Day One

I interrupt my writing of Nature V. Nurture for psychology to update you on how this Facebook thing is going.

Why did I do this??? haha.

Actually, it's not as tough on the first day as I thought it might be. I mean, I've gotten texts a few times over today asking me why and them saying that they dislike the idea. Which makes me feel awesome. :)

I've got no boy worries today (well, that's a lie but... none that I'd like to talk about on here), and I'm contently sitting here sipping a Diet Coke while working on my psych response. Next on my list? How to Get in Shape... the crappiest topic to write about in the world of elementary education.

But one that I struggle with on a daily basis. Maybe I can take my own advice on this? ha.

Oh, and my foot is vibrating for the second day in a row. It's quite an odd feeling.

Okay, that's it for now. I need to get this homework done... :)

*10 minutes later*

ps... I hate money. Bills suck. Especially tuition bills. Gah.

An Experimental Gain

I'm experimenting. And I don't mean the kind that I'm used to with Bunsen burners, nasty smelling carbon chemicals (though some of those did smell okay... like fruits), or microbes. I wish it was that kind, but we can't always get what we want right?

No, this experiment is with me personally. I want to see how long I can go without getting on Facebook. In my Health/PE class (how to teach it..), we have been talking about drugs and addictions... and my teacher brought up cell phones and internet as parts of the addictions. So, that got me to thinking.

I'm addicted to using Facebook, I will be the first to admit it about myself. I update my status from my phone, and love hearing from people about things that I post... either in person or via text. I was on Facebook during that terrible date the other night for crying out loud!

So, now I'm cutting myself off cold turkey. It just must be done. Prior to writing this, I deactivated my texts so that way I won't get any of my alerts when someone posts on my wall, or comments my status, or when a few of my friends update theirs. Nor can I update mine. I also removed it as my home page on Google Chrome (my wonderful internet source yay) and replaced it with this very blog.... thus also increasing my determination to write more.

Hey, a girl needs some sort of creative outlet, doesn't she?

Plus, a few of my friends now know of this blog... and I made sure to put it on my websites (as well as removed any posts that I really rather not have people read) so that way it can be found if wanted.

But, in other news, on the work front. I got a pair of free movie tickets for a contest. And got most improved for my department. And cake. I had a really good night tonight, despite my feet hurting and one of them vibrating like crazy. How does a foot vibrate? Really?

And I'm off for the next two days from there... to have classes instead. Then it's a 40 hour week. :) I'm really happy about that fact, no lie. Between tuition, credit card bills, paying a bit on my loan, and rent, well, I need money. If I could figure out a way to get more money at the Depot, I would jump at the first chance to do it.

Hmm... my ipod just made a Facebook noise. I should probably deactivate that during my hiatus of unknown length. Just a thought.

There we go. My ipod has been logged off, my texts deactivated, and my hiatus status put up. Now to get back to my homework.

It's going to be really quite for a while...

The Woes of a First Date

The only thing worse than a first date is a first date gone wrong.

But, I'm jumping ahead of myself here so let me digress. Really digress.

The last time I wrote was in April... and it wasn't much. My apologies, life can be crazy. Death, life, breakups, marriages, getting closer to friends, work (and more work), and just enjoying summer. Not to mention switching schools and majors. So I really haven't had time to write. Once again, I apologize.

Now to jump to the present. Sort of. A few weeks ago, my good friend, Jenn, got me to start reading a blog of a girl with a 3 month subscription to match.com. One of her blog updates had mentioned another website online called Okcupid. I was intrigued, so I went on to the site to check it out, for no other reason than just to see what it was like.

About a week ago I got an email from a guy named Chad. We started to talk, which is natural when you start to correspond emails back and forth. We talked about school (he being a grad law student, and me an elementary education major), and a few other little things... mostly school.

Yesterday (Thursday) morning, while I was up in Philly helping to work on a new playground area with a group from work, I got a message from him asking if I wanted to continue our conversation over dinner and drinks. After talking to my friend and coworker Jenni (different than the Jenn listed above), I accepted. We then decided to meet at 8:30 at the Applebees for dinner and karaoke (my obsession).

Now, since I'm naturally a girl, I decided to start getting ready at 6:45. My mom had to ordeal through an hour and 20 outfits of me feeling like crap, bloated, and everything. Luckily, I decided to start early, because my phone went off at 7:40. It was Chad calling to say that he got out of class early, so he would be at the restaurant a little after 8.

I still beat him by about ten minutes, so I sat at the bar and chatted up the bartender (Richie. Great guy, gay, and singing A Whole New World with him is excellent) while nursing a yuengling. Chad walked through the door, and pulled up the seat next to me. Richie later told me that that was the moment he knew that I was not into the date. At all. Something about body language.

He was tall, bulky (I felt small and fragile), smiled a lot, and had blonde hair that was gelled in some weird way that showed off that he was balding (which is really odd when someone has about 4-5 inches on top of his head). He wore a long-sleeved Polo shirt with ripped jeans... which made me mad that I wasted an HOUR on my outfit.

We got the 2 for 20 deal... wings for an appetizer, he got riblets and I got pasta. He also ate a salad and 4 burger sliders. And he toyed the idea of a huge dessert. Apparently, in his mind, working out for a half hour earlier in the day constitutes having way too much food on a first date.

We spent a good portion of the date playing the Questions game, which resulted in a lot of disbelief on his part... is it really hard to comprehend that I don't like corn or crabs, that everyone one of my exboyfriends had cheated on me, and that I am a conservative republican? Really? Because he had to ask me "really" about fifty times for each one of those. But, for the most part of this game, I paid more attention to everyone else in the restaurant/bar than my date because frankly everyone else was more interesting than Chad.

