mystery #1:
why do walkers need brakes!?
i mean, seriously, if you need a walker, why would you be going fast enough that you need brakes to stop yourself!
mystery #2:
why do old people choose the ugliest colors to go together and think they're pretty?
example: my grandma was telling me about how she's going to paint one of the rooms in her house. these were her color choices- a light sage for the walls and lavender and white trim! she then went on to say how excited she was and asked me if i thought it was going to be pretty. my reply was that i wouldn't know until i saw it. i couldn't be rude and just tell her it was going to look horrible! but, really, lavender and sage?? i don't know, maybe i really will change my mind when i see it.
mystery #3:
why do cats feel like it's ok to sit on your lap or rub up against you all the time?
i guess this isn't really a mystery because i know the exact answer to it. BECAUSE CATS ARE STUPID!!!
i really do hate them. they think they are so great and they just gross me out. there's always something in their fur and their paws are always wet and think they are your best friend. dumb animals.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
overwhelming seems to be a good word to sum up my past week
oh man. what a week it's been. i don't really even know where to start. how about with my grandparents.
first off, my g-ma went into the hospital last week because she had pnenomia (right before my parents left for spokane) putting a ton of extra stress on my mom. a few days after going into the hospital, they let my g-ma go home. we couldn't tell if this was a good thing because she didn't seem to be much better. her meds made her hallucinate a little bit which is kinda scary. it turned out to not be a good thing at all. she was back in the ER in less than 24 hours of being home. this time she went up to Saint Pete's though. she was up there until monday and went straight to fir lane from there, which is where she still is.
now for my g-pa. he and my mom were sitting in my grandma's room at fir lane when he all of a sudden couldn't see right or remember things that he should remember. so my mom took him over to the hospital to make sure he was all right. this was on wednesday night. the doctors told my mom that since she brought him in so quickly they were able to stop a stroke from happening. he did end up having a blockage in his corroded (sp) artery though. to fix that problem, he needed surgery. so, he got sent to saint pete's and had surgery on thursday. everything went smoothly, but it was just scary and sad to have both grandparents in the hospital/nursing home at the same time. my grandpa gets to come home tomorrow (sunday). yay! my grandma will be at fir lane for a while longer though.
this whole situation has definately brought lots of stress to our house. i think (or at least feel like) i've only seen my mom for like 12 hours the past week. i miss having everyone at the house when i get home from wherever i've been, but recently i've come home from school or work and my mom's been gone somewhere.
it's hard to see both of my grandparents sick at the same time. it was uplifting to see my g-pa tonight though. he looks really good and is moving around on his own really well.
school has also been pretty tough this week. i've had lots of homework and lots of stress in other ways. i had a math test on monday and tuesday. math is my least favorite, and worst, subject so when i have a test i totally stress and worry. i feel like i did ok on most of the test, but there was a section that i know i did horribly on. i know this because he let our whole class have a chance to re-take it, meaning that nobody did very well on it. our chances to re-take were thurs. and fri. before and after school. i wasn't able to go after school on thurs. and forgot in the mornings. so that left friday afternoon. well, i work on fridays until 4:30ish. so i was sitting at work and realized at about 2:15 that this was my only chance to improve the grade that i was sure needed improvement. so i told natalie what was going on and she told me it was ok to go, so i did.
COMPLETE WASTE OF MY TIME!
i couldn't answer a SINGLE one of the questions. not one! i was so mad. i think it was mostly because i rushed to get there and by the time i did get there, i had about 20 mins to finish all of the questions, so i was flustered and never really started thinking clearly. so i wasted an hour of my time that could have been spent at work, where, for some reason i had an extremely busy day.
i got back to work and i wasn't able to finish and leave until 7:00! that's crazy. i'm usually done by 4:30 or earlier, but for some reason, i had a lot more time consuming things to do in preparation for sunday. it was a horrible day.
one more thing about my last week-
i had a sociology quiz over the 1st chapter of our book. the quiz closed on wednesday night and i wasn't ready to take it. i had done most of my reading/studying (which took a long time) but i just wasn't quite ready. well, i took it and did fine. i got a 4 out of 5. it was 10 q's but each question was only worth 1/2 point. i did ok, like i said, but i was upset because you are supposed to finish the quiz in 10 mins or less and a timer is supposed to be on the screen somewhere, but mine didn't show up, so i finished it in like 11 mins. hopefully i don't end up getting points taken off. i think this just added stress because it was a lot of reading to do and it was my first online quiz, so i wasn't quite sure how it was all going to work.
