Christmas

Christmas this year was great! Christmas Eve I went to Josh's and had a great night! We ate good food, opened presents, and played games. It was so great!

Then Christmas Day I opened presents with my family. I already knew what they were considering I picked them out. I didn't really want anything so I got a phone charger because mine broke and some shampoo and conditioner (Special Tree Tea) which I normally don't buy due to the expensive cost but since it was Christmas, I asked for it!

Both Friday and Saturday night I went to my Grandparents. Josh came with me on Friday night. We just kind of relaxed and talked. Saturday night was present night. It was a great night and lots of laughs! I think my favorite memory of both nights was when my Grandma completely burned my cousin Justin. They were talking about basketball and Justin was saying how they had only won a couple game and my grandma says "All those practices aren't helping?" and someone else chimes in and asks if he's on JV or Varsity and he says "Well we don't have a JV team" and my grandma says "Oh well that explains it!"

Tonight I'm going over to Josh's and we're going to play games and ring in 2008! Yay! 2007 was a good year but I think 2008 will be even better!

Also, I forgot, we didn't pay our phone bill on time so they suspended our account so if you want to get a hold of me call me. I can't respond to texts and I can't call you to tell you I can't text!

Home is where my heart is...

• I want to go home.

• I'm leaving tomorrow to go home and haven't even started to pack! yikes! I need to figure out what I need to take home and what I'll need for next semester!

• I'll also be bringing home my babies...Chubby, Half-Pint, and Doodle! I hope they don't die! I'm taking the tank too! That's my final decision. I don't think they would live the whole break if I didn't bring their home with them. They aren't as flexible. They go through stress and shock way too easily!

• Also, one item on my wish list is a new phone charger. I have a car charger but my regular phone charger no longer works...I figured this out last night as my phone was dying! I sat in my car today waiting for it to charge. During this time I began picking the ice off of my car. People probably thought I was crazy!

Ice and Snow...Take it slow!

So, I put up a new bulletin board just this week. Perfect timing! The bulletin board is a Safe Winter Driving Tips kind of thing. The title of the board: Ice and Snow...Take It Slow!

I was on call this weekend. So, I haven't stepped foot outside since Friday. We'll see how tomorrow goes! I don't want to go to class! I'm ready to be completely over with this semester! It's just so darn frustrating! grrrr... I'm sick of art. I never would have thought those words could possibly come out of my mouth. BUT I AM...

Wish me luck for finals....I have 3 on Monday and then my Accounting Final on Tuesday (ewww...it's like nail on a chalkboard! yikes!) Then on Wednesday at 8 am after being on call Tuesday night, I have my art final which consists of actually getting our projects back! yay! forget the grades, I want to projects! haha!

I'm not tired! I slept until 1:30 pm today and now I don't want to go to sleep! I suppose I should!

Have a great night/week!

Be safe and make wise choices! ;)

4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.

It's a little late....4 years! Love you honey!

Turkey Break!

Turkey break was much needed!

Friday to Tuesday I was on call. It got really monotonous but that's ok because I don't have to come back in the middle of Christmas break! yippee!


When I got home, I spent time with Josh on Tuesday and Wednesday. And by that I mean I slept in as long as possible and went over to his house in the evening!
I also visited Koalaty! I saw my babies from the summer...I missed them. I got my job back as well but now I am questioning whether or not I'm actually going to go back. I've talked to parents and well a lot of my kids and fellow teachers that I've been with ever since I started are leaving due to the center going on a downward slope. However there is a new Childcare center that's open. I'm going to mail them and see if I can have a seasonal position. It's with the old director and some veteran teachers... We shall see!
Thursday (Turkey day) I went to my Grandma's and had lunch there! Delicious!!! Then I went to Josh's family dinner in the evening! I had such a blast! I learned a lot too! Bismark is a US city...don't criticize me! The last time I had geography was 6th grade OKAY!!!!?????? Seriously, Clue and Scattergories were amazingly fun! AND Jaron didn't hide from me this year! haha

