new blog
I think that I have worked out most of the kinks. so, feel free to visit my latest experiment

another change
I finally worked out the majority of the kinks from my new blog...so feel free to visit my latest experiment

roadtrip!
Mood:  happy
Today, after i get out of class at 5, I head out on my grand UP excursion. I will stay the night at my Dad's and then arrive victorious to Houghton tomorrow in the late morning. (um....not sure what I will have won....but it sounds impressive!)

So....as of 2 o'clock today...my computer will be on a much deserved time-off......poor thing will think i don't love her anymore....leaving her all alone...but i'm sure she will forgive me eventually.

I am so excited. To get to see the boys. To get away from Merryland. This is going to be sweet!

nothing to say, really
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: Blue Bayou (jessica's cousin Melissa)
Not really too much to say. I was super lazy yesterday and decided that it was only imperitive that I go to my spanish class......but, I can never stay awake in anthropology anyway, and i already had all of the notes for oceanography because he gave them to us last wednesday because he had laryngitis.
I hate missing spanish class though, because we are in groups, and i don't like to let my groupmates down.

after school, I went to my grandma's. guys....i love her, i really do....but she is just...incapable of making wise decisions. I find it very frustrating to be around her.

After surviving Grandma....i went to visit the Edge at her lovely hobbit home. We had a pleasant chat....although I had to leave far too soon. And I got to get lots of affection from Scully...which is always appreciated. :)

update
Mood:  sad
Now Playing: shut up--black eyed peas
so.....my apologies to the girl at the service desk....apparently the instigator of events was the manager, who decided to take the opporunity to play us off one another. The thing that really gets me, is that after i went up and personally apologized to the girl last night, and I thought she was being wenchy by telling me it was no big deal, she called the manager back again to tell him that i seemed really upset and asked him what he'd said to me.....and he told her not to worry about, that he'd dealt with me.

jerk.

and i got returns 6 times today....so....there.

i hate being a girl
Mood:  down
Now Playing: where is the love--black eyed peas
i had a terrible day at work.

* my manager went home 4 hours early because she "couldn't take it anymore"

* there was so much just. . stupid messy crud....for us to clean up...like 10 shopping carts full of mess.

* they only have one fitting room that is functional....and that one has a broken lock on the door...and i am tired of people complaining to me about it....i want it fixed, too...but there simply isn't anything that i can do to hurry up the process.

* a service desk employee told a manager that i'd refused to get my returns (which was a blatant lie...i told her i would be up as soon as possible) so he called me and told me to get them. When i went up I appologized to her for it taking so long, but told her that it wasn't always possible for me to head up there as soon as she calls...to which she took offense. I took my stuff and when i returned to my department, the same manager called me back to tell me that he "didn't need me making snippy comments and throwing things around at the service desk just because i'd been asked to actually do my job. He told me to take a deep breath, that things weren't as bad as i was making them out to be, but that he didn't want to deal with a cat fight tonight." Bastard. Rat-fink bastard. #1..behavior modification is supposed to be done personally and in private, not over the phone while i have guests standing around me to witness me break down into tears and sob uncontrollably. #2 You never asked my side of the story. You automatically assumed that i was some kind of irrational bitch and took it upon yourself to insinuate that that i objected to being asked to "do my job". I objected to the tattle-tale nature of the situation. Telling a manager that i was unwilling to do something, when it wasn't the case. #3 You don't know me. We've spoken once when you asked me to change your watch battery. You haven't talked to me all day since my manager left because it was too stressful. Don't tell ME that things aren't as bad as I'm making them out to be. Tell that bitch that stands behind a counter for 6 hours a day that she might simply not understand the stress of covering five departments. #4. A cat fight? A cat fight? A verbal exchange between two females is automatically a fucking cat fight? I don't think so. Keep your sexism to yourself. But what else would I expect from someone who told one of my girls that she seemed the type to go to a bar and shake her tits and ass.

And I get to go back tomorrow. To a sunday shift, which is always wonderful.

Poor Shaunna wasn't quite sure to do about me when she found me frantically doing returns and crying. She tried to make me stop working for a second and talk about it, but the only thing that was working was to keep busy.

I hate my job, and I hate being so much a girl that I can cry over stuff like this.

new job title
Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: mariquita is being too slow.....she keeps turning off my media player
So. Recall how I had to work at three different stores? The one in Big Rapids and the 2 in Muskegon? Well.....the people from the other stores came to our dear old store yesterday. And while I was trying to referee questions from the people in my department, the people that had come to visit and assorted guests that couldn't find anything if it was sitting on their laps....my manager came up to me and told me that she'd volunteered me to temporarily work in a newly forming department, until they get enough people hired to fill the positions. I was a bit surprised, I don't necessarily like being volunteered for other positions...but, I heard her out. For, who knows how long, once I return from my trip to Tech, I will be an inventory analyst. I don't know precisily what this entails...but i know that it will not be anywhere near as cool as it sounds like it might be. I am going still going to be working in fashion....but i won't be doing any of the tasks that I currently am. And...of course....this new position doesn't come with any pay compensation....just more responsibility...and an earlier shift...(way to go people...I finally manage to figure out how to be on time for a 10 o'clock shift..and you bring me in 2 hours earlier. Sounds like a scheme to get me fired if you ask me.

