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[11/24/07] |
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Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Mine was awesome, but of course went too fast. Nick and I went to my parents house about 11am to scope out black friday ads and then we ate aroud 12:30pm. It was SO good, all of my favorites. It was just my mom and dad, Melissa and Dru, Grandma N, and Nick and I. After we ate we then went up to Bay City to spend it with his family. It was real hard eating a bunch of turkey and getting in the car for over an hour, but we managed. Then we snacked again. Everyone loved the dessert that Nick and i made. It was pretezls, rolo candies and nuts. It is super easy to make and it went fast! We visited a lot with his family and his family friends. There was even one guy there that I never met and I talked ot him for like maybe 20 mins and he was going on and on about how I am a good girl for Nick. So, that was pretty cool. And then we took one of Nick's friends home, which was kinda on our way home, but took longer than I hoped. We were suppose to leave Bay City at like 9pm, but we didn't actually get on the road till a little after 10pm, and then we dropped his friend Brian off and then didn't get to my house till midnight. I REALLY REALLY wanted to go shopping with Nick on black Friday, but I had to work. I was going to try to get up and go with him and then make it to work. But since we got back soooo late from Bay City, I knew I wouldn't be able to function. So sad. I really wanted to go, and he was done shopping by 7am that would of been perfect.
Nick felt bad I couldn't go, so he went to Panda Express and got a take out box for me and him to shared for dinner. It was half orange chicken and half kung pow, and we ate it on the floor like a little picnic when I got home. Isn't that sweet. So, that made it a little better.
Plans for today are chocolate chip pancakes, going to church and mongolian bbq for our 9 months anniversary which is today, isn't that crazy?! I can't believe how fast time has flown. Nick and I are a;ready making plans for our one year anniversary, which is going to Chicago. That will be SO much fun! Definatly something to look forward too. Well, enough rambling for one day :)
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| Feeling funky.... |
[11/18/07] |
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Even have those days where you feel kinda funky, but you arent really sure why. I have been feeling that all weekend. Nick has been very patient with me, which is a plus, but I just feel blah. It could be the day, sometimes I am cursed and blessed with such a good memory of dates. Mike and i started dating on the 18th of November and it was an important day of a good 5 years, and now I just wish it would wash off the calandar for good. It isn't about me wanting him back or anything stupid like that. it is just ones of those things that you can't really forget about, even if you try. Nick and i talked about it and how guys and girls are wired different about remembering things like that, and of course been super understanding, but I just can't shake this blah feeling. I am really going to focus on being thankful this week, as I am truly bless by the people in my life that have made me into the person I am today. So, that is the goal...let's just hope goes according to plan. Off to bed, to get ready for a weird work week. I work Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and have Tuesday and Thursday off. So basically that means I will have NO idea what day of the week it will be.
Thursdays plans are getting up making my dessert and cresent rolls for dinner at my parents house at noon and then trotting up to Bay City to spend the rest of the day with Nick's parents. Will be exhausting but I am really looking forward to it. Well off to bed I go!
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| I think toooo much... |
[09/26/07] |
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I sometimes wish I wasn't so emotional or had a huge heart, because then I wouldn't worry so much or get upset. It is funny how things work, some people at work get SO pissed off at our rules and regulations and of course yell at me and call me horrible, terrible, no good, very bad, but I can just roll that off my shoulder now. Something I never thought I would get use to. But when it comes to being thrown in the actual situation that envolves emotions, my entire head gets cloudy and my stomach hurts and sometimes I cause stupid arguements with Nick. I don't mean to at all, but it is hard for me to explain to him because he isn't a very emotional guy. Like whenever I get really passionate about something or upset I tend to cry. Even if it isn't directed at that person I don't feel better until I get out a good cry. I guess I am too senstive, or maybe not patient enough or whatever, but I am trying to work on it. It is a slow process...I guess.
Things with Nick are good like 95% of the time, just when I get frusrated at something I take it out on him and he is SO patient with me. It is crazy how lucky I got to find someone in my life that is so willing to be patient with me and just cuddle me when I am all upset about big bad things or even just little spurs of yucky I am feeling. His dad is going alright considering. It is tough to know that his cancer is not good and the survival rate isn't the greatest and his spirits and everything are high and he is even walking around the hospital. Thanks for everyone praying and keep it coming.
Work has been a little crazy with us moving into a new office space and the fact that an old manager in our office passed away from lung cancer eariler this week. I only met the woman like twice so I didn't feel fit enough to go to her funeral. But of course everyone at work is taking time off for it. I swear to you, if anything ever happens to me I am going to have body guards at the door deciding whether this person should be at my funeral or not because I hate the fake people that just go and didn't care for the person just ot put on a show. But anyway there are people stooping so low to go so they don't have to go to work for a few hours. But the part that sucks is that it will be just me, Bryan, and one other guy there in the WHOLE office where we regularly see 250-280 people A DAY! It will be nuts tomorrow to say the least.
