So here we are again the beginning of yet another school year. Here is what my schedule will probably look like starting Aug 25th. Of course with my dad's surgery coming up this is going to have to work with driving up to Tampa to visit him while he is recovering...I hope. More about that later.


Mon:

Work: 8:00am - 2:00pm (Forest City Elementary)
3:00pm - 4:15pm - SYG 2340: Human Sexuality with Prof Freeman
6:00pm - 8:45pm - BSC 1050: Biology and Environment with Prof Lee


Tues:

Go to Tampa and visit with Daddy while recovering
6:00pm - 8:45pm - ENG 2103: World Cinema with Dr. Stokes


Wed:

Work: 8:00am - 2:00pm (Forest City Elementary)
3:00pm - 4:15pm - SYG 2340: Human Sexuality with Prof Freeman


Thurs:

Go to Tampa and visit with Daddy while recovering


Fri:

Work: 8:00am - 2:00pm (Forest City Elementary)


ONLINE CLASSES:

Ancient/Classical Humanties with Prof McGarth
US Federal Government with Prof Hoover
Macro Economics with Prof Albritton

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
2) What was your dream growing up?
3) What talent do you wish you had?
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
5) Favorite vegetable?
6) What was the last book you read?
7) What zodiac sign are you?
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
9) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

So, according to LiveJournal, its been 23 weeks since I posted. It's interesting, I really wanted to try and post here more often and yet, I have learned that I have no life. The last time I posted on a regular basis was last Feb, when Tasha and I went to NY. Again, I guess that means...I have no life! Anyway, today was officially the last day of the semester. So far I know I have 2 As, with a possible 3rd depending if the professor liked me enough, I am literally sitting on the border with a 89.4%, which normally would mean I would be getting a B, but the teacher is really nice, so I am hoping I get lucky!

I had two other classes Math and English, no idea where I am sitting there. My bitch of a teacher in English will probably end up failing me. She HATES my writing, alas yet another semester in the bag, and yet it seems like I am not really getting anywhere. Just to prove my point, I have two more classes this summer! American History and Math (ANOTHER ONE).

Also trying to figure out my Fall semester classes...its sooo annoying! But I know it will have YET ANOTHER Math, Intro to Psych, Bio and Environment and probably Human Sexuality, and one final classes that has not yet been chosen. Maybe Sociology or Econ...if I could find a decent teacher.

Till Next Time, Yay for Heat Stroke...Tasha coming in less than 2 months!!!!!

Alright so here it is...the final schedule for next semester...here's hoping all goes well.

Math (Online)
Speech - 75% (Online)/25% (On Campus)
World Regional Geography - (Wed 6:00-8:45)
Religions of the World - (T/TH 1:30p-2:45p)
Art of Film - (Tues 6:00p-8:45p)

Lord help me...but here we go ago :)

So, alright technically fall isn't really here...but for me it is. Both my classes and my return to work start on Wed. 22nd. I am SOOOOO excited. I have been ready to go back to work for about 3 weeks. Thats really all I need for a summer, about 2 weeks and I am raring to go!

So Yea, this is going to be probably the craziest couple of months in my whole life. I have a full load of classes, I am working 20 hours a week and my dad also has not only his own appointments but Dialysis as well so my week will look something like this:

Monday: Work (9am-2:30pm)
Class (3pm-4:15pm)

Tuesday: Dialysis (12pm-4pm)

Wednesday: Work (9am-2:30pm)
Class (3pm-4:15)

Thursday: Dialysis (12pm-4pm)

Friday: Work (9am-3pm)

Saturday: Dialysis (12pm-4pm)

I also have to fit 4 online classes in here as well. Since I tend to work best at night, I will be doing most of my online stuff after I get home from work/Dialysis. But I do like that can sleep in late on Tuesday and Thursday. Also adding in any appointments that my dad has at the V.A. and I know that I will be incredible busy, but hey such is life.

I would like to say that for the first time ever, I truly feel like a college student. I am going to be able to give both my school and work the time and energy they deserve. So yea, I am going to get all the extra sleep I can for the next week. So yea, life is good!

So next semester is going to suck. I wasn't able to get right into the English class that I had wanted to try and get in that way my English classes would be over. Damn It. It's full...I will probably try and petition to get in. But then I may have to give up one of my classes.

But I wanted to have a full load since I only get a certain amount of semesters to use my Financial Aid, so here is my schedule without the English...