Friday at 3:15 am my alarm went off! I got ready and Josh picked me up at 3:50 am. We then traveled to his sister Jen's house and picked her up around 4:05 am. Then, we drove to pick up her friend Christi. From there, we went to Jordan Creek to shop for some incredible deals. After a stop at Starbucks we trecked to Younkers. There I found a Columbia coat with nearly $100 knocked off the price and I got a free blanket with it too. My one regret for the entire break is that I did not get the luggage they had on sale. I should've, could've, and would've if I hadn't talked myself out of it! At the end of shopping I had a coat, blanket, 3 movies, 4 lotions and 4 mini perfumes. I went shopping Saturday and go a suit and botton down shirt.
After our shopping expedition, I slept until 2 pm. Then, I went and visited with the Coffelt family! I missed them and their kids! If I was back on December 14, I could babysit for them...but no! *tear* Then I hung out with Josh and watched Live Free or Die Hard (which he got for only $15 two days after it's release on DVD).
Saturday I went to watch Rachel scrimmage for bball. She was able to scrimmage with the Varsity even though she isn't planning to suit up for Varsity. That was pretty cool! Then I spent the night with family and played some pool in the basement and watched Men in Black on tv.
On a side note: UNI won in the first round of playoffs Saturday night. No, I was not there and couldn't watch because we don't have Mediacom. But I had the GameTracker up on the computer. I also will not be able to go to the next game because I am on-call......and that is also the reason why I can't go to the Glee Club Concert....sore subject....terrible weekend!

Today I went to church, out to eat, and back to UNI. *sigh*

Break was too short!

Coach of the Year

So, you may not be a UNI student, but UNI just won the first game in the playoffs and the #2 and #3 teams fell! So, as you can see...our coach, Mark Farley, is a pretty amazing coach! So, go to coachoftheyear.com and give him a vote each day to keep the Appalachian coach away! Support the great state of Iowa and the UNI Panthers!




THANK YOU!!!

i'm FALLing

*sigh*
Today is a gorgeous day. I might even dare to say and perfect fall day. This weekend I thought all the pretty leaves were gone, but no. I saw orange and red leaves all over today. Yay! I don't like the brown old dead fallen leaves much.

Chubby, Half-Pint, and Doodle are still alive! I have not killed them. However they are messy! The dirty up the tank so much. But it's a five gallon tank. I can't just change the water like it's no big deal. Oh well! They're my babies, even though I miss my babies from home.

I'm going through baby withdrawl. I would have thought that I could have gotten through it in a shorter amount of time. But I miss them so much. I think thats why I keep going back to Koalaty Time. I go off to school, miss them like crazy, and then forget about all of the negative parts of my work and just think about the positives. Then I go back and I'm back in gossip, drama, crap-land. I miss it so much.

Retreat this weekend. hmmmm...not sure if I'm excited or not.

Next weekend...4 years.....I am sure that I'm excited for that.

Melissa

September

It has been a while. September is half over. The second half of August flew by. I don't even remember what happened.

My job is a 24/7 job. Last night I had the pleasure to wake up at 3 AM to a group of very loud and intoxicated people. But, by the time I woke up, they were gone. Grrrr. However, no one has ripped down any of my bulletin boards. That is wonderful.

Some people are stupid. Do you honestly thinking you're showing me when you rip down the Alcohol Policy sign? First of all, you're stupid. The Alcohol Policy sign was dead center in the middle of about 20 other signs. Obviously you wanted to get drunk! Second, if the sign comes down, does that mean the alcohol policy doesn't apply? NO! I was the one who told you when you checked in that you were responsible for knowing the policies on page 9 of the Panther Planner. Third, so you made me make another copy of the sign! BIG DEAL! Don't be retarded and thinking you're "showing me" by pulling down ONE sign!

I'm planning a money management program for the 27th. We're going to get to learn how to manage money while painting piggy banks! I'm uber excited!

I have been seriously attempting to be organized. I made a calendar for events in the lounge windows. Hopefully I'll be able to keep that up to date which will then help me be organized!

I need to change my bulletin boards. I'm thinking one will be about how different cultures celebrate birthdays. I'm not sure what the other one will be. I'm choosing the birthday one to be my "serious" board. So, I need a fun idea!

Time to go back to work!

Melissa

UNI

So, I've been moved in since August 3rd. It's been pretty amazing! I love my new job and the new people I get to work with. Our staff is pretty darn sweet!

I have been so incredibly busy with training. I just got my room organized two days ago and today is the last day of training! Tomorrow begins opening weekend. I know...Wednesday isn't a weekend! However, Springboard moves in tomorrow! Which means tomorrow is when I start my official job as a RA. Currently I have 14 residents moved in to the permanent residence! In the end I will have 52 residents. I'm pretty excited about this upcoming year.