Things with my sister are annoying. She drives me crazy. One minute she tattles on me to my parents, um hello she will be 23 in October. And then she writes nasty stuff about it, and to my face she is nice. I have stopped trying to befriend her, it is exhausting and i have finally seen no point in it. She doesn't like Nick a lot because his clothes don't always match and he is kinda dorky, but we get along so great. Well enough venting for one night :)
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| Prayer request... |
[09/06/07] |
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I know there is always something to be thankful for, but you never truly get the grasp of reality until it knocks you down and kicks you under a bus. This past weekend Nick's dad was diagnosed with Leukemia. They aren't sure what kind it is yet, but scary nonetheless. So if you are the praying type please pray for Nick and his family. This has been very rough on them and I am afraid it won't be getting any easier. I am also trying to be strong for Nick, but I am so sappy it has also been tough. I will update and keep anyone posted that still might read this :)
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| Life is a highway..... |
[08/15/07] |
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I know I haven't updated in forever, but I have been so crazy busy. This summer is flying by, so many things are different in my life now, and I couldn't be happier.
I finally really did move out of my parent's house, a couple weeks ago. I didn't move far from home, about 10 mins away. And it is like 20 mins to work and 35 from Nick's so it is certral location. It is a cute one bedroom, it is perfect just for me. I of course still have stuff to unpack yet, but hopefully it will all be finished by the end of the week. It is just hard to unpack things because a lot of nights I have been going back to my parent's house finish cleaning up my old room and then I went with them a few nights computer shopping. And then by the time I get home I am pooped out. And on the weekend I have been either working on Saturday or spending the entire weekend with Nick. It is basically my only time to see him so I jump on the chance when I can.
Also, this week I did some traveling for work, it was SO awesome! The training was only in Lansing but worked out perfect for me. Theyt put us in a super nice hotel, I had an amazing king size bed which didn't make me wanna get up the next morning. And they paid 40 bucks a day for my food, which was cool as well. The training was a little boring but it was cool meeting people from different offices. And I got to see Nick twice during the week, before my training and after and I got to see Sarah, which worked out perfect because she was at daycamp in Lansing this week and I stopped and visited my sister as she lives like 10 mins from where I was staying. So, that was just an awesome trip in general.
Things with Nick was great, I love that boy :) He has been so helpful with a lot of things and sometimes I can't believe how well we mesh together. Today we are going up to visit his best friend and his wife. They really getting into Nascar racing, so I just hope I am not bored to tears today. Nick promises me I will be okay. And we might stop by his parents on the way home, which is cool. I love his parents. We went and visited them over the 4th and she seriously bought me a HUGE box full of things like picture frames, candles, a nightlight, a vase with plastic flowers in them, a case of canned veggies, bottled water, two boxes of cereal, and mashmellows. It was just so nice. I was shocked, Nick was too. Well, enough for now :)
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| Week from hell.... |
[05/31/07] |
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This week has been horrible. And it was only 4 days. First off a little old lady backed into my car. She probably shouldn't of been driving in the first place, as she couldn't tell me if she hit the front or the back of my car. THEN she didn't even know which direction she was heading. My car was hit right in front of Nick's house, it was parked on the street and was only there for a total of an hour. Talk about annoying. And then dealing with the insurance companies hasn't been an easy task either, between Farm Bureau being jerks and Citizen's (her compnay) schedule for calling me back always happening during work time. So after hassling for two days Farm Bureau finally took the claim and they were like well go get an estimate...so as soon as I got off the phone with them I drive straight to our dealership to get it fixed all before them closing at like 5pm. I got there with 5 mins. to spare. So, they gave me a rental car and are taking care of the insurance nonsense for me. I called them today to see when I would get my car fixed and they said another week, because they have to get the okay from the adjuster looking at the estimates to say it is okay they start working on it. The rental car is a Red Cobalt, it is pretty but I have to remember to manually lock my doors and such.
Nick has been SO amazing helping me with all of this mess. When my car got hit he did a lot of talking with the neighbor, even took notes and wrote down phone numbers for me. And he has checked up everyday to make sure things were going good and just letting me vent. Sarah has also been a huge help just listening to me be upset and trying to help the best she could being so far away. I couldn't be luckier to have both of them in my life.
