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heading in the right direction

2005-08-03T11:47:00.000-07:00

alright, well I haven't posted in awhile and their is a good reason for that. The Thursday after July 4, whenever that was, i started getting a sore throat...no big deal, right? well at 3 am I woke up because it hurt so bad and discovered that my left eye was swollen, huge swollen, like somebody took a bat to my eye. of course the sight of my horrific eye made me burst into tears everytime i saw it. So Bacho and I went to Walgreens, naturally, and talked to the pharmacist who told me to take some benadryl, seeing as that it looked like an allergic reaction to something. I slept until 4 pm the next day, then went back to bed at 9 pm...missed 2 days of work, and felt like crap for the following 2 weeks about...it turns out that my body was adjusting to Utah...great!

now Bacho isn't doing so well, though. he was playing soccer on saturday and sprained his ankle really badly. so i have been nursing him back to good health, i suppose...keeping track of his meds time, making sure he wraps it and elevates it, and basically tending to his every spoiled need. it was getting better, but two nights ago, being as stubborn as he is, he insisted on picking me up from work and didn't bring his crutches...well he fell again and it got so bad he missed work yesterday. but he's doing ok...these things take time and he just needs to rest it as much as possible.

alright off the topic of our health, i finally finished registering today for classes. I am only taking 12 hours...not because I am lazy, but because a.) i'm paying out of pocket, and it is EXPENSIVE and b.) those are all the hours i need to finish the core here at the U. Here is my schedule:

M: Intro to drawing 6pm-10pm
T/H: Solar System 1045-1205
Culture/human experience 1225-145
Us econ history 2-320

tuesdays and thursdays are going to be a little hectic, but it shouldn't be too bad once i get used to it, and plus i think my last two classes are in the same building. I seems like a really lame load and selection, but those were the things i needed...

ooohhh....and some good news i found out at orientation...apparently the gpa i graduate with will include only those grades i get at the U so here's to trying for a 4.0!!! haha...you hear that boswell??? your D freshmen year no longer has its effect on me....

i miss my parents and my siblings a bunch, but that goes without saying...i feel bad that i don't talk to them more often, but i tend to get weepy...my brother is already driving, which is crazy!!! i can't believe it, and his voice is all super deep...hopefully soon i will be able to use that southwest ticket i have to go and visit them...it looks like i may have to wait until september though...

alrighty, well i need to go home and watch my novelas..jaja

2005-06-27T12:48:00.000-07:00

oh, and i forgot...

i got accepted to U. of UTAH!!!!

wooohoooooo

finally made it to Salt Lake City

2005-06-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

So I know I said I would be posting to this thing religiously, but as I am sure you can understand, due to extrenuating circumstances I have not been able to do so. I should be able to update somewhat regularly now though seeing as that i just got myself a library card, yay!

I got in to SLC about 7 pm Sunday, June 19th. So I have been here slightly over a week. Nothing to exciting to mention; just the annoyances of working opposite hours of Bacho. The good thing is that although Ms. Slocum told me I wouldn't be getting my full time hours, up till now I actually have. (i know i've only been here a week, but that week plus the two she has posted have me working anywhere from 31-35 hours) the apt is still a disaster, not to mention how my trunk is still full of crap. haha, full of crap...i meant it literally though...

The ride here, although extremely long was very beautiful. The red land passing through Ok, Ks and its green pastures that seem to go on forever, co and the silhoutte of mountains in the background, and my favorite: Wyoming and it's diverse features. I loved Wyoming, it had awesome rock formations, beautiful mountains, anything you could think of, Wyoming had it. On the bad side of things, i lost my debit card at the second gas station so i had a huge pitstop in OK City to try and somehow acquire money, seeing as that their are no Wells Fargo banks in OK.

Some more good news, Billy called me, although i was not able to talk to him due to roaming and my not ever receiving the call (he left a message) i haven't been able to get in touch with him yet, but at least now i know that i have that possibility.

some more fun stuff: my magical friend Peter sent me a little "care package" which gave me much happiness, although now i have the pressure of figuring out something for him.

oh...going back a little more, Disney was awesome!!! took some great pictures which i am making photo albums out of for my siblings and grandparents. i'll see if later on i can somehow manage to get them on here.

well...my time is limited...till next time

ciao

quick recap

2005-06-03T16:25:00.000-07:00

alright...here's a quickie...

i'm in panama city, florida.

we went to a pizza buffet in houma, la and funny thing....they had red beans and rice, as well as gumbo....only in louisiana...picked up some muy importante stuff...the next day we headed out towards alabama, where we stayed at orange beach and saw a crocodile...you would have thought that that would have happened in LA but no...yesterday we made it here to panama city, my nana got a ticket on the way (good thing i wasn't driving at the moment) and today i got some sun, yay!!! and got stung on my boob by a jelly fish, boo!!! for some reason, this morning was jelly fish free and then in the evening BAM! they were EVERYWHERE!!!!

do you ever miss those days of innocence

2005-05-23T23:33:00.000-07:00

so i had this HUGE convo with peter tonight, which ended with both of us at thefacebook.com, not that that has anything to do with anything..