It's been a long time....

So,

I haven't been on here in quite some time.

What's new with me?

Well, I've been working hard at the daycare with babies! I truly enjoy it. However, after this summer I won't be going back to the day care!

I'm in a hunt for a new car since I will be leaving my gorgeous green Intrepid home this year. My sister will be taking over that car. We went looking today and found a black Jeep Liberty. I've had my eye on a Jeep Liberty since forever it seems. I would absolutely love to have that Liberty. I will be paying for some of it myself. I suppose that is okay other than the fact that I won't be the one that keeps it in the end. We are also considering leasing an Impala. I know, you would think that a Chevy Impala is a "family car" but the new Impalas are sweet! I found a red Impala with tan interior and was like "WOW." If I had the option I would love a cream colored car. Or, I saw this PT Cruiser on one of the lots and it was seriously a pastel yellow. Like Easter kind of yellow. Not gold, not champagne, PASTEL YELLOW. The interior dash was the same yellow and the rest of the interior was tan! Amazing!

Josh and I are Grrrrrr-eat! haha. He and Phil are hopefully rooming together next year at UNI. This past Wednesday the three of us went up to UNI. They went to their Transfer Orientation and I went to spend the day with Courtney! We kind of just chilled in the morning and then got ready and went to Main Street and found some really cute shops. We found one where we want to get all of our house decorations. That is, when we each BUY a house! I have approximately 34 days until I go back to UNI and none of my door decorations are completed! I'm doomed basically! I'll be up late every night trying to complete them! grrrr... Oh well I suppose.

I need to go shopping and find an outfit to wear to the wedding I'm attending on August 3rd. Then, one day later I will be celebrating my 19th birthday at UNI. My first birthday away from home. That'll be different. I've never been away from home on my birthday. Josh will be up there though since he's going to the wedding with me!

I also need to buy a gift for a baby shower in 2 weeks and also a gift for the wedding! Ay yi yi!

I just got done hanging artwork in my room. I rearranged my room so that one wall was completely empty. So, I decided that I should stop ruining my artwork and actually hang it somewhere! I don't have a lot but I like what's there! I have a piece in progress that I need to finish! I'm also taking an art class this semester. We'll see how that goes. It's supposed to be a LAC course. Hopefully it won't be too difficult! I'm afraid I'm going to be super busy this year. Plus, sophomore year is supposed to be the hardest year for Accounting majors.

Goodness!

On an ending note, I got a new phone. It's a LG enV. Plus, my ringtone in pretty much amazing!





"Inside Out" by Eve 6

I would swallow my pride

I would choke on the rhines

But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside

I would swallow my doubt

Turn it inside out

Find nothing but faith in nothing

Want to put my tender heart it in a blender

Watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion

Rendezvous then I'm through with you

Summer...so far

I am absolutely loving summer! I'm working 40 hours a week at the day care. Stressful at times but I'm loving it! Plus, I got my raise I've been asking for. I'm also seeing Josh a lot more! It's great! I'm no longer a night person! I have to go to bed before 12 on the week days! I start getting tired at like 10. It's insane! OH WELL! I'm still happy with this summer.
Phil's back, so now I need to find something to do when I'm not hanging out with Josh. Maybe I could actually organize my room. I haven't unpacked. But I need to go get shelf things at Target because mine are at Noehren.

I'm never on the computer anymore...I like it! haha!

Cheerleading

So, many people know that cheerleading, well....I love cheerleading! No matter how much I am not able to do it now...I will always love cheerleading! So, I thought I would post these two things! They are similar but not quite! AND they're from YouTube!

ENJOY!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HVeX9bK5U8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcbVZqgyxo4

Melissa

Less than two weeks

Two weeks. Less than that! hallelujah! So, I was sitting talking to Josh and asked him how happy he was with his life right now. He said he was happy! He asked the same question to me...I can't say I responded with the same answer. I said that many many things could be improved upon...I decided that I needed to think this out!