So on top of this car insurance shit, my dad has been SO pissed at me. I got lectured two days in a row about me being an "accident waiting to happen" and "I told you so." He also is mad at me because I am going see Nick again this weekend, and I am driving a rental car. I seriously just need out. So, I have been avoiding my dad as much as I can. And after this car stuff is all straightened out I am back to apartment hunting. I need to get out of my house, and mom finally admitted that it was time for me to move out. So definatly by the end of the summer I will be out of here for sure. Sooner if I am lucky.
And on top of everything else, work has been a little crazy. I am working 5 days a week now till the end of Sept. So, I am adjusting to that and everyone is pissed at our new schedule. I swear to you it happens all of the time. And I got my first f bomb said to me today which working the front desk. She was SO mad it was crazy. Well, welcome to Social Security, how can we help you?
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| AMAZING week ahead! |
[05/14/07] |
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This week is going to be SO amazing, minus having to work a few days in between. But tomorrow I am going to spend the day with Nick and then tomorrow night I am going with him and his family to his swearing in ceremony for him to be "offically" a lawyer! I am SO proud of him. And i get to see him in a tie!! I bought a cute sundress to wear, and it should be fun. I am leaving early in the afternoon so i can spend time with him before his family shows up.
Then Thursday night to Monday afternoon I get to spend that entire time with Sarah before she goes off to camp for the summer. We are going to the Hoedown Friday to Sunday, hopefully going to see Shrek and having thai food and we even get to see our friend Melissa! It is going to be a BLAST! When I spend weekends with Sarah or even Nick it makes me DREAD going home. But I just can't wait to see Sarah!!!
Work has been the same as usually. Just gotta get through the bumpy parts of it to get to the happy parts of the weekend. This past weekend was also a blast. I got to spend time with Nick, we went to Sarah's graduation and then visited his parents (especially his mother for mother's day) It was just a lot of fun.
The motivation to move out has high another all time high. When I got home from all the weekend fun, I got ANOTHER lecture about how i am an "accident waiting to happen" when I drive my car places and how I am "never home on the weekend." It was STUPID! Like seriously what does he want me to do...it isn't going to stop me from hanging out with people. He doesn't want me to drive my car, but yet he doesn't want me ot move out. Go freaking figure! So I am going to head up the apartment hunting again. Ready or not rest of the week here I come! :)
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| We all got a little junk in the trunk.... |
[05/08/07] |
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I love this song by Shedaisy, it is called Don't worry about a Thing. It fits well with the ups and downs of life and let's you embrace them. I love songs like that! Same with the song Settlin' by: Sugarland, it is definately a song where it is a MUST to roll the windows down and sing at the top of your lungs.
Life has been going GREAT! I love being this happy. Nick passed his bar exam, so he is "offically" a lawyer. My aunt said the other day, how does it feel to be dating a lawyer...it sounds weird. But really cool at the same time! I was actually lucky and was at his place when he got the results. I got there at like 11am and he didn't wanna open them right away in case he didn't pass and it be a loooong day. So, he waited to open them 15 minutes before I left and we jumped up and down and cheered, it was great. He actually multistated which makes he did so good on the multiple choice part they didn't need to grade his essay. I am just SO SO proud of him. Now he has to do a swearing in ceremony to make him extra offical, which i am not sure if I go to that or not. He will let me know I am sure. And then they mail him a bar card in the mail and he can start applying for jobs.
Also, last Saturday was a lot of fun just hanging out with Nick. It was his turn to pick out a movie, and he was way cute and asked the lady at the video store for a good date movie, she failed him though and he picked out a really good movie called The Last Kiss. It was excellent, the actors were great and the plot was amazing. It was half chick flick, half guy movie. And then we made dinner together. He picked out what we were making but i just helped. It was pineapple wrapped in shrimp and then wrapped in bacon, and we had it over pasta. It was SO good, and for dessert we shared a bowl of strawberries. I love that he loves to cook, and he puts so much thought into things.
Works is going alright I guess. Some days more than others. I had my review at work about my performance, which basically decides if I get promotes and raises. I did really good and she had a lot of nice things to say. The other girl I work with said her report was better, but I am SO over of it. Monday was crazy busy, which is normally the case, that is why I like having Tuesdays off. Gives me a little break in between.
I love that summer is almost here, I have so many things to look forward to. Like this weekend Nick and I are going to Sarah's graduation( I am SO proud of her!) And then the weekend after that is the Hoedown, which is always an AMAZING time and I can't wait! Then somewhere else this summer is July 4th fireworks, a roadtrip to Cedar Point with Nick, and then in the middle of August going to South Carolina to move Sarah into school. I am sure there is much more going on and that is probably why summer goes WAY too fast.
