"I'm just a little black rain cloud"

What a blah and icky day. Muggy at first, then raining and coolish. Not cold mind you, just a slight dampness in the air. I did have some good news, I lost some weight over the Thanksgiving weekend. Ok..not a whole lot, but it's a loss, THAT is what counts.

School was good. Lots going on with that. Have to get in all those projects before the end of the semester.

...not much else. I promise I'll have pictures up of the disco tree soonish.

*clicks her heels 3 times and chants* "There's no place like home..."

It's wonderful to be back on Sunny Florida. We left at 10am this morning from sleety rainy Michigan. It was good to see my parents for the Thanksgiving Holiday. They are thinking of coming down for Christmas but I don't see it happening. It would be nice. Would give me a reason to decorate the house.

Either way Jerry and I are going to cook a turkey and stuffing for Christmas. The one at my brothers was yummy..but I miss Dad's sausage dressing. hmm...Maybe ham..I dunno now. I'll have to mull it over.

I'm going to have to start the Christmas shopping frenzy. I hate it...I only know of one gift that I'm getting and that's for my parents. Can't say..cause they might read this.

I have a few projects due this week and then it's cram until finals. December 7th is my last day of classes until January 9th. I think I'm only taking one class next semester. Still mulling that over too.

Time for a nap!

My Friend Lola did this...so I did too...

You Were Actually Born Under:

Your most comfortable inside your head - and often daydream the day away. You have an artistic temperament that makes you seem creative to some, eccentric to others. You avoid conflict at all costs, and you have a difficult time with relationships. Attractive and with good manners, you tend to shine in social situations. You are most compatible with a Pig or Rabbit.

You Should Have Been Born Under:

Your most comfortable inside your head - and often daydream the day away. You have an artistic temperament that makes you seem creative to some, eccentric to others. You avoid conflict at all costs, and you have a difficult time with relationships. Attractive and with good manners, you tend to shine in social situations. You are most compatible with a Pig or Rabbit.

What Year Were You Born Under?

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand

Just got back from seeing Rent. Every time I think about it I get a lump in my throat. It was amazing. I wish I could say more but right now...I'm just in awe by it all. It was a wonderful way to spend the day with my parents.

Thanksgiving

I'm at my parents (in Michigan). The flights were fine. Just an hour delay from Jacksonville so we didn't leave until 8pm EST. When we arrived we were welcomed with a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. Everything looks so pretty. I'm loving it, reminds me of my younger days. I think we had snow for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Well maybe not..but that's what I remember.

I really really got into the Zero 7 song "Waiting Line" on the flights up here. Something about the song and looking out on to a sea of stars really just moved me. The other song that I had to hear each flight was The Supermen Lovers "Starlight". Unfortunately it made me want to dance and they discourage that type of behavior on flights. Ah well....I did jam out a little in the airport terminal. Okay...not really but I did chair dance.

I got some news the other day from my college roommate, Lisa. Her mother had a growth on her lymph node in her neck. They removed it and are doing lots of tests on it. Unfortunately the first results came back and it's cancer. Lisa is as anyone would expect, upset. Her mother isn't that old. I guess we all say that though as we advance in age. Just some kind thoughts would be appreciate for her.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Count your blessings. Treasure your family.

Getting ready to Travel

I hate travelling. Wait, I hate waiting in airports. I don't mind getting to the destination. If I had more time, we'd drive. I love to long distance drive. Seeing the country...mm...I love it.

Things to do:

• Pack suitcase
• pack laptop case
• decide which homework I'm taking
• pace while I wait for Jerry to get home from work
• find passports
• repack laptop case

Is it time to leave yet?

Another Joke from my Friend Z :)

Two women friends had gone for a "girls night out." They both were very faithful, loving wives... however, they had gotten a bit over enthusiastic on Margaritas at the Rio.

Incredibly drunk and walking home, they needed to pee, so they stopped in a cemetery. One had nothing to wipe with so she decided to take off her panties and use them. Her friend, however, was wearing expensive panties and didn't want to ruin them... luckily she had squatted next to a grave that had a fresh wreath with a ribbon on it... so she proceeded to wipe with that.

After the girls completed their "business" they continued toward home.

The following day, one of the husbands was concerned that his normally sweet and innocent wife was still in bed and hung over. He phoned the other husband, and said "These girls nights out have got to stop! I'm starting to suspect the worst! My wife came home with no panties!"

"That's nothing!" said the other husband, "mine came back with a card stuck to her butt that read:

"FROM ALL OF US AT THE FIRE STATION... WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!!!"

Not all Mondays are bad

Today was a pretty good day.

I just reached my 10% goal at Weight Watchers. Infact I lost a pound over it. I'm very proud of myself. Brag brag brag...but with this. I don't care. I'll boast! It's tough being a fat girl. Try being fat and going back to college. All those feelings of self worth go away. So losing the weight means something. Sure..I know that being a certain weight doesn't make me a better person. But it does (unfortunately) mean that others take me serious. It's so sad that people are viewed by what they look like. I know I have a long way to go to be a good healthy weight. But today, I'm just really proud of how far I've come.