• School sucks. Last semester I actually enjoyed the majority of my classes. Not this semester. I'm basically just trying to get through them; i.e. Sociology and Microeconomics. I would include Humanities but I'm through with it now so it doesn't count anymore.
• My roommate situation is truly not ideal at all. We really don't get along. We each talk about eachother behind their back. She told one of my friends that she felt sorry for me because I don't get out much and I don't hang out with anyone. Let me just defend myself...I don't get out to hang out with people because I'm trying to do well in my classes which I DON'T SKIP! If you can skip and get good grades with barely studying then congrats to you. I can not skip or even space out! Which then goes back to my first point!
• My relationship could be improved upon in the sense that I hate distance. It has been the hardest part of our relationship being apart. We fight so much more now. In about the first 2 years we did not fight. If we did it was needed and we only grew from it. Now, fighting is normal and I hate it! I just want to be able to have my main form of conversation be face to face. I hate talking on my cell phone. I don't want to sit in the hall every night talking to him. I want to see him in the flesh...I just miss him immensely. Tonight as I was sitting in the hall talking to him I looked to my right....I seriously longed for him to be there right then. It really did feel like part of me was missing and I had to find it as soon as possible. It was like a hole.....
• Previously I talked about a friend. Well that friend, who for a while I thought would be my maid of honor, has disregarded my emotions too many times. I wrote a letter to her because the situation did not allow for me to speak to her in private (which was the cause of the problem) and I basically said that I felt like she was treating me like trash. I was good for first semester but then once her fiance came this semester, I no longer had any use for her so everything was on his terms. We never got our girl time anymore and if she asked for a night where us girls could hang out he would throw a fit and she would give in. I told her I missed her. One would think that she would at least make an effort to have at least one girls night.... That one girls night never happened. It was never brought up. She has still come to me complaining about her fiance and I finally snapped. I told her that I am not her fiance and if she had something to say about him, I was not going to listen. I am not part of that relationship! So, she was like "okay." I went to dinner with them like every night on Wednesday and Thursday night of this past week. Both meals I could not even have the option to take part in the conversation. I thought that if you asked someone if they were going to dinner with you that you would at least try to incorporate them in the conversation. I guess times have changed....and so has our relationship. I am now the girl she goes to when she wants to complain about her fiance.....aka I'm a toilet to put her crap in.

That basically sums it up. I really am happy....I'm just being pessimistic tonight. Sorry for the crude example at the end there.

Melissa

All Star by Smash Mouth
...

It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the media men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire how about yours
That's the way I like it and I never get bored

Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
...
Only shooting stars break the mold 

Sex and the City

Sex and the City is actually a pretty addicting show!

It's awkward, really awkward, at time...but you glance away and then for some reason you still look back and continue watching! Don't ask me why!!!

Girls night was awesome! LOVED IT! It was a little weird being with 4 other girls that are like "I hate boys" but it was ok! It was still fun and I love them! Part of me is sad that I won't see them as much in 2 weeks. :-(

I need to sleep! I have brunch at 1130! grrr. oh well! I still love them!

April 16, 2007

Today is marked with tragedy and sorrow. My prayers are down at Virginia Tech. May a sense of calmness and peace come upon them soon. May there be an overwhelming support for those who attend and for those who know someone that attends that university. Sometimes people say that tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow will not be another day for many people. Tomorrow may be the beginning of their life without a brother, sister, son, daughter, best friend, wife, husband, etc. May they find peace and may they be comforted by those surrounding them. May they have an immense support group.

This Weekend

So,
This weekend was pretty much incredible! Josh and Phil came up here on Friday. I had Relay for Life but I left around 10:30-ish. So, we went back to my room and the guys watched tv. It was nice and relaxing! Then, Courtney came over and hung out with us for a little bit. We ended up going to sleep around like 2 am.
Saturday, I probably was woken up around 8 am (six hours of sleep....). We then took a couple of pictures, one of them being the picture in this post!! After that, Phil woke up and we went to brunch (the three of us and Courtney). We then went back to the room. I got ready and the boys went and threw around a football!
At 6:00 we went out to Applebee's with Jackie, Josh Wilson, Courtney, Phil, Josh and I. This begins the best weekend of the entire year! We ate at Applebee's, went back to Courtney's to play Cranium, went bowling, and then watched Ice Age. It was completely hilarious! I can't even remember half of the things that happened. I'll try and list a few:
Josh Wilson's jokes at Applebee's
It's A Small World After All
United Nations
Ransom
the Bike
Suck It!!!
basically cranium in general
the closet
Lawther's Men's restroom.....unbelievably hilarious
Three Strikes
girls vs boys
courtney and phil's 1 year anniversary
Courtney dying in the closet
Ice Age
staying up until 4 and still being completely awake (without caffeine)

I think that's it.
So, today Phil left around 10 am. Josh and I just relaxed, our voices were sore, and we only got 4 hours of sleep. We went to Jimmy John's, Wal-Mart, and Walgreens. Josh took off around 2 and ever since then I've been procrastinating on my 5 papers i have to write!