Well hope everyone has a GREAT week :)
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| Looooong week.... |
[04/27/07] |
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Well this past week has been so painfully long. I had training all week, that was a total joke, especially on Monday. You see, I took leave on Monday so I could get an extra day off to relax from the weekend and such. Three days before my time off one of the managers comes up to me saying "Well I think it is important that you are here everyday for your training, so you shouldn't take Monday off" I was a little annoyed by the comment in the first place because my leave was granted way back in the middle of February! So, I figured I wanted to stay on managements good side so I decided to come into work that day. So, I get to work and we aren't doing a whole lot and then training starts and I swear to you, it only lasted 45 minutes!!!!! I gave up having a whole day off for a whole 45 mins and we didn't learn a damn thing. I was very annoyed by this matter. And then today Bryan has the nerve to call in. I was told you had to be there for training and he is calling in, do you see something wrong with this? I sure hope management does!!
But I had an amazing weekend. I spent a couple days with Nick, and i can't believe how great he really is. I got there on Thursday night after work and he made me dinner. When I got there he wouldn't even let me in the kitchen. The dinner turned out to be amazing. He made alfedo with brocoli and mushrooms, breadsticks, wine and he even set up candles! It was SO sweet. No one has ever done that for me, and i think everyone should find someone who will do the same for them! Friday we just hung around his place watching movies. We even got a chance to take a nap on the couch, which was heaven, because I couldn't tell you the last time I had an afternoon nap. It is hard being a grown up sometimes because they don't give you nap times :)
On Saturday we went up to SVSU to hang out with Sarah. A group of us went to Bdubs which is always a good time and then later on that night we had ice cream. It was SO nice out, I can't wait for it to be that nice again. Then Nick left and then BRIGHT and early on Sunday Sarah Bryan and I went to her house for her dad's ordaining party. It was all a surprise, and I LOVE her family. It was SO much fun. It made a long day in the car, but it was so worth it. I love roadtrips.
Then we drove home that evening and Sarah had to go work on her play(which i am SO sad that I am missing this weekend) and Nick picked me up and we drove back to his place. But on the way home, we were listening to the radio and I was just relaxing as I was exhausted AND tired of riding in the car. And keep this in mind Nick NEVER sings outloud, ever. Well all of a sudden he started singing to me, the song was called Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse. It is an 80's song but it was so mushy and cute. If you don't know the song you need to look up these lyrics, it was amazing. Boys can be SO great sometimes when they are well behaved ;)
I shortly mentioned the annoying parts of work, well since I worked 40 hours this week, I could work overtime which is tomorrow. I am going to go ahead and do so. I will be making a good amount of money for 5 hours. And I have to be there by 7am, which makes I have to get up like 6am.So, I went from working 3 days last week to working 6 this week!! Crazy I know.
Also, in other news I am in the process of apartment hunting. It is kinda discouraging, as I am not a big fan of "the chase", I would rather have it be handed to me. A few good places I found were out of my price range, and one that I thought was perfect turned out ot be subsidizes housing. Bummer. I even told my dad about it. He isn't a fan of the idea of me moving out. He doesn't want me living by myself and he doesn't like the idea that Melissa and Dru live together, so what does he really want me to do? Geeez he is crazy. I am still trying to crunch some numbers to see if I could afford it or not right now. I just need out, I have been here almost a year, and I just miss my freedom. Maybe I will stay till the end of the summer or something. I have a good portion of money saved up but I am just worried it won't be enough. So, time will tell. I found a nice place that paid for everything but electricity for $565 a month and it has a washer and dryer right in the unit. I will keep everyone posted.
Oh and one more thing. Mike and I got into a very heated fight the other day, and he said some very hurtful things about my relationship with Nick. I even told him to go to hell. And I haven't heard from him since. It is so sad to know that you could spend 5 years of your time with someone only to figure out they don't fit your life and who you have turned into. It amazes me to know that all of a sudden your life can turn upside down and you have no fair warning. Mike being out of my life has been good for me, something I really needed to see for a long time. Nick has brought out a side of me that I can't really describe. No words could do it justice. But just to know how happy I am, makes me not even think about Mike and how he has built me up and then broke me down, and now to have someone new to start all over again. Someone who I can really see building a life with. It is so crazy how all of that works. Just when you think you have life figured out, you end up taking another dive into the deep in.
Well everyone have a good weekend! :)
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[04/14/07] |
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I love when everything falls into place. And all of your worries were for nothing. I love when God tells us what we need/want right at that very second. It is just amazing how it all works. I love being this happy. And I love when my friends are happy. I am so proud of Sarah for getting into Southern and finding her home there. It makes me sad she will be so far away from me, no impromptu visits on a spur of a moment. But we will battle that can of worms when it gets here. All this means is planned vacations, and being the best of pen pals, which come on who doesn't like getting mail. I will support her everywhere she goes...yes even Alaska ;) But I love when you can hear how happy a person is even though the phone. I also talked to Melissa Stacer on the phone for a bit yesterday and it was SO great hearing from her. She is in Indiana, and we still communicate as much as we can. She sounds really happy about her life too, just everything is happening when it needs to. All of my friends deserve to be this happy and then some.