Introduction to Astronomy - Online
Algebra - Online
United States Federal Government - Video/Online
Religions of the World - M/W (3-4:14p)

I don't know if I can handle the English on top of all this but i will wait and see if I can petition the class in the first place

In 1 week my dad will be 64. Generally the 6th of June is a happy day for me but depending on what his doctors say tomorrow, it might be the unhappiest birthday my dad has seen yet. I was feeling pretty good on Tuesday morning, I got a chance to sleep in, Memorial Day was nice and warm, and everything seemed to be looking up!

Until Mary Mack called me, she asked me to come in earlier than I normal visit my dad (which is usually around 12 - his lunch time). Mary has to be one of the sweetest people ever! She is my Dad's Nurse Practitioner (not sure of the spelling). But basically she is who we deal with on a daily basis. The Drs at the VA suck at seeing the patients everyday thus Mary comes in. Anyway, right as I was getting ready to leave, my dad called the house, telling me that he wasn't feeling well...which is a bit of a red alarm since my dad has been feeling pretty well lately. I found out later it was mostly him getting the news that Mary was about to tell me.

The VA did some tests on my dad last week, Cat Scan, MRIs, that sorta thing. And they got the results back on Tuesday morning, my dad isn't doing as well as we originally thought. In addition to the smaller aneurysm that they had found during his original surgery (it wasn't big enough at that time to do anything about it), they have also found a lot of other aneurysm spots (tiny, but there none the less), there are also parts of his aorta that have (for lack of a better way to put it) ulcer like parts to it. The lining is so thin that it could erupt any moment. Which if that happens my dad will die immediately.

Tomorrow we are going back to Shands hospital to have the original surgeons take a look at my dad and see if they can surgical help him. If not, if they decided that it is just too dangerous...my dad will only have about another year to live. While I loath the idea of my father having another surgery, if he does not the chances of him living more than another year reduce to an almost laughable rate. As it stands at any moment, my father could have is aorta erupt and die with a few seconds.

The only thing that gives me some comfort is that they have assured me that if he does have an eruption, he will not feel any pain. And while the thought of losing my father is one of the worst things I can possibly imagine, it makes me feel slightly better that he will not feel any pain. I have spent the better part of two days with a horrible horrible migraine. I do not know what the next week will hold for me and my father, but I hope that we will get some good news tomorrow.

I keep thinking about the most stupid BS. Every time I start school, I start thinking about the choices I am making. I decided that I was going to for a Social Work BA, and I think that I would still like that, but I am also interested in the Political Science major as well. I have always wanted to help people and my dream since I was a little girl to be a lawyer. When I was in the 3rd grade, My parents asked me what I wanted to do in life...and of course as only an 8 year can, I told them I wanted to attend Harvard Law. My how real life rears its ugly fucking head.

And I will admit that Tasha getting a job at a law firm started making me think about these things again. I was thinking about how much I would love to work in a civil liberties firm. I mean one anyone that knows me, knows I have certain ideas about things like Gay Marriage, Women/Gay Rights, as well Free Speech and a woman's right to choose. I always thought that if I either got into Political Science and worked on different legislation I would do some good.

But on the other hand continuing to work on my Social Work degree also puts me in a position to help people.

I really hate being indecisive!!!

Well, May is looking like it might break the shitting month monopoly that I seem to be having. There is good news all around. Daddy is going to be transferred to a rehab center here in Orlando, so instead of a 2 and 1/2 drive each way to see him, it will only be about 20-30 minutes each way. Which means I can go and see him in the morning and then again in the afternoon. YAY!! Also, I got a new job, working at an Elementary school in Altamonte Springs.

It will only be for about a month, then the school goes into its usual summer vacation with no summer school...but that's ok, since I already talk to my Financial Aid person and I will work the last month of summer semester somewhere at the school, I'm guessing in Fin Aid, or Admissions or wherever. But the Asst. Principal (My new boss, Nancy) already told me that I can almost count on it becoming a normal thing. I can come back in Fall and Spring. I haven't gotten a chance to work there yet, but it seems like a great job, I get to hang with kids and help them read.

The only bad thing is that there is a max number of hours, 20! But hey having a normal paycheck again will be great. And if I really need to I can always go out and get a weekend job for extra money.

I officially start school tomorrow! I go in for my first orientation @ 4pm. I am happy to be back in school. Here's hoping that everything goes as planned...but then again when does that ever happen. :)

Ok, so this is going to seem weird and just this side of crazy...but hey it's me so what else would you expect. I was flipping around and I ended up watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for what has to be the first time in like 7 or 8 years.

I can still remember the first time I watched this movie. I was 7 or 8 and my cousin James was obsessed, not just by this movie but by the comics and the cartoon show as well. Anyway, one weekend I was over at my Nana's house hanging with him and we ended up watching this and 3 Ninjas. I remember sitting with him and laughing my ass off at Michaelangelo's jokes.

