Kroger is having a sale on Breyer's ice cream, Private Selection ice cream, and Breyer's ice cream treats like Klondike bars.  Not only were they 4 for $10, but for some reason, we got an additional $8 off under "MFG COUPON".  So, essentially, we got $33 worth of ice cream for $13.  I'll take it!

Congrats to Jesse on snagging the role of Prince Dauntless. ^^

*prays*

"Gimme gimme..."
<--- Sutton Foster

I did something of a photo shoot today modeling shorts from a store called Sugarees for the Daily News Journal. Yeah, random. I know. Karen works at the store, and her boss wanted someone to model shorts for this fashion layout the DNJ was doing, so she called me up and asked if I was interested. I had nothing better to do, so I said I would. It was pretty cool. I think the pictures are going to be in Monday's paper.

So I'm noticing that there are many "Christians" out there who do not seem to read the Bible. You have to do more than say that God is an interest of yours and that the Bible is your favorite book to convince me that you are really following God. Just my two cents for the day. 

So it is definitly yellow, and my bed is almost put together, pictures will be coming soon.

Sssooooooo...... I haven't been on here in a REALLY long time, how is everyone? (If you actually read this)

Yeah, whatever.

Working at the Cookie Store is insanely easy.  The worst part is remembering what everyone wants (especially big family groups) and getting it all punched into the cash register properly.

Oh yes, and I get a raise every three months, not six like most places.  And if our store does well, we get a $50-$100 bonus every three months.  *score*

Shooooo.  Shpeedboat.

Hah, you would not believe some of the stuff this store does to save money.  It's kind of hilarious.

They let employees have all the free soda they want as long as they drink out of their own cups...  Must resist the temptation to run an IV from the coke fountain into my veins.

Everyone seems pretty nice there.  Well, everyone I've met so far.

Anyways.  I gots laundry to do and kitchen to clean and when my dad gets home -- SUSHI TO EAT!  We've tried to avoid eating out, especially at really spiznensive places.  So we haven't had sushi for mooooonths.

*is excited*

Oh yesh!  If you wish to harass me at my place of employment (no, I can't give you free cookies), drop by on Friday from 5 to close or Saturday from 1 to 7.

i want this as a tattoo i think

Wether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it" Isaiah 30:21


..well its been a good day, ive been spending a lot of time painting and thinking...painting and thinking really go hand in hand...you cant really paint without getting lost in some thought about what you are trying to convey or just simply thinking about something that caught your eye..


sooo.... i need some volounteers to become snipers and destroy the construction workers that tend to use loud machinery that in turn tends to wake me up every morning...any  takers?
love you-kels

Gosh, I haven't been on this thing in forever.

Nothing exciting going on at the moment.  I'll be leaving for California on July 3rd, for those of you that have been wondering.  Don't know if I'll be coming back or not yet.  At least not for a while.  I'll just have to see how things go with my family out there.  I'm going to miss you all so much.  But it shouldn't be too hard for me to keep in touch.  I'll keep ya posted!

finally got some actual pictures on here..... im doing good though. life is so so....alot of things are confusing right now. ill get through it as i always do...

"There will come a moment when you have the chance to do the right thing." --Elizabeth
"I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by." -- Captain Jack Sparrow

So the mandate concerning my attendance to at least one house of Judeo-Christian worship on Sundays has been lifted.  I'd sing hallelujiah, but that would be what we call "contradictory."

Let's see if they mean it this time.  Four years ago, yeah, people kind of went back on their word, which even now clenches the muscles within my jaw to vice-like proportions.  I guess they thought my views would change with age.  Instead, without the freedom to choose as I saw fit, I stopped believing in anything at all, which they may or may not deem worse.

Que pensez-vous?  Quel est plus mal?
{{What do you think?  Which is worse?}}

By the way.... I have the most awesome French book for intermediate study.  It's packed full of idioms and proper grammar.  Inches thick.  And only $15.  I love it.  *Hugs book*  His name {{for "livre" is a masculine noun en francais}} is Etienne.  Or perhaps Guillaume.  Decisions, decisions.  Etienne-Guillaume!!  Hahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!  I can't wait to go to Starbucks and study E.G. for as everyone knows, Starbucks is inherently conducive to scholarly pursuit.

A bientot!

ok evryone my rap days r ovr i now dislike rap with a passion again man i am so excited im goin to the beach in 2 daaaaaaaaays!!!!!!!!

LAST NITE IN MY DREAMS MY FRIEND SAID THIS TO ME AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SOOO COOL ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS IN A DREAM:

                  IF YOU DONT WANNA SEE THEM FROWN......

DONT EVER LET THEM DOWN.

                  IF U REALLY WANNA MAKE THEM SMILE....

WHY DONT U GO THE EXTRA MILE!!!!

                       ISNT THAT COOL!!!

LEAVE ME REMARKS!!! I WANNA BE THE MOST REMARKED!!!!!

                                     

Daniel and I just got back from the Farmers' Market.  We spent all of five dollars, but we came home with:  1.5 pounds of gorgeous home grown tomatoes from Muddy Pond, 5 ears of corn, 2 foot long zucchini, and 5 medium sized yellow squash (between 6-7 inches long).  Everything looked so much better than the produce at the grocery store and cost SO much less.  I love our Farmers' Market.  Thanks, Mom, for convincing me to go!

Join our new group on Phusebox: MTSU BCM!!!!
Have a great day!

    When you're laughing at that quip and everyone around you seems to be having a good cachinnation... look around to find at who's expense this laughter seems to come... the one who's smile is forced, who stands trying to dismiss or disregard the words said in jest that still cut too close. For while this person may be 'a good sport' and to only come back with their own crack... when no one's looking they may absorb those words more than anyone could guess...

Just been a challange to me lately... anyway...

James 1:26  If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

1Peter 3:10  10  For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

Ephesians 5:4  Entirely out of place[among christians] is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.

so i got back from florida...i will have pictures later this week...
camp in a week in a half!

love ya

Yeah I know I haven't been on this in a while. Oh well. I'll check the comments another time. Lata folks.

So.  Here's my day:

8 AM:  Awake to Chris, Jane's stepdaddy, hammering away on wall.  Yep, that's right.  At 8 AM.

9 AM:  Wake up again, even though it takes me a good thirty seconds to realize that that annoying cell phone noise isn't Jane's phone, it's mine.

11-ish AM:  Take my Hanyay to go eat lunch with me, my Granny, and my Aunt Kiki.  Roly Poly is nummy.

12-ish PM to 4-ish PM:  I'm in HELLLLLLLLLLLLLL.  Shopping = teh devil.  As I told everyone at Fazoli's:  When I take over the world, everyone will be a nudist.  And if I think you're too ugly or too nice looking as a nudist, I'll execute you.  --On the bright side, I now have all the clothes I need for my senior pictures!

4:15 PM - 9:30 PM:  My Granny takes me back to my car, parked outside my Aunt's house.  I pop the clutch and turn the key.  Nothing happens.  My air shudders a little bit, but besides that, nadda.  Zip.

My Granny tries to jump my car.

It doesn't work.

It's dead.  Just sitting there.  Engine's not turning over or anything.