anyway, that was my busy and tiring week. i hope this next week is a little more smooth.
first off, my g-ma went into the hospital last week because she had pnenomia (right before my parents left for spokane) putting a ton of extra stress on my mom. a few days after going into the hospital, they let my g-ma go home. we couldn't tell if this was a good thing because she didn't seem to be much better. her meds made her hallucinate a little bit which is kinda scary. it turned out to not be a good thing at all. she was back in the ER in less than 24 hours of being home. this time she went up to Saint Pete's though. she was up there until monday and went straight to fir lane from there, which is where she still is.
now for my g-pa. he and my mom were sitting in my grandma's room at fir lane when he all of a sudden couldn't see right or remember things that he should remember. so my mom took him over to the hospital to make sure he was all right. this was on wednesday night. the doctors told my mom that since she brought him in so quickly they were able to stop a stroke from happening. he did end up having a blockage in his corroded (sp) artery though. to fix that problem, he needed surgery. so, he got sent to saint pete's and had surgery on thursday. everything went smoothly, but it was just scary and sad to have both grandparents in the hospital/nursing home at the same time. my grandpa gets to come home tomorrow (sunday). yay! my grandma will be at fir lane for a while longer though.
this whole situation has definately brought lots of stress to our house. i think (or at least feel like) i've only seen my mom for like 12 hours the past week. i miss having everyone at the house when i get home from wherever i've been, but recently i've come home from school or work and my mom's been gone somewhere.
it's hard to see both of my grandparents sick at the same time. it was uplifting to see my g-pa tonight though. he looks really good and is moving around on his own really well.
school has also been pretty tough this week. i've had lots of homework and lots of stress in other ways. i had a math test on monday and tuesday. math is my least favorite, and worst, subject so when i have a test i totally stress and worry. i feel like i did ok on most of the test, but there was a section that i know i did horribly on. i know this because he let our whole class have a chance to re-take it, meaning that nobody did very well on it. our chances to re-take were thurs. and fri. before and after school. i wasn't able to go after school on thurs. and forgot in the mornings. so that left friday afternoon. well, i work on fridays until 4:30ish. so i was sitting at work and realized at about 2:15 that this was my only chance to improve the grade that i was sure needed improvement. so i told natalie what was going on and she told me it was ok to go, so i did.
COMPLETE WASTE OF MY TIME!
i couldn't answer a SINGLE one of the questions. not one! i was so mad. i think it was mostly because i rushed to get there and by the time i did get there, i had about 20 mins to finish all of the questions, so i was flustered and never really started thinking clearly. so i wasted an hour of my time that could have been spent at work, where, for some reason i had an extremely busy day.
i got back to work and i wasn't able to finish and leave until 7:00! that's crazy. i'm usually done by 4:30 or earlier, but for some reason, i had a lot more time consuming things to do in preparation for sunday. it was a horrible day.
one more thing about my last week-
i had a sociology quiz over the 1st chapter of our book. the quiz closed on wednesday night and i wasn't ready to take it. i had done most of my reading/studying (which took a long time) but i just wasn't quite ready. well, i took it and did fine. i got a 4 out of 5. it was 10 q's but each question was only worth 1/2 point. i did ok, like i said, but i was upset because you are supposed to finish the quiz in 10 mins or less and a timer is supposed to be on the screen somewhere, but mine didn't show up, so i finished it in like 11 mins. hopefully i don't end up getting points taken off. i think this just added stress because it was a lot of reading to do and it was my first online quiz, so i wasn't quite sure how it was all going to work.
anyway, that was my busy and tiring week. i hope this next week is a little more smooth.
Monday, October 1, 2007
question:
How can you write songs so full of truth and not come close to applying that truth to your life?
Why do you try to lie when you aren’t good at hiding the truth?
How can you try to back up what you say by twisting God’s word?
Why are you ruining your career with such a gross habit?
Why am I so low on your list? Is it because I’m young? Or am I just stupid?
How can I love you and miss you so much, when you’ve done these things to me and the people i love?
I’m not as dumb as you may think, so how can you take 7 months to talk to me?
Oh wait, apparently you knew and wanted to talk to me, but you just didn’t have the guts…?
i've just been thinking a lot lately and needed to vent a bit. thanks.
