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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
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2:17 pm - *tap tap tap* is this thing on?
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Guess what I did? I just dug up my old journal that I haven't written in in THREE YEARS. I've spent time going back and reading my old journal entries and it really seems like a completely different person wrote them. My future plans are no longer the same, my life is no longer the same, I am no longer the same. It's funny what life will throw you.
I think I talked to a few people after August 2005, so a few of you know I lost my house to Katrina. Three years later the house is now officially mine and I'm STILL putting it together. I'm on the back stretch now so not too much longer. It's funny to think about everyone else in the country going on as usual and you really don't think about the fact that people are still piecing things together. Hell even we go on as usual and don't realize that everyone else thinks we live in a pretty effed up situation. It's normal now three years later.
What have you all missed?? Hmm...Clint and I are obviously no more. A few of you who talked to me personally knew that. Everyone else completely missed another long term relationship. We lived together (in sin, yes!) for a year and a half. Together two something years. And then he gets another girlfriend on the side. Can we say Buh-bye? I asked hiim to move out the day after Christmas. Talk about a bummer holiday. Things were rough for a while, but are looking up now. I've even been on a few dates.
Oh, and when I left I was finishing up a degree in Sociology. Well I finished the degree, did my internship with the local authorities, and absolutely fell in love with law enforcement. I decided not to go for a Master's degree yet, and applied for jobs straight out of college. I've been an official member of the Boys in Blue for nearly two years now. Can you believe that?! No one I went to high school with can, that's for sure. I love my job. It is stressfull, time consuming, and hell on relationships, but I have coworkers who are more like my family than my real family is and we have a great time kicking ass at work.
Enough for now. If any of you fine people actually remember who the hell I am, holler back!
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| Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
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3:03 pm
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There's absolutely so much to write about that I don't know where to start. Inevitably, everything will not make it out of my head.
Wedding planning is now officially underway. Mom's been researching photographers, with me helping a little bit, but really she's doing it all. She's being awesome and helpful and just great about everything. We're fairly certain we've found the reception place at an amazing price, and we found a bridal shop that we want to revisit to try things on (last time it was almost closing time for them). It's actually starting! And I am determined to not put it off to a later date. Why did I just bring that up? Well....
There's the possiblity that I may be looking at Grad school now. I just might be getting a Master's in Sociology. There's still a lot of planning and number crunching to do to see if we want to go through with it. It will definitely shake around mine and Clint's plans, but I think we can swing it. We just won't be doing what we thought we would be with as much money as we'd guessed. The more I think about it, the more it scares me to death (me and thesis?!) but it's also an opportunity too good to pass up. If they get the large grant they're hoping to get, my boss is willing to write me a research assistant ship under him. Tuition nearly completely paid for and an 800 dollar stipend a month. I'd basically be getting my degree for free. Not to mention that I know he would help me along the whole way. In two weeks Clint will be here and we're going to sit down and figure out if I should go for it or not (he and my mom are both supportive of me doing it) and if we can survive financially being newlyweds while I study. I've got a lot of thinking, planning, and praying to do, but I'm sure eventually I'll make the right decision for me and us.
Speaking of a couple of weeks, my birthday is in 11 days! My last milestone until 30. And I'm having homemade veggie pizza to celebrate!
Veggie pizza and wine!