Because, well, Chad is a boring name.

I also spent my time watching the door to see if someone I knew was going to walk through it (this never happened).

The most talking we did was arguing over politics. But you could have seen that coming, him wanting to be a senator and me being from a politically active family... we just had completely different views. Completely. And that sealed the deal on this date that would never be happening again.

Though this first date did happen to hold its true purpose for tonight I got a text from the same guy I was hoping would walk through that door.

"So how was your date last night?"

So... I guess I really can't complain anymore since it got the guy that stopped talking to me for a week to finally text me again.

:)

Life = wonderful.

maybe I'll update you on it at another time.
For now, I have to go pretend like I care about organic chemistry. Joy. :P

eh...

oh wow, two nights in a row. Yay me? LOL. So, tonight at work, I had a longgg conversation with a coworker about life, love, and everything else like that.

I know its normal, but it feels weird for me..... I miss dating. I think the tough part of it is that even my DAD is sitting there and if there's a guy that's remotely cute looking, he points and whispers "he's good looking" etc. and people keep asking me why I don't even have a boyfriend... it's like stop reminding me already! It's not like I don't want one! :(

But, I don't want to date someone for the wrong reasons either. So, unlike before, I refuse to date just anyone, which might be why it's been a year and a half since I've had a boyfriend. It stinks, but I guess that's the choice I made with that right?

I dunno. I'm just so like blah, confused, and I guess in a sense lonely? lol. Thoughts?

Love, me <3

time flies when you have "fun"?

I feel like I have so many thoughts sifting through my mind tonight, and I can't seem to get them to focus on one thing alone. I thought about trying to compartmentalize said thoughts via this blog entry, mais I think the rest of my body has decided it is way to tired to let my mind function?

So let's see... it's been what a month since I've updated? hmm, what's happened? Oh, I went to Mississippi! :D yay. It was a great trip, and we all enjoyed ourselves immensely. I actually tried to stay with Fab Fattie's challenge, but I didn't get home in time to email points or anything... And you got 50 points for every good deed you did each day... so I wonder how many points a mission trip would be worth??? lol.

Weight watchers is going splendidly. I lost 1.6 last week, for a total of 11 pounds! yayyy. It's so exciting to see the scale go down, as well as my clothes! Mom and I went Old Navy shopping the other night, and I bought mediums in the tops. First time I bought a medium in a designed-for-an-average-woman shirt in forever... usually I'm a medium in mens, not women! So it's a big acheivement for me to say the least.

I've been watching these three kids this summer as well... or, as I like to call them, my three terrors. They're sweet and adorable until you get to know them, especially the oldest Johnny (11). He wears a patch for his ADD, and if he doesn't have it on... watch out cuz you're screwed. omg. And then the other two are girls... I haven't figured out which yet, but one of the two is a chronic liar. I'm thinking it's the youngest, Lindsay (6), because she cries and does anything to get her way... but then again, Sarah (10) seems like she'd be able to get away with it better than Lindsay would. I thought I didn't want kids before I met them... yeah, now I'm pretty certain I never want kids (sorry mom and dad, you're stuck with if Patrick has kids).

Speaking of the little bro, he's staying at his girlfriends house... and has stirred up quite a bit of drama in the family with it. As well as with his visiting his mom multiple times, and not wanting to see his dad at all. I keep expecting him to call me and be like "Court, help. Jess is preg." but he hasn't... yet. He called me once or twice during the past few weeks that he's been home, but not really to say anything at all... I think he really only called because our grandmothers knew him and I weren't talking and it made them upset (I came to that conclusion because he got my number from one of the mommoms).

But yeah, life's crazy... working at Macys is like a workout. Especially with putting away clothing! I've been in swim since I've come home from MS, and I am constantly moving every moment I'm clocked in! I even managed to pull something in my shoulder while at work from carrying too much at once... but the part that annoys me the most is watching people BUY the suits. There are just some bathing suits that are NOT meant for your body, ladies! The worst thing someone could do is shove their body into a bathing suit too small for them...... and then they think it's a perfect fit, or that it looks bad because it's too big. Some of the people, I look at the purchase and just want to laugh and say "where is the rest of the suit?!" because it would hardly cover one of thier thighs! It's terrible.







Ok.... I think I've calmed my brain down enough to be able to sleep for tonight (and I didn't have to talk about boys, etc!!!)... So, if I remember, I'll be back in the next few days or so!

Love, me <3

Fabfattie's Day 1!

Helloooo world!
I am in SUCH a good mood today! You know why???? IT'S SUMMER! :D no more studying until fall semester starts! yay!!!
I got two of my grades back so far: D+ and C-..... ewww. But I really wasn't ready for UD when I started there, and my body collapsed a lot, so the grades aren't a surprise to me. Next semester I'll be ok.

BUT that's not what today's blog is about!
Today started Fabfattie's new challenge! woohoo! I woke up, had a GREAT breakfast, went to the gym for an hour (I feel excellent!), drank 2 bottles of water (so far), had a strawberry protein shake, and went to my WW meeting. I only lost .2 when I weighed in, BUT that's still a loss, so I'm happy!!!!!
(can you tell how much more carefree I am now that finals are over??? lol).

I'm getting ready to have an EXCELLENT lunch... though I'm not sure what it'll be yet! But I'll think of something.
I might take the puppy out for a walk first though??? hmm....

But yeah, I just thought I'd share my day real quickly! :) I know it's not a long post, but I'm STARVED, so I'm gonna go eat and then track my points etc... and then go to the sprint store with the daddy so I can try to get a phone that actually works!
Followed by work. :( ugh but it's money.


Talk to you guys laterr!!!!!
Love, me <3