Ok, seriously I was 8. 6 foot green turtles that love pizza and kick the ass of weird men who have can openers on their armor. What's not to love. While I went on to see the second and third TMNT movies (both kinda sucked but I still watched them), as well as the second 3 Ninjas movie (which was HORRIBLE.) I had to watch them again over and over agian working at 24 Hour Fitness as well as in my many crappy babysitting jobs.

It's interesting, I am about to be 23, and I got just as much enjoyment out of watching the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie last night as I did then. Which I think make me a really old child. But, still I love Disney movies as well...So I guess that's ok.

But I do like that I have one or two great memories of me and my cousin James, usually we both are so embarrassed by our family that we both kinda pretend that we are related to them.

So it's about 5 mins to 2 here in Fl, and I cannot sleep, so in an effort to get school off my mind. I wrote down all the classes I need to transfer to University of Central Florida. Some of these classes may change, but as of today here they are:



English 1: ENC 1101
English 2: ENC 1102
Fundamentals and Alegbra: MAT0012C
Basic Algebra w/Lab: MAT0024C
Intermediate Algebra: MAT1033
College Mathematics: MGF1106
Statistical Methods I: STA2023
US History to 1865: AMH2010
US History 1865 - Present: AMH2020
United States Federal Government: POS2041
International Relations: INR2002
Introduction to Oral Communication: SPC1600
Biology and Enviornment: BSC1050
Introduction to Astromony: AST1002
World Regional Geography: GEA1000
Ancient.Classical Humanities: HUM2220
Contemporary Ethical Problems: PHI1630
Religions of the World: REL 2300
British Literature: ENL2012
Art Appreciation: ARH 1000
Art of Film: ENG2100
World Cinema: ENG2103
American Literature: AML2010

Only 2 classes won't get transfered, 2 of my math classes...as I am an idiot who cannot seem to remember math. So I have to take extra class. Oh, well, such is life!

Ok, so since I actually start school in like a week, I thought I would write down my schedule. Summer is going to be pretty easy, but Fall is shaping up to be a pain in the ass.



Summer '07

English 1101 ONLINE with Ms Kellen
Math 0012C: Fundamentals and Algebra ONLINE with Ms Williams

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

FALL '07

English 1102
Math 0024

and then I have to make a decision on what other 2 classes I wanted to talk, I am trying to take all the bullshit classes as soon as possible:

Intro to Oral Comm
Intro to Astromony
Religions of the World
Ancient/Classical Humanities

I haven't been writing here the way I planned when i moved down to FL, so I am going to try and change that.

I have been going through a lot of changes in the last month and a half. My dad is still in the hospital, while he is getting better, his chances of actually coming home are getting worse and worse. He isn't able to hold a conversation for more than a minute or two. There are times where he doesn't even know what my name is. It is agonizing watching my dad go down this spiral. And yet...I knew why I moved to FL. I knew that there was a very good chance that my dad may not live for much longer. But, I continued to believe that that wasn't really why I was coming.

My Grandmother and Uncle are already gone. I don't even know if he has any will left to try and fight to live. I feel like he is slowly slipping away. And it's killing me. In a few days time, My dad will be transfered to a Rehab center with the V.A.! I have heard horror stories about the treatment that he might receive there. My worst nightmare would be to go and see him in the VA, and he just continues to die there.

There has not been a time in my life where I have felt so lonely. I miss my friends more that I can possibly put down in words. I miss the really stupid stuff. Just spending time people who generally care about me. Not because they expect something from me! I am basically living alone here in Longwood, with no one to talk to. I know that my friends are only a phone call away, but it's just not the same. To be stuck in a place I HATE, is making me miserable. I miss Cali. I miss having my friends close. I miss my old life.

So I have been spending the better part of my life these last 3 weeks driving back and forth to Gainsville. It has to be one of the most life altering things I have had to do thus far in my life. My dad was slowing getting better and through what I can only call the incompetence of his nurses and doctors he has taken....(what was it the Asshole of a nurse told me)...a turn for the worst. He is back on the breathing tube and ventilator. He is spiking a temp, and is totally knocked out.

I HATE THIS! I want my dad back.

And everytime D and I would go visit him...when he was getting better...He would try and bribe us to get him out of there. "I'll Give you $500, to take me home"

Makes me wanna cry!