I also really like being able to make people happy. For a while when Mike and I broke up, he told me we couldn't be together anymore because I didn't make him happy anymore. For the LONGEST time I thought it was me, and that I couldn't make someone totally happy. I was afraid that I would never be able to do that. But when I have friends who say they can't wait to see me or just randomly call me because they haven't heard from me in a while proves that I have made people happy this whole time! I know this may seem silly but when you were told after being in a relationship for 5 years that "I haven't been happy for a while now" it is just hard to break. And when it comes to guys, I love when Nick tells me he can't wait to see me or how happy I make him, I just can't describe how cool that feels. Today I am going to Lansing to spend the day with Nick. I made him a homemade cd just because and I am bringing a picnic lunch for us. He doesn't have any idea of any of this. I told him I had a surprise for him but he doesn't know it is this. I have hot pockets, granola bars, fruit snacks, brownies and juice boxes. So hope everything goes as planned.
Tomorrow I am going to church, and to the grocery store, how exciting i know! And I only work 3 days next week which is SO exciting. I have Tuesday and Friday and next Monday off, for relay for life...I can't wait!!! Well I gotta go my brownies are done and I still need to shower :)
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| Life is funny...sometimes too funny.... |
[04/06/07] |
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So, we all know that SVSU likes to take people's money. I got an email today from SVSU stating I have a library overdue fee of 10 cents! I don't even go to SVSU. I wrote them back and told them, now we need to see if I actually owe them 10 cents or not. For real how stupid is that. Good old SVSU, even when you graduate it will still haunt you.
On another note last week visiting Nick's family was a lot of fun. I was super nervous for a while and then I started talking to people and I was fine. At first you could actually see people looking at me wondering who I was, and then they were whispering and finally when i was talking ot people they started to figure it out. It was TOO funny. Nick's mom and dad are SO SUPER nice so it made things much easier. I am going to Bay City with him again this weekend for Easter in the afternoon. Sounds like i will be meeting more people we will see how I feel about that later. Things with Nick are going great still, he is a lot of fun to be around.
I also think I am ready to move out. The crazyness at my house has finally gotten to me. I was at Nick's this past Tuesday for my day off and I was planning on leaving at like 8:30pm to head home. My dad calls me at 8pm DEMANDING where I was at and why I wasn't home yet. I told him I wasn't leaving until 8:30pm. Then he was going on and on and on how I was an accident waiting ot happen for driving home in the dark. And then the next day he totally didn't say a word about it because I made it home safe. UGH! what to do.
Work has been going well. I am learning SO much everyday. It is really pretty exciting. Bryan isn't the best to work with that is for sure. He thinks I don't deserve a desk day because my work load is smaller than his...um hellooooo I only work 4 days a week now, of course it is going to be. I miss out on a whole extra 8 hours, and they get overtime and everything. So i don't really wanna hear it from him. I really hope management is on to him, or I may harm him in the process! Well everyone have a good weekend! :)
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| Cool, calm, and collected...haha yeah right?! |
[03/31/07] |
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I am a very outgoing person, and I love to talk. Everyone who knows me well can testify for that. But meeting new people is exciting, it tends to scare me a little. First impressions are huge, and I think that is why I get so nervous. Today Nick is picking me up at like 11am and we are going to Bay City because his parents are throwing him a party and some restaurent for him graduating law school. Nick hates being in the spotlight, so he didn't want a party in the first place. But looks like his mom rules. And a typical party is like 15 people..right...lol yeah no. There are going to be like 30-40 people there. And to top all of this off, he has NEVER EVER brought a girl to a family function before. Talk about extra added pressure. It is really flattering but just makes me more nervous. He told me the other day on the phone that he hopes they will be so distracted that he brought a girl to a family function that they will want to talk to me more than they will him! I burst out laughing. I hope this isn't the case! I told him he can keep his spotlight but he was like but I wanna share. So, we will see how this goes. Nick and Sarah both tell me I will be fine and to just be myself. I am sure I will be, but meeting new people just makes me SO nervous. And I thought that Nick's friends Brenda and CJ would be there and I already met them..so I would be okay just talking with them...and Nick told me that they aren't coming now! Such a bummer.
