Too Late...

The title of this blog is inspired by the song by OneRepublic called Apologize...not that it really has anything to do with this post, I just like the song and it IS rather a long time since my last post. Mostly this is just to appease my good friend and former roommate and to give her something new to read (its actually a test to see if she still checks this thing) Not a whole lot to write about really, I am on break although it doesn't feel like a break since I am still working and now that I live out of town I have to visit old friends back in MI and elsewhere which means I have travel plans to make for the holidays, school is looming far too near in the future (I just really have no motivation to go right now, hopefully that changes soon) Might try to make it back to M-town for a visit this break, it would be sweet to catch up with everyone :) I just dread the drive, its really not THAT long technically but by yourself on bad roads it becomes longer and longer. I think its funny to look back on last year and realize that many of the people I hung out with, I will probably never see again-its weird to contemplate how many people pass through your life for just a while, make an impact maybe, and then move on-I know there is some poem or something about it, but this is my more prosaic version and is an original thought-erego why it is not in rhyme haha (I think I spelled rhyme wrong, if not rhyme is a very funny word to write) Well I have kind of run out of things to say, I don't have time to sit and write deep thoughts (if I have any deep thoughts to write, which is doubtful) I am off to wrap presents--I get the privilege of wrappign almost ALL of the presents for the entire family, which with 6 of us living at the house gets to be quite a few presents. So hope everyone has a MERRY CHRISTMAS! Perhaps I will see you sometime soon, if not call me :)

I wear my sunglasses at night so that I can....

Well, that title really has nothing to do with my post, they are just funny lyrics to a good old song (80s I believe)...It has been a LONG time since I blogged, mostly because I forgot my user name and password and had to get my roomie to email it to me, then I was apparently trying to log into the wrong address so it has been difficult...really though, I am quite intelligent normally :-P Anyways, I am in the great state of *clap clap* Illinois (doesn't work quite as well with IL as it does with Texas) and life is pretty uneventful...I finished Organic Chem FINALLY! I think I did pretty well, but grades won't be posted for a week. I now am working full time, 50 hours a week and the time and a half is NICE after I hit the 40 hour mark. I am saving up to pay my parents back for some schooling and then buy a laptop hopefully, and save money for next year when I hopefully go to Ireland :) Pretty much that is it, nothing exciting even in the big city-I pretty much work, eat, sleep, and start all over again the next day. I miss my friends, sort of-although I am so busy it is hard to be lonely when you are never sitting down and thinking. But, after moving a few times in my life, I have discovered that when you move, people don't miss you-not really. They say they do, and you say the same, but honestly aside from the few close friends who really understand you and make an effort to keep in touch and see you when you are in town or when they are in your neck of the woods, you just go on with your life with this polite friendship that really is just an acquaintance really. Moving, I have discovered, gives a pretty good feel of how important you are to someone else, and how important they are to you in return--calling, having them call, visiting, etc. Its funny how people you would consider really good friends end up not keeping in touch, and then others that you wouldn't have considered maybe as good a friend when you left, make the effort and you become really good friends, and then there are the wonderful few who were good friends when you left, and remain such. In the end, while moving is hard-you do keep in touch with the people it is important to do so with, really...and those friendships live on despite distance, and it is a beautiful thing. I love my friends..and these are really just musings on life in general, not directed at any particular person...anyways, that is enough rambling, I don't think anyone ever reads this anymore--Kels probably even gave up it has been so long. I'll try better from now on, now that I know how to access it. Hope that anyone who reads this is doing well and having a nice weekend.

Life Keeps Rolling On...