I panic.  I think that my car has had an engine attack and died forever for good.  I'm already thinking about my internet eulogy for Bruce "The Batmobile" Wayne.  (He was a piece of crap car... but he chugged on like the little Nissan that could...)

My aunt says, "Hey, my neighbor's a mechanic.  I'll have him check it out when he gets home.  In the mean time, take my truck with the screaching clutch of doom."

So I take it.  I go to Jane's, then to MTSU to visit my Gracie at Governor's School, and then to Fazoli's.

Around 9:30, my auntie calls me to tell me that the reason my engine wouldn't turn over is because my battery was SUPREMELY dead.  So dead that jumping it wouldn't give it enough juice to start the engine.  So, her mechanic buddy charged it up for me, is supposedly putting it back in my car in the near future, and I can trade back vehicles tomorrow.

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed.  I was having fun driving the truck (I forgot how much I like driving a big vehicle).  Also, the truck had air conditioning, something that my car has been lacking for a year or so and will never have again.

Ah well, the car search continues and hopefully I'll have a new(er) vehicle before Bruce tries to cut out on me again.

Yes, ladies and gentleman (actually, just the ladies), I am offically 17. It feels strange reading that...hmmf...Idk... Senior pictures were great! I got to see some of them and I really liked them; can't wait until I get the proofs back! The guys who took my outdoor shots were either just graduated for college or still in undergraduate school. They were really cool. I wanted to take a picture in the water with my swords and tried tp pull some water up from the little stream with my sword for in the pictures. They both thought it was a REALLY cool idea. In fact. the guys both said that they finally got to do something cool instead of the boring senior pictures they normally take. It made me feel really good; plus, they all were complimenting me the whole time like they do everyone else. On top of that, I didn't mind the fact that a few girls there were flirting with me. My mom made me dirt cake,and I have just been playing my new video game all day that my dad got for me for my birthday on Sunday.

Talked to Heather for the first time today since she left for boot camp. I don't know but I guess I am the only person in my family who doesn't miss her. My dad is making me clear out my van and he is going to try and sell it, again. : ^(    I guess there is no sense in holding onto the past.

Tell you what, I am happy during the day but as the sunsets I change. I'm aggressive, extremely more violent, angry for no apparent reason, and yet, slightly depressed, sadden, and increasingly lonely. Maybe it is because the light during the day makes it hard to day dream (yeah, I know it sounds weird but stick to it), where at night the darkness allows my imagination to roam and it tends to dwell on the past.

Well, I guess that's that. ttyl

by Pearl Jam...I think I need to follow it...

You're always saying that there's something wrong
I'm starting to believe it's your plan all along
Death came around, forced to hear it's song
And know tomorrow can't be depended on

Seen the home inside your head
All locked doors and unmade beds

Open sores unattended
Let me say just once that

I have faced it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
I escaped it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
having tasted, a life wasted
I'm never going back again

The world awaits just up the stairs
Leave the pain for someone else
Nothing back there for you to find
Or was it you you left behind?

You're always saying you're too weak to be strong
You're harder on yourself than just about anyone

Why swim the channel just to get this far?
Halfway there, why would you turn around?

Darkness comes in waves...tell me,
Why invite it to stay?

You're one with negativity
Yes, comfort is an energy
But why let the sad song play?

I have faced it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again

Oh I escaped it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again

having tasted, a life wasted
I'm never going back again

oh i erased it, a life wasted

Started an outline for the first comic (finally!).

Band Camp...can not wait.

Working out is going well, now that I'm eating better. I see some arm development.

But of course I didn't make a Phusebox to talk about muscles.

"The endurance of a dream that lives again.

A heart which has hope to surmount them all.

To see the future, look through the eyes.

Death as eminent as the pall.

The rights of a life to survive.

Willing to express with no limitation.

Have the dream to be free.

Hold on to happiness with no expiration.

Forever and always, to thee I give.

My soul, my all, the song I sing,

No other, of which to grant my pain.

With all my might, the bells I ring.

To have and to hold, for silver, for gold,

to cherish and to love, for all that is true,

for richer, for poorer, I give you my heart.

With all that's within me, I do."

Danny

i went $70 over on my phone bill...

i hate how stupid i feel now.

yep, im just ganna go ahead and say it, i love it, i think it is good for the kids, but vbs is hard for a janitor. lol, i bet its taken a few years off my life from all the stress they have caused me, but its all good.  we are the youth of the church, and they are the youth of us.  so lets raise them right. 

RE the continuing mega-saga on the relocation to Indonesia ...on Tuesday Decy, Chely, Thasya, and I received our TB tests.  Initially we were told to return to the hospital on Thursday, so they could observe the results. Then we were told to return on Friday.  We will return on Friday ... but I wonder which one is really correct .... because I understand that the results are supposed to be reviewed at 24 hours and 72 hours.

Decy collected the audio exam results Tuesday PM.  Today (Wednesday) I will have them courriered to the ISOS Dr.  When the tests were conducted the results were scribbled on scrap paper.  I wonder if they were "properly transcribed" to the official format.

Still working on a variance for the eye exam.  I think we will get that.

>>> Other relocation related news ... Decy and the girls now have their one-way, business class tickets from Luanda to Jakarta.  Singapore Airlines is fantastic ... and their business class is even better; they will enjoy that.

Also, today (Wednesday) I will submit Decy's and the girls applications for S. African VISAs so they can overnight in Johannesburg while in transit .... step by step.

ciao ciao 

As some of you have learned from previous blogs, driving (and riding in kilos) in Luanda is challenging, frustrating, and dangerous.  I received a call at work last night (7pm) that Decy was involved in an auto accident.

First, thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt.  Seems the kilo driver decided to suddenly change from the right lane to left lane to pass a vehicle.  Unfortunately (and is often the case) there was another vehicle in the left lane (which is usually not a full lanes width).  The left lane vehicle rear-ended Decy's kilo.

Police reports had to be completed so Decy held a brief interview in Portuguese, then she was whisked away in a substitute vehicle; followed by a quick medical check up.

.... this is the second collision for Decy in less than 1 year.  Thankfully, no serious injuries.

Best Friend.

Yes that is Ben Folds<33

Moi.

Hump Master Brock.

Life as of now.
I neglect you, Phusebox.

man i cant wait for next week cuz im goin to the beach yes! (pumps fist in the air hits the chandalier light thing and knocks a plastic diamond dealy onto head)

here's my quiz results

You see no use for life. You feel as if you have nowhere else to go.
You have been hurt by so much by so many things. Friends, family and
more. If you do even trust someone and they hurt you, you feel
unbearable pain. And since rarely anyone if anybody was there fro you,
the pain nad sorrow builds up inside of you. Sooner or later, the pain
devoured your heart,if not already,and made you cold and bitter. You no
longer feel the joy whcih is why your heart turns colder. But a little
bit of joy is still left. When you lay down, you feel emptiness much
more powerful then I can describe. And you probably have a longing
desire for a true friend and to heal your wounds. Your cold hearted due
to your past, and your a loner. There's still hope. Don't let other
people pull you down. And fight your fear's instead of running. You
always feel empty and sad. You feel almost NO joy.

