It Wouldn't be Christmas without....

A lot of drama. My dad started having pains right below his ribcage and couldn't breath very well. So, we took him to the ER and he got worse in the car because the only hospital close to us is about twenty minutes away. My mom called 911 in the car and they called the hospital to warn them we were coming. They took him in right away which was good. At first they tought that it was his heart. Luckily it is not his heart. He has gallbladder disease and an inflamed pancreas. He has to have his gallbladder removed but they have to wait until his pancreas is less inflamed before they can do it. So, hopefully they can do the surgery tomorrow. The doctors implied that he would be okay when everything was over. So, that's the good news. It's been a stressful day so I am going to go to bed now.

To Quote a Really Bad Song "It's Been Awhile"

Well, since the last post Jasmine has passed away. She died the week after I posted that. She didn't get any better even though the doctors said she was cancer free so my parents decided that she was suffering.
Anyway, the semester is over and I am back in Arizona for ten days for Christmas. Then I am going to SF to visit the sisters and nieces for New Years and my birthday. Then on Jan. 3rd I will be going to LA for three days to be the nanny for Ashley and Andrew while they get married. So, I am going to be on a lot of planes over the next couple of weeks.
Other than that things are going pretty well. Home is good so far. My sisters are going to be here on Friday. Well, two of them anyway. So, we'll see how that goes. Michelle and I are unusually close so that wont be a problem but Jackie is coming and I had not talked to her in about a year and a half. Well, Thanksgiving ended that run but it will be interesting.
Anyway, I am boring right now. So, I'll stop writing.

Miracles Really Do Happen Everyday

So, this day started out really crappy. I called my parents and they told me that they were going to take her to the vet and have to put her down. She stopped eating and drinking and they thought the cancer had spread to her liver. I was a mess all day and was waiting for the dreaded call from my dad. I finally called him around 3pm and he said they were taking her in soon. So, apparently when they took her in the vet said they wanted to run one more test to make sure they were making the right choice. Well, they did...and she is cancer free. This dog is a miracle! She was diagnosed with cancer when I was a sophomore in high school and given six months to live. It's six years later she is still here and now cancer free. She does have a liver disease but it is treatable. She is fourteen years old and still alive and kicking. I can't believe it.

"Cats do not provide milk, or warmth or meat" -Dwight K. Schrute

So, I really don't know how I get sick so easily. Actually this time I think I know why I am sick...and that' okay. Thursday night I started getting really sick and I am pretty sure I have the flu. On a good note though I think my fever broke like an hour ago so maybe I will be feeling better soon.
I've realized since moving in with Tara that I am not built to live alone. I practically do since she is never here and I don't like it at all. I can't wait until Danielle and I live together. I talked to her tonight and I miss her so much. I seriously can't wait until she is back.
Okay, I have homework to do.

You Jump I Jump Jack

That is the name of the current episode of Gilmore Girls I am watching. I've been in the world of Stars Hallow for the past week. It's been fun. I think I just watch Gilmore Girls when I don't feel very well.
School has been good so far. I like all my classes. Management is a bit boring but that's okay. I was hired at Target on Thursday but I am still looking for another job just to see what else is out there. I love interning at Big Machine. It's been a lot of fun and good things are happening there right now. Garth's single debuted at number 1 abd Taylor Swift's album just went platinum. Good things.
Everything else is going pretty well.
Well, I have a lot of homework to do for tomorrow so I better get started.

I'm Back

So, I guess I've been back for a week and a half but I just haven't updated this yet. Living in Sterling Court with Tara is going well so far. I'm pretty much all settled in. There are still some things that I need to get in order but for the most part they're all in place. I still haven't found a job but I have an interview tomorrow at the Cheesecake Factory. I've applied at a bunch of other place so hopefully I will be getting a job soon. If you know of anything and want to let me know that would be great! I start classes on Wednesday along with my internship. I am interning at Big Machine records this semester which is exciting because Garth Brooks just signed to the label and is going to have a new album out early 2008. Other than that I've been kind of bored. I don't have a job or anything I have to do and so it's been kind of weird.
Anyway, I should get going to move the rest of Danielle and my stuff out of our old apartment in the commons.
ttfn

Nashville Bound

The title sounds like a bad country song. Anyway, I am packing to come back to Nashville. That's right tomorrow I will be on a plane and on Thursday at 6:15pm I will be home! There will also be some serious catching up with everyone. I am so excited. Anyway, I should go pack some more and then go to bed. I am almost home! Yay!

