craziness!

basically at the moment i have no life for a number of reasons:

A) I go to school full time Monday through Friday and usually have at least 2 tests/week.

B) I have a full time job in the emergency department and work overnights, which leads to going to school and staying up 30 hours straight every Monday after getting off my Sunday overnight shift.

C) I have trying to be healthy. So in my spare time (haha) I go to the gym, about 3 times a week. And run with my puppy, which is my favorite.

D) Then there is just everyday crap that fills up your life. Eat, SLEEP, take the pets out, feed the pets, do the dishes, do the laundry, etc. At least there is assistant in this department.

E) Paying/managing bank accounts and bills. ( my least favorite thing on the list)

F) Dreaming/planning my future, which accounts for a lot of my spare time. Remembering why I work so hard helps me to stay awake through long days and nights.



so.... if you dont hear from me for days/weeks/months on end. I love everyone, I am just superrrrr crazy. With -0 spare time :)

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.” - Alice Walker

well....

Well, today we got back to Pittsburgh from our trip home, which was a lot of fun. We got to see friends, meet a ridiculously adorable baby (Naomi), hang out with Sam, and be with family. It's always funny though, because being in town for about 4 days, reminds us how bored we were when we lived there! Our nightly options included, bowling, or a $10.50 movie. I'm def. happy to live somewhere that there are always things going on. With the New Year, I have a pretty standard goal and its just to lose weight. I just want to be more healthy.... which I think everyone says that in the turn of a new year, but I really mean it. So, I figure now that I tell the small group of people that read this, maybe it will motivate me to actually do it, to avoid looking stupid. ha. Well, anways.... thats life. The dog is good, cats are still rude, and we're doing great...

drama.

so for all of those who are hearing untruthful things about me. heres a clue, they're not true. heres the story, because i dont want to tell a million people the same thing. heres the whole story, condensed. i invited someone to move into my home, who was my friends boyfriend, for a few different reasons. we just moved into a place with increased rent, he was my friends boyfriend, and because i knew he would have to sign a lease somewhere else, and wanted to be sure that he wouldnt get stuck in one if being in pittsburgh didn't work out. (i know how it feels to end up with bad credit). anyways, he pays his rent the first month, things are great. buys groceries, cleans, does his part. then my friend comes to me and says that he is struggling with money, and wont have november rent on time. i think, no big deal, a week or 2 late, its cool. well a month and 2 weeks later, still no rent, for the previous or current month. so.... for purely economical reasons, tell him he needs to leave. all things aside, he was buying his own household goods, but was depleting groceries, and not chipping in for them and not paying rent, so i asked him to leave, and gave him 10 days to find a place to go (or move back in with his parents). i figured my friend would now hate me, so i avoided them both for the next about 1o days, until he approached me about the fact that he/her could not find money that thought they had left in his room, and that a box in his room full of cloths were wet? well, i never ever go in his room when he isnt here, and told him that i had no idea where he keeps his money, and since it has been raining for weeks, maybe we had some sort of leak. he then posts to every one of our mutual friends, that i "cant be trusted". he is 100% sure i am a thief and that i " wet " his cloths with water. neither of which make sense, because.... if i wanted money, why would i have let him live here rent free, and if i wanted to piss him off, i would have put his stuff on the sidewalk, not sprinkled it with water. so, just to be clear. i am not a thief, i am a grown adult, who has been living on my own, married, with a life of my own and would not steal from anyone, its ridiculous to even be accused of such a thing. and i am far too malicious to pour water on someones cloths packed in a box, because that wouldn't really bother me too much. i work full time and go to school full time, so quite frankly i dont have time for this, this is just me explaining myself to those who know the situation and/or are hearing ridiculous things about me. there not true. but if you do believe them, we probably weren't good friends to begin with, so think away.

to my real friends, i miss you to death. if i could live closer than a 100 miles to more than one of you, my days would go a lot smoother.

for those of you who don't know this situation, be glad.