to sum it up, my mom said some things to me that just made me really sad. made me wish that i could go back to the days of innocence and lack of life changing choices; to be their little girl who was perfect in every way. and i got myself on this tangent, "i wish i hadn't done this or met this person" and you know what even if i didn't know the people that i did, i would have made the same decisions with other people. and i am very lucky to be able to say that i have truly loved two people in my life who have loved me back, with all they had (have) to give. not everyone is that lucky. as much as i may think that knowing different people would change my actions, the honest to God truth, is i would have sooner or later made the same decisions.

i am sad that i let my parents down and i cause them stress. i wish that they could think of me the way they did before all of this. but after a lot of thinking, crying, and discussing with peter, i have come to the same conclusion i had made before: i have made many choices in my life that my parents may or may not agree with, but i always made those choices after giving them careful consideration, and i DO NOT regret anything that i have done. i have never wanted to live a life that i would later regret, and i am glad to say that i do not regret them. i feel bad that my parents may disagree with them and that i upset them, but at the end of the day, it is my life and i am the one who makes the decisions and if i make mistakes, i will learn from them.

on a similar note, i am drained emotionally from having to defend my choice to move to Utah. this, along with ALL of my decisions is something that i have given a lot of thought to, it was a very hard decision to make, but it has been made. I am moving. I am transfering to UU. If i have to wait a semester to start classes, so be it. if i lose credits and it takes me longer to graduate than expected, so be it. i know that i am giving up a full ride to go pay out of state tuition, but how many people out their take out loans for ALL four (plus) years of college. i was lucky to have gone to a catholic university for three years for free, i am appreciative of it, but i am not going to base my life on it. i need to make me happy.

Walgreens update

2005-05-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

So I talked to Kelly Slocum, the walgreens manager at the utah store i worked at. She told me she had an opening right now and if i could take it. I told her that i wouldn't be moving quite yet, but she told me to let her know when and she was gonna help me out. Even if i end up having to work at that store along with a couple of others, which is totally cool. She had been gone while i was there due to her grandfather's (i think) funeral, so we didn't get to meet, but she told me that she had heard great things about me and my work.. yay for me!

on a different note, but along with walgreen's, i got overpaid 8 hours by that store. as much as i wanted to not say anything and keep those extra 58 bucks, i talked to my managers and called up Ms Slocum to let her know.

I am still super unsure about what will be happening when i get back from Florida. As of right now, i am planning on driving their in a Uhaul with Andrea, from work. My dad says that 20 year olds can't rent uhauls though, so i dunno..next week i need to find out about that. but at least i have a willing and able body to go with me.

2005-05-19T09:48:00.000-07:00

This is me and my baby!

i promise to keep this up as much as possible

2005-05-19T09:16:00.000-07:00

My intent was to post in this religiously! But seeing as that i got a new apartment in Utah, Taylorsville to be exact, and had no internet, it was impossible. of course i could have followed Elrod's advice and found an internet cafe..lol

So i am back in San Antonio. Everything in my house is crazy. My mom had a garage sale and sold a bunch of things, so my house is really empty. And it reaks of paint, becuase we have a guy repainting all the walls. My room was packed with random crap and the hallway and garage are stacked with moving boxes. It's kind of hard to believe that they are really doing this. But i am happy for them, I know that this will be good for all of them.

I went to UIW yesterday and am officially no longer a UIW student. I withdrew. And as crazy as this is, I felt really sad, not like, cry-y sad, just sad. I guess nostalgic for the old days maybe, but all of the old days are gone: freshmen year in colbert, sophomore year with the frasority--it's all over.

Oh yeah, grades got posted, i made all A's and B's. I was expecting to actually do alot better, but considering all the crapola going on recently, i'm not too terribly disappointed.

Oohh! good stuff! UIW finally got added to the face book ( how ironic, right as i leave) so i joined. i have spent like every waking moment on it, like the biggest loser, but i like it, so ha

i guess for now, that is all

New blog for a new chapter

2005-05-06T15:56:00.000-07:00

So i figured since i am starting a "new life" and i am bored with my livejournal anyhow, i am going to start a blog. I figure with a blog, theres no hiding anything, what you see is what you get...and i am going to do my very bestest to keep it updated now that i am so far from everyone...

so here i am in salt lake...i'm waiting for bacho to get off work so we can go sign the contract for the apartment we are gonna rent...it's really nice, not crazy luxurious nice, but nice...it looks pretty new and its priced fairly...

i am still waiting to find out about transfering to UU, but i honestly don't see being rejected...

Tues, Wed, and Thurs i am gonna be working at one of the Walgreens over here and i am gonna go ahead and find out about transfering soon

i don't really know what all is gonna happen in the next few weeks...a lot of things are up in the air...it looks like my grandparents are taking back my car, and if that happens, their is no point in staying in SA and not being able to work...i want to stay until the end of summer and i am gonna miss my sibs so much, but i can't stick around and not work and just have everyone hate me

I'm excited to see what's in store for me; i know that things will be hard but i feel that that will make everything that much more worthwhile

well, we are gonna head out and enjoy our Friday night: sign the contract, go out to eat, do a little window shopping/real shopping