amylea82

09:18 am: Kitten
Megan and I found a little orange kitten outside a store the other day and if no one wants it we are going to take him/her to the humane society tomorrow. If you are interested please let me know. This kitten is soo cute and very loving. It just wants a home where someone will love him/her (we are thinking her) back. I wish I could keep her myself but right now I have Stacey's cat and my cat (that doesn't do well around kittens) and that's enough cats in one house for now, esspecially when you can't really afford either one. Well maybe that was harsh, I can afford them because they are like my kids but it's enough, I will just say that. I don't have any pictures of her but trust me, she is adorable. Please let me know soon if you are interested.

10:28 pm: Long Time
Wow it's been such a long time since I have updated on here. I have a xanga site now so that's when I have been posting lately. If you want to check it out, my name is www.xanga.com/amylea82. I graduated this past May and now i'm working on a certificate while I look a job. Well that's really all i'm going to say for now but i'll update again later.

08:52 am: wooo
I'm so fed up with this semester. I don't think I have ever had so much to do in one semester, EVER. It really feels like all my teachers got together and picked out the worst possible dates to have things due and said, "ok everything will be due NOW" Oh well, can't change it and I want to graduate in May so it will get done. Sometimes I wish we had 48 hour days haha, Then I would have time for things. At least I gave away my A2 closing on Monday and Wednesdays so that gives me a little more time.

Ok now that I have vented. I'm not really looking forward to my Family Life class today at 9:30. For those who don't know, we have to devolop and implement a program and ours is for adult and commuter students. There are seven people in our group and we all agree on what to do and show up to the meetings except for one. She wouldn't agree with anything we said from the very first day. Even after our teacher said she liked the idea, she thought it was "pointless and repetitive" yet she didn't have any ideas to throw in herself. She didn't know what she wanted to do but she knew she didn't want to do this. Well six kind of out numbers one and since she wasn't putting in any ideas, we went with our winter holiday idea. Since then she has failed to come to 3 out of 5 meetings and never contacted one of us before the meeting. She called me after she got an email from another girl saying if she didn't show up we were taking her part out of the program. Of course she didn't. But since she got that email, she went and talked to Dr. Carroll and said that we were having communication problems. OMG the nerve. I know I personally stood in front of desk and told her when and where we were meeting. Two girls emailed her with times and places. Of course she says she didn't get the email until after the fact but I told her face to face. I'm wondering if she forgot to check that too. Maybe I was talking to an answering machine and she forgot to check the message. Anyway, I know at least one of the other girls is extremely pissed and wrote a pretty nasty email back to her (Joel knows what it said) so class today i'm sure will be slightly on the tense side. But other than that haha our program is coming along nicely and I think it will go over very well. Everyone we have told has liked the idea so we shall see.

My room has really come a long way for those who have yet to see. I bought some new organizing things to put in there and they have really helped. I am still going to find a storage unit so I can put away the things I will never need here (and that is a lot) but I don't want to get rid of since I have pretty much tried to fit my whole life into my small room. It sured would be nice if I trusted certain people and could keep some things in Wilson but there are things there now I want out and we all know what would happened if I asked to keep something there. OH well. Anyway, class in 30 mins and I really need to work on my resume for a little while before heading over there. I hope everyone has a good day. Later

Amy

11:22 pm: oops
Ok this is just to correct my booboo on the previous entry. It's Hybrid and not hybred. Yeah I was tired when I typed it haha. Can you tell?

12:23 am: Wolf Line
Ok, now this is just funny. Sure am glad it was State's bus and not ours lol.

I hope Wood puts the hybred on purple tomorrow :) It's so cool.

http://www.technicianonline.com/story.php?id=012257

12:37 am: come on
Ok people, are we really that stupid????
Here is a site sent by Joel, sure will get your fire burning.

http://www.partyeastcarolina.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=205987

What are these people thinking. Oh it makes me so mad.

ok now i'm going to bed haha

06:50 pm: pictures
Welp today was great. I spent a wonderful day with my brother and sister and hopefully this change from Rhonda is here to stay.

Just as I promised, here are some pictures of our new kittens. I hope you enjoy.

http://community.webshots.com/user/tadpole00

05:29 pm: Kittens
I would like to introduce to you Thumper Hobbes Jr. He is an orange tabby that is full of life and energy. At 8 weeks old, he is already acting out his toddlerhood. Too cute just like a kid.

Stacey would like to introduce Lazy Cyclone (Cyclone). He is a gray tabby that is also full of energy. At 10 weeks old, he is on his way to being a wide eyed ball of fun.

Pictures will be avaliabe soon.

Welp that's it for now, I know it's a pretty short update but there will be more tomorrow when I get home from going to Church in Wilson.