School, well, that's going pretty good as well. Tonight we had group presentations. Always fun and was nice to hear another voice lecturing instead of Randy's. I'm really loving school. I'm a sponge...give me more (tee hee hee)

I applied for a job online. It's for a company that does Relay calls. I'm hoping I hear from them before I go out of town on Wednesday but I'm not going to hold my breath. This would be a great job to go along with my schooling. Apparently they teach ASL structure as well in their training. The more grammar rules I know..the better I'll be as an interpreter.

....check...

Watch the Jaguars barely win, done.

Homework, done.

Caught up on Lost, done.

SWG, gain a level, done.

I'm thinking about calling it an early night.

2b? Nt2b?

Oh my goodness. I am floored. Read this. This isn't what we need. There are already literacy problems.

Holidays and stuff....

Well..the holidays are here. Not my favorite time of the year. It should be...but it's not. I used to love seeing my family and eating good food while we visit but now it seems to be "how many gifts can I cram into the season" I love getting gifts, don't get me wrong but money is a little tight this year. I guess it's because I went back to school. We are going to Michigan for Thanksgiving and I'm looking forward to it because it will be visiting with family. Although we can't really afford it at all. We've been so lucky that for several years we haven't had to watch our budget and now we do.

I think I'm going to watch Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving tonight. That makes me smile. Mmm..jelly beans and popcorn.

What kind of Goddess am I?

The goddess of Water. You can be calm, collected,
and fluent at times, but can change in an
instant into a raging ball of fury. Just like
ocean storms, you leave no survivors in your
path and you do not tolerate nonsense in dire
situations. You are most likely the
"peacemaker" of your group of friends
and people can always count on you to hear
their side of the story. You enjoy time with
friends, just not ALL the time. You could
survive without friends, but you wouldn't be
able to last forever. You need company and so
if you were the Water Goddess then you would go
to the ocean, a river, or a lake and you would
spend time with the animals that live there.
Since you are a Water Goddess, you power is the
ability to breathe underwater, which gives you
the perfect hiding place from enemies.

Hump Day! And no I'm not talking about that song...

I hate that song. When Jerry and I were up in Michigan for my college homecoming it seemed that all the radio stations had warped back into late 70's and 80's music. Great for us...that's what we grew up on. Jerry got to talking about lyrics. They were more creative back then. "Hotel California" you weren't really 100% sure of what they were talking about. Drugs, a really mean girl, the devil or were they all references to each other. Now a days you have "My hump. my hump, my lovely lady hump" Gah!! Sure..it's got a catchy little bling bling melody but when you listen to what they are saying it's boring. Why put it out there so quickly. Give the people some mystery and intrigue.

So anyway, Midweek and all is well. SWG has changed but I'm really still loving it. Jerry and I had a blast last night learning how to fight again and doing some quests that we had put on hold during the transition. We also tested a new MMO called Dungeons and Dragons Online. It was okay. I didn't care for the way my avatar moved but again that might just be something that one has to get used to. Haven't had any combat yet. I mean..it was 1am when I installed it. (hehe) I'm sure I'll play a little tomorrow.

Tonight is Starbucks night with Lola. I'm actually looking forward to it. She's been sick and I know she needs to get out and socialize. I need the same. Just thinking about that Peppermint Mocha has my mouth watering. mmm....so good .....

Why was I worried again?

So yea...I got my test score and the grade back for my first Signed test. I got 131/135 on my test and 64/65 on my video. Needless to say. I'm very proud of myself. Oh yea..and the little girl who called "Miss Know-it-all" didn't do as well on her test and still hasn't turned in her Signed Videotape. I know I shouldn't be mean about her grades but I have to say she bruised my psyche.

Went to WW today. Up a pound but that's okay. I knew I might be. And..It's still better then not going to WW at all. I did get a Peppermint Mocha Light Frappuccino today. Not too terribly bad. I have really cut back on my Starbucks intake. I need to drink more water. I also need to get back to Curves!! I've been so bad about that. At least I'm aware of my faults.

Good morning Starshine...

...The Earth says Hello! :)

Jerry and I bought "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" yesterday and and watched it last night. Johnny Depp is amazing. I don't know anyone else in the industry right now who can make you believe he's Cap'n Jack Sparrow one minute and Willy Wonka then next. Turn around and he's Sir J.M. Barrie. *sigh* he's so good ♥

Today, we went to the Jaguar game and had fun sitting in the sun and watching three great quarters of football. I wish I could say four but they always seem to play down to the other teams early in the games. Only bad thing is that I pretty much blew my WW points today. Ah well...life happens :)

Tomorrow I should get my test back. Not expecting an "A" but a good solid "B" for sure. Gosh...what if I don't get that. *gulp*

Windmills of my mind...

Insomnia has struck again. I could feel it creeping in a couple nights ago. I really need to wake up earlier in the mornings or something. I don't like being awake. No one to talk to.

Kahlua and milk maybe....or maybe just put in a dull movie. Although I just watched two.

