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So... I decided to go and get my Jeep washed since I really hadn't done it since the last snow storm of the season and I figured I should get the salt off of it before it starts eating away at my pretty Jeep. I also figured that I got paid cash on Monday so it would be a good time to spend alittle on pleasure purposes (it's sad that a car wash is fun spending haha) So I went to Precision Car Wash mainly because I'm not allowed to wash cars where I live... and ordered the works. I put my money in and it told me please take my change... very polite of the machine except for the fact that there was no change!! I had just spent $20 on a car wash... (It was supposed to be $9) So I immediately call the number on my receipt and get some Auto shop in Minnesota... the guy found it funny and told me that he has been getting calls for about a year and a half for Precision and he is in no way connected with them... apparently their toll free number links in to his shop which is odd. And when asked he told me he couldn't give me my money back. Grrr.... so I eventually got home and went on the website and got the correct number and then left my information for the refund. Then I open my paycheck to discover that they have yet again messed up my pay... I was tempted to call them at tell that that I just payed $20 for a car wash.... I could really use the rest of those 30hours.... but didn't
In the meantime it's off to work I go... now the families son that I work for is very much your typically mud loving redneck. When I pull in he tells me that my Jeep is way to clean and he will add some mud too it. I immediately tell him no because that was a $20 car wash and it better stay clean. He thought I over payed... haha...no really! (The wash didn't even do a good job... it skipped the spot free rinse so it's all streaky looking... GRRR) Then on my way home I almost hit a bird... I am not having a good day.
Show us something bizarre.
Here... I normally don't do these things but since everyone seems to think I'm crazy with my computer issues here it is. I was finally able to snap a picture of the bizarreness that is my computer. So last weekend I noticed that my monitor was full of these squiggly lines (worse then above) so I restarted it any everything seemed fine so I carried on with my morning. About a half an hour later The lines were fastly reappearing. So I made a quick call to my dad who was still sleeping due to the fact that he had the stomach thing the day before. Then I IMed my brother inbetween squiggles and was able to get out "My computer is having serious problems... the screen is full of squiggly lines" to which my brother replied "thats not good" at that moment my start menu disappeared in a white fog as you can see above so I told my brother that my start menu disappeared and then I managed to get out a "help me" before I could no longer use it. So then I called him and he told me to turn it off and he would be over to attempt to swap out video cards. So I listened to him and when he came over and turned it back on the lines were gone (so he was the first person to think I was crazy). After we cleaned out like an inch coating of dust from the inside of the computer we realized that he didn't have the right hook up for the video card so we would leave it at that and see if it worked. Well it did for about a week...
On saturday I noticed that the lines were slowly appearing again in the corner of the screen... So I sounded the alarm again since I had a major paper to write and my brother dropped the video card off at my parents house for my Dad. Well when my mom and dad got here the lines had disappeared completly (thus again they thought I was crazy) so then my dad changed video cards learning that the one my brother had didn't work at all so he swapped them back and left again since all was fine. Like an hour after he left the stupid lines appeared but not in enough intensity to get a picture so that he would believe me. So then the above happened... and as you can see I got a picture. So I called my dad because I was happy that I finally got a picture and he wanted to know what happened if I turned my monitor off and on again... well the stupid lines disappeared again (good to know though) but who knows what is wrong with my computer at this point :'(
But I did get a picture and it is bizarre. So there
So to top off my very long day yesterday... George get's home and looks at my ticket and then starts dying of laughter when he see's the trooper's name... Apparently the trooper knows George because he is a Stittville Firemen. Of course! So if I had had George with me, any type of firemen stuff in my car like his blue light or a more recognizeable last name I probably would have gotten out of the stupid ticket (but still been scared enough to learn a lesson). Frustrating... George is going to yell at him on Monday when he see's him. Too bad it's too late now :(
So today has not been a good day... it's had it's ups and downs but overall just a down right bad day. The highlight was probably having lunch with the guys from Staples... I've missed them and we got to laugh at the old fun times at Staples. Nice trip down memory lane...
Then for the rest of the day I got to fight with my college about paying for my summer fieldwork which has too be done seperate from the normal semesters since it is definetly a graduate level class and I am technically not a grad student until after graduation in May. But anyways, there has been some issues with the price for this class...mainly each office you go to on campus will give you a different price. After a week of complaints and fights I finally got the correct price out of my program director and Financial Aid. So I embarked on my journey to actually register for the class. I got the form and filled it out and was then told that Financial Aid had to sign off on it before I could register and then pay. So I went to Financial Aid and talked to my counselor (didn't know I had one of those) and she informed me that since I was paying myself I didn't need them to sign. So off I went to the registrars office where my counselor told me I had to go to register and pay. Once there that lady told me that I had to get is signed my financial aid... after an arguement with her she finally called and realized I was fine. Then she tried telling me I had to go to the Continueing Ed office since they handle summer stuff even though once you go there you get told that the registrar's office handles fieldwork. Aargh! After an argument with that lady she finally asks someone else and realizes that I am actually in the right place so she signs me up and tells me that I have to go to Financial Aid to pay... which is where I was in the first place. GRRR 30mins later and 4 counselors in Financial Aid I think I've gotten it all taken care of.