ELEMENT:DARKNESS

QUOTE:I STAND ALONE IN THE DARKNESS

SONG:FALL INTO SLEEP BY MUDVAYNE

ACTIVITY:WRITING/DRAWING/SOLITUDINAL ACTIVITIES

ANIMAL:SNAKE/BAT

I'm FINALLY getting somewhere with my "Ali really really needs money to go to National Fine Arts" fund!! i have about $150 dollars in there!! only $460 to go!!! so things are really lookin up!!

on the downside, i think one of my best friends is backsliding. gr, this happens too much. i really need to step up and do something about this cuz this happens to all, and i'm not exaggerating when i say ALL, my friends.

wow, i'm worn out. i didnt do much today except went out and got a kiddy pool ( for my dog ) and me and my friend kirby just kinda sat in it. we couldnt do much else since it's only 5 feet wide, but somehow we make everything we do fun. oh, that must be why im so tired, i just remembered she slept over last night and we stayed up till 3 in the morning watching a "strangers with candy" marathon and prank calling restaurants! wow that was fun. oh, and go see the ringer, it's awesome!!

The fireworks stand is up and running! I got super sick out there today tho. Not fun. I do believe between the stand, work, and all the sudden added stress and thought I didn't really need I may just die. But in the end it'll all be worth it. Even the stress I wanna kill someone over. It'll all work out and be worth it.

Do you ever find the situations or the place you are in life...odd or better yet ironic?

If you would have told me I would be at the place I am right now a year ago I would have laughed at you.

I've realized a lot in the past week. I know what I think would make me happy. The only question is if it would be worth it.

Paul McCartney - This Never Happened Before

I'm very sure, this never happened to me before

I met you and now I'm sure

This never happened before

Now I see, this is the way it's supposed to be
I met you and now I see
This is the way it should be

This is the way it should be, for lovers
They shouldn't go it alone
It's not so good when you’re on your own

I have also been renamed

Berangaria
---------
Meaning: Name of a princess

for the past week i've been on a tour of the west with my dad and a bunch of other seniors...
senior citizens, that is. HA!

so my trip consisted of:
airplane flights,

Mormons on Temple Square in Salt Lake City,

Yellowstone National Park,

hot springs,

old faithful,

a raft ride,

a rodeo,

Zion National Forest,

elk in the parking lot of one of our hotels,

the Grand Canyon,


other animals and indians in between. and then rebekah to greet me at the airport when i got back at midnight!
(we're on a magic carpet ride)

yay for fun times with old people. it was awesome!

you are royalty

this is what i got when i took the quiz: what was your medieval status

hey everyone!  i hope you all have had a wonderful day! mine has been pretty good. right now im eating a cherry freeze cup with a 1/2 teaspoon while listenin to "against the grain" by earthsuit.  theyre pretty cool so check em out.  i helped with vbs again today.  that was fun.  oooooh, and alistair got to help out today too which was awesome.  the rest of today ive just been lounging about and trying to get through The Picture of Dorian Gray.  im workin on it but it really needs to pick up if im gonna finish it before school starts. i really need to read it cuz i have to read candide too.  so i guess ill go do that.  talk to y'all later!

I love you.

Don't knock Star Trek till you've tried it.

There's nothing exciting going on in my life right now.

And that is all.

- sunshine
- charcoal
- pastel
- chalk
- and paint.. :-)

well...day two of the third week is almost over..we are watching a foreign film and then we have a "dance"...should be pretty fun.. im making everyone jealous right now with my moms homemade soup she packed up for me and listening to some ryan adams...
-kels

I gave me away

could have knocked off the evening

but i Lonelily landed my wants in her hands

in a way it felt like you were leaving me

i was sure i wouldn't find you at home

but you let me down 

 you could of knocked off the evening

but i was lonelily looking for something to hold

in a way.., i lost all i believed in

i've never found myself so alone

you let me down

you could have called if you needed.

you let me down

there's no use decieveing

neither of us wants to be alone

im coming home on Thursday....  

thats my main face this summer. hahah. im working at mcAlisters. and its fun. and it's really all i do anymore. haha. i have very little friends, and they all work more than i do. anyway.. if you want to be my friend and you think hanging out with me is awesome!, call =D lol

that sounded to desperate. and im really not. im just bored. and when you get bored, you feel like a loser, and who wants to feel like a loser during the summer right before their first year in college?! not this lo.. er.. girl

im talking to much. um.. im going up to kentucky tonight. that's going to be fun. im only staying a day tho. lol.

peace out!

RIGHT NOW I HAVE THAT SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD!!! IDK Y!! I MEAN I ONLY SUNG IT EVERY DAY @ CAMP!! LOL!!! WELL BOREDOM HAS TAKEN OVER!! I CANT USE MY COMPUTER CAUSE MY BRO IS FIXIN IT SOO YEAH IM USING MY MOM AND DADS

MUCH LOVE MY FRIENDS

**ALLIEMOE**

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world."
-C.S. Lewis

My room is YELLOW!!! It has never been anything but white. Pictures up later!

Its actually kind of nice to be home. I wish I could have stayed a little bit longer. I was in the process of looking for another horse and I didn't get to hang out with Justin that much. He's leaving July 11th to go to Illinois for basic training for the Navy. I don't want him to go. I've known him forever. Ah. Well other than that I've had strep throat before i left to go to VA. I rode my horse. I had someone start shit about me while I was gone. My idiotic boyfriend believed them. I now know who it was, but they don't know that i know. Kyle's birthday is Friday. I got him a wallet, but i already gave it to him so i'm going to find him something else... Going out with everyone Friday night. Saturday I'll be with him at Davy's (his boss). Thankfully LS is going to be there. OK. well i just got off work and im tired as hell. been there since 7 this morning so i'm going to take a nap before kyle gets off.

My GSH 2006 superlative:

"Most likely to hang a fetus on your door."

Apparently, an iPod is one of the few things that cannot be fixed by a hammer.  How was I supposed to know that it would shatter into a million pieces?  Well, if I didn’t hit it, it still wouldn’t be working anyway.  So why not have some fun, I mean, it’s already broken?  (I didn’t really break it, it just won’t work yet.)

You are such a great friend to me. I can be the person I want to be. I will never lie to you or cause you pain.

You mean so much more to me. Even when your heart belonged to another I put my feelings aside and let you be. I feel your pain and hear your joy.

Your face it never leaves, just stay the way you are and never change. Please promise me you wont go away. I need you in my life. You are a good person and the friend I really need.

A.L.E.

There are some people that have came up to me or called me and said, "Shelby, how come when I wave at you or honk the horn at you on the road you don't responed?"  of "I saw and guy that looks just like you that has a truck just like you too.  Stickers and all."

I am not being rude.

Well my friends, there comes a time in life where you must part your ways with things  that you have always known.  For instance, diapers, cartoons on saturday morning, animals, and vehicles.  That's right, I have parted ways with my good 'ol 1998 Gray Mazda B2500 that I have had for 8 years.  And a kid from my youth group that looks just like bought it.  Gods way of saying my legacy lives on. 

In return, I bought a 2002 Sliver Chevy Malibu and a 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe. Not a bad trade!

So, next time you are on the road and you think you see me, just do the ol' wave and nod, it may not be me.

yesterday was 30 hours long for me. no joke. stupid time zones.

and my first words back on US soil?

