okay, so this is so funny to me and I don't know why. Here's an little bit of what I have to read while doing my defensive driving.
"Marijuana, often referred to as grass, pot or weed, is the unprocessed, dried leaves, stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa and the cannabis indica plants. Hashish, a more potent product, is processed from the resin in the flowers of the marijuana plant. Like marijuana, it may be smoked or eaten. In its most frequently used form, the dried leaves are shredded and rolled with cigarette papers into a "joint." Hashish is usually smoked in a pipe."
I don't know why, but it's just funny to me that I get to learn all about the wacky tabacky through defensive driving. anyone else find that funny? or is it just me?
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05 April 2005
Defensive driving (and other stuff)
So I'm taking an online defensive driving course for a ticket dismissal. It's alright. Some of it seems like Dr. Phil is teaching the course, but hey, whatever saves me the cost of the ticket. I just need to get it done!
Oh yeah. A little update for everyone (in case you didn't already know). I got engaged in November. Yeah, it's pretty cool. The wedding is in just under a month. May 7, to be exact. I'm so excited! I love Josh so much and am so looking forward to us spending the rest of our lives together.
I've also quit my job for the city, only to apply for another job for the city. This job would actually let me use my degree, though. It's for a part time video producer position. Hopefully I'll get it, or some job that uses my degree. Prayers for jobs for both Josh and me would be very helpful. He has a job, but it doesn't pay the greatest. It's enough to squeak by, pending nothing major happens, like car repairs. So yeah, prayers for us are greatly appreciated. It'll all work out somehow, I just know it.
Oh yeah. A little update for everyone (in case you didn't already know). I got engaged in November. Yeah, it's pretty cool. The wedding is in just under a month. May 7, to be exact. I'm so excited! I love Josh so much and am so looking forward to us spending the rest of our lives together.
I've also quit my job for the city, only to apply for another job for the city. This job would actually let me use my degree, though. It's for a part time video producer position. Hopefully I'll get it, or some job that uses my degree. Prayers for jobs for both Josh and me would be very helpful. He has a job, but it doesn't pay the greatest. It's enough to squeak by, pending nothing major happens, like car repairs. So yeah, prayers for us are greatly appreciated. It'll all work out somehow, I just know it.
26 October 2004
something
I need a faster internet. And I need to go to the library more. And I need a new job. I'm really starting to hate my job. Plus I need a job with benefits. I was sick all last week and the week before so I had to spend most of the money I had left on a doctor's visit. *sigh* Such is life I guess. Oh well. Maybe some other time.
08 September 2004
it's been awhile..
I know, I know, it's been forever and a day since the world last heard from me. I've been working all summer, most of the time all day long, and all I wanted to do when I got home was...nothing. I wanted to sit and do nothing. Didn't want to nap (well, sometimes I did), did want to eat, move, check e-mail, didn't want to do anything. Well, summer's over and so is my crazy work schedule. So why haven't I been blogging more since then? AOL 9.0 Optimized, which is code for Craptimized!!
I hate our dial-up service. Don't get me wrong, I completely enjoy not having to pay for my own internet service (thank you, Daddy), but the word "optimized", when used by AOL, means "we've added tons more features, but we haven't added anything to increase the speed. We just have a lot more things running on your computer at once to make it poop out on you. Plus, you're paying us to do so!!" But never fear, I have found another way.
Who knew that living in McKinney would have some perks. There's a library here that has internet access. Fast internet access. And a library card is all you need (plus signing an "I will not look at bad stuff...." waiver). The best part is that the much-needed library card...is FREE!!! So, I get off of work at 1 a few days a week, go to the library for a little while, then go home. NOTE: This is not a guarantee that I will be blogging 5 days a week or anything. But I think once a week is feasible. At least for now.
Not much to write about this week, but next week is the start of swim lessons. That should be interesting.
I hate our dial-up service. Don't get me wrong, I completely enjoy not having to pay for my own internet service (thank you, Daddy), but the word "optimized", when used by AOL, means "we've added tons more features, but we haven't added anything to increase the speed. We just have a lot more things running on your computer at once to make it poop out on you. Plus, you're paying us to do so!!" But never fear, I have found another way.
Who knew that living in McKinney would have some perks. There's a library here that has internet access. Fast internet access. And a library card is all you need (plus signing an "I will not look at bad stuff...." waiver). The best part is that the much-needed library card...is FREE!!! So, I get off of work at 1 a few days a week, go to the library for a little while, then go home. NOTE: This is not a guarantee that I will be blogging 5 days a week or anything. But I think once a week is feasible. At least for now.
Not much to write about this week, but next week is the start of swim lessons. That should be interesting.
28 May 2004
certified
it's been a long week. a really long week. I was in a WSI (water safety instructor) class all week long. Monday through friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. It was an hour away. That meant getting up every morning at 6 a.m. I usually don't wake up until noon. I'm burnt to a crisp, even though I applied SPF 30 Coppertone Sport several times a day. But when you're outside for most of the day, the sun just finds a way to get through. but at least I passed everything and I am now certified. if anyone wants private swim lessons and has a pool, gimmie a call. I'll work out something reasonable for ya.