well blogging. its been awhile. i just have been thinking a lot lately. about how great life is. i feel like i should just write it down. i see these tv shows where when things seem to be great, there is always this twist, this horrible thing that happens to people when they get really happy.... i really feel like sometimes i sit around and wait for it to hit me. growing up, it was hard to find light most days. then i found brent, or should i say finally got brent to notice me, right when i felt like things couldn't really get much worse. and he just swept me up. i saw him for years, this gorgeous blue eyed, blonde haired boy, who just seemed like he was in his own little world, and then once i actually got to know him, i just knew. i knew he was the one for me. it sounds so ridiculous, but has kept me grounded. we had our tough times, learning to put each other first and letting things fall into place, but once we worked out the kinks, nothing could beat what we have. here i sit down in front of our third christmas tree, in our third city we have lived in since we have been married, and i know that this is where i am exactly supposed to be. with someone who accepts the facts that i cry when people hit squirrels, and takes injured ducks to wildlife shelters instead of going to the beach. i have someone who wants to see the world, and meet everyone... its just i know so many people who think we're crazy for being married and moving everywhere, and i think there crazy, for wasting their life being so normal. if there is one thing i do well, it's living with no regrets, going with my instincts and experiencing all i can. and thankfully, i do that with my best friend.

again>

well i have contemplated starting blogging again for awhile now, but i say this all the time so here goes. maybe it will last.

I like to number things... it makes me feel organized.

1. I think I am only blogging because i hate homework. and because i don't want to clean my house.

2. I am bored with Gettysburg. I think I have seen all I want to for now... its time for a move.

3.I have given up on trying to make new friends. Turns out, "good" friends don't come around too often. Granted I have a lot of "associations" and people I would hang out with, but as far as... do or die, tell everything to, secret keeping friends. I'm just not in the market. I really think you only get a few of those in your lifetime, and I have mine. Brent, Sam, Brandon, and Brent will always be "those" friends that no matter how much time or space keeps us all apart we all have a bond that is unbreakable. Throughout all the petty stuff, its always been us and I think it always will be just them for me.

4. Winter break is over and its back to school after a 7 week vacation, not too excited about that one. I have a fullll plate this coming semester.

Random ending note of the day--- I always see people post things on facebook to try and remove different groups of facebook because there "insulting" or "degrading", but heres my opinion. The only reason these groups exist is the same reason the "good" groups exist, freedom of speech. For example, there is a group out there called "F*&% the troops," of course these people are uneducated and ignorant but telling them can't voice there opinion is the opposite of what are troops fight for. Troops defend peoples rights and telling someone they can't have an opinion would be the same as saying "people can only speak positively" about our government. And controlling what a group of people say is a modern element of communism, and we aren't communists so people just need to understand that good can't exist without opposition. Because without opposition what would define good?

venting.

I always come on here to vent so here goes.

I hate when people say what is meant to be will be. What does that even mean???? Seriously, people are where they are because of their actions, nothing more and nothing else.

For example, people that get pregnant unexpectedly say that they didn't plan for it, it just happened and its obviously meant to be.

Wrong. You didn't use birth control, therefore you got knocked up. Or you used crappy birth control and got knocked up. Thats why you got pregnant. God did not get you pregnant, you are not Virgin Mary.

Or there is this one girl I know who dropped a class because she was failing. She said, well I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

Wrong again. You failed because you didn't study. That's it. Nothing more and nothing less.

I wish people would just stop thinking there is just this big hand behind everything, where you get in life is because of what stops you made a long the way and the decisions you made.

What happened to old fashion cause and effect?

You dont study, you fail.

You cheat, you get caught.

You light a match, it starts a fire.

This is just common sense.



btw.... if you are reading this, its not directed towards you. the people i talk about aren't friends with me on facebook and don't read my blog

Busy busy.....

Saturday... was in fact better than Friday. haha. Brent worked all day so I went to Hanover to hang out with the family. I basically went to the pool all day with my mom and the kids. Then we hung out with Maren for a bit, then we went back to Gettysburg to hang out with Brent and all went to Subway. Which was fun....

