Movin' on up.

and today there is just one...

Happy Birthday to me...
Alot has changed this year and a birthday is always a distinct milestone on which to reflect such changes.

• Last year I was working nights at Toy's R Us, this year the girls at Victoria's Secret gave me presents and a cake at our meeting and then sent me home to have the day off.
• Last year my mom and sister took me to a play and then we played in the rain, this year my sister is at school, my mom is running around with my grandma and the skies in PA are overcast.
• Last year my dad took me to lunch, this year he sent me a beautiful e-card.

It is hard to look at my life and not see the improvements that have been made. I have chosen a major (at least for now), I am in school and doing well, I have a truck that is paid in full, I do not have to worry about the electricity or water getting shut off. But I miss my family.
Sometimes I wish my parents had raised me differently...

• when I cannot choose a career path I wish they had not told me I could be anything but instead had put limits on my potential
• when I miss my family so much that breathing is difficult I wish they had taught me that family is not important and can be replaced by co-workers that barely know you or by a well meaning man at the mall who sang Happy Birthday to someone other than me because he really didn't know me
• when I wish that I had married Matt I think about my parents instilling in my the value of my self and the importance of marrying a man that saw that value

So today I will do homework and listen to the Happy Birthday message from Jason and David about 200 times, I will clean the house a little and then take myself to a movie. I will be happy that I am here, that I am bettering myself, I will be thankful that my parents raised me to see the world around me and to know that I can go out and grab ahold of it and that someday things will not seem so out of reach.

Happy Birthday to me...

posted by Unknown @ 1:08 PM 2 comments

And then there were three...

Shawn left today:(

I started school though, I have five classes on Monday, then four on Wednesday and three on Friday. I made it to all my classes with no problem and I already have homework in a few of them which is fine with me. I need something to keep me busy as the house dwindles.

posted by Unknown @ 10:00 PM 0 comments

And then there were four.

Today we took Trisha to college. I originally worried about her being on her own but today I worried about Marla. Shawn, Kenny, Marla and I drove up in two cars and unloaded all of her belongings. Then we rearraigned the room about twenty times (thank goodness her roommates are not there yet). Kenny left for Conneticut and the four of us went to a volleyball picnic.
Marla did remarkably well as we left the campus. Shawn and I just kept talking to her and trying not to look at her. We stopped at Cracker Barrel and ate cobbler.
Now there are four of us living in the house, Shawn, Tanner, Marla and I.

posted by Unknown @ 7:08 PM 0 comments

Milestone

After 7+ years of having my bellybutton pierced and 5+ years of trying to put in a new ring, I finally got the old ring unhooked and the new one in! Grandma Veda will be so proud since she was with me in NC when I bought it.

posted by Unknown @ 11:27 PM 1 comments