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| Friday, February 25th, 2005
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11:45 pm
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I've been steadily working on my enormously huge paper lately. The first portion of it (the introduction 2-3 pages and the literature review 15-20 pages) are due next Wendesday and I really needed to get on the ball about them. After figuring out what it is I was supposed to do, I split my time into a four week span. The first two weeks would be spent doing research, as I needed at least 20 sources and several of them were from a town about thirty miles over, the third would be spent sifting through all said resources and tagging parts I wanted to use. The last week, this week, is being spent actually piecing the paper together. Stress-Full. I berated myself casually for not working on it as much as I thought I should have on Tuesday and Wednesday, but really I just wasn't in the mood. And besides, I was touring a house with my roommate. (The house we will live in next year!) I told myself I wasn't really behind, and I wasn't but I also knew that the more I put it off, the more pressure it would be for me later. Being in a general mopey state of mind the beginning half of the week certainly didn't help matters. I think the pressures of everything just built up until I had to have an all out bawl fest to Clint on the phone. After that, the week looked up :)
Thursday and today have been extremely productive. I've been to work (more on that later), been to class, and made very good progress on my paper. I have a quota for each day and I worked hard and filled it today by 6 or so. But then as I relaxed and read a book, caught a little tv, I get this little nag in the back of my head. "If you go work on it more since you're not tired, you won't have to work so hard later" So I did. And I got another page and a half finished. I see myself turning into a dork as I get all excited over these little eureka moments when I remember a quote I want to use. I can expand on it and I turn that one thought into another half page. Makes my day, I tell you. Sure sign of a dork. I half hate having to stop writing for the night, because for me getting started is the hardest part. Once I write a paragraph or two I'm in the groove and my wheels are turning and I just churn out words. Stop for a while and I get rusty.
And I didn't mention that I found a job! It was actually quite handed to me as I'm one of very few people in my research methods class (the one I'm writing the paper for) who really catch on quickly to all the database and variable managing we're doing. My professor, Dr. Parisi, hired myself and one of my friends from class to work under him, and various others, in the Social Science Research Center. I've been there two weeks so far, and thought there's not a lot to do yet, I'm enjoying it. The workload should start to pick up when we comence with the survey that is currently under construction and review. Then we'll have all sorts of responses to code and enter into neat and tidy databases. This will look great on a resume.
I keep having to stop myself from hitting the save button every two minutes. I'm paranoid my computer will crash and eat all of my work, so I'm a save button junkie.
Hello, my name is Amie, and I am a savebuttonoholic.
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| Friday, January 21st, 2005
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11:30 pm
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Well, let's see if I can sum up the last two months in as few paragraphs as possible. I really thought it had been longer since I updated, but the calendar doesn't lie.
November, November...had turkey and sweet potato pie with crunchies (!). Always a plus. Spent way too much money on an authentic Irish dinner that was wonderful and well worth the cash. Gawked at the 500,000+ dollars stapled to the ceiling. November wasn't too eventful.
December roared in with things to do. I had my first Christmas away from home and with Clint's family due to circumstances no one could control. It wasn't the same, but not as bad as I had envisioned either. Not that I figured Christmas with his folks would be bad, it just wouldn't be home. I'm very much a homebody. I received this tiny swiss army knife that is the coolest and quite handy at that. Also, money for clothes which I desparately needed. Very few of my other clothes really fit well anymore so I had fun on my little shopping spree. Got a pink suede coat for $37! (Regular 130) Many good pictures were captured on our little "mini vacation" around the area the week after Christmas so I shall try and post some in the future. I even petted an elephant! They've got an interesting texture. New Years Eve was spent playing cards with Clint and my mom and we kissed twice at midnight because our two clocks said two different things. We wanted to make sure we got it right ;) I painted a bathroom peach for my blind gramma. It wasn't as bad looking as I thought it would be.
January has flown by. The two year mark for the wedding is now over a month passed. When they tell you time flies, they mean it. But sometimes it just can't seem to get here fast enough. I know, stop and enjoy the moment. And I am. I really am enjoying myself, my apartment, and my roommates. But when your other half is five hours away, it's only understandable to wish the deadline of the journey would pick up the pace a bit. It'll be here before I know it, I'm sure.
I still can't believe I painted that bathroom peach.
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| Sunday, November 21st, 2004
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9:56 pm
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Dog puke + Unexpecting person = SHOWER TIME!
