In other words, major showdown between my stepdad and I today. Something that had been bulding up for quite a while, by the sound of the screaming and the judging of the words.
Needless to say, I don't feel as burdened with anger and resentment as before and his silent treatment solution to the whole situation pleases me just fine.
On happier notes, tomorrow is my first day in training for a new job...
Will tell you more once I start official orientation.
Thanks to all those who pray for me and my family...reminds me. My brother's back in the States!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Git, Git, Git-R-Done!
Quick update...new change in my life coming soon!
Will share more once it's set on concrete!
Will share more once it's set on concrete!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
That's Why The Lady Is A Tramp...
I have discovered Frank Sinatra...must say...wonderful!
Funny that "The Lady Is A Tramp" is one of my favorite songs and "My Funny Valentine" is my least favorite.
So updates?
Work is still work, although I have eight days of vacation to look forward, along with a slightly larger than usual paycheck coming up due to overtime and holiday pay. Yayness!
My leg is falling asleep and it is going to be an absolute nightmare when I finally get up from the floor. I may not be able to walk out of here in a dignified manner...even if I knew how to do that.
Social life is, once again, nonexistand. But I'll survive because I plan on tearing up the town during my vacation week...we'll have to see if I know how.
I am begging friends for postcards from wherever they live or travel to due to my sudden compulsion to collect postcards and put them together in a scrapbook titled "Traveling Vicariously Through Others" so if you would like to send me a postcard, let me know and I will give you my address....
My parents are well...dad started physical therapy today and mom is now sporting two brand new, top of the line hearing aides...she can hear everything now...at times, not good.
Well, that's pretty much it. Anything new and exciting happening to me, I will let y'all know.
Ciao!
Funny that "The Lady Is A Tramp" is one of my favorite songs and "My Funny Valentine" is my least favorite.
So updates?
Work is still work, although I have eight days of vacation to look forward, along with a slightly larger than usual paycheck coming up due to overtime and holiday pay. Yayness!
My leg is falling asleep and it is going to be an absolute nightmare when I finally get up from the floor. I may not be able to walk out of here in a dignified manner...even if I knew how to do that.
Social life is, once again, nonexistand. But I'll survive because I plan on tearing up the town during my vacation week...we'll have to see if I know how.
I am begging friends for postcards from wherever they live or travel to due to my sudden compulsion to collect postcards and put them together in a scrapbook titled "Traveling Vicariously Through Others" so if you would like to send me a postcard, let me know and I will give you my address....
My parents are well...dad started physical therapy today and mom is now sporting two brand new, top of the line hearing aides...she can hear everything now...at times, not good.
Well, that's pretty much it. Anything new and exciting happening to me, I will let y'all know.
Ciao!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Hutch-Ho
Don't know what it means, it just came to my head.
Updates...
Writer's Update....updated ch. 54 of my story and am almost done...I think four more chapters and the whole thing comes to an end and hopefully a third story begins...which it already has in my head.
Brother Update...90% chance that he will be relocated to Ft. Bliss instead of being send off to Italy. He may be returning to the good ole US of A by next month. Yay!
Parental Update...mom is getting a hearing aid...top of the line with 60 batteries. Best part? All is covered by Medicaid!
Financial Update...still selling plasma to make ends meet...although, this coming month I'm going to be selling to save up money to get my car a much needed tune up. Good thing the mechanic at home is only going to charge me ten dollars. Not bad.
Work Update...put in my request for vacation days and if approved, will be on vacation from Sep. 17 to the 23rd. Five of those seven days will be paid. Yayness!
Social Update...making plans on attending a free Dwight Yoakam concert at Speaking Rock (El Paso's one and only casino) on September 17. Will get the times later. Also want to volunteer for a Sparks clean-up thing that my church is involved in...but Stephen has yet to let me know about the details.
Love Life Update...just a waste of typed letters.
Health Update...my weight is fluctuating, going up and down. I lose two pounds since I last donated plasma, then gain three after the second donation, then lose another few after another donation...It makes no sense. I have gone to the nutrition club a coupld of times and plan on going again, but only when I have money to pay. Right now...no moolah.
