Ok .. here are my thoughts for the moment ..
- So .. I was being a smart ass when I said that the spider in my kitchen was going to find me and bite me. Since then I have not seen him, so I don't know if he escaped, died somewhere in my house .. yuck, my cat finally chipped in her share and killed him, or he fell victim to one of the dogs. ... Or did I curse myself by mentioning it ... because I'll be darned if something did not bite the crap out of my leg!! Ok ... this is not an ordinary bug bite .. it's been here for 4 days now. The extent of it's redness is at least an inch in diameter and growing, and it itches like YOU HAVE NO IDEA!! Here's the worst part.... it is all the way at the top of my inner thigh!! ... Ok here is what I'm thinking:
- How in the heck did something crawl up my leg and bite me there? (I'm guessing either when I was asleep or more than liking when I was out hiking and such the other day)
- Why did it have to crawl all the up there and bite me (this things itches like none other and the first 30 minutes at work are like agony because I want to itch it sooo bad and I can't for the sake of not being looked at like a freak!!)
- What bit me and when will it stop??? I can barely look at it because I remember how badly this thing itches. I'm so miserable and it's like punishment to put it in a spot where I can either 'releave my pain' and humiliate myself, or bite my teeth and make myself miserable. I have my pride ... Next time I'm keeping my mouth shut!!
- I started school this week. Yay? NOT!! I started working on my Master's Degree back in 2004 and learned that at my last job it did not make a difference whether you had it or not. Now, at my new job, it does help. And besides, I invested time to get it halfway done, so why not get it over with? So .. I have 6 classes left, and am taking two classes, per semester, for the Fall, Spring, and Summer terms. In August I'll be graduating with both a Master's of Engineering Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and also a Certificate in Environmental Engineering. What's the benefit of the certificate? Heck besides to write on my resume I don't really know, but I could get it as well by only switching out one class, which is one of the classes I'm taking now, so why not? Anyway, for this semester I'm taking a Transportation Planning class (what I did at my last job) and also a Surface Water Quality Modeling and Control class (what I do at my current job). So .. I'm hoping that means they'll be easy to get through.
- On that note, one of the classes that I'm taking is an internet course and the other (the surface water class) is classroom taught. Here's the kicker .. the class is in the middle of the day. ... ... ... Why? ... ... ... I guess I'm thinking that people get their Bachelor's, get a job, then return for their Master's WHILE working. So why is the class at 1PM, right in the middle of such work day. And ... it's 3 days a week? That makes no sense!! So .. as a result, I won't be taking lunch anytime soon because on Mondays I'll be going to class, Tuesdays I'll be working through in order to make up the time, Wednesdays going to school, etc ... Plus on top of that I'll still have to make up the rest in order to get my 40 hours in. Next semester, both classes are during the day ... and I'm going to school every day. So ... there goes my life for the next year. But, my boss is completely supportive / encouraging / nudging my along, so he's perfectly aware / OK with this, obviously with the understanding that I get my 40 hours in.
- Maggie's one year day passed this past Sunday. It was not a good day for me and I took time to say a prayer at the time that she passed. I had intentionally left the day wide open and even spent the bulk of the day out by myself just to have the breathing room. I cannot believe that it's been a whole year. It really does not feel like it's been that long. The sad thing is that I still see them and can still picture them existing in my life. I remember when my loved ones passed away in the past, I always got so upset because not too long after and I'd start to lose the details on their face. Not with these two.
- Ok .. I'm so upset!! I bought my Nintendo DS Lite back in January I think, and it's that cute pink color. Guess what they just released??? A RED AND BLACK VERSION OF THE DS LITE!!!!! I am SOOOO jealous!! If I was dumber I'd be half tempted to sell mine and buy it ... but I'm not THAT dumb!! Anyway, my friend in Seattle told me about it and bought one the other day. .... so YAY .. now I have a DS friend to play games with. Yea ... loser .. I know!! But hey, don't know it until you try it!!
- Here's a brief mention of something I could ramble on about forever. I hate those 'single person' phrases that people use. They make me want to kick someone. So, I talk to a coworker about how I'm having to go to school in the middle of the day. His response .. well it's not like you can't just come back in here and work all night since it's just you. Again .. I want to KICK those types of people. First of all .... IT IS 2007 ... Last I checked the WOMAN'S WORLD NO LONGER REVOLVED AROUND A MAN, GETTING MARRIED, AND 'MAKING BABIES.' Why is it that we've come so far in society, in general, only to have most people still 'think' the way they always have. I'm sorry, but just because I don't have your life, does not mean that my life is less important, less busy, less whatever. It's not anything less, it's just different, and different is not necessarily good or bad, but it sure as heck IS NOT LESS!!! My friend in Seattle just had someone make a single comment to her too the other day ... I always have the most sarcastic, bluntest, and just plan rude remarks to reply with, but instead I bite my lip and take a low blow without being too incredible bitchy. It's kinda like politely calling them out for being judgmental, hypocritical, and all that crap. Ok .. I could seriously vent and vent and vent, .. .. but I won't!!
- On that note, I'm seriously rethinking this whole single girl thing, and thinking about growing up and settling down. Then maybe I'll find a man that will stand up to me and tell me not to work so dang much, and then maybe I'll have a reason not to work so much. Yea ... Ok .. probably not .. but maybe just a good excuse!! I have heard that the 'good man' has now been placed on the Endangered Species' list. I've been looking periodically for him for a while now, in hopes of finding one and saving it from extinction, but I think the numbers are dwindling every day so I have yet to even find one that was even close.
