August 16th 2011

In a couple weeks school starts. I am taking two classes. English and Spanish. I'm hoping that all will go well with school and I pass both my classes with flying colors. I got all my books I hope. Probably cost me $150 all together which isn't bad at all. Got them all used and can resell them back to the websites when I'm done. I'm a little worried that Spanish will be hard, but im sure ill be fine.

Next week is the annual Field Camping Trip. I'm so excited! In need of another vacation now. We are heading up by Sleeping Bear Dunes again. Should be a great time. Going for four days, along with going kayaking and going up to Traverse City. So excited for the food too. Will be the best I've eaten in a long time.

September is the Buddy Walk in Columbus Ohio. I will be returning this year and also bringing Brandon along with me, if he doesnt have to work that is. It's a very rewarding experience and I always love to see my cousins as well.

That's it for now. Gotta get back to work.

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Oh My

It's been over a month since I've updated this thing. Guess I've been so busy, and it would help if I had the internet at home also.

So we moved into our house on the 14th of November. Started moving stuff on the 13th, and all the big stuff the next day. By four-o-clock on Sunday we had most of the things in our house besides, the couches, tv, bed, etc. They were to heavy for me to help with. I also had to drive four hours past Chicago for work, so I needed to leave. Once I was all packed (funny since we moved) I made that long haul to Vernon Hills, Il. Made it just fine, had a five hour energy drink that got me all the way there. About 10:30 Brandon calls and says that we got robbed. Asked him if he was joking, and he said no. Someone kicked down the back door when Brandon was at the store. Took some money, his computer monitor, and some movies. Being stuck in an unfamiliar place and that happens, I wanted to go home. But I stayed and survived the week of strenious mindblowing work.

Got back on Friday the 19th around 10pm and my cars breaks weren't good. Turned out that I had a leaking line. So that got fixed on Saturday. Felt really good to be home, but was a little freaked out since I wasn't used to the noises of the house. Still not really used to them, now that I think of it. We're pretty much settled in now, and loving every minute of it.

Thanksgiving was really good. Brandon and I made two trips, one to my parents house and one to his. I made a Banana Split dessert that Grandma Gabrick used to make. Was a little runny because of the pineapple juice, but otherwise tasted good! I also made a Carrot Cake to take to Brandons family's house. That turned out really good also! I can cook really well, I just never do. Brandon has been impressed, I made a broccoli casserole and carmel apple Jello stuff the other night. He complimented me greatly. He couldn't believe that after two years of us dating I never cooked. He thought I didn't know how. Haha! Showed him huh?

Right now, I've fallen ill. With this weather how can everyone not be sick? First it's snowing then it warms up and it's raining. I feel a little better today, which is good, cause I got sent home yesterday. I have to push through my day and then I'll get to rest after that. Might leave earlier because I have a headache, a small sore throat, but I'm very weak still. I slept all day yesterday, and when I couldn't sleep no more, I tried. Slept through the night, which is awesome because I've been waking up a couple times a night. (Sound like a baby now)

I think that's enough for me right now. Nothing really spectacular is happening, so until next time.

The Middle of the Week

Hump Day! Means that the week is half over and I'm that much closer to not having to work. These days are getting busy, and work is going good. It's not hard, but it is life-sucking. Full-time takes so much out of me, because not only am I working 40 hours, but I go over that due to other things. But I'm trying not to complain, because that would just get me demoted, and I don't want that to happen, since I love it so much! It's not challenging, just a lot of stuff.

So I'm hoping to hear back about the house sometime this week, and then we can have a final look through on Sunday or Monday, and then go from there. I'm sure we need to sign some things, and all that good stuff. We were told yesterday to not buy any pots and pans or a microwave. So we might be getting those as a housewarming gift. It's awesome, and I appreciate that too. It'll help us along, and make things less stressfull. Like spending a ton of money on stuff. I guess if we get a microwave, we'll have all our essentials for a little bit at least.

I'm gonna rant here for a little bit. So I prank called someone recently and they were furious about it. Telling me I'm a jerk, when they were just really angry and over reacting. Well to that person, I don't need you and if you're gonna let a little thing like that get in the way of our friendship, then goodbye.

That's it for now, Talk to you soon!

November 14th

Our move in date! I'm so excited for this day to come, so I have to start packing all the stuff I have at my mom's house to bring over to the house. We are going to go back and look at the house when it's all finished. They are putting a new sink, shower, and toilet in the bathroom, so we got a remodeled bathroom! It's exciting, so I got to watch what I'm spending for the next month, and then we'll be all set. It's going to be strange though, because I'm not used to or really like being in a house at night alone. So it'll take me some time, but I'll be okay. Maybe we'll get some cats right away, then I won't be so lonely. I'll be okay though.

Well that's it for now! I'll start posting pics when I get my computer's wireless running and when we get it for the house! I also have no camera, so it's hard to get pictures.

Exciting News!

It's official! Me and Brandon are getting a house. Renting at least. It's about fifteen minutes away from where I live now, and about 10 minutes from work! That's a plus, since I'm sick of driving all that way, but five minutes is five minutes!

