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So, I found a job! I'm the newest Sam's Club cashier...isn't that exciting? No, not really, but it is a job, which in this state is awfully hard to come by. :) And they did give me Memorial Day off, which I was quite grateful for. We went to the beach--quite nice. :) I played in the water for 20 minutes (nearly froze) and spent the rest of the ( Read more... ) -
I'm back!
Hi guys!
I'm pretty sure no one reads my journal anymore, but just in case...I'm back! Brazil was wonderful, and man I miss Portuguese, but it is good to be back home too. I did get accepted into grad school, so basically I'm gonna chill and work at home and go to grad school in the fall. It'll be great. :)
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I love Halloween. I don't really put much effort into celebrating it, but I like the congenial, convivial atmosphere of all the kids and parents out together, getting candy and just having a grand old time. And I get to wear my cloak of AWESOMENESS! :) And snitch candy from the younger siblings ( Read more... ) -
Cedar Point recap!
So we finally made it to Cedar Point--and no one died! We spent all day Saturday there, from 11 am to 11:45 pm (it got cold). The lines weren't as short as we would have hoped, but we still had tons of fun, including the frantic run to one of the big coasters as soon as the gates were opened. Mindy was faster than either Mike or I, but she saved us ( Read more... ) -
Drive-by Posting (aka FREE!)
Ok, just posting this now 'cause I'm not sure how long they'll be free, and I've got 45 minutes while the baby is still asleep....
Amazon's got some great free music downloads, if anyone's interested. The Sarah Chang is fantastic, and what I've listened to of "I love the '80s (1880s)" is great too. Gotta love amazon freebies. :D
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Oh, I am so behind
At everything. I got caught up for a bit, and then life happens and one gets completely uncaught up again. And by life I mean laziness. :) Although that laziness did lead to some procrastination, which led to some AWESOME Music Man promo pics I yanked from flickr/ebay, some great Captain Blood pics from the same place, and bidding on some ( Read more... ) -
Life is good
Oh, I'm so glad Mom and Dad are back and in charge. Makes life so much easier. I can get back to writing grad school essays (ick) and transferring all our old VHS tapes to DVD. All the family videos, and all the old movies we taped off TV that you really can't buy on DVD now...it's actually been surprisingly relaxing. :) Yea, this post ( Read more... ) -
It never rains but it pours
I guess cliches are cliches for a reason, right? They're usually pretty true. Anyways. So last night, late, we got the call that my maternal grandmother had passed away. She's been sick for a long time, and they had called us Monday night to tell us that she wouldn't make it through the night, so we'd been expecting this call for a while, ( Read more... ) -
*dies*
Seriously, babysitting one's siblings is quite exhausting. Best deterrent for single parenthood/pregnancy I know. :) I figured the three year old would drive me crazy, but I had no idea how exhausting it is to keep the 8 year old and the 10 year old from trying to kill each other. And holy cow--all the cleaning and housekeeping! A gabillion ( Read more... )