"grande mocha frappuccino, please."

three cheers for the starbucks in the cincinnati airport.

and now that i'm here? yeah, i'm sick. REALLY sick. as in, the doctor told me i should go to the hospital sick. but i really don't want to go to the hospital, so i don't have to go if i feel better by tomorrow.

i really hope i feel better.

but yeah, i had a great time across the pond and i have a few pictures on a cd somewhere (i haven't unpacked yet . . . ha), so i'll tell you all about it as soon as i get off my death bed.

ciao for now,

the brian

Why are you here Demon from my past Haunting me when I sleep stalking me when I'm awake.

Go away and never come back. You have no place here your no part of me.

I hate you ugly Demon please just let me be.

My life is so much better without you in it.

I will fight you ugly Demon for I am not afraid. You are nothing to me and I am better than you.

So leave me be and I will soon be scared no more.

                                    A.L.E.

So everytime I have written something over the past couple of weeks, it ends up not working, so here's to trying one more time.

Last night was amazing. Here's a synopsis:

Date night with Brittany.
Dressed Up.
Beautiful Dress.
Candlelight Dinner.
Buckhead.
Driving Downtown.
Got to Centennial Park.
Thought about Running through the Fountains.
Thought it was a Bad Idea.
Walking in the Rain.
Dancing in the Rain.
Walking back to the Car.
Boot on Car.
I was Upset.
Britt laughed at me.
Paid boot guy $50.
Got in Car.
Tickled Brittany.
Her head hit mine.
We Both had headaches.
What a perfect and beautiful evening.

is my big chance, holy crap. Everyone pray for me, haha. Im excited/nervous/scared/ahh i cant believe this is happening to me... my dream may seriously come true, and it all lies with tomorrow. hahahahahaha omg excitement. I <3 music, gah I <3 music. This is my chance to get to show how much I love it, and introduce my music to the table. I hope omg hahahahaha im excited. Ok I <3 all tennessee people, like seriously I <3 all of u , tn is the place to be. To bad I live in Alabama. But yeh liz and I finally came up with the dates were coming, hahahah exciting. So I will see some of u then , the ones I <3 the most, haha. Ok well bye bye.

muahahah

 

Well, what can I say.  They left for camp yesterday.  I felt like I was being left behind.  I didn't like the feeling, but hey what can I do about it... NOTHING!!!!  AHHHHHHH  it makes me sooooooo mad.  I wish that I could've gone.  I don't even think that I can go next year.  Boo-Hoo!!!  O.K. I'm over that... I think.

Anyways... nothing else has really been going on.  We cleaned the house today and that's about it.  I have no life.  Really I don't...

The Qoute of the day...
"I hate being young!!!!!"

got back to the boro at 3. 

went to get my oil changed.

had chinese for dinner.

went to rachel's.

watched fun with dick & jane (in memory of kenneth)

went driving around lascassas/ milton at midnight & looked at the stars.

pretty good day if you ask me.

Calculus is dead.  Long live calculus!

...actually, let us leave it dead.  I finished up fairly well; I won't get my grade on the final until August 11, but as long as I make a 70 or above, I will have an A in the class.  So I'm thinking I'll have an A in the class.

As for everything else...I'm living and breathing, and, unfortunately, going home to Memphis at the end of this week.  Ah, well...I'll have to try to enjoy myself for the rest of the week.  It shouldn't be hard.  We've only got 1 SOAR.  Woo-hoo...

i'm tellin ya to loosen up my buttons babe.
but you keep frontin
sayin what you gonna do to me.
but i ain't see nothin.


so. i had a civil conversation with justin last night.
it made me really happy.
just to know that we are taking steps towards being okay again.
that we can be friends.





then my other boy called.
and he's having problems with his girl.
it kills me to see him go through this time after time.
he doesn't deserve to be hurt like that.




sigh. work this morning.
but i got my first pay check. 162 dollars.
plus 100 in tips.
i think i can deal.



florida on july 11-13.
excited? slightly.

<3

Why do expensive things always seem to break faster than cheaper things?  My iPod is still screwed up, and I’ve been trying for hours to figure out what is wrong with it.  I think I’ve read every page on the iPod support site.  NOTHING HAS WORKED YET!  I may just go insane without music.  What am I going to do, burn my four thousand song library to a few CDs?  I’m sure that’ll work!  Can’t take more than two or three, can it?!  And yet, my portable CD player, which I have severely abused in its two year life, still works fine.  How does a $60 CD player survive two years of being dropped and thrown, and a $300 iPod not last three months of delicate treatment and care?!  THIS SUCKS!

 This is Emily O"Berry she spent the night @ my house and i took this Picture!! I LOVE U EMILY!!

Me(caTndace) being my self NAWW juss remeber 7 days...

Yes im dumb.... im so0o funky!! TEe HEe

Megan bein MEGAN!!

I have decided it is time to let go of this guy that I have been holding on to.. I have heard so much about him from friends of his, and I am way better than this. I do not deserve to get used, and treated like shit. I did fall in love with him, and now I need to let go. I believe I am better off. We were going to get back together, but now I have no trust for him, and as far as I am concerned, I don't need this anymore. So I have decided to just let go. It will hurt me, but I believe I can make it thru, and be fine. And pray things will work out for the best.

        ...It's just letting go is the hardest part........

Life definitely isn’t perfect
you fall in love with the wrong people
ignore the most important things in life
make mistakes when you knew better

I think at this moment I'd pay someone to shoot me if it could prevent all the stuff I have to go lay in bed and think about now....

so my weekend has been so awesome! I went camping at FCF this weekend, even though, here in the boro its poured it was nice and lovely there. i got a nice tan afer a little redness on my face and shoulders... bought some cool indian hand made jewelry and a dream catcher, etc. and my car rides incredibly nice now that i have a new front axle. :D

I drank nothing but beer and water this weekend intending to get smashed, but alas all i got was a nice buzz and discovered i can hold my liquor very well. (:

a guy hit on me and amanda and invited us to party at their place (via up the hill to their campsite) and smoke a blut with them. we found out later from one of the other guys named ben than the guy who they called midget ninja was full of crap lol. and he went to bed at like 8 to conserve his chi or something like than. zenmaster, as it were.

it was great though. i wish i could have stayed longer. like a couple of days longer. (:

but alas i go back to work wednesday. (:

i was very beautiful down there and i want to go every year. now im looking forward to mine and amanda's road trip up to kansas and back that will take 2 weeks in the fall. (: yep i can't wait.

and i think it will be wise to start college in fall 2007 instead of Spring because some of the classes might need to be taken in course. I dunno. College is coming up soon, but not too soon. I still have time. (:

i found this on erin and edi's sites and decided to put it on mine to end tonights blog. :D sleep tight.

[RICH KID]

[ ] You go to a tanning salon.

[ ] You watch The OC/Laguna Beach/The Hills.

[x] You own a cell phone.

[ ] You love going to the mall.

[x] You take your cellphone everywhere.

[ ] You own an iPod/MP3 player.

[x] You love Starbucks.

[x] You love flip flops.

Total: 4


[GOTH]

[x] Red or black is one of your favorite colors.

