Homey

I've been working.. lots and lots of working lately. Almost 40 hours for the last 4 weeks. Doesn't sound that hard but a lot of it has been being called in on my day off or taking other employee's shifts. Plus it's Christmas and the store has been a mess, people are slobs, I've been asking for an armed guard to watch my bead aisles. People steal so much!!

Also been getting to hang out with more people from work, awesome people. Princess is warming up to a couple of them. I took her out to Petsmart for the first time yesterday, she was nervous in the parking lot and when we stopped by Michael's to say hi, but then she was fine in Petsmart. Must be the food smells.

School starts up again next Wednesday, for 1 4-hour class then off again for 2 weeks. I could have finished the class by the time we get to the second day. Annoying.

Everyone has been getting sick, I'm trying really hard not to, but some days I get no sleep. Tonight will likely be one of those nights. I've got to write a paper for the first class and I don't have any days off till the day of the class. We're also open till 11pm all this week and I close 3 nights, which means getting home at almost midnight. It's been nice having some extra money though, since I was barely covering bills before. My great-aunt sent me a check to help me out and I used it to buy some bookshelves so I could unpack the boxes that have been sitting in the bedroom since August. That made me really happy :)

A co-worker of mine lives 4 houses away and her teen son was upset that I had no furniture so he grabbed a friend's love seat and brought it over one night. So the house is getting homey :) Looks awesome with the Christmas Tree up in the front window too :) Next week I'm going to Ikea to get some floor lamps for the living room and 2 extra bedrooms. Then maybe I'll start hanging some pictures.

My brother, D, wants me to come move to Colorado soon. He makes a good argument but even if I wanted to go asap I couldn't till this class is over at the end of January. Plus I have to figure out what to do with my stuff and my parents have to deal with the house. I dunno!

I've been eating this song alive lately: Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire.

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds: 5x09 Oh god. Such a sad episode. :*(

Snipers ruled the world.

Flashpoint: 3x09 I loved this episode. I liked that building, don't remember ever going inside it, just knew of it and passed by sometimes. The part I liked though was Sam. I don't often like him, but when he's in sniper mode I do. I've got a soft spot for the snipers. <3 <3 Marina <3 <3

Ding Dong..

Tonight was the last day of my first class. Our learning team presentations were due, 15 minutes on Ethics & Values and how it relates to career success. My group consisted of me, A and J. Neither one was very good about responding to messages, emails or phone calls. Or getting their work together in time, hell even if they did get it done in time, it wasn't very good and required lots of editing. For the presentation, A told me on Saturday that he had everything ready but his references and would post it on Sunday. By Monday night I hadn't heard from either A or J so I sent them both an email saying that if I didn't have A's section by 10am that I would be writing everything and they wouldn't get credit. I spoke to J on Monday and got most of his work set, but it took quite a bit of hand holding to get him to do his references in APA format as required. He originally didn't think it was a big deal that we didn't have A's work because he thought that the teacher had said that we wouldn't be penalized for group members lack of effort. Then I explained to him that while the individual group member wouldn't get the grade, if we only turn in half of a paper, we'd only get a 50% grade. Then he asked *ME* what *I* was going to do. *sigh*

So I ended up doing the work for A's section. Then when I got to class he was there and tried to turn his portion in to the teacher who sent him to J and I. We told him that we would let him say whatever he wanted at the end of the presentation but that we each did our research and were going to talk about our own parts. I'm so glad that class is over, I hope to never see some of those people again. Some were cool though and I'll be seeing the nicest of them, a married couple, in my next class. ++ they also live in my town so if we get to choose our own groups I know I want them, both because they do their work and it's good quality and because we can meet in person easier.

I have 2 weeks off till my next class, then 2 weeks off for Christmas. I don't work tomorrow so it'll be my first day off in a month that I don't have to spend all day doing school work, just chores :)

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America's Next Top Model: 13x12 Yay :) I'm pretty happy with the winner.

Criminal Minds: 5x08 Such a good episode, especially the ending.

Law & Order: SVU 11x09 Oh no, Olivia!

SYTYCD: 6x15 & 16.. Legacy was hot. Karen's solo was awesome, she'll definitely be in movies or something. I'm not disappointed by the results show either.

Bones: 5x08 Pops is cool, but the plot was thin.

Supernatural: 5x10 super episode. sad, apocalyptic, awesome. Poor Dean :/

The Mentalist: 2x08 OMG Cho lost it! Wow, what an episode. Can't wait for the next one.

Fudge Cookies

I've been getting angry lately. Angry and mildly depressed & anxious. Must stop. Let it go.

School is pissing me off so much. I'm ready to employ my favorite quote. The world would be a better place.

Things could always be worse, and I'm glad for what I've got.. Still it's a far cry from where I want to be or even where I was.

Yeah, this again.

Flashpoint: 3x08 I really hate it when they make it so obvious who's learning a life lesson today.

Numb3rs: 6x08 <3 Edgerton

The Amazing Race: 15x07 I liked that team :(

Castle: 2x09 I recognize the call-girl from somewhere but I don't care enough to look it up.

Lie To Me: 2x07 Complicated episode.

House: 6x07 House is a dick... That was too easy.