Anymore updates?
None.
Adios!
Updates...
Writer's Update....updated ch. 54 of my story and am almost done...I think four more chapters and the whole thing comes to an end and hopefully a third story begins...which it already has in my head.
Brother Update...90% chance that he will be relocated to Ft. Bliss instead of being send off to Italy. He may be returning to the good ole US of A by next month. Yay!
Parental Update...mom is getting a hearing aid...top of the line with 60 batteries. Best part? All is covered by Medicaid!
Financial Update...still selling plasma to make ends meet...although, this coming month I'm going to be selling to save up money to get my car a much needed tune up. Good thing the mechanic at home is only going to charge me ten dollars. Not bad.
Work Update...put in my request for vacation days and if approved, will be on vacation from Sep. 17 to the 23rd. Five of those seven days will be paid. Yayness!
Social Update...making plans on attending a free Dwight Yoakam concert at Speaking Rock (El Paso's one and only casino) on September 17. Will get the times later. Also want to volunteer for a Sparks clean-up thing that my church is involved in...but Stephen has yet to let me know about the details.
Love Life Update...just a waste of typed letters.
Health Update...my weight is fluctuating, going up and down. I lose two pounds since I last donated plasma, then gain three after the second donation, then lose another few after another donation...It makes no sense. I have gone to the nutrition club a coupld of times and plan on going again, but only when I have money to pay. Right now...no moolah.
Anymore updates?
None.
Adios!
Friday, August 20, 2010
Can't Figure Out A Snarky Title
So updates....
Social Life Update-haven't done much on this particulare section of my life. I did go to my nutrition club after depositing my paycheck and hung out for an hour or so with my gals...hopefully we can plan stuff for my soon to come up vacation week.
Writer's Update -I am up to chapter fifty-four of the current fanfic story that I am writing. I am also three reviews away from hitting 200 reviews, which is my goal. The story is almost done, which would then make my finished story quota move up to two finished stories. This particular one seems to be getting pretty popular...I get a new reader/reviewer about once a week or so.
Health Update -I've gained a couple of pounds or so, and I blame it on the plasma donation. But what can I say...I need the cash.
Financial Update -Things are tight but one way or another, God's taking care of us.
Parental Update -Mom was diagnosed with sleep apnea and has been placed on a C-Pac breathing machine that she will have to use for life...also, her Velfaxine dosage was increased...and her new psychiatrist has talked about looking into a medication that can help with her fibromialgia if the Lyrica (which her pain management doctor increased) keeps interfering with her memory.
Dad...well, haven't talked to him recently. So I don't know what's up.
Love Life Update -None.
Spiritual Update -I went to church this past Sunday and it felt good. I really need to make an effort...afterall, I can't grow in God in a vaccum. More on this later.
Any other updates -Not really...I got them to give me my days back at work, I have a paid vacation coming up and I plan on making plans to enjoy it instead of just staying at home...
Well, that's it.
Adios!
Social Life Update-haven't done much on this particulare section of my life. I did go to my nutrition club after depositing my paycheck and hung out for an hour or so with my gals...hopefully we can plan stuff for my soon to come up vacation week.
Writer's Update -I am up to chapter fifty-four of the current fanfic story that I am writing. I am also three reviews away from hitting 200 reviews, which is my goal. The story is almost done, which would then make my finished story quota move up to two finished stories. This particular one seems to be getting pretty popular...I get a new reader/reviewer about once a week or so.
Health Update -I've gained a couple of pounds or so, and I blame it on the plasma donation. But what can I say...I need the cash.
Financial Update -Things are tight but one way or another, God's taking care of us.
Parental Update -Mom was diagnosed with sleep apnea and has been placed on a C-Pac breathing machine that she will have to use for life...also, her Velfaxine dosage was increased...and her new psychiatrist has talked about looking into a medication that can help with her fibromialgia if the Lyrica (which her pain management doctor increased) keeps interfering with her memory.