[x] You have thought about death.

[ ] You wear chains.

[ ] You like heavy metal.

[x] You love Hot Topic.

[ ] You have worn black lipstick.

[ ] Your hair is dark/ kind of dark

[x] You dislike preps.

[ ] You're an atheist.

[x] You have/want piercings in unusual places. (tongue, belly button, etc.)

Total: 5


[SKATERBOARDER]

[x] You can skateboard. *a little bit* (:

[ ] You wear plaid.

[x] You love Converse.

[x] You think you're different.

[x] You hate MTV.

[x] You have moshed.

[x] You have/had/want blue, pink, red, purple, or green hair or highlights.

[x] You love skater girls/boys. :]

[ ] You hate pink

[x] You hate rich kids sometimes.

Total: 8


[NERD]

[x] You love computers.

[ ] You like Star Trek.

[x]You wear/are supposed to wear glasses.

[x] You get straight A's. *sometimes*

[x] You love reading.

[ ] You are in band.

[v] You don't care what you look like.

[x] You have a curfew.

[ ] You always do your homework.

[ ] You never cut school.

Total: 5.5


[EMO]

[x] You're depressed sometimes.

[x] You have black-rimmed glasses.

[x] You like Thursday.

[ ] You comb your hair in front of your face.

[ ] You cry easily.

[ ] You like emo music.

[ ]You hate being called emo. But how does that make me emo??

[x] You keep a journal/diary.

[x] You have written a sad poem.

[ ] You have had a sad MySpace layout.

Total: 5


[GHETTO/GANGSTA]

[x] You like rap.

[ ] You are in a gang.

[ ] You wear Tag.

[ ] You wear rubberbands in your pants.

[x] You swear a lot.

[ ] You have had a freestyling contest.

[x]You have said "fo shizzle".

[ ] You have worn Converse with the tongue flipped out.

Total: 3


[SCENE/HARDCORE]

[x] You wear a bandana. *if i feel like it*

[x] You love the Ninja Turtles, Scooby Doo, etc.

[ ] You never walk anywhere.

[x] You wear slip-on Vans.

[ ] You love Norma Jean.

[x] You wear band tees.

[x] People have called you a freak and mean it.

[x] You love to "hardcore" dance.

[ ] Your hair has been dyed more than one color.

[ ] You will kill if called a satanist.

Total: 6


[PREP]

[ ]You love Laguna Beach/The OC/The Hills.

[ ] You want a tiny dog.

[ ] most of your clothes consist of pink

[ ] You're a shoe fanatic.

[ ] You shop at AE.HOLLISTER...A&F.ETC.

[ ] You love to shop.

[ ] You love skirts.

[ ] You like Paris Hilton.

[ ] Getting your nails done is fun

Total: 0

(: -*b

I HATE THIS SHIT!! I HAVEN'T SEEN CLAYTON IN NEARLY THREE WEEKS AND I ONLY GET TO TALK TO HIM FOR 20 MIN A NIGHT IF I'M LUCKY! A NORMAL NIGHT IS ABOUT TEN MINUTES. B/C HE IS SO BUSY WORKING AND TRYING TO PAY OFF BILLS HE BARELY HAS TIME TO TAKE A DAMN PISS MUCH LESS SIT AROUND AND TALK ON THE PHONE. HALF THE TIME I DO GET TO TALK TO HIM HE'S WORKIN ON SOMETHING WHILE HE'S DOIN IT. AND YEAH I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO SEE HIM 1. B/C I'VE BEEN BROKE AS HELL AND 2. B/C DADDY IS ABOUT TO HAVE  HEARTATTACK THAT CLAYTON HASN'T COME UP HERE AGAIN SINCE GRADUATION BUT LIKE I SAID THE POOR GUY BARELY HAS TIME TO TALK ON THE PHONE AND DADDY THINKS HE'S GOT TIME TO DRIVE TWO HOURS UP HERE JUST TO COME SEE MY PITIFUL ASS? YEAH RIGHT! AND PLUS I'D MUCH RATHER BE DOWN THERE B/C WHEN I'M THERE HE DOES STILL WORK BUT I'LL HELP HIM AND WE JUST HANG WITH HIS PARENTS ALL AFTERNOON AND THERE'S NO WASHING DISHES, NO COOKING FOR 15 PPL OR SCREAMING BABIES. WE ALL JUST CHILL. AND IT'S SO NICE. BUT UP HERE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED CLOTHES THAT NEED TO BE WASHED A BABY THAT'S CRYING SOMETING! AND DAD IS IN A FUCKING PERPETUAL BAD MOOD AND THEN THAT PISSES MOM OFF B/C SHE'S BEEN WORKIN TIL TWO IN THE DAMN MORNING AND THEN I'M STILL TRYING TO WORK AND THEN COMING HOME AND HALF WAY TRYING TO HELP MOM TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS WHILE DAD SITS ON HIS ASS AND STILL GET MY SCHOOL SHIT TAKEN CARE OF. I SWEAR TO GOD IF IT WOULDN'T PISS MOM OFF I JUST WOULDN'T GO. SHE'S THE ONLY REASON I'M GOING. IF IT WERE UP TO ME I JUST FLAT OUT WOULDN'T GO AND I WOULD JUST FIND A BETTER JOB THAN THE ONE I'VE GOT NOW AND I WOULD SO JUST START SAVING UP SOME MONEY TO OPEN UP MY RESTAURANT AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT! AND ON TOP OF ALL THIS ANGELA MOVED BACK TO CANADA TODAY SO NOW I'M BACK WITH NO ONE TO HANG OUT WITH B/C SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT WILL EVEN STOP AND THINK HEY, I WONDER WHAT BETH IS DOING TODAY? SHE IS THE DEFINITION OF A BEST FRIEND. WE ALWAYS TELL EACH OTHER NO MATTER WHAT U NEED JUST CALL ME. AND SHE ACTUALLY DOES THAT. I CALLED HER LAST WEEK CRYING, FRUSTRATED AND JUST PLAIN PISSED OFF AND SHE SAT THERE AND TALKED TO ME AND TOLD ME EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY. AND JUST. SHE WAS BEING A FRIEND. SHE IS THE ONLY PERSON I CAN DO THAT WITH. EITHER HER OR STACEE. NO ONE ELSE EVEN GIVES A DAMN. I HAVE TWO PPL WHO ACTUALLY COMMENT ON THIS DAMN THING ANYMORE. (AND U KNOW WHO U ARE) NO ONE ELSE CAN EVEN BOTHER TO JUST SAY HEY LOVE YA. OR NE THING. I HAVEN'T HEARD A DAMN WORD FROM 3/4 OF THE PPL I HUNG OUT WITH EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL. WHATEVER HAPPEND TO BEING BFF'S???? APPARENTLY ANGELA IS THE ONLY ONE WHO STILL REMEMBERS WHAT THE SECOND F IN THAT MEANS.

So the party went wonderfully...i'm sure everyone would agree. i'll post pictures when i can. not much else to say so ttyl...