Well, Its happened...I thought life couldn't get any worse then it already was....WRONG!! Where to begin. I know...where I last left off. I believe that was my trip to NY. I got home to sooo much stress it was horrible. Tasha and I had a wonderful time seeing our shows and everything and then I come home to my dad isn't feeling well...D is leaving and interviews for jobs! UGGGG!!! Well I got the job @ Payless or at least I did until yesterday!! My stupid ass boss fired me for NO good reason, actually for a horrible reason, which is my other bit of horrible news.

My dad had an anyerism (spelling is not my best feature). It started to leak, so they live lifted him to Shands Hospital on the UF campus in Gainsville. He is doing all right. But my fucking boss decides that since I have made my dad my prioity, I am of no more use to her. So..."My Position was Terminated"!!!!!!!!

I hate my life. I really do! I highlighted my hair to piss off my mom, and to get my energy out. I kinda like it. Pictures will follow when I figure out how to get one on here with no computer. Another thing that is horrible. I still have no computer.

Oh, and one last shitty thing. I had my taxs done and instead of $500 or so that I was expecting I am only getting about $100 back from the government. I HATE TAXS. They suck!! Anyway, I am going to bed so I can start the horrible process of going to Gainsville tomorrow! Hope it gets better soon :(

So its been an VERY interesting weekend. I have seen 3 shows, all of which were amazing (but each in a different ways). The Drowsy Chaperone was the funniest of our shows. From the opening monologue by Bob Martin (also the writer) Tasha and I were in hysterics almost the whole show. BUT the person that made the show amazing was the Incredible Sutton Foster who was the lead, Janet Van De Graaff. She sang "Show Off" which was in MY opinion the best song in the whole show! Beth Leavel who played the Drowsy Chaperone herself was funny as well. However, other than Sutton the best part of the show was Bob Martin. There is not a joke the man cannot pull off. He pulled everything together wonderfully! We sat outside in the cold twice in 2 days to get Sutton Foster's autograph, but she left before we got there. Tasha was able to get the rest of cast to sign her shirt though.

On Saturday, we went to see A Chorus Line. This revival is the first time I have seen a Chorus Line in person. The only version I have ever seen is the movie version with Michal Douglas. The movie experience is great. But to see it in person is another thing altogether (as any Broadway fan knows). The Actor playing Zach was intense and powerful, but touching at the same time. My two favorite performances were from Paul and BeBe (Jason Tam and Alisan Porter). Paul because he brought out a side of the character I had never seen or thought of and made it believable. I liked BeBe because she reminded me of me a little bit. Same attitude as well as being the same height! "One" is still my favorite song of the show. And the dancing that went with it was perfect too!

After A Chorus Line, we were going to go out to coffee with Tasha friend Tia. However, what started as coffee ended up being this whole evening, which was fabulous! Tia and her boyfriend Xavier took us out and showed us New York City at its core. I got to go look at Columbia (which is gorgeous by the way), we went to Starbucks and then went and had French Fries @ Pommes Frites, where you get to try all these different (and yummy) sauces. We had Peanut Satay and Rosemary Garlic Mayo (which I think was the best). And last we got to go to "The Life Cafe", where Rent takes place. It was also actually featured in the movie. It was an amazing experience to go down to Alphabet City. Tia and Xavier were amazing guides. They were sooo sweet to me and Tasha and explained all the stupid stuff I didn't understand to me. HEHEHE!! ( I am such a dork!)

Last on our show list was "Les Misérables" I was really sad after this show was over because I know it will be a long time till I get to see another show...and that Tasha's and my time here in New York City is almost over. Anyway, Les Miz was great. All the male performers were incredible! Alexander Gemignani as Jean Valjean was one of the most inspirational performance I have every seen! He made me want to sing in Les Miz. Norm Lewis as Javert did the same. The only point that I wish I could change was Fantine. She was played by Daphne Rubin-Vega! Who I personally think is the worst singer I have ever heard. Other than her, the show was a wonderful way to end our Broadway Extravaganza!

So tonight we got back to hotel and I have to say I was in a pretty bitchy mood! I think a little of it is that I am ready to go home. But more of it is that I know that after tomorrow I won't be seeing Tasha again for a while. She is one of my best friends and one of the few people I can totally relay on to tell me the whole truth even if it's something I don't exactly want to hear. we had made plans to go back to O'Niels and re take our pictures and have a few last drinks in NY! But my bad attitude ruined that. So Tasha went back over to Tia's. After she left, she called and asked me if I wanted to go with her. I kind of did, but at the same, I know that I needed to just be by myself and deal with my own bitchiness! I totally knew that if I went I would basically just ruin the little time that Tasha and Tia had together. Now that she has been gone for like an hour and half, I wish I had gone. Ahhh, well. I feel better after a shower and getting my feelings out here. Thank God for LiveJournal.