Dad...well, haven't talked to him recently. So I don't know what's up.
Love Life Update -None.
Spiritual Update -I went to church this past Sunday and it felt good. I really need to make an effort...afterall, I can't grow in God in a vaccum. More on this later.
Any other updates -Not really...I got them to give me my days back at work, I have a paid vacation coming up and I plan on making plans to enjoy it instead of just staying at home...
Well, that's it.
Adios!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Dancing –Expression of Self or Mating Ritual?
I know, the title sounds like a possible sociological study paper.
In a sense, that's what it was...a sociological study.
Last night, I headed out of the house around midnight to Whiskey Dicks, one of the country dance halls in El Paso. I had been wanting to go for a while but I never did because I had no one to go with me...so last night, I pulled out my courage and dusted it off, got all gussied up and headed out.
Two hours was what I spent at the country dance hall...of course, the word country isn't the best way to describe the music selection...there was some hip-hop, R&B and other such popular club music mixed in with the country. Definitely not Couplands.
Did I dance, you wonder?
No, no one asked me. But I did my next favorite thing...watched people while they danced.
Several interesting things that I observed during the two hour watching people dance session...less than 70% of the people on the dance floor actually knew how to properly two-step. That made me miss Lee Kothmann and Karl Winkler.
Another thing was that apparently in El Paso, people are crazy about the big group dancing stuff...you know, like the electric slide and such.
The other observation was that at some point (usually during the hip-hop sessions), the dance floor almost became X-Rated.
That was what got me thinking...
Is dance a form of expressing oneself or simply a mating ritual to show off vertical moves that can easily be translated into horizontal moves?
I myself have always thought of dance as a form of expression...that's why I love to dance. Because I can express the rhythm and music that I feel in my soul. Besides, I can dance.
Anyway, that's my social update.
As for work update...I was placed on a three-three schedule...which means I had yesterday off, as well as today and tomorrow...what punks.
On the upside, there's the news of a pay raise floating around the work place...a whole 25 cents!
Man, gotta get a new job.
That's my work update.
I am currently on chapter five of my study book, right on schedule. The thing is...I have to teach myself to read all over again. Yikes!
That's my educational update.
No boyfriend.
That's my love life update.
I got to see my Jaden last night, along with sharing cheesecake and good conversation with Stephen and Krysia. I am also sending messages and wall posts back and forth with Becca at this moment because chat doesn't work on her sister's computer. Oh! I got to chat a while with Stephanie, whose just an acquaintance that happens to be a life long friend of my Becca's.
So that's my friend interaction update.
Family update?
Mom's been diagnosed with a mild case of sleep apnea and her CPAC machine was delievered yesterday afternoon. I didn't see her this morning when I left so I didn't get to ask her how she slept.
My dad....not much.
My brother...still in Iraq, looking for another avenue concerning the Compassionate Reassignment.
My sister and nephews....in Alburquerque.
My brother-in-law...still alive.
There, the family update.
Well, everyone, adios!
In a sense, that's what it was...a sociological study.
Last night, I headed out of the house around midnight to Whiskey Dicks, one of the country dance halls in El Paso. I had been wanting to go for a while but I never did because I had no one to go with me...so last night, I pulled out my courage and dusted it off, got all gussied up and headed out.
Two hours was what I spent at the country dance hall...of course, the word country isn't the best way to describe the music selection...there was some hip-hop, R&B and other such popular club music mixed in with the country. Definitely not Couplands.
Did I dance, you wonder?
No, no one asked me. But I did my next favorite thing...watched people while they danced.
Several interesting things that I observed during the two hour watching people dance session...less than 70% of the people on the dance floor actually knew how to properly two-step. That made me miss Lee Kothmann and Karl Winkler.
Another thing was that apparently in El Paso, people are crazy about the big group dancing stuff...you know, like the electric slide and such.
The other observation was that at some point (usually during the hip-hop sessions), the dance floor almost became X-Rated.