So then I head off too work 30mins late (thank you Utica College) and spend some nice time playing games. On my way home from work I was deep in thought about everything and mainly about how hungry I was that I failed to notice I was speeding... Now I know that I have a problem with this but as long as I am aware of my speed I can keep it under control. Well I wasn't aware but the trooper I passed was... apparently if they are heading in the opposite direction as you they will turn around to pull you over. As soon as I saw him turn around I knew it was over for me because I was clearly the only car around and after looking at my speedometer I knew I was screwed. So he pulled me over (my first ever time being pulled over). Now let me tell you that is scary... I immediately tossed my Ipod and Cellphone out of site and waited. I admited to speeding when he asked me if I knew why he pulled me over but I denied knowing how much I was speeding because I didn't want to guess too high and I wasn't paying attention...which I told him (probably not a good idea). So then he tells me he clocked me at 73 (in a 55 yeah I know thats bad) and my response was "wow thats fast..." my inability to be quiet there was my dad's fault haha. Anyways he took my license and everything and that wait takes FOREVER! Everything is running through your head and it's torture! I luckily got out of a speeding ticket (I really don't know how) but I did get a ticket for "unlawful speedometer" which means that my speedometer may be broken. He told me that normally I would be able to show proof of repair and get the ticket waved but that I couldn't since "we both know your speedometer isn't broken..." So it was a close call and a bad experaince all in one. Now as I told my father-in-law I can scratch off the getting pulled over/recieving a ticket off of my to do list. :/
So I plan to spend the rest of the night inside doing absolutely nothing! :'(
Not much to report here (basically I'm procrastinating on my homework and facebook lost my attention). This past weekend was a blast. I already mentioned that I had dinner with Sam and Addi, but on Saturday I got too see Miss Julianne! Vanderwood came over to hang out after George got out of work so we convinced Jules to come too. We got to color easter eggs! I know we were alittle late on this whole easter thing but we don't get a lot of free time for these things and it's tradition that we color easter eggs now. At least this year we figured out that when you write on them in that secret crayon thing you don't put them back with the uncolored eggs... you could actually read the messages this time! After that Jules left and Me, George and Vanderwood played some video games for awhile... awesome day. Sunday was filled mainly of homework which wasn't so much fun but what can you do.
Let's see... for the rest of the week not a whole lot of exciting things have happened. I met with one of my teachers Paula, who told me how great I was doing in the major which was awesome. Cheered me up a bit since I haven't exactly been feeling like I fit in lately in class. I think it's just time for summer... I need a break from everything...or should I say everyone. I also met with my advisor which has nothing new to report. Alot of meetings basically. Not so much homework but I don't have a whole lot due this week and apparently I have most of next week off since most of my teachers and a few people in my class will be in California for our National Conference. I can play catch up then. That's all to report... nothing new happening anytime soon as this weekend looks like homework and alot of working... I even get to start with my new family on Sunday and learn about a feeding tube. I will write again when I have more interesting things to say. Later
This has been a very long week considering I didn't have class on Monday. I wasn't ready to return back to school, that was for sure. Although I did get a lot of homework done on Monday... go figure. The drama of things has gotten alittle better in school but mainly because I'm not trying to fit in anymore. I just want my stupid degree and then I want out. Still waiting to hear on my placement for my last internship but Cora (my fieldwork person) still seems to think that I can get UCP like I want. They just haven't called her back so I'm still hoping. I also did awesome on my Midterm for OP! It wasn't as hard as it was last year so I'm not excited about my actual passing grade but I will let you know once I get to see the test. Half of it was very easy and the other half was based off of questions like that for my reg exam and I think thats where I got them wrong. I'll have to wait and see.
I really didn't do much this week either... alot of working actually with very little homework (go figure). That's this weekends plan since I have a rare weekend off. Hopefully I find some time to concentrate on it. Last night I had dinner with Sam, Addi and George. Sam actually brought dinner and cooked it... Stuffed Chicken which was surpirsingly good for having alot of stuff in it I'm not a fan of. She is an awesome cook. I enjoyed seeing both her and Addi because it has been forever since I've last hung out with them. It was fun to catch up with them. But I'm sad because next semester Sam is transfering to the University of Buffalo... it's sad because I'm going to miss her but she will be much happier there. Guess I will just have to go and visit... and we will still have our text messages haha.
That's about it for now... 6 more weeks until the end of the semester! but I'm still not counting down or anything...
So let's see... Spring Break was actually quite dull this year. Although I did get to see Julianne before she went back to Jersey. It was brief but still worth it. All break we have been joking about things we need to do on our "free time" which really doesn't exist for either one of us right now. We have quite some list going right now so come summer time we will be busy haha. Other then seeing her the week was rather boring. I slept, worked, and did homework. Although I'm not exactly sure how successful I was at my homework because while I sat down with a book in front of me every free moment I had, in a week I only accomplished reading three chapters :( I don't know where my time went. But luckily my teacher cancelled class for today so I have an extra day of spring break to attempt to cross out a few more things on my to-do-list.