Gah..I want to be asleep, my body is tired. My mind though...it just races...

Laundry to the rescue

It's amazing what a nights sleep can do. Not nearly upset as I was yesterday about my test. I have to remember that so far my "points" (yea..they don't use grades) are really good. I guess the perfectionist in me was just really showing her face yesterday. I hate that.

Today is laundry day... I hate doing laundry. Wait...I hate folding laundry.

Do overs!!

Ugh...that's the best way I can describe how I'm feeling. Several things have just made this day very weird and not much fun.

First was my test. This was the first written exam in my ASL class. We had to watch a video and then transcribe what we saw. The video was really quick and I just didn't get it. My professor saw I was upset and stopped the exam and asked "what was wrong?" I went on to explain that it just went to fast and figured that was that. So then the little chicky who copies my work chimes in. "Oh..I got it. Miss Know-it-all didn't get but I did". My jaw hit the floor. The only thing I could say at that point was "I feel the love today" From that point on I was just pissed. So then other people were complaining about how fast the tape was going and the professor let them just do the next sentence and not to worry. what the hell!!

So the test is over and we have 30 minutes of class that I assume we'll be going over the tons of homework we had due. NOPE!! She said we had worked hard and to go home. That's nice if you didn't have another class. So I was stuck at college for 2 hours waiting for my next class. So I go to the lounge and thought I'd pull my Ebook out and read. Nope..PDA was dead. UGH!

In walks a classmate from my next class. We get talking and suddenly it's like a Therapy session. Why do people tell me very personal things? I must seem very approachable. This isn't the first time someone out of the blue has told me that they have tried to commit suicide recently. So we talked for nearly 90 minutes. THANKFULLY another classmate came in and she decided to go home instead of going to class. whew

I got home and started talking to Jerry about when we were 20. I had a period of time in my life that I wanted to die. But never like that. It was more of a praying that I would die in my sleep to stop the abuse from happening. There has only been one other time that I thought about hurting myself and looking at that recent behavior I know it wasn't right..but it just was.

Hmm...maybe I've said too much. I'm an open book but I know that sometimes reading this stuff is a little creepy. Ah well...my fingers are getting tired anyway.

*giggles*

My friend Z shared this with me today :) He always knows how to make me smile :)

A nurse walks into a bank, preparing to endorse a check. She reaches in her pocket and pulls out a rectal thermometer and tries to write with it.

She looks up at the teller, pauses for a moment, then realizing her mistake, and says, "Well that's great. Some asshole's got my pen."

School Daze

Eight more days of classes until the term is over. Lots of tests and lots of projects due suddenly. I just got done with a big study session for my first written exam in my ASL class. It's over grammar and culture. I should do well. Oh yea..I got 103 out of 100 on my exam last week. *big grins*

Well, should cook some dinner and study more so tonight I can play some SWG :)

blah blah blahgity blah

Not much to say....didn't do much today other then play SWG and watch tv.

Hellboy...that movie is good. I really like it. Cracks me up.


So yea...

Tomorrow or I should say later today I get to go watch the Jaguars. Hopefully they'll pull it off but I'm not sure Leftwich is the man to do it. We'll see.

so yea...

Change happens...

As some of you know, I'm a huge Star Wars fan and play a game called Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. I've been playing this game since June 2003. I know, a long time for just one game. But it's fun and I've made some wonderful friends. This game is going through a HUGE change. So for the next week I may rant and/or rave about this. Yesterday I was in tears over this game. (I know..it's only a game) Today is more of me being anxious to see the new game. If you'd like to learn more you can go here to learn about the new game.

Beav, come get your meatloaf and chai tea

I'm really beginning to like my Wednesdays with ceruleanlobster. It's nice to have a girlfriend who I can gossip and chat with for hours. I think we covered everything from boys to religion (yes...we did enter that taboo conversation, and get this, we still respect each others opinions) to racism. This came up because an elderly gentleman (I use the term loosely) came into Starbuck's ranting about how woman shouldn't be police officers. Then he had the nerve to say to two woman. "A woman's place is in the home" I'm thinking to myself. Did we just warp in time. Is June Cleaver going to serve me my coffee in Starbucks? He didn't give up. He started to talk about how woman shouldn't wear pants. So I said "Panty hose suck!" Because they do. They are itchy and uncomfortable. But then he started to ramble on about how woman wiggle their butts when they walk in pants. I have no clue what he was talking about so I tilted my head to the door and we made our exit. We were both floored!! *mutter* Woman's place is in the home!?!?!??

Busy busy busy....

So today I get to go to class. Where I have to turn in a project, a review and two pages of homework. Then I get to study for an hour before my next class where I have the second test of the term. (Three total) I'm going to be so brain fried. But then....yes...I get to go to Starbuck's tonight with my friend Lola. Don't know if I'll get a Mint Mocha Chip Frapuccino or a Peppermint Mocha. Guess it depends on the temp outside.

I need to get going...lots to do! :)

Seems to be a news day :)

This is so cute.

Attention grabber headlines

Just had to share this!

Wartime "sluts" caused diplomatic waves