That was what got me thinking...
Is dance a form of expressing oneself or simply a mating ritual to show off vertical moves that can easily be translated into horizontal moves?
I myself have always thought of dance as a form of expression...that's why I love to dance. Because I can express the rhythm and music that I feel in my soul. Besides, I can dance.
Anyway, that's my social update.
As for work update...I was placed on a three-three schedule...which means I had yesterday off, as well as today and tomorrow...what punks.
On the upside, there's the news of a pay raise floating around the work place...a whole 25 cents!
Man, gotta get a new job.
That's my work update.
I am currently on chapter five of my study book, right on schedule. The thing is...I have to teach myself to read all over again. Yikes!
That's my educational update.
No boyfriend.
That's my love life update.
I got to see my Jaden last night, along with sharing cheesecake and good conversation with Stephen and Krysia. I am also sending messages and wall posts back and forth with Becca at this moment because chat doesn't work on her sister's computer. Oh! I got to chat a while with Stephanie, whose just an acquaintance that happens to be a life long friend of my Becca's.
So that's my friend interaction update.
Family update?
Mom's been diagnosed with a mild case of sleep apnea and her CPAC machine was delievered yesterday afternoon. I didn't see her this morning when I left so I didn't get to ask her how she slept.
My dad....not much.
My brother...still in Iraq, looking for another avenue concerning the Compassionate Reassignment.
My sister and nephews....in Alburquerque.
My brother-in-law...still alive.
There, the family update.
Well, everyone, adios!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The Updates of Life
As most of you have read my constant writing of not much to update, I hate repeating myself but...
There's really not much to update.
Let's see...my brother has been back in Iraq coming on two weeks this coming Monday and I miss him like crazy. I left work ten minutes early that Monday morning so I could go to the airport...and as a pre-emptive move to my stepdad's no, I gave him the keys so he could drive my car.
My brother had breakfast at the airport while we watched (okay, i snitched some of his hashbrowns and a bite of his breakfast sandwhich) then we watched him leave after the good-byes.
He never looked back and we stayed until we could no longer see him up in the security line (which is on the second floor). It hit me then, why seeing your soldier leave is so painful.
It's the aching hope that the good-bye will soon become a welcome home.
Other updates are...
I have a new laptop, curtesy of my brother. Thank you lil bro!
I found out (via internet...AGAIN) that my favorite people are going to be having a little girl, which means must get started on the blanket so I can finish it by December, when said child is supposed to be born.
I am on chapter four of my study book, which is right on scheduled as planned.
My fee waivers came through, which means my $136 test scheduled this December is free, along with a second one in a two year period.
I closed out my account at Chase and opened a new one at BOA.
I finally closed all the business with my traffic ticket, so no arrest warrant for me.
And nothing much else to tell.
Everyone enjoy your day!
There's really not much to update.
Let's see...my brother has been back in Iraq coming on two weeks this coming Monday and I miss him like crazy. I left work ten minutes early that Monday morning so I could go to the airport...and as a pre-emptive move to my stepdad's no, I gave him the keys so he could drive my car.
My brother had breakfast at the airport while we watched (okay, i snitched some of his hashbrowns and a bite of his breakfast sandwhich) then we watched him leave after the good-byes.
He never looked back and we stayed until we could no longer see him up in the security line (which is on the second floor). It hit me then, why seeing your soldier leave is so painful.
It's the aching hope that the good-bye will soon become a welcome home.
Other updates are...
I have a new laptop, curtesy of my brother. Thank you lil bro!
I found out (via internet...AGAIN) that my favorite people are going to be having a little girl, which means must get started on the blanket so I can finish it by December, when said child is supposed to be born.
I am on chapter four of my study book, which is right on scheduled as planned.
My fee waivers came through, which means my $136 test scheduled this December is free, along with a second one in a two year period.
I closed out my account at Chase and opened a new one at BOA.
I finally closed all the business with my traffic ticket, so no arrest warrant for me.
And nothing much else to tell.
Everyone enjoy your day!
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