In the end, best weekend ever! haha! All I can do is sit and laugh....

Melissa

April 11

So, it is snowing and blowing and freezing outside right now! It sucks major-ly!
I walked to class today and basically almost slipped the whole way
I wouldn't go to class if I didn't have to turn in a paper
I have 5 papers due next week on wednesday and it sucks
One of them is extra credit, but you learn in college to never ever let extra credit go by because your grade is "ok"
My feet are cold because my socks were wet so I took them off and didn't put new ones on
The new Facebook layout sucks! I do not like it at all anymore! Im so confused by it
I have to go do major research in the Library today! fun fun....
I need to go get my boots out and put on my jeans and roll them up
I hate it when jeans get wet! That's why I wear boots when they'll get wet because i hate the feeling of wet jeans on skin.
I really need to get to class in about 20 minutes
I have to watch An Inconvenient Truth tomorrow night
I don't have homework for tomorrow but Im going to write one of those papers tonight maybe?
My extra credit assignment is about Facebook. It'll be interesting.
I really need to get a picture on here but I don't have one i really like right now
Josh and Phil are coming to visit me this weekend and we're going out on a triple date
I'm setting Phil up with one of my really good friends Courtney
I spent about $200 dollars this weekend on one outfit.
That outfit is what I'm wearing on Saturday night
I really hope there's no snow on the ground saturday night
I'm wearing really cute peekaboo toe leather heels by Steve Madden
I'm super excited about it and I hope Phil and Courtney like each other and can atleast form a friendship
I've lost my trust in my roommate. But that's another post just waiting to happen.
My toes are really cold!!!!!!
I really want to have music on right now! But the tv is on and that would be too much
Oh well
I chose Real World by Matchbox 20!
AMAZING SONG! LOVE IT

I wonder what it’s like to be the rainmaker
I wonder what it’s like to know that I make the rain
I’d store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone
and you can come see them when I’m...done, when I’m done

I wonder what it’s like to be a super hero
I wonder where I’d go if I could fly around downtown
from some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow sun
boy I bet my friends will all be...stunned, they’re stunned

(chorus)
straight up, what did you hope to learn about here
if I were someone else, would this all fall apart
strange, where were you, when we started this gig,
I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

I wonder what it’s like to be the head honcho
I wonder what I’d do if they all did just what I said
I’d shout out an order, I think we’re out of this man get me some
boy don’t make me wanna change my...tone, my tone

33 days left

Have you ever felt as if you were a third wheel even when you've been in a relationship for over 3 years?
I have a friend, and this friend is currently engaged. She's on 7 months older than I am. Problem is, her fiance did not attend UNI last semester. So, we were both in the same boat where our significant others weren't with us etc etc...
This semester her fiance is living on campus and in currently enrolled at UNI. He moved his computer and everything but his bed into her room. Now, he comes over after his class (if he goes) and will be in there all day until approximately 11 or midnight. I no longer am able to spend any time with her nor do anything with her without him coming along too. He has stated on multiple accounts that he is always right. She won't argue with him and she won't disagree with him. If she does disagree with him with something he says, she'll come to me and tell me about it but she won't ever mention it to him. We were going to go to a makeup party her mom was throwing this weekend. I didn't end up going because her fiance wanted to leave at 8 am (the party was at 3 pm) and after the party they ended up going out to eat with his parents. Had I been along, it would have been extremely uncomfortable. That is why I'm glad I didn't go.
When it comes to weekends, he sleeps there. He'll spend the night thursday, friday, and saturday. I no longer have a weekend life other than staying in my room. I mean, who honestly would want to be a third wheel every single weekend if you had the option not to be! I don't know if anyone has ever felt being a third wheel while in a relationship. But if you have, I know you know it stinks and it is not pleasant to be in that position.

Melissa