Sunday- We all went to Cascade Lake and swam our butts off. Had a ton of fun swimming and hanging out all day... Nice to get some tan back, me and Brent feel especially white after our Florida days. haha. Then we came back to my moms house and had dinner with everyone and the grandparents. Then we headed home.

Today- Brent went to a chiropractor all day with his parents for all his back issues. He hung out there pretty much all day. I was at work all day then I went to get my college books and spent 650 dollars!!! AHHH! Then had dinner at Brents house, his mom made a veggie dish. Then went to my house for a bit, then home and the grandparents visited.... busy day.

Anywho, thats life.

Stupid Bad Day

So I guess I will post about my terrible horrible yesterday, since I am avoiding cleaning my house haha.

1. First I showed up in Hanover to go to yard sales with my Mamaw, and had pretty much no luck at all with anything, all I really found was a paper towel holder. I liked hanging out with her, but the yard sales were all just junk, and I love yard sales so I was a little disappointed.

2. I go to there house to try to hook up my laptop to there Ethernet cord and it just won't pick up signal for the internet. Since me and Brent had an extra laptop I was going to let them use it since there computer is really slow. But it wouldn't work, so that crashed my plan completely.

3. On the way back to Gettysburg I followed a dump truck going 15 miles under the speed limit.

4. I checked my bank account because I wanted to go to the beach this weekend and realized I am in the negative, so I have 3 overdraft charges coming my way. I borrow money from my Grandma to try and put me over, but her receipt of deposit dated for Monday, so I am once again in the negative.

5. I then run out the door to go to work and get in the car to realize my keys aren't in my purse but in the house, THE LOCKED HOUSE. So Brent has to run, literally run home from work to unlock the door for me. He works like 6 blocks away and we share a car, so yeah.

6. I am late to work and get written up for being late to work. I had to fill out forms, for clocking in 8 minutes past my time. Then I got in trouble for wearing a necklace in the kitchen, by somebody who in fact had a necklace on. So, I spent about 1/2 my day in tears there. And I was behind schedule so the residents were bitchy with me, because there coffee was 5 minutes late. I HATE MY JOB!!!!!!!!!!

7. Then I go outside @ 8:00 because I am off, and Brent is 10 minutes late picking me up, which on any other day is not a big deal at all. But yesterday, it made me cry for the tenth time.

8. I get home and decide I am going to apply for this job at the hospital for a lab assistant, and I get completely done after working on it for 30 minutes and pressed cancel in stead of submit so it just went away and saved nothing.


.... so i cried and went to bed.

I need to have a good day today.

Catch up take 2.

Obviously I am a horrible blogger since I never update.... ever. But here it goes.

1. Sam is home!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .... I will lay it down for you.
-We all went rafting at Little Gun Powder.
-We got lost in Maryland for the millionth time. ha.
-We went to the Towson Mall.
-We went to the Outlets.
-We went to King of Prussia.
-WE SAW BLINK 182 IN CONCERT!!!!!!!!!

... So basically Brent and I have been having fun with miss sam. But she goes back to school on September 6th, so that is a sad little day.

2. Ironically, Brent is not working at Pizza Hut or Arbys. But instead got a muchhh better paying job at J's at the Village, in downtown Gettysburg. He works as a Prep Cook... and he says he really likes it. He also just bought his college books for this coming semester and spent more than $500 dollars... CRAZY! (especially since they were used books, and he didn't buy the optional books) But we knew it was coming. He has been going on weekend biking trips with his friends Brad and Brice, and having fun. He also is getting his fill of fiction reading, since he knows when school comes around it will be only the non-fun reading. haha. But he is good. He starts school the 31st of August.

3. I have been working at the Lutheran Home now for like 4 weeks, and am done all my training. Sadly enough, I really hate it there. I don't know any of the residents, they aren't really friendly, and I spend 7 hours a day behind a dish machine. It is nothing like the same job I used to work at the Hanover Lutheran Home. Which is gay, but for now, its a job. I just wish I did something more meaningful, because doing this crap that I have to do just makes you feel a bit like your going nowhere. I know I am in school full time, but when you sweat for 7 hours a day in a 4x4 dishroom, doing tasks that mean nothing, its hard to remember where you are headed.