Yes, one of the dogs just decided it would be great fun to show me what she ate, since apparently I missed it the first time around. No warning, no nothing. Just me laying on the couch with cuddly pooch curled on my tummy and then wham...feel the force of those upchuck muscles! I got up and immediately headed for the shower, laughing the whole way. It was just too funny because it was everywhere. The only clothing she didn't manage to reach was my undies and socks. There was even solid pieces of food IN MY BRA. And of course my hair felt it needed to try the new acid wash. Caleb cleaned up the living room while I took a shower and proceeded to label me vomit inducing once I made it back out in clean pjs. Can't you feel the love :D At least it wasn't Janessa who recieved Alex's shower. Then I'm afraid we would have had people puke to clean up as well!
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| Tuesday, November 16th, 2004
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12:47 pm
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| Monday, November 8th, 2004
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5:26 pm
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First off, let me just say how tempting it is to look at your online registry when you know something has been purchased! I know people don't typically register until just a few months before the wedding, but Clint and I are notoriously hard to buy for so we were being urged to go ahead and do it as sort of a handy Christmas/Birthday wish list. Not a bad idea. I already know that at least two things have been bought and I have a feeling a few members of my family are going to take advantage of it too. Like I said, we're hard to buy for since we don't really NEED anything. The only real thing I can think of this year is gift certificates to clothes stores. Most of my clothes are too big and I have not the money to buy a whole new wardrobe.
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| Thursday, November 4th, 2004
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5:31 pm
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I am wearing Clint's dress socks today and they are comfy. He should learn not to leave clothes at my apartment. That is all.
Also, I am cold.
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| Monday, November 1st, 2004
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7:34 pm
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I've found a new love of driving in the pitch black where you can't see more than thirty yards ahead of you, you can't tell where the ground ends and sky begins because it's so dark, and there's hardly any other cars on the road. It's comforting. Just turn up the music and jam as you drive in the black blanket and hope the road doesn't make a sharp turn anytime soon.
We need more non-country stations up here. We have only one station that plays the type of music I like (or at least only one I've found) and now they're slowly going more towards the R&B/rap crap that gets old REALLY fast. If I have to listen to Usher once more, I think I'll scream. Or turn the radio off.
And also, someone's birthday is coming up! And someone's package will be in the mail within the next few days! And someone better be excited and wait anxiously by the mailbox! For two weeks even! Hopefully the postal service will be extra nice and make sure it arrives relatively close to your actual birthday, but you never know with this whole overseas thing.
PS. I want to get two rats as pets once Clint and I get married and settle down in a house or whatnot. He says I can, and after playing with some this weekend, he actually likes them too! YEE!
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| Friday, October 22nd, 2004
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10:58 pm
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| Monday, September 27th, 2004
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3:44 pm
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Just so everyone knows, I'm sitting here working on my buttload of homework that's due tomorrow, and I have a squirrel who decided to take a nap on my head.
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| Monday, September 13th, 2004
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11:34 pm
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I know I haven't updated in forever, and really I will get to that, but for now I'm just way too busy. Three tests in two days this week and two are pretty major. Just be happy to know that everything is going very well so far this year :) And now on to the not so great news....
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| Monday, August 9th, 2004
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7:10 pm
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Well, I did it. I actually had my plans follow through completely and exactly as planned. I ate at the Japanese Steakhouse on Friday (with a TON of family, I might add) and spent a good 5 hours or so at Big Kahunas on Saturday. I didn't even get that sunburned! The tops of my shoulders are a bit red and the tops of my cheeks are barely pink, but all in all nothing major.
AND...I went to Panama City Beach! That in and of itself isn't anything to really get excited over (since I've lived on beaches my whole life), but this time was different. I finally met Jeff! ( immensedragon) Clint went with me and we headed over there about five. Once we met and stood around talking (and kind of fishing if you can call throwing the lure in the water and then staring at it, fishing), we loaded up in my car and headed to dinner. My first time ever eating at Tony Roma's. The place was alright, but our waitress was crappy. We're still waiting to get some ketchup. Because of the circumstances though, there wasn't much that could put a damper on my mood. By the time we told Jeff bye and made it back to Milton, we had been gone 14 hours. Needless to say we went to our respective beds and just collapsed until time for church the next morning. I wish I had more time to spend over there, but hey, we can always get together again (and I plan to). If you want a few more details than I've offered, he made a post about it in his journal as well. Yes, go read about my painfully shy self.