11:10 pm: Open eyes
As I mentioned before, I went to my brother and sister's football game Friday before the previous and some new developments have come up. Megan went home this past weekend and she was supposed to be spending the night with Courtney but Rhonda decided she didn't want that to happen but that she could still go out Friday night. On one condition. If I showed up, Courtney wouldn't be able to go anywhere with Megan again. Well that presents an intersting problem. When hearing this, I had had enough. I am tired of having to sneak around trying to see those I love and it makes no sense for Megan and Courtney to have to suffer because Rhonda doesn't like me. Well I evedently wasn't the only on who had had enough. I went to bed Friday night think that I was going to enjoy a nice Saturday of sleeping in but I was wrong. At 8:30 I got a phone call, to my surprise it was from my dad. It actually turned out to be a nice conversation. He was calling to let me know I had mail and that he was sending it to me. I said I was sorry for getting Megan and her mom in trouble and he told me not to worry about it, that I hadn't done anything. I then mentioned that I was tired of having to sneak around and he followed that up saying that he didn't want me to sneak around anymore. He said if I wanted to go to the games to go and not to worry about what Rhonda said or did, that he would take care of it. He also said that if I wanted to go to the house to go. Just to call and make sure they were there first and to go. He said he was tired of having to make excuses for seeing me and that it was time she sucked it up. He admitted that marrying her was a mistake and that now he was tyring to correct it. She agreed to go to counceling with him and he is hoping the works but he isn't holding out much hope. He said he is ready to take whatever path that is laid before him.

After this conversation, I had a hard time going back to sleep. I really couldn't believe I had just heard what I did. I didn't think the time would ever come when I could call and say i'm coming to the house and the answer be ok. I didn't think I would ever see the day that my dad actually stood up and said, this isn't going to happen any more. I'm hoping this opens the door to future trips up here, as in Matthew and Courtney being able to visit me sometimes and not have to worry about sneaking around to try to do it. I'm also hoping that my dad doesn't fall back into the past and none of this progress continues. That is my fear and while I hold out hope and support for my dad, I know it can happen. I thanked my dad for standing up for me and I told him how much it ment to me. I hope that keeps him going forward.

In other news. After oversleeping twice this past week (one being major) I have purchased a new alarm clock. I hope it works. I am now so parranoid about oversleeping that I not only have the alarm set but I also have my phone set and my little alarm clock that I got from England set. If I oversleep now, then I need to concider going to the doctor for hearing problems.

I am also going to Matthew and Courtney's football game this Friday. They are supposed to be in uniform and they hope to have the show finished. I'm also hoping that we might actually get to do something either before or after the game.

Well i'm tired so i'm off to bed. More later.

12:58 am: Who said good couldn't come out of bad
Yesterday I went home (Wilson) to watch Matthew and Courtney's football game. They are both in the band and Hunt and one of Courtney's friends (Megan), who now comes here, asked if I wanted to go. Well of course i'm not going to turn down a chance to see my brother and sister so her and I rode to Wilson. She didn't tell them I was coming so the look on their faces when they saw I was there was priceless. I wish I could see them more often. It was so awesome seeing them again. It's been really neat getting to know Megan. She is a great person and has a big heart. With me have been driving all day Friday, I was already tired by the time we got to the game and her parents said I could stay at their house (really nice of someone to do for that for someone they barely know). I wasn't going to, feeling my shyness kick in but by the time we were finished with Bojangles (where we went after the game) there was no way I was going to be able to drive back to Greenville without falling asleep, so I took them up on the offer. Megan's whole family was great. I felt really welcome there and had a good time. Today when we got up we ended up driving to Rocky Mount for a little while. Man has it been forever since the last time I have been to the mall there. Again a lot of fun.

I also found out a lot of information. I ran into Lynn at the game and found out Rhonda (step-mom) is taking lessons again. Lynn said she had to work hard at keeping her mouth shut so she wouldn't mess it up since this is the only way she can talk to Matthew and Courtney. She has found out some really interesting things because for some reason she will tell Lynn everything. I found out that Rhonda is not happy about dad co-signing for my apartment, well I knew that, but I found out that she has threatened to leave if he doesn't figure out a way to get his name off it. Since the only way for him to do that is if he finds someone to replace his name with their's, and I don't know of anyone that would do that, he is stuck and I say let her go. She thinks however, that she would not only end up with the house but also the kids and it would be him to move out and that's just stupid. Anyway, enough ranting, we all know she doesn't like me and that the feeling is very mutual. On a brighter note progress in standing up for ourselves (me and my dad) has been made and that's a good thing. It's time for change.

