Long Time No Post
It's been a while, and there is quite a bit to talk about...but I will try to keep it short. The most important news of all is that I am the owner of a brand new car...a Honda Fit. However, it is a manual transmission, and I had never driven a manual transmission until three days ago when I drove the car off the lot. I am slowly getting better. The first day was rough, lots of stalls and honking horns. I am just freaking out about driving up and down hills. I really don't want to roll back into someone. I've always wanted to drive a manual transmission, and there is no better time than now.
Being on my own with the new roommates is still going good. I'm not home too much though...between work and play. I've definitely spent a great deal of time playing this summer. That will all come to an end in about a month when I have to start classes again. I'm looking forward to the new semester, starting fresh with a new major...and actually doing something that I enjoy doing.
I recently took a trip to Kentucky to visit some family. It was nice, but I was glad to get back home. We didn't really do a whole lot besides visit. There isn't a whole lot to do in the Bluegrass state.
Work is going good, except for a little drama here and there. Seems like some people can't escape their high school days. I try to stay out of it as much as possible. Although lately that has been hard to do...in fact we have our district manager trying to work out some issues with a couple people at work. We just can't all get along.
In knitting news, I am almost done with my messanger bag, I knitted a pair of baby socks and I have crocheted some hats. Nothing too exciting.
Well, I think that is all for now...trying to keep it short and sweet.
22 Hullaballoo
My birthday has come and past on the 27th...but the memories thereof shall linger in my foggy mind forever. I had the best weekend of my life and I couldn't have spent it with better people. I partied...a lot! Probably a little too much. I tie-dyed with my roommate, got taken out to dinner, went to a club, went to a BBQ, went shopping for "party favors," and spent a lot of time with my friends. I even fit in some time at the beach. I was off of work for three days straight, and believe me I took advantage of them. Now I just need three days to recover...whew!
In news from the needles, I have successfully completed one orange crotcheted hat for a dear friend of mine in New York. I have almost completed the messenger bag that I have been working on for a couple of months now. I never knew that I would enjoy crotcheting as much as I did. I will definitely be completing more projects soon. I will be working on another hat soon for a birthday present. I think I will be doing more partying this weekend, because there are more birthdays coming up.
I started my shift supervisor training today at work. It will be interesting and challenging...and I am really looking forward to it. I even recieved my dollar raise already...that will certainly help my wallet/bank account.
I don't really have much else to talk about without giving too many details that some people may not need to know.
Movin' Out
A lot has happened since my last blog, but I am going to make long stories short. The biggest news in nowhere nick's life is that I have moved out of my aunt's house and am now sharing a house with three other people my own age. I actually feel like a college student now. All of my roommates are real cool. It's like a bunch of hippies living together. We are all artistically inclined, and creative in some way. There are 4 cats that share the house as well, and I will be moving my hamster, Rita in soon as well. The only thing that I had to get used to is the fact that they do not lock their doors. However, the neighborhood is really safe and everyone knows everyone. They have lots of friends, so I am sure I will be meeting lots of people in the future. I am really happy with the arrangment.
I finally got my tattoo finished. I don't even thing I have blogged about that. Well, I got a new tattoo and it covers a great deal of my upper left arm. It took three sessions to finish, and it looks awesome. I will have to post some pics of it soon. I have also stretched my ear lobes a great deal more, and have another hole pierced and ready to stretch as well. I have another design for a tattoo too, and it will adorn my right arm.
The love interest has dissipated, however I am still slightly tainted over the one I know I can't have...but that's another story all together.
I am still knitting, reading, and crocheting now as well. I have almost completed a messenger bag that I have to felt, and I am crocheting hats for a friend of mine.
I am growing my hair out in preparation for dreadlocks, which I will hopefully have soon. So, I will probably be knitting a lot of hats in the future to cover my messy head.
There is still talk of moving to Arizona sometime in the near future. My mom is working on selling our property, and finding jobs out there. I am going to finish the next semester coming up before we do anything. I am going to talk to Northern Arizona University soon and see what king of funding I could recieve.
I officially have been promoted to shift supervisor at work. I start my training on the 30th of this month. I'm really excited about it and it means a dollar raise. My job is great, I think without it I would lose my mind. That will be the only thing that will make moving difficult. Leaving all of my friends at work...I think it will make me cry.
I don't really have much else to talk about other than my birthday is coming up on the 27th of this month. I am going to party it up too!
A Touch of Freedom
I apologize for the long delay in posting, but I have been busy wrapping up classes, working, hanging out, and enjoying life. I finished my last class for the semester last Thursday. I have not recieved my final grades yet, but I am anticipating two B's and two A's, not my best work, but that is what happens when you are doing something that you don't want to do anymore. My major officially changed to Fine Arts and I have already enrolled in my classes for Fall semester. I am taking the summer off, and am going to work to save up some money.
I will be taking Drawing, 2D design fundamentals, Art History, and Basic Computer Imaging. Unfortunately those are all pre-requisite classes...but a little refresher course neve hurt anyone. I am so excited that classes are over, I have had the worst term in my college career. It has definitely been an eye opener, and a good lesson for me. I have learned that you should follow your heart and not others interpretations of what is supposedly "best" for you. I couldn't be more excited about starting my art classes next semester. I will finally be getting back to my passion, and pouring my soul into my work like I did once before. There are a lot of things I want to express and art is the best way for me to do that.
I have realized lately the tight bonds that I am forming to my coworkers and the friends that I have met at Starbucks. I have been thinking a lot lately about how much they mean to me. Working there has been the greatest thing for me because it has opened me up to new things, and the people I have met have cracked open the tight protective shell I have kept around myself for so long. I know this is a little off topic, but it's really been on my mind lately. I have been thinking about how much I am going to miss everyone when I move out west. I do believe I just might cry when that time comes. I get a little emotional now when I think about it.
