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Tuesday, July 5th, 2005
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12:21 am - Unpacking Sucks!
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So, I've recently moved to Newport, to a kickin' new apartment with a kickin' new roommate, but a dark cloud lingers over my head...unpacking. I think it actually sucks more than packing did. I've thought of 3 solutions to avoid repeating this torture:
1) Live in apartment #12 for the rest of my life.
2) Find a husband by May 2006 (when I graduate) & buy a house together to move into. Then NEVER move again.
3) Win Powerball so that I can pay movers every time I move. Wait, if I am a millionaire I won't need a husband to help me buy a house - so I'll buy a house with my millions to move into. Then NEVER move again.
#1 and #3 are not very realistic...I will have to work on #2.
Back to unpacking...
current mood:  drained
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| Monday, July 4th, 2005
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11:26 pm - Stolen from Megan who stole if from Mark...
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So, my new roommate Megan made a list on her LJ of 15 things people probably don't know about her...I only have 10, but whatever...
1. I have scoliosis (crooked spine) & have had more full-body x-rays in my life than I can count...forget my back - I will probably die of overexposure to radiation.
2. My Dad is pretty much blind from a family eye disease. No one else has it in the United States except the Manleys. I will probably be blind someday too...feel bad for me & buy me presents!
3. A family of Cambodian refugees lived in my house for about 5 years when I was a kid (they made really good food, but sometimes it smelled funky).
4. I moved to a farm when I was 8. I was scared of animals so I got a bunny... then for my 16th birthday I got 2 goats, their names are Tyrone & Shaniqua & I LOVE them.
5. I used to be really smart...I got straight A's until I hit 7th grade. I'm not sure what happened, I guess I reached my peak at age 12.
6. I originally came to URI to be a dental hygienist...that didn't happen, but I'm still here. Now I am getting a master's degree in College Student Personnel.
7. I love church (everyone knows that part), but I haven't always. I grew up in a pretty liberal home where nothing was ever forced on us. I became Catholic when I was a senior in college. Now I am church-obsessed, but I am still cool.
8. I've had 9 roommates in my life, including my newest roommate Megan.
9. I've had many jobs in my life thus far including: nanny, waitress, motel chambermaid at Econolodge, telemarketer, Old Navy sales associate, resident assistant, legal secretary, box office salesperson at the Ryan Center, URI tour guide, video store clerk, customer service representative at APC, Ram Tours Coordinator, GA at the URI President's Office, and (my all-time favorite job) Customer Service Clerk at Ames (which has gone out of business ~ tear).
10. I just moved to Newport, RI & I LOVE it.
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| Thursday, June 30th, 2005
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2:37 pm
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Ok, so I REALLY suck at posting, what else is new?
Maybe it’s b/c I have nothing exciting in my life to share.
Here is a re-cap of the past 2 weeks:
~I no longer love Joe (or 40-year-olds in general for that matter).
~I love someone new & he is my age.
~I have 2 new coworkers, both undergrads. One annoys the crap out of me. The other is like my best friend. Both situations could lead to workplace drama.
~Everyone in my office is crazy in general, except me of course.
~I HATE packing…but I’ll be happy to get out of my third world living situation.
~My current roommate is bipolar…one minute she is trying to get rid of me, the next she seems sad I’m leaving.
~I’m moving to Newport tomorrow – hooray!
current mood:  stressed
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| Sunday, June 12th, 2005
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12:20 pm - Silence Is NOT Golden!
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I've lost my voice again & it sucks!
It was especially sexy on my church date w/Joe today. ST's (special times). Our church shopping date was cute & fun...I especially loved that everyone thought we were married - love it!
current mood:  giddy
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| Thursday, June 9th, 2005
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5:42 pm - Facebook
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So today I taught my 50+ year old co-worker about Facebook. I am obsessed. I feel a little weird though b/c I keep getting e-mails from NASPA encouraging me to attend conferences that discuss the dangers of Facebook and similar websites. I'm not sure I can be a student affairs professional if it means I have to give up the Facebook...hmmmm.
current mood: guilty
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| Wednesday, June 8th, 2005
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7:21 am
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So after re-reading the last entry I realize what a loser I sound like...I am excited about a date to church, haha. As church-obsessed as I am, Joe loves church even more! We must be a match made in heaven, even though we are super lame since we only ever see each other in religious settings.
current mood: weird
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| Tuesday, June 7th, 2005
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4:06 pm - Joe Update...
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So I never explained my previous entry about Joe being taken. Plus, there have been some exciting events recently. So to answer megan51's comment, here goes...