Okay... This summer I don't have anything to do... I am completely bored... All I do all day is watch TV and when there's nothing on I watch movies... I've probably seen High School Musical 10 times now... That's sad although I do watch movies over and over again when we rent them because I want to remember them because we hardly ever buy them... If you have any ideas of what I can do this summer tell me cause I'm so bored I think my brains might fall out... Which sounds kinda painful so I think I'll stick with I'm REALLY bored...

One key step to being relocated to Indonesia is for me and my family to obtain "medical clearance" to travel there.  Now, quite frankly, this is a bit of an oxy-moron ... because one of the key aspects is to ensure that we don't have any medical conditions that would put us at risk due to the "lack of adequate medical facilities in the host country".

So, what happens if we DO have a medical condition?  Does that mean we can't transfer to Indonesia and we must stay in Angola?  Presumably not, the medical facilities here SUCK (sorry for the strong language ... but you will understand later).

And, is the company really going to tell my Indonesia wife and step-daughters ... "sorry, hubby/daddy can go to Indonesia but you cannot"?  I think not !!!!  So why are we going through the ordeal of a medical release?  Because its a REQUIREMENT.

Read the story below ... and remember much of the below happens with folks who do not speak English.

About 10 days ago I get about 40 pages of paperwork to fill out and take to the Angola hospital.  I fill out my portions of the paperwork.  Then find out that the appt's are on Monday at 10am.  Ok, all set.

Monday at 8am, I get a phone call from our company medic, wanting to review my paperwork .... so I show her ... gasp, my forms are not her forms .... (even though my forms were given to me by the same medical department) ... and I must use "their" forms.  So, I rush to recomplete all the pages.

Get to the hospital at 930am with the family.  Am handed another 8 pages of forms to complete .... 90% of which is redundant to the forms already recompleted.

1015am get to see the ISOS (International SOS) Dr.  He starts reviewing the paperwork ... his response:  Wow, this is a lot of stuff, is this all required?.  My response: Don't know, these are the forms they gave me.

Power outage #1.

1030am, Dr calls company. Learns that ALL is required.

11am, all the forms and procedures are sorted out.  Paperwork is handed to a clerk, who is told to "start making appts".

1145am, get first set of blood work for all four of us.

12noon, am told our appts for the eye exams are set ... mid July ... yeah right (I will work on that later).

Power outage #2

1230pm, get into a bit of scuffle with the hospital as they are trying to give Chely a procedure that nobody else needs ... but I know (from watching the ISOS Dr that I am supposed to get EVERY procedure and the family gets the same or less ... so, if Chely has to go through it, then so do I).  I review the paperwork and it has somebody else's name on it ... requesting an HIV test.

Power outage #3.

1245-130pm, Chely, Decy and I give this HORRIBLY painful arterial blood sample .... WOWSER !!!!  Chely pretty much goes into shock.  We have to manage.  FYI, while waiting for Decy to get her shot, some laborer comes into the hospital with flipflops .... with a construction wheel barrow (covered in dirt, dust, trash, cement).  Inside is about 5 boxes of copy paper, which he carries to the 2nd floor.  Gee, that looks sanitary ... but then I forgot, the wheel barrow is AT LEAST 5 feet from the emergency room entrance where we are getting our shots and patients are wheeled around.  Rumor has it that germs, virusus, and infections cannot travel more than 3.5 feet ... so the rumor goes.

145pm, I am taken to a place where Decy and I are to get an EKG ... am told I need to come back at 6pm.  Dr explains the upcoming "stress test" and that my chest will have to be shaved (I wonder if they need to shave Decy's too).  Then the Dr learns that this is only an EKG baselines (rest test) .... quick change up of protocol, 5 minutes later I'm done ... after 5 ounces of lube oil on my chest to "cut through" the hair.  Decy's missing.

Power outage #4

200pm, find Decy at Pharmacy getting shots/vaccinations.  Well sort of, we are given the medicine and needles.  Now what?  Inject ourselves?

Power outage #5

215pm, find ISOS Dr.  He goes through the vaccines.  Hmm, some missing.  One of mine is clearly wrong.  Dr decides not to give me that one, as it would make be sick (thank God for little things).  I get my shots, then Decy, then Chely, then Thasya

230pm, Decy goes and gets EKG.

230pm, I talk to the Dr about the arterial blood. He goes ballistic.  Extremely painful he says (no kidding).  Its a long story with lots of conversation and discussiong/arguments between two Drs in a forgeign language I don't know (S. African something or other), but understand well enough to understand there was a difference of opinion.  Bottomline:  Seems the hospital doesn't have the right machine to do one kind of test.  But by taking arterial blood they can do the test on a different machine .... yikes !!!!  Glad I'm into S&M.

245pm, find out that we have to come back on Tuesday for the TB test as they forgot to do that in the morning, which is the time of day they give TB tests.  Thanks !!

300pm, rush to other side of town to get hearing test.  Office is on 2nd floor of nearly gutted out building. No sign. Garbage and stench everywhere at the entrance.  Get up to the office, its "so so".  I'm first on the test.  I'm quite sure it will be quite accurate and reflective of my excellent hearing ... because during the entire tests I could hear Decy and the girls talking and laughing in the room next door ... did anybody say "sound proof" or "background noise".

430pm. Done (for today). Exhausted. Hungry (didn't have any lunch).  Go to local pizzaria and beg for food, water, anything.

530pm, call for kilo.  Let's not go there.

700pm. Home .... exhausted ... nightey night family.  Me, I have to "unwind" a bit before sleeping.

>>> and to think we get to do more of this tomorrow.

### I feel so much healthier now ...     ; )

ciao ciao 

i miss this weekend.

because it was pretty great.
and monday's got me down.

I LOVE CHELSEA SOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOO...

LOVE,

ABI

so, things are okay.

my aunt was re-diagnosed with cancer.
that hit me hard. i'm still recovering from the last round she had with cancer.

friends are confusing me.
i joined the puppet team.
and you should come visit me while i'm working at the fireworks stand in the sam's parking lot. i'll let you guys know when i'm working.

mucho love,
[becca]

So we got all our stock in at the fireworks stand today. Got it all put up and labeled. Our tent looks really good. And we found out today that if we can get the guy to come out and approve our lights we can start selling tomorrow afternoon. So the fun, hot, fireworks stand experience is underway once again! So what that means......a ton of work that ends up being worth it. But that also means if you wanna see me anytime between now and July 5th you better be driving to Sam's Club parking lot!

wats up my stupid cousin got me listenin to rap . . . dagumit anyway im goin to the beach next week with my mom dad brother and my cousin jonathan the same one who got me listenin to rap . . . so ill talk 2 yall later

HEY GUYS!!! IDK WAT TO WRITE BOUT........ IM REALLY BORED!!!!! SOMEONE PLZ LEAVE ME COMMENTS!!! WELL I FEEL UNLOVED SOOO I WILL LEAVE NOW!!

MUCH LOVE COMING FROM NOWHERE!!!!

**ALLIEMOE**

He is send back home.... so just let me know what he saying about this place..... because he did'nt want to tell me:)

I MISS YOU ALL:)

coooooooolsprings.

       Well.... I'm not one to plaster out all over that it's my birthday, but I guess that's already been done ::glares at zay:: But thank you very much to all of you who left comments or tracked me down. I had a great birthday :-)
lots of love
       Immortal

...im hooked

im totally in love with this dog.