4. I am still a vegetarian! Woooo to me. I have found a lot of great alternatives to meat. The brand my mamaw introduced me to is called Boca Burgers, and they have some fantastic veggie burgers. I also found the brand Veggie Patch that makes soy chicken patties and nuggets, and they taste great. So life is good there.

5. We are adopting another kitty soon. Reason being that we will both be in school allll day long and then go to work at night so its not fair to have an animal you can't spend time with. She needs a friend, so we are going to get a neutered male kitten. Neutered because we don't want marking, male because the vet i used to work for said that males and females mesh better, kitten because i dont want our cat to feel threatened by an older dominate cat. So thats the deal there.

6. When Brandon was in town he won me a carnival gold FISH! We all know I love the animals, so we now have a fish that we have to keep at high places away from our cat, but none the less it is happy, and still alive after a week so far. His name is Nemo, and he has a white stripe.



Wellll I think thats it.
Love, leah and brent.

life.

1. Brent had an interview at Pizza Hut and has started working there instead of Arbys. I worked at Pizza Hut for 2 years, and always thought it was hilarious listening to the baby mama drama at that place, and Brent decided to give it a go. He is at work as we speak.

2. I am STILLL waiting to start working at my job. I go in for my "provisional" tomorrow, whatever that means, but basically it means that I haven't started making money and that I am waiting for this place to get a move on. Hopefully I can start by next week, but that's probably unrealistic.... So we will see how it goes.

3. Gettysburg just finished up bike week. Which basically means for the past 7 days, more motorcycles than I have ever seen in my life, rode as loud as they could at all hours of the night through town. I mean I get it, it's Gettysburg tourism blah blah blah, but I didn't enjoy not being able to hear myself think outside. I have already decided that I want to go on vacation next year during bike week.. HA.

4. School starts soon, so Brent and I are pretty excited.

5. SAM COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL IN LIKE 11 DAYS!! WOO.


thats all for now... love leah

catch up a bit.

Well I haven't been posting as much because we didn't get internet hooked up at our place yet. We figured until we starting working here, that was something we could go without. So I am posting at Brents parents house.
Updates:

1. We love our new apartment. Everything about it is what I wanted, its sort of tiny but its workable and it has all the features I wanted. Really our goals were to have our rent be in the 500 area, wood floors, and in a good area, and (NO BUGS). Our apartment is 525 a month and we only pay electric and 11 dollars a month for our gas stove, it has wood floors, and its a block away from downtown gettysburg... So it is a success.

2. I love being a phone call away from everyone I love. I have pretty much almost all of my family since I have been home at least on my mom's side. Brent's sister Julie got married the weeekend we came home, so he got to see all of his family in town. He llooovveeedd that. He missed them a lot when we were in Florida. And my aunt threw my mom a big 40th bday party, so that was fun to get to catch up with that part of my family.

3. Kitty has adjusted well. In our old apartment we had to close her in our room at night, because we had a roomate and she was forced to sleep. Now she has the whole apartment to prowl at night, you hear her galloping through the halls sometimes all night. And we have huge windows that she sits in all day and naps... She also gets a ton of attention from all the visitors, which I know she doesn't mind.

4. I found a job last week at Lutheran Home in Gettysburg. I used to work in the Lutheran Home of Hanover, but I interviewed for the one in Gettysburg last Thursday. I called them on Monday and she said that I got the job. I was so excited, she said the pay would be at least 9 dollars an hour, which is a dollar more than I made in Florida. And I am going to be a dietary aide like I was before. The only thing that sucks is that the process to actually START working in a nursing home is SOOOO LLLOONNNGG. Basically, the lady that hired me has to check on all my refrences. Then she passes me onto HR, then they run my background check.. Then they make me go to Hanover Hospital for a physical, then I have to get a 2step TB test, all in all I think it will be about 3 weeks until I ACTUALLY start making money.