Let's see... this recent weekend George and I went to Fluffy's for a visit which was fun. I even remained awake this time.... normally me and Fluff's wife Mary will be sleeping on the couch as the boys talk. And then Sunday was Easter so George and I went to his parents for dinner and then over to my Grandma's for Cards which is always fun. Other then that I really have nothing to write about. Only 54 more days until graduation :) Then Only 1 year left! Although I did just realize that this was my last ever Spring Break (unless I decide to go back to school YEARS down the road) This time next year I will be on my last Fieldwork at an undecided location (Hopefully UCP). Kind of sad but at the same time still very exciting.
What is your favorite quote and why?
I have tons of favorite quotes and one of my favorite things to do is look for quotes on websites to fit my various moods. Here are my current favorites since it is impossiable for me to narrow it down to one (and this is excluding favorite song lyrics of course) I have no clue who said any of these though so I'm sorry
"True love cannot be defined by any means. It is a cluster of adjectives. It's crazy, passionate, complicated, painful , but most importantly- true love is real. It's that feeling of being inexplicably drawn to another person. Love isn't finding someone who you can escape reality with, it's finding someone who makes reality worthwhile" - I love this one because it can describe exactly how I feel that love is. I mean love is a wonderful feeling but it can be painful and tough and all those other things but it is worth it and thats what this quote is getting at to me.
"It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to." - I love this one since I don't like change haha. I agree completely with this quote because at least in the old ways you know how things are and what to expect, it's routine and I like routine. It's the getting used to thing stage that is scarey... when your finding out what to expect and your not sure how things will turn out. I also love this because it makes a snoopy reference haha.
"I don't really believe in regrets. All my experiences, even the ones that didn't turn out the way I wanted them to, I firmly believe they were all worth it." This one is from Gilmore Girls but I love it because I don't have any regrets in my life. I have made mistakes but they have made me into who I am today and I am happy with that.
"We're adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?" I'm pretty sure this one is from Grey's anatomy but I just find it funny. Sometimes it's no fun being an adult and I would give anything to go back and be this messed up teenager again because I didn't have to worry about bills or jobs or anything. I could just go out and have fun.
Those are just a few of my quotes but we would be here all day if I found more then that.
Finally Spring Break is here and it couldn't have come at a better time. I am so happy to have a week off of school considering I'm having some issues with a bunch of people there. I won't get into anything here but I do want to say that I really regret picking a major/profession that is all female since females tend to gossip and make things into a whole lot more drama then it actually requries. Only 1 more year... I have never been more ready to be done with school. But maybe after a week away from everyone things will be better when I get back, and at least I am aware of things so I can stop trying so hard to fit in. I give up, I just want my degree and I want to get out.
So far spring break is going pretty good, I've spent alot of it relaxing so far but I really need to start tackling this homework so that I can get ahead and be less stressed for the second half of this semester. Friday night I tried to drag George to a wheelchair curling match for my community hours... we only last 10mins because we were SOOOO bored. I can't sit through 6 more hours of that haha. Looks like I will be taking a look at my work schedule to fit wheelchair basketball back in for 3 more weeks.
Yesterday was fun, I spent alot of time at my in-laws playing with my neice and nephew whom I don't get to see alot because of school. Then George, Kevin and I came back here and played Mario Party with a few drinks. I love that game! I ended up going to bed way to late and being woken up at 8AM by a phone call from my father-in-law telling us we have 15mins to get ready and he was taking us out to breakfast. It was a fun time but I would have prefered some more sleep. Oh well. Now I need to shower so I can look presentable to this family I'm meeting up in Saquoit later... they get Respite (babysitting) hours through RCIL which pays more then UCP so I'm hoping to work weekends there and slowly weed out my divorced coldbrook family since they drive me nuts. Maybe if I call UCP and tell them I'm dropping that family because I picked one up through RCIL I can get a raise... hmmmm. Well thats been my day so far, I'm sure I can keep you more posted then I have been since I have the week off from class.
Well I really don't have much to report of anything new happening this week. I did have some issues with my research group but that has worked itself out hopefully so all is good there. I won't talk about it because I don't want it to be a public thing. I've been doing alot of homework and alot of counting down until my Spring Break... 6 more days!! I hate the end of winter where it gets up to 60 degrees and then the next day you wake up and there is a foot of snow on your car. Not really amused by that at all. I also got a hold of Heritage and got my hours for the summer which really aren't that much fun. It's Monday/Tuesday 7:30-4:00 and Wed-Friday 8:00-4:30... I really can't work a whole lot in the afternoons during the week and I was really hoping too. So I have a few options of returning to either Stewarts or Staples a few nights... which I REALLY don't want to do either of that, or talk to UCP and see what my options are through them which is my first route I'm taking. I can either work in one of the houses which pays better anyways, or take up some more families on the weekends and then drop them come September... I dunno. I am addressing that next Monday when I have to go to a training thing at UCP. We will see... well that is all. Back to homework now... blah!
