...updates.

well nothing new happening lately...
this past week brent worked macys monday-friday.... he really hates it there, he is just sick of doing things that don't have purpose, like putting away boxers and such. he can't wait to go to school. he also worked everyday but wednesday night at panera, that boy needs a day off. he just works works works! macys as a corporation has been having financially issues and he heard rumors that they were laying people off, thankfully when he asked his boss, she said his job was fine. so we were very relieved.
i went to school on monday and wednesday and had a test in french on wednesday.... it was very techincal with the grammar, so if i didn't do well its for accent marks and the difference between hi and hello. then i got called in to work on tuesday, and worked thursday. i also work tomorrow. even though i work really early in the morning i like it because I get off at 1 so i have the whole day ahead of me which is cool. i also started our taxes today online with what w-2's we have so far. things are looking pretty good.
anyways.... things are good. i have to work early. night

update

Not super much to update... normal stuff new day.
This week Brent and I took the car to get the oil changed where they told us that our front brakes were going metal to metal and because they were so bad it ruined our rotors, so we needed new brakes and rotors.... so today we went and spent like 330 dollars on stupid car stuff... which uber sucks. cars are stupid, but it wasn't avoidable. and tomorrow I have to go get 2 new front tires from this used tire place because our front 2 tires are past the wear bar?? whatever that means... basically the front 2 are shot and I need to fix it. annnddd.... thats all for the car.
i started a diet like 2 weeks ago, not really a diet of sorts I just met with the doctor from golds where my gym membership is and she told me what types of food to avoid and what my calorie intake should be to lose weight. basically i need to eat 5 meals a day, 3 of them are 500 cals or under and 2 of them are 250 cal snacks. and stick with whole grains instead of regular breads and pastas. and no soda, lots of water. i have 1 diet soda a day with dinner and usually i only drink half. for desserts i have frozen yogurt or popcorn, but its going well. i just need to be healthier for me. so far i lost 1 lb so my goal is like 1 lb a week.
school is going good, just lots of reading. and panera is... well its panera. i work there about 20-25 hours a week. brent is still working hard at both jobs. and very excited to come home, as am i.... so tonight is just studying since brent is at work. i have school all day tomorrow and brent works both places, so basically just long days ahead.
kitty is doing fine, not chewing up anything else and staying hyper.
loveyou missyou peace

thoughts from leah.

Life...
Brent is still working hard at his 2 jobs so we can save money.
I am still working at Panera and going to school full time
and kitty tore up brents headphones last night (she is in the dog house) HA

today for me is a contemplative day.... so im not saying what i am saying to offend people, its just what I think. the subject is teenage pregnancy. when did people get so careless about babies. I am married at 18, but the first thing I did 3 months prior to marriage is a 3 year birth control implant. 50% of my close friends from high school are pregnant or have had kids... and so many MARRIED young people are just popping out the babies. I just don't understand what people are thinking, do people really think that is the sole purpose of life, just get married and have a "eternal" family. What about education, what about goals, what about learning your spouse as an individual for AT LEAST a year before you just start burning out kids. Dont get me wrong, stuff happens, and when you arent careful there really isnt anything you can do after the fact. for example, birth control fails and you have a baby... okay. but some people are trying it or just not doing anything to prevent it. seriously, do 16-20 year old mothers really think this is what its all about? some people really don't think at all. what about the fact you will probrably struggle for most of your life unless you have serious parental help and you will never go to school. or that your kid is gonna grow up and not go to school because they think that this is the way to go because of what you did, leading by example. people walk around with there pregnant pictures and gloat about there tiny babies in there 1 bedroom apartments and think this is some sort of divine intervention. what it really means, is you didn't use the technology that was provided for you so that YOU and your husband could have a future. the husband who now work 2 jobs to support there wives and kids so she can stay at home and change diapers and dust shelves. and that they will probrably work in some factory or car dealership foreverrrr and never fufill there educational or career inspired goals. what about the husbands years down the road when all the kids are gone, and you don't know him without them... and he realizes that stuff sucks and his jobs sucks and hes miserable, then what? what happens when they leave..... you just keep dusting wishing you had something to fall back on, but you don't because you never went to school.
these are just the things that I think about. i think about everyday how grateful i am to have thought and have been taught and be able to go to school and work hard to get stuff done. this doesnt mean that i dont see the bigger picture, because i do. life is all about family, i love my family. my mom is a 39 year old student, and she is doing things right. my dad is just trying to find himself and what he wants to do. they raise 2 handicapped children as their own and my brother and never take a breath. but growing up school is what she stressed, college, and my dad even more stressed college... i love kids, i want them someday when i am can build them a house and afford a babysitter. but until then its about priorities, it has nothing to do with being "wordly" it has to do with wanting to help people, be a doctor, raise my kids comfortably and truely know my husband.


so heres the advice... adopt a cat. they love you just the same :)

A little bit of an update.

I am officially done with the vet job, I miss it already, and Panera gets a little hectic sometimes. Its just something to hold us through till May so its all good, but yeah during the week days its just lines out the door and craziness. I work there like 3 days a week and go to school Monday and Wednesday. My french teacher I thought was a little spratic at first but now I like her, she is very funny once you get to know her. My chemistry professor/lab professor is so old that he is using a walker and looks like he belongs in a nursing home. Hes a big joke. My bio professor is very intellectual, basically he was the dean of a lot of stuff with a PhD and is just retired teaching here to keep himself busy, I will enjoy learning from him. My bio lab teacher is a riot, very funny, seems to be an easy class, so everything is cool there. As far as home goes, Brent had off today so he slept till 12 and was very excited to do so :) He is taking an interest in weight lifting and wants to build muscle so he is going to start going to the gym... ( he knows I idolize Vin Diesel). haha jk. I am going to start taking classes at the gym for cardio and am excited about that. And for now all is well for us... Just working and school for me... and working and working for Brent. He is very excited to start school this summer.... nothing else tonight.
toodles.

a small something

so leah is scared as hell.....
new things everywhere in short amounts of time make my stomach sick and give me headaches. therefore, i am sick. basically heres in numbered order why things are different.
1. my job at the vets office is gone as of next week, they have trained another person and this friday is my last day
2. i started a new job with new people. i am now working at panera bread within walking distance from the house. althoughhhh the people are very nice, and i love the food. and they can work around my classes.
3. I START SCHOOL TODAY! i am actually on campus right now on a school computer and just purchased the last of my books. so in total with renting books and getting 3 used ones i have spent approx. 440 dollars!!!
:( yeah.

so life is getting a little crazy, and i always clame to be so into new things, really i am a baby. new things terrify me, when i had to apply to get a job, i almost threw up and i was sweating and pacing. now i am about to go to class and i am sick all over again. the lesson is..... as scary as new things are, you just gotta do it.