5. Today Brent found a job. He had 2 interviews yesterday at Van Huesen and the Gettysburg Hotel... but neither one of them could give him the hours he needed. Then today he was set and determined to find something and he applied to Arbys. They told him to come back at 3 for an interview.... I know its not a super fantastic job, but none the less, its a job. It makes money, and the manager said that they are looking for shift supervisors, and if he works hard he would definetly be considered. He is such a determing guy, he just pounds the pavement until he gets what he needs... and I am very proud of him.

6. This is a very long post, so I think thats all for today.

Love ya === leah.

2 days.

Nothing really done yet today... still pretty early.

Just a few things on my mind. I hate fading away from friends. But i definitely need some new ones. The ones I had, I basically have nothing in common with anymore. Or they just don't call anymore. Or they just have other priorities. And the ones I made here I am leaving. Basically I am back at ground zero in the friend level, and need to start building it back up. I find that Brent has to fill the place of husband/girl friend (gossip buddy). And even though he won't admit it I know he gets a little annoyed with that ha.
And I decided something the other day that I have been thinking about for a long time now. I am going to try to be a vegetarian. As many of you know throughout my posts, I am an absolute animal rights freak and it seems every time lately I eat meat I feel bad. I mean in my mind I hold animals at the same exact place as I do people. I can't wrap my head around anything that endangers there well being or makes there life insignificant. So even though its a challenge, I have actually really started to enjoy vegetables. I know a lot of people just don't understand what I mean, but I really think that this is the right thing. I will still cook normally for Brent but for me, I just can't eat anything that had to be slaughtered to be on my plate. I know with just the taste part of eating meat, it will get challenging, and hopefully I can be successful, it not then I am just a fast food junky... but nevertheless I will give it my best shot.

2 ddaayyysss till home.
Leah.

3days!

This is what packing looks like in our house. The kitty lovveess sitting in boxes and hiding. Our house has turned into a playground.

1. We sold our couch. FINALLY. so now we are trying to sell our loveseat.
2. Today was my last day at work, and suprisingly the past few days there have been reallly good. Today I got to say bye to all my favorite customers that I saw like everyday. And it was just a good day.
3. I have Monday and Tuesday to just basically pack and clean the rest of the place. Then Wednesday we are off!!


So theres an update.

8 days to go.

Well it has been a pretty good few days.
Monday I woke up, packed lunch and went straight to the beach. Then I had lunch with Brent at CPK. Then I went to the pool. At night I did basically nothing. A little dishes but nothing much. I have a lot to do, but it has to be done last minute. Like packing dishes, towels, the rest of the clothes.... etc. So I am waiting until the beginning of this coming week.
Today, same basic situation. Woke up, went to the beach for like 2 hours then I had some errands to do.My most UNFAVORITE of them all is the hardware store.
I want to get my security deposit back so I decided I was going to clean my grout because it was gross looking. So I cruise on in there and this nice lady showed me the stuff I needed and directed me in the general direction of the cleaning brushes. I grabbed one, and got stopped by some guy that worked there that said that brush was for stripping grout. Then I went back and was looking for a different brush when a guy said that I had the wrong cleaning stuff and took me back to the old aisle, where the previous person that helped me still was and those 2 employees got into an arguement. Needless to say I went to Home Depot. I mean I needed a cleaner and a brush, doesn't seem that complicated but obviously it was a dilemma.
Then I went to the post office/bank. Then to the pool. Now I am just hanging out with the kitty.

Thats my woohoo day.

11 days to go

Well nothing much new this weekend so far. Today was a better day at work. I opened at 5 am and worked with some cool people. Everybody was laid back, I wasn't grumpy, got out on time. All around good day at work... which is weird. Anyways, then me and brent went to the beach and got rained out. Then we came back here and watched movies. We watched Enough, with Jennifer Lopez... which was a pretty awesome movie i must say. And Doubt, which was a good movie as well... Basically we aren't doing anything today and it feels pretty good.

There is the update! ha.

oh yeah btw... the stupid people that were going to get the couch couldn't come get it after all. The main problem is a bigillion people like our couch, but don't have means to transport it is the overall story. Summary of the story is that, we are going to try to post pictures in our complex clubhouse so the people that see it are from gardens area and not lauderdale. Or.. if i have to I will bring it home and sell it for like 50 bucks. If anybody wants a sectional with a pull out queen sleeper... lettt meee knnowww.

stress.