Now things with work have been going okay. I never realized how important and powerful my job was until this week. A lot of our payments (checks) are issued through the payment center. They hold on the money until it needs to be released. Sometimes they don't release it when they say they should, which results in someone having to call them. I had to call them twice this week...the first time I had to ask them to release a 78,000 dollar check and on Friday a 7,000 dollar check! So, this week alone I had them release over 81,000 dollars!!! I couldn't believe how much power I had. Now come on how many people can make a phone call and say hey...so yeah can you release that 78,000 dollar check..okay great..thank you! It was exciting. Well I better go I need to get ready and such! Everyone have a good weekend!!! :)
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| Living life in the fast lane.... |
[03/27/07] |
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Things at work have been a little hard to adjust to. People spend WAY too much time bitching about the little things instead of worrying about actually getting there work done. If they spent nearly as much time doing there work as they do running there lips they would be ahead of the game. A lot of the time it is impossible to get Bryan to work and then the next second Tina is getting mad because things aren't going her way. I think I like it better just keeping my mouth shut and fending for myself. It is a lot less trouble. I was so sick of everyone today I ate lunch at my desk. It was peaceful and I got to look up some stuff online. But I am able to help more people now since training, somedays I know what I am talking about ;)
Things with Nick are still going great. He sent me roses to work that one day. They were SO pretty and the card was cute too. We get along really well...and I could so get use to being this happy. Sarah also stopped by for a short bit this past weekend. It was great to get a Sarah hug and see Nick all on the same day. Talk about a great day. Nick met my family last weekend it went well...and now next weekend I am going up to Bay City with him for a party his family is throwing for him. Kinda nervous about meeting new people but Nick tells me I will be fine.
I have decided I hate being far away from my friends. That is the worst part about growing up. When something is wrong you wanna fix it but are too far to fix it. I think someone needs to fix that...and kinda like now. Hope hope everyone's week is going well!! :)
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[03/22/07] |
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My training at work is FINALLY OVER!!!! I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited, that I am finally start my new job, and actually know what I am talking about...well for the most part. Yesterday the staff brought in bagels for us and we got our certificates to make us offical. And then today we got a cake and they let us leave at 1:30pm today. That was pretty much amazing. So, when I left work I called Nick to tell him I was done for the day and excited about graduating. When I got to talk to him he wasn't happy I got out early and I was kinda confused why. Well he was like I just can't get a break!!! And then he told me that he sent me something at work today and it was being delivered. Since I was only there half a day I still have no idea what it is. So, Nick was pouting that I didn't get my full surprise...but I was still WAY excited that he got me something, and thought about me. He is way too sweet. So, now I have to wait ANOTHER day before I know what the surprise is. Hopefully whatever it is my co workers aren't snooping at my desk or anything, because that would make me cranky. But I am super excited about this.
Tomorrow at work we get to clean up our desks and put our computers back at our desks. Oh how I have missed my desk for 5 months. I really need to pick up my desk because the person who sat there before me left a lot of her stuff...so I need to clear that out so I can actually use my overhead. The new schedule for our group is still up in the air and probably will be until 8:59am on Monday. That is just how the govt works I guess.
Things with Nick are going better than I could ever imagine. He is really good for me and we get along great. This past weekend when I visited Sarah and the gang, he fit in so well and Sarah improved him so that area couldn't get any better. This weekend he is coming to visit me, I think we are going bowling with Melissa and Dru and then just hanging out around the house watching movies...and then next weekend we are going to Bay City because his mom is throwing him a party for graduating from law school. He is not real excited about it, but he wants me to be there for me, I got it under control. Well that is enough rambling for one entry...everyone have a good weekend :)
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| Bring on the weekend! |
[03/15/07] |
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Training will be over in 5 days and I couldn't be more excited. It is kinda like being a senior all over again. It is pretty insane. I am tired of all of the bitching, the whining, the arguing and being a yo yo. When training is over I will be going back to parttime. Not real excited about it, but am ready for a break...so having Tuesdays off for a while will be nice. Especially with the nice weather that should be coming.
The new boyfriend is amazing...I honestly haven't been this happy in a long time :) We have so much in common but our differences balance each other out. It is just nice. I don't really talk to Mike anymore at all...the last time i talked to him was 2 weeks ago and I am totally okay with us not really being friends. It is kinda sad in a way because we knew each other over 7 years to just throw it all away. But I guess that is just a part of growing up. Oh also please pray for Nick and his family. One of his close family friends passed away a couple days ago of a brain anurisym. He has been up in Bay City the past few days where the funeral and such is being held.