But overall I have to say there is no place like New York City!!! I love this City! Tomorrow I will be back in little Longwood, but I won't forget the amazingness that was my trip with Tasha to NYC!

So, ok...to be honest the day started out kinda SHITTY! I had bought new sneakers for the trip and the first thing I do when I left the hotel room yesterday is to step into the hugest puddle right outside. Did I mention that it was snowing and freezing cold...OR that I didn't waterproof my shoes!!! So, the day was a mixture of pure hell and amazing singing.

To be honest the only thing that saved yesterday from being horrible was the fact that we saw Jersey Boys AND Avenue Q. Both amazing shows were totally worth the money we spent. The only thing I wish was different was that instead of an understudy (who was ok), I wish we had had the original Frankie... John Lloyd Young. Who originate the role not only on Broadway but at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego where Mikey works. The rest of the cast was amazing (which is to be expected of an original cast)...having the voices that I have come to love streaming from my IPOD, come at me from 15 feet away was amazing! YAY!!!

Avenue Q was as amazing as I imagined! There was not a thing wrong with the show in ANY WAY!! It was soooo much Fun! Howie Michael Smith and Mary Faber were PERFECT as Princeton and Kate Monster. Both looked exactly like their puppets, if you can imagine that! They would make just a cute couple in real life too.

My shoes were completely soaked but the shows completely made up for it! YAY for Broadway! It makes shit like that ALL better!!!!!

So! We have seen Mary Poppins! It was Fucking Amazing!!! I think that Spamalot and Millie has been replaced. Mary Poppins is now my FAVORITE Broadway show of ALL TIME! It was incredible, everything a show should be! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee both shined as Mary and Bert.

When I went into the show I thought it would be a fun version to watch and experience in person. I never thought that anyone could possible leave the large shadows that are Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. But Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee did just that! They both reinvented Mary and Bert, while still keeping all the best of the characters intact.

Among the other actors and actress that shined in this version were, Katherine Leigh Doherty as Jane, Henry Hodges as Michael, Ruth Gottschall as Miss Andrews (aka The Terror) and Rebecca Luker as Winifred Banks. But the whole cast shined when they came together in Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! I also loved how the cast ended the show, they took their bows and then they danced Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious one last time as a cast even with Mr and Mrs Banks singing and dancing as well. It was an experience I don't think I will ever forget. It was amazing! I can't wait till they start to tour. I will defiantly be seeing it when it comes to town.

And everybody:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it
Is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough
You'll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

So.....Ok, we have now been on the best tour EVER! We got to go on the Sex and the City tour yesterday. The tour guide was hysterical, and she knew a lot about the show (which of course makes sense), we made 3 stops. The first was at The Pleasure Chest, which for Sex and the City fans is where Charlotte bought her Rabbit, we then went on the Carrie's doorstep where we got to have cupcakes (which were delicious) and of course take pictures. Our last stop on the tour was to O'Niels (Scout on the show, the bar owned by Adian.) We got to have Cosmopolitans at O'Niels and talk to the Bartender who seemed to really enjoy the chance to flirt with all the women on the tour. While on the tour we also got to watch clips of all the places we would be seeing as we went by them, Cowgirl (where Carrie and Miranda accidentally see Adian and Steve, Tao (where Carrie and Big came to the Opening with other people and are very uncomfortable), among about another 25 spots along the way.

After we has dinner at Broadway Joe's we walked to 43rd and 9th, and saw "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". The show is a VERY comedic look at couples ranging from first dates and blind dates to getting married, having children and how the feeling a couple has 30 years into their marriage. While, the show was made in the early 90's the feelings it sends out still hold true today.

I can't wait for our 'Walking Broadway Tour' and Mary Poppins which are later today. Mary Poppins is the only show I didn't have the soundtrack to and so this will truly be an experience I don't think I will forget.

The Day of reckoning has arrived...WE ARE IN NEW YORK CITY! HAHAHAHA! Tasha arrived at 5:15am this morning and being the wonderful friend that she is, decided to wait for me @ the airport. I arrived at 8:20am. We then got in a taxi to the Radisson Lexington, where we are staying for the next 8 days. We then proceeded to take a nap, and had dinner at Red Lobster. Which, has become one of my favorite restaurant of all time.

After Dinner we went to see our first show of the vacation, SPAMALOT, which was AMAZING! It happen to have my favorite character in it the KILLER BUNNY! Also the Gay Lancelot dance was hysterical! Tomorrow we have the Sex and the City tour and then "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" complete with Champagne and romance bashing! :) What a day it will be!