have to study, I have 3 papers to write and I will be having Final Exams while family is here visiting.  Joy.

What I feel like doing is throwing the covers back over my head and going back to sleep.  My dream world is so much more pleasant than this world is right now.  Even during the times I’m not dreaming.  I’m just tired of feeling this way.  I had thought things were better and I had felt better several weeks ago.  Even losing my job didn’t upset me a whole lot.  Maybe a part of it was that while I was working, I felt needed, useful and that I contributed.  Now I don’t feel as needed or useful.  I know keeping the house is a form of being useful, but truthfully, I was never that good at it.  Hubby is much more handy around the house than I am. 

I have things I’d like to do or projects to work on, etc.  I just don’t have the motivation to do anything.  I don’t know what to do, but something has to give; something has to change.  I don’t want to feel this way anymore.  It’s even more frustrating because I was doing so well a few weeks ago and I had more confidence in myself.  Now I just feel like a frightened little girl on the inside.  I don’t like feeling that I’m not in control of things, especially my emotions.

I think I’ll end this entry here.  I really don’t have anything positive to add on this subject and I feel like I’m just whining about things.  Maybe a good deal of it is hormonal.  I was hoping to hear from a certain friend and I didn’t, so I think that is part of my whining and pity party.  I always feel better when I talk to this friend and I felt I needed that today, or hell, last week, even.  So I guess I’m still hoping to hear from them soon.

Meanwhile, I don’t feel like writing about this anymore.  I think I’ll post some pictures or something else next.  I just want to keep myself occupied and not think about the depressing things as much as possible, since there doesn’t seem to be much I can do about it right now.

I know I’ve been somewhat quiet lately.  I just haven’t felt like posting.  Also I haven’t been in the best of moods lately for a few reasons and I feel I post too many depressing entries. 

I’ve had a serious lack of motivation or desire to do anything at all except read and sleep.  School is doing fine.  I still have an A average in my classes.  I got permission to retake my math placement test because I was really sick the day I took it and I didn’t do well.  In fact, it was the day I had just come from the doctor’s office.  I haven’t retaken it yet, though.  I don’t want to until I study a bit more for it, but I have absolutely no motivation to study for it lately.  I’ve tried to push myself to do it and I haven’t been able to do it.  I look at the material for 5-10 minutes and at the first sign of discouragement, I’m on to something else.  I’ve had enough discouragement lately so I just am not able to handle any more right now. :(

I have a friend who might help me with studying for the test retake, but they have been too busy lately to even talk to me, much less help me with that.  Maybe they will be able to soon, but I have no idea at this point.  So I’m just discouraged about the whole thing and am contemplating not even retaking the test at all.  If I retake it without having studied enough for it and I don’t get the score I want, it will just discourage me even more.

Yes I am still curious »

I know this meme has been going around for a while, but I’m just now getting to it.  I wasn’t sure at first if I wanted to do it or not, but I’m bored right now and it gives me something to do.

Answers under the cut:

Yes I am still curious »

I was hoping the prospective buyers would keep the cat if no one claims him.

Cat_Waves_Paw_For_Help  :meow:

I’m on my last day of antibiotics today.  I feel better, but I’m still coughing up some nasty stuff.  Also, my stomach hasn’t been doing well the last few days and I don’t normally have problems with my stomach.  So I’m not sure if it’s the medication or just another symptom of whatever bug I had.

I really haven’t felt like blogging much, so I’ve been reading other blogs instead of writing in my own.  I had two tests this week as well and have been trying to get my summer schedule lined up.  I was supposed to have my A.A. at the end of summer so that I could transfer to the University in the fall, but I just found out yesterday that isn’t going to happen.  I have to take 5 classes still and 3 of them are math classes.  One of the math classes is a prerequisite for the other two.  Of course they don’t offer that particular class in the first 6 week Summer Session so that I could take the other 2 math classes in the second 6 week session.  It’s only offered as a summer 10 week course which means I have to wait until the fall to take the other 2 math classes I need.  Needless to say, I’m not happy about this at all because it has set me back an entire semester.  But there’s nothing I can do about it (short of scrambling around and trying to find another college somewhere nearby that offers the first math class and transfer, but that would be a real pain in the ass and I’m not sure it could be done in time at this point). 

Since I can’t do anything about it and I’m pretty much stuck with having to go another semester, I am probably going to take a couple extra classes that interest me.  I have to do something because I don’t have a job and I’ll have way too much time on my hands only taking 2 classes in the fall.  The busier I am, the less likely I seem to be to get into ‘funks’ or into trouble.  Of course I’m still going to look for work, but I’m still considering something part time because once I start at the University, I’d really like to go full time so I can get this done quicker.

Another reason I haven’t posted in a while is that I’ve been in somewhat of a ‘funk’ with losing my job, then getting sick on top of that and now finding out I have to go an extra semester.  I didn’t feel like writing a ‘downer’ post for people to read.  There are a few other reasons I’ve been in a funk lately too, but those are personal reasons.  I do have one itty bitty comment or question, though.

Yes I am still curious »

Has anyone else seen this commercial that Burger King just came out with?

BK_Commercial

I swear it sounds like they are saying “Big, F*ckin’ Chicken”.  I’m really surprised they let this one on TV.  It’s frickin funny!

Go watch it right now if you haven’t seen it.  :biglaugh: