Grab Bag

so let's talk about my recent addiction. shopping. it has got to stop. it can't be healthy mentally. it damn sure aint good financially - i know that much. so my problem started about 2 months ago. hi. i'm j, and i'm a shopaholic. and i believe jen is partly to blame.

it's all good though, because i've gotten some cute shit recently as a result of my little problem.

my birthday is coming up soon! aren't we excited? i know i am. i'm not going to send out the mass email this year though. i figure if you care... you'll remember. point blank period. i'm gonna be in vegas for the 8 days following my special day. so i'm excited about that as well. me and myra are gonna be doin it up at the venetian hotel livin it up like we must do. i'm thoroughly excited by the possibilities... just think of the all shopping that can occur! oh there we go with that problem again.

so i thought i had strep throat, but as it turns out, the problem has something to do with a virus or something. so evidently, penicillin is what fixes this. however the pharmacy didn't have all the pills that were prescribed to me, so they gave me 1/4 of my medication and told me to come back the next day after 12. lordy.

thats one reason why i have to leave early today.

also i'm so very tired. well, i'm not so much tired... more like, i just wanna lay down. i wanna lay and do nothing. my body is exhausted. however, these are not complaints; just facts. it's summer time. if not now, when? tru, tru.

my throat is hurting a little less now thanks to the penicillin. drugs. gotta love em.

i can't believe the july 4th weekend is already damn near here. damn the summer goes by so fast.

i have this knot on my head like somebody took a baseball bat to it while i was sleeping. wouldn't i remember such an event though?

so i'll probably get my next tattoo sometime next week... or just before my birthday. this one will be the last one for the next 5 years or so. i need to stop now while i'm ahead. i like tattoos, but i dont like the look of abundant tattoos. i'm not sure if that makes sense... right now i have a few, so this one will make a few +1, even though it will be more like a few +1, -1 cause its gonna cover up one that i already have. actually i think i'm gonna start researching that now.

i blinked and almost fell asleep just then.

again, i'm feelin good, feeling great. i'm sastified. i love it. and i need more of it.

Nothin Much

ok so i've finally decided to do it. do what? update my blog. that's right. i know that i've been away for a while. so much has happened since i last wrote in here, that i just kept putting it off because i didn't know where to begin. since i didn't know where to begin, i kept putting it off, and more stuff continued to happen and it made it harder and harder to decide what to put in here.

i know... its not that serious. calm down.

so... first and foremost: I GRADUATED!!! yes that's right... i am now THE bachelorette of science :)

graduation was exciting. my mom and mr. tony got there really early and saved a whole row of seats in the front row near where i was sitting with the rest of the soon-to-be graduates. it was great because the row was filled with my family and friends. and they were so close to me, so when i looked over i saw them. they made me stand up several times during graduation so they could take pictures. hilarious. the actual ceremony was so f'in long tho. information systems was the second to last degree to be called on stage. i felt like years passed before my name was called, but it felt so good when it was finally my turn. afterwards, my family/friends took many many pictures (if you wanna to see them, email me and i'll send you the link to the album if i haven't already done so) and then we went to dinner at timbuktu. all of which was great. afterwards the older family members went home and my friends and i went back to reagan's to chill, play games and watch chappelle show season 2. all in all, graduation was a great day. good times, good times.

now, i'm the desk manager in terrace. my last hoorah (spell?) as a res life emloyee. i've given them 2 summers and 2 school years as an RA, 1.5 school years as a desk staffer and now a summer as a desk manager. i think i'm subconsciously in love with res life. actually, its just because they're the easiest people to work for. i worked at health services for a while too, but i had to quit that because it was getting in the way of my school work. they actually need you to work during your shift as opposed to just sitting at a desk watching people walk by. basically while in school, it's ideal to have jobs where free time is ample during work hours, so in the end, you're getting paid to study.

simultaneously, i'm back to the full time schedule at nasa. it's coming along. now i get my one day off a pay period, but my pay checks have increased dramatically because of my increase in hours, so i'm pleased. now i'm just waiting on my raise and everything will be all good.

what else is goin on... that i can share with the world...

um... oh. my baby is getting fatter. we love fat babies so that's always a plus. look at her now! she's 5 months old in this picture.

i'm so content right now, so i feel like i have nothing to say. i have nothing to contemplate because everything is peachy keen. i have nothing to complain about because i'm happy.

oh, i got a new tattoo.