We're in the new house! Finally have internet set up. Jandr's brother, Mark and his husband, Michael visited from Chicago. They--along with Jandr's parents--helped us move and came to Evie's birthday party ( Read more... )

We're buying a house?! Our closing date is May 26 ( Read more... )

I have so many things to do, so I'm updating LJ, of course ( Read more... )

Once upon a time I worked at a fast food restaurant in NC. This group of girls kept talking about having a girls' night in front of me. So when one of them asked me if I was working on Thursday, I said "Nope!" Thinking that this was the official invitation. Then she said, "Do you think you could work for me, so I can go to the Girls' Night ( Read more... )

I'll write a longer update later. For now, I gave birth! And my mom and sister made it to Texas!

( Evelyn Claire Collado )

Today it is flooding in Texas, so I am staying at home doing laundry and homework. I am going to start packing all of my clothes up today because...I GOT AN APARTMENT! I move in May 11th, so I need to start packing everything that I can. It's a small place, but that's all I really need ( Read more... )

I feel like some of the same people out there who try to rationalize police brutality against people of color are the same people who try to de-criminalize white terrorists. When a 14-year-old black girl is pulled to the ground and sat on by a cop in Texas she deserved it because her tone was wrong, she tried to run, she didn't leave when she was ( Read more... )

So, I've decided to use this journal for good instead of evil.  I am going to make daily lists of positive things about Hannah--qualities, things she's done recently, etc. Instead of talking shit all the time.  So, that's my plan ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in a long time and now I am going to post just complaining about my boyfriend's daughter.  Sorry in advance, but I just want to get this out ( Read more... )

Going home to North Carolina for a couple days.  We'll be going through Georgia to pick up Hannah (my boyfriend's daughter), and then we're bringing my little sister, Randi, to Texas with us.  I hope we can do some fun things this summer.

Jon asked for time off to make this trip.  He had to work a really rough schedule for this past week so he could ( Read more... )