(you may not find this to be your typical "vent," but it was enough to make me feel better :)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
How Come?
have you ever wondered about this phrase?
i'm sure everyone has said it before, but if you think about the words, they don't make sense together. how come?
why not just say why?
for some reason i've been thinking about this lately. it doesn't matter, it's just an odd thing.
on another subject...
i feel like fall is finally here.
i have completed my first puzzle (500 pieces in one afternoon), football is on all the time, it's getting dark earlier, the weather is getting worse, and i'm going to school.
i think as it gets dark earlier, it's easier for me to grasp the fact that fall really is here and there's nothing i can do about it. and at the same time, it really makes me look forward to fall really starting and winter coming. i love it.
i love looking out the window and seeing that it's totally dark and then thinking, "oh shoot, i have to go to bed soon" then realizing that it's only 9:30 or something. it's awesome.
and football....i look forward to the fall and winter days to come that i can just sit at home in my sweats for an entire unproductive saturday and watch football nonstop while doing a puzzle. that, my friends, could just possibly be the most relaxing thing ever.
i love football. it is the epitome of fall in my mind. i remember once, a few years ago, i actually cried when football season ended. ridiculous. i know.
and to all of you who hate football and plan on writing me comments on how dumb a sport it is...suck it up, deal with it, it's the best.
i'm sure everyone has said it before, but if you think about the words, they don't make sense together. how come?
why not just say why?
for some reason i've been thinking about this lately. it doesn't matter, it's just an odd thing.
on another subject...
i feel like fall is finally here.
i have completed my first puzzle (500 pieces in one afternoon), football is on all the time, it's getting dark earlier, the weather is getting worse, and i'm going to school.
i think as it gets dark earlier, it's easier for me to grasp the fact that fall really is here and there's nothing i can do about it. and at the same time, it really makes me look forward to fall really starting and winter coming. i love it.
i love looking out the window and seeing that it's totally dark and then thinking, "oh shoot, i have to go to bed soon" then realizing that it's only 9:30 or something. it's awesome.
and football....i look forward to the fall and winter days to come that i can just sit at home in my sweats for an entire unproductive saturday and watch football nonstop while doing a puzzle. that, my friends, could just possibly be the most relaxing thing ever.
i love football. it is the epitome of fall in my mind. i remember once, a few years ago, i actually cried when football season ended. ridiculous. i know.
and to all of you who hate football and plan on writing me comments on how dumb a sport it is...suck it up, deal with it, it's the best.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
my room
it's all done now.
Betsy finished my duvet cover so it fits right and now i have a body pillow cover that matches the rest of my bed!
it's really clean right now. we'll see how long that stays.
i also got all of my pictures put up (except one) and i have built and switched dressers.
i put the little tv in my room. it's just for nintendo and movies and stuff. yes, nintendo...the original stuff!
and, my mom got me some great red sheets for my bed. i put them on last night and they look great!
sara- you'll be happy to know that i also put up my air chair again :)
i'm very happy with my room.
if you haven't seen it, you need to.
Betsy finished my duvet cover so it fits right and now i have a body pillow cover that matches the rest of my bed!
it's really clean right now. we'll see how long that stays.
i also got all of my pictures put up (except one) and i have built and switched dressers.
i put the little tv in my room. it's just for nintendo and movies and stuff. yes, nintendo...the original stuff!
and, my mom got me some great red sheets for my bed. i put them on last night and they look great!
sara- you'll be happy to know that i also put up my air chair again :)
i'm very happy with my room.
if you haven't seen it, you need to.
school
HS classes:
spanish
precalculus
sculpture
running start classes (begins 24th):
english 101
sociology (online)
my schedule is great.
i can still work.
i can see my friends.
i can do stuff during the day time.
all in all great...so far.
the first day didn't seem like it should have been here.
i didn't get the butterflies of excitement or nervousness like i have in the past.
maybe that comes with getting older.
i still don't feel like i have to go to school every day. it's very weird.
spanish
precalculus
sculpture
running start classes (begins 24th):
english 101
sociology (online)
my schedule is great.
i can still work.
i can see my friends.
i can do stuff during the day time.
all in all great...so far.
the first day didn't seem like it should have been here.
i didn't get the butterflies of excitement or nervousness like i have in the past.
maybe that comes with getting older.
i still don't feel like i have to go to school every day. it's very weird.
vacation
wow...it's been a really long time since i've written anything. so instead of catching you up in a huge long post, i'm gonna do a bunch of short ones. most of the people who read this already know what's been happening, but i'll fill in the others.
vacation was alright. it wasn't anywhere near exciting :) lets just say that i read about 700 pages of my book on this trip. anyone who knows me very well knows that i HATE reading. it is the last thing i would spend time doing, but i have been trying to get into it a little bit more. i would say that 700 pages constitutes a not very fun and exciting trip, but what can you expect when you go to eastern washington for a week with just your parents and dog??