I Love Acts of Kindness

There was a monsoon tonight. Not just a monsoon but it actually rained to about two hours. For people who are not from Arizona this does not seem like a big deal but here this is a major event. I am not saying this as a sarcastic comment. Really here when it rains that much if floods, especially up where my parents live. I went to my friend Emily's house to help her pack to go on a trip. I was driving down Cave Creel Road (yes it's actually called that) and going south it was flooded but still drivable. Going north on Cave Creek it was completely flooded and cacti were knocked down in the middle of the road. (Yes cacti not trees. Also, the plural for cactus is cacti not cactuses.) Anyway, so there were cars stopped and at one point the police were blocking it off so that you couldn't go north. So, needless to say I was not turning around to go home. I got to Emily's house and I stayed until 11 thinking it would be better by then. So, I got to Cave Creek Road and it was blocked off. Then I went to the next street over that could get me to my house which was Tatum and it was blocked off. Finally I got to Scottsdale Road and it was not. I went up there going about 35 miles an hour because it was still flooded just not as bad as the others. I turned on Lone Mountain and there was dirt everywhere making it a very slow drive. Then I drive up and see these people sitting on cars that are stuck in this mudd and water. Turns out the people who lived on this road and who were stuch waiting for tow trucks were helping people get through and had shovels and were pushing cars when they couldn't make it. This struck me as one of the nicest things I've ever witnesses in real life. I mean it's something kind of small but these people were sitting out with their pants rolled up wading (sp?) in muddy water helping people. Luckily I didn't get stuck but only because they told me what to do. I made it home but it took me an hour which it would normally take about 25 minutes.
Anyway, that really long story was to say that I love it when people help other people without expecting anything. Sorry if this post was boring but I had to share that.

I don't know if you all know about my dad's cousin Alan. He had Lou Geregs Disease and couldn't move, talk or breath on his own anymore. He asked to be taken off of his machines yesterday and he passed away. It was peaceful and after years of living with this and it taking a toll on his family he felt it was time. He left a message for my dad which was very bittersweet and only affirmed that he was a great man who thought of other people instead of himself. He only wanted to stay alive this long so that the doctors could do tests on him so that others who weren't as advanced in the disease could benefit from what they found. He was upbeat and so funny even when he couldn't speak. He wrote two books, one was for his daughter Kara. I didn't meet him until I moved to Nashville and I honestly didn't get to know him that well while I was there. But I do know that respect and admire him for all that he went through and did for other people. The funeral is tomorrow and I wish I could be there but I am in AZ for another two weeks. If you could please keep his family in your prayers. Ladonna is his wife and his two kids are Kara and Chad. I am sure this is probably a very conflicting time for them. On one hand they are mourning the death of the father and husband, but they are probably somewhat relieved that he doesn't have to live with that disease anymore.
Thanks everyone for keeping them in your thoughts and prayers.

19 Days Left!

Like the title says I onle have 19 days left until I come back to Nashville! Yay! I can't wait! I do have one thing to look forward to before then, Michelle (my sister) will be here a week from today! Which will be awesome. We are going to a Diamondbacks game which I am totally excited about! Honestly, most people don't know that I love baseball but I do.
Work has kind of sucked right now but I only have like 11 days of that left. (yay!)

Not much else to write about. I miss everyone in Nashville. Can't wait to see you!

If you could please keep the family of Aileen Primero in your thoughts and prayers. She was a friend of mine in high school and she passed away on Saturday. I hadn't seen her in over a year but it's still shocking to think that someone who was so full of life (if you knew her you would know what I am talking about) could just be gone like that.

Yay USA

Happy fourth to everyone! I hope everyone is safe and having a wonderful time today!

So, I've been doing nothing since my last post. Well, I guess not nothing. I have been working, I got sick last week so I spent all weekend laying around drugged out on NyQuil. Last night I went to see Licensed to Wed with the oh so wonderful John Krasinski (sigh). It was cute. Not as funny as I thought it would be but still entertaining and worth seeing.
Currently I am sitting at home extremely bored and not doing much of anything because I have the day off of work and my friends here seem to have plans already. Oh well, I guess this will be a bunch of down time. However, I realized while downtime is a good thing, it is only a good thing in smallish quantities. Now I am just really bored and getting really annoyed with my parents.
The countdown is on and I have exactly 36 days left until I am back in Nashville. Oh, and as of right now I am living with Tara in the fall because her roomate is spending the semester in London and we both just needed roomates for the fall semester. So, it seemed to be the best option. So, in 36 days I will be back! I can't wait. My mother always says not to wish your life away but honestly I wish it was Aug 9th right now. Anyway, I better go and do more of nothing since I don't think I have anything else to talk about.
Happy Fourth of July everyone!