20 May 2004
there's no place like home
I did it!! I graduated!! I have never been happier to see a "C" in my life! So, I know have to become a responsible adult. We'll see how that goes. As for the job front, I have a summer job lifeguarding in McKinney, but still no "related to my degree" job yet. I saw one listing that I would've been perfect for. It was something I would have enjoyed, it was in New York City, I met all of the experience/skill requirements. Except one. I don't speak Greek. Oh well, something will come along eventually.
Oh yeah, Taylor, my G5 arrived. haha. But seriously, you can come check it out in a couple weeks, once I've broken it in. Oh yeah, we can watch a DVD on my 23" cinema display, too. :o]
Oh yeah, Taylor, my G5 arrived. haha. But seriously, you can come check it out in a couple weeks, once I've broken it in. Oh yeah, we can watch a DVD on my 23" cinema display, too. :o]
26 April 2004
it's over!!!
Well, I just took my finance final. I don't know. I skipped about 10 questions, then went back to them. Hopefully I will never have to endure Business Finance ever again. I hope to never have to come back to UCF. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed my experience here (for the most part), but I'm ready to leave. I want to go home. The finance test is out of my hands now. I just ask that God help my answers be the right ones and that by some miracle I get a C in the class. That's all I need; a 70. Then I can go home in a week. No use worrying about it anymore. Now I can worry about other things, like finding a place to stay next week in case I don't get a C in the infernal Finance. But we'll pray that doesn't happen. The "not getting a C" thing, not the "finding a place to live, just in case" thing.
25 April 2004
Today
wow. I can't believe it has been seven years today. At times it doesn't seem that long, at other times it seems as if it's been longer. Last year was hard because I was far away from home. This year is hard again. I'm halfway across the country from home. Both of my roommates moved out this weekend, I don't have a bed anymore (one roomie was loaning me her bunkbeds), and I have a huge final tomorrow night(prayers are GREATLY appreciated). Plus, I just really miss Mom.
If I get a C in the aforementioned class, I will be graduating on friday. I'm walking either way. This is another graduation where my mother can't see me walk across the stage. Not by sitting in the arena/auditorium anyway. Kyle and Kristen had Momma there at their high school graduations, but I didn't get that honor. They can somewhat understand where I'm coming from, but it's different for me. I just wish she were here.
I wish Momma could see all the things I've accomplished, all the video/audio projects I've done, what I look like, my boyfriend (getting her opinion on him as well), her granddaughter, her son-in-law, her daughter-in-law, Kyle, Kristen, Daddy, what all of us are doing with our lives. I wish I could just talk to her, hug her, brush her hair (a favorite memory of mine), play my music for her, and be with her. People say as the years go by, it gets easier. I think it gets harder.
My senior year in high school we had to write a paper on a memory, any memory. I wrote about the day Momma died. You can read my paper here. It's attached to my old website, which will be coming down over the summer. I can still remember everything about that day so clearly. God gave me a photographic memory. A blessing and a curse. Sometimes I wish I could forget, but I hope I never forget.
So, it's not the easiest day, but I'll get through it. Happy Bitsy Day to you all.
Momma, I love you.
If I get a C in the aforementioned class, I will be graduating on friday. I'm walking either way. This is another graduation where my mother can't see me walk across the stage. Not by sitting in the arena/auditorium anyway. Kyle and Kristen had Momma there at their high school graduations, but I didn't get that honor. They can somewhat understand where I'm coming from, but it's different for me. I just wish she were here.
I wish Momma could see all the things I've accomplished, all the video/audio projects I've done, what I look like, my boyfriend (getting her opinion on him as well), her granddaughter, her son-in-law, her daughter-in-law, Kyle, Kristen, Daddy, what all of us are doing with our lives. I wish I could just talk to her, hug her, brush her hair (a favorite memory of mine), play my music for her, and be with her. People say as the years go by, it gets easier. I think it gets harder.
My senior year in high school we had to write a paper on a memory, any memory. I wrote about the day Momma died. You can read my paper here. It's attached to my old website, which will be coming down over the summer. I can still remember everything about that day so clearly. God gave me a photographic memory. A blessing and a curse. Sometimes I wish I could forget, but I hope I never forget.
So, it's not the easiest day, but I'll get through it. Happy Bitsy Day to you all.
Momma, I love you.
22 April 2004
I'm a horrible person
Yeah, it's been a month (or more) since I blogged. I'm a horrible person. Well, maybe I'm just a horrible blogger. But these things happen when only one computer in your college apprtment can connect to the internet. Yes, my 'puter is still, in the words of my roommate Erin, "broken." It works, but things on it still don't work. Like my soundcard, modem, network card. But I can play tetris! Oh well, hopefully for graduation I will be getting a new Mac G5 (sorry Taylor) and then problems will be solved. At least that's what I'm telling my self. Joshua, if you find time this summer, let's sit down for a "blogger tutorial" so I can make this thing look like it's Katie's Blog. That would be cool. Then I would be a better blogger because I would like the way my blog looked. Oh yeah, it's all coming together. Now if only I can pass my finance class with a C....