Anyway. As I find out more...I will update.

Is it Wednesday yet?

good old-fashioned roomie date
Mood:  spacey
Now Playing: paint it black--vanessa carlton
Andrea and I went out last night....just like old times. She had an extra movie ticket and we decided to go and see "Serenity" which is based on a sci-fi show that she and I used to enjoy a great deal (before the evil network people took it off the air) called "Firefly". I was always charmed by its wit and interesting characters. We got there early enough to get our tickets and the popcorn that we shared for dinner...and the code red mountain dew which i tolerate (yes we share...and i don't care if you think it is creepy....dude...we are like sisters :) ) and to get the seats that she prefers to sit in....very top row...middle seats. However, as we ascended the stairs to get to those seats,....I was busy talking (gasp...i'm sure you can't even begin to imagine the possibility of that one)and my flip-flop got caught on the top step...and I tripped and went down hard on my left leg and arm, effectively dumping half of the bag of popcorn (thank-goodness for refills :) ) After reassuring herself that i wasn't injured....Andrea began to laugh at me. To my glee...we were the only ones in the theater....I don't exactly like to have my klutziness broadcasted to the world at large.

We liked the movie a lot....and i'd recommend it if you like sci-fi. I don't even think that you would have to have seen the show at all to understand what was going on. I find it intriguing. Most definitely something that i'd consider seeing again.

Today I went to ALL of my classes. And I only dozed for a minute in Anthropology (we will get our tests back on Friday....i'm nervous). Got back my oceanography exam, and although I want to do significantly better on the next one, I am content with my grade. I also got back my spanish exam....and I need to kick myself in the butt.....didn't do as poorly as I thought...but I am better than what I got.

We also did a bit of acting today in class. That was fun, my professor liked our group's skit. She said that I have excellent tone...which i could take to mean that i am sucky at everything else....i've chosen to take it as a good thing. We were assigned to our final exam group on monday when I didn't make it to class because I felt like I was going to keel over from my headache.....and I like the people in my group...with one exception. . .Amy. (sorry Mom, but there is always bound to be one bad apple in the bushel).

I don't know if she has yet achieved the maturity that i personally feel that you need to have to be in a class of this sort. Not that any of us really had a choice. Spanish majors need 2 400 level classes and there is only one offered a semester, you take what you can get. But, when we are supposed to be acting...and all she can say is "hee hee hee...this is so ridiculous"..that is kind of damaging the group dynamic. There aren't many of us in the class that are overly comfortable with the situations that we are being put into...but we are truckin' along....making the most of it....trying to learn. I'm not sure if it is because she is nervous, or if it is just because she doesn't care one way or the other....but...her attitude bothers me. She is responsible for 1/6 of my grade. I need her to take this seriously. Okay. Enough venting, I'm sure she is a lovely girl. After all, I barely know her.

um
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: both hands--raining jane
I don't really have anything to say......just felt bad that my poor little blog only has three posts on it.

I've been feeling a little ucky as of late....but I am pretty sure it is just stress. Cause I don't really feel sick....i imagine that doesn't make sense if you aren't me....but....i'm just trying to say...no worries :) I'm 25...i can deal with a tummyache (even if it does last for 3 days).

I'm getting really eager to visit Kenny and Tommy. It ought to be a lot of fun. I also am looking forward to the fact that I will not have to work at Meijer that entire weekend...so that is definitely a bonus :) (thanks guys).

Well. I suppose it is off to work....to move shoes and fold shirts...and to generally be punished by the general public....all because I had the misfortune to put on a red polo shirt this morning.

a severe case of senioritis
Mood:  blue
Now Playing: the more I see you--michael buble
right now..i really should be studying for my ant exam.
i really should.
but i have no desire to study.

i am so burned out on anything related to school.....i am so tired of working everyday that i'm not a school...other than friday when i get to do both.

but. i am going to go and study for the 45 minutes that i have left before class. and with hope....it will be enough. i really probably ought to not have gone shopping yesterday and instead stayed home so that i could have reviewed. however, my apathy level overpowered my good sense.

oh well. we only almost, in a completely not at all kind of way, got killed when we mistakenly headed toward east-side saginaw. :).....since i was tough enough for that....i ought to be all set for spanish harlem.

oh. and i thoroughly enjoyed andrea's mixed cds. though...truth be told....i could have done without the New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys. But that is just because i enjoy being atypical.

:)