Jack

Jack looking adoreable

Yay!

So I had to go shopping today...had to...yeah I know. I got a few great purchases! I found a cute shirt, some very soft exercise pants, and a necklace! I am very happy :) I only have nine days until I will be in Colorado to visit my auntie. I miss her so much.

Other than that...not much going on. Plans for the weekend are dinner with Hollywood tomorrow in Clinton, then Friday I have to help mom clean all day and then it is Leann's birthday dinner! Not sure what is going on Saturday and Sunday other than work but I am sure something will turn up.

Ange and I made coffeecake today ...it is sooo yum :)

Enjoy

This is a section of a letter I received from my penpal...it is very sweet :)

"Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there...to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or help you figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be, but when you lock eyes with them,m you know that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way; and sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, will power, or heart."

"Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by "chance" or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity, all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere."

"If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them because they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whomever you open your heart to. If someone loves you, then love them back unconditionally; not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and to open your heart and your eyes to new things. Let yourself fall in love again, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to . Believe in yourself because if you don't, no one else will."

Fuck This

I am so frustrated right now and I have so much going on. I had to work for ten hours today...lucky me...I went in at 8:00 and left at 6:00PM and now I am bored to tears. I want to go hangout but I am really tired and need to go to the gym and tan. After that I will probably be passing out.

Last night after I made those monster cookies my neighbor Josh stopped by to get some...the batch makes like 5 dozen! Way more than my roommate and I can eat! So we talked for an hour or so and decided that we both wanted deviled eggs so I made those too. It was a long night but he is really funny so it was entertaining at least.

Well I better go to tan while I still have the motivation and before it gets too cold.

Loves!

The Plan for Today

So today I have a lot of things to do. I have to go to Ambrose and finalize the refund process and get a copy of my transcripts. Then I have an appointment at 2:00 with an advisor at Scott so I can try to get into some classes so I am still full time for this semester. Otherwise I will have to move out of my apartment and that would suck balls. Then I am headed to the bank to check on the status of my tax refund coming back and ask them some questions about their policies. Maybe stop by and visit Jenn, Zach, and Jack. I'll update more later...Ange and I redecorated the bathroom and I made yummy cookies called Chocolate Crinkles.

Update: I found out that I am only 6 classes (15 credits) shy of a Associates degree! So I registered for two classes in the 8week program that start March 16th and then I am doing one in the summer. Then the three left over classes in the Fall and maybe an extra class so I will be full time. Then I will have my AA degree so I can basically transfer anywhere and not have to do general education stuff. Whoo hoo! I visited Jenn and Jack and Jenn made me dinner....yum! Then I applied and got another job within a half hour at another hotel in Eldridge. Oh and I decided to bake again so I made Monster Cookies...pictured below with the Chocolate Crinkles.

It's Done

So Chance and I talked about everything today and we decided that it would be best to just remain friends. Our relationship has not been what it should be in awhile and its just best to move on I guess. I want to remain friends but it seems like that will be a challenge for him. We shall see how the wind blows I guess...

I finally signed all my papers at Ambrose to withdrawal for the semester and I feel pretty good about it. Now I just need to find a new school and start applying and looking around. I was thinking about Auggie but they are even more expensive then Ambrose is! Hard to believe I know. Maybe Ashford? Not sure yet but I would definitely want to live on campus and meet new people.

As for now it is just working and going to the gym in my agenda. Oh and I started tanning so you should be noticing a nice glow in a week or so. Hopefully! I am watching G's to Gents and I love this show. I do not have much time to watch tv but there are a few good shows! I had to work yesterday and today and then again Wed, Fri, Sat, and Sunday! The good news is that those days are all only until about 3PM...so I can still do something at night.

Loves!

Boring....

So I am sitting at work and have nothing to do! We have over 22 people coming in tonight for reservations but none have showed up yet and it is 3:30PM. Thank goodness I am off at 6:00PM today. I took a half shift today so I could go to Chance's football game tonight. I haven't made it to one all year. Anyway...this weekend was pretty eventful. On Friday, Ange and I got our massages and it was awesome! Then we watched a movie called Penelope. It was pretty good.