Well there is always something i sware at my job. I have never had a job before in my life where people fight with each other so much, and I worked at Pizza Hut for gods sake, i didn't think that Panera Bread would be worse. BUT IT IS!!

Heres the story... There is one manager (Nanci) that nobody likes, because she always has these issues in her life that she has to share with everyone. And feels the need to reveal very personal details to all of us that are just plain gross. Like when she has diarrhea and all kinds of gross stuff. I mean nothing is personal to this lady. And she has this habit of repeating herself over and over and over with everything.
Today I had just about enough of her in general. Basically if you have ever been to Panera, you would see we have samples out all the time, and this sample basket is supposed to stay full. But this morning it was really busy and it was just me and one other girl at the time, customers where lined up to the door. While I was mid taking an order, she tells me to get samples when I am done....
Needless to say, 10 minutes later the customers are basically cleared out and she just keeps walking around telling me to fill the samples, AS I AM CUTTING THEM UP. So just being unnesseccarily repetitive. So I was like, Nanci you don't have to tell me 10 times, I am doing it right now. She said that she wanted to make sure I heard her. I told her that she said it out loud, and I'm not deaf. I obviously heard her all of the 10 times she said it.
Summary of the story, is she sent me home 6 hours early. She knows that she can't really write me up because I am already leaving in less than 2 weeks. But she also knew that I really need the money, so she took away my hours. And it rained on me the whole way home (I work a mile from work so I walk home).
Moral of the story is ... dont piss of fast food management. because it will backfire in your face. and go to school so you don't have to work in crappy food places.


On a different note, now that today I had all this time where I wasn't working. I packed up half of our apartment. Basically everything I could pack right now. Half of the dishes, all the barely worn clothes, shoes, furniture, cook books, etc.

And we are selling our couch, (i might have already said that)... because we have one waiting for us up there in our new apartment.... and i think we have someone who is coming to get it tomorrow... which is exciting!! woo!!

this is a long post.
im about done whining.
loveeee yyoouuu , miss everyone.
bye.

update.

Well, still haven't been able to pack at all. Basically I have packed one box, thats it. I haven't been able to start because I have been dogsitting and all my extra time I spend over there, they get back on Wednesday night, so I will have more time. My schedule at work goes Wed-Wed, and this week instead of working early, I work Wed, Thurs, Fri- 7:00-4:00, then Saturday 5:00-1:00. Then I have off Sunday-Tuesday so I will pack then, hopefully get a lot done. Anyways, we both put in our 2 weeks notice at our jobs, and will be home soon. Very excited! Right now I am watching CSI:New York with Brent <3

love and miss everyone
Leah

An update on life.

Updates by numbers.

1. We have our moving truck booked for the 17th of June. We are leaving that night at like 8pm and driving all night for traffic purposes and will be home mid day on the 18th. We decided to come home a few weeks early than planned for Julie's open house.

2. I have discovered that moving gives me extreme anxiety. I mean we aren't leaving for 3 weeks still but I am still very anxious. I am definetly my fathers daughter, he is the biggest butthead when it comes to moving anything. Just annoying and grumpy, and I have discovered I am too. I mean i am so neurotic its ridiculous, I can't decide what to start to pack therefore I have packed nothing. I need to get my butt into gear with that one.

3. We officially have an apartment in Gettysburg, PA. Downtown gettysburg, which is a place that both me and Brent lovvveee! Originally I saw the ad in the merchandiser, then my mom went to see this apartment in this old gettysburg mansion, on the 3rd floor. Turns out, a larger much for cute apartment opened up on the 2nd floor, and I got it before she even got it in the papers :) It has hardwood floors and its just perfect, my mom and Diane picked up the keys today!!!

4. I am also in the process of trying to sell different things, since the apartment we have now is 2 bedrooms and our new one is a 1 bedroom. And its just a different style, so I am hoping to just basically sell some stuff and get some different stuff that will go better.