This week is about as busy as can be. Or at least it seems to be. I leave this Saturday to move back to Starkville for good. I'll finally get to see Bekah again (she wasn't there when we went up a week ago) and I'll get to meet her dog too. Big dog. Big young, puppy kind of dog. This will be fun.
And if you want to hear the most adorable sound, come listen to my ferret snore.
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| Wednesday, August 4th, 2004
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9:00 am
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Baskets to create a makeshift chest of drawers with my bookshelf....check
Two new pillows to replace the ones that are now an inch thick....check
All major furniture moving complete....check
The major things are done and now I need only to find something to hang on my very blank wall. Well, that and I need to move the rest of my things another 260 miles. No sweat though, really. Especially not when your hand is still in a brace and you have orders straight from the doctor to do no heavy lifting. Other people move for me =D
Let me say, it's hard to type when you have a cat wandering about the computer desk determined to be petted or knead the mess out of your leg, whichever happens first. And now he just drooled on me. Thanks, I've already had my shower for the day, but I appreciate your concern.
Really though, I need something to hang on that wall. I'm thinking about running down to a fabric store this afternoon and picking up some random fat squares to fashion a makeshift quilt top. That would look nice on the wall and would be relatively cheap too. Plus, I always have fun making new quilt tops. I still have that one for Clint's parents that I need to finish basting together, but this not having a right hand has really put a damper on that. You need two hands in good working order to be able to hold everything together straight and push the needle through so much material.
And I end with....I'm supposed to go to Big Kahunas waterpark this weekend! And maybe to Panama too!
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| Monday, July 26th, 2004
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9:15 pm - I don't make a post in forever, but boy when I do.....
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Guess who now has a fiance! That would be ME! Eeeeee!
That's right, Clint and I are officially engaged as of July 24. I would have posted sooner, but I had a few people I wanted to tell first before they found out from an entry. And onto the story....
We decided Saturday to go on a picnic at the Pensacola beach, but instead of actually going to the beach we would go to our spot off the beaten path instead. Literally, it's a spot off the beaten path. Over near Fort Pickens, there's Langdon picnic park. Well, we go there, but go behind some trees to find a worn path through a decently thick woody area. Just like last time we visited, we deviate from the path and wind ourselves towards the old hidden (and now sealed up) anti-ship battery from WWII. We boost ourselves up and keep on climbing up the concrete, and wa la! We are on top of it! It's mostly covered with trees and sand to hide it, but there are still areas of bare concrete and it has a GREAT view of the beach. We found a little clearing of sand that had trees all around it except for a drop off that offered a view of the Gulf. Our own little private beach! We sun for a while and just talk. Everything seems normal. Well then, he breaks out the big guns (hah, pun *snort*). Chocolate covered strawberries, sparkling pink grape juice in champagne flutes, and.....the ring! I was so surprised when I first saw the box (just the box mind you) that out of shock I said "no! I mean YES!" He hadn't even asked me anything! And then, while I hugged his neck and he still hadn't opened the box yet, I told him if this was a joke I was going to kick his butt. Yes, that's right. I threatened my future fiance. How romantic am I? Hah. And of course, he does officially ask me to marry him and puts the ring on my finger (a very nice fit!) and we hang around a little while longer just enjoying each other's company. When we head out to meet his parents for dinner at a VERY good Japanese resturant, I find out it's actually a celebratory dinner! EVERYONE knew but me! Even the cook did! He made us a heart on the grill out of fried rice, hah!