Anyway i'm looking at new tv's. Something that is going to last. I found one tonight that I really like at Walmart but now i'm thinking I am going to keep looking just in case something else jumps out at me more. I want to make sure I have looked at all my options. I wan't to make sure it's something that is going to last for a long time, or at least until it no longer usable. I also think I have decided to just get a chair for my room. It will be easier to find something that will fit if i'm just looking for a chair. Big plans that I hope work out.

As stated before, we had our first physiological psyc test this past Monday. Well we got our test grades back. I knew I didn't do well because when I was taking the test, I kept saying I don't know. Never a good thing to say when you are taking a test. I was right. I ended up with a 59. The way i'm trying to think of this is that this is the first test and there are 3 more so I can pull it up now that I know how to study for his tests.

Welp I believe that is it for now. I'll post again later if I think of something of course.

Amy

12:02 am: What a Day
Well I took my first physological psyc test today. It did not go well. On the bight side, I know I at least got 4 points. (he gave us four points for putting our name on the paper) I knew a lot but there was just too much I was questioning myself on and even more I didn't know what he was talking about. At least now I know what to expect from future tests.

For some reason last night, I could not go to sleep. When I was done online, I tried to go to sleep but was wide awake. I tried and tried, knowing I had to get up and open this morning. The last time I looked at the clock it was 2:30. As I looked, I just thought, good grief, i'm going to die tomorrow. The strange thing is, I was wide awake all day today. I couldn't have gotten more than a couple of hours of sleep and yet I had no problem staying awake through class or driving. Strange. I, however, am not going to try that tonight.

Oh and just an hint of advice, don't eat at the Wendy's on Greenville Blvd. past Walmart. It was not good. Joel ate a shoe, well his chicken sandwich tasted like a shoe anyway.

Amy

12:32 am: I have come to the conclusion
For those who don't know me, I have changed majors twice. I started off in the music education field but then changed to the elementary education field. After a while there I changed to the child development and family relations field. While I have found myself happy in this field and will stay here through graduation, I find myself still toying with the idea of doing something else. I have come to the conclusion that it's not that I don't know what I want to do with my life but that I just want to do to much and can't decide one just one thing. I have a hard time saying to myself, this is what I want to do with the rest of my life. I want to do so many things, there just isn't enough time or money. Who knows what the future may hold and it may turn out that I end up doing something that has nothing to do with my major. All I can do is finish school and see what my options are. :)

I have also decided what I want to do with my room. For those that have seen my room, you know it isn't very big and options are limited but I think I have come up with a plan that will at least make it look like I have more space. I don't know if it will work but I am going to try. Before I can do this however, I have to figure out a way to store things. I also have a very small closet and too much that I have to store. I have a lot of things that I want to keep, I just don't have anywhere to put them. I know i'm going to have to go through everything again and pull things out that I know I will never use or don't need. I also need to come up with a new storage plan. The way I have it now is just not working. If you have any good ideas about how to store a lot of stuff in a small place let me know.

With regard to things I don't need, there are a few things that I am going to open up to someone who may want them. I have a small 13 inch black tv that works but I have no remote for it. If you however, have a vcr, it can be hooked up through that and it will work fine. I also have an old computer that I don't need anymore. I have a couple people who have showed a little interest in it but if they fall through it's open for anyone else. It has a monitor and works fine, I just don't need it now that I have my laptop. I have to warn you though that the monitor is on it's way out and can act up but if you hit it, it straightens up for a while. If you are interested in either of these things just let me know. If no one wants them, they are going to end up in the dumpster.

I am also in the market for a new tv for my room. I found one tonight at Walmart that I like but I don't really know anything about tv's. If you would be willing to help me pick a good one out, let me know also.

While I was at Walmart, I also saw some bathroom things I want to get. All duckies of course, to match the current ducks that Charlotte gave me. I was a little apprehensive at first with the ducks but I really do like them. I am going to eventually purchase the trashcan, towel set and bath mat. :) They really did not cost much and they were cute.

Also wish me luck tomorrow. I have an exam in my psyc class that i'm a little worried about. I have been studying quite a bit today and feel as if my head is going to explode from all the information I have been trying to soak up. Hopefully enough has been absorbed for me to do well.

Ok that's it.

Amy

03:07 am: Congratulations
I'm typing this at 3:00 am on Sunday the 18th but i'm going to refer to everything as today and by that I mean Sat. Just wanted to make that clear.

I want to send out a big congratulations to Alex for making three tackles, including a sac. Really awesome Alex way to go.