5. Work is still the same, I work like 5 days a week from 5am-2. Brent works Macys Monday-Friday from 7-315. Then Panera at night like 4 days a week, from 5-10ish. He is a busy guy.

6. Kitty is the same.

7. I am very excited to COME HOME!!!!! WOOO!!!!



thats it for now, I am going to try really hard to update from now on.

Life.

Okay, so blogging has been a bit on the back burner of my chaotic life lately.... Here are some updates.

1. Brent is officially registered for classes for the fall semester at HACC. He is very excited, he picked the classes himself and is waiting for the status of his pell grant.

2. I officially got news back from McDaniel college that I have 23,000 dollars in a scholarship from them for this coming school year, another 2500 in government grants, 4500 in the stafford loan(subsidized), with an additional 5,000 to pull(unsubsidized) if i absolutely need to. And.... that is very exciting seeing as my school is 32,000 a year... this makes the load more light.

3. I will be registering for classes in like 2 weeks, which is when my session opens up. Also very exciting.

4. I have officially paid for CNA (certified nursing assistant) training through HACC this july, where after the course I will be able to make at least $12 an hour, even more if i work through an agency. Its a 2 week course that I want to take so that I can spend less time working making the same money I would if i worked full time making minimum wage.

5. Brent and I are very excited to go home. We have the moving truck booked for June 2nd, so we expect to be home sometime early on the 4th.... the apartment search is still slowly trudging on.

6. I officially am I in the last month of my semester.... With all A's and B. I say B because I have a stupid B in Biology because my professor bites the big one. Not that I don't take accountability for my B but he really sucks, none of the material he lectures is on the test and what's on the test is the stuff he skipped over. He's impossible. I started out with a class of like 35, and now have like 15 left because all the kids dropped the class due to the fact they were FAILING, not like D failing but like in the 20's. So I have settled for my B compared to what other people have.

7. I have discovered that I love the French language. I could eat, drink, sleep French. Its my first class but I just love it. If all goes well I would like to minor in French, with my Bio-PreMed major. There is just something about the language that makes me want to learn it more.

8. Today something awesome happened!!!! I was walking outside of my apartment complex and I saw this cat with a collar on just roaming around and i was like OMG i have to catch this cat so it doesn't get hurt. I could see it was obviously domesticated my its demeanor and it had a 2009 rabies tag so I knew it was safe.... I took it upstairs (against brent's will i must add)... he wasn't opposed to it, he just thought i was being a bit ridiculous catching stray animals. Turns out it had a phone number on it's tag of a woman, who shortly called me back and was so grateful that we had safely caught her kitty. She was out searching for him for an hour, and was so relieved. He had got out through there patio by mistake. I was very relieved.... to me letting domesticated animals out there and not trying to help is like letting babies roam the streets and not helping. They are domesticated and could not fend for themselves, they could just as easily roam out into the road as could a baby.

---- On the last note, we all know how crazy I am about animal rights and vaccination. This is a lesson to everybody who doesn't have there animal vaccinated, at least with rabies and an up-to-date tag. I knew when I first stopped that animal it was safe due to the fact it had a new tag, without the tag even if it had a collar, most wouldn't get near it. Add to the fact, if your aminal gets out my mistake and bites anyone and they called the SPCA which they probably would... your animal would be euthanized due to your neglect to get a tag. They only way to "officially" diagnose rabies is a thorough examination of the brain, which happens after they are killed to make sure that the person has not been infected that was bit. So even if you go to claim your animal, you could not pick it up without proof of vaccine, if you aren't already to late.

I could "preach" (ironic word) about animal rights all day because THEY CAN'T. Its heinous to me how some people can get animals without the means to support them.... same with kids. They aren't just cute cuddle buddies... there babies!! Lets say your dog gets hit by a car, and you can't afford the surgery, so you "spare them the misery and pain" and euthanize them. Thats such a load. The day you can euthanize humans based on your personal opinon about there pain, is the day you should be able to euthanize animals.


And thats all folks... :)
Sorry for the longevity of my post.
leah.