So, the above sounds like it should be song lyrics (maybe they are, but I am not aware of it) Anyways, it has been forever since I last posted and since I am struck with some insomnia tonight, I thought I would update...My roomie will be up in 3 short hours or so, she has to work at 3:30 this morning...I feel bad, but I am still going to enjoy my sleep :) (sorry Kels) Anyways, a quick update on my life--this is not really going to be an amusing post so if you want to be entertained, stop reading now...actually, you should just stop reading this blog entirely because I am pretty sure it is always lame...Anyways, moving on:
1). I am moving to Chicago before May 29th...sadly, my departure got moved up due to the necessity of taking an Organic Chem class and stupid Delta doesn't provide enough lab sections for their Orgo class sections--stupid, but what can you do? Class runs from May 29-July 18 so I will probably head back here to visit once I am done...feel free to come visit me, Chicago is fun :)
2). I am NOT going to Ireland this summer-the class requirement changed my schedule and it is too expensive to change my ticket to a new departure date, so I am going to cancel the ticket and get a credit that I can use to buy a ticket next summer...my friend Chelsea has promised to beat me up if I don't go next summer, so I am going to go (because Chels could definitely kick my butt) I am super disappointed but am trying to realize that sometimes we can't get everything we want when we want it, and hopefully God has something better in mind for me this summer-I told him the only thing that would top out Ireland would be if a rich man swept me off my feet, married me, bought me a house in New Zealand and one on some private tropical island as well (who also wanted to do missions work in Africa) but somehow I think that dream is rather unrealistic and potentially greedy, so if God decides to answer that hey, I won't complain but I won't really be surprised if he doesn't :)
3). I am going to miss the first MEFC softball game on Thursday, I am really bummed-I was going to go watch BUT one of my best friends' grandma died and I am picking him up from the airport and taking him to Holland for the funeral, I'll be back Friday night sometime...
4). I am super sad to leave Midland and all my friends, I really love all the people I have met, and I love living with Kels but I am ALSO super excited about Chicago--the campus is beautiful and the hospitals are phenomenal...so excited to get the opportunity to train at some of the med centers in the greater Chicago area...WOW!! Ok, I am done with the nerdy nurse rantings now...but like I said, feel free to come visit and I want to have a get together with everyone sometime before I leave so leave a weekend free or something...
5). There really isn't a five, I am tired now and am going to go to bed...I have to get up at a decent hour tomorrow and make all sorts of phone calls and take an exam online (that I haven't studied for yet), and pack and all sorts of things...why does my life never go as planned? I swear, when I ACTUALLY plan something, the whole thing falls apart and I am left winging everything, and then when I plan last minute it all goes smoothly--don't understand it, maybe it means I should stop planning, what do you think? Ok, this is super long and I am going to bed, goodnight to the ONE person who will probably actually read this--KELSEY!! WOOT WOOT! Oh, sorry I am a loser roomie and can't take you to the airport, I so would have if this hadn't come up and I so WOULD still if only I could be two places at once...you really should start working on that whole idea along with your teletransporter machine thing...get to work, slacker ;) ok, just kidding, but goodnight :)

Craziness...

So, once again I am uber busy (yes I said uber, only I didn't get the cool little mark that is supposed to go over it for pronunciation) and I don't really have time to post, but Kels needs something to read in her free time ;) Basically I didn't get half the stuff done this weekend that I needed to, but I had some definite quality time with friends and family which I think in the long run is more important than cleaning my room or even doing homework (although that IS important)...so I am going to bed, I am super exhausted and I don't want to go to class in the morning, but as I need an RN degree, to school I must go...in exciting news, I bought my ticket for Ireland this past week: I leave May 16th and come back to the states August 8th...so that is super exciting :) I am pumped, but I will miss all my friends...so send me email and cookies ;) That is pretty much it...OH and in other exciting news...I DID NOT fail my chem quiz last week like I thought, I think I got a C+ which is cool (never thought I would say a C was cool...college changes you). And my friend Joe was super great and tutored me in titrations so now I think I may get a decent grade on my upcoming test, which is always nice...ok that is all for now, other than Kels and I did a roomie photo shoot tonight with some pretty attractive results...you should check it out :) in good-ole Kels fashion, peace out bean sprout (have I been living with you too long, Kels?) jk...night all

Too busy to post but Kels will get mad if I don't...