i'm making it sound like the whole vacation was horrible. it wasn't. i just didn't have as much fun as i would have if a friend would have been able to come.
the trip started out a bit rocky. we got to the campground just fine, found our site, pulled in, and during the parking process noticed that our neighbors must have been camping with the people who were in the site before us because their table was about 3 feet away from ours and a ton of their stuff was right on the line between our campsite and theirs. the people encroching on our space also didn't happen to be in their site the entire day. so to solve the problem, my dad angled the trailer (he's all about angles) toward the water and not as straight into the site because we didn't want to walk out the door of our trailer and be staring at these dumb people.
so the trailer was angled just how he wanted it. i set up my tent and realized that i had no stakes for it, so my dad and i went up to the store as soon as he was done leveling the trailer. we got some stakes and some other stuff and when we got back my mom says, "the ranger just came and asked us to move our trailer so it would be pulled in straight so that we don't drive on the grass." this was one of the most aggrevating things that happened on this trip. my dad had it exactly how he wanted it, it was already leveled, and in order to move it and back it in straight, he would have to drive on the grass the exact same amount of times he would if he jsut waited to move it until we left! it was so stupid.
we moved the trailer, but later saw someone elses trailer even more angled and they didn't have to move theirs....ridiculous!
the last thing making this trip lame was the birds. every day at 10:15 (yes, it was that exact!) a huge swarm of birds would come and land in the tree over our camp site. there were hundreds of them. about 10 minutes after they would come, we would start hearing a pitter pat sound, then every once in a while feel something land on us or on our books or something. these birds would land in the tree, find some berry or something to eat and drop seeds and poo on us all day. it was horrible. they would come at 10:15 and leave at 3:30. you could run a clock by it. it was so weird and really annoying because they made such a huge mess. i took some pictures of my tent. it was covered in gross poop and stuff. if the pics turn out i'll post them. anyway, they were just really loud- it sounded like a jugle, and they made a huge stinky mess.
other than these things, the trip was fine. it was very relaxing...i think a little too relaxing for me. i am so different from my parents when it comes to these things!
vacation was alright. it wasn't anywhere near exciting :) lets just say that i read about 700 pages of my book on this trip. anyone who knows me very well knows that i HATE reading. it is the last thing i would spend time doing, but i have been trying to get into it a little bit more. i would say that 700 pages constitutes a not very fun and exciting trip, but what can you expect when you go to eastern washington for a week with just your parents and dog??
i'm making it sound like the whole vacation was horrible. it wasn't. i just didn't have as much fun as i would have if a friend would have been able to come.
the trip started out a bit rocky. we got to the campground just fine, found our site, pulled in, and during the parking process noticed that our neighbors must have been camping with the people who were in the site before us because their table was about 3 feet away from ours and a ton of their stuff was right on the line between our campsite and theirs. the people encroching on our space also didn't happen to be in their site the entire day. so to solve the problem, my dad angled the trailer (he's all about angles) toward the water and not as straight into the site because we didn't want to walk out the door of our trailer and be staring at these dumb people.
so the trailer was angled just how he wanted it. i set up my tent and realized that i had no stakes for it, so my dad and i went up to the store as soon as he was done leveling the trailer. we got some stakes and some other stuff and when we got back my mom says, "the ranger just came and asked us to move our trailer so it would be pulled in straight so that we don't drive on the grass." this was one of the most aggrevating things that happened on this trip. my dad had it exactly how he wanted it, it was already leveled, and in order to move it and back it in straight, he would have to drive on the grass the exact same amount of times he would if he jsut waited to move it until we left! it was so stupid.
we moved the trailer, but later saw someone elses trailer even more angled and they didn't have to move theirs....ridiculous!
the last thing making this trip lame was the birds. every day at 10:15 (yes, it was that exact!) a huge swarm of birds would come and land in the tree over our camp site. there were hundreds of them. about 10 minutes after they would come, we would start hearing a pitter pat sound, then every once in a while feel something land on us or on our books or something. these birds would land in the tree, find some berry or something to eat and drop seeds and poo on us all day. it was horrible. they would come at 10:15 and leave at 3:30. you could run a clock by it. it was so weird and really annoying because they made such a huge mess. i took some pictures of my tent. it was covered in gross poop and stuff. if the pics turn out i'll post them. anyway, they were just really loud- it sounded like a jugle, and they made a huge stinky mess.
other than these things, the trip was fine. it was very relaxing...i think a little too relaxing for me. i am so different from my parents when it comes to these things!
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