I got a call today from my sister. She was using Megan's (a friend of her's) phone to call, which is too cool, but turns out my dad and Rhonda have been spreading more lies about me in hopes of turning my brother and sister against me. Luckily for me, the siblings bond is one that will not be broken. I don't know what they exactly told Matthew and Courtney but it was along the lines of me threatening to do something that would have Matthew and Courtney taken away. Now, while I may not like or agree with what's going on and I know Rhonda doesn't like me, but I in no way would do anything that would make life harder for my brother and sister. Now, on to brighter subjects. It was nice talking to Courtney. I do wish we could talk and spend more time together. Maybe one day it will happen, I hope.

Today was the first day since last spring that I made my way to the rec to go swimming. I have to admit, I miss going on a weekly basis. It was always a lot of fun and a good way to work out. Today wasn't any different. A little basketball, a little volleyball, and my first experience with flippers. That was an event. I just couldn't get the hang of them. I had a hard time keeping them under water, unless I was going backwards. I finally started getting it a little more as time went on but in no way was going as fast as any one else. But it was fun, until my feet started hurting due to the flippers being a little too small. After being out of the pool for a while, I could tell it had worked my legs seeing as they were hurting in ways I thought were not possible. Ok so it wasn't that bad, but they did hurt and i'm sure they will ache a little tonight when I finally get to bed.

I finally got my qtips today also and filled my car with gas. I somehow managed to keep from paying 3 dollars a gallon. I filled up when it was 2.56 and topped off at 2.79 and I payed 2.88 tonight. I sure wish it would go down faster.

Have you ever wanted something so bad but just couldn't quite get it. While I was at Target today, I just had to check on the price of Band of Brothers, just in case it had come down in price (which I thought impossible but had to look) and to my suprise, it was on sale. They normal price has been hovering around 90 dollars for a while now but tonight it was 79.99. While that isn't that big of a drop, it did make it harder to leave it on the shelf. I just don't have it right now and I want to make sure all my bills are paid before I start looking at happy items. You never know though, it just might work out and I will be a very happy person when that day comes.

Well that's enough blabber for now.

Amy

12:31 am: Trying something new
We all get stuck sometimes doing the same thing every day or at least every week. We get up and go to work or class and come home day after day. Most of us probably eat at the same restaurants weekly without even thinking about it. I know I do. I get in a pattern of going to the same places over and over. Even though we aren't going to the same place every day, it can become boring. Today however, we tried a new restaurant.

Joel has been trying to get us to go to Finelli's Cafe for a while now and tonight we finally went. My first impression was not a good one though, mainly because of the outside appearance. The building itself is not a very grand looking one but as I was taught when I was younger, you can't judge a book by it's cover. The same is true for places. They were packed, granted it is a very small place, but still, they were busy. We didn't have to wait long to get our table, which was nice. The inside is very nice looking with a good use of mirrors to make it look bigger than it is. Feeling a little under-dressed but not out of place, as Matt puts it, we took out seats and looked at the menu. WOW, pretty pricey but they had several chicken dishes to choose from (my favorite) which was nice. The food was good, I wasn't overly impressed, but it was good none the less. I didn't eat all of mine and I kind of wish I had brought it home with me but I know I wouldn't have eaten it if I had. My bill came to 18.00 dollars including a 2.00 tip. I didn't however, get a drink (we all had water). For the style and class of the restaurant, the prices were not all that bad. I can't afford to eat there every night but it was nice. I would recommend this place if you were looking for a nice meal and you aren't worried about spending money. It was a nice change and I wouldn't mind going back sometime in the future. Nice call Joel.

In other news...
hmmmmmm well it was another pretty average day. The usual get up, go to work, go to class, go back to work, come home. Nope, can't really think of anything else that happened. Although that could be because i'm doing this so late and my energy level is running on E. Oh well. Sleep well everyone.

Amy

10:20 pm: My first entry
Today I decided to start an online journal.

I have wanted to do this for a while but just haven't really gotten around to it yet but tonight, while I was reading from a link on Matt's page, I saw the ling for live journal and just went for it. The real question now is going to be if I am able to keep it up to date.

Anyway, today we went back to school after a one day and four hour vacation because of a hurricane that never really did anything here. Granted it did a lot of damage down by the coast but we really only got some rain and a little breeze. Oh Well. I got to sleep in and just chill yesterday and today the university didn't open until 12 so I didn't have to be at work until 10:20. It was definitely different than opening at 6:20 when it's still dark outside. I almost thought I had overslept but then it hit me that I was ok.

I know this is a very short entry but my battery is about to crap out on me, I am going to end this for tonight and plug it back in.

Amy

Oh I have to add one more thing. After waiting for weeks for my financial aid to come in, it has arrived. And while I can not actually pick up the check until Monday, it feels good just knowing it is here and I will finally be able to catch up on my bills and not wonder how I am going to pay for things. wooo