Ok, so Kelsey won't really get mad at me if I don't post, but I know she likes reading posts and since she went to all the trouble of setting up a blogger thing and even writing my first post I figure I should probably make an effort to at least sort of keep up with the thing...although it WOULD be super cool if she put a little "S" on my web icon thing (she has a "K" on hers and its sweet) but hey, she has a life and making my blog thing is not a major part of that (nor would I really want it to be cuz that would mean she had too much spare time) SO anyways, basically this post is for the purpose of saying I posted recently...I don't have time to write much because I am swamped with homework-why do all professors seem to labor under the delusion that their class is the only one their students take and that if they assign 20 hours of homework with only a day in between to do it, somehow that won't be a problem for you to finish? I DO have a life, along with other classes thank you very much--and they ALL think that their class is the ONLY one that is important--hey, news flash: if I have to take the other classes, it must mean they are important too! (go figure) Anyways, I am off to write a paper on AtrialVentricular Canal Defect (aka AtrialVentricular Septal Defect) which is basically a fancy way of saying, "hey you have a hole between the top chambers of your heart and the bottom chambers of your heart" Its amazing how much more uppity and intelligent one can sound with doctor talk-I think its the latin...anyways, FOLLOWING this I had written an example of this but I accidentally hit a button and deleted that portion so I am NOT going to re-type it...BUT in other news, I had blood drawn today (which is NOT fun cuz I hate needles and blood when they directly related to being stuck into me or else drawn out, or both...) but I have to have my thyroid and blood sugar levels checked so more news on that later if anything newsworthy is found...on that note, I am off to write that blasted paper, unless someone wants to write it for me--pretty please? :-* Hope everyone is having a good night...

Roomie Randomness

So, my beloved roommate Kelsey has a) signed me up for a new blogger, apparently xanga does not count, and furthermore b) she is at this moment holding a gun to my head making me write MY first post on this site, after she wrote my first post...don't let her innocent looks fool you-she really is quite violent and demanding ;) haha, just kidding...I have just invented a new word--Nimbat, its a combo of Nimrod and Dingbat...It is a rather versatile word...and Kelsey inspired the word because sometimes she is a Nimbat--like now when we are arguing over she said, i said, you said, we said...I didn't say anything! And before I enter more ridiculousness on this blog, I am going to sign off, I have decided that I am even worse at blog posting than Kelsey claims she is, although I always think they are funny...and I am NOT paranoid about using my name online, only my full name...there are stalkers out there!! I mean, you just don't know who is out there reading your posts--especially since mine are so interesting ;) haha, ok it is late and I am tired, erego the weirdness of this post...goodnight all.

Blogger welcomes Sarah to the real world of blogging...

As I sit here trying to think of a good way to break in Sarah's new blog, all I can think about is how good this brownie trifle is. Sarah should get inclinations toward making desserts like this more often. And then soon we'll have to change the blog name to a "A Tale of Two Desserts." Actually, that's almost what I typed last night while creating the brilliant blog title. I never can remember if desert or dessert has two s's. That actually makes sense when you say it and aren't looking at it spelled out like that. There's probably some saying out there to remember which one is which, like "Dessert is so good, it deserves another S" or "Deserts lack water. They also lack S's." While I thought these were pretty cheesy, I googled it and found that there are other such cheesy ways to remember this: "Dessert is twice as good as the desert." Or "Strawberry Shortcake = deSSert and Sahara = deSert."

Enough on my favorite subject of food, it's time to get back to Sarah. Actually, she's a little paranoid of her name getting out on the internet (because apparently if someone knows your name, they are more likely to stalk you), so I'm going to change Sarah's name to Sahara for the remainder of this post for her protection.

Anyway, Sahara (it's really hard to type that when you're used to typing Sarah and they both start the same way) gave me the honors of making her first post. It's not as though she had much of a choice since I created the blog for her and gave myself admin access and all that, but it's still cool. Unfortunately for her, she did not realize that the fact that I never have anything interesting to write does not apply only to my own blog but to her blog as well. She will soon learn this fact when she reads the first post.

Well, that's about all I have to say for now. Don't worry, Sahara will soon be following up with a post of her own (hint hint, Sahara!). Until then, peace out, hasta lasagna, and catch ya on the flip side.