Saturday I slept in as long as possible because I was not feeling very well and then Amanda stopped by my apartment and we went shopping...you know I got up for shopping. We tried to get some shirts at the mall but there was nothing that I liked so then we just got stuff for our Valentines Girls Night at her place. I worked out and went tanning : where i got burnt :( Took a shower and then headed to DeWitt. Amanda made this awesome pasta stuff that was amazing....props to you lady! I had to head home early because I had to work in the morning but it was a good time. I got to see my girl Meghan who came home for a couple days from Milwaukee.

Sunday I had to work an didn't get out of there until 3:15...it was crazy! I went and worked out and then Chance stopped by and we got some dinner at Texas Roadhouse and that was about it. Now I am going crazy because I have not worked out yet today and I NEED to. It sucks butt thought because I have been working out five days a week for almost four weeks and I have not lost ONE pound. Not even one! :( Whatever...I will keep going until I get there.

Massages and Chocolate

So Ange and I are going to get massages on Friday and they are going to be amazing I am sooo ready! I had one a couple weeks ago and I need another one :) I go to this lady in DeWitt she is really good. If you need a good massage call Kari 563-659-1964.

Then on Saturday we are going to DeWitt to have a girls night at Amandas for Valentines Day. We are bringing strawberries and angel food cake for dipping in melted chocolate...yum is right.

Yesterday I stopped by Toys R Us and found the cutest outfit for Jack for St. Pattys Day! He is going to look sooo cute! I visited with Jenn and Zach for a bit and watched Biggest Loser. I wish I knew when all these good shows are on because I never see any of them unless they are reruns or someone else is watching it.

The boys at work once again brought me dessert...Maggie Moo's...they must know it is my weakness. I brought them some goodies today to make up for it. They are leaving on Friday so I won't see them again unless they come back to visit. They are evidently Federal Agents doing auditing work for the Arsenal so that might bring them back sometime. The guy who is buying me all this stuff is married and has grandchildren so there is obviously NOTHING there cept free treats! hahaha.

I am going to lunch tomorrow with Leann so that should be fun..hopefully somewhere semi healthy because I had Applebees today for lunch with my friend Brandon and I do not need to be doing all this eating out. I have been religious about going to the gym so we shall see how much weight I have lost...I have yet to check.

Where is my Valentine?

Hmm...things are complicated right now with me. With everything that happened before with everything I missed quite a bit of school. When I was finally ready to go back I emailed all my teachers and told them what was going on and that I would be back. I received some emails back saying that I would not be able to catch up in the class so I should drop. Well I was only in 12 credits because of the situation and with the three classes that said I can't catch up I would only be in 3. That is totally not worth it to spend all that money. :(
So I had a meeting with the Dean today and he is going to help me withdrawl from classes at Ambrose and get my money back. I will then take some classes at Scott or something so I am not really behind. Don't mention this to Mom and Dad please sisters because I am going to talk to them about it but I really had no choice in the matter. I am sure they will be okay as long as I am getting the money back.

I booked my flight to Denver for spring break the other day and I am sooo excited. I fly out March 6th and come back on March 13th. It is going to be awesome! As soon as I get there we are going to go out and party at a club and go shopping and maybe visit a school while I am there. I have been wanting to transfer there but have yet to do it. I am just scared I guess and I don't want to leave everyone. I wish I could just bring people with me and go. That'd be great. I love it there and my auntie.

Well I am off to go to the mall quick and then playing cards with Ange and the neighbors. I already went to the gym and made dinner so I am doing pretty good. I guess my girl friends are my valentines this year since I do not have a man. Chance and I are still talking but we are not together. I don't know what to make of all this. I don't want to just sit around and see what happens and not even talk to anyone else but I don't want to ruin anything if there is anything left for us. I have a little lunch date with my friend Brandon that I have known for years so we shall see how that goes. We are just friends so I no worries people...