...I've driven my butt up to East Providence for the past few weeks (early on Sunday mornings might I add) to go to church where my favorite 40-year-old, Joe, is the music minister. I've known him for years as my cousin's husband used to be the assistant pastor there. He always had a thing for me, but my cousins never really allowed anything to happen b/c they thought I was too young for him. Maybe I was, but now I'm 24 & in love with him! So I started going back to this church and he seemed happy to see me - bonus! Then I saw a cute, blond, very tan girl walk through the door and head towards the area Joe was sitting in. I knew just from looking at her that she was Joe's type. So I was crushed, but I still attempted to investigate. I've gotten nowhere, but my current thinking is that even if they are seeing each other they're not very official b/c no one even knows her name. It's Colleen & I feel slightly guilty b/c she seems really nice, I would probably try and be friends with her if she wasn't interfering with my love affair.
So here is the latest update...I was there on Sunday and I had a whole plan rehearsed in my head about how I was going to spend more time with Joe. My car needs a new windshield, which is going to be fixed this weekend (very convenient *wink*wink*). So, since Joe lives in Narragansett I was going to ask him after church if he could drive me this coming weekend. That way we would be forced to spend 2 45-minute car rides together! However, I saw him right before church started and it must have been fate (thanks for looking out for me JC!). I ask him & it turns out that it was his last day in church. Throughout the rest of the service everyone kept talking about how Joe was leaving, so I couldn't have used the "please drive me to church" line after I knew he was leaving! So, even better - he invited me to go to a new church with him this weekend, which makes me feel like Colleen isn't all that important in his life...i.e. he's leaving the church they both attend and he's inviting me, not her to "church shop" with him. GT's...so now I feel like there is hope after all.
current mood:  hopeful
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| Friday, June 3rd, 2005
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9:53 am - Wasting State $$$
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So I am at work right now bored out of my mind and decided to update my journal (twice in one day...this is unheard of!). The sad part is I get paid $15.93 and hour to sit here all summer. We just hired two new undergraduate students to take over all of the "office tasks" I'm not supposed to be doing, so now I basically have nothing to do. GT's. The situation is so dire that they are going to have to eliminate my position after I leave because they can't convince the graduate school that I serve a purpose. Wow, that makes me feel really great. So for the the next year I will continue to work on Commencement, Thanks You Day, and other event planning junk, while plastering my name all over everything possible in an attempt to have something to show potential employers in the spring...wish me luck.
I suppose my lack of purpose could be to my benefit, I just discovered a new college that I am going to attempt to get a job at when I graduate. It's a Christian college with less than 400 students...most of my classmates would puke at the thought, but I heart the JC freaks. Now that I can do pretty much whatever I want at work, I can try to mold my position into one that will make me look more JC-freakish. Christian colleges don't tend to hire state school grads. Especially when both of your degrees are from the same big, bad state school that was named by the Princeton Review as the #1 party school in the nation for 3 straight years...wish me luck (again).
current mood: guilty
current music: The sweet sounds of URI construction...
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6:14 am
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I haven't written in my LJ lately b/c I have nothing exciting to say...all I do is work! (And go to Curves, lol. I know it is lame, but it's fun working out with all of the middle-aged soccer moms). So, I have compiled a list of fun things to do this summer:
1. Get a tan (I should put a picture up so that you can see how pale I really am).
2. Find a dreamy boyfriend ~ preferably an older, attractive music minister who loves JC, *wink*wink* (although I'm not holding my breath).
3. Eat lots of ice cream from Brickley's (although not so much that I negate my super intense workouts at Curves...lol)!
4. Move to Newport with Megan!
5. Take lots of "sick" days to go to the beach in an effort to achieve #1.
Ok, so it's not that thrilling of a list, oh well.
current mood:  bored
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| Monday, May 23rd, 2005
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6:06 am
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ST's (sad times)...Joe (my new crush) appears to be taken. I have mourned my loss for over a day now & now I am ready to find a new boy to love! :o)
current mood: crushed
current music: Shania Twain (don't judge me-I was missing NH this morning)
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| Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
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6:35 am - Graduation Day
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Today my baby sister, Manda, is graduating from college! :o) I can't wait...I'm so proud of her, hopefully I won't cry. I'm also going to see my new favorite guy this morning! Then later today I'm heading up to NH for a family shin-dig...what a perfect day!
Ok, so here is the back story on my life, since I suck at writing daily. Thursday night's date with Dave was too cute & fun...I'm really glad that we went out before he headed home to Minnesota. However, after we got back from dinner the drama began. He lives in an apartment where people don't feel the need to be invited, they just sort of come over. So when we arrived for the OC party (the OC party doesn't actually mean there is a party, just that everyone who's there watches the show) there were a few people already there, then a few more showed up. At one point it appeared there were a few people talking/whispering about me, so I went in another room to avoid any drama. Then the same girls got even crankier when one of the guys made me an ice cream and matza sundae (long story). I'm not even sure the cause of the drama at that point, but I tried to avoid it. Then I was wearing a sweatshirt of Dave's b/c the apartment was cold & I was yelled at for that...so I ended up taking off the sweatshirt & going home...I think the girls there felt like I was crossing the line into their territory by hanging out there or something. I guess it's my own fault for hanging out with people 3 & 4 years younger than me, but I really like a few of them a lot...they just come with a whole bunch of dramatic friends.