So, I guess I should update...

For those of you who don't know I am currently back in Arizona until August. yay. (Note the sarcasm.) Apparently you have to be taking six hours of classes to be able to get a loan and I was taking three. Since I could not afford to live in the commons without a loan I decided that the best choice for me would be to move back in with my parents for two months and try to get a job and save some money. So, I am currently trying to find a job.

Also, I don't know if a lot of people know this but Jess and I are most likely not going to live together next year. Nothing bad happened or anything we just decided it might be better. On a good note though Danielle and I decided that when she gets back we are going to live together! However, if anyone knows of someone who needs a roomate for the first semester that would be great.

On another good note, I met a boy. Nothing is really happening because he is in Nashville and I am in Socttsdale but hopefully when I get back things can happen. I think I might be a little smitten. :-)
Okay first summer goal:
Get tan...screw skin cancer!

Thanks to all who were thinking or praying for my mom. Her surgery went well and she is expected to heal well. She is kind of suffering from depression that comes after surgery sometimes. She will get through it though.
I am back in Nashville as of 7:35 this morning. It was a hellish night that I hope to never repeat. I was on two red eyes and went through three time zones. So, I don't even know how many hours I traveled last night. But it is over and I am glad to be back.
I start classes tomorrow and quite possibly I start Bricktops too. Not sure when that will happen but hopefully this week.
I am so tired I think I might go to bed now. That is pathetic since it is only 7:15.

Home Sweet...eh

So, I am back in the AZ for a week. It's been pretty uneventful so far. I went to see Pirates this afternoon. It was so loooooonnnnnngggggg. They tried to fit way too much into this movie. It wasn't horrid but it was just okay. Tonight I am going to go meet up with Emily (my best friend from here). It will be good to see her. She is going to Point Loma in San Deigo in the fall so this visit will probably be the last time I see her until Christmas. Speaking of that, is anyone not going home for Thanksgiving this fall. I don't think I want to, but I also don't want to be the only on in Nashville. Anyway, just putting that out there. I am bored and waiting for my hair color to process and thought I would write on here. Anyway, hope all is well with everyone.

sigh

Do you ever really need to talk about something but there is no person to talk to? I mean that you have talked about it with people yet the same thing keeps happening and they don't seem to care? Sometimes I convince myself I am being stupid and truthfully there are times when I am. However, it isn't always me. I don't think I normally would put even this much about how I am feeling on the internet knowing that people I know can read it but, it is 2:35am and everyone is out of town and I just had to get it off my chest. It was one of those things where I want to know someone heard me a little but I still didn't want the whole world to know. I don't think that made any sense, but that is what is going through my head at the moment.
On a totally different subject I am watching Gilmore Girls right now (what a surprise) and Rory and Lorelai are eating burgers and fries and I have to say they look really good right now.
Those are my thoughts. And if you made it this far I am kind of sorry and I want to say thanks.

wow...

I suck at this whole blog thing now. I haven't written since May 5th? Wow. Part of that is because I feel as if I've been a bit boring lately and kind of in a weird place. So, with that said here is what has been going on...
Since last Thursday I've been working 9-6 at FRA with the oh so lovely middle school children. Although today I got off early which is nice. My last day working with the kiddies is Friday. Part of my may actually miss it. I will for sure miss everyone I work with because they are awesome. But some of the kids aren't so bad either.
I got a job as a greeter at Bricktops! I was hired last week and I now work there which is awesome since I already know most of the people who work there and hang out with them on a regular basis.
I am going to Arizona on Saturday. My mom is having her fourth back surgery on the 31st so I am going back to help out with that.
Danielle moved out. :-( VERY SAD about that! Damnhell you have no idea how much I miss you. The other day Em, Jess and I were all at home and one of them said wow we are all home at the same time and I was like no we aren't Daniell isn't here. And then I got all sad because you don't live with us anymore.
Tessa-P-Pants came to visit! Susan Lucci! I love thee.
Val left this morning from her visit back to the Ville. That was fun. It was wonderful to see her. I am so happy that everyone is making their way back. I am just choosing to be in denial about the two leaving in the fall. (You girls are not leaving I don't know what you are talking about.)
I think that's about it. I am kind of boring. Oh well, such is life.

That's Right

I now have three tatoos! It's on my left foot and it says Matthew 6:34. Which is "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." I LOVE it!! I will try to have a picture up soon. And now I am watching Miami Ink haha. Anyway, I thought I would let everyone know! Yay!

Yeah...

So, it happened again. Yes ladies and gentlemen it did. Only this time there was a request for it. Haha. Okay I am going to bed.