It's a one story, two bedroom, one bath house. Finished basement also! Decent living room and kitchen. Also a biggish back yard, which I love! It's a tan exterior and a one car stall garage. It needed a new stove, water heater, furnace (?), and shower. The water heater I believe is going to be done on Thursday and Jim (Our soon-to-be landlord) said he'd call and talk about moving dates. Now we said that we are in no rush to move in, but I think pretty much as soon as we are able to, we are going to. I don't know for sure, since I haven't talked to him about it yet. Haha. I'm going to start packing stuff up at my mom's house, and try and see if I can get one of the dressers in my room. So, hopefully things will go smoothly (had to call and ask about my bad credit), and I don't see why they wouldn't.

Well that's all for now! Keep ya guys posted!

Work is my life.

Hello Everyone!!! It's been awhile, but I've been really busy. Last week I went to Ohio for the Buddy Walk. It was really fun and I'm glad I made it. Driving down we took a wrong turn so we kind of got lost. But we made it, all in one peice. Visited with family and I woke up sick on Friday! Boo. I really enjoyed seeing my cousins. The Buddy Walk was extremely fun. Good crowds all around us. Everyone was there supporting children with Down Syndrome. Our little Leah is so cute. She'll never go unloved when she's in our family.

I also made my decision to go into Hotel Management as a career. I'm going back to school in the Winter to start learning more about it. I'm not sure if I want to stay at Extended Stay for the rest of my life, but I would like to stay around to try and be promoted to GM. I'm thinking that being a AGM will get me through some of my schooling, at least at GRCC. I need to talk to a counselor as soon as possible to see what the curriculum is going to be. I'm going back to take my business english class, and then I'm not sure after that. Since I'm working here, I only can take night classes. Maybe when next fall comes around, I'll have a set schedule to where I can go during the day one day. Since I was out of school for awhile, I only want to start off slow, because working full time and going to school full time is a handful. And I'm not sure if I'll be able to go back full time eventually.

Brandon and I are waiting on hearing about a house. It's going to be $675 a month for I believe two bedrooms one bath, main floor and basement. Don't know to much about it just yet, but it looks hopeful. I have to go now, but I'll see everyone later!

Ahh, a new post!

So I'm trying to keep up with this, but it seems like my posts are getting farther and farther away from each other.

Some non-work-related stuff. I didn't have to go to court today, the guy plead guilty. So I was pretty satisfied for that. Not sure if I said anything, but he drunk drove his truck into a bulldozer. He was fighting it for months and finally the day before his trial he admitted to being guilty. He finally figured out that once it went to court he would be found guilty, since Brandon and I were the only witnesses and our stories were more believable. I'm also glad cause, I didn't have to see Andrea, which I figured that she would be there. Brandon asked me the other day if I would want to live in an apartment or a house. We don't need a lot of space if it's just us, so I mentioned an apartment. But then talked about how some places wouldn't let us have a dog (want a huskee). He knows a couple that rents out houses and said that he would talk to them on Thursday to see availability. We went by there the other day, and there's a one floor house and a two story house. The one story we think would be just fine. Enough room for the both of us, without a ton of extra space we don't need. The only downfall is that there isn't a back yard. I love my back yards, but I guess later on down the road we can move into a place that has a decent back yard. It has a small deck though! So small and petite, just what we need right now. So when he asks he'll know about when it will be available, and we'll go from there. Next Thursday, my family and I are leaving for Ohio! I'm so excited. It's been a long time since I've gotten to go down to Ohio, and I've never walked in the Buddy Walk. So this year will be a treat. I missed a few cousins from Ohio when everyone came up, so now they don't have a choice whether or not to see me. ;-) Down side is I'm driving all the way down there! It's gonna be a long trip, so I'll need good sleep.

Now for some work related stuff... Been working my butt off for the past 5 days. Although I did have the weekend off. Our main computer crashed on Thursday, so we were down to one computer, which made everything slow. It took hours to get things done that takes five minutes to do. It was that bad. So all weekend it took forever for everything to get done, a lot of errors. And a lot of stress. Then we got a new computer Monday. Which is awesome, because I've wanted a brand new computer since I started working here! So it took a couple days, but everything seems to be fixed now. Since I didn't have court I was going to work from 10:36 AM- 6:00 PM. 10:36, weird time to be scheduled in. Anyways, I stayed up a little later since I didn't have to be in till then. Got a call probably quarter to 8. Tom is at work, and his wife just got into an accident. So he was like can you come in. I know it's a long day. I told him that I would, he said I'll tell Ecco that I'll be there in a half hour. So not only does it sometimes take a half hour to get to work, I'm still in my pjs. So I rush into my clothes and rush on in to work. She ended up having a sprained ankle and red bumps from the airbag. So that was good. Now I either have the entire day off on Thursday or just coming in at noon. He probably will give it to me off, since I took call this weekend, since he'll have it the next week.

I wanna say that this is it for that. Just waiting for 6 to roll around. And then I'll be off for the night. YaY!