///edit..
we had to give him back to his owner.
it was extremely sad,
but we get a boxer now =)

Chels and i had a chick night, Monday night....

- We went to the spa, and got pedicures, manicures, massages, pariffin dips, and facials... oh my word it was AMAZING!!

- Then we went to eat dinner... Logans... it was great, i got steak ... and felt real manly and rugged... ARG!!

- Then we went to Blockbuster and rented a chick flic, went home and watched it... crashed about 1 ish...

- Now i'm at work... and going crazy with work stuff... so ya i needed a break...

 PEACE o<

  

Here is the group shot from St. Louis!!




calling VBS people! i was watching ya'll work and you all are awesome. its so cool to see how God can work through you and your bright faces! can't wait till tomorrow! later


PSALMS 115:1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory,

I wasn't going to write anything today, but my iPod is freaking out and I'm waiting to find out what's wrong with it.  If my iPod dies, I will be permanently crushed.  In case you don't know what that means: I LIVE OFF OF MY IPOD.  I don't know what I would do without my iPod.  Nothing would be the same.  If it really does die or is beyond repair, I'll probably crawl into a dark, cold, empty hole, and stay there forever… and you would never know who I am, that is until someone found the hole, pulled out my bones, and looked in my wallet.

Well, this has been long and pointless.  I'm sure that you are a much less interesting person now simply because you read this.  I'm sorry if this killed your last few brain cells.

So I decided to get a new haircut. Everytime I tell Amanda, my blind friend, that I needed a haircut, she would offer to cut it for me. Since I was going into the Army, I decided to say yes, this time. This is what she did:

The finished product.

Fortunately my girlfriend saved the day and wet out and got some clippers.

woot!

so what profound thought do i have for my 100th phusebox blog??

I hate being right about
bad situations
and
people that I have never met.

Once Upon a Mattress auditions yesterday at Murfreesboro Center for the Arts were interesting... I feel good about my singing audition. ^^ and overall, i think it was a good experience for Jackie and me. I had fun. Plus- i got to see Richard ^^ lol

Once Upon a Mattress-last chance- auditions tonite @ 6pm! Bring sheet music for ur audition song!

Bubble boy has got to be one of the best movies EVER!

(Jackie's future husband)

so...

im soooo tired of trying to make ppl happy...


i mean what u see is what u get.....


got a problem....?


oh well....

SO.... i went for my senior pictures on friday.... i didnt get to take alot outside b/c it was about to rain.... and the lady was mean.... im like woah.....  n e ways... im ready for school to start...  im soooooo tired of watching nick jr w/ my lil brothers all day.... hm....my ex., richard, came and saw me @ work the other night.... he always makes me smile... it seems like he knows when im down... hmmmm....welli guess thats all...!
~tRISH

I am leaving for the lake today with my friend Storey and my church! I'm so excited. I love the lake... once I get past the fact that I'm swimming in DISGUSTING water. hah.

Anyway! be back Friday!

everyone have a great week! =D

ok so i'm back and it ROCKED! we rode like everything. i love acrophobia. it just like takes u up and then drops u. and it's scares the shit out of u b/c you almost don't stop. it's liek BREAK CHECK! and ur done lol. and angela totally talked me into riding the superman this time. i think that one is my fav! and like we stood in line for TWO HOURS to ride it! then we get up there and i'm cool i'm not like freakd out or ne thing. and they strap us in and we're waiting to go. then the floor drops out and the seats moved. (the whole ride u are facing the ground!) and after that i just said angela i can not believe i let u talk me into this! i wasn't scared i was actually kinda pissed but then we went down that first drop and i was fine. i smiled my ass off the whole ride. it didn't even make me scream lol. but my absolute and total favorite was GOLIATH! it's their new ride. we waited till the end of the night to do that one so the line wasn't too bad. we waited maybe 45 min tops. and it ROCKED! it doesn't go upside down or ne thing but u are like barely strapped in and they take u up 200 ft just to drop u down a 170 ft drop! it's soo big that at one point u aren't even in the park! you are over the freakin interstate! it was amazing. i thought angela was going to pee on herself. lol. she kinda has a height thing which is weird b/c she loves roller coasters. and yeah we didn't even get to ride batman this time.  the wait was THREE HOURS! forget that. i almost didn't want to wait for superman but we did. and man me and angels both are burnt. hers was worse than mine b/c i've kinda already got a tan but my shoulders still hurt. and my purse lays right on my burn damn it lol. and yeah that's about it. NO! wait. no it isn't lol. u won't believe what happened last night! we left the park at like 7-ish right? well by 8:30 we had already hit the hot tub and hung out or whatever and we were trying to watch tv b/c it had started raining so hard they had already shut down the park so we went and grabbed a snack out of the machine and we're sittin there trying to get something on the tv and our power went out! seriously. by then it was 10:30 ok? and like they had the emergency lights in the hallways and in the lobby but the rooms were pitch black. so we had like no AC or ne thing. and like when we called the front desk and askd what was up they didn't tell us anything other than power should be back soon if not u can come down to the lobby. wtf? but we calld later and they told us power should be back at 11:45. PSH! when did we get it back? TWO IN THE FUCKING MORNING! right after we both fell asleep too man. and wouldn't u know it we had like all the lights on when the power went out so when it came back all of them came on. not fun when ur trying to sleep lol. but man we had fun with the lights out. we had my laptop on playing really loud music and we were jumping on the bed and walking around the hotel talking to ppl. it was great. so ne ways. there was my nice long entry lol. love u guys.

I think for the first time I am going to cover everything that I put in the title in a single post.  For clarification the stories you are about to read (or just quickly scroll through, but you stopped here you might as well read and get a good laugh) all occured in a 4-hour period as my last night at the Wal-Mart on Old Fort Pkwy in Murfreesboro, TN.

I'm going to attempt to keep these in chronological order so here we go...

I clocked in at 7pm on 6/23/06 and found out that my other closing CSM was going to cover the Layaway lunch and then take his (i.e. 2 hours on the front end by myself which i have really gotten used to).  Within 15 minutes I am running like crazy trying to take care of everything.  The I get called out to the garden center.  While out there one of the wonderful members of management pages me to call him.  Upon doing so, he requests that I send him one of my cartpushers to help unload the truck. My response (remember this is my last night) "I am in the garden center taking care of a situation, I have 5 or 6 cashiers that need something right now, so I will add your request to my list and get around to it in about 15-20 minutes." and then hung-up.  Side note: I never got around to it.

Next, I start getting lines (big shock at wal-mart).  So i page management so that I can get my cashiers who were pulled to work the truck could come back up front, which my request was denied, I was told to get the floor associates to do it.  So at this point, I make the page and so that management hears me pretending to do my job and only used 1 of them that came up.  The lines are not my problem, when the complaint calls come, i won't be there.  Well on top of that I have a cashier who needed to use the restroom which I approved but they didn't understand that to mean shut off your light and go as soon as your line is down (I will come back to this point).

Let's back up, I'm already out of order so let me just throw this tidbit of information out here to cover another point in the title...Willie Nelson came and shopped at this store that night.

