Well, I'm kinda excited. I had a long-ish, but productive day at work. I changed my school stuff around so I wouldn't have to sit in a classroom for 4 hours. I'll be starting UoPhoenix online on April 11. Should work out well now. My friend, Jennifer (who works at UofPonline) helped me out a lot in trying to fix my schedule and all. She also gave me a few pointers on how to pay for classes. Since my work only pays about $5000 a year for school, and each class is about $1500, I will not be getting my degree in 2 years. Sooooo I'm going to take out student loans instead. Sure this seems like a bad idea to some, but taking out a loan is good. It's low low interest and I can consolidate all my bills into 1 basically (other than my car payment). I will pay off my credit cards and get rid of fees and high interest rates. Anywho, I am doing it.
So I'm happier about going to school. And I can still go to happy hour. And next week I am going back to the gym .. hopefully .. NO I am. As long as nothing else comes up. NO. No matter what I am going. As long as I can remember to bring my gym stuff to work lol. I know if I have to go home to get my stuff I will not go back out.
But I have been going to the grocery store and getting healthier food to eat. Chicken, and steak, and pork, and fish. And I am cooking in the new oven! It's great. Ken helps out too. He grills. It's really cool. I am starting to enjoy cooking. Though all I really do is throw stuff in the oven.
So, yeah.
Good stuff for now. Saturday is the party. I will post pics. But I will probably post tomorrow as well.
This has been an interesting week. Not so much in a good way, but not in a bad way either.
My co-worker, Henry, was 26 years old. He got in the back of his cousins truck, along with his 15 year old cousin, and before he could sit down his cousin that was driving took off. This is how he and his 15 year old cousin died. His cousin that was driving blew 2x over the normal alcohol level. He died in the hospital yesterday. It's a tragedy. The viewing is Friday and the services and burial are Saturday.
Some other co-workers and I went to lunch yesterday at one of his favorite restaraunts, Teakwoods Tavern & Grill. It was a nice little tribute.
I start school today at The University of Phoenix. I'm taking a Gen300 class, which is kind of like an intro class getting people prepared for school. The only problem is that I wasn't paying attention and signed up for a classroom class instead of an online class. So now I have to sit in a classroom for 4 HOURS. This might just suck. Not to mention that Thursdays are girls night. I'm going to see if Ali is willing to change the night.
Saturday Ali is throwing a Passion Party. I'm kind of excited because I've never been to one. It's going to be nice because everyone is going to bring a bottle of wine and there will be appetizers like cheese and crackers and munchies and stuff.
I'm trying to think of other things I can write, but I can't think of a damn thing.
Hm. Ok. Well, maybe I will have more to write this afternoon.
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Ok, so I'm a bit of a Yankee, but I am still a TRUE Mets Fan LOL!
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Wow ... I just can't believe it.
I was debating whether or not to come to work today, like I do every Monday. I dragged my butt out of bed and got ready for work. There was more traffic than usual today. Strange. So I get to work a couple minutes late.
I still can't believe it.
I walk into work and come to find out that one of the guys about my age, 25 or so, had died over the weekend in a car accident. Wow. I am in shock. It feels so surreal. I didn't know him very well, and we didn't talk much. But he was the type of guy that went out of his way to say Hi to you no matter what. He was always smiling, and a very positive person all around. He did A LOT to help everyone, and not just at work.
He traveled a lot of places to help other people and also for his own personal trips. Anything he wanted to do he did.
This is hitting everyone in the office really hard. Many people were close friends with him. People are crying.
It makes me really sad to see people in so much pain. I have never lost a close friend, only elderly relatives due to old age and the such. I don't really know what to feel. I am definitely sad, but I think the only reason I would start crying is because I see everyone else in so much pain.
People are trying to make the best of it, I can tell. Trying not to think about it. How are you supposed to do that? Especially when you're at work. Everyone I talk to keeps saying that they still expect him to walk through the door.
For such a good person to die at such a young age ... it truely is a tragedy.
So, I had jury duty yesterday.
It was in downtown Phoenix and I had to be there by 9:30am. I slept in till 8, got dressed and was out of the house at 8:30. I figured an hour was enough time. It was. The building was really nice. It was all glass and very open. 6 floors. The inside was all open, only offices on the South side of the building. I was number 38 out of about 50-ish. We went into the court room and 1-15 sat in the jury box. As people got excused, everyone else filled the spots. I'm glad I was so late in numbers. I really didn't have an excuse to get off the jury, and I really didn't want to do it if I didn't have to.
I made a friend though. She is really cool. We talked almost the whole time, which made the time go by quickly. She was number 20, so she got picked to be on the jury.
All I really have to say is
Thank Goodness
IT'S FRIDAY!!!!
This has been a long week .. again. Like I've said before, they are ALL long weeks. I think I just need a new job to stimulate my brain.
Or maybe I will go back to school. Jennifer works for UoP and was telling me about this Management Degree I can get, and it's a really short program since I have an associates degree. I'm going to look into the classes, ask HR if the classes are something that would be covered by the company, and if they are, I'm definitely taking classes. I really want to get my bachelors degree. I really think it will help me find a better job.
Just gotta think outside the box ;-)
Ken is so awesome.
He left school,
picked me up from work
and took me to lunch.
I appreciate everything
you do for me.
Thank you so much!
So my A.D.D. is kicking in hardcore today. We have a pot luck lunch today, which basically starts when people come in to work. I ended up making some deviled eggs, which people really liked, and brought in a small pasta salad I bought from the grocery store. Other people brought stuff in like doughnuts, meats & cheeses, fruit, cookies, candies, chips, soda, and other dishes. So I've been eating since 8am. I had a lot of sugar too, so I'm like all over the place.
I decided to make a photo album from Kodak.com with all the pictures I have on there. It's a photo album of Ken and I, of course. (we're kinda sickening I know, but it's really ok) I'm really excited about it.
Ugh, I have jury duty tomorrow. I don't wanna go!! Not to mention Happy Hour tomorrow might be cancelled :( Oh well. I'll be saving money right? Right.
Last night, on WoW, I ended up leaving my guild. Not because of anything anyone in particular has done *cough* Leffy *cough* but because I went to Principality of Zeon to be with Ken and a couple other friends who decided to join. It's a really cool guild and I've been doing stuff with the members since I was lvl 55-ish. I was even with them on their first ever LBRS run! That was cool. I hope no one in HoR things poorly of me. I really like most people there (Mitten for one!!) and it was a lot of fun. The problem I had was with scheduling issues with the raids. I don't get home till 5, which means that I have 1 hour before raiding starts. I have been trying to make dinner at home because it's healthier and cheaper, and 1 hour just won't cut it. Not to mention that I sometimes have things to do after work - happy hour, pedicures, chiropractor. I'll be more than willing to help them out if they need an extra, but PoZ is a bit more laid back, since they are newer and smaller (only about 17 or so 60s as of yesterday, but a lot of people are getting up there!!).
So this whole week has just been one big lazy day for me. I have been slacking so much, it's not even funny. I've been blogging, redesigning my blog layout, making photo albums, eating a lot, and basically doing whatever I can to procrastinate. I do it pretty well. Though my numbers are lacking at work, I can always make up some excuse if they ask.