Most of my undergraduate friends have gone home for the summer, so now I can focus on my older & dreamier crush!
current mood:  happy
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| Thursday, May 19th, 2005
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3:44 pm - Hot Date Tonight!
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So I just had the worst day at work ever! Well, maybe not ever, but in a while. I ended up working 3 hours longer than I was supposed to, which brings me up to 30 hours so far this week. I still need to work all day tomorrow and Saturday for commencement. Normally I'm a trooper and work as many hours as possible, but I was specifically told this week by my boss that I can only work 20 hours, so much for that idea. I'm so exhausted...the fact that I spend my nights finishing the school work that was due 2 months ago has something to do with it too. Oooops. Atleast I have a date tonight to cheer me up! It's not with the 40 year old, sorry to disappoint everyone who has made comments on that one. That's still a project in the making and for the record he is a dream boat. Tonight is more of a courtesy date I think...as in Dave is taking me out b/c I practically begged him...lol, I'm so romantic. Off to get ready...then to the OC party tonight. :o)
current mood: sleepy
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| Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
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11:34 am - CSP = The Devil
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Uugghh! I am so frustrated with my master's program. People who don't deserve to get in are admitted, people who should be in the program are denied, I'm getting A's in the classes I hate & am praying to pass the classes I actually like. I'm so happy it's summer!
Three whole months w/out having to deal with all this crap!
current mood:  aggravated
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| Monday, May 16th, 2005
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12:50 am
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What a weird day...
I spent my morning in East Providence attempting to impress my new crush...I'm not sure how it went, but he was happy to see me and we chatted a bunch. I'll see him again next weekend & hopefully make some more progress!
I just got back from the boys house (who are no longer my students!) & had a lot of fun. However, now I think I am too tainted for sweet, innocent Dave. We're supposed to go out together on Thursday...hopefully he can see past my flaws by then.
current mood:  dirty
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| Sunday, May 15th, 2005
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12:01 am - ST's (sad times) in Kingston...
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Went to the Newman Club Dinner Dance tonight, "Summer of Dreams". What a kickin' time, sort of. On to my current drama...
Sometimes I can be so bitchy for no reason, it is definitely a flaw I have. Well tonight I have reasons, but they aren't very good ones. I have a student who I've repeatedly told I can't date...that we could only be friends. So now he treats me "like a friend" and I hate it. I am going to hell for my bitchiness...sometimes I am one of "those girls" & that's a bad title. I just left his house instead of staying and having fun at the party (my advisor position is technically over, so he's not really my student anymore...in case you were worried that I am crossing the student/advisor line). I am especially evil because tomorrow I plan to go (Megan - do not continue reading this) see a guy who is 16 years older than me in the hopes that I can spark something up. It doesn't bother me that he's 40, just that I am more concerned about my students not hitting on me than I am about meeting the potential man of my dreams. I need to get my priorities straight.
current mood: jealous
current music: Nora Jones
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| Tuesday, April 26th, 2005
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6:24 pm - Can't Hardly Wait (for Summer!)...
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Why is it that every time someone is the least bit cranky towards me I blame myself? I have been formulating an apology in my head all afternoon for someone who might have just been having a bad day...I am obsessed with people being happy I guess. My obsession is causing me dilemmas as we near the end of the school year...so many unhappy people in my masters program. If we hear about the College of Pharmacy one more time I think some people might loose it (I however love Denise...at least she's funny, more than I can say for that other Denise), research class is going to give everyone an ulcer, and some people are so obsessed with being done that they can't see the value in a simple paper extension! DRAMA!
I realized that I spend 10+ hours a week with many of my classmates. That doesn't sound like a lot, but 4 days a week of the same faces can cause a little tension...I love them all of course!:o) However, I'm not sure they love each other & we're all ready for a nice long break from one another*. Six more days of classes, then summer here we come!
*Of course I can't live without Roomie or Des or Erik, oh my gosh and I have to see George (aka "Class Hottie") as much as possible this summer!
current mood: rejected
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7:24 am - Welcome to my LJ!
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Ok, so I don't have the most exciting life, but maybe someone out there is interested in it. No, really...someone please read my LJ! My day has started out like any other...getting up early to do the homework I didn't do last night (which I am obviously still not doing), listening to the drunken messages people left on my phone, and drinking multiple cups of bad Folgers Coffee...
...doesn't this sound like the best LJ ever?! I know you'll be back for more!
current mood: sleepy
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