Random Observations

I am sitting in Cafe Coco right now. I should be writing a paper that is due for my Soc of Music class on Tuesday. I am about five pages into it. It's supposed to be 8-10...yeah there will be a couple late nights. I am having a discussion with Tim on IM about how hot the K of S actually is. We've decided that he would not be as good looking if he didn't come in the full package...meaning the tatoos, clothes, hair, nose ring and the superiority complex. I hate you Katherine (not really I do love you but for that I hate you).
Anyway, there are a lot of Vandy girls here today. Which is also interesting considering when I come at night it is usually a bunch of very random people.
I wish that I had more things to say. But I don't.
Oh here is something. I miss Lindsey already.

No Interesting Title Right Now...

I went to a Good Friday service tonight that Rolling Hills had and it was really good. They had different stations around the room (it was at the Factory in Franklin) and each station had a different theme. There was a communion station, then one that was talking about how Mary felt watching her son die. Then there was one that was talking about our sin and to remind us of it we drank this little cup on lemon juice. There was one that had blank papers that were available to write or draw what we were feeling at the time. Then there was this cross in the middle of the room with index cards to write out sin on. Then we nailed it to the cross and they put it up in the front of the room. It was a REALLY good service. They just let you wonder around to the different stations and the music was good.

It was good to be reminded what this Easter is actually about. I forget every year the real reason for all of this. I don't know why but I do. I don't think I ever think it is all that important of a holiday and then I am reminded every year and it hits me like a ton of bricks. He died for me. And I forget that? How is that possible? It shouldn't be possible and I wish it weren't.

My dad had surgery this morning and everything is fine. They found out his shoulder was worse than they thought it was before they did the surgery but he is fine now. So, yay! I don't think I told that many people about it before hand. That's because he didn't tell me until Monday through an email with the subject line of FYI.

That's about all that's going on with me. I am at Tara's watching season nine of Friends. I think she might be sleeping. I better get going. Night.

Good Time for a Break

I have Pearl back! YAY! It feels really good to have her back again. Haha, and the dealership was really nice and helpful. So yay, that's all over with!

My brother in law Todd (Toddaroo to Tara) was quoted in an article in yahoo. Here is the link:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070403/20070403005286.html?.v=1
I don't know what they are talking about but I think it's cool that he is quoted in it. His name is Todd Berg if you decide to read it.

Okay I am pretty boring right now so I am going to go.

Sears Sucks

So, I got my car towed to Sears in Cool Springs on Saturday. And today they decide to tell me that they can't fix it because they are not "equipped" to fix the alternater. Can I just ask why it took them three days to tell me that? So, I had to tow it to the dealership. So, I call Sears (and this all happens while I am at work btw) and ask them to put the car in the parking lot with the keys on the driver's side matt. So, I then get a call from the tower guy and he says he has been there for ten minutes and hasn't seen the car. So, I call Sears and I am on hold for ten minutes and then get cut off. I call back and I am kind of mean and they say they will take care of it. I haven't heard from anyone yet so I am assuming that it made it there all right. OSDfhg;ohf- that's how I feel right now.
So, that is what I am doing right now. It sucks. It will get better though. This was just a bad week for this to happen I think. In fact this week was already better. I got a B on my Mass Media test, which is good for her tests. We also got to watch Goodnight and Goodluck which so far has been really good. Anyway, it is getting better, yay!
I miss Kitty already. Thought everyone should know that.

Blonde Moment

So, I made this whole new blog so that my friends could comment on my blog again and then I forgot my username and password. So, that is great. But I got it all figured out (obviously). So, this week has kind of sucked. There have been some good points to this week but I've just had this very weird/pissy/bad/I don't know feeling all this week. I don't know why. I have been busy this whole week too, so I am sorry if I've fallen off the face of the earth. I have an IP test tomorrow, which I am not too worried about. But I also have a Mass Media test tomorrow and I HAVE to do well on it. Anyway, I need to go study but I was just really excited about being able to write on here again.

It's My First Time...

So, I created this because I kind of don't like xanga anymore. Also, this way people who don't have xangas can comment if they would like. And I also promise that I will be better about reading other's blogs...because as of now I am not that good at it. So enough with that...
So, on Friday night Tara and I went to Cabana. It was a lot of fun. The bartender took a liking to us and gave us free doubles all night. So, needless to say we all had a very nice time. His name is Collin and Tara is blaming him for the condition we were in that night...not so sure that he is completely at fault.
So, Katherine came into town on Saturday and that is awesome. We had a dance like Justin party this afternoon...also awesome.
It's been a rough weekend with my family...hopefully things will be better this week. We'll see.