And now we've been making the rounds telling all the relatives and letting them ooh and ahh over the ring. So far everyone is very happy for us. (especially since we assured them we would graduate first) I have plenty of time to plan a wedding and I'm sure I'll need every bit of it. For now though, I'm just going to bask in my excitement :)
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| Thursday, June 24th, 2004
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9:22 pm
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And I'm back! Okay, so I never said I was leaving...oops. This weekend I was gone to Milton. I then came back home for less than 24 hours and was off again this time with my grandparents. We headed off to Natchez to visit my great grandmother. I drove across the Mississippi River a few times! I've had a good time going everywhere in the last week, but boy am I beat. Oh, and because of being gone so much (and because LJ is being mean to me right now) I haven't been able to read everyone's entries so if anything important happened let me know! (BOY NEWS PLEASE!)
I gots me a job! It's doing a summer chemistry camp that I did last summer too. It's only for two weeks, but I make 300 dollars and I'm not even working full days. And hey, that's much better than the zero dollars I expected to make this summer. And as long as I have good kids, I should be able to manage with one hand.
RANDOMNESS: My first time using a shredder!
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| Thursday, June 10th, 2004
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1:25 am
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Does the Hey Song put anyone else in the mood for sports? Forgive me if I lapse into a guyish way of thinking but I am completely ready for football season to begin.
Though I haven't done anything exceptionally different since my last post, I am in considerably better spirits. Maybe it's because I'll have a visitor this weekend. Speaking of that, I have to figure out something for us to do. This place is notoriously devoid of activities anyway but with me temporarily disabled it limits our choices even more. I really want to go explore New Orleans, but I'm not sure how well that will go over. New Orleans can be a very dangerous place to wander.
I go back to the orthopaedic on Friday. Itch itch! GO AWAY ITCH UNDER MY CAST! I'll get stitches taken out and a new bandage or something along those lines. When I finally get everything off I'll be sure to try and remember to post pictures of all my different stages for the curious. I tell you though, this has been an interesting experience. My arm has turned all shades of black and blue even where they didn't mess around. Then there's the bagging of my arm everyday so that I don't get my cast wet. I'm so easy to bruise that the duct tape for that even bruises me! But I'd rather have that than have my hand get wet and then infected. Bones with infection = no good. I'm weird and reallllllly want to go mow the grass (because it is my favorite chore) but I can't. I also haven't driven for two weeks...But in the mean time I have gotten a lot of reading done not to mention several puzzles.
I want to go buy a latin music cd. I love that music. I'm actually pretty decent at spanish after six years of classes, but I hope to one day be able to become fluent. It just tickles me to death that I can read the english subtitles to what they're saying in spanish on the screen and listen to the spanish at the same time and go "oh! They didn't translate that literally!" or "That's not all he said! He really said ___!" I am the dork. But oh well...I love it. And with that I shall leave you....
Senor, mi corazon, te amo...siempre y para siempre. :)
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| Monday, June 7th, 2004
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1:44 am
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I'd like to let everyone know that I made it out alive. (not that there was much worry that I wouldn't) I've been meaning to make a much needed update, but I haven't been up to it yet. I really haven't been on much and I want to apologize to anyone that I seem to have neglected (especially one dear Finn (okay mainly one dear Finn)). I'm a big ball of emotions right now and it's tiring. I'm peeved at some people. I'm lonely for others. I'm perfectly content with many, and I'm wonderfully happy with a few. I cry at the drop of a hat and then laugh like crazy fifteen minutes later. Like I said, I'm a big ball of emotions (and I don't even have "that time" to blame it on!). Maybe I'll be more specific later, but for now I think I need to just sleep until tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day.
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| Thursday, May 27th, 2004
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6:51 am - And I'm off...
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My last day as a metal-free woman! I leave in about 5 minutes to head to Gulfport for the long awaited surgery. Wish me luck! It's left handed peck typing from here on out! (or at least for a month or so)
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| Tuesday, May 18th, 2004
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11:40 pm - Jumping on the bandwagon
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