I am also SO excited for this weekend! I seriously haven't seen Sarah and the gang since the weekend of her birthday the end of January. It will be SO amazing to hang out with them and to see the play. Plus, it will be St. Patty's day and no matter what we do I am sure it will be a good time. Then on Sunday I have church stuff and then I am going to see Nick. We are going to church together which is super exciting because he is the same religion as I am and that just makes me happy. So, the weekend is going to be JAMMED packed and I can't wait!!!
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| Life is good... |
[03/09/07] |
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I don't know what it is but the weekends are FLYING by! It could be because I am out every weekend now, and it is such a good feeling! Nick and I are offically dating and it felt like 6th grade when we talked about it. But it was still really cute. we talk on the phone almost every night and i am going to see him tomorrow for the day. I am driving to Lansing and we are going to hang out. Can't Wait! Last weekend visiting his parents and his friend CJ was a lot of fun. Everyone seemed to like me which makes life a lot easier. His mom was really outgoing which sometimes made me a little nervous and his friends were pretty laid back so that helped. We watched three movies and snuggled on the couch. I really like Nick, and it is a exciting and refreshing feeling...so hard to really describe with words. But things are going well.
Work has been a hand full. Everyone is ready to get out of training...I am so tired of people bitching about everything. Why can't they just suck it up and do there work. Why is that so hard?!
Today one of my friends at work babbled ot everyone that i had a boyfriend...and of course it was to the biggest gossipers in the office...but I am totally over it. Training is over March 22 and I couldn't be happier! Other than that life is going good...I went out to dinner with my friend Jenni last night and it was good to catch up with her. Everyone have a great weekend...I know I will!!! :)
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| Yay for meeting a cute boy :) |
[03/01/07] |
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SO, as some of you know i had a date this past week. I met this boy, named Nick and we have been sending e-mails back and forth to each other. Finally I had the courage to give him my phone number and within two days he called and we talked on the phone for seriously 5 hours. We talked about anything and everything and we have so much in common. It is great. And then as we were going to get off the phone he asked me out on a date for this Saturday. So, I was freaking out that I had a date. It turned out better than I could of ever imagined. We went to Applebees for dinner and then Cosmic bowling with my sister and her boyfriend. It turns out he was an amazing bowling and really put my game to shame. But it was a lot of fun. We have a lot in common, so that makes it easier. And he didn't let me pay for anything! I kept offering to help pay but he wouldnt let me. He was really funny and cute. Then afterwards we went back to my house and watched tv for a while, and we snuggled it was cute. He left like 1:15am, and when he left he was like you promise I will see you again? it was super cute, but then I found out that hehas been burned a bunch of times by girls who will say yes will go out with you again and then he would get stood up. I have never been stood up, but I am sure that isnt the greatest feeling in the world. I have also been talking to him on the phone and we get along really well, it just feels so relaxed it is really nice. This Saturday I am meeting his best friend and sounds like his parents. That makes me a little nervous but I think I will be okay. He seems to like me in return so that is even better.
Work has been really stressful this week, even at one point we had to call the cops and they had to escort a lady out of the office and i was all over a police report. It was crazy. There is also a lot of drama between our mentor and us, because she doesn't help us up front anymore. And also one kid I work with is off today and he slacked off all week and now I get stuck doing all of his work because I finished mine today. I will be so glad with this training is over, seriously I can't wait till March 22!! Just thought I would throw out a quick update!
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| The good, the bad and the ugly.... |
[02/20/07] |
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This will be short and sweet and to the point.
+I got to talk to Sarah on the phone for an hour :)
-Today really felt like Monday
+Tomorrow is wednesday already
-Drama at work is overrated
-Being patient is really hard for me
-I have been having nightmares for 3 nights straight.
+I got the day off yesterday AND paid for it!
-Wedding drama with my sister and she just leaves when she is tired of dealing with it.
+I got my hair cut and highlighted.
Well that is about all that has been going on in a nutshell :)
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| One hell of a week... |
[02/17/07] |
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This week has been one of the longest and toughest I have had in a long time. It just seemed like one thing after another kept happening, it was just exhausting. Last week my dad's cousin, Josephine passed away. She was hit by a car while taking out the garbage. Isn't that crazy that such a simple task could turn so ugly. It truly gave our whole family a new meaning to live your life the fullest. And I think that was the hardest thing to swallow. Our roads have been pretty bad with drifting snow and such, but the car that hit her was going over 65 mph and thought he hit a bag of trash. She was 59 years old and a school teacher for over 38 years. Sunday night we went to the rosary which was packed and then Monday night we went to the service they had for her. It was really nice but super sad to see some of her second grade student's crying. I didn't end up going to the funeral because it was in the middle of the day on Tuesday. And I am STILL in training at work. And I felt like I had closure of her passing away from the other events we went to that week.
