This makes me laugh

You know who it is??

I'm going to get fired for this...

To tell the truth it's something that I've been thinking about for six years. When I was eighteen I planned on it... then the parents stepped in and said they would pay me NOT to.

I took the cash.

I guess I owe them.

I did it, it didn't hurt, and yeah..people stare at me now.

Registering

I just registered for one summer class. I was planning on taking two, but that's hard when there are only about three classes available.

I was either going to take speech or American government. I picked government since speech is the class I fear most.

I don't get student aid, so my parents are quite happy I'm only taking one class this summer.

Also, I got excited to sign up for fall courses. This fall I'll be taking more classes that seem fun (until half was through the semester anyway) like sociology and world religions. I'm already signed up for those two, and I'll be siging up for a couple more.

While I'm on the subject of my classes...the current courses I'm taking are going well. I'm really enjoying my English comp. class because my teacher is awesome. I'm not so sure about the rest of the class though, many of them seem to be struggling through it. I've handed papers out to be peer edited and got them back with no marks of anything wrong. Come on! I know there's always something wrong with each paper, so that's when I chase down my poor teacher and ask her to peer edit my paper herself. (I know what you're thinking Jay, I'm just a little scared you'll tear me apart with your mad editing skills).

Why forgiveness is important

There's someone close to me who has never been able to forgive the people who wronged him many years ago. Do you know what's happened to him? Besides becoming a narcissistic introvert (kidding)?

He's become bitter.

He couldn't bring himself to forgive in the beginning, the anger built up inside him until he wasn't able to forgive. Forgiveness practically doesn't exist to him.

When you forgive someone, you're not really saying, "oh that's ok, I don't mind that you punched me in the face..."

Forgiveness is meaningful and spiritual, and although it doesn't come easy, it's important.

I'll sum it up with these two quotes by one of my favorit authors, C.S Lewis.

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

and...

"Forgiveness does not mean excusing."

Or a more popular one by Alexander Pope.

"To err is human, to forgive, divine."

I'm back!

...back at work. I was so excited to get back to work that I layed my uniform out last night.

I was so tired by the time my shift got over though. Not working for a month kicked my butt. Not to mention there's something wrong with my eye. It's been brewing for a month, then yesterday after church it began to hurt so bad I couldn't stand it anymore. So I did what I always do when I'm not feeling well...I had my mom call Lois Mertes. She told me that it sounded like an infection. I went to the ER (yes it was hurting that bad) and they gave me some drops until I can get to the eye doctor on wednesday.

So I went to work with a seriously red eye thinking they might send me home...they didn't. I'm glad because I really need the money.

Easter!

I haven't painted eggs in a few years, I just haven't been into it. I used to love painting them, but then I grew out of it.

The other day I got the urge to color some eggs, so I sat there for hours painting eggs. I drew a lot of peeps and bunnies. Drawing on eggs is hard!

Spring Break

What am I talking about? I've already been on break for a couple of weeks, I haven't worked in a while. Honestly, I can't wait to go back to work.

No work=No money=No fun.

Plus, I enjoy my job, there's some fun people there.

So, back to spring break. I'm planning on getting way ahead on my homework since most of it is predictable anyway. My psych class is especially predictable, but it's actually a fun class. Yesterday I had psych and we were doing inkblots. My teacher-man asked what one of them looked like, and I immediatly blurted out, "the devil!" while some else timidly said it looked like a puppy. I felt a little embarrassed.

I saw my heart!

I went to the hospital today to (hopefully) have my final testing done on my heart. I knew I was going to be having an echocardiogram..actually I was walking around all week calling it an "echo graph..type.."

I threw on a stylin' hospital gown and hopped up on the bed. I've never had an ultrasound, of course, but it was kind of like that.

I was so excited because I could see and hear the wump, wump of my heart. It was a really cool experience.

By the way, my hearts totally normal.

Now..I'm sure I'll be moving on to other tests *frown* three hours for a glucose test.

coffee!

It was my dads B-day yesterday and no one ever knows what to get him. Every birthday he gets showered with flashlights and coffee...that's what makes him happy though. Not to mention he got sent some seriously amazing ribs from my bro and sissy-in-law in Cincinnati, which I will definitely be scamming in on.

love it

I was recently thinking how I need to update my music collection, so I spent most of the day yeasterday downloading songs.

I got relient k's new cd, which I'm so excited about! I was introduced to them from when I first started working at taco bell five years ago and I was addicted right away.

I mostly got 60/70's music! I love it. I used to watch Forrest Gump over and over just to hear the soundtrack, well now I have it.

And, for the first time ever..it's official, I got two country songs. That's a big deal for me! I'm not seeing any more country songs in my future though.