More to come later...

Shop 'til I Drop

So far this weekend has been fairly eventful. I got my hair colored on Thursday by my dearest Amanda and put more blonde in and some reddish brown. We ate at Jenn's before we went to Amandas and had chicken salad -yum. Got to chat with Zach and Jenn and of course hold the lil guy.

On Friday, Ash came down and we went to dinner at Applebees with my roommate Ange and then hit up Maggie Moos. If you have never had Maggie Moo's...first shame on you...second you need to go now! It is amazing. For all you Cold Stone lovers you can suck it. lol. I also got paid a day early so that was awesome! I tried to buy a new purse but I could NOT find a damn thing I wanted. So I settled for a new zebra shirt, pink pums for the gym, and groceries. The rest of the check I am planning on saving but we shall see how that goes. I love shopping too much.

Right now I am at work all day until 10PM and when I got here the people who were leaving work were like, "good luck; it's been crazy!" Oh shit. After I am not sure what is going on. Amanda said she might come down and Ash might be around too so we shall see. I gotta be at work again tomorrow morning at 8:30AM because we will have over 35 rooms to clean. Shit again. That won't stop me from partying at least a little bit I mean c'mon.

Now I am going to go do some online shopping :)

Day Off!...kinda

So I went to class today! I know you are proud. Then I went to work for two hours quick...because as you know I am the savior of Sleep Inn. Geez. I went home and took a little nappy and boy did it feel good. I ended up sleeping through an exercise class I wanted to go to with Ange :( but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I have been spending the day finding new songs for a c.d. for Hollywood and I. It is going to be pretty amazing if I do say so myself. I ended up going to the gym for an hour today because I felt horrible about myself after eating breakfast for dinner but it was oh so good. Ange and I made pancakes, eggs, and sausage. YUM! Oh and by the way folks my phone is back on...so feel free to text the shit out of me.

I found this hilarious video on youtube. The Etrade babies...this is what didn't make the superbowl commercial.

I am getting my hair done by my dearest Amanda tomorrow so that will be excellant! Oh and hanging out with Hollywood on Friday...can anyone say martini's?!

Phone

Just thought I would let everyone know that my phone will be off until Saturday when I get more money to turn it back on. I use Iwireless and my minutes are prepaid so once they run out they are gone. I CAN however recieve text messages so if you need to get ahold of me either get on facebook or text me. I will find a way to respond.

On a side note...I got some great compliments today! This guy said my giving direction skills were great!...hahah never heard that before. Plus, I got some free chocolate cake from Granite City from one of our guests. I love love love working here. We get free stuff all the time and discounts at a ton of resturants. Jealous I know...I'll share with you don't worry.
I have tomorrow off so I am excited! Ange and I are doing a breakfast for dinner night tomorrow so if anyone wants to join let me know via facebook! :)

Money!

So from now on I am going to go to every class every day. I am terrible at skipping and then not going for a couple days or so. It is hard to go to class when i really do not see anything coming of it but I will do it and complete the degree :( I have however been really good at going to the gym but this weekend really messed up the whole eating right thing. I just work today and tomorrow then I have Wed, Thurs, and Fri off so that will be nice. I also get paid on the 7th! It will be great...not only do I get paid but I also get my incentive money :D It will be like $1,000 whoooo hooo! I also filed my taxes yesterday and so hopefully that will come pretty soon. So until then I am poor but after that it will be great. Pay off some debt and buy a new purse maybe?!

Super Bowl 2009

Some of the girls at the party
Great food!

Jack smiling!

So my parents decided to have a superbowl party this year and it was pretty good. There was way too much food and about 20 people came! It was a good time. Although the Cardinals lost it was still a good game. I got to hold Jack and he spit up all over me three times...he's still cute so I will let him get away with it. Then the night before Ashley came over and we hung out and watched a movie, "The family that preys" it was really good. Another Tyler Perry movie. hahah. We also got maggie moo's which is always pretty much orgasmic. Overall a decent weekend.