Well with that in mind it turned into work drama that I was not ready for this week. One of my managers thought she would stick her nose in my business...I was not impressed. I simply told her that I wasn't going to the funeral because I felt that I had closure with the whole situation. She told me I needed to "seriously" think over my decision. Then later in the afternoon, I turned my test into her for work and was glad that I got a 100% on that test and she was like I have been thinking about it and you need to go to that funeral tomorrow, this type of thing only happens once and you are going to go. I left her office dumbfounded and rather angry. It just felt like she was telling me how I felt and what I should do. Then I was feeling gulity and then thinking maybe I should go...and my emotions were all over the place. In the end I didn't end up going, and she didn't say another word to me since. But I also didn't give her the chance to corner me and have a "feelings" talk with her. One thing I have learned from working in an office is you tell as little as possible and make sure you are never by yourself when managers come by or they will find a reason to corner you.
So, then Wednesday comes around and we get a snow storm...we all know I live in the middle of nowhere...case closed. Well there were four feet drifts through my entire driveway and down my road. There was NO way of me getting out of my driveway let alone go to work. So, I called in and told this to them. They weren't real happy on the phone and of course I am the only one at work that lives out in the country, so no one really could relate. So, then I am stuck at home allllll day with the parental units. And having a bad attitude because i was missing important work material. And then sitting home all day when it is Valentine's day was also not helpful. I just tried to block it out of my mind for a while. Sometimes that work...other times not so much.
Then Thursday rolls around and I get to work and get asked a million questions about how come I wasn't at work and how I was the only person to call in. Um hello that is because I live in the country!! Do they really need me to draw them a map!? And then all the work drama started all over again. I swear to you I work with a bunch of 5th graders. When you bend over they make farting noises and then while we are suppose to learn the material...they are looking up Yo Momma jokes online. Pleaseeeee. And then I know when test time comes around they are going to be FREAKING out about the test because now they don't know what the hell is going on. Then the two older women in my class eat and eat and eat...like if you have something to eat they will ask if they can have it. And then not even say thank you. One person at work brought in grapes for everyone to share. It was a huge thing of grapes those women took at least 40 grapes and the person that brought them in didn't get any.
Friday hits and I am so done with that place it is insane. Still whining and still a lot of people aren't paying attention, which I wanted to shout JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO LEARN THIS DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF US DON'T!. But I kept my mouth shut and learned to pick your battles wisely.
And I miss my friends. I haven't heard from most of them since I was at SVSU in January. I think we need to fix this, I know everyone is busy and such. But I really do miss them! Well that is all I got for today :)
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| AMAZING weekend! |
[01/28/07] |
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I have decided that weekends that I go to SVSU go way too fast. In honor of Sarah's birthday extravanga we went to Bdubs on Friday with a group of people and it was a lot of fun. We tried a new drink called Buffalo Zoo, and it was GREAT. We were all a little shocked when our drink turned out to be like 23 ounces and you couldn't taste the alcohol. Danielle, Sarah and I all tried to, it was a very good tip. Then we went back to Sarah's place for postgame mudslides, those were tasty too. It truly felt like we were drinking all weekend, but it was a good time :)Saturday during the day we went to Snowfest in Frankenmuth. It was Mike, Rachel, Sarah and I. It was pretty chilly but a good time. There were a lot of cool things to look at and we took a bunch of goofy pictures. Afterwards we went to Tony's for a big meal before we set out to drink again. That place was great...and cheap. So that was the smartest idea ever. Then Sarah and I snuggled in her bed watching the game show network...btw high blood pressure is never a good thing...lol And then people were coming over for pregame drinking before we went out to the club. The club was SO much fun too...I definatly had a good buzz going, I don't have much balance on a good day but try it with 4 alcoholic beverages in my system. I had a Sex on the Beach, strawberry vodka with sprite, Superman shot and a red headed slut shot. But we danced and giggled and danced and giggled some more. But after being outside in the afternoon, drinking and dancing in the evening I was exhausted when 3:30am hit. I love my friends they are the greatest. Hope Sarah had the best birthday ever!!!
In other news I come home today to find out that my sister quit her job and doesn't have another one lined up. She has a wedding to save up for, and all of her bills. They also might be moving to Lansing, but of course they have no idea. Seriously if she screws this one up and my dad has to bail her out I am going to be pissed. I just don't get why she didn't wait till she found another job. But I guess I will never get it. They also just bought two brand new Verizon phones and the last two months her phone bill has been over 140 bucks. It just amazes me.
Well back to work tomorrow, not so excited about it. Back to training, we have a test tomorrow and I swear to you if another guy I work with does better than me and puts no effort into it I will be MAD!!! Well...hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did!!!
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