About 10 minutes after I requested my cashiers back and was denied, Management calls me and asks if they can have a cashier to run electronics.  I responded, "I have lines, no one to spare, not my problem." and hung-up (are we seeing the pattern when i talk to management yet).

Then I get paged to the service desk where I hear the words that I don't want to hear..."You are going to have fun with this one." Apparently a cart pusher had seen a snake under someone's car in the parking lot and sent a customer in to tell me.  So I go out to the parking lot to assess the situation.  As i'm going to the parking lot I tell the cashier who needed to restroom break to shut off her light and go.  Out in the parking lot, the snake is on the move (very slowly i might add).  Now I don't know anything about snakes, but it was 3-4 ft. long and black.  So I go to my car to see if I had a box that I could put this thing in.  I didn't.  So I go back to where everyone was and asked "where's the snake?"  The response, it just climbed into this car.  So I take down the license plate to page the customer.  Luckily there was a pest control specialist walking through the lot and said he could take care of it if he could get in the car.  So I said I would take care of that. 

I walk back into the store (while outside, I kept getting change requests that I was ignoring because despite the wal-mart belief, I can't be everywhere at the same time). I get a page from management.  apparently my cashier who didn't get the hint that she could go to bathroom was complaining to customers who in turn called and complained to management saying i wouldn't give someone a bathroom break (because apparently 2 15-minute breaks and an hour lunch are not enough time to go to the bathroom).  I told him that if they don't understand what approved means, not my problem and i have bigger situations to deal with such as a snake in a customer's car.  He questions me on this and says I am over-worked, stressed and probably hallucinating.  My response (and excuse the language) "I watched the damn thing go in myself, not i have to page this person" and hung-up.  Made the page and the phone started ringing, i told the cashier to answer it for me and i started on change requests.  after delivering one of them, the cashier stops me and says the phone is for me.  Yet another member of management telling me that he is coming up there for the snake situation and sending someone else to help me (i was shocked).  So he meets the lady with the snake in her car and the other manager asks what i needed him to do, i told him to go to every register and ask people what they needed in the past 20 minutes.  The snake got killed, the lady was happy. (Quick side note...all this above was in the first 2 hours of being there).

Final story is not as good, but I spent about 30-minutes trying to get a credit card approved by a bank because she had requested a new card due to marriage, but they hadn't sent it, but put a flag on her old card.  Finally got that taken care of.

Needless to say, i am a lot happier at Charlotte Pike, and plus I can be more open about my relationship with Lacey since we don't work at the same store anymore.  Sorry for the long post, but I hope that you had a good laugh.

It's been a while since I updated. Yes, I really am updating at 2:00 o'clock in the morning. I haven't slept in almost two days now and... I've never felt so alone... on the day we celebrate my birthday...

Happy Birthday, Michael, the girl that you have love for two years no longer wants to be with you!

...Happy Birthday too me... Happy birthday too me... Happy Birthday... dear Michael... HAppy birthday to me...  

for the sake of all who will listen
let me give you a message
let me tell you what you've been missing
with a single breath I've felt the lightest
All my hopes and dreams
Have grown to be finish
For that everything I wanted
Has been given in an instant
And I feel my haunted
Dreams have passed
For I've drawn you close
And I hope we last
Yes, you bring a smile through all the tears
You've helped me to conquer
All of my fears
You've set me on fire, for once in a while
And you've really helped me through
In your own special style
And I Just can't seem to wait
Long enough...

well if there is one thing that I've learned from dating Nathan it's this:

Smiling&laughing are wonderful.

I’m not trying to be sneaky or mysterious or anything like that, I just want to see if the people that know me best can figure out who I am based on who I really am… and I’m kind of bored and needed to entertain myself without spending any money.  Well, maybe I should give ya’ll another hint, one that could give you more answers and also more questions: I went to the Warped Tour in Nashville on Wednesday, and it was off the f#@&ing chain!  Some of the best bands and musicians in the world, all getting together for a road trip and an awesomely fun time, how could I not like it.  I was a little disappointed by the fact that some of my favorite bands didn’t make it to Nashville, but it was still an insanely good day for me… even if I did get pretty bad sunburn. 

gaw-- im finally back in the boro.. for good! yay! it was so so so good to see everyone. well im not gonna lie anymore-- im not gonna keep sayin im gonna put pics on here because i dont know how! so yeah. the truths out. whew-- i feel better =) but just come see me and i would be more than happy to let you see pictures.. love yall and oh so glad to be home

Last week was Campus Life's Project Serve trip and I must say, I love being completely blown away on a mission trip. Everyone who came was there because they wanted to be,and this was evident in the amount of work they put out to accomplish the things we did. It sounds so cheezey, but I really saw God at work....and it was realyl moving to be a part of it.
If you werent' there...you missed it, but the good news is there is going to be another one next year.....and you shouldn't miss it. CL is definitely an awesome program that is really do great things with youth today and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.

In other news, I saw bump girls and I am eagerly awaiting Dashboard's new cd that comes out Tuesday. Until then, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most has been on a good rotation in the civic....lol that sounds so depressing.

Anyways, I hope all is going well for everyone else. Take care.

-ry

Figured I would name my title after the really cool song by stellar kart!!! Well anyway right now life is going pretty good! I have been working a ton the past few days and I work all this week except for tuesday. So basically I will have a ton of money and no life. But its all good, b/c i like money haha. We can always use some of that i guess. Today was my day off so I went to kaitlins to see her new boxer puppy which is basically the coolest and then to the church vbs kickoff and then to starbucks for like 2 hours!!! So I wanna make a shout out to Sarah Simmons and Elizabeth Bell who I can't wait to see!!!! Anticipation...its killing me. Well anyway, the song of the day is "Where Did I Go Wrong" by Martin Sexton (the live version of course) so go listen to it!!!!! I can't get enough of it. Peace out!!!!!!!!!!!

i still need a job

gaahh

is my life. I <3 it . It completes me . Oh yeh and I saw the movie "The Lakehouse" tonight, and I highhhhly recomend it , it was awwwwesome. I am ready to fall in love , and find that one, ha I could be starring at his face now, and not even know it, or I could be talking to him and not even know it. Who knows... its all gods timing, im just anxious, haha. Im a girl give some credit, girls always think about it. Well I hope everyones day was great today, because mine was better.

<3 you guys

 ~sarah

After church today a group of us went out to Woodbury to go swimming. It was interesting to say the least. We had a kind of odd group. And then Stephen, David, and Dustin all got hurt. After leaving and going back and getting our cars and such, we all (except Stephen who went home) went out to eat and then headed to the fireworks stand. We spent about an hour and a half setting up the tent, and we get are stock tomorrow. And then selling starts on Friday. Kind of exciting. But today was busy, and now I'm exhausted so now I'm off to bed.

Once Upon a Mattress auditions.

hey hey

so yeah i got home today about 7:30ish and that is awesome cuz home is awesome but Texas was amazing!Yeah I had a blast in Texas with my best friend and getting to meet new people and what not.yeah it was nice tog et away for awhile but I missed some stuff while i was gone so yeah.

well im going to get off i got to get up and babysit in the morning i'll talk to you guys later.

i love you all!

Leah

i had nothing beter to do so i thought i'd come here, to see if i could find my friends. if u wanna talk to me just say so.