I've been bad :(
For some reason, it's been a constant trial for me to keep an online journal going for more than a year. At this point I haven't even hit the one-year mark, and I'm already disappearing for long stretches of time. I'm not sure if this indicates a lack of resolve on my part, or an inability to stay a course for an extended period of time, or what. Maybe I'm just restless.
Whatever the reason, though, I'm sorry to everyone on here who hasn't heard from me in the last few weeks. I've barely gotten on the computer at all since I was sick...usually I just check my mail and that's it. I do know that these video games are sucking the brains right out of us, though...last night, Gabe and I realized we hadn't even watched TV in about two weeks...no Daily Show, nothing. So we turned on the TV and....nothing was on. Of course. :P
Although the video games have been pre-empting our other entertainment options (TV, DVD's, internet, etc.), they haven't been making vegetables out of us, which is nice. Oddly enough, in some ways I feel like our playing games as opposed to watching TV has actually made us more active. I've been cooking dinner more often, and I walk downtown at least once a day nowadays, even if I'm not working. Last week I made seven candle sets for people for Christmas (they turned out very cute!), and Gabe's been working on his Lessons. So all in all, I guess Soul Calibur III and We <3 Katamari are (despite making me less internet-y) actually doing...good things for us??
That's too weird to ponder. I'm not touchin' it.
Anyway. I'm going back to school in a couple of weeks. Nothing fancy...I'm getting a secretarial degree from Thomson Education Direct. It'll probably take a little less than a year, and it's all done online or through the mail. Yup..one of those things. But they are accredited, and there's a chance that Kum & Go will reimburse me for the tuition (a little over $1k), so I figure I don't really have anything to lose. Having a piece of paper that says I know "all there is to know" about being a Professional Secretary (Administrative Assistant, Office Manager, etc.) could be a help towards actually GETTING a job in that field, which I really do want.
Hmm, what else? Well, by and large, switching to first shift has drastically uplifted my outlook on life. Our vendors have even made comments about how I'm a "brand new person"...probably because they actually see me smiling and laughing at work. What can I say? I really enjoy working with other people, and I enjoy even more the fact that our average customers AREN'T DRUNK!! Although that doesn't save me from the drunks at home....*sigh* We came back from Thanksgiving last night to find that our bathroom smelled like stale vomit, there's a stain on the carpet right in front of the bathroom door, and SOMEthing is splattered on the outside of the door. *shakes head* Those freshmen girls living below us have REALLY got to get their act together. They haven't had too many drunken revelries in the past four months, but they really need to keep an eye on their guests when our bathroom is in the middle of their flow of traffic. (They always leave both of their apartment entry doors open, and use the main hallway as their walkway, since it's easier than winding their way through the entire apartment. It's understandable...I've seen their apartment, and the layout is kinda retarded.....but it puts our bathroom smack dab in the middle of their main walkway, and sometimes it's just too tempting to a drunk person.) So now our whole bathroom smells like vomit, because it looks like somone puked on our bathroom door...and the carpet. *shudders* We'll have to talk to the girls about that today.
"*ahem* Would you mind CLEANING THAT UP PLEASE????"
Okay, gotta get ready for work. More updating later (I promise!) :D
Whatever the reason, though, I'm sorry to everyone on here who hasn't heard from me in the last few weeks. I've barely gotten on the computer at all since I was sick...usually I just check my mail and that's it. I do know that these video games are sucking the brains right out of us, though...last night, Gabe and I realized we hadn't even watched TV in about two weeks...no Daily Show, nothing. So we turned on the TV and....nothing was on. Of course. :P
Although the video games have been pre-empting our other entertainment options (TV, DVD's, internet, etc.), they haven't been making vegetables out of us, which is nice. Oddly enough, in some ways I feel like our playing games as opposed to watching TV has actually made us more active. I've been cooking dinner more often, and I walk downtown at least once a day nowadays, even if I'm not working. Last week I made seven candle sets for people for Christmas (they turned out very cute!), and Gabe's been working on his Lessons. So all in all, I guess Soul Calibur III and We <3 Katamari are (despite making me less internet-y) actually doing...good things for us??
That's too weird to ponder. I'm not touchin' it.
Anyway. I'm going back to school in a couple of weeks. Nothing fancy...I'm getting a secretarial degree from Thomson Education Direct. It'll probably take a little less than a year, and it's all done online or through the mail. Yup..one of those things. But they are accredited, and there's a chance that Kum & Go will reimburse me for the tuition (a little over $1k), so I figure I don't really have anything to lose. Having a piece of paper that says I know "all there is to know" about being a Professional Secretary (Administrative Assistant, Office Manager, etc.) could be a help towards actually GETTING a job in that field, which I really do want.
Hmm, what else? Well, by and large, switching to first shift has drastically uplifted my outlook on life. Our vendors have even made comments about how I'm a "brand new person"...probably because they actually see me smiling and laughing at work. What can I say? I really enjoy working with other people, and I enjoy even more the fact that our average customers AREN'T DRUNK!! Although that doesn't save me from the drunks at home....*sigh* We came back from Thanksgiving last night to find that our bathroom smelled like stale vomit, there's a stain on the carpet right in front of the bathroom door, and SOMEthing is splattered on the outside of the door. *shakes head* Those freshmen girls living below us have REALLY got to get their act together. They haven't had too many drunken revelries in the past four months, but they really need to keep an eye on their guests when our bathroom is in the middle of their flow of traffic. (They always leave both of their apartment entry doors open, and use the main hallway as their walkway, since it's easier than winding their way through the entire apartment. It's understandable...I've seen their apartment, and the layout is kinda retarded.....but it puts our bathroom smack dab in the middle of their main walkway, and sometimes it's just too tempting to a drunk person.) So now our whole bathroom smells like vomit, because it looks like somone puked on our bathroom door...and the carpet. *shudders* We'll have to talk to the girls about that today.
"*ahem* Would you mind CLEANING THAT UP PLEASE????"
Okay, gotta get ready for work. More updating later (I promise!) :D