I may be moving up to shift supervisor at work soon, and that means a dollar raise. Hopefully that will also help me when it comes time to transfer to another store in Arizona. I went to a Starbucks Open Forum today out at the beach and had a pretty good time. It basically consisted of a Q&A followed by lunch and activities on the beach. We tried to play frisbee but it was way too windy. I did catch quite a bit of sun in the meantime.
There hasn't been too much drama unfolding in the love department lately...at least not any worth blogging about. All I know is that it sucks when you are head over heals over someone who is already taken, but shows signs of liking you back...How very confusing that can be.
I have been reading a lot lately, now that I can do so for pleasure. It has been great, because I do love to read, but never seem to have the time. I just finished a fantastic book by Cat Bordhi called Treasure Forest. It is the first book in a trilogy geared towards young adults, but can be easily enjoyed by adults as well. I can't begin to describe how beautifully written and emotional the book was. The best advice I can give is to check it out for yourself. You won't be able to put it down. I am working on the don Juan series by Carlos Castaneda right now.
Ahh...Freedom.
A Night Out
My weekend has gone pretty good considering that I have had car trouble for a couple of days...but I will get to that in a moment. First, I must say that I am definitely coming out of my shell. Yesterday after work, I went over to an employee/friend's appartment for a little get together she put together. I had some beers and spent some time with my friend Mary. She cooked out (which of course was all meat), made potato salad (not the redneck, mayonaise kind), and fruit salad (which was freakin' awesome). After I had been there a while just chillin' they were talking about going out afterwards to The Pearl (which is a bar downtown). I am always apprehensive about going out to places where I know there will be lots of people, and I had declined the invitation at first. However, I told myself to stop being such a little wussy baby and just do it...so I did.
I had such a great time. The Pearl is fantastic, it is so much more than just some gross downtown bar. They had the place decorated really nice, with a dance floor that lights up, a nice patio, good music, and good company. I even got out on the dance floor and got my groove on, and I didn't even care what other people were thinking. It probably helped that I had a nice little buzz going on. I am definitely going to return.
I think I have been bitten by the spring love bug, because I have developed quite a crush on someone I met at work...but more on that later.
Now to the shitty news about my car. On Saturday morning at about 5:15am I was making my way to my car to drive to work. I sat down and cranked...but there was no crank left in my battery. I left my interior lights on all night for about the third time...and I guess the third time was the charm. My aunt had to drive me to work, and I was 30 minutes late! I was able to get it jumped that afternoon and it ran fine the rest of the day, so I figured the battery had recharged itself. Well there was a different story to tell this morning. I was going to take my car to have the battery tested and buy some groceries, and the damn thing wouldn't crank again. I was like WTF!!! So I had it jumped again and drove it to an auto place to buy a new battery. 80 bucks later and the guy couldn't get it in my car because it's a damn Volkswagen and everything in the engine takes some damn special tool that no one seems to have. I had to take it to a mechanic that was actually open on Sunday, and they charged me another 60 bucks to replace the freakin' thing! I was so pissed off that I had spent that much money on a damn battery. That's highway robbery...no pun intended. I have been thinking about looking for a new car lately, because mine is 5 years old, and I am afraid that once I have one problem I will start having more, and my car is so expensive to work on. I like the scions, and they are cheap and good on gas mileage...so I may look at some this weekend. We'll see how that goes.
I spent all my damn day getting my car fixed that I didn't have much time to do all the homework that I have put off all week, that is due in just a few days. I need to get my ass on the ball. I am so glad I am not going to be doing the education thing anymore. I have been so burnt out this semester, that I have just really started hating college. I hope things get better, and maybe a little more interesting when I get back into art again.
Goodnight all
A New Look
I was sitting in one of the local smoothie shops using the free wireless internet (dial-up is way too slow), and I decided to give my blog a new look. Well, that came with a price. After switching to another template, everything was deleted from my old one, including links, tags, and webrings. I was able to reinsert most of them, but I am not sure if I am missing anyone in my ramblers section. I hope I didn't miss anyone.
I am not able to get the HTML code for my Men Who Knit webring either. I have forgotten my user ID and all of that stuff, so hopefully they will send me an email so that I can replace that as well. All I wanted was a new look, not work!
I actually needed something to do while I waited on something to download anyway...when I really should be doing my homework.
If I missed anyone, please let me know.
Long Time no Post
I know it's been a while since my last post and I didn't leave you guys on such a happy not. I will start with a happy note this time.
After a long week at work, I took off Friday afternoon with my mom to St. Augustine, and of course Arizona the pooch came along too. We didn't really do much, but my mom was able to find a hotel that allowed pets, so she decided to get a room for the night. It is kind of hard to do a lot with a 4 month old puppy that has seperation anxiety. Nevertheless, it was nice to just get out of the city for a night and a day.
This morning we got up early and took Arizona to the beach. She wasn't too sure about the water, especially when a wave washed up close to her. Once she got her paws wet, I think she was in love. My mom and I got quite a kick out of her running away from the waves.
It was nice to see both my mom and my pooch this weekend. I am beginning to feel a little under the weather today. I think I may be catching a cold...which I am not too happy about.
In other news, I have not been doing any knitting lately, and I have two projects that are partially finished. I am staying busy with school, and making good grades. I need to get my butt in gear and get my major changed before it is too late. I don't want to get stuck doing something I don't want to do. I am looking forward to having this summer off from class. I hope I will get to go home more and concentrate on my job. Other than that I don't really have much else to report. I will be posting more pics now as I am back in the digital camera business.
